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Provided The Center for Teaching Innovation will host the faculty panel "The Art of the Lab," the second installment in its annual "Art of Teaching" series, on Feb. 11.
Teaching innovation

CTI鈥檚 鈥淭he Art of Teaching鈥 series returns Feb. 11 with 鈥淭he Art of the Lab.鈥 Faculty panelists will share creative instructional approaches for designing student-centered laboratory experiences.

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Provided The "Teaching About Climate Change: Art, Action, and Reflection" event on Wed. Jan. 28, a collaboration between the Center for Teaching Innovation and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, will include a faculty panel, workshop, and tour of 鈥淣aples: Course of Empire,鈥 the new Alexis Rockman exhibit that opens Jan. 20 at the Johnson Museum.
Teaching innovation

On Jan. 28, the Center for Teaching Innovation and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will co-host 鈥淭eaching About Climate Change: Art, Action and Reflection,鈥 a faculty panel, teaching workshop and exhibit tour exploring how instructors can engage the humanities, climate change and community in their teaching.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University The "Improving STEM Learning and Pedagogical Assessment" innovation project focused on creating an equitable environment for students to work in teams.
Education innovation

With a 2024-2025 Innovative Teaching & Learning Grant, A&S professors collaborated with others to develope an AI tool to foster student metacognitive skills around teamwork in STEM classes.

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Academic innovation

A keynote and faculty panel on Nov. 12 will focus on how faculty can communicate their generative AI-related expectations to students, how students can take accountability for their work, and what this looks like in practice.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Students in Rhonda Gilmore's studio course present their plans of a redesigned Cornell classroom. Gilmore will present this project as an example of engaged learning at "What Works" on Oct. 1.
Engaged learning

The Center for Teaching Innovation will host 鈥淲hat Works,鈥 on Oct. 1, featuring presentations, the Canvas Course Spotlight awardees, and a poster showcase that will demonstrate engaged learning approaches from Cornell faculty teaching in a diverse range of courses and fields.

Education Innovation

Through a series of facilitated faculty conversations, the series aims to shine a spotlight on unique aspects of a variety of teaching formats, from the discussion to the studio, from the field site to the lab to the seminar.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University From left, Steven Jackson, vice provost for academic innovation; Derina Samuel, Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) associate director; Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching award winners Judith Tauber and Amanda Domingues; and Rob Vanderlan, CTI executive director.
Awards

Doctoral candidates Judith Tauber and Amanda Almeida Domingues are the 2023-2024 recipients of the Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Roald Hoffmann, Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor, Emeritus in the department of chemistry and chemical biology in the 麻豆视频 & 麻豆视频 left, stands with alum Jeff Fearn '82, right. Hoffmann and Fearn connected for the first time in more than 40 years through the Center for Teaching Innovation's Thank a Professor Program.
Education Innovation

"This thanks is a bit late, 40+ years in fact...I credit your approach and your class for turning around my academic career and continuing on with my successful scientific endeavors."

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Serge Petchenyi / Cornell University Students participate in an in-class discussion.
Active learning

CTI announces 2023 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients

Cornell Chronicle

These grants provide a unique opportunity for faculty who are new to active learning and want to learn more or for those who want to expand upon initial efforts in implementing these teaching strategies.

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Soontira Sutanont/Cornell University Kimi Gengo, a poet, literary pioneer and advocate for Japanese Americans who attended Cornell from 1924-1925 and 1928-1930 is one of the changemakers featured in Any Person, Many Stories. Her story is shared by Claire Deng, '22.
Public history

Public history project reveals stories of Cornell changemakers

Cornell Chronicle

A new public history digital exhibition hosted by the Center for Teaching Innovation uses storytelling methods to look at Cornell鈥檚 past.