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November 30, 2023

Retirement tribute to James Freeland

James Freeland, clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies, will retire in December 2023 after a 56-year career as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and College of Education professor.

November 27, 2023

New book celebrates how Black Midwesterners persevered during Great Migration

A College of Education post-doctoral research associate is celebrating her new book published earlier this month. The University of Illinois Press published Jennifer Sdunzik’s book, The Geography of Hate: The Great Migration through Small-Town America (Nov. 7). The book takes...

November 22, 2023

Newton receives 2023 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Award

The Office of Global Partnerships and Global Academic Committee named Dr. Jill Newton as one of four winners of Purdue’s 2023 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Award during International Education Week (Nov. 13-17).

November 17, 2023

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 15, 2023

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 8, 2023

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...