SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org Just another WordPress site Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 SEPAL Featured in SFSU Newspaper http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/sepal-featured-in-sfsu-newspaper/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/sepal-featured-in-sfsu-newspaper/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:26 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1709 SEPAL was featured in the San Francisco State University’s Newspaper, Golden Gate Xpress.  This article highlights effective studying habits for college students.

Check out this article here!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/sepal-featured-in-sfsu-newspaper/feed/ 0 Congratulations to SEPAL Alum Thomas Jenkinson http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-thomas-jenkinson/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-thomas-jenkinson/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:10 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1705 Thomas Jenkinson, SEPAL NSF SK-12 Fellow from 2008 – 2010 & Master’s Student with Dennis Desjardin, was recently awarded the Dow Sustainability Fellowship.  This is an academic fellowship in conjunction with the Dow Company and the University of Michigan which supports Doctoral Students over two academic years.

 

Congratulations Thomas!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-thomas-jenkinson/feed/ 0 Congratulations to SEPAL Grad Student Kathryn Danielson http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-grad-student-kathryn-danielson/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-grad-student-kathryn-danielson/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:47:52 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1684 SEPAL Graduate Student, Kathryn Danielson, was selected as the 2013 College of Science & Engineering Hood Candidate.

Congratulations Kathryn!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/05/congratulations-to-sepal-grad-student-kathryn-danielson/feed/ 0 Congratulations to Kimberly Tanner Her Research Publication in the Journal PNAS http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-kimberly-tanner-her-research-publication-in-the-journal-pnas/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-kimberly-tanner-her-research-publication-in-the-journal-pnas/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:57:36 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1646 Congratulations to Kimberly Tanner and her team of Science Faculty with Education Specialties on their recent publication in the prestigious science journal, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Their paper addresses “Widespread distribution and unexpected variation among science faculty with education specialties (SFES) across the United States”

Seth D. Bush, Nancy J. Pelaez, James A. Rudd II, Michael T. Stevens, Kimberly D. Tanner, and Kathy S. Williams, PNAS 2013  PDF

 

See the SFSU New Press Release here!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-kimberly-tanner-her-research-publication-in-the-journal-pnas/feed/ 0 Congratulations to our Two Spectrum Participants http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-our-two-spectrum-participants/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-our-two-spectrum-participants/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:11:57 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1630 JenniferChinchillaPlease join SEPAL in congratulating two outstanding Spectrum participants who were recently selected for prestigious awards.

Spectrum Scientist, Jennifer Chinchilla, was selected for the SFSU Community Service Learning Award for the two years of outstanding participation in the Spectrum program to co-sponsor after-school science clubs for girls of color at local SF middle schools.

 

Spectrum Faculty and SFSU Biology Professor, Dr. Letica Marquez-Magana was selected to be featured in the new magazine, Cosmo for Latinas!  She was just awarded the 2013 Fun/Fearless award in the Science area for her contributions in science and the mentorship she provides for students of color at SFSU.  Please keep an eye out for the issue appearing on newsstands on June 2013.

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/04/congratulations-to-our-two-spectrum-participants/feed/ 0 Congratulations to SEPAL Alum Rebecca Fulop! http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-rebecca-fulop/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-rebecca-fulop/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:20:01 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1586 SEPAL alumna Becky Fulop’s 2012 Advances in Physiology Education paper – Investigating high school students’ conceptualizations of the biological basis of learning – was the third article highlighted in the Recent Research feature of the new issue of CBE: Life Sciences Education.  See the feature here.

Congratulations Becky!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-rebecca-fulop/feed/ 0 SEPAL People in the News! http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/sepal-people-in-the-news/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/sepal-people-in-the-news/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:09:59 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1571 Congratulations to several SEPAL people making local and national press!

CCB FEST Principal Investigators Jeff Schinski and Kimberly Tanner were featured in the recently published Nature article, “A sense of community: US scientists passionate about teaching can find rewarding work at community colleges.”  Read the article here!

 

SEPAL Alum, Tatiane Russo-Tait, and SEPAL Master’s Student, Kathryn Danielson, are highlighted in the SFSU Spring Publication of “BioNews.”  Read the article here!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/03/sepal-people-in-the-news/feed/ 0 Congratulations to SEPAL SPIKE Alum Michelle Davila! http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/02/congratulations-to-sepal-spike-alum-michelle-davila/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/02/congratulations-to-sepal-spike-alum-michelle-davila/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:22:18 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1371 Undergraduate Zoology major AND SEPAL SPIKE Alum Michelle Davila (Zink Lab) received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Exceptional Research Opportunities Program Fellowship to conduct research in the lab of an HHMI professor.

Congratulations Michelle!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2013/02/congratulations-to-sepal-spike-alum-michelle-davila/feed/ 0 Congratulations to SEPAL Alum Briana McCarthy http://www.sfsusepal.org/2012/12/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-briana-mccarthy/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2012/12/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-briana-mccarthy/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:21:38 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1248 We would like to congratulate SEPAL alum, Briana McCarthy, on her new position at the California Academy of Sciences, where she is the Teacher Educator and Instructional Coach with the Teacher Institute on Science and Sustainability.  Briana received her MS in Ecology and Systematic Biology through SEPAL in 2009.

 

Congratulations Briana!

]]> http://www.sfsusepal.org/2012/12/congratulations-to-sepal-alum-briana-mccarthy/feed/ 0 New SEPAL Science Education Research Publication http://www.sfsusepal.org/2012/12/new-sepal-science-education-research-publication/ http://www.sfsusepal.org/2012/12/new-sepal-science-education-research-publication/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:22:47 +0000 SEPAL http://www.sfsusepal.org/?p=1235 Please check out the recent SEPAL Publication:

 

Brownell, S.E. and Tanner, K.D., Barriers to Faculty Pedagogical Change: Lack of Training, Time, Incentives, and … Tensions with Professional Identity?. CBE: Journal of Life Sciences Education, 11: 339-346, 2012. pdf

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