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CLEMSON – At just 19 years old, Adrina Patterson has big goals in mind, and she’s already on her way to achieving them.
The sophomore Language and International Health major plans to attend medical school and specialize in dermatology. She believes her major has given her a holistic view of the healthcare industry by providing a cultural understanding and language proficiency that allow her to see the bigger picture, along with the necessary science courses for medical school.
“I never had an African-American doctor. My primary physicians, dermatologists and dentists have all always been Caucasian,” she said. “I thought to myself, ‘Why does it matter if they are white or black?’ Well, it does matter, because representation matters.”
According to the Journal of the National Medical Association, less than five percent of U.S. physicians are African-American, and only two percent are African-American women. Patterson hopes she will be able to help bridge that gap and provide care for other girls who may be seeking a physician they can relate to.
“I not only want to be a part of that two percent, but I want that number to grow and to flourish,” said Patterson. “I want for a patient to walk into the examination room and feel comfortable.”
Patterson believes she and other physicians of color can provide that sense of comfort to patients in the U.S. and around the world. Her study of Spanish and community development has inspired her to think globally and consider working in communities in South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean.
She hopes that by interacting with under-served populations and especially children she will be able to serve as an example and motivate future generations to study medicine. She says she has experienced this inspiration firsthand when connecting with her current role models.
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Adrina Patterson is becoming the change she wants to see in the world
Researcher Measures How Monolingual Adults Process Foreign Accents
Fordham Newsroom
Whether you’re in the New York City subway, at the gym, or at the doctor’s office, you’re likely to hear people speaking in a different language, or with a foreign accent. You might even be a bilingual speaker yourself.
But how does hearing diverse languages affect language comprehension and processing?
In her new research, “Foreign-accented Speaker Identity Affects Neural Correlates of Language Comprehension” published in the May 2017 Journal of Neurolinguistics, Sarah Grey, Ph.D., found that a listener’s ability to identify foreign-accented speech affects their brain’s grammatical and semantic processing.
“In our daily lives, we’re interacting with people who are potential non-native speakers of a language, but we don’t have a lot of knowledge about how native speakers are processing what they hear,” said Grey, an assistant professor of linguistics and Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
The study that Grey conducted with Janet G. Van Hell, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and linguistics at Pennsylvania State University, examined the brain activity of 29 monolingual native English-speaking college students living in central Pennsylvania, where English is mostly spoken. None of the participants were currently studying a foreign language and all of them reported limited experience hearing foreign-accented speech.
In the study, participants were told that they were going to be hearing two people talk about their friends’ lives. The task was to listen to sentences related to their discussion. They were not told that the sentences were going to be spoken by a native English speaker and a non-native Chinese-accented speaker, and there was no prior mention of foreign accents, grammar, or semantics.
Some of the pre-recorded declarative sentences, which were delivered by two female speakers, were grammatically and semantically correct. However, other sentences had a grammatical error in English subject pronouns (“Thomas was planning to attend the meeting, but ...
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Out in Front
UNH Today: Campus Life Articles
Since 2001, April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Long before then, however, UNH was already getting out in front as a leader among college campuses in its work to prevent sexual assault.UNH’s SHARPP, which stands for Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program, traces its roots back to 1978. SHARPP has evolved its focus to include services and education on issues including relationship abuse and stalking as well as sexual violence.
Step Out
SHARPP will host the special event Stepping Out Against Violence at UNH on April 13.
The rally and walk is sponsored by SHARPP with support from organizations at UNH and in the local community.
The event will include a 20-minute campus walk, informational tables, a reading of UNH's Community Proclamation Against Violence and a student call-to-action to end violence.
The event is aimed at bringing students, faculty, staff and community members together to stand against all forms of violence on campus.
The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. in front of DeMeritt Hall.
Find out more here.
