Seemingly Innocuous Virus Can Trigger Celiac Disease

Seemingly Innocuous Virus Can Trigger Celiac Disease

The study, published in the April 7 issue of Science, further implicates viruses in the development of autoimmune disorders such as celiac disease and type 1 diabetes, and raises the possibility that vaccines could one day be used to prevent these diseases.

“This study clearly shows that a virus that is not clinically symptomatic can still do bad things to the immune system and set the stage for an autoimmune disorder, and for celiac disease in particular,” said study senior author Bana Jabri, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the department of medicine and pediatrics, and director of research at the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center. “However, the specific virus and its genes, the interaction between the microbe and the host, and the health status of the host are all going to matter as well.”

Celiac disease affects one in 133 people in the United States, although it is believed that only 17 percent of those have been diagnosed. It is caused by a weak immune response to the protein gluten, found in wheat, rye and barley, which damages the lining of the small intestine. There is no cure for celiac, and the only effective treatment is a gluten-free diet.

Gluten is a dietary protein that is naturally poorly digested, and therefore more likely to engage the immune system than other proteins, even in people without celiac. However, the way inflammatory immune responses to gluten work remains poorly understood. In a 2011 study published in Nature, Jabri’s laboratory reported that IL-15, a cytokine upregulated in the intestinal lining of celiac disease patients, can break oral tolerance to gluten. However, not all celiac disease patients overexpress IL-15.

The current study, a collaboration with Terence Dermody, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Pitt School of Medicine and physician-in-chief and scientific director at Children’s ...

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El catedràtic Elías Campo, nou director de l’IDIBAPS

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El catedràtic del Departament de Fonaments Clínics Elías Campo. Foto: IDIBAPS











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El catedràtic del Departament de Fonaments Clínics de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut Elías Campo va prendre possessió el dimarts 4 d’abril com a nou director de l’Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). L’elecció es va fer després d’una convocatòria oberta d’àmbit internacional. Campo substitueix en el càrrec el catedràtic del Departament de Medicina Ramon Gomis, que ha estat director de l’IDIBAPS des del 2008.







El professor Elías Campo és director de Recerca i Innovació de l’Hospital Clínic, director de la Fundació Clínic i responsable del Grup de Recerca de Patologia Molecular de Neoplàsies Limfoides de l’IDIBAPS. Actualment, és el president electe de l’Associació Europea d’Hemopatologia i membre del Comitè de Govern del Consorci Internacional del Genoma del Càncer, i pertany al Grup Internacional de l’Estudi del Limfoma. El 2013 va ser distingit amb el Premi Nacional de Recerca, un guardó impulsat per la Generalitat de Catalunya i la Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació, i el 2016 va ser reconegut amb el Premi Rei Jaume I de recerca mèdica.
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Military expert addresses 100th anniversary of U.S. entrance into World War I

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Soldiers wait in a trench during World War I. Public DomainIt was the “War to End All Wars,” and America’s entrance into the conflict on April 6, 1917, dramatically shifted World War I in favor of the Allies.
“The U.S. had a major impact on the outcome of World War I,” says military historian Dr. John C. McManus, the author of 12 books on war and military history.
Advances by both the Allies, led by France and Britain, and the opposing Central Powers, led by Germany, essentially stalled along the Western Front between 1915-1917. The reasons for this stalemate were many, including the horrors of trench warfare. Soldiers on both sides were holed up in trenches to avoid the persistent spray of machine gun bullets and shrapnel from artillery shells. Whenever an offensive attack was made, infantry soldiers were met with barbed wire, the hail of bullets, artillery explosions and, eventually, poison gas.
“American soldiers entered combat in large numbers at just the time when German offensive power was beginning to wane,” says McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T. “France and Britain were also nearing exhaustion.”
Soldiers were demoralized and sick, dealing with ailments like trench fever, which caused them to suffer from high fever, headaches, aching muscles and sores on the skin. When the first 14,000 U.S. troops arrived in France on June 26, 1917, more than two months after America joined the Allies, it provided a major boost to not only firepower, but also morale, McManus says. By the summer of 1918, and after the Selective Service Act had drafted 2.8 million men into service, the U.S. was sending some 10,000 fresh soldiers to France every day.
But the U.S. was providing the Allies with more than fresh, healthy soldiers.
“The U.S. government’s Food Administration, headed up by future president
Herbert Hoover, infused ...

