In This Issue
Purdue Faculty Publish Paper on IMPACT Course Redesign Program thru NILOA | Women in Data Science Set for March 4 at Purdue’s Discovery Park | Communicating the Stakes of Climate Change | What If Psychedelics Can Heal? | Office of Undergraduate Research Provides Opportunities for Students, Staff to Learn and Communicate | Check It Out! Libraries Staff Happenings | Faculty Presentations, Publications, Awards, Accomplishments
Editor’s Note: The masthead image is courtesy of Purdue Archives and Special Collections. The image is a section of “The Spirit of the Land Grant College” mural, which adorns the wall above the entrance to the Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE) Library in Stewart Center at Purdue University. See www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/hsse/spiritlandgrant for more information.
Purdue Faculty Publish Paper on IMPACT Course Redesign Program thru NILOA
This week, several members of Purdue University faculty and staff published, “Creating Student-Centered Learning Environments and Changing Teaching Culture: Purdue University’s IMPACT Program” through the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). The invited paper The invited paper describes Purdue’s IMPACT (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation) course design program, which was recognized last year by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of six encouraging innovations in education. Read more…
Women in Data Science Set for March 4 at Purdue’s Discovery Park
The second annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) at Purdue University is set for Monday, March 4 in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park. Started at Stanford in 2015, the WiDS initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. The annual global conference is now held in conjunction with many other entities around the world. At Purdue, the goal is to help build a community focused on data science and to inspire and raise awareness among students and community members about the opportunities for women in the data science field. Read more…
Communicating the Stakes of Climate Change
In late 2017, at a conference in Bonn, Germany, Jason Reed and a few of his Purdue University colleagues convinced government officials to play a game. If you are wondering why on Earth people from Purdue would do such a thing, Earth is exactly why they did. Here’s some context…
The conference was the Bonn Climate Change Conference, a midyear working meeting between the UN Climate Change conferences, the “foremost global forums for multilateral discussion of climate change matters”; the government officials were climate negotiation delegates... Read more…
What IF Psychedelics Can Heal?
For decades, psychedelic drugs have been associated with “turning on, tuning in, dropping out” and the countercultural baggage of the 1960s. But what if they hold the key to treating a series of health afflictions? Are they safe? Are they effective? Six-time New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan (pictured, left) will explore these ideas March 20 in a Q&A session led by Rhonda Phillips, interim dean of Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies. “What If Psychedelics Can Heal?” is set for 6 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall.
The event is open free to the public. Read more…
Office of Undergraduate Research Provides Opportunities for Students, Staff to Learn and Communicate
A Purdue student works with a robot at the 2018 “Celebrate Purdue’s Thinkers, Creators, and Experiments” event organized by the Office of Undergraduate Research. The event allows undergraduates in research or creative endeavors to showcase their work. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)
Purdue Today: In the Spotlight
The Office of Undergraduate Research was formed in summer 2017, and since then has developed a wealth of opportunities and services for not only undergraduates, but also faculty and staff. Its seminars, scholarships and conferences benefit research and creative endeavors in all academic disciplines across campus.
For students, the OUR works to promote and expand opportunities for them to work on undergraduate research experiences with skilled mentors across campus, and opportunities are provided every semester to work on research communication.
Amy Childress, the OUR’s director, says that students’ learning about communicating their research and disseminating it is an important piece of research: “It’s a critical component of their experience, and being able to communicate what they’re doing and its impacts to a broader audience is something that will serve them well in their future careers.” Read more…
LCSSAC Game Night – Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies
Check It Out! Purdue Libraries Staff Happenings
Welcome to LCSSAC Corner in VOLUMe. This corner of VOLUMe will be about what is happening with the Libraries and School of Information Studies staff, including activities, accomplishments, upcoming events, etc. If you have something that you would like to be included in this corner, please send it to Sandy Galloway at sgallow@purdue.edu. Read more…
Faculty Presentations, Publications, Awards, Accomplishments
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Bethany McGowan, part of the Critical Data Studies Collective, helped introduce Virginia Eubanks when she spoke at Purdue Feb. 13. Eubanks’ talk was part of the Critical Data Studies (CDS) Distinguished Lecture Series, as well as the University’s Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Read more…
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