And UNH has been in the spotlight for its prevention efforts as SHARPP is one of only five college-based crisis centers in the country, and the organization has won Presidents’ Good Steward and President’s Leadership awards from the Campus Compact for New Hampshire, a statewide consortium of college and university presidents and private-sector partners.
“SHARPP is a national model in providing campus-based, confidential services to survivors of sexual and domestic violence as well as outreach and education,” explains Amy Culp, SHARPP’s director.
Kayla Goodwin ’18, a SHARPP community educator and peer advocate, echoes that sentiment.
“Most schools in the United States don't have this type of resource for their students,” she says, noting UNH “acknowledges that sexual assault does happen on college campuses, and we actively take part in prevention efforts.”
Culp notes there are many factors that ...
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BASEBALL HOSTS WAC SERIES WITH LEAGUE-LEADING GRAND CANYON
Athletics News
Apr 06, 2017
Complete Series Notes (PDF)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State (14-14, 2-4 WAC) hosts its first league series of the season against the conference's current leader facing Grand Canyon (12-16, 6-0 WAC) for three games this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon on Sunday.
The Hornets will honor their alumni and induct five players and two teams into the program's Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to Saturday's game at John Smith Field at 5:15.
Leading Off
Sacramento State leads the WAC in nearly every pitching category including ERA (3.99), opposing batting average (.243), strikeout to walk ratio (2.22), WHIP (1.24), walks allowed per nine innings (3.15) and hits allowed per nine innings (8.26). Hornet pitchers have also hit the fewest batters.
Through six Western Athletic Conference (WAC) games Sacramento State is hitting .326 and averaging 7.3 runs per game. The Hornets have nine homers in six WAC games and have five starters hitting over .330, with Andrew McWilliam hitting .480 and Vinny Esposito hitting .440 in league.
Sacramento State enters play on Friday with a 9-6 home record this season, averaging over five runs per game with a 3.48 team ERA and .235 opposing batting average through 15 games. The team is 6-3 in nine home night games in its first full season under the lights at John Smith Field.
Senior pitcher Justin Dillon leads the WAC in WHIP (0.72), opposing batting average (.156), and hits and walks allowed per nine innings and is second in ERA (1.98). The Hornet senior ranks sixth in NCAA Div. I in WHIP and 11th in hits allowed per nine innings though seven starts this year.
Grand Canyon began WAC play with a pair of home sweeps, winning all three games against both CSU Bakersfield and Northern Colorado. In six WAC games the Lopes have hit .351 and averaged more than eight runs per game with a 2.25 team ERA but the team ...
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Health care organization recognizes two SIU students
SIU News
April 05, 2017Health care organization recognizes two SIU students
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The MidAmerica Healthcare Executives Forum is honoring two Southern Illinois University Carbondale students for their academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership and involvement in health care activities.
Dennis Ramsook, a senior business management major with specialization in management of health-care enterprises from Terre Haute, Ind., and Jacqueline Nash, a sophomore health care management major from Bettendorf, Iowa, are the 2017 recipients of the MidAmerica Healthcare Executives Forum Award.
Nash was selected as a recipient of the award by the School of Allied Health’s Health Care Management Program faculty and administration. The College of Business Department of Management faculty and administration selected Ramsook for the recognition.
The awarding organization comprises more than 200 health care professionals who serve as leaders for hospitals, health care systems and other health-care related businesses and operations throughout central and Southern Illinois.
Ramsook was born in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica, but spent his childhood in Rockaway, N.J., before moving to Indiana. He is a 2014 graduate of Terre Haute South Vigo High School, earning a Core 40 with Academic Honors diploma.
At SIU, he is also completing minors in accounting and marketing and has been a founding father and president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. In addition, his campus involvement includes serving as executive director of the Residence Hall Association, a Saluki Ambassador for Undergraduate Admissions, vice president of external affairs for the United Nations Association registered student organization and as a recruiter and site leader for The Big Event: A Saluki Day of Service.
