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Amanda Early, Fermilab education program leader, selected STEP UP ambassador

April 8, 2020 sarah Jonas Diversity, Education, Outreach, stem

Amanda Early is one of 79 physics educators selected to be a STEP UP Program ambassador. STEP UP ambassadors are high school physics teachers that train others on how to effectively reduce barriers for women in physics. The program mobilizes thousands of teachers to help engage young women in physics and inspire them to pursue physics in college.

Research Results

Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM courses

March 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Diversity, Diversity in STEM, stem, Stem Education, STEM Education Policy, UNDERGRADUATE, Undergraduate Education

Switching from passive techniques, such as lectures, to inquiry-based “active learning” methods in college STEM courses has a disproportionate benefit for underrepresented students, which includes low-income students & Latinx, African-American, Native-American, Native-Hawaiian/Pacific-Islander students.

Research Results

Birds of a feather better not together

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Biodiversity, Biology, Biomass, Birds, Diversity, Ecology, Ecosystem

A new study of North American birds from Washington University in St. Louis finds that the regional stability of ecosystems over time depends on both the total number of species present in a locality and on the variation in species identities among localities.

Expert Pitch

Scholars advocate for more diverse approach to social studies education

February 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Black History, Black History Month, Diversity, Education, Elementary Education

Feature

Inclusive Support on the Road to Success

February 20, 2020 sarah Jonas African American, California State University, California State University Channel Islands, Diversity, Higher Education, Student Success, Student Support

Learn how CSU programs for students of color are easing the transition to college life and supporting academic success.

Feature Expert

Expert: Art museums ‘have work to do to represent complete human experience’

February 19, 2020 sarah Jonas art museums, contemporary art, Diversity, Representation

Historically, art museum galleries have lacked diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, abilities, and sexual orientation, and it’s important for museums to begin to address this representation issue in order to show the wide range of human experience, said Julie Rodrigues Widholm, director and chief curator of DePaul Art Museum located on the campus of DePaul University.

Policy

Finding the Lost Stephen Hawkings

February 14, 2020 sarah Jonas Disability, Diversity, Inclusivity, STEM careers

During a press briefing Friday at AAAS, Dr. Rory Cooper will discuss how people with disabilities are shut off from STEM careers and why inclusivity matters.

Announcement

Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness

February 10, 2020 sarah Jonas American Dream, Campaign, Diversity, Donors, Engineering, First Generation, Gifts, Minorities, Philanthropy, stem, students

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 10, 2020 — A $5 million gift from UCI Foundation trustee Stacey Nicholas will endow and rename a program serving both The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences – the UCI Office of Access & Inclusion – that supports the recruitment, retention and graduation of students from historically excluded populations who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math.