"Students enrolled in an interactive peer-led physics course section had worse learning outcomes and grades than their peers in a lecture section taught by an instructor."
Mark Wood, social sustainability lead at Siemens GB&I, praised the competition's intensity and highlighted Muhammad's achievement with his decentralized communication system, which offers great potential for various uses.
The sudden termination of the NSF grant left our PROCESS program without funding, emphasizing the fragility of support for educational initiatives aimed at underrepresented students.
Jacobsen's grant, designed to address teacher biases in STEM education, was terminated by NSF, signaling a shake-up in agency priorities affecting numerous education-focused grants.
Chan believes affordable housing is important, but believes a better funding formula should be figured out. He also wants schools to have more Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs that will lead to more jobs for future generations.
The $50 million donation is aimed at funding doctoral fellowships, enhancing undergraduate experiences, and establishing a dean's fund focused on mobility, energy storage, and AI.