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

What Makes a Good Teacher?

May 31, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees: Systemic Change to Support Students’ Diverse Pathways

May 30, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by andrewtran

Published by The National Academy Press The National Academies has released Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees. This report reviews research on the roles that people, processes, and institutions […]

2016 NSF STEM Video Showcase: Advancing STEM Learning for All

May 23, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

AAAS News: Connect with members via Trellis, AAAS’s new communication and collaboration platform

May 23, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

In an effort to become a multimedia, multi-platform science communication enterprise, rather than a print-centric publisher, AAAS recently invested in the creation of a new science communication tool known as […]

Can they succeed? Exploring at-risk students’ study habits in college general chemistry

May 23, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by andrewtran

The study explores the relationship between quality of study and frequency of study and the role the two play in an at-risk students’ academic performance. The results offer a path for these students to succeed in General chemistry, and the methodology offers a potential avenue for evaluating future efforts to improve student success.

Toward Better National Data on Post-Secondary Education

May 18, 2016/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Announcement from Inside Higher Ed The Institute for Higher Education Policy is today releasing a series of papers that, taken together, are designed to point the way toward a more […]

Professor Will Conley presented as 2016 My Last Lecture Award Recipient

May 18, 2016/0 Comments/in Faculty News /by jessgregg

Please join us in congratulating 2016 My Last Lecture Award Recipient: Professor Will Conley, UCLA Department of Mathematics More than 50 years ago, the “My Last Lecture” award was established to […]

Professors Frank Laski and Jamie Lloyd-Smith are the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award Winners

May 6, 2016/0 Comments/in Faculty News /by jessgregg

CEILS is proud to share the news that two faculty members from the Division of Life Sciences are recipients of the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award, awarded by the Academic Senate […]

UCLA Climate Scientists Aradhna Tripati and Alex Hall featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

May 2, 2016/0 Comments/in Faculty News Newsworthy /by jessgregg

Watch the video here (warning: includes bleeped profanity!) Tripati and Hall were among 6 climate scientists featured in Kimmel’s late night show. Jimmy takes a moment to talk about climate change and […]