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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Review of Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination
Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Sheldon Nahmod to Participate in “The First Amendment and ‘Speech’ on Campus” at UIC
News – Illinois Tech Today
Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Sheldon Nahmod will be a panelist at “The First Amendment and ‘Speech’ on Campus: What’s Going on and Why” on Thursday, April 6 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The talk is part of the Office of the Provost’s Campus Conversation Series.
The event will take place from noon–1 p.m. at the Student Center West, 828 South Wolcott, in the Thompson Rooms on the second floor.
For more information, click here.
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New American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Student Chapter at College of DuPage
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage was recently accepted to house a student chapter of the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).“Acceptance for a student chapter by ASHRAE is a big deal because they are almost
exclusive to four-year engineering schools,” said Christopher Lexow, COD HVACR Instructor
and ASHRAE chapter Student Board Advisor. “This honor provides national and professional
validation of what we already know: our program is an educational leader in the engineering
and HVAC industry.”According to ASHRAE Student Chapter President Jason Maurer, COD having an ASHRAE student
chapter offers several benefits.“Having an ASHRAE student chapter at COD means we can apply for extra funding through
grants for research and development for a variety of projects and initiatives such
as a student-built, hands-on lab space,” Maurer said. “Another benefit is that as
a club that we can offer scholarships through the chapter to students to help fund
their educational needs.”Founded in 1894, ASHRAE, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable
technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building
systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability within
the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education,
ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today.Comprising 32 students from COD’s HVAC and Engineering programs, the chapter is off
to a busy start.“In March, we organized a raffle that that encompasses more than $12,000 in prizes
donated from our industry partners which will raise money for the program and help
the winning student’s future by supplying the correct tools for future employment,”
Maurer said. “We will also be starting work on a building design competition in which
the student chapter will be competing against more than 100 four-year universities
from around the world. We hope to do well during the competition and show the country
what our chapter ...
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Michelle Banayan ’18 shines in storytelling and journalism at Brandeis
Brandeis University News
Michelle Banayan ’18 shines in storytelling and journalism at BrandeisPhoto/Mike LovettMichelle Banayan '18By Julian Cardillo ’14April 4, 2017Michelle Banayan ’18 is an aspiring journalist who is honing her craft of storytelling at Brandeis.Banayan came to campus by way of Los Angeles and is now enjoying life on the east coast. At Brandeis, she majors in American Studies and minors in Journalism and Legal Studies and works as an Associate Editor for the student-run newspaper, The Justice.
BrandeisNOW caught up with Michelle to learn about her Brandeis experience.
BrandeisNOW: Why was Brandeis the right fit for you?
Banayan: One of the perks of Brandeis is the people. It sounds so cliché—the people—but it’s something you won’t fully understand until you come here. Everyone is so passionate about what they do and willing to lend a hand by welcoming you into our community. I aspire to do those things, and Brandeis makes me want to be the better version of myself.
BrandeisNOW: What do you enjoy doing when you visit Boston?
Banayan: I love to walk around Newbury Street and branch out into Beacon Hill. It’s a popular area and has charm, with its New England architecture and cobblestone streets. It’s so different from where I come from in Los Angeles. I love exploring the back streets of Boston.
BrandeisNOW: What has been your favorite class at Brandeis?
Banayan: My first year, I took “International Affairs and the American Media.” It was a seminar class in which we studied how international affairs in the Middle East are portrayed in the American media. Every week, I would have to Skype with student peers in France, Turkey, Lebanon and New York to discuss the differences in the way news was being reported. It was amazing to get such a global perspective.
BrandeisNOW: Who has been your greatest mentor?
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Space Craft Meet a Professor Whose Research is Helping Write the Space Policies and
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“You would go outside and look up at the sky,” says the assistant professor of commercial space operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus, “and the launches just seemed so much more positive to me and so full of promise.”
Those experiences fueled Howard’s desire to help craft space policies and laws encouraging global cooperation and innovation. Her research focuses on sustainability of space activities, the dynamics of interagency interaction and issues pertaining to all aspects of space traffic management and coordination.
Making Space a Safer Place
Much of Howard’s work is directed at making space activities safer, including getting space vehicles into and out of controlled airspace without disrupting general and commercial flight operations. To that end, Howard is currently principal investigator on a set of projects for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that deals with integrating commercial space activities into the National Airspace System (NAS).
“I think the work that we have been doing with the FAA is pretty groundbreaking,” Howard says, “because the United States has the most developed body of space regulations, and the FAA is the largest aviation navigation space provider globally. Aligning the regulations relevant to all stakeholders is complex.”
Her research aims to provide technical expertise to FAA officials as they plan for an increase in space vehicle operations. Howard’s work includes performing research and analysis of FAA Air Traffic Organization regulations, policies, procedures and orders pertinent to space vehicle operations, as well as international coordination issues for integration of space activities into NAS operations.
She is also working with the FAA to get safety approval for a space flight simulator at the university. Embry-Riddle has the only spaceflight simulator connected to an undergraduate university program, Howard says, and this student-focused, student-driven research offers a unique opportunity for undergraduates to interface with the FAA’s Office of Commercial ...
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UMass Boston Scientist Finds Link Between West Nile Virus and Mosquito Microbiomes
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New research from the University of Massachusetts Boston reveals that mosquitos that lack beneficial bacteria are more likely to carry the West Nile virus, which sickened more than 2,000 people in the United States last year. Furthermore, climate change may be contributing to a lack of microbiota in mosquitos. Assistant Professor of Biology Doug Woodhams collaborated with Eva Novakova of the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, on a new paper on this topic that was published in the April 2017 edition of Frontiers in Microbiology.Woodhams and a team of researchers sampled mosquitos over three years in southern Ontario, examining all the bacteria found on their bodies. The mosquitos which lacked the naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria were more likely to carry West Nile. The scientists postulate that Wolbachia helps protect mosquitos from diseases, which in turn prevents them from spreading those diseases to humans.
Woodhams also found that Wolbachia populations decrease as the temperature spikes. This is one reason that West Nile cases often increase in August, when temperatures are at their peak. Climate change also has an impact on Wolbachia bacteria--if there are too many warm days early in the season, there will be less Wolbachia to protect mosquitos.
This research could open up a new avenue for public health officials to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses like West Nile. Many health agencies use larvicide in still bodies of water to reduce the mosquito population. Adding a probiotic to water where mosquitos breed might encourage the growth of protective bacteria, and prevent mosquitos from becoming vectors for deadly diseases. A probiotic would help mosquitos' resistance to disease the same way that eating yogurt helps humans stay healthy.
