Faculty members from the College of Education examine how teacher preparation plays into staying in the teaching field.
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
Ciani contributes to new national monument for women’s history
Kyle Ciani helped to make the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument a reality, which is one of only six national monuments honoring women.
Reactions: Flooding could be sign of new normal
Between August 8 and 15, 2016, over 20 inches of rainfall fell over a large area of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Latest estimates have between 40,000 and 110,000 homes damaged or destroyed across the state and 13 people dead. Climatologist and Professor of Geography Dagmar Budikova explores why these “1,000-year-storms” are becoming more frequent.
Exploring genetic secrets of muscular dystrophy goal of NIH grant for Mortimer
Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer received a $435,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her work understanding the genetic keys to a form of muscular dystrophy.
Maximizing crop yield, minimizing nutrient loss
Maria Boerngen is playing her part to help farmers maximize crop yields in the Midwest, while protecting the environment as far away as the Gulf of Mexico.
5 things you will discover in latest Redbird Scholar
The spring issue of the Redbird Scholar has been published.
Powerful pen: Lauded faculty poet redefines, advances old genre
Gabriel Gudding is a poet, essayist, and translator.[
After Hillary: If America elects its first female president, what changes?
Hillary Clinton’s election would be loaded with significance, but one thing it wouldn’t mean is that men and women are suddenly on a level cultural playing field come November 9.
Scare tactics: Messages of fear, anger popular in 2016 campaigns
From immigration and employment, to terrorism and loss of patriotic pride, savvy politicians can employ messages to stir fear (and offer themselves as the solution).
Redbird scholars receive grants to domesticate pennycress, expand pre-K
Redbird scholars receive grants to domesticate pennycress, expand pre-K