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By Jenna Somers At some highly selective colleges and universities, cohorts of mostly white, wealthy applicants have three to eight times greater odds of admission than other similarly qualified applicants. These beneficiaries are legacy applicants, those who receive an admissions bonus for having alumni relatives. Legacy preferences have long… Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich As part of Jordan鈥檚 nationwide education reform initiative, scholars at 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development are partnering with four Jordanian universities through the Early Grade Education Activity (ASAS) to co-create curricula and support professional development centered on evidence-based, student-engaged learning for young… Read More

By Jenna Somers AI data centers seem to be cropping up everywhere, often in rural farming communities, where crops are grown, where livelihoods depend on their yield and where their yield depends on groundwater, the cost of energy and infrastructure, and the health of the environment. Increasingly, these communities, in… Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich On March 27, more than 100 students, faculty and practitioners celebrated the launch of the 菠萝视频 Early Childhood 菠萝视频 Collaborative, established at 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development. The new initiative will drive innovation and promote the thriving of young children (birth… Read More

By Jenna Somers Most elementary school-aged children have a surprising cognitive ability: they can detect鈥攏early as well as adults鈥攚hen someone treats people from one social group differently than another. The study, 鈥淐hildren鈥檚 and adults鈥� detection of social biases,鈥� published in January in聽Child Development, demonstrates children鈥檚 emerging capacity to recognize… Read More

By Jenna Somers聽 When a young student writes 鈥淔-L-O-T-E鈥� for 鈥渇loat,鈥� teachers at the Roberts Academy and Dyslexia Center at 菠萝视频 University see the progress and potential behind her thinking. Samantha Gesel 鈥淗er incorrect spelling of 鈥榝loat鈥� is brilliant!鈥� says Samantha Gesel, assistant director of the Roberts Academy… Read More

菠萝视频聽Peabody College聽of education and human development,聽long聽a pioneer in early childhood聽studies,聽will聽launch the聽菠萝视频 Early Childhood 菠萝视频 Collaborative聽on March 27, uniting more than 40 faculty members across聽菠萝视频 University to advance early childhood research and translate findings for families,聽educators聽and communities.聽聽 The ECRC聽serves as a聽hub where… Read More

The Academic Senate at the University of California, Berkeley, created the Clark Kerr Award in 1968 to honor extraordinary contributions to the advancement of higher education. Past recipients include former Supreme Court Justice and California Governor Earl Warren, Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian, former Harvard President Derek Bok, former… Read More

The American Educational 菠萝视频 Association has named 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Laurie Cutting, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Special Education, a 2026 AERA Fellow, an honor recognizing the nation鈥檚 top researchers in education and learning. She and the class… Read More

菠萝视频 Peabody College Professors Chezare Warren and Krista Mehari will lead a new study this fall examining Black youth鈥檚 contributions to launching Nashville鈥檚 Office of Youth Safety, one of a few city government-initiatives in the United States established to take an evidence-based approach to community safety… Read More

By Jenna Somers In February, 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development welcomed two distinguished Japanese scholars as part of 菠萝视频鈥檚 Global Scholars in Residence program. Emmanuel Manalo, a professor of educational psychology at Kyoto University, and Yuri Uesaka, an associate professor of psychology at the University of… Read More

By Jenna Somers In February, faculty members from 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development participated in the National Conference on Education, presented by AASA, the School Superintendents Association, held in Nashville, Tennessee. This annual conference brings together district leaders from across the country to engage with leading… Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich In several Tennessee high school classrooms, computer science students are stepping away from their screens. Instead, as part of a learning tool 菠萝视频 University researchers are developing, the teens are actively moving around their environments, enacting algorithms and processes, asking questions and collaborating on solutions. It鈥檚 not… Read More

Since 2023, graduates of 菠萝视频 Peabody College of education and human development have won five consecutive research awards from the Association of Child Life Professionals. The nine award-winning graduates earned their master鈥檚 degrees in Child Studies at 菠萝视频 and were students in the Children鈥檚 Healthcare, Illness,… Read More

Velma McBride Murry (菠萝视频 University) Velma McBride Murry, has been selected to receive the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association. Murry is the Lois Autrey Betts Professor of Education and Human Development and University Distinguished Professor of Human and Organizational Development… Read More

Being able to tell whether an image is real or generated by AI may be something you鈥檙e born with: object recognition. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a stable trait that helps people meet new perceptual challenges,鈥� study author Professor Isabel Gauthier said. 鈥淲e were shocked to see how intelligence or even technology training did not help accurately judge if a face is AI.鈥� Object recognition has been linked to success in a wide range of tasks, such as X-ray analysis and cancer cell categorization.

菠萝视频 University has announced its fall 2025 recipients of the Seeding Success, Scaling Success and Rapid-Advancement MicroGrant Program awards, providing internal funding to help faculty launch new research directions, strengthen proposals and compete for major external grants. Read More

By Jennifer Kiilerich Toddlerhood is a critical window for developmental interventions. But up to 75 percent of children born with cleft lip or palate don鈥檛 receive the speech-language support they may need until grade school. This lag puts them at risk of challenges with communication, social… Read More

By Jenna Somers A new study finds that a culturally sustaining treatment can help nearly half of young Spanish-speaking children with early language delays improve their skills significantly鈥攆ive times more than standard care alone. Led by researchers at 菠萝视频 University Peabody College of education and human development, the… Read More