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Newswise: Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Iowa State University

When college students are given a writing assignment, they usually get feedback on the final product, not the process.

Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Participants in School-Based Gardening and Food Programs Benefit From Lasting Impacts on Dietary Behaviors
Elsevier

To encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among youth, experiential food education programs such as gardening and cooking lessons have increased across both community and school settings.

   
Newswise: University of West Florida and Coastal Alabama Community College create transfer pathways for nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences students
Released: 8-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
University of West Florida and Coastal Alabama Community College create transfer pathways for nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences students
University of West Florida

UWF and Coastal Alabama Community College celebrated the launch of a new agreement that facilitates a seamless transition from associate’s degree programs at Coastal Alabama Community College to bachelor’s degree programs in healthcare at UWF at a signing ceremony.

Newswise: Deadline Extended to Feb. 2 for Nominations to CSU NAGPRA Implementation & Oversight Committees
Released: 8-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Deadline Extended to Feb. 2 for Nominations to CSU NAGPRA Implementation & Oversight Committees
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Seeking qualified individuals to help guide the CSU’s compliance of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation.

Newswise: Research explores how children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder can build vocabulary
Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Research explores how children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder can build vocabulary
Binghamton University, State University of New York

NIH-funded research at Binghamton University, State University of New York explores how children with dyslexia and developmental language disorder can build their vocabulary.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
For Black Adolescents, Feeling Connected to School Has Long-Lasting Mental Health Benefits
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

School connectedness – the degree to which students feel part of their school community – influences more than grades.

 
Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
UA Little Rock Partners with ACDS to Create Career Pathway for Computer Science Students
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) to create an innovative new program that will strengthen educational pathways for computer science and cybersecurity majors at UA Little Rock while helping to fill the workforce gap for Arkansas employers.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Starting a family with the help of science: The latest research in Fertility
Newswise

Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Pollution-Tracking Citizen Science Project Offers New York Students a Breath of Fresh Air
Released: 4-Jan-2024 10:30 AM EST
Pollution-Tracking Citizen Science Project Offers New York Students a Breath of Fresh Air
American Association of Physics Teachers

In The Physics Teacher, researchers from Fordham University partnered with middle and high schools in the Bronx and Manhattan in a citizen science project to collect real-time air quality data.

   
Released: 3-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Complex, unfamiliar sentences make the brain’s language network work harder
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

With help from an artificial language network, MIT neuroscientists have discovered what kind of sentences are most likely to fire up the brain’s key language processing centers.

Released: 3-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Why all languages have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

New research shows that languages make the same spatial distinctions using words like ‘this’ or ‘that’ based on whether they can reach the object they are talking about.

Newswise: HKIAS Distinguished Lecture: Making Mechanically Agile Electronics, Opto–Electronics, and Iontronics a Reality. Electroactive Polymers and Amorphous Oxides
Released: 28-Dec-2023 1:05 AM EST
HKIAS Distinguished Lecture: Making Mechanically Agile Electronics, Opto–Electronics, and Iontronics a Reality. Electroactive Polymers and Amorphous Oxides
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

Join us for the HKIAS Distinguished Lecture on "Making Mechanically Agile Electronics, Opto–Electronics, and Iontronics a Reality. Electroactive Polymers and Amorphous Oxides" by Professor Tobin Marks, a renowned expert in the field.

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Newswise: Animal science student finds new passion working at swine center
Released: 25-Dec-2023 12:05 AM EST
Animal science student finds new passion working at swine center
Texas A&M AgriLife

What started with an eagerness for a hands-on learning experience in the Department of Animal Science in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ended with a new passion and opportunity for Carlie Rogers ’24, a first-generation college student from Diana.

Newswise: SLU Graduate Student Improving Barriers to Language Sample Analysis
Released: 22-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
SLU Graduate Student Improving Barriers to Language Sample Analysis
Saint Louis University

Lucy Heller believes language sample analysis difficulties can be measurably improved by automatic transcription or speech-to-text programs.

Newswise: Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Released: 21-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Assistant Professor Pornthep Lerttevasiri, from the Art Education Division within the Department of Art, Music, and Dance Education at the Faculty of Education, has garnered recognition at the prestigious 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Working with Big Data requires a lot of power! The latest research and features on Supercomputing
Newswise

With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

       
Newswise: $6 million National Science Foundation award to Binghamton University will accelerate research translation into broader societal benefits
Released: 20-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
$6 million National Science Foundation award to Binghamton University will accelerate research translation into broader societal benefits
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A Binghamton University, State University of New York team is one of just 18 nationally that will share in $100 million in U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funding from the Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate to accelerate the pace and scale of translational research.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
As First to Launch Prison Education Program, SLU Leads Jesuit Prison Education Network
Saint Louis University

JPEN was created to foster collaboration among nine higher learning institutions in the U.S. Central and Southern Province to address the root causes of incarceration, like recidivism, and inspire other Jesuit universities and colleges to start and sustain similar programs.

