<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/lane-metcalf-research.php" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/03/2026</pubDate><title>Lane Metcalf Sets Out to Improve the Classroom </title><description>Lane Metcalf's undergraduate research on classroom interventions earned publication and prepared him for a career in education.</description><author>Tina Alvey Dale</author><category>Alumni</category><category>Featured</category><category>Research</category><image><img src="/metcalf.jpeg" alt="Student and professor stand in front of a sign in Nashville at a research symposium"/></image><caption>Lane Metcalf and Dr. Jennifer Shure published their research on education in the ARATE Journal, and they presented their findings at the Making Schools Work Conference in Nashville.</caption><archive>2026-08</archive></item>