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Alumni Jeni Arndt, Kay Tesmer Hayes, Interim Dean Phillip VanFossen, Jason Ware, and Sharita Ware

2023 Education Distinguished Alumni honored

The Purdue University College of Education honored four distinguished alumni and recognized an alumnus benefactor during its 2023 Education Appreciation and Alumni Awards ceremony on Friday (Nov. 10) – including, for the first time at the same event, husband and...

November 21, 2023

Purdue University College of Education #51 in the world 2024 Times Higher Education World University Ranking in the subject area of education

Purdue College of Education jumps 27 spots in Times Higher Ed WUR Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings listed Purdue University’s subject area of Education as #51 in the world for 2024 - a jump of 27 spots from the 2023 ranking (#78). The College of Education is the primary college...

November 20, 2023

Students use AR-enhanced images of a Japanese beetle to document and classify the insects’ characteristics.

Lowell’s collaborative team develops XR/AR tech to assist teachers, engage students in science learning

How can instructors better teach science, specifically taxonomy and classification? A collaborative Purdue University team created innovative Extended Reality (XR) and Augmented Reality (AR) instructional materials and resources to help teachers and to enhance student learning and engagement. Students use...

November 17, 2023

Kristen Seward from the College of Education and Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research

16 Education faculty, staff receive Seeds for Success Acorn Awards

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Purdue University Office of Research held a Seeds for Success Acorn Award Ceremony (Nov. 1) to honor faculty recipients, including 16 College of Education faculty and staff. The award recognized Purdue...

November 15, 2023

Intermediate school students present their project,

Ackerman Center: serving Indiana’s teachers, students with civics resources

A resource center housed in the Purdue University College of Education is impacting the university and the state of Indiana by providing needed civics education resources for Indiana school districts. The James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship developed and...

November 13, 2023

Wanju Huang

Enhancing students’ training to handle radioactive materials more safely

Purdue University researchers have received a $50,000 internal grant from the University’s Innovation Hub to develop a Mixed Reality/Virtual Reality radiation safety training and assessment platform for students. The project is titled, “Development and Implementation of an Augmented Reality Assessment...

November 8, 2023