“Mosquitos are becoming resistant to the pesticides we use. If we can make sure that those mosquitos that survive are healthy, we can avoid the spread of disease to humans,” said Woodhams.
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Men's Basketball Set to Host Free Boys Basketball Clinic on Patriots Day
WPI News Archive
Apr 06, 2017
WPI MEN'S BASKETBALL PATRIOTS DAY FREE BOYS BASKETBALL CLINIC DURING SCHOOL VACATION WEEK
DATE: Monday APRIL 17, 2017 (Patriots Day)
TIME: 9:30 AM-Noon
AGES: 5-14 (BOYS)
PLACE: WPI'S HARRINGTON AUDITORIUM
Join WPI Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Bartley, Assistant Coaches Ryan Flynn and Ryan Sheehan and several members of the WPI Men's Basketball Team for our free boys basketball clinic Monday of school vacation week.
We will make learning the fundamentals of the game FUN in this fast-paced, exciting and safe learning environment. Participants will be separated by age/experience to make this clinic a valuable and enjoyable experience.
To register: email Chris Bartley at cbartley@wpi.edu
About the staff: Coach Bartley has the most wins as a coach in WPI history and has been named NEWMAC Coach of the Year five times and the 2013 National Coach of the Year. During the past fourteen years WPI has won nine NEWMAC Regular Season Championships, advanced to 11 NCAA Tournaments, won 20+ games 13 times and captured three NEWMAC Tournament Championships.
Coach Flynn was an All-New England and First Team All-Conference guard for WPI in 2006 and has been the full-time assistant coach for the past four years. Ryan Sheehan is the all-time leading scorer in Nichols College history netting over 2000 career points and has been on the WPI coaching staff for two seasons.
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Princeton employees honored for dedication and service
Princeton University Top Stories
Six Princeton staff members were recognized for their commitment to excellence and exceptional performance during the University's annual Service Recognition Luncheon on March 28 in Jadwin Gymnasium. In addition, two staff members were honored for their leadership potential.
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IU Bloomington's Mathers Museum to temporarily close during summer for renovations
IU
IUB Newsroom »IU Bloomington's Mathers Museum to temporarily close during summer for renovations IU Bloomington's Mathers Museum to temporarily close during summer for renovations Feb. 14, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University Bloomington’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures will temporarily close its exhibition hall this summer for renovations. The museum’s exhibitions will be closed May 8 through Aug. 14.
The renovations will include the installation of new state-of-the-art gallery lighting systems, as well as improved accessibility features. Enhancements and modernizations to the facility have been ongoing since 2014, while the museum remained open to the public. However, the scheduled summer work requires closing public spaces.
“With extensive renovations also beginning at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, the summer closing of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures will certainly impact Bloomington’s museum lovers. In both cases, though, the closures are for a good cause,” said Jason Baird Jackson, director of the Mathers Museum. “When we reopen for fall 2017, we think visitors will really enjoy a new exhibition season presented with beautiful new lighting. There is no doubt that the accessibility improvements being made at the Mathers Museum will make a big difference, making our museum more welcoming to all visitors.”
The renovations will enhance the museum's exhibition design and presentation, as well as its educational and public programming spaces. The accessibility improvements are the first phase in providing support for visitors with disabilities. Upgrades to public spaces and parking designations are also planned.
“I know the museum’s staff, students, faculty and visitors all share my appreciation for the ways the university continues to invest in the museum and its work as a public-facing research center for the humanities and social sciences,” Jackson said.
Despite the temporary closure of the exhibition hall, the museum will continue to present educational programs and exhibitions throughout the community, region and state through its Traditional ...
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Feinberg professor receives 2017 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize
Northwestern Now: Summaries
Richard M. Pope, MD, Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Professor and professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, is the recipient of the 2017 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize.
Richard M. Pope, MD, Solovy-Arthritis Research Society Professor and professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize for excellence in research that emphasizes translational approaches, teaching, mentoring and leadership. He will be presented the award at a ceremony during the 2017 Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, April 6.
“It’s nice to be recognized, nice to realize somebody in the institution appreciates all that you’ve done,” said Pope, who is a member of the Center for Genetic Medicine, Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. “It’s a real honor and privilege to be able to go into the lab or into the clinic to do translational research and try to change the way care is given and improve therapies.”
Pope’s lab studies the biology of macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis, specifically directed at defining the mechanisms that promote resistance to apoptosis, or cell death. He began his career at Feinberg in 1985 and was named chief of the Division of Rheumatology in 1989, a position he held for 27 years.
He received his medical degree from Loyola University, Chicago and completed an internship and residency at Michael Reese Medical Center. While working with patients at Michael Reese, he became interested in medical research and went on to complete his clinical fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center, specializing in rheumatology.
Aside from the work in his lab, Pope leads the Multidisciplinary Career Development Program (KL2), a training grant sponsored by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), supporting junior faculty in clinical and translational research.
During his career he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers ...
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Mellon Foundation grant supports new program to increase faculty diversity
UChicago News
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support an initiative to recruit junior scholars from diverse backgrounds, as part of the University of Chicago’s commitment to continue developing a faculty that is diverse and of the highest caliber.The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows Program, supported by a $1.45 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, will appoint fellows as instructors for up to two years, with the intent that they will be promoted to assistant professor on the tenure track at the end of the fellowship period. Provost Daniel Diermeier, who announced the fellows program in a message to faculty last November, said the grant’s funding will help facilitate an expansion of opportunities for scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
“This program is a vital part of the University’s commitment to diversity and inclusion,” Diermeier said. “We are grateful for the Mellon Foundation’s support, and I look forward to seeing the impact that this program will have in the coming years.”
Fellows will participate in the activities of their school, institute or department, and will have designated faculty mentors. They will teach one class per year as they further develop their scholarship, receive research support and participate in programming designed to support their transition to an assistant professorship.
“This important program will allow us to recruit some of the brightest young scholars,” said Melissa Gilliam, vice provost for academic leadership, advancement and diversity and the Ellen H. Block Professor of Health and Justice.
The program will replace the Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarship (PCEP), which has contributed to increasing the diversity of faculty in higher education. PCEP scholars have joined the faculty at UChicago and other leading institutions. Current PCEP scholars will continue to receive full support through completion.
Applicants eligible for the first cohort must complete their ...
