Actualitat UPC
Els hospitals Vall d’Hebron, Clínic, Bellvitge, Germans Trias, Sant Pau i Doctor Trueta han publicat a la revista Lancet Neurology els resultats d’un assaig clínic realitzat a més de 200 pacients que demostra l’eficàcia i els beneficis a llarg termini del tractament dels ictus amb microcatèters, una eina de nova generació que desobstrueix les artèries afectades en els infarts cerebrals més complexos.En aquest projecte de recerca, denominat REVASCAT (per Safety and efficacy of thrombectomy in acute ischaemic stroke), ja es va comprovar, ara fa dos anys, que els pacients amb ictus tractats amb microcatèters augmenten les opcions de recuperació de la capacitat funcional, redueixen a més de la meitat la mida final de l’infart cerebral causat per l’ictus i tenen una millor qualitat de vida.Ara, però, s’ha demostrat que aquest tractament, a més d’oferir beneficis al pacient, també té implicacions importants per la seva avaluació, ja que passat un any de la intervenció el pacient manté la millora experimentada durant els primers dies després d’haver-lo acabat.La contribució de l’equip de la UPC, desenvolupada per investigadors del grup de recerca en Bioestadística i Bioinformàtica (GRBIO), amb Erik Cobo al capdavant del projecte, i del grup d’Optimització Numèrica i Modelització (GNOM), ha consistit a dissenyar un sistema estadístic seqüencial que permet recollir el màxim d’informació de cada pacient i aturar l’estudi sobre l’evolució del tractament quan es té informació suficient per prendre la millor decisió sobre el tractament en estudi. De fet, amb la prova portada a terme als sis hospitals catalans s’ha demostrat que el 80% dels efectes observats després d’un any de seguiment són pràcticament els mateixos que els dels primers cinc dies posteriors a l’inici del tractament. D’aquesta manera, el pacient pot tenir ...
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Saturday, April 8, 2017
Un nou sistema estadístic mostra que en només cinc dies es pot recollir gairebé tota la informació obtinguda a l’any sobre l’evolució de pacients amb ictus tractats amb trombectomia
Join a Deliberative Dialogue on Health Care at LSC-CyFair Feb. 7
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: February 01, 2017
Lone Star College-CyFairs next Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) community deliberative dialogue, set Feb. 7, seeks to explore ways to overcome the expense to ensure cost does not impede the access everyone needs.
Health care is a business in the United States and the costs of a doctors visit, medication and hospital treatment continue to rise, said John Duerk, CCE coordinator at LSC-CyFair. The Affordable Care Act attempted to address the problem of access; however, consumers in Texas can expect their premiums to increase up to 60% according to an Associated Press story from June 1, 2016.
Join this Deliberative Dialogue: Health Care: How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need? from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Conference Center on the LSC-CyFair campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
One of the CCEs goals is to get people thinking about actions they can take to address challenges in their immediate community and the broader society.
For event information, contact Professor Melanie Steel via phone at 281.290.3906 or email Melanie.Steel@LoneStar.edu.
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Lone Star College-North Harris offers admission and advising services during holiday break
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: December 11, 2015
Although most of the Lone Star College-North Harris campus will be closed during the upcoming holiday break, prospective and returning students can beat the registration rush and take advantage of special holiday registration hours.The admissions, advising, testing and financial aid departments will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Services Building (SSB) on the following dates:
Monday, Dec. 21
Tuesday, Dec. 22
Wednesday, Dec. 23
Monday, Dec. 28
Tuesday, Dec. 29
Wednesday, Dec. 30
In addition, the campus library will be open on Monday, Dec. 21 through Thursday, Dec. 24 and from Monday, Dec. 28 to Thursday, Dec. 31, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lone Star College-Greenspoint Center and LSC-Victory Center will remain closed during the winter break, which runs from Dec. 21 through Jan. 4According to Carolyn Wade, dean/interim vice president of student services, These expanded hours over the holiday break allow students to come in, speak with an advisor one-on-one with little or no wait, and enroll before the final rush to register for spring 2016 classes, which begin January 19. Of course, our students can register online at LoneStar.edu/register at any time as well.Students can find additional information regarding the admissions process at www.LoneStar.edu/Apply .Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 East, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information about the college, call 281.618.5400 or visit LoneStar.edu/NorthHarris.Lone Star College has been opening doors to a better community for more than 40 years. Founded in 1973, LSC remains steadfast in its commitment to student success and credential completion. Today, with almost 83,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 95,000, Lone Star College is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., is the chancellor of LSC, ...
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Friday, April 7, 2017
The Road to Glory: Hip-Hop Star Common Speaks at AU
American University News
Common spoke, and even did an AU-centric freestyle, in Bender Arena. Photo: Jeffrey Watts.
Among his many accomplishments, Common won an Oscar for “Glory,” a song co-recorded with John Legend for the movie Selma. “Every day women and men become legends/sins that go against our skin become blessings,” Common intoned on “Glory.” That idea—victory in the face of adversity, belief in the face of oppression—was a theme he returned to at American University’s Bender Arena on Wednesday, April 5.
The rapper, actor, and author struck an optimistic tone throughout the night, reflecting on his Chicago upbringing, his hip-hop career, and his dedication to social change. The student-run Kennedy Political Union and the College of Arts and Sciences co-presented the event. Michael Harvey, an AU professorial lecturer in audio technology, and Sean Glover of SoundExchange, moderated the question-and-answer session. Co-sponsors included the AU Alumni Association, the Office of Campus Life, the AU chapter of the NAACP, Black Student Alliance, the Kogod School of Business-Business and Entertainment Program, Men of Empowerment and Excellence, 94 Forever, Second District Records, and WVAU.
On Ali and Greatness
Common—real name, Lonnie Lynn—was here to speak and not perform. Well, almost. To the delight of the AU crowd, he broke into a freestyle with shout-outs to “coffee at the Dav,” “Mass Ave.,” and KPU Deputy Director Aaliyah Lambert.
He opened by talking about attending Muhammad Ali’s memorial service in 2016. “I started to think about, ‘Why did we call Muhammad Ali the greatest?’” he said. Common believes it was Ali’s humanity that drew people to him. He noted how Ali “spoke up against injustices, how he had sacrificed his career, at the height of his career, for something he believed in. How he greeted each and every individual with love, no matter what your background was. Or what you looked like. That’ ...
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Mobile Response
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
Study Finds Mobile Technology Can Help Vulnerable Populations with HIV
Mobile health has proved a vital health tool, such as when the Red Cross shared public health information via text messaging following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. (Photo by Russell Watkins, U.K. DFID)
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 7, 2017) -- The use of mobile technology shows great promise for those who are HIV-positive, especially among those who have limited resources and those in poor areas of the world, according to a new paper published by researchers at the University at Albany.