Newswise: Sasin Chula Student Team Wins the Family Enterprise Case Competition – Asia Pacific
Released: 20-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Sasin Chula Student Team Wins the Family Enterprise Case Competition – Asia Pacific
Chulalongkorn University

Congratulations to the ‘B-Rabbit’, a team of Chula students from Sasin School of Management for winning the first place in the Family Enterprise Case Competition – Asia Pacific (FECC–AP), held on November 3-4, 2023.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
American University Receives $5.7 Million from NSF to Bridge Research and Policy, Address Real-World Challenges
American University

American University won a cooperative research agreement from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Accelerating Research Translation program that will help AU foster greater use of evidence in the public and private sectors.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Disadvantaged children’s struggles at school have “little to do” with character, attitude or a lack of ‘growth mindset’
University of Cambridge

The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the ‘character’, attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Lexical simplification via single-word generation
Higher Education Press

Lexical simplification (LS) aims to simplify a sentence by replacing complex words with simpler words without changing the meaning of the sentence,which can facilitate comprehension of the text for people with non-native speakers and children.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
From interests to employment (or not): New study explores gender gaps in career paths
Michigan State University

A recent study out of Michigan State University found significant variations in career interests between men and women. Surprisingly, even with these interest differences, gender gaps in career opportunities are more substantial than anticipated.

Newswise: “White Rat Organs Model Made from Waste Materials,” a Learning Tool from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, won 2 Awards at iENA 2023 in Germany
Released: 19-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
“White Rat Organs Model Made from Waste Materials,” a Learning Tool from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, won 2 Awards at iENA 2023 in Germany
Chulalongkorn University

The innovation titled “White rat organs (Rattus norvegicus) made from waste materials as an interactive model for self-learning” by lecturers at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, and students of Chulalongkorn University Demonstration School won the silver medal at The International Trade Fair-Ideas, Inventions and New Products (iENA) 2023, which was held on October 28-30, 2023, in Nuremberg, Germany, as well as received the Special Award on stage from Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers.

Released: 15-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Brief teacher training better prepares medical students for patient education & communication
Boston University School of Medicine

Teaching is an integral communication skill central to the practice of medicine. The art of teaching extends beyond disseminating information.

Released: 15-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Parents underestimate the importance of guided play in education, finds US study
Frontiers

Child psychologists have long known that play is essential for children’s cognitive development because it boosts their social, physical, and emotional skills. But beginning in the 21st century, specialists repeatedly sounded the alarm that ‘play is under siege’ for US children. Kids were playing less, and – it was feared – with a lesser quality.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore 2023 charity campaign raises $4.1 million for non-profit organizations
Released: 14-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore 2023 charity campaign raises $4.1 million for non-profit organizations
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees, along with Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, donated over $4.1 million to non-profit organizations via the annual employee charitable giving program, the Helping Others More Effectively (HOME) Campaign.

Newswise: Cassyni seminars integrated into Dimensions, further connecting research video into the scholarly ecosystem
Released: 14-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST
Cassyni seminars integrated into Dimensions, further connecting research video into the scholarly ecosystem
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Cassyni is pleased to announce its latest strategic collaboration with Dimensions to increase the discoverability of research seminars and further connect them to the scholarly ecosystem.

   
Newswise: Cal State Fullerton Educator's Research Reveals the LGBTQ+ Teacher Experience as Extremist Groups Target K-12 Classrooms
Released: 13-Dec-2023 4:05 PM EST
Cal State Fullerton Educator's Research Reveals the LGBTQ+ Teacher Experience as Extremist Groups Target K-12 Classrooms
California State University, Fullerton

Research by William Toledo, assistant professor of secondary education at Cal State Fullerton, revealed several ways K-12 classrooms can lack inclusion and how LGBTQ+ teachers can add support for students' success and well-being in the classroom

Released: 13-Dec-2023 2:20 PM EST
WFIRM and Partnering Institutions Awarded Five-Year, $6 Million Grant on Kidney, Urology, and Hematology Research
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Newswise: Past participants at Argonne high school camps continue their STEM  pathways as undergraduate interns
Released: 13-Dec-2023 12:30 PM EST
Past participants at Argonne high school camps continue their STEM pathways as undergraduate interns
Argonne National Laboratory

When Akshata and Anagha Tiwari, two sisters studying at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, attended a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) research symposium at the university in 2022, they already had firsthand experience with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. In high school, both attended Argonne’s Big Data Camp – a workshop where high school juniors and seniors apply real research data to develop the professional skills and perspective of data scientists.