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Umoja Turns 50
BU Today
On a Tuesday night in February, 15 to 20 students were sitting in a circle in a College of Arts & Sciences classroom. They were there for a panel discussion titled What I Wish I Knew as a Freshman, hosted by Umoja, Boston University’s black student union.
The student panelists, Jordan Carter (CFA’17), Kirby Page (CAS’18), Daniel Wiley (ENG’17), and Sherifat Bakare (CAS’16, SPH’18), were leading a conversation about the culture shock that black students often experience when they arrive at BU as freshmen. The discussion was part of the club’s Unity Week, a series of events commemorating Umoja’s 50th anniversary.
The panelists stressed the importance of building rapport with professors inside and outside of class, meeting new people, and getting involved in activities you’re passionate about. Bakare shared her struggle to fit in. “I just didn’t feel comfortable,” she recalled of her first months at BU. “I hadn’t found my group of people.” But when she began working at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, she found a home base and was able “to really put my feet down on the ground here.”
Many of the students at the discussion said that Umoja itself had been instrumental in helping them find community at BU. The organization was founded in 1967, at a time when African Americans all over the country were gaining traction and mobilizing around civil rights. In its early years, members fought against racial injustice on campus and in the larger community. They protested the University’s lack of African American faculty in 1969 and created a legal defense fund the next year in support of activist Angela Davis, prosecuted for conspiracy involving the armed takeover of a Marin County, Calif., courtroom that left four people dead, and later acquitted in a federal trial.
Today, the club’s mission is to support and represent black ...
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Mānoa: Shidler College of Business announces free Banking Lecture Series in April
UH News
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 4, 2017Gary TidwelThe UH Shidler College of Business presents a free, public Banking Lecture Series starting with its first lecture on "Banking Regulation and Compliance" on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The series is led by Gary Tidwell, senior advisor in education, training and regulatory capacity building at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The series will provide an overview of the global capital markets with an emphasis on the regulatory/legal oversight of the markets. The lecture will examine recent national and international litigated banking cases using court documents.The series runs every Tuesday and Thursday, from April 4-20, 2017. Topics include: The Current State of Compliance in Financial Service; Criminal Liability; Banking Criminal Liability for Actions of the Employees and Controlling Persons Liability; Handling Retail Customer Disputes; and Regulatory Inquiries, Conducting Internal Investigations & The Future of Compliance.Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday, April 4-20, 2017 Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Location: UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business, 2404 Maile Way, Room C-101 No cost: Free and open to UH students, alumni and the general publicTo learn more, view the Banking Lecture Series flyer. For questions, contact Professor Jiakai Chen at jiakai@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-7610, or Professor Rosita Chang at rositac@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-7592.For more information, visit: http://shidler.hawaii.edu/
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JHL Lecture Series featuring Verda M. Colvin
Georgia College FrontPage RSS Feed
Please join the College of Education for The John H. Lounsbury Distinguished Lecture Series on American Education featuring the Honorable Verda M. Colvin, superior court judge, Macon Circuit on Tuesday, April 18 at 6 p.m. in the College of Arts and Sciences Auditorium. Reception to follow.
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CCMST Weekly News, September 17 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements2. Statistics3. Tip of the Week
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
September 21, 2010 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM MS&E 3201AProf. Ralph Jimenez, University of Colorado at BoulderUltrafast spectroscopy and microfluidics-based methods for investigating protein dynamics
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 37 days/home directory usage: 73% (1.6 TB available)/backups directory usage: 84%
LSF usage for Week 36 (9/6-9/12) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPU Avg WaitAvg Trnr.
Bredas
59
117612
6%
1993
595
4190
Hernandez
1875
477036
25%
254
50
305
Sherrill
183
378039
20%
2066
10502
12573
Other
3
25307
1%
8436
144
8011
Total
2120
997989
52%
471
967
1483
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: kennedy 378005.
EGATE
Uptime: 292 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 36% (428GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 85% (136 GB available)
LSF usage for Week 36 (9/6-9/12) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.
Hernandez
225
60190
4%
268
1
276
Sherrill
960
417861
28%
435
42
436
Other
26
34967
2%
1345
0
1351
Total
1211
513018
34%
424
34
426
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: sahan 233638.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Massimo
Cluster-fork
Cluster-fork is an utility that can be used to execute commands on the compute nodes of a cluster managed by Rocks (i.e. egate and fgate). For example, to list all your processes on the compute nodes of the cluster type:
cluster-fork ps -U$USER
Cluster-fork uses ssh to launch the chosen task serially on each compute node, ignoring the nodes that are down. By default the job is blocking: cluster-fork will wait for the command on one node to be executed before starting the job on another node. This behavior can be altered with the --bg option. This will start the jobs in the background:
cluster-fork --bg hostname
To select the cluster nodes on which to execute the command, use the --nodes option followed by the list of compute nodes where to run the command. A range of nodes can be specified with a shorhand notation:
Continuous range: --nodes=compute-0-%d:0-2 --> compute-0-0 compute-0-1 compute-0-2
Discontinuous range: compute-0-%d0,2-3 --> ...
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Students Get Wasteless With Sustainability Challenge
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Students Get Wasteless With Sustainability Challenge
April 6, 2017
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SGA Wasteless Challenge
For those who have mastered the challenge of getting travel toiletries into a quart-sized bag, it’s time to take on the Student Government Association (SGA) Sustainability Committee’s Wasteless Challenge.
From April 17–21, students will try to fit a week’s worth of waste into a single gallon-sized bag. Participants will put anything they can’t reuse, compost, or recycle into a provided bag. The challenge is focused on the “five R’s”: Refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle.
The first 200 students to sign up will be given a zero-waste starter kit with eco-friendly essentials. The winning team will receive a $1,000 donation toward a charity of choice, with points awarded based on participation throughout the week.
Sign up by Wednesday, April 12, at tinyurl.com/LSTV47N and share your progress on social media with #GetWasteless.
For more information, visit the Facebook event page or the SGA Sustainability Committee’s page.
The competition leads up to Tech’s 20th annual Earth Day celebration on April 21. Learn more about the festival at earthday.gatech.edu and plan to attend.
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
Compound function of medication may help slow aging (UPI)
Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the compound rapamycin has properties that may help treat neurologic damage in diseases like Alzheimer’s. (see also KTVZ, Science Daily, EMaxHealth)
The scientist who stumbled upon a tick filled with 20-million-year-old blood (The Atlantic)
Poinar, now a retired professor at Oregon State University, has studied hundreds insects caught in amber. His research that caught Crichton’s attention was on a fossilized fly, so well-preserved that its muscle fibers and sub-cellular structures were visible. Crichton conjectured dinosaur blood ingested by a bug in amber might still contain viable DNA, and so the plot of Jurassic Park, and so on.
