News Archive
CU Wins National mathematics and Science Initiative Award ($2.4M)
A coalition of researchers from education and science deparments has won one of twelve awards from the NMSI, part of a $125M initiative in education.
Wieman Featured in AP News article on Transforming large-Enrollment courses
A popular piece on the efforts at CU, UBC and elsewhere to transform science courses. (Nov 24, 2007)
PhET Wins MERLOT Award
The Physics Education Technology Project, or PhET received the 2006 MERLOT Classics Award as the most outstanding online resource in the field of physics and also won its highest honor, the Editor's Choice Award,
PhET winsScience 2007 Visualization Challenge
The Physics Education Technology Project wins First Place in Science Magazines 2007 Visualization Challenge
NEW: Senior Teaching Fellow postdoc in Physics [job filled]
Join the Science Education Initiative and help physics transform its undergraduate courses.
Finkelstein wins campus teaching award
Noah Finkelstein wins the university-wide Teaching Excellence award from the Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder Faculty Assembly.
New Papers from PER@C
Several new papers from the PER group have appeared in Physical Review, Science, Physics Today, and Nature Physics
Wieman wins top AAPT Award
Carl Wieman is the winner of the 2007 Oersted Medal, the highest honor given by the American Association of Physics Teachers.
LA Program Featured in Science magaizine
Otero, Finkelstein, Pollock and McCray discuss the impact and potential of the LA Program for transforming science courses and recruiting future teachers
PhET Wins Merlot Award
The Physics Education Technology Project, or PhET received the 2006 MERLOT Classics Award as the most outstanding online resource in the field of physics and also won its highest honor, the Editor's Choice Award, as an exemplary model for all 17 disciplines.
PI's Otero, Pollock win $1.5M NSF TPC grant
As Continuation of the STEM Colorado program, Learning Assistant Model of Teacher Education in Science and Technology," is under the direction of Valerie K. Otero, Derek C. Briggs, Michael W. Klymkowsky, Steven J. Pollock.
Dubson wins National Teaching Award
Michael Dubson will be recognized by the AAPT with the Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching Award at the upcoming national meeting of the AAPT
Otero / Finkelstein elected to PERLOC
PERLOC is organizing council the PER community - conducting elections, spending funds, compiling news letters, organizing committees, setting up the PERC committee, and PERC proceedings…
Wieman and Perkins lead Science Education Initiative at CU boulder
A new Science Education Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder created and directed by Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman will incorporate research findings on effective science instruction in the classrooms of four CU-Boulder science departments beginning this fall.
Finkelstein elected as Member at large of the American Physical Society's Forum on EducaTION (APS Fed)
The Forum on Education (FEd) of the American Physical Society exists as a mechanism to involve its members in activities related to physics education, at all educational stages, from elementary to grad school..