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Crowd of 1,000 anticipated at UMSL first weekend in May as growing print fair enters second decade

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In addition to drawing 35 top-tier dealers from around the country, the 11th annual St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair set for May 5 to 7 will feature local artists including R.H. Dick. Several of his sculptures are on display at UMSL’s St. Louis Mercantile Library. (Photos by Evie Hemphill)
While every visit to the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has a tendency to lead to new discoveries, the possibilities were especially endless one recent morning during a gathering of local artists and dealers.
On the final afternoon of the fair (May 7), St. Charles, Missouri, resident Juliette Travous will give a demonstration of her artistic process when it comes to pastel landscapes – and particularly clouds, which have always fascinated her.
In one corner stood a prized watercolor by Missouri native and major American artist Thomas Hart Benton. Across the way, two striking photographs – one taken in California and another in Iceland – invited closer inspection.
Seated nearby was R.H. Dick, a local painter, author and sculptor who grew up on the very street where Benton lived later in life.
“I’d bump into him on his evening walks,” said Dick, who recalls visiting the late master’s studio as a teenager.
The fascinating assortment of art and people on hand at the library that day offered just a glimpse of a much larger gathering in the works: the 11th annual St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair.
Set for May 5 to 7, the campus event is a highlight of the year for those invested in the St. Louis region’s cultural scene, and it draws dealers from as far away as New York, Colorado and Arizona. Last year’s 10th iteration was a record success, and this year organizers expect about 1,000 art and rare book collectors to pack UMSL’ ...

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Recap: Cal State Fullerton softball splits doubleheader against Cal Poly

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In the first day of a pivotal three game series against the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs, Cal State Fullerton softball split two games of a doubleheader against the Mustangs, losing game one before bouncing back in game two.
Game 1
In game one, starting pitcher Cerissa Rivera was the hard luck loser. She set down 24 of 26 batters faced, pitching a complete game, going eight innings while only giving up one earned run that turned out to be the difference in the game.
“For all the time that I’ve been here at Cal State Fullerton, this is one of the best two weeks that she’s (Rivera) had,” said Associate Head Coach Jorge Araujo. “I think she understands, and she’s finally got it.”
On the other end, Mustang starter Sierra Hyland was able to work out of numerous threats by the Titans, picking up her Big West leading 16th win of the year with a complete game shutout.
Rivera’s perfect game was broken up in the top of the sixth after she walked Hailey Martin, but was able to set down the next three Mustang batters, no-hitting the Mustangs through six before putting up another scoreless inning in seventh.
CSUF put runners on first and second against Hyland in the bottom of the seventh after singles by both Rippy and Samantha Vandiver with one out, but were not able to score after Gonzalez and Francis were retired, sending the game tied 0-0 into extra innings.
The Mustangs were finally able to strike against Rivera in the eighth, breaking up her no-hitter on a solo homerun by Courtney Tyler giving Cal Poly a 1-0 lead.
“I didn’t get the result that I wanted,” Rivera said. “One pitch can define a game and that’s just what happened, but I’m still happy how the game went and ...

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Cognitive Decline After Surgery Tied to Brain's Own Immune Cells

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After undergoing surgery, elderly patients often experience cloudy thinking that can last for weeks or even months. At one time researchers thought this cognitive decline might be caused by anesthesia, but mounting evidence suggests that heightened inflammation in the brain following surgery is the more likely cause.

Now a new study in mice by UC San Francisco researchers suggests that brain inflammation and cognitive decline following surgery are triggered by the brain’s own specialized immune cells, called microglia. Mice given an experimental oral drug that temporarily depletes microglia ahead of an operation were much less likely to fail memory tests several days after surgery, the UCSF team found, suggesting a possible new approach to preventing the condition in humans.