The Curious Case of Urban Homesteading (Jacobin Magazine)
A piece by Marisa Chappell, associate professor of history at Oregon State University and the author of The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America.
Little pot of magic! Marmite boosts brain power (Daily Mail)
You can have too much of a good thing. Scientists from Oregon State University have urged people not to consume Marmite, or the niacin (vitamin B3) it contains, in high doses without medical supervision. Excessive niacin — above 35mg daily — can cause skin flushes and liver damage. Six Marmite servings could put you over the safe limit.
Breeding problems another cost of wild cattle (Beef Magazine)
Early studies in Florida showed Brahman-cross cattle with excitable temperaments had lower pregnancy rates than their calmer herd mates. Ongoing studies at Oregon State University are looking at effect of temperament on reproductive performance in ...
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Beaver Nation assembles in Salem for ‘OSU Day at the Capitol’
SALEM, Ore. – Salem will take on a decidedly orange hue Thursday, April 20, for OSU Day at the Capitol as Beaver Nation assembles to meet with legislators on matters important to OSU and higher education in Oregon.
Those who plan to participate in the day’s activities should register by April 12.
The event will allow OSU students, alumni, faculty and staff to highlight the impact that OSU has on the economy and people of the state. OSU has more than 164,000 alumni; serves the state through campuses in Corvallis, Bend and Newport; and maintains a presence in all 36 counties through the OSU Extension Service, Agricultural Experiment Station, and Forest Research Laboratory.
OSU supporters are invited to join students, alumni, faculty, staff and state government officials for a reception from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Galleria of the Oregon State Capitol building. As part of the reception, Benny Beaver will be on hand to pose for photos.
Earlier in the day, displays on OSU educational programs and research projects will be set up in the Galleria starting at 8 a.m. The OSU Meistersingers and String Quartet will offer an invocation on the House and Senate Floors, respectively.
The OSU ROTC Color Guard will post the colors in both chambers. OSU’s College of Pharmacy will offer a Health Fair with blood pressure and blood glucose screenings with Pharm.D. students. The Café at the Capitol will offer a 10 percent discount for those wearing orange and black.
For more information about OSU Day at the Capitol, visit government.oregonstate.edu/osu-day-capitol.
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Nduati Named to NMQF 40-Under-40 List
UCR Today
List recognizes next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities
By Ross French on April 6, 2017
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Dr. Michael N. Nduati
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has named Michael N. Nduati, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. of the UCR School of Medicine as one of the 2017 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health.
Nduati, the senior associate dean for clinical affairs and CEO of UCR Health, will receive his award at the 2017 NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Congressional Black Caucus Spring Health Braintrust Gala Dinner on April 25, 2017.
“It is a tremendous honor to receive this award and be recognized with peers who are making an extremely important positive impact on minority health,” Nduati said. “It is humbling to be identified as a role model for the next generation of minority health leaders, and I am thankful to all of my amazing mentors for pushing me to be my best and get to this point in my life and career.”
Founded in 1998, the NMQF’s goal is to assist health-care providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policy makers, and community and faith-based organizations in delivering appropriate health care to minority communities to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations.
“Here at the NMQF, we are truly excited about this next class of honorees and recognizing them at our annual leadership summit,” NMQF President & CEO Dr. Gary Puckrein said in a press release. “The 2017 winners are doing amazing things that both better and diversify the healthcare marketplace. They serve as positive role models for our next generation of leaders in minority health.”
Nduati attended UC Riverside as an undergraduate, where he co-founded the student-run African Americans United in Science at UCR, and was a member of the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider ...
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Prof. Gopalan on sale of Panera
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As a European-based conglomerate prepares to buy U.S. restaurant chain Panera Bread, a finance professor at Washington University in St. Louis says the move points to the growth of the private equity industry as a viable alternative to the public market.
Gopalan
“Panera is selling when it is doing fabulously well under current management,” said Radhakrishnan Gopalan, professor of finance at Olin Business School. “In terms of why now, I cannot think of any reason other than Chief Executive and founder Ron Shaich wanting to exit and possibly do something else.”
In the deal, announced late April 4, investment firm JAB is set to pay $7.5 billion, including debt, for the bakery-cafe chain. JAB owns other coffee brands, including Peet’s and Keurig. JAB also plans to turn the publically-traded Panera into a private company. Panera, headquartered in the suburban St. Louis town of Sunset Hills, Mo., has 2,000 locations throughout the United States and Canada.
“As far as the buyer is concerned, while there are potential synergies with the existing portfolio of JAB such as Krispy Kreme and even Keurig, one cannot but imagine the timing as not being all that great, as Panera’s stock has performed very well lately,” Gopalan said. “This also is reflected in a premium that is on the lower end of the typical 20 percent-30 percent that one observes in such deals.”
Panera joins a list of St. Louis companies bought out in recent years, including Solutia, Savvis, Sigma-Aldrich, Ralcorp, Isle of Capri and Monsanto.
“Not only is St Louis losing another firm, but another public firm is going private. This increases the urgency for everyone concerned to look at the costs and benefits of being a public company and, if possible, increase its attractiveness by reducing the regulatory burden.
“The final piece of the puzzle is that the acquirer is European, and so one cannot ...
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Obituary: Paul Whiteman, Retired Physical Plant Worker
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Paul W. Whiteman, 93, of Turners Falls, a longtime Physical Plant employee, died March 11.A World War II Veteran, he joined the Physical Plant as a janitor in 1955. He retired as a staff associate in 1990.
He leaves his wife of 70 years, Regina; his daughter, Paula Hayes and her husband Don; his sister, Theresa Boron; and his sister-in-law, Mathilda Boulanger.
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Graduate Student Develops Novel Way to Analyze Algae, Improve Marine System
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Zachary Ogburn, a second year chemistry graduate student, has developed a novel approach to monitor how microscopic algae adapt—a step that could help improve the marine environment.Ogburn, using spectroscopy experiments, devised a way to monitor how different chemical conditions prompt changes in microscopic algae. Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
His research was published recently in Analytica Chimica Acta, a leading journal in analytical chemistry. The paper was featured on the journal’s cover.
Microalgae are an important component in marine ecosystems because of their ability to transform large quantities of inorganic compounds into biomass that could potentially be used for fuel. The study examined how phytoplankton takes in and changes atmospheric CO2, a greenhouse gas, and nitrate, one cause of harmful algae blooms.
