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  • Yoon Pak

    Pak Featured in Episode of WILL's "What We Brought" Series

    Yoon Pak was featured in an episode of the WILL series "What We Brought"

  • ICYMI: Photos from 2019 Convocation Now Available

    Photos from Grad Images are available for viewing, download, and purchase.

  • Fall Education Internship in Champaign County

    Champaign County Forest Preserve District

    Museum & Education Department

    2014 Fall Seasonal Position

    Naturalist Intern – Fall 2014

    Internships at the Museum and Education Department of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District (CCFPD) provide valuable opportunities to develop programming and leadership skills in the fields of environmental education and interpretation. Interns gain practical experience by working with the public, local schools and District staff.

    Each year, the Museum and Education Department reaches 8,000 students during on-site and in-school programming as well as 6,500 individuals through public programs and events. Annual combined visitation at the Museum of the Grand Prairie and Homer Lake Interpretive Center exceeds 10,000 people.

    Duties:

    Present and evaluate on-and off-site environmental school programs, public programs and events. Manage a variety of special projects per intern’s skills. Assist with operations of the Homer Lake Interpretive Center, including caring for the Center’s live reptile collection and providing office support. Occasional evening and weekend work required. Pay: Stipend of $75/week.

    Hours:

    15-30 hours/week. Late August to the mid- November

    Qualifications:

    We seek an enthusiastic individual with a passion for education, the outdoors, and working with people. College-level coursework in Natural Resources, Biology, Environmental Education, Interpretation, Horticulture or related field is desirable. Knowledge of local flora and fauna is desirable. Must have the ability to work effectively with the public, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Position is based at Homer Lake Forest Preserve.

    To Apply:

    Review of applications will begin August 11, 2014. Apply online at: http://ccfpd.org/About/employment.html, and attach cover letter, resume and contact info for three references.

    For more information, please visit www.ccfpd.org or contact Pam Leiter, Asst Director Museum & Education Dept, at 217-896-2455 or pleiter@ccfpd.org

  • Handshake @ Illinois replaces I-Link

    Handshake @ Illinois is students' new career-services platform to access postings for jobs and internships, on-campus interviews, workshops, career coaching appointments, and much more.  Handshake is used at more than 400 schools nationwide and by 230,000 employers worldwide, exposing students to more employers and job postings than ever before.

  • EPOL professor to be inducted into IACE Hall of Fame

    Professor Peter Kuchinke of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership will be inducted into the 2017 International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, located in the Thurman J. White Forum building at the University of Oklahoma.

  • Wanted: Student Volunteers for Community Day Celebration

    The College of Education at Illinois is seeking student volunteers for the Oct. 22 Community Day Celebration, which caps off the 2016 Youth Literature Festival.

  • EJP receives 2017 Community Impact Award

    The Education Justice Project (EJP) was announced as a co-recipient of the Community Impact Award from the C-U Immigration Forum and the Urbana Free Library. The award will be presented to the organization at the fourth annual Immigrant Welcome Award Ceremony and Celebration on Sept. 23.

  • EPSY’s New Graduate Certificate in Evaluation

    The Department of Educational Psychology (EPSY) is offering a new Graduate Certificate in Evaluation that offers students a strong interdisciplinary foundation in the evaluation of educational and social programs. The certificate is open to graduate students across campus who are interested in strategies to design, implement, assess, and improve social programming and polices.

  • Annual Goldstick Family Lecture in the Study of Communication Disorders

     

    Enlisting Parents as Therapists: A Distance-Delivered, Parent-Implemented Language Intervention for Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

    Thursday, October 27, 2016

    4:00-5:30 p.m.

    Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801

    Guest Scholar and Speaker: Dr. Leonard Abbeduto, University of California, DavisDirector, UC Davis MIND Institute and Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

    Dr. Abbeduto's research focuses on the development of language across the lifespan in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. His current projects focus on the factors accounting for variation in the course of language in children, adolescents, and young adults with fragile X syndrome, autism, and Down syndrome.

