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The University of Florida pilots GoReact’s AI-assisted feedback tool to advance teacher preparation
The University of Florida is enhancing teacher preparation for the next generation by piloting a new AI Assistant...
Serving students with disabilities, UF’s Google-funded program makes computer science education accessible for all
Google partners with the CSEveryone Center for Computer Science Education to bolster new professional development program.
Veterans Take on Cybersecurity: UF Trains Veterans in Hardware Defense
NSF-funded program supports U.S. veterans and their transition to civilian life by learning how to hack.
Author James Patterson Launches Transformational Literacy Classrooms
Bestselling author and literacy champion, James Patterson, is writing the next chapter in his partnership with the University of Florida by expanding access to the James Patterson Literacy Challenge to schools across the state and beyond.
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Serving students with disabilities, UF’s Google-funded program makes computer science education accessible for all
Google partners with the CSEveryone Center for Computer Science Education to bolster new professional development program.
Veterans Take on Cybersecurity: UF Trains Veterans in Hardware Defense
NSF-funded program supports U.S. veterans and their transition to civilian life by learning how to hack.
Author James Patterson Launches Transformational Literacy Classrooms
Bestselling author and literacy champion, James Patterson, is writing the next chapter in his partnership with the University of Florida by expanding access to the James Patterson Literacy Challenge to schools across the state and beyond.
University of Florida’s College of Education to expand undergraduate research and transform math learning statewide
With support from University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s strategic funding initiative, two projects are taking shape in the College of Education: one to accelerate undergraduate research and another to transform mathematics education in Florida.
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Veterans Take on Cybersecurity: UF Trains Veterans in Hardware Defense
NSF-funded program supports U.S. veterans and their transition to civilian life by learning how to hack.
Justin Ortagus Spearheads Two Studies in Top Education Journals
Justin Ortagus, director of the Institute of Higher Education and associate professor of Higher Education Administration & Policy, publishes two studies in top-tier journals while securing nearly $4.3 million in new research funding.
Two College of Education professors honored with 2024 Graduate Education Champion Award
Kent Crippen, Ph.D., and Corinne Huggins-Manley, Ph.D., received the University of Florida Graduate School’s yearly Graduate Education Champion Award (GECA) for 2024 after being nominated by current UF graduate students.
UF Graduates First Cohort of Teacher Apprentices in Florida
Registered apprenticeship offers a proven training model that prioritizes hands-on experience. The Florida Department of Education oversees hundreds of apprenticeship programs, however, teachers have never had a registered apprenticeship pathway – until now.
Holly Lane, Ph.D. Honored with UF Mentorship Award
University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) director Holly Lane receives Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award.
Nigel Newbutt, Ph.D. Presents Insights to the Use and Deployment of VR in Special Educational Needs settings at Consortium Launch
Nigel Newbutt, Ph.D., discussed VR’s benefits for employability and life skills development in neurodiverse students, like those with autism, at consortium launch event.
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He will be missed: Professor Emeritus John Newell dies at 91
John Michael Newell, Ph.D., 91, a professor emeritus of educational psychology and a 30-year member of the graduate faculty at the UF College of Education, passed away Sunday, June 11, in Gainesville. He was a longtime instructor in the Department of Foundations of Education and served as acting director of the unit for two years in 1981-1983.
COE responds to tragic death of Professor Emeritus Thomas Oakland
(Thomas Oakland, a beloved and world-renowned professor of school psychology at the UF College of Education from 1995 until his retirement in 2010, was killed on Wednesday, March 4, when, Gainesville police allege, a local man set Dr. Oakland's house on fire after...
In memoriam: Hannelore Wass, professor emeritus, death studies pioneer, scholarship donor
Hannelore Wass, a professor emeritus in education psychology at UF’s College of Education and a prominent scholar in the field of death studies, died Friday, April 12 at age 86. Dr. Wass was one of the college’s pioneers in bringing professional journals to the...
In Memoriam – William H. Drummond (1921-2008)
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Bert Sharp, former COE dean, dies at 81
Former COE dean Bert Sharp, who led UF’s College of Education
through the turbulent and transformative 1970s, died Aug. 31 in Naples. He was
81.
Sharp was a professor in the Counselor Education department
in 1968, when he was catapulted into the dean’s position by the tragic death of
then-dean Kimball Wiles, who was killed in a car accident.
Margaret Early, emeritus professor and unsung hero of college access, dies at 84
Margaret Early, the UF emeritus professor who quietly set up scholarships for inner city kids, died June 28 at her home in Gainesville. She was 84.
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