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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

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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

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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

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Ben Lathrop with his arms crossed in front of Beering Fountain

PhD student Lathrop focuses education research on misinformation, media literacy & AI

Third-year doctoral student Ben Lathrop is helping frame the conversation surrounding dis/misinformation along with publishing about teacher-focused research and tools on critical media literacy.

November 7, 2023

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Grand Universe planning liftoff in Hamilton County

Inside Indiana Business discusses future Grand Universe, “the most magnificent planetarium in the country," which will use educational programs, summer camps and after-school programs developed by Purdue University’s Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST).

November 3, 2023

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College of Education 1st Book Awards

College honors 9 faculty first-time book authors

The Purdue University College of Education honored nine faculty with first book awards on September 29 at its all-College fall meeting. “This type of academic publishing is an important metric for the Association of American Universities (AAU),” said Phillip J....

October 27, 2023

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