by Lauren | Oct 24, 2016 | Faculty Commons
Angela Duckworth, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, visited the University of Delaware on Oct. 11 to lecture on her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Duckworth, whose research has become popular through both her TED talk and...
by Richard Gordon | Sep 28, 2016 | Faculty Commons
University of Delaware faculty and administrators have been awarded a $300,000 “Improving Undergraduate STEM Education’’ grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore ways to incorporate computational reasoning into undergraduate courses at UD. The...
by Lauren | Sep 20, 2016 | Faculty Commons
On Friday, Oct. 7, the First Friday Roundtable series at the University of Delaware will host “Designing Presentations for Learning” from 3:30-5 p.m. in 208 Gore Hall. Building upon educational and cognitive research, this session will offer specific techniques you...
by Lauren | Sep 19, 2016 | Faculty Commons
A six-week program, Mindfulness in Education, Teaching, Assessment and Learning (METAL), will begin in the fall semester for University of Delaware faculty members. Michael Mackenzie, assistant professor of behavioral health and nutrition and director of the Mind Body...
by Lauren | Sep 12, 2016 | Faculty Commons
The University of Delaware Faculty Commons Book Club will meet at noon, Thursday, Oct. 6, to discuss Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance authored by Angela Duckworth. Beth Morling, professor of psychological and brain sciences, will co-facilitate the session...
by Lauren | Sep 9, 2016 | Faculty Commons
More than 240 new University of Delaware graduate teaching assistants (TAs) took part in an afternoon of orientation to prepare them for their forthcoming teaching responsibilities on Aug. 24. The orientation, which took place in Clayton Hall, was organized by the...