The study, published April 6 in JCI Insight, an online, open-access companion publication to the Journal of Clinical Investigation, was led by collaborators Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, and Mervyn Maze, MD, professor of anesthesia and perioperative care at UCSF. Koliwad has been studying microglia for several years, and Maze developed the mouse model that was used to investigate cognitive effects of surgery. “There is an impact on memory in the mouse model that mirrors what has been observed in studies of post-surgical cognitive impairment in humans, and we can mitigate it with treatment that we think is not harmful to the animal,” said Koliwad, who holds the Gerold Grodsky, PhD/JAB Chair in Diabetes Research at the UCSF Diabetes Center. “When we depleted microglia before surgery, the mice remembered much better after surgery in comparison to mice that did not receive the drug. Furthermore, we found much lower levels of inflammatory molecules in the hippocampus, a brain region that plays a key role in memory.” Excess Inflammation May Trigger Cognitive Decline After Surgery Surgeries in elderly patients are becoming more common, and cognitive impairment is increasingly acknowledged ...

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No. 21 Southern Miss defeats FIU 5-1

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Taylor Braley drove in the decisive run with a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning to lift No. 21 Southern Miss to a 5-1 win over FIU Saturday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg.The Golden Eagles (26-6, 10-1 Conference USA) have won the first two games of the three-game series against the Panthers (17-14, 5-6).FIU trailed 1-0 in the top of the fifth before tying the score. Kobe Lopez, who reached base on a bunt single, later scored on a wild pitch by USM starter Hayden Roberts.USM answered in the bottom of the fifth against FIU starter Tyler Myrick (3-2). Storme Cooper singled and Myrick hit Mason Irby with a pitch and walked Hunter Slater before Braley delivered the go-ahead hit.In the top of the eighth, trailing 4-1, FIU brought the tying run to the plate after Javier Valdes doubled and JC Escarra was hit by a pitch by USM reliever Colt Smith (1-0). Golden Eagles closer Nick Sandlin came in from the bullpen and struck out Nick Day to end the threat.Myrick went five innings, allowed three hits and two earned runs.Valdes was 2 for 3 for the Panthers.FIU and USM conclude the three-game set Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. EDT before the Panthers begin a four-game home stand Tuesday against Bethune-Cookman at the FIU ballpark.
 
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Women’s Tennis Drops Home Finale Against Vanderbilt

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BATON ROUGE --- The LSU women’s tennis team suffered just its second home loss of the season at the hands of the No. 7 Vanderbilt Commodores at the LSU Tennis Complex Sunday.
The Tigers fell to 13-7 (6-5 SEC) with the loss while the Commodores improved to to 15-5 (10-1 SEC).
After another slow start in doubles, the Tigers found themselves down 1-0 at the start of singles play as Contreras/Rosca defeated Jessica Golovin and Skylar Holloway on court three before Kurtz/Campbell defeated Jade Lewis and Becca Weissmann on court two.
Vanderbilt gained a second point to begin doubles play with Emma Kurtz’s 6-2, 6-1 win over Golovin on court four.
No. 96 Fernanda Contreras followed right behind with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Holloway on court six, increasing the Commodore lead to 3-0.
The Commodores clinched the match with No. 4 Astra Sharma defeating No. 34 Lewis, 6-1, 6-2.
The Tigers will finish the regular season with one last road trip, heading to Athens to face the Georgia Bulldogs Friday, April 14 before concluding the regular season in Knoxville against Tennessee Sunday, April 16.
For more information on the LSU women’s tennis program follow the Lady Tigers on Twitter @lsuwten and @LSUJuliaSell, on Instagram @LSUWTen and on www.Facebook.com/lsuwten.Tennis Match Results
LSU vs. VanderbiltApril 9, 2017 at LSU Tennis Complex(Baton Rouge, La.)#7 Vanderbilt 4, #21 LSU 0
Singles
1. #4 Astra Sharma (VANDY) def. #34 Jade Lewis (LSU) 6-1, 6-22. #102 Joana Valle Costa (LSU) vs. #15 Sydney Campbell (VANDY) 6-7(5), unfinished3. Ryann Foster (LSU) vs. #72 Christina Rosca (VANDY) 6-4, 0-2, unfinished 4. Emma Kurtz (VANDY) def. Jessica Golovin (LSU) 6-2, 6-15. Becca Weissmann (LSU) vs. Georgina Sellyn (VANDY) 3-6, 1-2 unfinished6. #96 Fernanda Contreras (VANDY) def. Skylar Holloway (LSU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1. #24 Joana Valle Costa/Ryann Foster (LSU) vs. #10 Astra Sharma/Emily Smith (VANDY) 4-3, unfinished2. Emma Kurtz/Sydney Campbell (VANDY) def. Jade ...