Known as mobile health interventions (mHealth), such tools include dosing reminders, data about medication intake and questions about care communicated electronically, all of which result in better feedback and improved communication between patients and their care providers.
These technologies have already proven to be effective for other patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, tuberculosis and malaria, according to UAlbany Assistant Professor of Communication Archana Krishnan.
"The near-ubiquitous access to mobile technology has encouraged entrepreneurs, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and governments to develop secure methods for data collection that include secure servers, data encryption and HIPAA-compliant security protocols," said Krishnan.
The excitement around mHealth initiatives stems from mobile technology’s ability to address perennial barriers to health care access like cost, infrastructure and accessibility. "The global health community has now created and implemented a myriad of mHealth solutions in response to problems that previously seemed intractable," said Krishnan. "But, there is still a good deal of evaluation that needs to be completed."
Researchers Archana Krishnan and Claire Cravero
The paper, "A Multipronged Evidence-Based Approach to Implement mHealth for Underserved HIV-infected Populations," published in Mobile Media & Communication, incorporates real-world projects and previous previously completed research on mobile technologies and healthcare.
The study showed that text messages were especially effective in reminding participants to keep medical appointments and that participants found them ...
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Clemson Rugby celebrates its 50th anniversary on campus
Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina
More than 200 Clemson Rugby alumni, with families in tow, converge on Clemson’s campus April 7-9 for an anniversary celebration. But the occasion does more than mark 50 years that the program has been on campus; it provides current and former players with the opportunity to renew old bonds and, perhaps, form new ones.
It is those bonds that have kept Clemson Rugby afloat for five decades, and it is those bonds that will continue to keep it thriving far into the future.
“I think one of the reasons why the club has lasted so long is that it builds very strong bonds on the field and off the field,” said James Baxter, who co-founded the Clemson Rugby Foundation in 2007 after the team had spent decades on campus largely as a hybrid sports program and social club. “It’s these incredible bonds that have kept alumni of the team in touch after graduation and that have led to strong alumni engagement with the club.”
The Clemson Rugby Team in 2016, traveling to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Image Credit: Provided
It seems rugby has a way of slipping into the bloodstream. It’s hard to pin down precisely what it is that makes the sport so addictive to some, but the camaraderie involved might just have something to do with it.
“I can’t really put my finger on it. Once you get the bug, it kind of stays with you,” said Scott Bridges, who played for the team from 1985 through 1987.
“Going into a rugby match, it’s a little bit of a battle,” Bridges said. “You practice hard against one another all week, and then you have that other team you play against on the weekend. There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears that go into it. So you become close.”
Andras Bende, who played for Clemson rugby from 1994 through 1998, has experienced ...
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Five on Faculty Recognized for Funded Research
Fordham Newsroom
On April 5, five distinguished faculty members were honored for their achievements in securing externally funded research grants at the inaugural Sponsored Research Day on the Rose Hill campus.
The University Research Council presented the Outstanding Externally Funded Research Awards (OEFRA) to recognize the high quality and impact of sponsored research within the last three years and its enhancement of Fordham’s reputation—both nationally and globally.
Honorees in five separate categories included:
Sciences: Silvia C. Finnemann, Ph.D., professor of biology
Since joining Fordham University in 2008, Finnemann has secured over $3.65 million in grants from the National Institute of Health, the Beckman Initiative for Macular Research and the Retinal Stem Cell Consortium of New York State for her research on healthy eye function and age-related changes to eye cell function. These grants enable her to support a thriving laboratory where she has a team of graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral researchers.
Social Sciences: Celia B. Fisher, Ph.D., The Marie Ward Doty University Chair in Ethics and professor of psychology
Fisher has earned 12 major research awards and over $11 million from federal agencies over the past 20 years for her work in HIV and substance abuse prevention and research ethics. Recent awards have come from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Humanities: Stephen R. Grimm, Ph.D., professor of philosophy
Grimm was awarded $4.5 million by the John Templeton Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation to lead a three-year interdisciplinary initiative called “Varieties of Understanding: New Perspectives from Psychology, Philosophy, and Theology.” His grant is the largest externally funded research award in the humanities in Fordham’s history.
Interdisciplinary Research: Jennifer L. Gordon, professor of law
With grants from the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundation, Gordon pursued a three-year initiative to combat ...
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Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte to Deliver 2017 Commencement Address at UNH Manchester
UNH Today: Campus Life Articles
Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte will deliver the keynote address at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester’s commencement ceremony Thursday, May 18, 2017.Ayotte served as a senator from New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017, where her committee assignments included homeland security and governmental affairs; armed services; small business and entrepreneurship; budget; and commerce, science, and transportation.
Ayotte received numerous awards for her legislative action. In 2016, the American Kennel Club awarded Ayotte the AKC Legislator of the Year Award for her sponsorship of the Pet and Women Safety Act, established to help victims of domestic violence find safe accommodations for themselves and their pets. Ayotte has also been honored for her work on behalf of veterans by Veterans of Foreign Wars New Hampshire, and for her commitment to education by Save the Children.
Before her election to the U.S. Senate, Ayotte became New Hampshire’s first female attorney general in 2004. She centered her five years as Attorney General on seeking justice for victims of violence, as well as conservation efforts to protect the state’s public lands and waters.
Ayotte earned a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.
Gen. Lori Robinson will deliver the 2017 commencement address at UNH Durham on May 20. Article
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WOMEN’S TENNIS TAKES DOUBLES POINT IN 4-1 LOSS TO LONG BEACH STATE
Athletics News
Apr 07, 2017
GOLD RIVER, Calif. – On senior day Sacramento State earned the doubles point but Long Beach State came back with four singles wins to complete a 4-1 victory on Friday.
Sacramento State (9-15) played its final home match of the season and honored seniors Andie Mouzes, Alina Soltanici, and Deimante Bulatovaite prior to the match. The Big West Conference leader, Long Beach State improved to 14-4 this year with the win.
The Hornets started the day with an impressive doubles win. The duo of sophomore Sofia Wicker and freshman Carolina Chernyetsky beat Long Beach State's Maren Helgo and Natalia Munoz at No. 3, 6-2, in the first match to finish. At No. 1, Sacramento State junior Ana Loaiza Esquivias and freshman Sofia Gulnova completed a 6-3 win over Laura Eales and Lena Pacholski to give the Hornets the doubles point.
In singles play Wicker won the first set, 6-3, over Helgo at No. 4 but that match went unfinished. Eales had a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 for the first Long Beach State point and Julie Gerard won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2. Pacholski put the 49ers a point away from victory with a win at No. 3 and the visitors clinched the match when Munoz picked up a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5.
