Ida Gradl kombiniert in ihrem Dissertationsprojekt erprobte Methoden zur Angstbewältigung im Studienalltag zu einem innovativen Trainingsprogramm. Ein achtwöchiges Achtsamkeitstraining, das verschiedene Strategien gegen Ängste im Studienalltag integriert, hat die junge Psychologin Ida Gradl entwickelt und mit Studierenden getestet. (more…)
Aaron Held’s research merges and draws on the expertise of two of the labs in Brown’s broad effort to combat ALS. That role has given him several opportunities to learn novel skills and new science during graduate school.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Timing is everything. When doctoral student Aaron Held came to Brown University in 2012, the opportunities he’s enjoying today had only just begun to take shape. But more than three years into his work, he’s become the vital linchpin between two labs in a diverse collaboration dedicated to disarming a horrible disease. That has given him several chances to learn new techniques and new biology. (more…)
UD graduate studies soil moisture levels as a geologist in Texas
Even as a little kid, Chelsea Halley knew that she wanted to be a geologist. Now, as the 2012 University of Delaware graduate gets set to receive her master’s degree in geology from the University of Texas, the goal she set when she was younger is becoming a reality as she embarks on a career as a geologist for an environmental consulting company in Austin. (more…)
Yvonne Brill invented satellite propulsion. Sarah Mather developed the underwater telescope. Ada Lovelace created the first computer algorithm. They were all women inventors, two words that many people don’t put together in a sentence very often. (more…)
Online-Vorlesung: Top-Klimawissenschaftler erklären Klimawandel und seine Folgen
Klimawandel, was ist das eigentlich? Ein neues digitales Lernformat bietet die Möglichkeit, das eigene Wissen zum Klimawandel unkompliziert von zuhause zu erweitern. Nach der großen Nachfrage im Wintersemester startet der Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) „Klimawandel und seine Folgen“ am 9. Mai wieder neu. Eine Einschreibung ist ab sofort auf der MOOC-Plattform Iversity online möglich unter https://iversity.org/de/courses/klimawandel. Der Kurs mit international renommierten Klimaexperten führender Forschungsinstitute erklärt die Ursachen für die menschgemachte Erderwärmung und die Funktionsweise unseres Klimasystems.
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AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas at Austin is launching “Thrive at UT,” a mobile application geared toward enhancing the well-being and success of its students. The application will help students practice and incorporate behaviors into their daily lives that support academic success and timely graduation including bouncing back from failure, maintaining social connections and having a positive self-image. (more…)
Holly Gildea didn’t come to Brown expecting to publish in one of the world’s top scientific journals, or even to study neuroscience, but by discovering and pursuing her passion, she’s achieved an auspicious start to a research career.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Growing up in Barrington, R.I., senior Holly Gildea had a sense that Brown University could be the college for her, and when she visited campus for “A Day on College Hill” in 2012, she became sure. (more…)
Allan La Grenade-Finch remembers the moment an 8th grader, a “great kid” who often sat in the back of class and struggled with science, “lit up” during last year’s Hour of Code at Cardozo Education Campus in Washington, D.C. (more…)