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Forest Devices from Carnegie Mellon University wins 2017 Rice Business Plan Competition

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Jeff Falk612-964-7236jfalk@rice.eduMary Lynn Fernau713-348-5374mlfernau@rice.edu
Forest Devices from Carnegie Mellon University wins 2017 Rice Business Plan CompetitionMore than $1.3 million awarded at world’s richest, largest student startup competition 
HOUSTON – (April 8, 2017) – Forest Devices from Carnegie Mellon University emerged as the top startup company tonight in the 2017 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. The annual event is the world’s richest and largest student startup competition.
Selected by 275 judges from the investment sector as representing the best investment opportunity and taking home nearly $700,000 in cash and prizes, Forest Devices bested 41 other competitors hailing from some of the world’s top universities. Forest Devices is a medical device startup located in Pittsburgh that is developing AlphaStroke, the first stroke screening device that can potentially be used by all medical personnel in any environment.
Significant new prizes this year and the teams that won them include:
* $300,000 GOOSE Investment Grand Prize – Forest Devices, Carnegie Mellon University.
* $200,000 OWL Investment Prize Sponsor – Forest Devices, Carnegie Mellon University.
* $200,000 TiE Houston Angel Group Investment Prize and $500,000 investment from Elevate Capital – Medical Magnesium, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
* $125,000 Houston Angel Network Investment Prize – Forest Devices, Carnegie Mellon University.
* $100,000 Cisco Innovation Challenge Prize – Luso Labs, Columbia University.
* $50,000 Department of Energy Clean Tech Prize – Swift Coat, Arizona State University.
* $50,000 Finger Interests and Anderson Family Fund Second-Place Investment Prize – MITO Material Solutions, Oklahoma State University.
* $25,000 Rice Brown School of Engineering Tech Innovation Prize – Intelligent Flying Machines, Northwestern University.
* $60,000 Courageous Women Entrepreneurs Prize – MITO Material Solutions, Oklahoma State University ($40,000) and SandBox Semiconductor, University of Texas at Austin ($20,000).
* $25,000 Texas Business Hall of Fame Best of Texas Prize – NovoThelium, University of Texas at San Antonio.
* $20,000 NASA Earth/Space Human Health & Performance Innovation Cash Award Sponsor – Rendever, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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LSC-Westway Park Technology Center Opening Spring 2018

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Published on: December 12, 2016

Lone Star College-Westway Park Technology Center is a new non-traditional, state-of-the-art, approximately 130,000-square-feet, three-story technology drive satellite campus that will open at 5060 Westway Park Boulevard in Spring 2018.
This new center will support LSC-CyFairs Visual Communications (Vis-Com) department and multiple programs within Computer Information Technology (CIT), such as CISCO Networking Academy, Computer Programming, Cybersercurity + Forensics.
Classrooms and labs are designed to mimic real-world industry environments. Among the facility features are modular computer labs, flexible classrooms, a learning theatre with a large visualization wall that can be used for executive functions as well as program training, faculty offices and dispersed collaboration areas, a program-specific data center and 2 classrooms/labs for corporate college and CTE.
The 1st and 2nd floor have been planned for workforce programs. A workforce assessment center will accommodate testing for all IT and Visual Communication industry certification exams as well as certification exams for corporate college and CTE programs.
Although this satellite center will not provide any traditional student services, students will be able to perform some self-services via kiosks.
Initially there will be 8 full-time faculty and approximately 10 adjunct faculty with plans to expand adding 3 full-time faculty. Consideration is being given for skilled workforce faculty as opposed to traditional full time faculty to accommodate industry trends.
Center Programs:
Information Technology: Cisco, Microsoft, Linux, A+, VMWare, Cyber Security, Computer Forensics, Programming, Mobile Web Application Development, Juniper
Visual Communication:Graphic Design, Multimedia, Web Design, 3D animation, Game Design and Simulation
Corporate College: Oracle, Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Cisco, Oil & Gas







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Lone Star College Foundation accepts donation to advance diesel technology training