Sacramento State completed its home schedule with seven home victories this season. The Hornets have two road matches remaining next week, concluding Big Sky play at Portland State next Saturday and closing the regular season at Portland next Sunday, April 16.
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Political expert to discuss 2016 presidential election
SIU News
April 07, 2017Political expert to discuss 2016 presidential election
by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale next week will host John Sides, an associate professor of political science, author, and popular blogger, to offer his perspective on the 2016 presidential election.
Sides will present “Donald Trump: How Did He Win and What Does It Mean?” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, in Student Center Ballroom B. Sides’ presentation is part of The Morton-Kenney Public Affairs Lecture Series presented by the Department of Political Science and the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
“Anyone who wants to know why Donald Trump won should listen to John Sides,” J. Tobin Grant, a professor in the Department of Political Science, said. “He's not just an expert on political campaigns. He's someone who excels at knowing what the public wants to know and communicating it clearly.”
The event is free and the public is invited.
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Reporters, photographers and news crews are welcome to cover the lecture. To arrange for interviews or for more information on the event, contact Carol Greenlee, assistant director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, at 618/967-2816 or cgreenlee@siu.edu.
Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University. He is co-author of a forthcoming book about the 2016 presidential election. Sides also co-authored “The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election,” a textbook on campaigns, along with scholarly articles on campaign strategies, attitudes toward immigration, and other topics.
“John Sides is amazingly adept at blending academic expertise and practical insights in his writings for the Washington Post and the Monkey Cage political blog,” Jak Tichenor, interim institute director, said. “He’s equally at home dissecting Donald Trump’s complex relationship with the nation’s media during last year’s Presidential contest to predicting the difficulty the new chief executive would have in repealing and replacing the Affordable ...
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No.1 HSU Softball Travels to La Jolla to take on Tritons
Humboldt State University Athletics
ARCATA, Calif.- No.1 Humboldt State Softball travels south for a four-game series against UC San Diego. First pitch is scheduled for Friday at 1p.m. HSU enters the weekend 26-5 overall and 14-4 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play. Last weekend the Green and Gold went 5-1 at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, Calif. "We obviously wanted to come out of there with a 6-0 record, but we struggled our first day and it showed a lot of character in the ladies coming back the next 2 days and finishing out the tournament strong," said Head Coach Shelli Sarchett. "We talked it out and realized, you know, it's only the middle of season so we're not peaking. Which is great that we're not peaking now." UC San Diego enters the weekend series 19-17 overall and 10-14 in conference action. "We don't have to worry about weather this weekend in San Diego. Hopefully we get our games in against Chico and we just can continue to roll that way. So it's going to be really important coming into this weekend with San Diego firing, especially because we have Chico on Monday and Tuesday, we want to really set a tone now and continue the rest of the season with Chico and Monterey Bay. We're just excited again to see some sun again and get back on the field." Print Friendly Version
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Dr. Sanjay Rai Selected Outstanding Leader by Leadership Montgomery
Inside MC Online
Congratulations to Dr. Sanjay Rai, senior vice president for academic affairs on being selected as Leadership Montgomery's 2017 Outstanding Leader Award recipient. The award "recognizes and rewards an individual whose contributions through exceptional leadership have made a difference in Montgomery County." For nearly 30 years, Leadership Montgomery has built bridges between the private, public, and nonprofit sectors of Montgomery County, Maryland to improve the community -- the neighborhoods people live in and the business they work in by providing curriculum-and service-based programs. To date, Leadership Montgomery has graduated over 2,000 leaders, 955 of whom now hold board seats in County-based businesses, supported 864 local nonprofits with 25,000 hours of volunteer service, and have trained 476 high school and other emerging leaders through their excellent programs. Dr. Rai will receive the award at the annual Leadership Montgomery Celebration of Leadership event on June 6. For more information about Leadership Montgomery, or the awards event honoring Dr. Rai, please visit: https://www.leadershipmontgomerymd.org/outstanding-leader-award
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Panelists Share 6 Tips to Build Your Legacy during 'Leadership Breakfast'
News Beat
Rasmussen College focused on legacy leadership—what it means and how you achieve it—during its 4th Annual Leadership Breakfast Oct. 30 at Vadnais Heights Commons in Minnesota.More than 400 community members attended the 3-hour breakfast to visit with 11 nonprofit organizations, hear an inspirational speech from Carla Beaurline, founder and host of “Around Town” T.V., participate in a networking activity and listen to a 4-person panel discussion focused on legacy leadership. Panelists included: Mona Dohman, Minnesota commissioner of public safety Virginia Morris, Hubbard Radio LLC chair and CEO Trudy Rautio, Carlson president and CEO Tom Tefft, Medtronic senior vice president Here are six tips from the panel discussion on how to build and sustain your legacy: 1. Your legacy stems from someone who has influenced or inspired you We all hope to have somebody in our lives that has influenced our lives so much that it has lit a fire within us. Both Rautio and Dohman chose Mother Theresa as the person who most inspired them, due to her ability to fight for people—usually much poorer than her—and single-handedly change the world. “I hope to emulate most of how she lived her life,” Dohman said. However, inspiration doesn’t necessarily come from someone well-known, or of power or fame. Sometimes the people who help us create our legacy are the people who helped shape us since birth. “I was inspired by my late father,” Tefft added. “He had a sense of intellectual curiosity, and embraced getting to know a variety of people. He taught me to see the power of diversity in both personal and professional settings, and showed how it makes you a richer, broader leader and person. Diversity makes life a lot more interesting.” 2. Identify what you value as a leader & assess what it means for your legacy Do you know what you value? Is it honesty, ...
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Opening Minds through Art event showcases artwork, special relationships formed between Miami students and elders with dementia
Miami University - Top Stories
By Margo Kissell, university news and communications
Harold, a resident at The Knolls of Oxford, admires his artwork with OMA student volunteers (all photos by Scott Kissell).
Becky Miley never knew how much her elderly mother Marjorie enjoyed painting until she started doing it every week at the Woodland Country Manor in Somerville.
After attending church on Sundays, “she’s in a hurry to get back and do art,” Miley said.
The 82-year-old woman has spent the last three semesters participating in Opening Minds through Art (OMA), Miami University’s award-winning intergenerational art program for people with dementia.
Student volunteers partner with elders in long-term care facilities to create works of abstract art in the program aimed at promoting social engagement, autonomy and dignity through the experience of creative self-expression.
Organizers say the program improves the quality of life for the elders, while providing service learning opportunities for students.
An OMA art show opens at the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC) Friday, April 14, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. (part of the Second Friday series). Free and open to the public. Details below.
OMA was founded in 2007 at the Scripps Gerontology Center by Elizabeth “Like” Lokon, who earned from Miami a master of arts degree in teaching, a master’s in gerontological studies and a doctorate in educational leadership.
