Women researchers in STEM highlighted

Nicoletta Adamo-Villani

The Purdue Exponent highlighted four women researchers in the STEM disciplines, including Purdue Polytechnic’s Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, as part of their Women’s History Month coverage.

Adamo-Villani is a professor of computer graphics technology. Her work focuses on creating avatars to help teach mathematics to deaf children using sign language and studying uses of mixed reality.

Transition to digital age leads to transformed curricula

Three Purdue Polytechnic faculty members discussed the challenges of transforming curriculum for the digital age Monday on an Internet radio show.

 “How do you get people who are very successful in what they’re doing, in a very stable organization, in a great university like Purdue [to embrace change]?” asked Gary Bertoline, dean of Purdue Polytechnic, in an appearance on “Big Beacon Radio: Transforming Higher Education.”

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