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性福五月天鈥檚 SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant

While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isn鈥檛 known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learn鈥

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Research , National Science Foundation , Science of Learning and Education Center

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Two 性福五月天 Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary

The documentary film May 4th Voices: 性福五月天, 1970, created by two 性福五月天 University collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association鈥檚 Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested鈥

Tags: Department of History , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Awards and Honors , May 4

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性福五月天 Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry

For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 性福五月天 University鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that 鈥渉e鈥檚 deserved it for a whil鈥

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

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Rewriting Russian History

Russian President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 性福五月天 University political science doctoral graduate.  In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how 鈥

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Andrew Barnes , Todd Nelson , History , Vladimir Putin , Joseph Stalin , Research

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A National Treasure

For 性福五月天 University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  鈥  So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research , Success Story

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Geography Awareness Week

November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite 鈥

Tags: Geography Awareness Week , Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , National Geographic

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性福五月天鈥檚 SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

性福五月天 University鈥檚 Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host 鈥淚mproving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education鈥 at the 性福五月天 University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center , Events , College of Education , Health and Human Services

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性福五月天鈥檚 SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

性福五月天 University鈥檚 Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host 鈥淚mproving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education鈥 at the 性福五月天 University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center , Events , College of Education , Health and Human Services

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 鈥

For 性福五月天 University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  鈥  So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 鈥

Mt. RushmoreFor 性福五月天 University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.

So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.

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Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research

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