  • Course Development Fund to support mission-driven investments in curricula

    The Course Development Fund (CDF) is being established at the College of Education to support mission-driven investments in curricula as well as teaching activities and innovations. 

  • Spring 2020 Seminar EPS 590-BB1 Black Women Activists in Education (CRN 47931)

    Enroll Now for Spring 2020: Seminar in Educational Policy Studies

    EPS 590-BB1 Black Women Activists in Education (CRN #47931), Professor Bernice Barnett, Tuesday, 1-3:50pm, Room 323 Educ Bldg, 4 Credits

  • Professor Linda Herrera a Featured Speaker at UI Global Summit

    Professor Linda Herrera was a featured speaker at the campus' Global Summit, held on October 19 at the I Hotel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Summit was a one-day symposium held in honor of Vision 2030: Illinois’ Global Strategy.

    The panel was titled, “Supporting Youth Development for Global Change” and included Herrera and professors Phillip Cotton and Soo Ah Kwon.

  • Quality Public Schools: A Reconstruction Legacy Worth Considering

    All are warmly invited to hear Professor Hillary Greene, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson University, in her upcoming lecture, “Quality Public Schools: A Reconstruction Legacy Worth Considering.”  Professor Greene’s renowned work explores race, class, and gender and pre-1920 African American history. Her first book, Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools and the Urban South, 1865-1890, explores how African Americans and their white allies created, develop, and sustained a system of African American schools.

     

    Dr. Green’s presentation is on Tuesday November 14th at 2:00 pm in Room 2, College of Education. The talk is free and open to the public.

  • The role of input in bilingual development

    The role of input in bilingual development

    Drawing on two studies, conducted at an international school in France, which explore the role of input in the development of dual language proficiency (French & English), numerous factors are considered for children’s balanced dual language acquisition. These include the quantity and quality of current and cumulative input and output, as well as factors related to social contexts, such as SES, language choice with peers, language used for school instruction, language attitudes and cultural identity.

    Dr. Cathy Cohen (Lyons, France), Monday, Nov. 7th 12:00pm- 1:30pm- Room 22, (Lower Level), Education Bldg. [1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820]

  • CAS 587 / EPS 512—Learning Publics: Theory, Performance, Practice

    A spring seminar exploring the meaning of public arts and humanities, public higher education, and public life.

  • Dr. Gloriana Gonzalez: Keynote Speaker at the PME-NA 41 Conference

    Dr. Gonzalez will present the Saturday Plenary Session, “Empowering Teachers to Construct Problems for their Students,” for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference.

    The Realistic Mathematics Education theory establishes that problem contexts provide an entry point for mathematical understanding. Problems that are situated in relevant contexts can also support the development of students’ mathematical identity. At the same time, problems that are situated in contexts that appear to be too contrived may limit students’ opportunities to engage in mathematics and to develop their mathematical identity. In our dialogue, we will argue for opportunities for empowering teachers to design mathematics problems for and with their students. Teachers can identify relevant, authentic contexts for meaningful mathematics learning. We will provide examples from our own work regarding children’s mathematical knowledge bases, using students’ prior knowledge, social justice mathematics, and engaging students in problems situated in visual arts contexts as well as discuss the challenges and tensions in this work. We will discuss implications for mathematics teacher education, such as considerations about teachers’ mathematical and pedagogical knowledge, as well as teachers’ knowledge of their students and their school contexts, when embracing this approach.

    For more information view the conference website.

  • User Services - Reduced Service Hours

    During the week of Thanksgiving break, User Services will be open on Monday and Tuesday 8am to 4pm and Wednesday 9am to 12pm with reduced staff.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  • College of Education Spring 2019 Research Awards

    Distinguished Scholar and Distinguished Senior Scholar Award - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes 2/28/19

    Hardie Faculty Fellows Award - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes 2/28/19

    Hardie Dissertation Award  - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes on 2/28/19

    Hardie Conference Travel Support Award for Students and Faculty - Competition opens on 1/30/19 and closes on 2/28/19

    More information about the awards can be found at https://education.illinois.edu/associate-dean-for-research/bureau-of-educational-research/college-research-awards.