Lokon, OMA’s director, said she set out to create something to engage elders with different levels of dementia in a way that they would grow and flourish.
Martha delights in her artwork and her student volunteer Margot Duffy.
The program has taken off.
Today, it’s offered at 57 facilities across the United States and around the world. Six nursing homes in Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and one in the Netherlands offer OMA.
In Ohio, OMA is in 23 long-term care facilities, and the goal is to put it in 100 more ...
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‘Scholarship That Matters’ at UNCG Graduate Research and Creativity Expo
UNCG Now
More than 100 graduate students revealed the breadth and depth of research at UNCG at the 5th annual UNCG Graduate Research and Creativity Expo: “Scholarship That Matters.”
“I truly enjoyed the questions and feedback I received at the expo,” said economics graduate student Justin Larson. “If the goal of my research is to educate and potentially influence decision makers, then those people have to understand what I’m saying. That value has helped me, both as a researcher and a teacher, and will continue to help me moving forward.”
Students from more than 30 departments made 89 presentations, and six were recognized as winners of their categories. Winners of these $1,000 awards were chosen for their clarity of communication to a non-specialized audience, effective presentation skills, content knowledge, creativity, organization, originality and their ability to explain why this research and work matters. Judges included members of the Board of Trustees, local officials, leading executives, alumni and other members of the regional community.
“The response that I was getting from everyone that came by my poster was amazing,” shared Luciana Lilley, a graduate student in English and winner for the Humanities category. “People were intrigued by my research, and wanted to know more about it.”
The six award winners included:
Marya Fancey, in the Arts category, for “Understanding Sacred Organ Music from a Sixteenth-Century Polish Source.” To continue her research, Fancey will travel to Poland in the coming year.
Ho Young Lee, in the Health Sciences category, for the project “Doxorubicin-Induced Cytotoxicity in Rat Myocardial H9c2 Cells: The Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species and Redox Balance.” Doxorubicin is an extremely effective anticancer drug, but can cause irreversible damage to the heart. Lee’s research investigated mechanisms behind the Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.
Luciana Lilley, in the Humanities category, for “Cannibalism Does What?! in George Thompson’s ‘Venus in Boston’?” Lilley’s research contemplates “medicinal cannibalism,” represented ...
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Leveling the playing field: Policy options to improve postsecondary education and career outcomes
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Providing workers with the right sets of skills is an urgent necessity in the modern labor market. Postsecondary education and K–12 both have important roles to play, and can be improved with the help of ongoing research on what does and does not work in education policy. K-12 schools could be doing more to increase high school student engagement and preparation for college; and the teacher shortages K–12 schools face in specific subject and geographic areas must also be addressed. Furthermore, at postsecondary institutions, federal aid must provide incentives to raise the quality of the college experience, protect the taxpayer investment, and enhance college access for workers who need to reskill.
On April 26, The Hamilton Project will host a policy forum to explore the best ways to address these policy challenges. The forum will begin with introductory remarks by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, followed by three roundtable discussions featuring panelists including: Andy Smarick (American Enterprise Institute); James Kvaal (University of Michigan); Bridget Terry Long (Harvard University); Sandra Black (University of Texas at Austin); Charlene M. Dukes (Prince Georges Community College); Michael Dakduk (Career Education Colleges and Universities); Sarita E. Brown (Excelencia in Education); Belle Wheelan (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges); and Heather Wathington (The Maya Angelou Schools and See Forever Foundation).
Agenda
12:30 PM Registration Opens
1:00 PM Welcome and Introductions
Robert E. RubinCo-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations;Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
1:05 PM Roundtable: Policy Options to Better Finance Higher Education
Author: David Deming Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard University Author: Sarah Turner University Professor of Economics and Education and Sounder Family Professor, University of Virginia
Discussant: Bridget Terry LongSaris Professor of Education and Economics, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Discussant: Charlene M. Dukes President, Prince George’s Community College
Discussant: Sarita E. Brown President, Excelencia in Education
Moderator: Diane SchanzenbachDirector, ...
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Coleman Foundation Illinois Tech Pitch Competition 2017
News – Illinois Tech Today
Applications for the Coleman Foundation Illinois Tech Pitch Competition must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11. Apply here. Applicants must prepare a two-to-three-minute video answering the question “How has participating in business plan competitions benefited your entrepreneurial learning process?” and upload it to YouTube. Competitions such as startup weekends, Campus 1871, pitch competitions, some hackathons, many class projects, and several IPROs also qualify.View a flyer here: Coleman Foundation Pitch Competition.
Prizes:
1st Prize: $75 + 100% discount on SNT membership. The first-place team will also have the opportunity to represent Illinois Tech in the SNT National Pitch Competition
2nd Prize: $50 + 100% discount on SNT membership
3rd Prize: $25 + 100% discount on SNT membership
4th Prize: 100% discount on SNT membership
5th Prize: 75% discount on SNT membership
6th Prize: 75% discount on SNT membership
7th Prize: 50% discount on SNT membership
8th Prize: 50% discount on SNT membership
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'See Writing Differently' at College of DuPage May 1
News at College of DuPage
By Jennifer DudaStudents from College of DuPage composition courses will showcase their work at the
second annual “See Writing Differently,” a celebration of writing, Monday, May 1,
in the Jack H. Turner Conference Center, Student Resource Center Room 2000, on the
Glen Ellyn Campus, 425 Fawell Blvd.The event includes a morning session from 10:30 a.m. to noon and an afternoon session
from noon to 1:30 p.m. and features the capstone research projects of more than 500
English 1102 students. This free event is open to the public and provides students
with an audience and feedback on their original projects created during the spring
semester. Presentations include aspects of multimodal rhetoric, such as websites,
podcasts, PowerPoint presentations, posters, brochures, videos and art.For more information, contact Assistant English Professor Brian Brems at bremsb@cod.edu.
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Intercultural Center celebrates past, present and future
Brandeis University News
Intercultural Center celebrates past, present and futurePhoto/Madeleine LopezThe Intercultural Center PUSH CommitteeBy Julian Cardillo ’14April 4, 2017For years, no one at Brandeis had the complete picture of how the Intercultural Center (ICC) came to be.But that changed last fall when ICC director Madeleine Lopez discovered that the center, an on-campus space where students of diverse cultures and backgrounds connect and learn from one another, is actually celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
“It’s been an interesting journey,” said Lopez. “I am trained as a historian and when I first stumbled across documents about how students created the ICC, I learned that we were supposed to be celebrating a 25-year anniversary this year.
