Newman and Zwickl named co-directors of RIT's CASTLE
Dina Newman, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, and Ben Zwickl, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, have been appointed co-directors of RIT's Center for Advancing Scholarship to Transform Learning (CASTLE). They succeed Scott Franklin, professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, who founded and directed CASTLE from 2010 to 2024.
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