Emily Penner among 5 early-career US researchers named William T. Grant Scholars
UCI assistant professor of education seeks to advance high school ethnic studies teaching
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UCI Podcast: How educational categories create inequality
Andrew and Emily Penner investigate the role assigned identities play in the student experience
UCI-led study finds pay practices, job barriers to blame for women making less than men
Findings across 15 countries suggest how new policies could resolve continuing issues
UCLA receives grant to study best practices for safe return to school
KCBS, July 3, 2021
Assistant professor of education receives Community Outcomes and Impact Award
Emily Penner, assistant professor of education, and her research partners have received the 2020 Community Outcomes and Impact Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement. Her research partners are Thomas Dee, a professor in Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, and Bill Sanderson, assistant superintendent of high schools in the […]
NSF grants $18 million to UCI for materials science and engineering center
Researchers will develop new substances for manufacturing, defense and health
The Speed King
Professor Greg Weiss and collaborators have developed a method of detecting cancer molecules within minutes, a breakthrough that could save lives
UCI leads NIH-funded study of education’s effects on healthy transitions to adulthood
UCI faculty members Andrew Penner, associate professor of sociology; Emily Penner, assistant professor of education; and Paul Hanselman, assistant professor of sociology, are co-principal investigators on a study examining the relationship between education and childrens’ healthy transitions to adulthood. “This project assesses how exposure to different courses and teachers shapes students’ futures: their labor market […]
UCI earns status as sustainability leader among U.S. universities
Campus nets No. 1 spot in Sierra’s ‘Cool Schools’ ranking, STARS Platinum rating
UCI sociologist to be part of first national effort to analyze school choice approaches
Andrew Penner, UCI associate professor of sociology, will be part of the first national effort to study how different approaches to school choice, such as voucher programs and charter schools, can better serve disadvantaged students. The National Center for Research on Education Access & Choice has been established with a $10 million grant from the […]