Professor receives grant to promote STEM beyond classroom
Amber Simpson, Ph.D., to use $1.5M to continue ongoing research into informal learning environments
March 11, 2021 Provided by the Binghamton University website Amber Simpson, assistant professor in the department of teaching, learning and educational leadership (TLEL) at the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA), has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to continue her research.
In an effort to investigate how we can foster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning outside of the classroom, a Binghamton University professor has just been awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant.
The grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation to Amber Simpson, assistant professor in the department of teaching, learning and educational leadership (TLEL) at the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA), who has been continuously interested in how students learn. A former Tennessee high school m
New Federal Theatre Celebrates Women s History Month with An Online Reading Series
These readings will be free and accessible from NFT s website.by BWW News Desk
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Directed by Awoye Timpo, featuring award-winning actresses
Saturday, March 13 at 7:00 PM, streaming until March 15
When Jenny Anderson left her lover and moved into her grandmother s unoccupied house to await the birth of her first child, the last person she expected to show up was her gravely ill mother, expatriot poet Alice Anderson, whom she has not seen for twenty years. Leaving her activist husband and ten year-old daughter, Alice moved to Paris in 1965 to pursue her dreams of writing, free from American racism and the demands of being the devoted wife of a Civil Rights leader. She returns home hoping to die as she has lived, by her own rules. But Jenny is determined to find answers to questions she has waited a lifetime to ask and Alice is forced to come to terms with the effect of her flight on the daug
Press Release – Qtopia
We understand that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is set to announce $4 million dollars to support rainbow young people and their mental wellbeing, with the bulk of that funding going towards rainbow community organisations.
We expect Ardern to make this announcement at the Big Gay Out on Sunday 14th February, as part of Auckland Pride – a popular event for previous governments to make announcements about the rainbow community.
Recent research shows that Aotearoa’s rainbow communities, especially our rainbow young people, are underserved and over represented in negative health and wellbeing outcomes. Qtopia welcomes this funding and the recognition from the government of the front-line work our rainbow community organisations are doing.
Press Release – Qtopia We understand that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is set to announce $4 million dollars to support rainbow young people and their mental wellbeing, with the bulk of that funding going towards rainbow community organisations. We expect Ardern to …
We understand that the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is set to announce $4 million dollars to support rainbow young people and their mental wellbeing, with the bulk of that funding going towards rainbow community organisations.
We expect Ardern to make this announcement at the Big Gay Out on Sunday 14th February, as part of Auckland Pride – a popular event for previous governments to make announcements about the rainbow community.
Blunt Youth Radio gives teens voice on environmental issues
A new initiative trains high school students in radio broadcasting while they create content on climate and other environmental topics important to them.
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Lilliana Frantz, a member of Blunt Youth Radio in Portland, works the board for a 2019 show. A new initiative will give students a six-week crash course on radio broadcasting as they examine climate and environmental issues
Contributed / Caroline Hadilaksono
PORTLAND Teens from all over southern Maine converged at City Hall throughout 2019 for Youth Climate Strikes to urge policymakers to curb climate change. While the pandemic has prevented large gatherings, a new initiative from WMPG’s Blunt Youth Radio gives high school students a chance to delve into environmental issues and make their voices heard through radio journalism.