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Biomedical science students in a translational science training program at the Medical University of South Carolina shadow clinicians to learn more about the patients whose diseases they study.Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South…

A researcher at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has developed a unique method to improve class participation in a graduate-level thermodynamics course by incorporating theater improvisation activities in the classroom.…

The hallmark of a democratic society is support and encouragement of free speech. With that freedom as foundational--protecting generally welcome and unwelcome speech of the times--we can ever improve our imperfect, but laudable union.…

US Army grant helps UH researchers develop techniques to detect, deceive cyber attackersCredit: University of Houston The COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential election have led to a significant increase in cyberattacks via…

Credit: Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab As head of the educational outreach arm of the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Roxanne Hughes has overseen dozens of science camps over the…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2020 -- California wildfires are, unfortunately, nothing new -- but that bright orange sky definitely is. This week on Reactions, we talk with experts who explain the…

Homicides near schools negatively impact on the educational attainment of children, a new study in the Journal of Labor Economics reports. During this unique study, researchers from the University of Surrey and University of Birmingham…

Washington, September 18, 2020--The American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Society of Research on Adolescence (SRA), and the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) have announced that they are jointly committing…

WHAT The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will co-host a webinar on "Education Research Worldwide in a Covid and Post-Covid World" at 9:30-11:00 am…

Based on sound social science, the resource tackles virtual faculty-student relationships, professor self-care, and more SAGE Publishing and Corwin today announce the release of The Distance Learning Playbook for College and University…

Challenges, opportunities outlined by broad field of education experts LAWRENCE --In recent years, there has been a growing push to include arts in the widely accepted STEM focus in American education. Yet, making such a transition…

Project ENHANCE is improving system of emotional behavioral supports across country, adaptable for virtual education LAWRENCE -- The COVID-19 pandemic has touched every corner of society but perhaps affected none more profoundly than…

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) share their recent progress in constructing numerical models for fluid mechanics simulations In new bookCredit: World Scientific The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has…

Michael Buschmann, Department Chair and Professor, Bioengineering, and Shani Ross, Associate Chair/Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, have received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop a senior-year…

Initiative aims to build literacy, diversity in the field LOWELL, Mass. - A team of teachers and researchers led by UMass Lowell is developing a computer science curriculum for middle-schoolers to introduce the field to students from…

Significant increases seen in software engineering enrollmentsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, recently released its eighth annual Study of Non-Doctoral Granting…

LIGO and Virgo detected the most massive gravitational-wave source to date The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration recently announced the discovery of GW190521, the most massive gravitational wave binary observed to…

The current reckoning surrounding systemic racism has the chemistry community reflecting on its role in perpetuating the inequalities Black chemists face. Largely underrepresented in academia, Black chemistry students and professors have…

Support from a second National Science Foundation grant will train next generation of scientists to find cures and therapies for diseases, including viral infections like COVID-19Credit: The Gene Editing Institute Wilmington,…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A global conference designed to help to shift the paradigm of science access for all learners is making changes this year due to the pandemic. Since 2010, the Inclusion in Science Learning A New Direction (ISLAND)…