TERC Announces New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

October 30, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Jaclyn Parks617.873.9812jaclyn_parks@terc.edu

TERC Announces New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Cambridge, MA — TERC is pleased to announce Dr. Stephen D. Alkins, Jr. as its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (DEIO). This recently created position reflects TERC’s deep commitment to engaging diverse communities and cultivating opportunity and equity within science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

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New Signing Science Apps

October 22, 2018

Six separate signing glossaries, delivered as apps for use with handhelds, are now available free from the App Store. They can be used with iPhones, iPads, and iPods and are designed to provide visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing  access to STEM vocabulary during visits to to aquariums, botanical gardens, natural history museums, nature centers, science museums, and zoos. For more information, go to https://signsci.terc.edu/glossary/index.html.  » Read more

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Susan Jo Russell speaks at NCTM

October 2, 2018

Susan Jo Russell will be at NCTM Regional in Hartford. “Contextualizing and Decontextualizing: Supporting Students to Visualize Mathematical Relationships.” 10/6/18 at 1:30 in Mtg Rm 16 of the CT Convention Center.

Martha Merson presents at 2018 ASTC Annual Conference

September 27, 2018

Martha Merson will be at the 2018 ASTC Annual Conference, 9/29/18, presenting Bringing Scientific Research to Visitors’ Attention in National Parks—Where Could This Lead?

Jodi Asbell-Clarke and Elizabeth Rowe at 2018 IMBES Conference

September 26, 2018

Jodi Asbell-Clarke and Elizabeth Rowe from EdGE will be at 2018 IMBES Conference, Saturday, September 29th, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss how they are measuring implicit learning in personalized learning environments on the panel Innovative Uses of Game-Based Learning and Data Analytics in Educational Neuroscience.