“But I also found out the students’ original vision for the ICC,” Lopez added. “An array of culturally and ethnically diverse students finally saw the dream of an Intercultural Center realized. Their aim was to educate the Brandeis community about the cultures of people of color and to establish a central place on campus for all people to explore, share, and honor each others' cultural heritages."
In 1992, 31 students officially secured a space for the ICC in Swig Hall with support from faculty and the university administration, although efforts to build an intercultural center date farther back in Brandeis history. At the time of its founding, 11 clubs and organizations fit beneath the ICC umbrella, but five more have been added since that represent various cultures and traditions from around the globe.
The center officially opened its doors on March 4, 1992. A celebration took place that day themed, “A Vision Realized,” in recognition of the hard work done by the founding leaders, also known as the Push Committee, to secure a space for the ICC. Janice Johnson Dias ’94, now a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a community organizer, served as Brandeis Student Union President and ...
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Stay Calm and Ace that Final: Stress Hacks for Students
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Identify Stress Triggers
If you can identify what is causing your stress, then you can develop a plan for avoiding stress triggers or minimizing their impact. For example, students who are feeling overwhelmed with coursework or finals may need help with time management or to speak with their instructors about their concerns, Bloom said. Creating a plan for dealing with stress is one way to make it more manageable.
Seek Academic Support
If you’re stressed over exams and need additional help, campus departments like the Academic Advancement Center offer student services to address a variety of issues. Meeting with a residence advisor or counselor can also help. “Talk to your residence adviser about how they prepare for final exams and manage the end of semester stress,” said John Barnousky, Embry-Riddle Associate Director of Housing and Residential Life. “RAs balance many academic and work commitments and can be a great resource to provide tips for stress and time management.”
Maximize Campus Resources
Most schools provide a range of services to meet student mental health needs. The Embry-Riddle Counseling Center offers free counseling services, resources and support. The counseling center also is home to a certified facility dog named Peppino. Look for his picture on the center’s front door to see if he’s “in.” Peppino is available for brief walk-in office visits and can join students in counseling sessions by request. “It has been clinically proven that petting, touching and talking to animals lowers a person’s blood pressure, relieves stress and eases depression,” Bloom said. The counseling center also offers anonymous online assessments and resources through ERNIE.
Take Care of Your Body
Exercise may be the hardest thing to make time for when your to-do list is a mile high, but 30 minutes of activity a day can reduce stress hormones, flood the body with endorphins and boost energy. ...
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UMass Boston and Harvard Pilgrim Host Pharmacy Cost Panel
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Panelists Talk Value, Need to Hold Businesses Accountable as Cost and Number of Medications IncreaseWhat constitutes value when it comes to prescription drugs was a recurring theme at a panel Tuesday morning sponsored by UMass Boston’s Set Sail for Success Program and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
“When people ask me, ‘Why, Eric, are drug prices going up so much?’ I usually say, ‘Because they can,’” Eric H. Schultz, president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, told a crowd of more than 100 students and health care industry leaders at the UMass Club. “Let’s hold businesses accountable. Tell me why you just increased your price 22 percent in one year when you’ve been producing this drug for well over eight years and the cost of producing the drug and what goes into it did not go up 22 percent.”
Schultz says he’d like to see the process for approving new drugs to be sped up, the process for approving generics to be changed, and a panel of leading experts, including researchers and clinicians, to develop a cost-effectiveness score for new drugs.
“It is not easy, because somebody has to say who is getting value, and how much value is. It’s much harder to do politically than one might suspect,” Schultz said.
Panelist Dr. Steven D. Pearson, founder and president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review talked about a proposal in New York State, where if a drug company’s price goes above a value-based price ceiling, it will trigger a rebate back to the state.
Associate Professor of Nursing Janice Foust told moderator Shirley Leung of The Boston Globe that it’s not just the cost of a single drug that’s the issue; Foust has worked with some people who have up to 29 medications.
“I’ve made home visits where the medications are in the ...
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Friday and Saturday’s Softball Games Postponed; Rooftop Slated to Open Sunday
WPI News Archive
Apr 07, 2017
WORCESTER – Softball's home games slated for Friday and Saturday have been rescheduled.
Today's set with Clark has been postponed to Wednesday, April 12th at 5pm and Saturday's pair with Emerson has been postponed to Sunday, April 9th at noon.
Additionally, Softball's road doubleheader at Westfield from Friday, March 31st has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 18th at 3:30pm.
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Luijendijk, Rowley appointed college heads
Princeton University Top Stories
AnneMarie Luijendijk, professor of religion, has been named head of Wilson College, and Clancy Rowley, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named head of Rockefeller College. Both will begin their four-year terms as heads of two of Princeton University's six residential colleges on July 1.
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Indiana University to host young African leaders through Mandela Washington Fellowship program
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IU Newsroom »Indiana University to host young African leaders through Mandela Washington Fellowship programIndiana University to host young African leaders through Mandela Washington Fellowship programFeb. 14, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University will host 25 of Africa’s brightest emerging leaders for six-week academic and leadership institute this summer sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative, empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities and support for activities in their communities.
Fellows are young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who have established records of accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive change in their organizations, institutions, communities and countries.
IU successfully hosted the civic leadership track in 2016, led by the Office of International Development. The 2017 cohort will come to Indiana in mid-June as part of a larger group of 1,000 Mandela Washington fellows hosted at institutions across the United States this summer. The highly competitive program attracted more than 64,000 applications this year.
“The visit of the first cohort of Mandela scholars in Bloomington last year generated a six-week-long series of powerful, engaged discussions with community and business leaders, with educators and students, and with other members of the community,” said David Zaret, IU vice president for international affairs. “We found that we had much to learn from each other. I look forward to another opportunity to get to know the bright, young African leaders of tomorrow.”
Working closely with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Affairs and its implementing partner, IREX, host institutions have designed academic programs that will challenge and empower these inspiring young leaders from Africa.
“Hosting these young Africans has been inspiring and is an investment in a new generation of young leaders who shape the continent’s future, and it reinforces IU’s global engagement toward increased ...