  • SPRING, 2017 EPS 590/MEDIA 570 Pro-seminar in Postcolonial Theory and Methodology

    Within the past decade and a half or so, there has been a steady expansion of scholarship calling attention to the rethinking of center-periphery relations between the third world and the first world. This body of scholarship—most often identified with literature studies, but which has expanded well beyond to other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences—has come to be known as postcolonial theory. Proponents of postcolonial theory have sought to address a wide range of topics related to the historical and contemporary relationship between metropolitan and periphery countries as well as the spatio-temporal impact of colonial and neo-colonial relations on dominant and subordinated groups in the metropolitan countries themselves. These topics include the historical and geographical evolution of colonial relations and post-independence developments in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean; patterns of identity formation, cultural representation, translation and cross-cultural connection between the metropole and the periphery in disciplinary areas such as literature, popular culture, music and art; and, concerns bearing upon the redefinition of the nation state in the light of globalization or the intensification and rapid movement of cultural and economic capital across national borders. Postcolonial scholars have also foraged into the area of research methods insisting on a critique of methodological nationalism, the foregrounding of interdisciplinarity and the critical integration of scholarly methods across social science and humanities paradigms.

    This course is intended as an overview of the major currents of thought in this emergent body of scholarly work.  After considering some preliminary issues of the history, definition and terms of reference of postcolonial theory, we will explore the major themes and substantive theoretical and methodological claims and interventions of postcolonial theorists.  This course should have broad appeal to students pursuing critical studies in the humanities, social sciences, education, the communications fields and in the emerging field of globalization theory.  Every effort will be made in the course to explore interdisciplinary connections between postcolonial theory and other related bodies of thought such as cultural studies, postmodernism, globalization studies, feminist theory, and research in the areas of development and dependency theory and modernization studies.

  • Felecia Commodore

    Commodore and Johnson Host ASHE Podcast

    Felecia Commodore, associate professor EPOL, and Royel Johnson are hosts for season three of the podcast.

  • HRD 480 Foundation of Online Teaching and Learning (Spring 2017) - Seats are still available!

    HRD 480 Foundation of Online Teaching and Learning

    Spring 2017

    Instructor: Eunjung Grace Oh

    Location: 166 Education

    Time: 1-3:50 pm on Tuesdays

    CRN: 64984 or 64985 

    Course Description (The course is available to all students!)

    The course seeks to build foundational knowledge in online teaching and learning and distance education in both higher education and workplace learning settings. Major areas of interest include the historical and conceptual foundations, current status and trends, design and development, teaching and learning strategies, learning technology and digital media, online learners and instructors, evaluation, research and scholarship and so forth.

    Questions? Please contact egraceoh@illinois.edu

  • Education Justice Project Seeks Instructors

    The Education Justice Project (EJP) is seeking applicants to teach for a higher education program at the Danville Correctional Center.

  • Foundation for Child Development Virtual Event: Scholars of Color Series

    Join the Foundation for Child Development for a special virtual event dedicated to highlighting the life and timeless work of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III (1933–2007).As a psychologist, teacher, and historian, Dr. Hilliard was a preeminent scholar whose research influenced the fields of education, child development, and social policy. His pioneering work on child assessment, teaching and curriculum, and African culture was grounded in his commitment to promote the genius and excellence of all children. His enduring legacy continues to have relevance for the preparation and practice of the professionals who educate young children.Attendees will have an opportunity to join the conversation and pose questions during a live Q&A session.

  • Nominate deserving Education at Illinois students for Outstanding Student Medal

    The Office of Advancement and the Education Alumni Association are seeking nominations for Outstanding Student Medal honorees.

  • OCCRL Research Assistant to Present at Black Art Workshop Weekend and Exhibition

    Ayinde Rochon, a research assistant at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, will be a guest artist presenter at this summer's Black Art Workshop Weekend and Exhibition at the University of Southern Indiana.

