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Byline: Carolyn Keller

Education Innovation

CTI explores 'The Art of Teaching' in new series

Cornell Chronicle

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.

Award winners holding framed certificates smiling at the camera with other people next to them also smiling
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

CTI announces winners of the Cornelia Ye Award for excellence in graduate teaching

Cornell Chronicle

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

Roald Hoffmann standing in a big lecture hall with one hand on Jeff Fearn's back, with the periodic table on the wall to their left, both smiling and rdressed casually.
Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Roald Hoffmann, Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor, Emeritus in the department of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts & Sciences 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

CTI's Thank a Professor program connects alum, professor 40 years later

Cornell Chronicle

"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."

People sitting in a college classroom
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’s past.