Science Prize Goes to Undergrad Course That Incorporates Faculty Research

A Stanford biology class that involves undergraduates in their instructors' research and has been shown to engage students much more effectively than standard lab classes has been awarded the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI). "Teaching and research don't have to be either-or," says the Stanford assistant professor of biology Tadashi Fukami, who teaches the class. "Even if faculty professors are expected to be doing research and are really busy with that, they can do inquiry-based teaching combined with research in the area of science that they are good at. That can be a great combination." Science’s IBI Prize was developed to showcase outstanding materia . .

By AAAS, USA.

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Aegis takes Darfur debate to Rome .

Aegis’ Special Representative on Crimes against Humanity, Professor Mukesh Kapila, has continued the international tour for his new book, “Against A Tide of Evil”, in a series of lectures at Rome’s Universities. Giving his insider account as the UN Sudan chief who blew the whistle on ethnic cleansing in Darfur in 2004, Kapila’s memoir also addresses more recent developments in Sudan – where the Darfur crisis continues, and mass atrocities are now being committed in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile State.

By Aegis Trust,, UK.

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