  • Call for proposals for Beginning Teacher Conference

    The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative is excited to announce a call for proposals for its 2018 Beginning Teacher Conference, which will be held June 26-27 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign.

  • Movie and Chai Series: "Court" (2015)

     

    MITHYA - Indian Dramatics Society and Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory Present:

     Movie and Chai Series: "Court" (2015)

     COURT (2015)

    5 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 23

    ROOM 103, TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, 104, URBANA, IL

    *FREE ADMISSION*

    Court is an Indian courtroom drama film, written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an aging folk singer at a Sessions Court in Mumbai that relies on a pedantic and often moronically literal interpretation of the law, making a mockery of his free speech rights.

    In light of the recent events and debate in India regarding free speech, this movie exposes the flaws in a legal system that can be unwittingly used, in a deliberate attempt by the state to target its citizens.

    This movie has won numerous awards at international film festival, most notably, Best Film Award and the Lion of the Future Award for the best debut film at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

    This movie is in Marathi with English subtitles.

    Indian style Masala Tea will be served to all.

  • Online Master's Student Published in National Diversity Council Newsletter

    Online master's student in EPOL Dr. Fawzia Reza published an article Anyone for a No Female Left Behind (Nflb) Policy? in the April 2023 National Diversity Council Newsletter.

  • PANEL: Demonstrations of Research on Teaching & Learning with ChatGPT

    Hear directly from research teams currently conducting ChatGPT research on the Illinois campus. This session is part of our ongoing focus on ChatGPT's impact on research and teaching and what we must consider as we continue to study teaching and learning in response to the rapid development and implementation of ChatGPT and other generalized AI tools.

  • School Research Projects - June-September 2017

    For: (1) Research funding submissions needing school district support; and (2) Fall 2017 dissertation research projects, please submit inquiries by May 26, 2017 for priority consideration. Champaign Unit 4 and other local school districts will review proposed projects in June. Visit School University Research Relations for details and submission interface.

  • Najah Terrell-Walker

    Elementary Education Student Receives Gilman Scholarship

    Najah Terrell-Walker was one of 42 students to receive the prestigious scholarship.

  • EPOL professor to discuss humanities at Sept. 8-9 festival

    Dr. Chris Higgins of the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership is one of four presenters of a roundtable webinar at the Sept. 8-9 Wiley Humanities Festival. The two-day online festival covers why the humanities matter and features research topics and thought leadership pieces from leading academics. Live listeners will be able to ask questions and enter to win prizes. Seating is limited, so register soon.

  • Community Engaged Research Series. Register by September 4. Networking Lunch. Siebel Center for Design. September 11 noon - 1:30 p.m.

    College of Education Co-Hosting Community-Engaged Research Networking Event

    The event is on Wednesday, September 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Siebel Center for Design.

  • Scholar to share technology research, expertise during autism-related webinar

    Maya Israel, an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education, will be among a panel of webinar presenters who will share their leading-edge research and experience in developing technology supports to give students with autism access to STEM curricula and activities. The webinar will take place on Sept. 15 and is sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs and STEM Initiatives in the U.S. Department of Education. 

  • Center for Children's Books Galley Giveaway

    Join the Center of Children’s Books on Monday, September 27, in the iSchool courtyard (501 E. Daniel Street) for our Galley Giveaway from noon to 6 p.m. 

  • SEA Meeting - All Future Educators Welcome!

    Join us at the next Student Education Association meeting on October 11 from 7-8 p.m. in Room 302 of the Architecture Building - free pizza will be provided! SEA provides students with opportunities to learn about the issues teachers face while helping them become the best educators possible. Learn more at http://uiucsea.weebly.com/

  • Sign Up for Spring 2019 EPS Courses with Dr. Bernice M. Barnett

    Sign up for Spring 2019 EPS 420 & EPS 421/HDFS424/AFRO 421 Courses!

