UHD-Duke TIP Houston Scholar Weekends

The Fall 2017 session of Duke Scholar weekend program will take place on Nov. 11 and 12, 2017 at University of Houston (Main campus). For details, visit www.uhd.edu/duketip

Spring 2016 Duke Scholar Weekend will take place on April 9 and 10, 2016. The online registration will start on February 1, 2016.

How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life - http://goo.gl/3bFxgg

How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life The unique 21st-century misery of the online shaming victim.

Are you interested to become a lawyer? Then how about attending the course "Take it to Court" offered as part of the Spring Duke Scholar weekend program. For details, visit: http://goo.gl/hfB0JA

Duke Scholar Weekend - Houston Excellence. Opportunity. Diversity. That's what you'll find at UH Downtown, Houston's Downtown University. UHD is a public four-year university, offering a wide variety of bachelor's and master's degrees. UHD's dynamic campus is located in downtown Houston, easily accessed from all major freeways.

For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems. Earlier this year, Harvard announced that it had accepted 5.9 percent of the nearly 35,000 students who applied for admission to the class of 2018. The next day, Stanford announced an even more exacting 5.07 percent admission rate, the lowest ...http://tinyurl.com/pf6kmqk

For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems Admission rates are misleading: It’s not that fewer students are accepted; it’s that applications have run riot.

Duke Scholar weekend program for Spring will take place on April 25 and 26, 2015. Please visit www.houstonscholarweekends.com for details and registration.

Duke TIP Scholar Weekend Program Excellence. Opportunity. Diversity. That's what you'll find at UH Downtown, Houston's Downtown University. UHD is a public four-year university, offering a wide variety of bachelor's and master's degrees. UHD's dynamic campus is located in downtown Houston, easily accessed from all major freeways.

"The main goal of gifted education should really be the goal of all education." on TIP researcher Matt Makel's piece in a special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly: http://ar.gy/1nl9

Teach Students What They Don't Know But Are Ready To Learn What should the goals of gifted education be?

Fall Duke scholar weekend program is scheduled to take place on Oct. 27 and 28, 2012 at University of Houston (Main Campus). For additional information, visit www.houstonscholarweekends.com

TIP researcher Jon Wai talks about finding the next Einstein using a brain scan. TIPsters, what do you think about taking the neuro version of the SAT?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/201202/could-brain-imaging-replace-the-sat

Could Brain Imaging Replace the SAT? | Psychology Today Scanning the next Einstein's brain By Jonathan Wai, Ph.D....

To register for the Spring Duke Scholar Weekend program, point your browser to www.houstonscholarweekends.com

The spring Duke Scholar weekend will take place on March 31 and April 1, 2012 at University of Houston Main campus

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