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White House Honors Champions of Change in STEM

Submitted by samantha.kuray on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 1:23pm

This week the White House honored 14 people as Champions of Change for their contributions to making the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math more accessible to Americans with disabilities. The impressive list of honorees include innovators developing new technologies to increase accessibility, scientists serving as role models and promoting careers in STEM, and graduate students mentoring in their communities.

To learn more about each of the honorees and see some of the remarkable ways these individuals are making STEM accessible to more diverse audiences, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/champions

CIRTL Spotlights: Iowa State University

Submitted by velez on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 10:28am

We continue our CIRTL Spotlights series with Iowa State University.

Iowa State University (ISU) is a new member of the CIRTL network and is continually looking for ways to improve opportunities for STEM graduates. Read More »

Upcoming Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) presentations

Submitted by roberall on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 12:12pm

Tuesday May 1st Michigan State University's Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) fellows will present the results of their year long teaching-as-research projects. Read More »

Learning through Diversity Course: Student Final Action Plans

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 2:50pm

The Mentor’s Table@Howard University.  Diversity Groups in the Chemistry Classroom.  The Colors of Science.  Each One, Teach One.  Broader Impacts: Engaging Student in Energy.  Read More »

The Academy for Future Science Faculty - Deadline Extended

Submitted by velez on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 12:57pm

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has extended the deadline for submitting an application to their Academy for Future Science Faculty to April 30, 2012. Read More »

CIRTL Cast Webinar on Assembling a Teaching Portfolio, April 25

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:03am

Putting together a teaching portfolio?  What should be included? How do you present yourself?  What needs to be emphasized?  Why does it matter?  Read More »

CIRTL Spotlights: Cornell University

Submitted by velez on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:13pm

We begin our CIRTL Spotlights series with Cornell University.

Cornell has maintained a distinctive graduate-level program by offering a cross-disciplinary and integrative experience to its students. Most of their graduate programs provide considerable flexibility and independence by allowing students to take an active role in defining their degree programs under the guidance of a faculty member. Read More »

Coffee Hour Discussion: Alternative Academic Careers

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 4:47pm

Join us next week Tuesday, 4/17 for the last in this year's CIRTL Coffee Hour series as we consider "Alternative academic careers: Using your teaching and research skills outside the classroom." Read More »

The Statisticians' Case for Teaching-as-Research

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 1:39pm

Statisticians, Andrew Gelman and Eric Loken make a strong case for the use of a teaching-as-research approach in a recent article in the journal Chance, (Vol 25, p 47-48) entitled Statisticians: When We Teach, We Don’t Practice What We Preach. While not using the term teaching-as-research, the authors deride the natural tendency for many of us to apply rigorous scientific, and in their case statistical, standards about what we must use as evidence of cause and effect in our scientific Read More »

CIRTL Central Introduces: CIRTL Spotlights

Submitted by velez on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 3:00pm

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) is pleased to announce the introduction of a new blog series titled CIRTL Spotlights. This series aims at highlighting our current and expanded network of 25 institutions. Each institution brings certain unique elements that complement the core ideas at the foundation of CIRTL. Read More »