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UTeach Austin Participates in the STEM for All Video Showcase Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
May. 14, 2018
STEM Education faculty member Jill Marshall and her colleagues Jason Harron (graduate student in Learning Technologies) and Shelly Rodriguez (clinical faculty member in UTeach Natural Sciences) have an entry in this week’s 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase: Transforming the Educational…

UTeach Urban Teacher Selected As 2017-2018 Cooperating Teacher Fellow
May. 11, 2018
Serena McMillon's teaching in the social studies has served to model the importance of an inclusive history and pedgogies that are culturally and linguistically relevant to the diverse citizenry of our public schools

KHE Professor Mary Steinhardt Wins 2017 Civitatis Award
May. 10, 2018
Steinhardt’s research focuses on the determinants and methods for building resilience and strength when challenged with change and stressful situations.

Terry Todd Interviewed about the Legacy of Andre the Giant
May. 08, 2018
Terry Todd is interviewed by NPR's Texas Standard podcast about his friendship and meeting with André the Giant

Why We Need Ethics in Sports
May. 03, 2018
The winter Olympics may have wrapped up earlier this year, but charges of doping still reverberate. With all of the scandals surrounding this year’s Winter Olympics, it’s hard to ignore the importance of ethics in sports. Between Russia being barred from the Olympics for doping and former U.S. gymnastics doctor…

Mirrors and Windows: Including Race in Literacy Instruction Opens Up the World
May. 02, 2018
On a Thursday afternoon last fall, approximately 20 pre-service teachers arrived for class at Guerrero-Thompson Elementary in Austin. They were students in the College of Education enrolled in Literacy Methods, a course on reading methods in elementary school. Their initial assignment: critically analyze non-fiction texts. The goal was for the pre-service teachers…

Curriculum and Instruction Clinical Assistant Professor Bonnie Elliott Named to the 2018 ‘Texas Ten’ Professors
May. 02, 2018
Bonnie Elliott, a Clinical Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy Studies, has been recognized in the Texas Exes' Texas Ten awards. The Texas Ten are faculty members who are nominated by alumni

Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten: An Interview with Christopher P. Brown
May. 01, 2018

Germine Awad Discusses How Pervasive Racial Bias Is in KUT Interview
May. 01, 2018

Undergraduate’s Fine Motor Research Can Give Physical Therapists a Hand
Apr. 26, 2018
It can be difficult for those with a fine motor disability to complete certain gestures. An undergraduate researcher is studying how different forces or force combinations may be more strenuous to conduct than others. By having volunteers perform specific motions, his research has the ability to assist physical therapists in…