Continue reading on the Department of Chemistry website.
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Kane Community Hospital Will Become UPMC Kane, Finalizing Affiliation Agreement with UPMC Hamot
Kane Community Hospital Becomes UPMC Kane, Finalizing Affiliation Agreement with UPMC Hamot
KANE, Pa., April 6, 2017 – Kane Community Hospital (KCH) and UPMC Hamot today announced a formal affiliation agreement to integrate KCH into the UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) network to expand access to quality health care services in the region. The hospital now will be officially known as UPMC Kane.The affiliation agreement, effective April 1, has been approved by board members and leaders from the two health systems. It enables UPMC Kane to provide the community with the specialty expertise and resources of UPMC, a world-class academic medical center and integrated health care delivery and finance system currently ranked No. 12 on the prestigious U.S. News & World Report annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals.KCH and UPMC Hamot, located in Erie, integrated in 2010 after a decade-long partnership that involved the extension of UPMC Hamot’s cardiology services, shared education and staffing, after-hours pharmacy coverage and a sophisticated telemedicine program. “Affiliating with UPMC Hamot enables us to advance health care in our community,” J. Gary Rhodes, UPMC Kane president, said. “Our board members support a partnership that more fully integrates Kane into the UPMC system, by more closely aligning the governance, management and operations of Kane and UPMC Hamot.”As part of the affiliation, UPMC Kane will function as a direct subsidiary of UPMC Hamot. UPMC Hamot has committed to invest up to $1 million annually over the next five years to fund capital projects at UPMC Kane. UPMC Hamot also will support Kane’s construction of a proposed $6 million physician office building. UPMC Hamot and UPMC Kane will be operated by a single management team and will work to grow outpatient services in the Kane service area. “We welcome Kane into the UPMC network,” said David Gibbons, president of UPMC Hamot. “UPMC has a long track record of ...
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Homenatge a Ricardo Panero
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Moment de l'homenatge.
06/04/2017
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El Paranimf de l’Edifici Històric va acollir el dimecres 5 d’abril un acte d’homenatge al catedràtic emèrit de la UB Ricardo Panero, mort el 25 de febrer de l’any passat. Catedràtic de Dret Romà, Ricardo Panero va exercir de docent a la Universitat de Barcelona durant quaranta-cinc anys. Durant l’acte van intervenir, entre d’altres, la seva filla i professora de la UB Patricia Panero, la secretària general de la Universitat de Barcelona, Belén Noguera, l’exconseller de la Generalitat de Catalunya Josep Guàrdia, el president de l’Associació Iberoamericana de Dret Romà, Alfonso Murillo, el degà de la Facultat de Dret, Xavier Pons, i l’antic rector de la UB Joan Tugores. L’homenatge va tenir lloc en el marc del XIX Congrés Internacional i XXII Congrés Iberoamericà de Dret Romà.
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Researchers work on carbon dioxide capture systems
Missouri S&T News and Events
Missouri S&T professor Fateme Rezaei, left, and student Harshul Thakkar demonstrate their work to develop technology to help keep astronauts safe from carbon dioxide buildup.Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&TA Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher and her team are developing technology that could help keep astronauts safe from carbon dioxide buildup during flight and aboard the International Space Station.
Dr. Fateme Rezaei, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri S&T, and the team have developed “robust structures” in mechanically strong configurations that are comparable to powders in adsorbing CO2. Their findings were reported in the American Chemical Society’s Applied Materials & Interfaces publications in September 2016 and February 2017.
Besides keeping astronauts safe, the technology can improve the reliability and efficiency of current CO2 removal systems. The work also could lead to the development of cost-effective and energy-efficient adsorbent systems for purification of other gas streams. Industrial gas separation processes include natural gas purification, olefin/paraffin separation and hydrogen gas separation.
In the study published in September, Rezaei’s team made 3-D printed 13X and 5A zeolite monoliths with novel structures — honeycombs in crosshatch patterns — to capture CO2 from the air. (“13X” and “5A” are commercial names of two types of zeolite materials.)
Results indicated that 3-D printed monoliths with high zeolite loadings show adsorption capabilities comparable to that of powder sorbents, she says. The adsorption capacities of 5A and 13X monoliths were 1.59 and 1.60 millimol per gram, respectively, using 5,000 ppm (0.5 percent) CO2 in nitrogen at room temperature.
The experiments show relatively fast dynamics for monolithic structures, Rezaei says. The printed zeolite monoliths show good mechanical stability that eventually can prevent attrition and dusting issues that are encountered in traditional pellets and beads packing systems.
“The 3-D printing technique offers an alternative, cost-effective and facile approach to fabricate structured adsorbents with tunable structural, chemical and mechanical ...
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UMSL students spearhead family-focused STEM Night, draw 700 to local elementary school
UMSL Daily
UMSL College of Education students (from left) Brooke Elsner, Amy Husenica, Danielle Mueller, Ashtyn Boedy (in front), Megan Tate, Kara Sneeringer and Adam Vinson wore their white lab coats throughout the day leading up to Zitzman Elementary’s STEM Night to help get their students excited about the evening’s activities. (Photos courtesy of Danielle Mueller and Megan Tate)
What do a great horned owl, a bee keeper and a scientist from Monsanto all have in common?
They were each special guests at Zitzman Elementary in Pacific, Missouri, on March 30 – along with over 700 local children, parents, teachers and community members.
The festivities – a STEM Night brought to fruition with the help of seven College of Education students from the University of Missouri–St. Louis – also featured food trucks, other science and nature experts and a plethora of kid- and family-friendly activities aimed at fostering curiosity and knowledge around all things science, technology, engineering and math.
Avian experts from the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, introduced several owl friends to the curious students at Zitzman.
Student teachers Ashtyn Boedy, Brooke Elsner, Amy Husenica, Danielle Mueller, Kara Sneeringer, Megan Tate and Adam Vinson designed the STEM night – with help from principal Ketina Armstrong – as their senior project. They have each been pursuing their bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a certification in special education through UMSL’s off-campus program in Wildwood, Missouri, and will graduate this May.
“We thought long and hard about what we were going to do,” said Tate, noting that she and her peers really wanted to come up with something that would not only be fun for the elementary students but also make a long-lasting difference at Zitzman and in the community at large. “We came up with the idea to do a fun family night to encourage families to come to the school and ...