Ramsook plans to graduate in 2018 and continue his education in graduate school, pursuing dual master’s degrees in health care administration and public health.
Nash is a graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, where she was a four-year honor roll student, swim team captain, National Honor Society member and mentor for special ...
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Softball Earns Top Ranking After Tournament of Champions Success
Humboldt State University Athletics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Humboldt State softball moved back to the No. 1 spot in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll after a 5-1 performance at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock last week.
The Green and Gold previously held the number one spot for five consecutive weeks, but then moved to fourth place following the Cal State San Bernardino series.
The Lumberjacks' bye week gave them an opportunity to prepare for a strong performance in the Tournament of Champions, dropping only one game against Saint Martin's.HSU sits at 26-5 overall and 14-4 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play.
The Green and Gold are back in action Friday when they travel south for a four-game series against UC San Diego.
RANKINGS
Rank
Team
Record
Points
Previous
1
Humboldt State (5)
26-5
382
2
2
Angelo State (6)
36-4
379
1
3
Pfeiffer (3)
33-3
366
4
4
Harding (1)
33-3
344
6
5
Saint Leo (1)
31-7
334
5
St. Mary's
29-7
334
3
7
Southern Arkansas
31-5
307
8
8
Cal State Monterey Bay
29-4
269
15
9
West Texas A&M
29-6
267
11
10
Southern Indiana
29-7
262
10
11
Valdosta State
28-10
212
9
12
North Georgia
33-9
204
17
13
Chico State
25-6
203
7
14
Indianapolis
28-8
184
14
West Virginia Wesleyan
23-5
184
12
16
Tampa
23-6
153
16
17
Armstrong State
25-8
140
13
18
Minnesota State
28-4
139
21
19
Colorado Mesa
28-4
115
22
20
California Baptist
26-7
79
25
21
Limestone
35-7
65
24
22
West Chester
22-6
45
23
UAH
27-10
38
24
Dixie State
30-9
35
19
25
Caldwell
14-9
30
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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MCTV's New Active Shooter Training Video Is Live - Share With Students and Colleagues
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The purpose of the Montgomery College Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is to provide guidelines, assign responsibilities, and increase awareness in responding to emergencies that may impact the Montgomery College community. New to the EOP page is the College's active shooter preparedness video, produced by MCTV using College buildings and featuring staff and students. You can watch the Active Shooter Training and Preparedness Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C245beuDFhQ More Emergency Information The response actions of emergency personnel are guided by the College's commitment to: preventing or minimizing harm or injury to individuals; minimizing damage to College assets; effectively communicating to the College community information concerning a potential emergency, during an emergency, and after an emergency; and restoring normal operations in the shortest possible time frame. The Emergency Operations Plan consists of three sections: emergency procedures - provides guidelines for employees and students to follow when reporting or responding to emergencies. emergency protocols - emergency procedures for College emergency responders. emergency contact information - critical contact information for College emergency responders. The Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is an "all-hazards" plan for extended emergencies that will allow the College to continue its essential functions for up to two weeks.
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Fargo/Moorhead Campus Cleans for Seniors During United Way Day of Caring
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Volunteers from the Fargo/Moorhead campus got their hands dirty during the United Way’s 23rd Annual Day of Caring on Oct. 9.Staff and students from the campus helped widows Pearl Lee and Jeanette Karst dust cabinets, clean windows, move and mop behind appliances and relocate heavy objects throughout the assisted living facility they both call home. To help support the event, Amy Beito, Fargo/Moorhead campus director, sent out communications to staff and faculty encouraging them to volunteer during work hours. “The campus received representation from every department, including admissions, financial services, support services and academics,” said Robert Neuteboom, Fargo/Moorhead campus academic dean. “Day of Caring is really an extension of the many ways in which we have supported the nonprofit this year,” said Neuteboom, who also serves as the campaign committee member, campaign coordinator and loaned executive volunteer for the United Way. The campus is currently running a United Way Casual Friday from October to December to raise donations. Additionally, the campus delivered backpacks and school supplies to the United Way’s School Supply Drive in August. The United Way serves the community in many ways, and supports many groups and charitable organizations with the money it raises. It uses local advocacy to provide basic needs, like school supplies, education, income stability and health to many people in need. Last year, the campus donated $1,635 and contributed to the United Way meeting its $5.2 million goal. This year, the United Way has increased its goal to $5.5 million. The campus is trying to see how it can help the community by trying to match last year’s contribution. Check out this story about Community Service Day to learn more about ways Rasmussen College is involved in the surrounding communities.
