The National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year $200,000 grant to Lynch School Associate Professor Michael Barnett in partnership with the Educational Development Center in Waltham, Mass. This grant will sponsor two projects that excite non-science majors to the fields of Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering STEM education. The first project will use innovative technology to disseminate the research outcomes uncovered...

The National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year $250,000 grant to a collaborative involving Boston College Lynch School of Education, the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center (http://www.boston.salarmykroc.org), and the non-profit, STEM Garden Institute (http://stemgardeninstitute.org).  This grant will develop an out-of-school time science program at the Kroc Center, located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, in which youth will grow their...

I have been fortunate to have received a letter from Senator Kerry noting the work that our team has been doing with the urban youth in the field of science education and technology.  As is always the case with the projects it is the youth that deserve the...

I was fortunate to be awarded the CASE/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 2012 Professor of the Year for Massachusetts.  The U.S. Professors of the Year awards program celebrates outstanding instructors across the country. Sponsored by CASE and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate education. This award has received some media...