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California State University, Long Beach • 13th September 2021

Meeting a Growing Need for Physics Teachers

“Physics, like chemistry, math and special education, are always high-demand teaching areas. They are routinely rated as hard to staff areas by school districts,” says Dr. Laura Henriques, Professor of Science Education. The high demand for physics teachers coupled with the large shortage of qualified teachers has left many school districts across the nation looking for qualified teaching candidates but coming up short. In fact, there is a severe shortage of qualified science and math teachers n

California State University, Long Beach • 28th May 2021

CED Hosts Black Lives Matter at School Spring Events

Equity and excellence in education is a central touchstone for the College of Education driving everything we do, from teaching, to supporting students and programs. Indeed, preparing educators, leaders, and counselors to promote these values is central to our mission as a College. This spring the College of Education hosted several events for students, faculty, staff, and the wider community focused on anti-racist teaching practices as part of Black Lives Matter at School.

These events focused

California State University, Long Beach • 14th December 2020

The Early Childhood Education Research Scholarship in Memory of Darius Avery Bell

“I think now more than ever students need encouragement,” shared Dr. Jennifer Montgomery (BA ’92, M.A. ’97, Ed.D. ‘20) who established The Early Childhood Education Research Scholarship in Memory of Darius Avery Bell. This scholarship, named in memory of Dr. Montgomery’s husband, awards a scholarship to a doctoral candidate in the CSULB Educational Leadership doctoral program during their final year, whose research and dissertation is contributing to the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE).

23rd September 2021

The Grand Tour | LACMA Collections

With roots going back to the late 16th century and continuing until the early 19th century, the Grand Tour informally began as an aristocratic tour of select fashionable European cities. Reserved primarily for wealthy, educated young men from across Europe and even as far away as America, these Grand Tourists journeyed throughout the European continent as a way to bolster their own education and knowledge of art, architecture, and culture. Later evolving into a more formal journey often in addit

LACMA Collections • 23rd September 2021

Coffee, Tea and Chocolate | LACMA Collections

“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate pot! I think of that again and again. How will you manage?” wrote the French writer, the Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) to her daughter.

Indeed coffee, tea, and chocolate were initially considered the height of sophistication by the aristocratic elite. Introduced to Europe via trade from the new world and Far East between the 16th and 17th centuries, and later trickling into the American c

Unframed The LACMA Blog • 19th February 2014

Lord of the Manor, Queen of the Castle

Like any fan of a certain public television drama about English aristocrats, I am a bit obsessed with all things British, especially if it happens to involve grand country homes, art-filled interiors, and taking tea at every possible moment. Last September, I was given the opportunity to study dozens of country homes and their collections at a residential study program based in Norfolk County, England. Our days were crammed with multiple site visits, specialist-led classes, tea receptions given

Unframed | LACMA • 28th March 2021

College Night at LACMA | Unframed

College students: spring break may be over, but fear not. Next week, on Thursday, April 21, LACMA opens its doors after-hours for a free private event exclusively for college students. From 7–10 pm, students from all over Southern California (and even as far away as the East Coast) will pack the LACMA campus for a fun and art-filled night at the museum.

Come and explore art exhibitions, unleash your inner dandy in the two paper sculpting workshops, sketch in the galleries, hang out with friends

Unframed | LACMA • 28th March 2021

Then and Now: Ben Barcelona's Thirst for Knowledge | Unframed

“It’s very addicting. I spend my time looking at [art] and the joy that I get is unbelievable. It enriches me, lifts me up, inspires me. Every time I leave the museum I feel great!” LACMA member and patron Ben Barcelona has been visiting the museum regularly since he moved to L.A. in 1971. When interviewed for this story, he joked that he should be celebrating his own anniversary as a museum patron in conjunction with LACMA’s 50th anniversary.

Ben is one of our regulars. He visits the museum ev

Articulated Travel • 3rd August 2020

House of God(s) - the Roman Pantheon

The Pantheon as we know it, with its monumental domed roof sitting squarely in the heart of today's historic center of Rome, has occupied the site since the 2nd century CE. Situated on the ancient Campus Martius (Field of Mars), a vast floodplain originally used as a military training ground, the Pantheon is a building that has served as imposing backdrop to Rome's civic and religious life for almost two thousand years.

By the fifth century BCE, the Campus Martius was no longer a military train

good table matters • 23rd October 2017

Eggplant–The Most Versatile Veg You’re Not Cooking

The calendar may say October, but here in sunny southern California summer produce is still in plentiful. Pumpkins are everywhere, but the LA farmers markets are still tempting us with their heirloom tomatoes, shelling beans, stone fruit, and berries. We also find ourselves enjoying the final month or so of eggplant season. Get excited because this vegetable (ahem, fruit) is super versatile and can satisfy the most strict plant-based dieters and stalwart carnivores alike. Some may dismiss the hu

28th February 2022

Simple and Elegant Picnic Recipes to Say Goodbye to Summer

Labor Day, the unofficial end to pool parties, summer holidays, and luxuriously long sunny days is right around the corner. While many choose to mark the occasion through charcoal or propane-fueled barbeques and backyard shindigs, picnics are, for me, the epitome of summer and the essence of trying to capture those fleeting sunny rays.

Sample Museum Mobile App Stops

Large Oval Rustic Dish with Fish and Reptiles

Reliquary Bust

French Gothic Sculpture & Virgin and Child Themes

Christ on the Cross with Saints Vincent Ferrer, John the Baptist, Mark and Antoninus

Additional mobile app content titles, subjects, and themes are listed below. All were included on LACMA's mobile app. Stops included researched content and multimedia components (narration, music, video) to further engage users in the museum. The app was hosted on Urban Insight.

App stops included:

o Italian Baroque Paintings & Artist Antonio d’Enrico (called Tanzio da Varallo)
o 18th Century Florentine Sculpture
o Contemporary Drawing & Artist Ed Moses
o The Art of the English Country House
o French Gothic Art & Architecture Overview
o Impressionism & Post-Impressionism Overview
o Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
o Bernard Palissy & Palissy Ware
o Northern European Reliquaries
o Neoclassic Silver
o French Impressionism & Claude Monet (example above from mobile app)
o French Gothic Sculpture & Virgin Mary and Child Themes (example above from mobile app)
o Renaissance Altarpieces & Master of the Fiesole Epiphany (example above from mobile app)