News
Biology faculty member rethinks office hours with student needs first
Dan Wetzel’s project won funding from dB-SERC awards for innovative education programs.
New learning module will look at roots of pseudoscience
"Candle in the Dark” dB-SERC project will help students put aside “unwarranted beliefs.”
Fourteen dB-SERC Leader Award Winners Announced
Fourteen faculty members in the natural sciences and economics departments in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences were recently awarded the 2022-23 Discipline-based Science Education Research (dB-SERC) Leader Award.
Fourteen projects selected for dB-SERC awards
The Discipline-Based Science Education Research Center (dB-SERC) has awarded 14 Course Transformation Awards and 1 Mentor/Mentee Award to faculty in natural sciences and economics for this year!
dB-SERC Faculty Retreat
The dB-SERC Faculty Retreat was May 4th 9am-12pm
2022 dB-SERC Course Transformation Awards
The 4 recipients of the 2022 dB-SERC Course Transformation Awards have been recognized in an article in the University Times, as have the recipients of the 2023 dB-SERC Mentor/Mentee Awards. Congratulations to the award recipients!
2022 Winners Announced for dB-SERC Leader Awards
Congratulations to the fourteen faculty members who received dB-SERC Leader Awards this past year! We thank them for their support and contributions to the dB-SERC community. Read here in the University Times.
Inclusion in Physics at Pitt
Dr. Chandralekha Singh, founder of dB-SERC, was featured in a recent Pitt Pulse article about women in physics. The article discusses womens' lower self-efficacy in the field and ways to increase womens' representation in physics including an intervention physics courses.
Jennifer Lasser recieves 2022 Bellet Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Laaser, faculty member in the chemistry department! She is one of three recipients of the 2022 Bellet Award, which recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies. Read about it here!
2022 Winners Announced for dB-SERC Leader Awards
Congratulations to the fourteen faculty members who received dB-SERC Leader Awards this past year! We thank them for their support and contributions to the dB-SERC community. Read here in the University Times.
2022 dB-SERC Course Transformation Awards
The 4 recipients of the 2022 dB-SERC Course Transformation Awards have been recognized in an article in the University Times, as have the recipients of the 2023 dB-SERC Mentor/Mentee Awards. Congratulations to the award recipients!
Jennifer Laaser receives 2022 Bellet Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Laaser, faculty member in the chemistry department! She is one of three recipients of the 2022 Bellet Award, which recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies. Read about it here!
Inclusion in Physics at Pitt
Dr. Chandralekha Singh, founder of dB-SERC, was featured in a recent Pitt Pulse article about women in physics. The article discusses womens' lower self-efficacy in the field and ways to increase womens' representation in physics including an intervention physics courses.
2021 dB-SERC Leader Awards
Congratulations to the eighteen faculty members who received dB-SERC Leader Awards this year! We thank them for their support and contributions to the dB-SERC community. Read the full list of recipients and learn more about the award here.