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Scholars win Global Humanities Initiative translation prize
Northwestern Now: Summaries
This is one of a number of famous depictions of the execution of Mansur al-Hallaj, the celebrated 9th-/10th-century mystic whose poetry will be translated and annotated by Global Humanities Translation Prize winner, Professor Carl Ernst. Courtesy Brooklyn Museum.Northwestern University Press and the University’s Global Humanities Initiative have selected two inaugural winners of the $5,000 Global Humanities Translation Prize for an in-progress translation of a non-Western or otherwise marginal literary or scholarly text.Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark are in the process of translating Manzoor Ahtesham’s “The Tale of the Missing Man”from modern Hindi. Carl Ernst is translating and annotating the classical Arabic poems of the mystic Mansur al-Hallaj.Northwestern University Press will publish both titles in trade editions during their spring 2018 season after completion of the works. Both books embody the goal of the prize, which is to promote translations that make the greatest contribution to literature and the humanities.Ahtesham’s novel is a milestone of modern Indo-Muslim literature. It is a deeply meditative exploration of the fracturing of the Indo-Muslim psyche in the wake of the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan.Al-Hallaj, executed for heresy in 922 CE, is a pivotal figure in the literary and mystical cultures of the Islamic world, and yet this will be the first comprehensive English edition of the poems attributed to al-Hallaj. Of the 118 poems translated by Ernst, half have never appeared in English before.The Global Humanities Initiative is supported jointly by the University’s Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and was cofounded in 2015 by Laura Brueck, an associate professor in the department of Asian languages and cultures, and Rajeev Kinra, an associate professor in the department of history at Northwestern.Brueck described the goal of the prize as “bringing much-needed attention not only to the rich ...
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‘Smart’ cephalopods adapt by editing genes, but sacrifice ability to evolve
UChicago News
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish are famous for engaging in complex behavior, from unlocking and escaping from an aquarium tank to instantaneous skin camouflage to hide from predators. A new study suggests their evolutionary path to neural sophistication includes a novel mechanism: Prolific RNA editing at the expense of evolution in their genomic DNA.The study, led by Joshua J.C. Rosenthal of the UChicago-affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory and Eli Eisenberg and Noa Liscovitch-Brauer of Tel Aviv University is published this week in Cell. The research builds upon the scientists’ prior discovery that squid display an extraordinarily high rate of editing in coding regions of their RNA—particularly in nervous system cells—which has the effect of diversifying the proteins that the cells can produce. (More than 60 percent of RNA transcripts in the squid brain are recoded by editing, while in humans or fruit flies, only a fraction of 1 percent of their RNAs have a recoding event.)
In the present study, the scientists found similarly high levels of RNA editing in three other “smart” cephalopod species (two octopus and one cuttlefish) and identified tens of thousands of evolutionarily conserved RNA recoding sites in this class of cephalopods, called coleoid. Editing is especially enriched in the coleoid nervous system, they found, affecting proteins that are the key players in neural excitability and neuronal morphology.
In contrast, RNA editing in the more primitive cephalopod Nautilus and in the mollusk Aplysia occurs at orders of magnitude lower levels than in the coleoids, they found. “This shows that high levels of RNA editing is not generally a molluscan thing; it’s an invention of the coleoid cephalopods,” Rosenthal said. In mammals, very few RNA editing sites are conserved; they are not thought to be under natural selection. “There is something fundamentally different going on in these cephalopods where many of the editing events are highly ...
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Fourth Annual Giving Day Raises More Than $2.3 Million
BU Today
Daylong event sets University fundraising record
Shaun Dawson (MET’16), who hosted various Giving Day Facebook live sessions, with interviewee Erica Appleman (CAS’09, GRS’10,’18) during the Giving Day celebration at the BU Pub.
What a difference one day makes. On Wednesday, Boston University celebrated its fourth annual Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising drive that raises support for the BU Annual Fund, which helps support the University’s schools and colleges, clubs and organizations, athletics, libraries, Study Abroad experiences, and other areas. Once again, the event made history, raising over $2.3 million from more than 11,598 gifts from students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of BU—an increase of $800,000 over last year. Totals were tracked throughout the day on the Giving Day website.
“Year after year our community comes together in support of BU, breaks records, and impacts the lives of current and future students,” says Dan Allenby, the University’s assistant vice president for annual giving. “I’m in awe of what we’ve accomplished this year, and collectively, through this event.”
Students, faculty, and staff celebrated across campus, gathering in over a dozen locations to encourage others to support BU before the day ended. Live streaming from Athletics headquarters, the GSU, and the BU Pub allowed Terriers to reconnect no matter how distant from Comm Ave. Many used social media to share stories and tell why they chose to give back, using the hashtag #BUGivingDay. Giving Day was a trending topic on Twitter throughout the day. Overall, the donor pool consisted of people from 51 countries supporting over 207 different funds.
There were dozens of Giving Day celebrations on both the Charles River and the Medical Campus, but the largest was at the GSU, where Rhett the Terrier encouraged givers and danced to beats provided by WTBU’s student deejays.
For the third year, men’s and women’s varsity athletics teams competed ...
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Mānoa: New 45-foot UH marine education and training vessel for island students to launch operations
UH News
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 6, 2017Ka Noelo Kai in Kaneohe Bay, photo credit F. King/HIMB.Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology/SOEST/ UH Manoa, photo credit Doug Peebles.On Friday, April 7, 2017, students from Ahuimanu Elementary will board the new 45-foot education and research vessel, Ka Noelo Kai ("seeking knowledge from the sea"), as part of its inaugural week of operations to support place-based experiential learning at the UH Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). Leaving from He‘eia Kea Small Boat Harbor, students will deploy a plankton net, collect data, and watch for green sea turtles and other marine life on their transit to HIMB on Moku o Lo‘e (Coconut Island). HIMB is an internationally recognized research and education facility, situated within Kāne‘ohe Bay and surrounded by 25 acres of protected coral reef refuge designated for scientific research. While on island, the Ahuimanu students will examine plankton through microscopes, participate in an invasive seaweed lab, and tour the research facilities with stops at the lab’s touch pool and shark enclosures. They will leave with new science and stewardship skills to assist them as they become our next generation of scientists, marine managers and ocean stewards, helping to find creative solutions to Hawai‘i’s environmental issues and challenges.UH scientists and educators Dr. Malia Rivera and Mark Heckman have been growing programs at HIMB to provide pathways to science for Hawai‘i’s underserved elementary through high school student populations for the last nine years. Currently over 4,000 students and teachers attend programs and labs on the island annually. Many students visit the research facility from as young as 5 years of age via the community and family tours. They may come back next with their elementary school or middle school classes, then as high school students in HIMB's more science intensive programs before ...
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Student Hires/Terminations
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Georgia College has the honor and privilege of being part of the OneUSG Cohort 1 project. We are excited about this transition and overall impact it will have on the University. As the Employment Services Team is preparing for the Go-Live date of July 1, 2017, we are asking the departments to assist with the following: Summer 2017
Terminations – All students who are currently working and will not be enrolled in courses for summer sessions will need to be termed no later than May 5, 2017. A SPAF to term will need to be submitted for these impacted students.
Casual Labor – Students working through the summer and not enrolled in courses will need to be set up as a casual labor due to tax setup and GA Defined Contribution Plan (once the position ends, the contributing member may apply for a refund). A new PAF will need to be submitted with the start date/hire date May 6, 2017, and an end date/termination date of Aug. 12, 2017, or prior if applicable.