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Published on: December 08, 2015
The Lone Star College Foundation received a diesel transmission trainer donated by Allison Transmission and Stewart & Stevenson.The training equipment will be housed at LSC-North Harris and used to enhance the Industrial Diesel Technology program.We are pleased to accept this very generous donation, said Leah Goss, LSC chief advancement officer. We are very grateful to Allison Transmission and Stewart & Stevenson for their support of Lone Star College and are eager to get this highly-sophisticated training equipment into the hands of our students.Diesel transmission trainers enable students to learn how to troubleshoot and diagnose engine problems, disassemble and reassemble engines correctly, repair and overhaul engine components, and perform preventative maintenance and tune-ups.
This brings real world exposure to our students, said Tom Robertson, LSC-North Harris, Industrial Diesel Technology, director. We will use this equipment from front to back to help our students gain confidence when they enter the workforce.The U.S. Department of Energy is working with engine manufacturers and fuel suppliers to develop diesel engine technology to produce very low emissions of reactive nitrogen compounds and particulate matter. As lower emission diesel technology becomes a reality, diesel technologists with training in the new processes are needed.Dont put blinders on, advised Michael Jones, Allison Transmission, central region customer support manager to LSC Industrial Diesel students on hand at the presentation. There are great opportunities available to people interested in working in this very exciting industry.It is estimated there will be a shortage of 370,000 diesel technician workers by 2025, said Roy T. Allice, Stewart & Stevenson, director of training and technical services. Employees trained with these skills will be a valuable asset.The Industrial Diesel Technology program began at LSC-North Harris in March 2014. Since that time, 20 Industrial Diesel Technology certificates have been awarded and four Associate of Applied Science degrees have been earned. The program is ...

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SPA’s Key Executive Leadership Program Publishes New Book

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Federal leaders have a new tool to help them navigate the changing nature of their work, thanks to a new book from AU School of Public Affairs’ Key Executive Leadership Program.David Rosenbloom, Patrick Malone, and Bill Valdez have teamed up to publish a new book, The Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration: Transforming, Performing and Innovating in a Complex World. It was released in November by Routledge academic press.The book includes 13 chapters written by a mix of authors who are currently federal leaders or have had long careers with the government. Topics range from adaptive leadership to organizational change to relationships with political forces.For instance, the chapter on marketing and communication examines particular strategies to get the message out about what the federal government is doing well.“The men and women that work in government service have very exciting jobs,” said Patrick Malone, executive in residence in the Department of Public Administration and Policy and Director of American University’s Key Executive Leadership Programs.Since bureaucrats can’t make autonomous executive decisions, they need to bring coalitions together to be successful and that takes a tremendous amount of skill, says Malone.“The primary reason we created the handbook was because we thought there was a huge gap between actual practice and theory in the administration and leadership of the federal government,” says Valdez, who spent 20 years working in government and now is an adjunct professorial lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. “It is an attempt to bridge that knowledge divide and begin the process of educating federal leaders and workforce the importance of understanding the larger issues within the context of their daily operating environment.”The book focuses on the need for leaders to adapt to change.“There is a constant state of vulnerability in government and how you get leaders comfortable with ...

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Astronaut at Graduation

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Scott Kelly, an engineer, retired American astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy Captain.


ALBANY, N.Y. (April 7, 2017) – Captain Scott Kelly, an engineer, U.S. Navy captain and retired astronaut, will deliver the keynote address at UAlbany’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 21.
More than 2,000 seniors are expected to receive their degrees at the ceremony, which will be held on the Entry Plaza lawn at 11 a.m.
An astronaut since 1996, Kelly’s achievements over his illustrious 20-year NASA career earned him the coveted position as America’s first year-round astronaut. His missions included a 340-day stay abroad the International Space Station with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko from March 2015-16.
Kelly’s year in space helped pave the way for the future of space travel through an unprecedented NASA study on how space affects the human body. His memoir, “Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars,” is set for release in Fall 2017 and has already been optioned for a film by Sony Pictures. He retired from NASA in April 2016.
Kelly is a SUNY graduate himself (SUNY Maritime College ’87) and grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. His twin brother Mark is also a retired astronaut and served on the ground as a control model during Scott’s historic mission.
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Donations on Clemson Give Day 2017 top $2 million

