The Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CSME) is pleased to present the CSME Exchange, an interactive brown bag discussion for UofU faculty, instructors and staff. The next CSME Exchange is: Managing an Effective Instructional Team: How to Support Your TAs and LAs Friday, October 19, 2018 CSC 210 (Tutoring Center) 12:30-1:30pm Lunch will be provided This […]
Claudia De Grandi leads CSME Exchange (Oct 19)
Building a Faculty Cluster in Math & Science Education
Funding available for graduate student internships
The NSF’s Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity is available in FY 2019 and FY 2020. The funding needs to be requested by the PI of an active NSF award. The PI can request additional support (up to $55,000) for periods of six months per student. The requested funding can be used to support travel, […]
Job opportunity in Inclusive Excellence – OSU
The Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning at Oregon State University is accepting applications for a full-time program coordinator Inclusive Excellence. OSU recently joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) and the American Association of Colleges & Universities’ Inclusive Excellence Community as one of 57 universities pioneering pathways to Inclusive Excellence in undergraduate STEM education. […]
CSME Exchange discusses instructional teams (Sep 20)
The Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CSME) is pleased to present the CSME Exchange, an interactive brown bag discussion for UofU faculty, instructors and staff. The next CSME Exchange is: Current configurations of instructional teams in the College of Science Please join us as we hear from each College of Science department to learn more about […]
Webinar discussion with Kimberly Tanner (Sept 14)
The Editorial Board of CBE–Life Sciences Education (LSE) and the American Society for Cell Biology invite you to Online with LSE – a journal club-style webinar offering “behind the scenes” looks into research published in LSE. This new, monthly webinar series is designed to provide life science educators with insights about how to design, […]
HHMI Faculty Fellows Announced
The UPSTEM HHMI Faculty Fellows program is designed to build leadership capacity at the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College around undergraduate science and math education. UPSTEM Fellows learn how to enhance learning for students with different backgrounds and preparation levels and gain skills necessary for catalyzing change within their own departments and […]
Fall Internships for Undergraduates
The College of Science Internship Program is currently accepting student applications; the application deadline is 11:59pm on September 4th. A variety of internship positions are available, along with up to $1,000 in funding! For more information, visit csme.utah.edu/internships
2018 REFUGES Bridge Summer Program
The REFUGES Bridge program accepted ten outstanding students this year who spent the summer living on-campus and getting a jump-start on their undergraduate STEM coursework. In August, the CSME hosted a final dinner for the students, their families, instructors, and all who were involved in the program. We look forward to another great summer in 2019. […]
Undergraduate summer research programs wrap up
CSME continues to provide support to REU programs on campus. In Summer 2018, students in the Physics & Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Summer Undergraduate Research Program joined with undergraduate researchers from several other U of U programs to present their findings at a research symposium. Winners included: Olivia Cooper (Smith College) – Grand Prize Adityajit […]