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16 Facts About Robert Ubell

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Robert Ubell is the former Vice Dean of Online Learning at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, where he headed the school's e-learning unit, NYU Tandon Online, formerly known as NYU-ePoly.

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Robert Ubell is currently Vice Dean Emeritus, Online Learning at NYU Tandon.

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Robert Ubell pursued studies in studio art, art history, and printmaking at various institutions, including Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome and Pratt Institute.

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Subsequently, in 1974, Robert Ubell was appointed editor of The Sciences, published by the New York Academy of Sciences.

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In 2009, Robert Ubell joined New York University Tandon School of Engineering as vice president of the school's Enterprise Learning unit, serving as head of the school's online learning unit.

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In 2013, Robert Ubell was appointed to New York State's Board of Regents online learning task force.

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Robert Ubell has served on the Board of the Online Learning Consortium.

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Robert Ubell consults for universities and edtech companies, including Coursera, Beacon Education, NYU and The New School, among others.

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Robert Ubell is a Council Member of the Chongqing International Exchange Association.

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Robert Ubell is the author of Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration, published in 2010.

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Robert Ubell is the author of the recently published, Staying Online: How to Navigate Digital Education and Going Online: Perspectives on Digital Learning.

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Robert Ubell served as executive editor of the Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey, among other scholarly reference works.

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Robert Ubell is the editor of the multivolume series, Masters of Modern Physics with contributions by several Nobel laureates and other distinguished scientists.

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Robert Ubell is the author or editor of more than 26 books and the author of more than 100 scholarly and general articles.

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Robert Ubell is the author of reports on Cuban science and medicine in The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature.

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Robert Ubell has served on the editorial board of numerous scholarly and other journals, including Online Learning, The Scientist, The Sciences, and others.