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From Mentee to Mentor, Berkeley Lab’s Education Programs Inspire Scientists

By Guest PostSeptember 9, 2013Education, Scienceadvanced light source, austin, bacteriaphage virology, bay area, berkeley lab, bioprospecting project, csee program, cxro, earth sciences division, education programs, environmental sample, fusion research division, georgia, mary singer, mentee, mentor, microbiology, seno rekawa, sri lanka, tamas torok, university of texas, university of wisconsin

Question: “What did you do this summer?” Answer: “I built the Advanced Light Source.”

It’s the rare undergraduate who can say they spent their vacation building a third-generation synchrotron, but that’s exactly what Seno Rekawa did in the summer of 1991 as an intern at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It was an auspicious start to his career. Less than five years later, he was working as a full-time engineer at Berkeley Lab and now is a regular mentor to budding high school and college engineers.

Berkeley Lab’s Center for Science and Engineering Education (CSEE), with its range of internship offerings, helps to fulfill one of the Lab’s mandates, which is to inspire and prepare this country’s next generation of scientists, engineers and technicians. This year more than 70 current and recent college students and almost 20 high school and college instructors participated in a CSEE program, working with Berkeley Lab researchers on science projects spanning from cancer research to cosmology to biofuels. (more…)

For many who work in his lab, Robert Crabtree is the quintessential mentor

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 2013Education19th century, british literature, cnrs, England, everybody happy, joseph chatt, malcolm green, oana luca, oxford university, professor, robert crabtree, scientific knowledge, ulrich hintermair, university of sussex, yale chemistry

Periodically, Yale chemistry professor Robert Crabtree strolls through his laboratory, sometimes whistling, and pauses to ask the students who work with him: “Everybody happy?”

According to Ulrich Hintermair, who conducted research in his lab as a postdoctoral fellow for the past two-and-a-half years, Crabtree’s concern with his research team’s wellbeing is just one of many qualities that distinguish him as a mentor at Yale. (more…)

A new look at how to evaluate teachers

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2013Educationeducation community, evaluate teachers, good teaching, teacher evaluations, teachers at work

ANN ARBOR — One of the most extensive collections of videos showing teachers at work in the classroom will be available this fall at the University of Michigan to help researchers learn more about how to evaluate good teaching and how to develop excellent teachers. (more…)

‘Small World Initiative’: Engaging young students in critical research

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2013Education, Scienceeric warrick, jean schmidt, kline biology tower, manoa, neil enis, pilot program, research projects, sachie etherington, small world initiative, stem, tiffany tsang, tulsa community college, university of hawaii, university of pittsburgh, yale campus

Twenty-four faculty members from colleges and universities from around the country left the Yale campus on Aug. 1 with a new mission: to inspire their freshman and sophomore students to pursue scientific research, specifically by discovering new antibiotics from soil bacteria.

In a week-long workshop called “The Small World Initiative” and held at Kline Biology Tower, the teachers developed the tools to engage their students in real-life research projects with such life-saving potential. (more…)

Microsoft introduces the 4Afrika Scholarship program

By Guest PostAugust 12, 2013Education, Technology4afrika scholarship program, africa, african students, botswana, clinton global initiative, english, international youth day, Microsoft, microsoft 4afrika, microsoft innovation centers, new york university, patrick onwumere, people, Tanzania, tunisia, uganda, united nations, university, young african minds

Part of the 4Afrika Initiative, the program will offer mentorship, training, university-level education and employment opportunities to aspiring African youth.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Aug. 12, 2013 — In recognition of International Youth Day, Microsoft Corp. Monday introduced the 4Afrika Scholarship program, as part of its 4Afrika Initiative, through which it will provide mentorship, leadership and technical training, certification, university-level education, and employment opportunities for promising African students. Mentorship will be provided by Microsoft employees from around the world, and employment opportunities will include internships and both part-time and full-time jobs within Microsoft, as well as with the company’s more than 10,000 partners across Africa.

Through the company’s 4Afrika Initiative and YouthSpark program, Microsoft has committed to helping millions of Africans get critical skills for entrepreneurship and employability. The 4Afrika Scholarship program is one way the company intends to meet that goal, by helping ensure that promising youth have access to the education, resources and skills they need to succeed, regardless of their financial situations. To help redress gender disparity in higher education in Africa, the company is actively encouraging young women to apply. (more…)

Two decades of work at Yale prove emotions matter in the classroom

By Guest PostAugust 11, 2013Educationadmissions assessments, australia, center, classroom, connecticut, curriculum, emotional intelligence, emotions matter, England, fran rabinowitz, hamden, italy, john d mayer, marc brackett, peter salovey, program called ruler, spain, work at yale

In August, leaders from more than 50 schools from around the country will gather at Yale to hear a simple but profound message — emotions matter in the classroom.

The training session will be the largest ever held by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, which has built a sophisticated, science-based program that is anchored in the seminal work of now Yale University President Peter Salovey and fellow psychologist John D. Mayer. Less than a quarter century after publication of their paper, “Emotional Intelligence,” 75,000 educators in more than 500 schools in 30-plus states and countries including England, Spain, Italy, and Australia have learned about the key role of emotions in learning and behavior through a program called RULER. (more…)

Ten years in the making

By Guest PostAugust 9, 2013Education, Sciencebenton award winner, company, cows, cows stomachs, dairy cows, digestion by bacteria, doctoral dissertation, doctoral student, good milk, kaylin young, limin kung jr, madison, management practices, michelle windle, premier agricultural feed, professional career, protein matrix, university of delaware, vita plus

UD alumna Windle sets off on professional journey with feed company

After a decade at the University of Delaware, Michelle Windle is beginning her professional career with Vita Plus, a premier agricultural feed company located in Madison, Wis. And to think that it all began with her knocking on the doors of professors in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences during her junior year as an undergraduate looking for a job.

As fate would have it, Windle ended up knocking on the door of Limin Kung Jr., the S. Hallock du Pont Professor of Animal and Food Sciences, and he offered her some hours in his laboratory. “To tell you the truth, at the time I had bright red dreadlocks. I don’t know what he saw in me, but I’m glad that he did,” said Windle. (more…)

Mini golf as art

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2013Educationames room, art, brainstormed words, chris larson, creation of art, geometric, jordan rosenow, mega golf, mini golf, minnesota artists, sara nichol, sculpture course, walker art center

Students in U of M assistant professor Chris Larson’s sculpture course, “Site, Environment, Community,” probably weren’t expecting mathematics and power tools to play such an important role in their creation of art.

But then, it’s not every class that gets to design and build two holes of mini golf for a world-renowned museum like The Walker Art Center.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Walker’s outdoor sculpture garden, and the 6th year the museum has hosted its summer treat, the 15-hole Artist-Designed Mini Golf course. (more…)

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