    Professor Bernice M. Barnett (bmbarnet@illinois.edu)

    Two Sociological Foundations in Education Courses:

    (1) EPS 420 Sociology of Education, Tuesday, 1-2:50 p.m., Education Building, Room 323

    4-Hours Credit EPS 420 Graduate Section A: crn #33100

    3-Hours Credit EPS 420 Undergraduate Section B: crn #64898

    Description: EPS 420 is a sociological examination of education and schooling in society, including major sociological theories, concepts, assumptions, questions, research, and ongoing and current issues and debates related to education and schooling and race, gender, and class diversity in educational achievement. One of the highlights is a focus on the impact of social movements of the 1960s on education and schooling. 

    (2) EPS 421 Racial & Ethnic Families Diversity, Tuesday, 10-11:50 a.m., Education Building, Room 323

    4-Hours Credit EPS 421 Graduate section A: crn #68790

    3-Hours Credit EPS 421 Undergraduate section B: crn #68791

    Description: EPS 421/ (HDFS 424 & AFRO 421) is a sociological examination of racial and ethnic diversity of families across and within racial ethnic groups in the U.S. and the basis of family diversity in various regions of the world. One of the highlights of the course is a focus on sociologist Gerhard Lenski's "The  Religious Factor." Topics of the class include the significance of diverse religions among ethnic families, religion’s impact on education and schooling and the politics, economy, and religion as a basis of  family ethnic cultural diversity, competition, and conflict in the U.S. and world.

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    4-Hours Credit HDFS 424 Graduate section A: crn #68794

    3-Hours Credit HDFS 424 Undergraduate section B: crn #68795

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    4-Hours Credit AFRO 421 Graduate section A: crn #68792

    3-Hours Credit AFRO 421 Undergraduate section B: crn #68793

  • Annual free book jackets & posters giveaway

    It is time once again for the SSHEL book jacket and poster giveaway!

    This year the festivities take place the week of November 7th through the 11th in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (100 Main Library). The giveaway will be going on during all hours that SSHEL is open.

    The fun begins in the School Collection Room (Room 112) at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 7th. Come and pick up free posters, book jackets, and more!  Posters and book jackets are a great resource for:

    - decorating your classroom or office

    - book talk visual aids

    - art projects

    - library displays

    - creative writing (have students predict or create a story from the picture/title and write about it)

    Please share this information with anyone who might be interested. We will be giving the posters and book jackets away until they are all gone.

    If you have any questions about this event, please call the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (217-244-1864) or email Nancy O'Brien (npobrien@illinois.edu).

  • Local Girls Scouts Seeking Intern for STEM Program

    Girl Scouts of Central Illinois is accepting applications for a STEM program assistant intern for Champaign and Mahomet. The part-time volunteer position will run from late January to May of 2017.

  • Nidia Ruedas-Gracia

    Ruedas-Gracia to Deliver Keynote at University of Illinois Springfield

    Ruedas-Gracia will be the keynote speaker for the Politics of Inclusion Symposium on November 17 at the University of Illinois Springfield Student Union Ballroom in Springfield, IL.

  • Levenick iSEE Teaching Sustainability Fellowship

    The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at Illinois is launching its third annual application period for the Levenick iSEE Teaching Sustainability Fellowship! This program funds Illinois instructors to integrate sustainability components into an existing course ($1,000 award) or develop a new course with a sustainability focus ($2,000 award).

  • SOPS 5th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium

    We are the board of the Society of Postdoctoral Scholars (SOPS).  Currently, we are organizing our 5th Annual Postdoctoral Symposium, which will take place on February 6th, 2015.  We came by the College of Education office earlier this week to drop off a couple of flyers for the bulletin boards, and we were told to contact individual departments for distributing the symposium information through the listserv.  Could you please help us forward the announcement below to postdocs, graduate students, and faculty through the departmental mailing list?  Please feel free to contact us should you have additional comments or questions!  Thank you very much in advance!

