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Awards of Distinction Recognize Excellence in Teaching, Mentoring, Research

April 16, 2019

Seven faculty members and a staff scientist were honored for their teaching, mentoring and research at the annual UA Awards of Distinction luncheon and ceremony.

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Evidence Suggests Improved Student Outcomes in Collaborative Learning Spaces

Oct. 4, 2018

Data collected by the UA indicates improved student performance in several courses that were transformed from a traditional lecture format to a collaborative learning format.

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How One Email From You Could Help Students Succeed

Aug. 14, 2018

Zoë Cohen, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology, found that a simple email reaching out to struggling students helped boost their success; nudges have caught on as a way to help students through the many complex processes of higher education

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Collaborative Learning Spaces Shift the Culture Toward Improved Teaching & Learning

Aug. 10, 2018

Gail Burd, Senior Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, and Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona (UA), shares the story of how Collaborative Learning Spaces are shifting the culture at UA toward improved teaching and learning.

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Collaborative Learning Spaces Shift the Culture Toward Improved Teaching & Learning

Aug. 10, 2018

Gail Burd, Senior Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, and Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona (UA), shares the story of how Collaborative Learning Spaces Shift the Culture Toward Improved Teaching & Learning.

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How One Email From You Could Help Students Succeed

Aug. 9, 2018

Zoë Cohen, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology, shares a quick way to boost student success.

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Stem Shifts | How Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Instruction is Changing Higher Education

Aug. 1, 2018

Academic Programs in STEM fields are changing higher education as a whole; read more about the full-scale effort to improve teaching and learning at The University of Arizona. 

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Want to Help Professors Become Better Teachers? Find Them a Mentor

June 28, 2018

For day-to-day teaching challenges, nothing beats an ally who has been there, done that -- learning about the small things from Kasi Kiehlbaugh completely changed how Lecturer Justin Schluntz thought.

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Departments Transform Classrooms With Help From New Funding Program

June 20, 2018

If your department has a drab and boring classroom in need of an upgrade, the ISLE Program offers up to $50,000 in matching funds for departmental classroom renovations.

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Report Urges Development and Evaluation of Approaches that Integrate STEMM Fields with Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

May 7, 2018

Gail Burd is a member of a National Academies committee that just released a report examining the trend in higher education that integrates humanities and arts with sciences, engineering and medicine.

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