Category: GER2I

Pereira named Feldhusen Term Associate Professor of Gifted Education

The Purdue University Office of the Provost gave the College of Education permission to appoint Nielsen Pereira as the John Feldhusen Term Associate Professor of Gifted, Talented, and Creative Education for five years (as of August 17, 2026). Pereira is...

Fifth gifted education doctoral student named a MENSA Fellow

The Mensa Foundation named the College of Education’s Shahnaz Safitri as a 2026 Mensa Fellow. Safitri is a doctoral student in gifted, creative, and talented studies in the Department of Educational Studies, and is part of the College’s Gifted Education...

Two students working together on the wiring of a miniature car.

‘Students we serve are capable of great things’: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides funding for summer program

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded a $200,000 grant to the College of Education’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I) to support the general operations of the GER²I Summer Residential Program. The two-year grant (2026–2028) will help sustain and...

Olenchak named research director for world’s largest data set on gifted children

F. Richard Olenchak was appointed the new director of research for the Gifted Development Center/Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (GDC/ISAD).

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“The way of the future”: Gifted students explore AI’s potential for education

This year, students who had completed 7th or 8th grades explored artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of learning.

A group of GER2I students playing a teambuilding activity outside. Each student is holding a handle of a large circular colorful sheet.

Dissecting squids and other hands-on activities: GER²I’s Super Summer program

Many fun learning activities took place at the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute’s (GER2I) Super Summer (SSUM) – a weeklong, academic enrichment day camp for students in grades K-4.