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We are back this week with the first MSTE Friday Lunch of the 2019 Spring semester!

About the Talk: This will be a presentation about grading and discrimination. Robert E. Stake is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois and was Director of the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE).

Speaker: Robert E. Stake

Topic: Those Not Chosen

When: Friday, February 8th, 2019, from 12:00-1:00pm

Where: 505 E Green St, Classroom 201, Champaign, IL 61820

All are welcome, but please don’t forget to RSVP via the MSTE Friday Lunch website.

Sibin Mohan, Research Assistant Professor at the Information Trust Institute (ITI), the department of Computer Science and the Coordinated Science Lab, and his students have been teaching computer science concepts at Urbana Middle School using curriculum resources created by Lenny Pitt in Computer Science and MSTE staff Jana Sebestik and Judy Rocke. Information about the project can be seen on the Inspiring Future Programmers article on ITI web page.

For the ninth year, the University of Illinois Department of Physics is bringing "Science at the Market" on selected Saturday mornings to Urbana's Market at the Square. Various U of I and other experts will be on hand each week with demonstrations illustrating the science they represent and to answer questions from the public about the researchers' disciplines.

October 2018 Schedule:

• October 6, 2018: Physics
• October 13, 2018: Robotix
• October 20, 2018: Illinois Geometry Lab
• October 27, 2018: AstroIllini