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STEM Active Learning Academy Launches

May 2, 2019

We are happy to announce the creation of the Active Learning Academy! NSF-funded, faculty-driven, and ASSETT-supported, the Active Learning Academy offers STEM faculty professional development (PD) opportunities to learn and apply research-based instructional strategies and course design principles to an undergraduate STEM course of their choosing. These strategies and principles...

Professor Greg Tucker Used ASSETT Development Award Funding To Create an Animation about River Evolution

July 1, 2014

The state and national borders that had been historically dictated by a river's path may come into question when that river changes direction. CU Boulder Geology Professor Dr. Greg Tucker understands this issue all too well. Tucker explains that, "Rivers and streams often appear to be fixed and more or...

Mojzsis Piques Students' Interest With Technology

May 20, 2014

"I wake up in the morning, and I can't wait to come to work," says Dr. Stephen Mojzsis of the Geological Sciences Department at CU Boulder. Mojzsis takes interest in his students and now even collaborates on the research level with some former students from past introductory geology courses. Mojzsis...