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Seminar – Laurie Racca
San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences
Building Your Career: The California Professional Geologist License
Laurie Racca, PGHost: Rob Hawk
Wednesday, April 12, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm
Abstract
The California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG or the Board) is charged with safeguarding the life, health, property, and public welfare by regulating the practices of professional engineering, land surveying, geology, and geophysics. The BPELSG provides this public service by qualifying and licensing individuals, establishing regulations, enforcing laws and regulations, and providing information so that consumers can make informed decisions.
Get Your CertificateThe Board invites you to learn about certification as a Geologist-In-Training (GIT). The GIT is the first step toward licensure as a Professional Geologist. Learn about the laws and regulations that govern the practice of geology in California and why being licensed is important to your future success. Gain an understanding of important definitions in the Geologist and Geophysicist Act (Law), and how to get on the job experience in order to qualify for a geology license. Finding a job once you’ve got your degree can be a daunting prospect. Here’s your chance to get the perspective of a licensed geologist on the entire career process (resume, interviews, job experience, licensure), and to learn how the GIT can give you credibility when applying for jobs in both private industry and with the State of California.
BioLaurie Racca, PG, is the Senior Registrar for Geology and Geophysics at BPELSG. Her 25+ years of experience includes working in private environmental and geotechnical consulting, providing regulatory agency oversight of large military and civilian environmental cleanups for the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and investigating fraud, waste and abuse as part of the Office of Enforcement at the State Water Resources Control Board.
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
So it Goes: A Taste of Spring at Bar Argos
The Cornell Daily Sun
As a 22-year-old living in Collegetown, I become tired of the limited options of bars. Each bar is known for its own distinct personality, but as the weekend approaches, the Collegetown standbys become packed with an overwhelming volume of students. Bar Argos provides a sophisticated, quieter and more comfortable escape than these other bars. Located on State Street, on the way down the hill to the Commons, the bar is within walking distance of Collegetown and is worth the trip. Bar Argos can be found on the first floor of the Argos Inn, a 10 room boutique hotel housed in a renovated historic mansion. The wide front staircase and expansive side porch with floor to ceiling windows creates a feeling of elegance from the moment the guest arrives.The bar area is decorated in lush colors and textures. The red walls bring warmth to the room, and the soft lighting creates an intimate, almost coffeehouse like vibe. Seating lines the bar, and there is a mix of two seat high top tables as well as groupings of armchairs and couches covered in mauve and green velvet. Across the lobby, the porch is available for overflow seating, simply decorated and showcasing a large, communal wooden table in the center of the room. Our group arrived around 8:45 on a Tuesday night, and the bar was pretty quiet. There were about eight people sitting and talking at the bar, but we chose a cozy grouping of chairs and couches to settle into.The bar ...
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How they reached the Final Four: the Gonzaga Bulldogs
NCAA RSS
For the first time since ever, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are headed to the Final Four.
Let’s see how they did it.
NCAA tournament path
Defeated No. 16 South Dakota St., 66-46
Watch NowFirst Round: Gonzaga defeats South Dakota State
The Bulldogs overcame a slow start to overpower the Jackrabbits. Gonzaga held South Dakota State to 24 points in the second half.
Defeated No. 8 Northwestern, 79-73
Watch NowSecond Round: Gonzaga ousts Northwestern
Gonzaga got off to an early lead, but Northwestern threatened late. Nigel Williams-Goss led the way with 20 points.
Defeated No. 4 West Virginia, 61-58
Watch NowSweet 16: Gonzaga edges past West Virginia
The Bulldogs escaped in what was perhaps the ugliest game they played all year. Jordan Mathews knocked down a clutch 3 to give the Zags the lead for good.
Defeated No. 11 Xavier, 83-59
Watch NowElite Eight: Gonzaga shoots down Xavier
Gonzaga dominated from start to finish. Johnathan Williams put the clamps on Trevon Bluiett while scoring 19 points of his own.
Key Players
PG Nigel Williams-Goss
The Washington transfer is an all-around stud. Williams-Goss is averaging 16.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists, but he struggled in the tournament up until the Elite Eight. The junior dropped 23 against Xavier.
C Przemek Karnowski
The 7-1, 300-pounder is the anchor of Gonzaga’s nation-leading defense. The fifth-year senior is an outstanding passing big man; Karnowski averages 1.9 assists.
G/F Jordan Mathews
Mathews is the most accomplished shooter on the team. He leads Gonzaga in 3-point makes (79) and takes (204). Mathews transferred in from Cal, where he started for the Golden Bears last season.
Coach: Mark Few
The Final Four monkey is finally off of his back:
You can take Mark Few off that list of best coaches never to reach a #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/J3cQMP8NsI
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 26, 2017
Up until now, Few was known as one of the best coaches to never make ...
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How they reached the Final Four: the Oregon Ducks
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For the first time since 1939, the Oregon Ducks are headed to the Final Four.
Let’s see how they did it.
NCAA tournament path
Defeated No. 14 Iona, 93-77
Tyler Dorsey, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Bell combined to score 59 points. Oregon put up 55 in the first half.
Defeated No. 11 Rhode Island, 75-72
Watch NowSecond Round: Oregon advances to the Sweet 16
Dorsey hit one of the most memorable shots of the tournament – a go-ahead 3 with less than a minute remaining. The sophomore was nearly perfect on the evening – he went 9-for-10 and scored 27 points.
Defeated No. 7 Michigan, 69-68
Watch NowSweet 16: Oregon survives against Michigan
The Ducks stifled what many believed was the hottest team in the country. Bell shut down star big man Moritz Wagner and posted a double-double.
Defeated No. 1 Kansas, 74-60
Bell was a monster, blocking eight Jayhawk shots and collecting 13 rebounds, while Dorsey delivered dagger after dagger en route to 27 points.
Key Players
C Jordan Bell
When Chris Boucher tore his ACL, Bell inherited a ton of responsibility. It’s safe to say he’s responded; at this point, he might be the most important player on the team. Bell has collected 12 rebounds or more in four tournament games, posting three double-doubles.
G Tyler Dorsey
How’s this for an NCAA tournament? Dorsey is averaging 24.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting in the Big Dance; he’s 17-of-26 from the 3. The guy has just been unconscious during this stretch.
F Dillon Brooks
The Pac-12 Player of the Year has been overshadowed a bit in the tournament by Bell and Dorsey, but he’s been steady as usual. Brooks is averaging 26 points per 40 minutes.
Coach: Dana Altman
Altman is in his seventh season in Eugene; this is the fifth straight year he’s reached the NCAA tournament. Altman had never reached the Final Four previously.