Summer Student Employees - No action is needed for students currently employed who will maintain a student status for summer enrollment. Students must take at least six credit hours throughout the summer semester to be considered student workers.
Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Casual Labor Convert To Student – Students who are continuing employment and enrolled in Fall 2017 Semester will require a SPAF to rehire them with the start date/hire date 08/13/2017 or after. Please note – all start dates on SPAFs should reflect the beginning of a pay period which is found on the Start Date Matrix.
New Student/Rehire Student Employees
Students who are enrolled for Fall 2017 courses and are offered student employment positions will require a SPAF. The start date/hire date of the SPAF will need to show no earlier than Aug. 13, 2017 or refer to the Start Date Matrix. End Date/Termination dates should show no later than ...
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CCMST Weekly News, September 10 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements2. New Software3. Statistics4. Tip of the Week
ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Postdoctoral Fellow
Welcome to Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, new postdoctoral researcher in the Brédas group. Sukrit is from west Bengal India and is receiving is Ph.D. in Solid State and Structural Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India.
NEW SOFTWARE
AutoDock
AutoDock version 4.2 is now installed on Fgate. The executable is available under /share/apps/autodock-4.2/.
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 30 days/home directory usage: 72% (1.7 TB available)/backups directory usage: 84%
LSF usage for Week 35 (8/30-9/5) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg Wait Avg Trnr.
Bredas
72
176453
9%
2451
413
3077
Hernandez
2164
164404
8%
76
73
150
Sherrill
386
171251
9%
444
880
1331
Other
8
46028
2%
5753
0
5340
Total
2630
558137
29%
212
201
419
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: kennedy 153374.
LSF usage for Month of August (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg Wait Avg Trnr.
Bredas
10329
894209
10%
87
24
120
Hernandez
4037
1804160
21%
447
30
492
Sherrill
784
295721
3%
377
515
1204
Other
38
129021
2%
3395
8
3169
Total
15188
3123481
36%
206
51
282
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
EGATE
Uptime: 285 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 36% (428GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 85% (134 GB available)
LSF usage for Week 35 (8/30-9/5) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg Wait Avg Trnr.
Hernandez
593
228089
15%
385
59
455
Sherrill
263
69773
5%
265
94
365
Other
115
232627
15%
2023
0
2053
Total
971
530488
35%
546
61
620
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: rnear 232627.
LSF usage for Month of August (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg Wait Avg Trnr.
Hernandez
1356
744030
11%
549
32
595
Sherrill
442
180293
3%
408
590
1004
Other
554
1242295
19%
2242
70
2397
Total
2352
2166616
32%
921
146
1097
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Thodoris and Massimo
Find
Find is an useful (if a little tricky) utility to search a file system for a specific file (or set of files). Used in its simplest form, find will display all files on a directory tree starting from the specified root point. For instance:
find ~ will display the complete file three of your home directory. You can search several directory trees at the same ...
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Autism and Social Policy
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Weather forecasts warn of a snow and ice storm that will hit a swath of states in the Midwest, Northeast and South early next week. Why not use the forecast as inspiration for this year’s Valentine’s Day gift? Instead of buying loved ones flowers or chocolates, make them a disaster preparedness...
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Friday, April 7, 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.
OSU bighorn sheep research sheds light on killer disease (KTVZ)
Now, Oregon State University researchers are studying several aspects of the California bighorn sheep herd in the state – including movement, habitat use and survival – to gain insight into the animal’s risk for contracting the killer strain known as M. ovi (pronounced m-ovee).
Raucous orgies speed up aging in male snakes (National Geographic)
“Our results suggest that the male snakes may face a cost of such intense reproductive investment in the form of shortened telomeres, which cap the ends of chromosomes,” says Emily Uhrig, a behavioural ecologist who coauthored the study while completing a PhD at Oregon State University.
Beaver Nation assembles for ‘OSU Day at the Capitol’ (LIFE@OSU)
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.
Arabica can’t produce under changing heat conditions, new study says (Daily Coffee News)
Arabica plants subjected to short heat waves showed an inability to to produce flowers and fruit, according to a new study from Oregon State University that underscores coffee’s sensitivity to changing temperature conditions.
Thieves steal ATM card info from credit union in Philomath, three other sites (Gazette-Times)
Police are investigating recent ATM skimming incidents at Oregon State Credit Union branches in Corvallis, Philomath and Dallas in which account information was stolen from customers. All of the incidents have occurred in the last 45 days. The last reported incident took place March 29.
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Works by artist Betty LaDuke to be featured in OSU’s Little Gallery
CORVALLIS, Ore. – “Bountiful Harvest & Border Crossings,” an exhibition of works depicting the stories of Latino farmworkers, by Ashland artist Betty LaDuke, is now on display in the Little Gallery at Oregon State University.
An opening reception will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. April 27 in the gallery, 210 Kidder Hall, 2000 S.W. Campus Way, Corvallis. The artist will be on hand and the public is welcome to attend. The exhibit runs through June 16.
The Little Gallery is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is free and open to the public.
LaDuke’s wood panel murals document and narrate the stories of Latino farmworkers who work in Oregon’s Rogue Valley. The aim of the work is to give recognition to those who live and work on the fringes of society.
“My intention is to portray farmworkers and their families with dignity and appreciation for their work,” LaDuke said. “We all need a fair chance to feel visible, be paid a living wage and be respected for the work we do.”
LaDuke, who had a long career teaching art at Southern Oregon University, has traveled extensively around the world. Her work reflects the folk art traditions of the countries she has visited. Her body of work invites the viewer to celebrate the beauty of other cultures while recognizing mankind’s enduring hardships.
Her work is on permanent display at the Medford Airport. She has also shown work at the Capitol Children’s Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas; The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago; and elsewhere.
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Grant to Support Research Aimed at Benefitting Patients With IBD
UCR Today
Two-year grant from Pfizer Inc. to UC Riverside will allow exploration of a therapeutic target to correct intestinal barrier defects
By Iqbal Pittalwala on April 7, 2017
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Declan McCole is an associate professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine at UC Riverside. Photo credit: UCR School of Medicine.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. A protective protein that plays a key role in this disease is “T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase” or TCPTP.
TCPTP protects the intestinal epithelial barrier function (the body’s intestinal lining has epithelial cells that form a barrier so that bacteria in the gut do not pass on into the rest of the body) and is encoded by a gene associated with not just IBD, but also celiac disease and type 1 diabetes. Some patients with these diseases exhibit loss-of-function mutations in this gene, resulting in loss of TCPTP activity, and have a compromised (or reduced) intestinal epithelial barrier function.
