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Office of Diversity and Inclusion Hosts Series to Showcase DEIA Work at the University
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a Lunch and Learn Series this semester to showcase diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) work taking place across the University. The series will highlight workshops, scholarship, integrated/shared work and roundtable discussions…
Helping Address Hiring Crises, the Baldanza Fellows Program Expands to 黑料不打烊 City Schools
Teacher shortages and a predominantly white teaching force are two persistent hiring trends that continue to challenge public schools nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 90% of school districts reported difficulties hiring teachers for the 2023-24…
Center on Disability and Inclusion Awarded $1.7M to Support Employment for Individuals With Disabilities
The School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion has been awarded a five-year, $1.7 million New York State Education Department (NYSED) Core Rehabilitation Services contract to support individuals with disabilities interested in obtaining, maintaining or advancing in employment. The…
Art Bridges Grant to Support Gordon Parks Exhibition at 黑料不打烊 Art Museum Next Fall
黑料不打烊 Art Museum has received a grant from the Art Bridges Foundation to support the exhibition and related programming for 鈥淗omeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs,鈥 on loan from the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art…
InclusiveU Student Sam Clark 鈥24 Brings His Dreams to Life Through Los Angeles Immersion Experiences
Sam Clark 鈥24 has known since he was 9 years old that he wanted to be a film director when he grew up. After a family trip to Egypt where his dad took hours and hours of video, Clark found…
Ukrainian Students Find Refuge in the Maxwell School Community
Yulia Bychkovska was in Boston in February 2022 when Russian missile attacks struck a mostly residential area west of her home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Though she was in the U.S., she learned of the invasion before her mother. 鈥淚 had…
Building Bridges to Inclusive Schools: 20 Years of Helping Educators Find Their ‘Teaching Voice’ in NYC
鈥淕rowth鈥 and 鈥減erspective鈥 are the top gains School of Education (SOE) alumni note when reflecting on a semester spent student teaching in New York City. While the Bridge to the City program is an accelerated immersive experience鈥攖wo placements in the…
Give Back in 2024: Volunteer to Be a Book Buddy
Early literacy is paramount to a child鈥檚 future success, but recent research [PDF] from The Education Trust-New York shows the state is facing a 鈥渓iteracy crisis that has the potential to limit the future success of students, families, schools and…
International Thanksgiving Dinner Brings Together Campus Community
More than 700 first-year international students and members of the University community recently came together to celebrate the University鈥檚 39th Annual International Thanksgiving Celebration. A beloved University tradition, it is believed to be the only celebration of its kind on…
Hendricks Chapel Brings Students Together for Interfaith Service Opportunity 聽
On a recent Sunday afternoon, students from a range of religious and spiritual identities and traditions gathered at Hendricks Chapel to break bread. Following a meal and time for interfaith conversation, the students traveled to the East 黑料不打烊 headquarters of…