The ​Fall 2018 issue is filled with exciting news about School of Education faculty, staff, students and alumni.

The theme for this latest issue is impact.

By tapping into its talents and expertise, the School is involved in a range of initiatives across the arts, health and education that are designed to positively impact our community — and our world. The Fall 2018 edition features a few examples of how faculty, staff, students and alumni are working together and with valuable partners to push boundaries and deliver innovative programs that are making a difference in real and relevant ways.

• Impact: Teaching About the 2018 Elections Conference delivers strategies and tools to help teachers engage students in discussions of controversial political issues
• Impact: Faisal Abdu’Allah’s FauHaus project offers court-involved youth a ‘space of imagination and infinite possibilities’
• Impact: Stephanie Budge’s Trans Research Lab is pioneering rigorous research while also advocating for the populations it serves

Additional Fall 2018 edition highlights include:

• Letter from the Dean: As Diana Hess begins her fourth year as dean of the School of Education, she notes that she is consistently inspired by the range of impactful efforts taking place across the arts, health and education
• News and notes: Check out highlights from across the School over the past six months
• Research news: Learn about several projects that were recently funded by federal agencies, major foundations and more
• Philanthropy: Zemke gift supporting ‘sifting and winnowing’ via occupational science research
• Philanthropy: ‘Accidental Professor’ Fruth bolsters scholarship support with planned gift
• Media mentions: Sampling of media outlets putting the spotlight on, and utilizing the expertise of, faculty members from across the School
• Summer Term: GPS and other technology helping athletes find fitness faster
• Imaging Self: Course helps high school students explore the arts — and themselves — in college setting during summer
• Students news roundup
• Alumni spotlight: TV series highlights alumna Stovall’s struggle for equity at Chicago-area school
• Class notes: Check out what your fellow School of Education alumni are up to