Newswise: The CSU’s Impact on High School Literacy
Released: 13-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
The CSU’s Impact on High School Literacy
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum helps strengthen literacy skills for hundreds of thousands of California high school students.

Newswise: New leadership to take Illinois’ Center for Digital Agriculture into the future
Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
New leadership to take Illinois’ Center for Digital Agriculture into the future
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

After five trailblazing years, the Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a new executive director, John Reid, who plans to support CDA’s growth across all dimensions of use-inspired research, translation of research into practice, and education and workforce development.

Newswise: Case Western Reserve University lecturer partnering with Peace Corps to support Ukrainian university students amidst war
Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Case Western Reserve University lecturer partnering with Peace Corps to support Ukrainian university students amidst war
Case Western Reserve University

As the war in Ukraine continues to devastate communities, a Case Western Reserve University lecturer is partnering with the Peace Corps to help students there learn how to manage the intense emotions of the conflict.

12-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Study: Digital Leisure Reading Does Little to Improve Reading Comprehension for Students
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

For years, research showed that print reading, whether for leisure or school, improved developing readers’ ability to comprehend text. However, the explosive use of digital reading devices, constant access to these devices, and new types of reading materials have introduced new reading habits. Now, a new comprehensive review of research on digital leisure reading habits finds a virtually nonexistent relationship between digital reading and improvement in reading comprehension among students.

Newswise: Excellence in (Supporting) Diversity
Released: 12-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Excellence in (Supporting) Diversity
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Four CSUs received national recognition for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
You can always become a better reader
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

A number of factors affect how we learn to read for the first time. Some of these factors benefit girls more than boys

Released: 12-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST
Inclusive content, peer support, media information literacy can combat health misinformation spread to adolescents on social media
Boston University School of Public Health

Social media has become one of the main sources of information for youth, a population that on average engages with platforms such as TikTok and Instagram for nearly five hours per day.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 6:05 AM EST
Public bodies “overwhelmed” at having to implement human rights laws, study warns
University of Exeter

Statt at public bodies can be “overwhelmed” by having to implement human rights laws into the working of their organisation when staff are in “awe” of legislation, a new study warns.

Newswise: Blending the school curriculum to create eco warriors
Released: 11-Dec-2023 9:05 PM EST
Blending the school curriculum to create eco warriors
University of South Australia

They’re among our youngest citizens, but when children learn about sustainability in their own backyard, they’re more likely to protect the environment, say University of South Australia researchers.

Newswise: Golden named dean of osteopathic medicine program at PCOM South Georgia
Released: 11-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Golden named dean of osteopathic medicine program at PCOM South Georgia
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Marla Golden, DO, will become dean of osteopathic medicine at PCOM South Georgia beginning Jan. 2, 2024.

Newswise: Boys & Girls Club members learn about nutrition through gardening project with student physicians
Released: 8-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Boys & Girls Club members learn about nutrition through gardening project with student physicians
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

PCOM South Georgia members of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) worked with members of the Boys & Girls Club of Moultrie-Colquitt County to grow a vegetable garden this spring and fall. In addition to learning how to grow the plants, Club members also learned about health and nutrition from the student doctors.

Newswise: Stony Brook Professor Christian Schnell Named a 2024 American Mathematics Society Fellow
Released: 8-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Stony Brook Professor Christian Schnell Named a 2024 American Mathematics Society Fellow
Stony Brook University

STONY BROOK, NY -- December 8, 2023 -- Stony Brook University Professor Christian Schnell from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2024. Professor Schnell is among 40 mathematical scientists selected worldwide.

Released: 8-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
Press Registration Is Open for the 2024 AAN Annual Meeting
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Press registration is now open for journalists who wish to attend the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The 2024 AAN Annual Meeting will be held from April 13-18 in a hybrid format offering the option to participate in person in Denver or live online.

Newswise: Chairman of National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Deliver Public Talk at Chulalongkorn University
Released: 8-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Chairman of National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Deliver Public Talk at Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University is poised to welcome the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, His Excellency Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, on Friday, 8th December 2023.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel
Newswise

It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

       
Released: 7-Dec-2023 12:00 PM EST
JCEHP supplement aims to disrupt assumptions about continuing professional development
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) has published a supplement, "Conceptual Advances in Continuing Professional Development in the Health Professions," in which scholars of continuing professional development (CPD) creatively examine prevailing assumptions and propose new theoretical frameworks and empirical insights.

Newswise: Accelerated Master’s in Biomedical Sciences Launches at PCOM/PCOM Georgia
Released: 7-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
Accelerated Master’s in Biomedical Sciences Launches at PCOM/PCOM Georgia
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine will expand the preclinical sciences accelerated one-year master’s program in Biomedical Sciences, first launched at PCOM South Georgia, to its PCOM and PCOM Georgia campus locations beginning in 2024.



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