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BYU is heightening its efforts to address racism on campus.
Since the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd and the subsequent rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, BYU has sought to follow the admonition of President Russell M. Nelson and leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to “review processes, laws, and organizational attitudes regarding racism and root them out once and for all.”
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The BYU Committee on Race, Equity & Belonging was formed under the direction of President Kevin J Worthen over the summer. The committee’s mission statement says:
How do you replicate a lab online? For Westfield State University professors, COVID pandemic forces innovation in science instruction
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
Westfield State University professor Tarin Weiss teaches science education, geology and physical science, and is currently teaching remotely from her Westhampton home. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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Simulating a classroom lecture is tough enough but how do you replicate a lab online?
“In some ways, the spring was trial and error for us,’ said Westfield State University science professor Tarin Weiss, who, along with fellow instructors, has developed science courses using basic, ordinary materials for lab projects done remotely.