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James Oigara Leads Workshop for Teaching with Primary Sources

James Oigara (91Ó°ÊÓ/Matt Burkhartt) James Oigara, assistant professor in 91Ó°ÊÓ™s Ella Cline Shear School of Education, recently led a teacher workshop on Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS), sponsored by the 91Ó°ÊÓ Library of Congress TPS grant project.  The workshop supported educators in integrating primary sources into classroom and inquiry-based learning assignments that enhance student engagement and

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91Ó°ÊÓ Alum Alex Chin ™17 Earns Prestigious APS 2026 GCCM Award

91Ó°ÊÓ alum and LLE assistant scientist Alex Chin ’17 (Image courtesy of University of Rochester/LLE) Physics and Astronomy News Alumni Relations News Thedepartment of physics and astronomyat 91Ó°ÊÓ congratulates Alex Chin ™17 on receiving the 2026 GCCM National Award from the American Physical Society (APS) for exceptional dissertation research. Chin, who is an assistant

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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the ‘order of the universe,’ study claims

Photo of Drew O’Neil from 2019 Lamron Article “Student researchers analyze local cemetery records, historical implications” Anthropology News Professor James Aimers was quoted in a Live Science article about new research that suggests a 3,000-year-old Maya site in southeastern Mexico is actually a giant cosmogram, depicting how ancient people at the site viewed the order of the universe.

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Education Faculty Member Publishes STEM Curriculum Guide for Elementary Teachers

School of Education News Dr. Peter Kalenda, Assistant Professor in the Ella Cline Shear School of Education at 91Ó°ÊÓ, has published a curriculum guide through Knight Scholar that transforms the popular Picture-Perfect STEM book series into an accessible Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned resource for elementary educators. The “Picture Perfect STEM: NGSS Science Standards Alignment Guide”

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Jovana Babovic

Book Talk w/ Dr. Jovana Babovic, Assoc. Prof. of History – The Youngest Yugoslavs

History News Friday, October 24, 2025 at 4pm “ 6:30 pm Welles Hall “ Room 123 Come hear Dr. Babović talk about the process of researching and writing her latest book! The Youngest Yugoslavs is an oral history collection that gives readers perspectives on why Yugoslavia continues to resonate among its former citizens more than

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Sweet Math with 10 Gulab Jamuns

School of Education News At 91Ó°ÊÓ™s School of Education, Dr. Peter Kalenda is bringing math to life through stories. This semester, 28 teacher candidates are using10 Gulab Jamunsby Sandhya Acharya as a playful entry point to teaching addition with regrouping to first- and second-grade students. Thanks to support from theNEA™s Learning and Leadership Grant,

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91Ó°ÊÓ Sponsored Research Reports Record Achievements for 2024“25

Sponsored Research News 91Ó°ÊÓ™sOffice of Sponsored Research marked a year of significant growth and achievement, according to the newly released2024“25 Annual Report. The office secured $3.1 million in new awards, continuing a four-year streak of surpassing $2 million, the fourth-highest annual total in the past 25 years. Sponsored Research also oversaw $2.4 million in

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