Announcing the Jacobs Institute Changemaker Challenge

What if you could build a better world? The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego is calling for middle- and high-school educators to join us in our effort to make a local and global impact. Through the Jacobs Institute Changemaker Challenge in Spring 2020, educators and teenagers will develop an innovator’s mindset and the skills to create solutions to local or global problems. This worldwide event will support educators and teenagers in developing social good solutions. The event will culminate in a pitch competition with awards supporting top ideas. To sign up or learn more, visit https://www.pactful.org/jicc/

Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education Receives $580,000 for Social Good Innovation with Teens and Teachers

The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education in the School of Leadership and Education Science (SOLES) has received an additional $580,000 commitment from Dr. Irwin and Mrs. Joan Jacobs to continue work building and implementing Pactful™, a social good innovation Continue reading

Jacobs Institute Project “VisMO” Receives $1Million NSF Research Award

Professors and students working on origami

The University of San Diego’s Project VisMO was recently awarded a grant of $1,009,801 from the National Science Foundation, EHR Core Research (ECR). The project, “Fostering Elementary School Students’ Visuospatial Skills and Mathematical Competencies through an Origami-based Program,” or Project Continue reading