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, a teacher, teacher educator and researcher, will become Director of TC鈥檚  in September, succeeding . Furlonge, who will also become Professor of Practice in TC鈥檚 Education Leadership Program, is 鈥渁 master teacher and scholar of education with compelling leadership qualities,鈥� said Andy Klingenstein, President of the . 鈥淢y family and I could not be more pleased that she has been chosen to direct the Klingenstein Center.鈥�

Kane, Klingenstein Director since 1980, received TC鈥檚 President鈥檚 Medal of Excellence at a special gala in April, where TC President Susan Fuhrman told her, 鈥淵ou have opened the doors of in-dependent schooling wider and wider 鈥� and taught that leadership is a behavior, not a title or a position.鈥� Kane will remain on TC鈥檚 faculty.

An EPIC Launch

TC launched its new in April. EPIC, based at TC and other Columbia University schools, will study failure across a wide variety of disciplines and test theo颅ries about how to use it as a catalyst for innovation and success. EPIC is directed by  (below, cen颅ter), Professor of Cognitive Studies at TC, who has studied and written extensively about the value of failure in pro颅moting learning and suc颅cess, and includes Stuart Firestein, Columbia biological sciences pro颅fessor. EPIC鈥檚 funders are the , led by Hao Lin (below, left); the ; the ; and the. TC also presented its first EPIC Achievement Award to , (below, right) Founder and Honorary Chairman of Foremost Group.

That Thing Called Digital Learning

The TC , showcasing 鈥渢he range of how TC people have taken up digital learning,鈥� aired in TC鈥檚 Gottesman Libraries鈥� Smith Learning Theater in April. 鈥淧eople want guidance in what this thing called digital learning could be,鈥� says, Professor of Technology & Education. She and her Media & Social Change Lab collaborated with Steven Goss, Vice Provost for Digital Learning, whose office has created many new online TC offerings.

AERA: A Big Year in TC鈥檚 Back Yard

AT APRIL鈥橲  annual meeting, in New York City, , Professor of Sociology & Education, began her AERA presidency. An authority on the intersection of racial inequality and educational poli颅cies, Wells will emphasize 鈥渓everaging educa颅tional research in a post-truth society.鈥�

Susan Fuhrman, concluding her final year as TC鈥檚 President, chaired a featured session, convened by Wells, titled 鈥�.鈥�

TC honorees at AERA included:

• , Associate Professor of English Education; the Revolutionary Mentor Award of AERA鈥檚 Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) Special Interest Group.
• , Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education; the Emerging Scholar Award from AERA鈥檚 Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education SIG.
• Cathlin Goulding (Ed.D. 鈥�17); the Out颅standing Dissertation Award from AERA鈥檚 Division B.
• Cati de Los Rios (Ph.D. 鈥�17); Outstanding Dissertation Awards, Hispanic Research Issues SIG and CESJ SIG.
• , Associate Professor of Economics & Education, and , Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Outstanding Reviewers, AERA Journal Publications Committee.

CAPTION: GRAND TOTAL TC faculty, students, staff and alumni delivered 376 presentations at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

TC Unleashed

鈥淯nleashing,鈥� a 21-piece art installation honoring the spirit of the late TC philosopher  and her commit颅ment to education, social justice and equality, occupied the nooks and crannies of TC鈥檚 campus in April and May. The 鈥渟ite-specific, multi-media鈥� exhibition included works by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Bernd Oppl, Marion Wilson and Cathy Lebowitz. 鈥淭aking our cue from Maxine Greene, 鈥楿nleashing鈥� features artists that imagine new prospects and redefines that which is humanly possible,鈥� said, the project director and Associate Professor of Art & Art Education. 

Loud Reports: Headline-Makers from TC

Whither HR; the ABCs of indigenous language politics; youth online creativity and civic engagement

• Competition for talent is fierce. So why are business journals pondering the demise of Human Resources? Because as its back-office functions become automated, HR must re-emerge as a strategic partner that tackles business objectives and fields competitive challenges. Writing for The Conference Board,, Professor of Adult Learning & Leadership, TC doctoral stu颅dents April Bang and Sherlin Nair, and 
• is the Americas鈥� most spoken indigenous language, taught in bilingual schools and used on government radio. But the multiple Kichwa (or Quechua) alphabets, reflecting various state planning efforts, are problematic, writes , TC Assistant Professor of Anthro颅pology & Education, in . Simple letter substitutions can diminish understanding, eliminate words and evoke illiteracy鈥檚 stigma. 鈥淪peakers of minoritized languages must be involved in policy decisions for those languages,鈥� Limerick writes.
• America talked politics after the U.S. 2016 presidential election. Many youth did so via online creativity platforms (, , ), report TC鈥檚, Assistant Professor of Communication, Media & Learning Technologies Design, and in . Post-election fan fiction, games and animations, and collaborative remixes suggest that youth are using creativity 鈥渢o express themselves politically and to engage in political dialogue with their peers.鈥� Understanding their efforts is important because youth is when 鈥減olitical socialization鈥� occurs.

In Brief

• , an interactive app created by 2018 master鈥檚 degree graduates Asha Owens, Rebecca Kwee and Danielle Llaneza for 9th-12th graders to query first-generation students about college, won TC鈥檚 first student in December.
• , an Advanced Placement Capstone Course devoted to the forced dispersal of African people world- wide, piloted this year in Medgar Evers Preparatory High School in Brooklyn and Virgil Grissom High in Huntsville, Alabama. It was developed in significant part at 51吃瓜网鈥檚 Institute for Urban and Minority Education.
• 鈥淏odily states aren鈥檛 just a product of cognition, they cause it as well,鈥� said Edward 鈥淭ed鈥� Warburton, TC鈥檚 2018 Julius & Rosa Sachs Lecturer. Warbur颅ton, a former dancer who directs the , said 鈥渨e must teach dance skills as if they are life skills.鈥�
• 鈥�,鈥� the 2018 Comparative & Interna颅tional Education Society (CIES) conference, was held in Mexico City in March. Chaired by , Professor of Education, who assumed CIES鈥� presidency, the meeting drew 3,200 aca颅demics, students and education enthusiasts from 117 countries. Among the many highlights: , Assistant Professor of International & Comparative Education, will chair a new Special Interest Group for LGBT and sexual orientation and gender identity education.

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