I’ve been following, with something like exasperation, the discussion over Harvard University’s new study on teaching. Not surprisingly, the study found that physics students performed better on ...

What is Chunking and Why is it Important? Academically speaking, chunking is essentially the breaking down and selective grouping of the content you want your students to learn. OK, but why is that ...

[Today’s students] are pushing lecture capture, not as a tool to replace class, but as a tool to review it and get even more out of it. Jimmy Lieu, University of Pennsylvania One of the most ...

Hungarian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature 2025 winner László Krasznahorkai, known for his lyrical and tragicomic novels ...

Learning later in life isn't just possible, it is important for good quality of life. It can boost memory, emotional ...

The Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture, named in honor of former Dean Richard J. Childress (1969-1976), is a premier academic event highlighting a provocative and timely area of law. The lecture ...

All lectures can be attended virtually via Zoom; students use the chat function to submit questions. All lectures are recorded and available for students to watch upon request (instructions on viewing ...

Speaker: Ardeth Thawnghmung, Department of Political Science Title: “Social Capital and Governance: Bridging the North–South Divide with Political Science” Time: 9–11 a.m.

As a doctoral candidate interviewing at a liberal-arts college some years ago, I rambled, waded through pages of notes, and completely lost my train of thought at one point during my job presentation.

Last fall, about a month into his first semester of teaching, a graduate-student instructor I mentor came to see me in my office. Before the semester began, he had participated in an intensive ...

When I was young, there was no such thing as the World Wide Web or video streaming. If you wanted to watch something, you had to wait until it appeared on television. Sometimes you might think, "Hey, ...