Guiding Youth to Create Change through STEM
Developing young people’s sense of agency as STEM learners, community members, and creative thinkers is the driving force behind two projects led by BU Wheelock’s Earl Center for Learning &… Read more
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Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science Programs Renewed for Five Years
The Upward Bound programs hosted by Boston University received another five years of funding from the US Department of Education. Upward Bound received $2.3 million, while Upward Bound Math Science… Read more
Eli Tucker-Raymond Receives NSF Funding for Grant Workshop Focused on Racial Equity
For BU Wheelock’s Eli Tucker-Raymond and his colleagues Christopher Wright (Drexel University) and Carrie Tzou (University of Washington Bothel), the experience of sitting on grant review panels opened their… Read more
BU Wheelock’s Upward Bound Hosts Students from Boston and Chelsea for College-Prep program
70 students from public schools throughout Boston and Chelsea participated in a second summer of virtual programming hosted by BU Wheelock’s Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science, which is… Read more
Doctoral Student Hannah Puttre Awarded NSF Grant to Study Early STEM Engagement
BU Wheelock’s Hannah Puttre has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to support her work studying diverse children’s early engagement with STEM. Puttre, a second-year doctoral… Read more
Upward Bound Math Science Partners to Provide Virtual STEM Program
BU Wheelock’s Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program partnered with the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham State University and the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston… Read more
STEM Application Co-Created by Dr. Nermeen Dashoush Partners with Teaching Strategies
A STEM educational application co-created by BU Wheelock clinical assistant Professor Nermeen Dashoush features prominently in a new partnership between MarcoPolo Learning and Teaching Strategies. The collaboration, which will begin… Read more
Faculty Research in STEM and Deaf Studies Among New Federally Funded Grants in 2020
BU Wheelock faculty contribute innovative research on a wide range of timely topics, ranging from American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary acquisition to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM learning for… Read more
Dr. Maria Olivares and Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Create STEM Equity Research Network
Dr. Maria C. Olivares, BU Wheelock Research Assistant Professor in Language and Literacy and colleague, Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond, Research Associate Professor, have received a grant from the National Science Foundation… Read more
Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond Honored with a 2020 Outstanding Book Award for STEM Literacies Publication
Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond, BU Wheelock Research Associate Professor of Language and Literacy, has been awarded a 2020 Outstanding Book Award by the Society of Professors of Education for his 2019… Read more