Declan McCole, Ph.D., an associate professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has received a two-year grant of $150,000 from Pfizer Inc. to explore a therapeutic target for correcting intestinal barrier defects in IBD patients who have TCPTP mutations.
“These defects result in increased intestinal permeability – a major contributor to chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestine such as IBD,” McCole said.
He explained that although TCPTP mutations increase the risk of developing IBD, there are no therapeutic strategies aimed at correcting the consequences of these mutations.
The Pfizer Inc. grant will allow his lab to test multiple strategies to restore barrier function in intestinal epithelial cells affected by reduced TCPTP activity. In such cells, the lab plans to interrupt a signaling pathway called “JAK-STAT” that plays a role in increasing intestinal ...
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Meet the 2017 Emerging Leaders
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In today’s ever-changing business world, Olin graduates must be thought leaders who function swiftly and strategically, making an impact in their organizations and beyond early in their careers. Our amazing alumni are up for the challenge, which is why we are proud to honor a handful of recently graduated alumni with our Emerging Leaders Awards (A David R. Calhoun Memorial Lecture).
This year’s Emerging Leaders will be honored on April 20 from 4:30-7 p.m. Please join us at Celebration Weekend, April 20-23 to celebrate Olin’s Centennial and accomplished alumni.
Arvan Chan
Arvan S. Chan, MBA ’09/MHA ’09
Vice President / International Markets / Centene Corporation / St. LouisThough Arvan Chan’s graduate education and career placed him squarely in St. Louis by the age of 35, his influence has been felt around the globe. Since 2014, the 10-year veteran of Centene Corporation serves as the company’s vice president of international markets, where he manages and develops several unique international businesses.
For example, Chan helped orchestrate Centene’s investment in Ribera Salud SA, a Spanish company, and The Practice Group, an English company, three years ago. Chan currently sits on the boards for both organizations, which provide health care services under their respective country’s National Health Services.
As an active community member, Chan serves on the board of directors for St. Louis Effort for AIDS, which provides services to individuals who are affected by HIV; and the International Institute of St. Louis, which serves refugees and immigrants in the region. His involvement with professional organizations around the country has placed him on multiple global health task force teams, and he has spoken several times at the World Economic Forum.
In January, the St. Louis Business Journal named Chan to its list of “40 under 40” rising stars who are shaping the future of business in the region.
Chuck Cohn
Chuck K. Cohn, BSBA ’08
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Doctoral Oral Exams for April 17-21
UMass Amherst: News Archive
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:Kathleen Lazdowski, Ph.D., Education. Tuesday, April 18, 10 a.m., W07 Furcolo Hall. Dissertation: “Countering the ‘Strong Schools’ Narrative: Community Response to Racial Inequity in a High-Performing District.” Laura Valdiviezo, chr.
Levi Adelman, Ph.D., Psychology. Tuesday, April 18, 4 p.m., 521B Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “Reactions to Ingroup Critics Under Threat: Social Psychological Factors that Magnify Versus Mitigate Negative Reactions.” Nilanjana Dasgupta, chr.
Rajarshi Roychowdhury, Ph.D., Geosciences. Wednesday, April 19, 1 p.m., N255 Integrative Learning Center. Dissertation: “Eccentricity Modulation of Precessional Variation in the Earth’s Climate Response to Astronomical Forcing: A Solution to the 41-kyr Mystery.” Rob DeConto, chr.
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Tree Ring, Wildfire Expert Grissino-Mayer Named a James R. Cox Professor
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Henri Grissino-Mayer, professor in the Department of Geography and an expert in using tree rings to reconstruct past climates, has been named a James R. Cox Professor.The three-year award provides him with a stipend of $25,500 to support his research.
Grissino-Mayer, who came to UT in 2000, is the director of the department’s internationally known Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science.
He has studied forest fires for 30 years and had long predicted a catastrophic blaze in the Gatlinburg area. After last fall’s wildfires, he was highly sought by local and national media for his expertise.
“Henri is conducting groundbreaking research on topics that have impact in our backyard as well as around the world,” said John Zomchick, interim provost and senior vice chancellor. “He is also well known for his teaching and service to citizens of Tennessee. We are delighted to have him as a member of our faculty. We wish him continued success in teaching, research, and service endeavors.”
Grissino-Mayer splits his time between being a climatologist and a biogeographer, as well as a primary researcher. He was introduced to tree-ring research in 1985—when he was a graduate student at the University of Georgia.
His accomplishments include developing a 2,200-year reconstruction of annual precipitation for the American Southwest, the development of numerous reconstructions of fire regimes, and using dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) to help historical archaeologists more accurately chronicle cultural history.
Previous recipients of the Cox Professorship include Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics; Tricia Stuth, associate professor of architecture; and Paul Armsworth, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
The award is named for Knoxville native James. R. Cox, whose gifts to the university through his sister and nephew, Charlotte and Jim Musgraves, helped establish the professorships in 2002 for faculty in the arts, theater, biological and physical sciences, architecture, and forestry and wildlife studies. Recipients are chosen ...
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Avalon Springs Place and Avalon Place Join UPMC Senior Communities
Avalon Springs Place and Avalon Place Join UPMC Senior Communities
Expanding Access to World-Class Senior Care in Mercer and Lawrence Counties
Avalon Springs Nursing Center, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility located on a 40-acre campus in Mercer, Pa., becomes Avalon Springs Place, and Avalon Nursing Center, an 84-bed skilled nursing facility in New Castle, becomes Avalon Place. Both facilities specialize in complex medical care and short-term rehabilitative services.
“The integration of Avalon facilities into UPMC will continue to advance resident care services into the future in an ever-changing health care environment,” said Mark Bondi, president, UPMC Senior Communities. “The affiliation preserves Avalon’s mission to continue nonprofit care delivery, serving Mercer and Lawrence counties.”
UPMC Senior Communities, which offer independent and assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care are dedicated to promoting a lifestyle around health and wellness. The communities are staffed by experts who improve and enrich the lives of older adults so that they can stay active and as independent as possible. More than 2,900 western Pennsylvania seniors reside in UPMC Senior Communities.
Facility improvements, information technology upgrades, staff learning and development, and access to UPMC’s innovative geriatric specialty services and research will position Avalon Springs Place and Avalon Place to advance senior care and quality of living for older adults in the region.
“It’s always been our purpose to create a great place for our residents to live and a great place for our employees to work,” said John Hughes, administrator, Avalon facilities. “Every day, we work to produce the very best environment for residents, families, visitors and employees. Our affiliation with UPMC, a truly outstanding institution, will uphold our mission and move the organization forward.”
Avalon facilities will continue their strong ties as post-acute care providers in the shared regional marketplace of UPMC Horizon and UPMC Jameson.
“Our local UPMC hospitals have longstanding relationships with ...
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