Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
- Aman Yadav, Ph.D.
- Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education
- College of Education
Computational Thinking for K-12 Students and Their Teachers (CT4EDU)
Many students don't get the opportunity to pursue computer science or see the relevance of computing tools and practices in their own personal and professional lives.
Aman Yadav, a professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education (CEPSE) at MSU's College of Education, believes he has some tools that can help both students and their teachers grasp and use computational concepts more easily—tools that can be deployed as early as elementary school. These tools can serve as an on-ramp for teachers and their students to computationally rich learning experiences that can also be applied to other disciplines beyond computer science ...
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- Peter G. Gulick, DO, FACP, FACOI, FIDSA
- Professor, Osteopathic Medical Specialties
- Medical Oncology/Infectious Disease
- College of Osteopathic Medicine
Treating HIV/AIDS Patients and Their Loved Ones With Compassion and Courage
When Peter Gulick was in medical school, he was unaware of the virus that would define the trajectory of his career.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged in the early 1980's and became one of the most significant challenges in modern medicine. Gulick found himself in circumstances that called for not only medical acumen, but for compassion, advocacy, and social justice for patients and their loved ones ...
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- Julia Bello-Bravo, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Barry Pittendrigh, Ph.D.
- MSU Foundation Professor
- Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research
- Associate Chairperson
- Entomology
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
Transformations With Animations: Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO)
One of the challenges facing millions of people living in remote regions of developing countries is access to information. Barriers of distance, language, literacy, and resources can place critical—even life-altering information out of reach. Julia Bello-Bravo and colleague Barry Pittendrigh, both faculty members in MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, have been collaborating for a decade to make information accessible to remote populations all over the world through an initiative they co-founded, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) ...
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