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Suzanne Kunkel and Allen McConnell each named University Distinguished Professor
Miami University - Top Stories
By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
Suzanne Kunkel, professor of sociology and gerontology and director of the Scripps Gerontology Center, and Allen McConnell, professor of psychology, have been awarded the title of University Distinguished Professor by Miami University's board of trustees, effective July 1.
Established by the trustees in 1981 to attract and retain eminent professors, the title includes an annual stipend for conducting research and other professional activities.
University Distinguished Professors have national and international stature with demonstrated recognition and projected high level of scholarly productivity in the future.
The call for nominations for the University Distinguished Professor Award is issued every other year, alternating with the Distinguished Service Award.
Kunkel and McConnell will be honored at the University Awards Reception from 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 10, in 154-158 Marcum Conference Center.
Suzanne Kunkel
Kunkel is a gerontologist and demographer who works on problems associated with the long-term care of elders.
Her projections of population aging and the impact on long-term care needs include a focus on global aging and the consequences of a rapidly aging society on less-developed regions of the world.
Recognized as a distinguished scholar of national and international stature, Kunkel’s research publications demonstrate her “scholarly range and technical virtuosity,” a nominator said.
She has published two textbooks — one in its fifth edition and one which is the first in the field on global aging. She has edited three volumes and published 10 book chapters and more than 30 journal articles. She has presented her research at nearly 200 scholarly conferences.
Kunkel has secured nearly 40 external research grants totaling more than $7 million from agencies such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Beyond its influence on fellow researchers, Kunkel's research has improved the care provided to our aging society, said several nominators. “It ...
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School of Nursing celebrates 50th anniversary
UNCG Now
The mid-1960s were a transformative time for nursing in North Carolina, as UNCG’s associate degree program – the first in the state – gave way to an innovative baccalaureate program, and the nursing department became a full-fledged School of Nursing.
Now, half a century later, UNCG’s School of Nursing is celebrating its history and tradition of excellence with a weekend of festivities for alumni and students.
The 50th anniversary celebration kicks off on Friday, April 7, with a gala at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. On Saturday, the School of Nursing will host a daylong event for alumni and students to take a walk down memory lane, attend educational sessions that provide continuing education credit and hear about the state of the school from Dean Robin Remsburg.
Hundreds of Spartans have already registered for the events, with some School of Nursing graduates traveling across the country to attend.
The 50th anniversary is not just a celebration of the past – it’s a platform to share the school’s vision for the future. And the school is already looking ahead.
This past fall, the Union Square Campus – a public-private partnership to educate students and medical professionals – opened downtown. The facility houses UNCG’s new doctor of nursing practice program that prepares nurse practitioners, nurse executives and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Last spring, North Carolina voters passed a bond that will fund a new Nursing & Instructional Building. The facility, slated to open in July 2020, will bring all undergraduate and graduate nursing programs on campus together under one roof.
But it’s not the state-of-the-art buildings that are the focus of Remsburg. It’s the next generation of nurses that will learn in those buildings and then go on to make a tangible difference in our region, state and beyond.
“Across the nation, there is great need to produce nurses who are change agents ...
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Review of Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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417861
28%
435
42
436
Other
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34967
2%
1345
0
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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
• Atlanta, GA
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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.
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“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 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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