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Turgeon, Hronek benefit from player movement in Griffins' win over Rockford
Western Herald - sports
The idea that with absence comes opportunity constantly rings true in sports, and for Grand Rapids Griffins’ rookie forward, Dominic Turgeon, and recent call up from the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, defenseman, Filip Hronek, player movement has given them an opportunity.
At the beginning of the season, the 21-year-old Montreal, Quebec native was on the fourth line, and even a healthy scratch at times. He’s worked his way up the depth chart, and on Friday’s win against the Rockford Icehogs, he was on the top line along side Evgeny Svechnikov and Griffins’ leading scorer Matt Lorito.
“Once I first got here, I think the biggest thing was taking as much as I could in and playing the best I could,” Turgeon said. “Players being called up makes our lineup change a bit and guys play in different situations. You just have to be ready for the call.”
One way to work your way up the lineup is to catch your coach’s eye, and the Griffins’ coaching staff has noticed Turgeon’s progress. “His progress has been great. He’s earned the right to be in the lineup on a nightly basis,” head coach Todd Nelson said. “He’s playing good hockey and we have the confidence to move him up with our top line guys.”
Hronek’s night got off to a bad start, as on his very first shift, a puck bounced off of him and got by Griffins’ goalie Jared Coreau, which gave Rockford an early 1-0 lead.
“Junior hockey is different, you play with a lot of younger guys,” Hronek said. “Players [in pro hockey] are so much better. My teammates are good and they help me a lot with my game.”
Hronek has been with the Griffins for less than two weeks, and Nelson noticed his progress throughout the game.
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Intangible investments — Nobel Prize winner Edward Prescott analyzes the current U.S. market
The Argonaut In the midst of Congress’ discussions on healthcare reform, Nobel Prize economist Edward Prescott spoke about America’s economic future at Washington State University’s Smith Center Undergraduate Education building Thursday.
“Over time, things have been getting better for the modern humans who are dominating the world, making the world a better place for our species,” Prescott said.
Prescott said economists can examine current economic constraints by reviewing past market turmoil and expansion. He said he sees a regime change reoccurring after the 2008 recession and recently in 2016.
“(Economics) is an exciting field. So much progress is being made over the last 18 years. We know much more now — well, the few of us,” Prescott said.
According to Investors’ Business Daily, the U.S. stock exchange has gradually risen since November 2016. However, Prescott said forecasting future investments can be a predicament, especially in retirement. He said baby boomers are retiring, often with a lack of savings to access, and Millennials may also suffer this fix as well.
“Our retirement is in grievous shape,” Prescott said. “My undergraduates … I make them do a present value (model) of their time endowment.”
This means that for Millennials to retire by age 67, Prescott said they have to start working at 22. He said another question is how much that person is worth, because the value might shrink over time.
Prescott said wars often cause dramatic fluctuations in the market and increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP), especially during the economic mayhem.
“Sometimes there are things like depression and there are sometimes (World War II) when we make and build a lot of guns and have 10 million people, young men, over in Europe,” Prescott said. “They weren’t making cars then — just jeeps and tanks.”
By the 1960s, a different paradigm ruled supreme — macroeconomics, Prescott said. The Great Depression proved economists knew so little about the market, and its ...
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Millennials are destined to change the world
Opinions – The University Star
Few generations have as bad of a reputation as millennials do, and yet we hardly deserve it. Millennials are here to step up to the plate, fix wrongdoings and save the world—likely all documented through Snapchat.
It seems like every day at least one baby boomer wakes up with what they think is a brilliant new take on what it means to be a young adult trying to make it in today’s world. Few have much empathy for us—a struggling group of individuals often dubbed “the unluckiest generation.”
We’ve never known a world without the Internet, can hardly remember a New York skyline without the devastating void left in September 2001 and spent some of our most important developmental years drenched in the overwhelming anxiety of a shattering economic recession.
Pew Research Center defines members of the millennial generation as those born between the years 1981 and 1997. Most people currently in college are millennials, and a quick walk through the Quad can dispel most myths about who we are as a collective.
On any given day the Quad is filled with the spirit of a generation that, despite being brutally disillusioned with conventional avenues of change, cares deeply for each other. It is not rare to spot students at the Stallions standing in solidarity with their marginalized neighbors, fighting together against what they believe to be injustices. Likewise, it is almost impossible to make your way to class and not catch a glimpse of Greek organizations enthusiastically fundraising for their respective charities.
For such a self-obsessed generation, these actions seem pretty unselfish to me.
On the other hand, we really are the “selfie generation.” We spend a lot of time on platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter broadcasting parts of our lives with the rest of the world, but there is nothing wrong with that. A selfie a ...
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Sac State splits conference opening doubleheader against Weber State
The State Hornet
Weber State junior infielder McKinley Brinkerhoff safely reaches base against the Sacramento State softball team Saturday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)
After Friday’s rainout, Sacramento State’s softball team got some extra work in, going 17 innings over two games against Weber State in Saturday’s doubleheader, which the two teams split 1-1.
The first game was a 10-inning 3-2 win for the Weber State Wildcats (17-11-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference), and the second matchup was a 4-0 shutout win for the Hornets (11-14-1, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) at Shea Stadium.
Sac State batters hit a home run in each game, and the pitching staff limited Weber State to three runs on 11 hits in the first game and no runs on four hits in the second, which saw the Wildcats go 0-10 with runners in scoring position.
The Hornets’ right-handed senior Taylor Tessier pitched a full-game shutout, with nine strikeouts, four walks and four hits over seven innings.
Tessier — who was named Big Sky Pitcher of the Week Wednesday — was reluctant to speak about her individual performance, instead referring to being in her last year on the team as motivation in the pitcher’s circle.
“I’m just trying to make every day count, because I won’t get this back again,” Tessier said. “That’s the mindset I go out with every day — to do it for the team and make sure that I have a good time because it’s the last time I’ll ever do this.”
Freshman left-fielder Suzy Brookshire hit her eighth home run of the season in the fifth inning to tie the freshman record for home runs in a season. The single-season record for home runs in program history is 12.
“She goes up there with a great approach and she puts it all on her swing,” Sac State coach ...
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Elections Board Accepts Challenge Against Singh-Armstrong Campaign
News – The Emory Wheel
A College senior issued a formal challenge to the Elections Board via email March 25 at 12:24 a.m. against two candidates running for top student government positions.