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CLEMSON — The second annual Give Day at Clemson University was more than twice as successful as the first one.
Donors gave $2,062,864 to support scholarships, teaching and facilities during the 24-hour Give Day 2017 that began Thursday morning. Last year, 3,082 donors gave $907,603 on the first Give Day.
“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the Clemson family in support of our second Give Day initiative,” said Brian O’Rourke, vice president for Development and Alumni Relations.
“Our students, faculty and staff will benefit now and for years to come from the more than 3,000 individuals and corporations who united to move Clemson forward in a spectacular way.“
Gifts came from 3,142 donors. Fifty-one percent gave online; others donated at campus locations and by phone. Volunteers thanked many on social media who used the hashtag #ClemsonGiveDay.
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The average online gift was $134.97, but several alumni donors pledged large “challenge gifts” that could be collected only when milestones were reached during the day:
Vic and Susie Parker of Brookhaven, Georgia, gave a $25,000 gift and designated it for the Samuel J. Cadden Chapel when the number of donations reached 500;
Ed and Kelly Rose of Daniel Island gave $50,000 for the Dean’s Excellence Fund of the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences when the number of donations topped 1,000;
the Fort Hill Clemson Club gave $60,000 for the Fort Hill Clemson Club Endowment for scholarships when donations totaled 1,500; and
Pat Harman of Burlington, North Carolina, gave $400,000 to The J. Pat Harman and Phoebe Harman Unrestricted Endowment for Excellence when the number of donations reached 2,000.
Clemson alumni employees of GE pledged a gift of $100,000 to the Watt Family Innovation Center and corporate partner DRÄXLMAIER gave $50,000 to support graduate fellowships in automotive engineering.
“We are so grateful to everyone who demonstrated their Clemson spirit by participating in Give Day,” O’Rourke said. “Their gifts will make a difference for ...

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Softball Sweeps George Mason on Saturday

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SOFTBALL BEATS MONTANA, 5-3; JOANNE ENGLISH'S #21 JERSEY RETIRED

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Jessica Ravetti (3-for-3) and Suzy Brookshire (2-for-4) combined for five hits to help lead Sacramento State to a 5-3 victory over Montana in the first of a three-game Big Sky Conference softball series on Saturday afternoon. The two teams will finish the series with a doubleheader tomorrow at noon.The Hornets and Grizzlies were supposed to play a doubleheader today, but rain forced a late start and just one game. Sacramento State moved its record to 13-18-1 overall and 3-3 in the Big Sky while Montana dropped to 19-10 and 4-3 in the league.At the conclusion of today's game, former Hornet pitcher Joanne English (1978-81) had her #21 jersey retired. The 1981 National Player of the Year, English was a two-time first team All-American, three-time Golden State Conference Pitcher of the Year and four-time first team all-league selection. She led the Hornets to the 1981 national championship after posting a 7-0 record with a 0.43 ERA during the postseason tournament. She joins Susie Bugliarello (#17) and Lindy Winkler (#3) as the three Hornets to have their number retired.In the third week of Big Sky play, only two games separate all eight teams in the league standings. Weber State sits in first with a 5-3 conference record and North Dakota is last with a 3-5 record. Every other team, including the Hornets, fall somewhere in between Weber State and North Dakota.This afternoon, the Hornets erased an early 1-0 deficit by scoring four times in the fourth inning and once more in the sixth to take a 5-1 lead. Sacramento State then had to withstand a furious Montana rally in the seventh that saw the Grizzlies plate two runs and load the bases with two outs before reliever Danielle Sperry finally ended things by striking out Alex Wardlow.After Montana opened the scoring with a run in the third inning, ...

