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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. Missing Seats at Important Tables.

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My computational chemistry laboratory has benefitted from our twinned focus on data and inclusion and serves as a case study for how access to meaningful research opportunities encourages people from all backgrounds to pursue data-related careers. UR is a research-intensive, predominately undergraduate, predominately white institution.

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. The course is taught by and apportions equal teaching time to a computer scientist and a technical communication faculty. My experience is different. More from UB: Had enough with the status quo?

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

Participants engage in research using statistics and computer science to analyze real-world data on diseases like cancer and COVID-19. Additionally, STEPS promotes positive cultural change within labs and broader academic settings by implementing inclusive best practices and fostering a supportive community ethos.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

Culture is the lens through which individuals perceive and make sense of their surroundings, influencing human development and cognition. Culture is also part of human development and influences cognitive, social, and psychological aspects of human development.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

Culture is the lens through which individuals perceive and make sense of their surroundings, influencing human development and cognition. Culture is also part of human development and influences cognitive, social, and psychological aspects of human development.

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Challenge Labs – a new way of doing research and teaching

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Philippa Page and Jennifer Richards of Newcastle University’s Humanities Research Institute. HEPI’s recent paper on the state of the humanities in the UK today can be read here. But how do we make this happen in local as well as more structural ways?