Please submit applications for CSForAll: Adapt, Implement, and Research at Nebraska (AIR@NE), an NSF-funded grant, by April 15, 2022. Forward this notice to your K-8 computer science colleagues. This online cohort is the final cohort! Continue reading…
The fellowship application is now open for graduate courses this summer through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes. While the 20% tuition discount is applied automatically, current classroom teachers can apply for additional NMSSI fellowships. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Nanoscale Facility is offering research experiences for teachers this summer: a four-day virtual workshop and a six-week internship. Continue reading…
Congratulations to Deepika Menon, assistant professor in TLTE and the CSMCE, for winning an NSF Track 4 research grant to support her project, "Integrated STEM Efficacy (RISE): A Study of Elementary Preservice Teachers and Noyce Scholars." Continue reading…
Congratulations to TLTE faculty member Beth Lewis who has been granted promotion to full professor, effective Aug. 15, 2022! Lewis is the science senior advisor in the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education. Continue reading…
The Call for Presenters closes on April 13 for Nebraska's software development conference, to be held July 13-15, 2022, at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker. Continue reading…
After a trip to the Strategic Air and Space Museum in elementary school, Taylor Winkelmann-Kerl was determined to become a rocket scientist. She came to Nebraska as a mechanical engineer searching for aerospace experience, and immersed herself in the aerospace field. Continue reading…
She's a Scientist showcases London Wolff, a graduate student in psychology, and her research in the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab. There, Wolff is exploring what makes a dog a good candidate for being a service animal in the hopes of streamlining selection and training processes. Continue reading…
In this post, Dr. Diana Ortiz discusses the importance of introducing diverse perspectives in science courses to help students progress from simply acquiring knowledge to questioning their own or other assumptions and arguments. Continue reading…
For geophysicist Irina Filina and fellow members of Expedition 396, time-traveling to the volcanically active sauna of prehistoric Earth meant drilling for long-cooled magma resting miles beneath the chop and churn of the North Atlantic. Continue reading…
A collaboration between Nebraska Public Media Labs and the University of Nebraska State Museum allows visitors to virtually travel back in time to prehistoric Nebraska and get a feel for how it has changed over the millennia. Continue reading…