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Education May 12, 2021 As the Spring 2021 semester comes to a close, Boise State College of Education says farewell to three faculty and welcomes four new members. Laura Gallo and Regina Moro, Department of Counselor Education, and Julianne Wenner, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Foundational Studies, are leaving for new faculty positions at other universities. Amy King and Michael Russo are joining the Department of Counselor Education, and Michael Jarry-Shore and Ramey Uriarte are joining the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Foundational Studies. Faculty farew...

January 20, 2021 at 6:30 am Face masks help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. But they also tend to muffle speech. When you’re chatting with a friend, that may not be a big deal. But if you’re struggling to understand what your teacher is saying, that can interfere with learning. And some sorts of masks muffle speech more than others, tests now show. It’s a timely topic, notes Pasquale Bottalico. He’s a sound scientist, or acoustician (Ah-kooh-STIH-shin), at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Masks can make things harder for both speakers and liste...