David Joannides (17C), who said he does not know any of the Student Government Association (SGA) candidates, challenged “the legitimacy of the candidacy of Gurbani Singh and Natasha Armstrong on the basis of violation of the Honor Code and its prohibition of plagiarism,” according to the formal complaint. Singh (18B), who is the SGA executive vice president, and Armstrong (18B), who is SGA representative-at-large, are running on a party ticket for SGA president and executive vice president, respectively.
Joannides’ written complaint cited a March 23 Wheel article about Armstrong lifting verbatim 42 percent of her 2017 platform from her running mate Singh’s 2016 platform for SGA executive vice president.
During the election period, all candidates must follow the University, which mandates they follow University policy, Conduct Code and Honor Code guidelines, according to University Elections Code Part V, Article 3, Section 2 (J).
The Elections Board decided to accept the challenge early Saturday night, according to Elections Board Chair Betty Zhang (20C).
“It is imperative to me that people who violate the Honor Code not be entrusted with student money,” Joannides wrote.
SGA Vice President of Finance Jason Yu (17B) estimates that SGA’s total budget is about $1.43 million before it is disbursed to the divisional councils.
Zhang said that the Elections Board felt that Joannides’ complaint regarding the Honor Code violation merited the Board’s consideration and that the Board has decided to proceed with the challenge process.
Any student who is eligible to vote in the election may challenge a candidate’s campaign, according to Part VII, Article 1 of the University Elections Code. Should the Elections Board determine a violation occurred, the Elections Board may issue a fine, disqualify a candidate from the election, call a new ...
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No. 6 Syracuse beats No. 11 Duke in overtime thriller, 12-11
The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York
Sergio Salcido dodged down the left alley before spinning around, throwing the ball in Nick Mariano’s direction. Jamie Trimboli intercepted the pass. After a push from Duke’s Sean Cerrone, Trimboli corralled the pass and spun. He saw open space, wound up and fired.
“It was not for me, I don’t believe,” Trimboli said of Salcido’s feed.
“Luckily you thought it was,” SU head coach John Desko quipped.
In his first career start, Trimboli scored the Orange’s most important goal. In another one-goal game, No. 6 Syracuse (6-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) beat conference rival No. 11 Duke (7-3, 0-1), 12-11, in an overtime thriller. This marks SU’s sixth straight one-goal game, a program record. SU’s freshman midfielder avenged his three turnovers with the game-winner.
“It was a one-on-one battle that he won,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “Cerrone got his hands on him, did a nice job, just couldn’t take the ball away.”
The script for Syracuse through seven games has been close games with one-goal outcomes. Besides a 19-6 victory over a still-winless Siena team, each of SU’s games has been decided by one goal. Syracuse has managed to come out on top in all but one. (Army won on a game-winning goal with one second left last month.)
Each game, a player steps up to deliver a final blow. Against Albany, it was Nick Mariano. Against Virginia, it was Sergio Salcido. Against Johns Hopkins last week, it was Brendan Bomberry. Against Duke, it was Trimboli.
“Everyone steps up differently,” Trimboli said, “and it was me today.”
Evan Jenkins | Staff Photographer
In Syracuse’s first six games, Trimboli played on the second midfield line. He had a pair of goals and assists to his name, including the game-tying dish to Mariano against Johns Hopkins with 34 seconds remaining.
He’s progressively factored more ...
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New climate-change-focused RSO hosts ‘Trump vs. Truth’ discussion
Western Herald - news
The up-and-coming registered student organization Western Michigan University Change worked with other students, professors, and community leaders to host “The Climate Crisis: Trump vs. Truth” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22.
The discussion, which centered around science and the current administration’s dismissal of facts, was led by seven presenters in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center. The presenters included two professors, four students and Kalamazoo City Commissioner Shannon Sykes.
In addition to WMU Change, whose long-term goal is to get WMU to use 100 percent renewable energy, the event was sponsored by WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, WMU Humanities Center, Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
David Karowe, WMU professor of biological sciences and founding member of the WMU Interdisciplinary Climate Change Working Group, kicked off the conversation.
“Climate change is happening, it has not stopped; it’s, if anything, accelerating,” Karowe said. “The bottom line is, undoubtedly, the primary cause of current climate change is human activities.”
The earth’s warming is happening about 10 times faster than any natural warming in past temperature records and 97.5 percent of climate scientists agree that humans are the cause of this rapid climate change, Karowe said.
Not only is human-induced climate change causing scientists and environmentalists to call for emissions reductions, but 95 percent of leading economists agree that the United States should commit to emission reductions now, Karowe said.
Ginny Creamer, WMU freshman and member of WMU Change, presented with Karowe, reading quotes from members of the current presidential administration as Karowe explained the implications of them.
“When talking about climate change and moving forward in combating climate change, we have to talk about the political players in this game,” Creamer said.
Nicholas Miller, WMU senior and primary organizer of Change, spoke about his experience traveling to the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, which has receded ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
Women’s basketball ends NCAA Tournament run with loss to No. 1 UConn
Daily Bruin BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Women’s college basketball is a different world in Connecticut.
During the No. 4-seeded Bruins’ (25-9, 13-5 Pac-12) 86-71 loss to the No. 1 overall seed UConn Huskies (35-0, 16-0 American Athletic Conference) in the Sweet 16, the team didn’t want the atmosphere and situation to affect them.
Regardless of UConn’s four consecutive national titles or its 109-game winning streak that would be extended to 110, UCLA wanted to play the same. It didn’t want to be intimidated.
“I thought we were prepared,” said coach Cori Close. “I thought we believed in what we were doing.”
[Related: Coach Cori Close studies basketball at every court she steps on]
Despite the size disadvantage at every position and the fact that the stadium was packed with people, the Bruins came out like they usually do.
Junior guard Jordin Canada scored a crafty layup around the basket. Redshirt senior Kari Korver hit a 3.
Less than three minutes into the game, the Bruins were up 9-2. Maybe this would be just another game of basketball.
But it wasn’t.
Uconn immediately went on a 35-9 run with forwards Gabby Williams and Napheesa Collier dominating the boards, combining for 44 points and 23 rebounds in the game.
“We had some mental lapses in the second quarter,” Canada said. “That’s when they got on their run. For a second we looked defeated, and that’s when they capitalize on their opportunities to score in transition and get offensive rebounds.”
It wasn’t the first first mental lapse the Bruins had this season, but the Huskies are a uniquely talented team, different than any team UCLA had seen before.
There is nothing normal about UConn’s guard Katie Lou Samuelson being able to dribble like a point guard, shoot like a 3-point specialist and still be as tall as any player on UCLA.
She helped orchestrate ...
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