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Trace Center Directs New Digital Accessibility Research During Covid-19 Pandemic
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the critical importance of digital accessibility and the particularly high stakes for people with disabilities.
Mellon Grant Funds Continuation of Persian and Arabic Digitization Project
The $100k grant supports the development of user-friendly, open-source software to produce high-quality digital transcriptions of printed texts. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to support the continued development of user-friendly, open-source software capable of creating digital texts from Persian and Arabic books.
AERA Recognize Sharon Fries-Britt with the 2021 Social Justice in Education Award
On August 31, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced that Professor Sharon Fries-Britt was recognized with the 2021 Social Justice in Education Award. This award honors individuals who have excelled in their efforts to link scholarship to social justice and recognizes their outstanding contributions that have transformed education research, policy, and/or practice.