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Dr. “Grace” Jinliu Wang Appointed President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University. . Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S. Wang holds a B.S.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Justin Schwartz Justin Schwartz – University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder has found its next president, Justin Schwartz, the current executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to her 18 years of executive leadership, Bergman had no career in academia.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. From a childhood of pumping gas and bookkeeping for the family business to a career in software engineering, he developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. Adding the Human Element.

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

The hands-on agenda encouraged active experimentation with tools like ChatGPT to imagine curricular integration in disciplines from sciences to humanities. Many students struggled with prompt engineering and needed clear guidance on how to use it effectively, preferring to use AI-powered writing assistants like Wordtune instead of ChatGPT.

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Training faculty to help students in mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

“Honestly, this happens so frequently now that my first reaction was, ‘You don’t need to disclose anything to me that will make you feel uncomfortable,’” said Mozafari, who teaches engineering communication at Cornell’s College of Engineering.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

Before joining the faculty at ASU, he was a faculty member at Texas Tech, and prior to working in academia, Dr. Koricich spent several years as a software development manager at a large insurance company prior to his career in academia. You still have marketing, human resources, and staff development that are not the STEM people.

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Universities on Fire

HESA

The second half of this interview in particular provides some really interesting insight into issues of what enablers are required for academia to really turn the corner on CO 2 emissions. Not just climate science, but how humans respond to it and how we think about it. You can listen to the podcast here or read the transcript below.