February 2016 – Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning

Death Valley is Experiencing a Colorful “Superbloom”

February 22, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in the New York Times Many UCLA students, post-docs, and faculty are packing up their cars and heading to Death Valley to experience the ‘Superbloom’ of wildflowers before it […]

Focused Collection: Preparing and Supporting University Physics Educators

February 22, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by andrewtran

This article features a special collection highlighting the current state of the field of physics education research as it relates to preparing and supporting physics educators at colleges and universities.

US House Passes Controversial Bill on NSF Research

February 19, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in Science The controversial Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (HR 3293) was passed by the House of Representatives on February 10th. Some consider this a simple reminder […]

NIBLSE: A Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Science Education

February 19, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

CBE Life Sciences Education This article provides information on the Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE; pronounced “nibbles”) and their efforts to establish bioinformatics as an essential […]

Males Under-Estimate Academic Performance of their Female Peers in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms

February 10, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by trandrew

Published in Plous One Women who start college in one of the natural or physical sciences leave in greater proportions than their male peers. The reasons for this difference are […]

Scholars Challenge Colleges to Reform STEM Learning

February 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in Science Melanie M. Cooper of and colleagues from Michigan State University recently published an article in Science Magazine saying that college students are expected to learn too many […]

New Study Tests Three-Step Intervention to Increase Faculty Gender Diversity in STEM

February 5, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in BioScience Using a three-step intervention derived from self-determination theory, an interdisciplinary team from Montana State University demonstrated a low-cost way to improve gender diversity in STEM-faculty hiring. The […]

Muy Loco Parentis: How ‘Freakouts’ Over Student Privacy Hamper Innovation By Michael Feldstein

February 2, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education Ferpa is inconsistently interpreted across institutions and often misunderstood to be far more restrictive than it actually is. Why is there such anxiety […]

President Obama Pushed for Computer-Science Education

February 1, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Published in The Atlantic In order to address the need for the next generation workforce to develop skills in computer science, the President has asked congress to fund a $4 […]