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New Faculty Member Eric Knuth Explores the Effects of Early Learner Exposure to Algebra
Jun. 28, 2017
Eric Knuth New College of Education faculty member, Professor Eric Knuth, along with colleagues at UW-Madison and Technical Education Research Centers (TERC), recently received three new federal grants to continue their work on Project LEAP. Project LEAP is a portfolio of projects focused on the development, implementation, and testing of a…
Stanforths Inducted as Fellows of the American College of Sports Medicine
Jun. 19, 2017
Dixie and Philip Stanforth along with past presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine Dixie and Phil Stanforth have been named fellows by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The ACSM fellowship recognizes significant contributions to the organization in research and service through active…
National Academy of Education Awards Fellowship to Cervantes-Soon
Jun. 16, 2017
Claudia Cervantes-Soon Claudia Cervantes-Soon has been selected as a 2017 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Cervantes-Soon is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. The fellowship will help support her current research project, Building…
Associate Professor Jennifer Adair and Alumnus Bavu Blakes Featured on Blackademics
Jun. 14, 2017
Bavu Blakes Two members of the College of Education community were featured recently on KLRU’s Blackademics TV. Alumnus Bavu Blakes, M.Ed. ’17, opened the program with a talk about efforts in Manor Independent School District to address and celebrate the increase in diversity that the district has…
Alumnus Honored for Exemplary Teaching
Jun. 06, 2017
John Richard Wright, BS ’08 has been named Physics Teacher of the Year for Central Texas by PhysTEC, the Physics Teacher Education Coalition. The award recognizes Wright as an exemplary teacher in his field. The PhysTEC program demonstrates the value of physics teacher preparation programs at member institutions such as…
Curriculum and Instruction’s De Lissovoy Wins Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education
May. 23, 2017
Noah De Lissovoy Noah De Lissovoy, associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, and co-authors Alexander Means of the University at Buffalo and Kenneth Saltman of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth have received an outstanding book award from the Society of Professors of Education. The book,…
