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ITHAKA Labs and the University of Puget Sound logos sit above a wireframe of an online course titled “Foundations for HEP Teaching”.
Blog Post

October 14, 2026

Teaching in Prison: What We Learned from Our Curriculum Pilot

Teaching in prison requires a thoughtful, trauma-informed approach, yet instructors rarely get the tailored prep they need. To help bridge that gap, ITHAKA Labs teamed up with the University of Puget Sound to build and test a flexible, modular online course aimed at both new and experienced higher education in prison instructors.

By Grace Cope and Trip Taylor

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Blog Post

March 20, 2025

Decoding Transfer Path to a Degree

Description of how ITHAKA's new service Transfer Explorer maps transfer courses to degree requirements, by Chris Buonocore, Alex Humphreys, Martin Kurzweil, and Emily Tichener, in Inside Higher Ed.

By Alex Humphreys and Chris Buonocore

Blog Post

March 12, 2025

Translational Design

The JSTOR Labs designers have started creating visual and diagrammatic accompaniments to these reports, distilling their core ideas into formats that are easier to absorb at a glance and preserve at least some of the nuance that would be lost with a bulleted list summary.

By Jessica Pokharel

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Blog Post

February 26, 2025

Freeing Potential: A JSTOR Short Video Series

A look into a new series from JSTOR Access in Prison that spotlights five scholars who share how JSTOR was their gateway to an expansive and modern education during their incarceration.

By Stacy Burnett

Sign reads 'you're not lost, you're home'
Blog Post

November 20, 2023

JSTOR Labs Methods: The Wall of Ignorance

It’s not easy to work on projects with evolving requirements under uncertain conditions, but we're sharing a new method that helps us turn our ignorance into progress – The Wall of Ignorance.

By Jessica Pokharel and Alex Humphreys

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Blog Post

July 25, 2023

Stronger Together Than Apart

In this post, Elizabeth Maddox reflects on recent changes in the American Society of Civil Engineers' conference offerings.

By Guest

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Blog Post

July 21, 2023

What’s Next for Conferences? A Perspective from Geography

Today’s blog post features excerpts from a conversation with Oscar Larson, Deputy Director for Meetings at the American Association of Geographers, about his involvement in the Future of Scholarly Meetings cohort.

By Guest

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