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Stem pipeline problems to aid STEM diversity

By Guest PostJuly 19, 2014Education, Sciencebmw, brad love, brown university, climate, critical mass, culture, data, david rowley, mira abed, pacific subduction zones, peter riefer, plate dynamics, underlying force

Educators and policymakers have spent decades trying to recruit and retain more underrepresented minority students into the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pipeline. A new analysis of disappointing results in the pipeline’s output leads two Brown University biologists to suggest measures to help the flow overcome an apparent gravity.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Decades of effort to increase the number of minority students entering the metaphorical science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pipeline, haven’t changed this fact: Traditionally underrepresented groups remain underrepresented. In a new paper in the journal BioScience, two Brown University biologists analyze the pipeline’s flawed flow and propose four research-based ideas to ensure that more students emerge from the far end with Ph.D.s and STEM careers. (more…)

Interview with Baban Mohamed: ‘Code-switching’, a research project on Kurdish community in Austria

By BlogArenaJuly 16, 2014Culture, Education, Interview, Mediaaustria, baban mohamed, bicultural acquisition, bilingualism, child code switching, code switching, community, kurdish immigrant, kurdish immigrant children

Baban Mohamed received his Master’s degree in English and American Studies (General/Applied Linguistics) from the University of Salzburg in Austria. He has B.A. degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Sulaimania (the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). Since 2005 Baban is living and studying in the beautiful Mozart’s City of Music, Salzburg. His research interests cover the areas of bilingual/ bicultural acquisition, child code-switching and sociolinguistics. (more…)

Improve grades, reduce failure – undergrads should tell profs ‘Don’t lecture me’

By Guest PostJuly 16, 2014Education, Sciencebarbara jacak, fission physics, great oxidation, infected tissue, k12 classrooms, lee bernstein, level of oxygen, luke haywood, neutrophils attack, nuclear data gaps, sticky dna strands, stuart daines, tendrilous hyphae, umwege, university of washington, wege

A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture-style than fail in classes incorporating so-called active learning that expects them to participate in discussions and problem-solving beyond what they’ve memorized.

Active learning also improves exam performance – in some cases enough to change grades by half a letter or more so a B-plus, for example, becomes an A-minus. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Anna Troupe, Creative Designer and Social Thinker

By BlogArenaJuly 6, 2014Education, Interview, Mediaanna marie troupe, anna troupe, Bangladesh, boundaries of creativity, clothing industry, creative designer, creative solutions, garment industry, social thinker, textile, unusual projects

Anna Marie Troupe was born in Mississippi in 1977 and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. The fifth daughter of a mechanical engineer and an administrative assistant, Anna made a point of pushing the boundaries of her creativity. She studied furniture design at Savannah College of Art and Design and had the honor of exhibiting a chair at the Salone del Mobila in Milan, Italy. Her work was also published in a book called, “Creative Solutions for Unusual Projects.”
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‘Life as Research Scientist’: Letitia Kotila, Family Scientist

By BlogArenaJune 12, 2014Education, Health, Interviewfamily scientist, home based bakery, letitia kotila, prenatal parenting behavior, psychology, sex congruent clothing, ssex specific child, toys

Letitia Kotila is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Human Development and Family Science at The Ohio State University. Her research area focuses on parental involvement, coparenting, and couple relationships. Letitia has three children (ages 11, 9, and 2) with her husband. She enjoys playing sports, riding bikes, and watching movies with her family. She also enjoys cooking and baking. Often Letitia spends time on the weekends testing new recipes.

As part of our series on ‘life as research scientist’ we requested Letitia to answer few questions, and here is what we learned from her. So let’s join to hear from Family Scientist Letitia Kotila: (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Shelley Rogers, Entomologist

By BlogArenaJune 6, 2014Education, Interview, Scienceblueberry pollination, cedar grove, entomologist, farmer, life long dream, north Carolina, organic farm, shelley rogers

Shelley Rogers is an entomologist and farmer, living in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. She studied pollination, specifically blueberry pollination. Shelley is deeply passionate about biodiversity. Recently we spoke with Shelley about her research, current occupation and more. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Carla Spence, Biologist

By BlogArenaJune 3, 2014Education, Interview, Media, Sciencebiotechnology company, carla spence, disease, fungal pathogen, harsh bais, induced systemic resistance, isr, magnaporthe oryzaerice, research scientist, resistance of rice, rhizosphere, soil microbes

Carla Spence is graduating with a Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Delaware in Summer 2014. She entered graduate school after receiving her B.S. in biology from the same University. She loves spending her leisure time with her husband, Sean, 2 years old son Trent, and her 8 months old daughter Callia. (more…)

Student Spotlight: Internship in D.C. will prepare Dinée Dorame to advocate for Indigenous women

By Guest PostApril 19, 2014Culture, Education2015, albuquerque, athima chansanchai, cloud in ocean, eric peterson, ezra stiles college, fausto nomura, human interaction, jahresbericht, larger birds, markus fruehmann, navajo nation, new mexico, project natick, sean james, shinichi nakagawa, tai chi; pd, thiago rangel, tolerant, yale junior

Yale junior Dinée Dorame, a member of the Navajo Nation and Tábaahá (Edge of Water clan) born for Naakaii Dine’é (Mexican people), hopes one day to help improve the lives of Indigenous women through a career in law or as a policy maker.

As one of 12 students in the nation selected by the Udall Foundation to be a 2014 Native American Congressional Intern, Dorame will get a first-hand look at federal decision-making this summer. Only three other undergraduates were selected for the competitive internship, which places American Indian and Alaska Native students in positions in Senate and House offices, Cabinet departments, the White House, or on federal committees, so they can get an insider’s view of the federal government at work. (more…)

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