Institute News

Taking Part in The Conversation: How Technology Helps Olympians

Wearable technology, such as Fitbits, have revolutionized the way that people work out. And that includes Olympians. Jaci VanHeest, an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Connecticut, has recently published an article on The Conversation about the ways that new technology is being used to make Olympian training more effective.

Health in Our Hands featured in MSTA Winter Newsletter

Congratulations are in order for the Health in Our Hands team, specifically Jane Lee, Idit Adler, Irene Bayer, and Frieda Reichsman, whose article has been published in the MSTA Winter Newsletter! Their article, "Health in Our Hands: What controls my health? Making sense of gene-environment interactions using online simulation" describes a lesson in which students use an online program to investigate factors that affect the health of a teenage girl experiencing type 2 diabetes.

CREATE for STEM Mini-Conference Postponed

We have postponed the Mini-Conference scheduled on February 9th due to inclement weather. Please watch for a rescheduled date-- it is still being decided.

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Taking Part in The Conversation: Autonomous Vehicle Safety

For many, the draw of an autonomous vehicle comes from the fact that they are reportedly safer and said to reduce the number of injuries and deaths due to car collisions. But are these promises of better safety actually backed up by data? In his Conversation article “Are Autonomous Cars Really Safer Than Human Drivers?” Peter Hancock, a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Central Florida, questions the fairness of these automobile comparisons.

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