    The registration for the 5th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium is now open!  The event will be held at the Beckman Institute on February 6th, 2015, and is open to all disciplines. The deadline for abstract submission and registration is January 16th, 2015. Audience will get to vote for outstanding presentations, and the chosen talk and poster finalists will be awarded cash prizes.  Several travel awards will also be provided for out-of-town presenters. Graduate student posters are also welcome!

    January 16th, 2015. Audience will get to vote for outstanding presentations, and the chosen talk and poster finalists will be awarded cash prizes.  Several travel awards will also be provided for out-of-town presenters. Graduate student posters are also welcome!

    Please help us spread the word about this symposium not only to the fellow researchers on campus, but also to the scholars beyond its boundaries! For more information and to register, please visit our website.

     

    SOPS Organizing Committee

    http://sops.beckman.illinois.edu

  • WATCH | 2019 Research Live! Video | Mary Lyons, Graduate Student in Curriculum & Instruction

    Mary Lyons, Curriculum & Instruction graduate student, recently won 3rd place in the Graduate College's 2019 Research Live! competition. Watch her three minute talk here.

  • Inaugural Faculty Research Talk Series

    On selected Thursdays at 1pm throughout the semester, join us in room 192 Education for snacks as faculty members present their current research.  Topics and presenters include:  

    January 29:  Betsy Basch – Diversity and Ability

    February 12:  Rosa Milagros Santos –Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families

    February 26:  Robb Lindgren – Educational Games and Interactive Technologies

    March 12:  Patrick Smith –Linguistic Discrimination and the Education of Bilingual Learners

    April 2:  Cheryl Light Shriner – Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    April 23:  Luz Murillo – Language, Literacy, and Justice in the Education of Mexican-Origin University Students

    April 30:  Matt Giani – Higher Education and Social Mobility

    Visit http://go.illinois.edu/frt to register.

  • 10th Annual INTC Induction and Mentoring Conference

    "The Heart of Teaching"

    Join the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative at its 10th annual induction and mentoring conference on February 24 and 25, 2015, in Springfield where the heart of teaching emphasizes teacher growth, developing the skills and confidence to have professional conversations, and building high quality mentor/new teacher relationships. This conference will feature two days of breakout sessions, Educator Chats, facilitated roundtables, and more. Targeted attendees include induction and mentoring program coordinators, mentors, administrators, higher education faculty, professional development providers, and other stakeholders. More information is available at intc.education.illinois.edu/conference

  • Microcredentials for Illinois Educators

    Faculty and units developing microcredentials for Illinois public educators should contact the Council on Teacher Education (CoTE). CoTE coordinates the microcredential process with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) so that Illinois public educators may earn a digital badge on their Professional Educator License. ISBE must approve microcredentials prior to Illinois public educators earning them. Visit the CoTE website for more information.

  • Aasma Elsayed

    EPOL Doctoral Student to present at GRID Forum

    Asmaa Elsayed will present at the GRID forum on her experience working on sensitive topics with vulnerable populations.

  • Theory and Biography: A Conversation with Carlos Alberto Torres

    Abstract: Scratch a theory, find a biography. Torres, working over three decades in critical studies in education, will analyze key moments of his own biography as an exiled intellectual, migrant, international student and academic professor in diverse countries. He will discuss what he has learned to advance an agenda of research, teaching and social transformation for a better world. 

    DATE: Wednesday, March 1

    TIME: Noon - 1:30 p.m. CT

    PLACE: Room 242 Education or join by Zoom: Meeting ID 852 0388 8968; Password 398009

    LUNCH PROVIDED

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    Support Personnel and Services Available to College of Education Community

    Embedded Counselor Emese Poszet and Dean's DEI Fellow Theo Moton are available to support anyone who may need them.

  • Nidia Ruedas-Gracia Lead Author of Paper on Fostering Belonging in Research Groups

    Educational Psychology assistant professor Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, along with colleagues at Stanford University, present ten simple rules for creating a sense of belonging in research groups. Read more in their new article published in PLOS Computational Biology.