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Bone marrow registry drive set for next week

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April 07, 2017Bone marrow registry drive set for next week
by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Robert Broomfield knows first-hand the importance of bone marrow registry drives. If it weren’t for a bone marrow donation, Broomfield, an academic adviser in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts' School of Allied Health, would not be alive. 
A bone marrow registry drive will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11-12, at the north end of the Student Center. The drive is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Participants must be between 18 and 44 years old. Registration takes about 15 minutes and involves a cheek swab. Matches are based on race and DNA, not blood type. 
The event is sponsored by the Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Sigma, a fraternity within the Mortuary Science and Funeral Service program, SIU Athletics, and “Be The Match.org.” 
Broomfield, of Marion, was diagnosed in 2012 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He spent nine days on a ventilator after developing a staph infection and pneumonia and spent two months in rehabilitation. In March 2013, Broomfield received a stem cell transplant from an anonymous male donor in Germany. He was able to return to work in August 2013, and is now cancer free. 
Broomfield noted that a person’s life can hinge on a simple test that can provide a powerful result. 
“It becomes a scary thing while you are getting the transplant realizing that this may not possibly work,” he said. 
He said researchers work hard to match the bone marrow to the right person, and he was told by hospital officials that each time his oncologist would do a test for a match, it cost $7,000. Broomfield added that relatives are not automatic donors, noting that neither of his two brothers were matches.
“So if it was not for this gentleman in Germany … my daughter would not have ...

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HSU Track and Field participates in Chico State Distance Carnival

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CHICO, Calif.-  Humboldt States Track and field team participated in Chico States Distance Carnival at University Stadium Friday evening. Day one saw an abbreviated event schedule but Saturday has a full schedule with field events starting at 11 a.m. and running events kicking off at 2:30 p.m. 


CM April placed first in the 3000m Steeplechase finishing in a time of 10:02.60 scoring ten points for the Lumberjacks. Tatianna Gillick placed third in the Women's 5000m finishing in 17:40.34, bringing home 6 points for HSU.After Day one, The Lumberjack men are tied for third in team scoring while the women are tied for fifth.



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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine

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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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Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus Health Sciences Department to Host Mass Casualty Drill, April 22

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On Saturday, April 22 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Takoma Park/ Silver Spring health sciences department will be conducting a Mass Casualty Drill/Simulation. This is an interdisciplinary training exercise for several of the health science programs. The simulation involves volunteers consisting of faculty, current students (both first and second year students and interested graduates). Many other faculty, staff and students from the MC community also participate. This will be the third year that our vice president and provost, Dr. Brad Stewart and dean, Mrs. Angie Pickwick have provided their support in both funds and spirit. The disciplines involved in this event are diagnostic medical sonography, emergency management, nursing, radiologic technology, and surgical technology with equipment and supplies from the physical therapy assistant program. Participants in this unique learning experience have the opportunity to interact with each other in an effort to practice excellent, therapeutic patient communication and quality health care skills in a controlled but chaotic "disaster". This year the disaster will be a tornado; the past two drills have involved an earthquake and a commuter train derailment, respectively. These drills have provided beneficial feedback from the students and we feel that they have been a good method of informing the community of our dedication to providing quality education and training to our future health care providers!

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Tampa/Brandon Campus Feeds Children During Thanksgiving Break

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Rasmussen College Tampa/Brandon campus teamed up with Portamento of Hope for the third year to provide lunches for approximately 100 children during Thanksgiving Break. The children were chosen as the focus because the majority of them would not typically have a lunch during vacation since they depend on the free lunch that is served to them at school. Faculty, staff and students donated money for two weeks in November, and two of the campus’ instructors, Ronni and Carla Points, were able to purchase all the food with the donations for just under $200.
Faculty, staff and students helped pack more than 200 lunches Nov. 21 during the campus’ Feed Our Families Event. Each lunch bag had two snacks, a sandwich and a juice box inside. The food provided each child with two lunches.
“It’s just so simple and easy,” said Lauren Ramirez, Tampa/Brandon medical assisting program coordinator. “It’s great knowing we’re feeding children lunch on their days off from school when they’re not expecting to be fed.”
The same day as the meals were packed, the food was picked up and brought to the Portamento of Hope facility, who then distributed the lunches to the children. Portamento of Hope is a nonprofit soup kitchen in Brandon.
Do you want to find out ways your campus is involved with volunteering in the community or donating to a good cause? Talk to your student advisor to find out, or suggest places for the campus to volunteer. 


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Miami hosts top marketing professionals at "Cradle of Marketers"

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Cradle of Marketers panel, 2015 (photo by Jeff Sabo).
Miami University’s Farmer School of Business hosts top marketing executives – all alumni — from internationally known companies for its annual “Cradle of Marketers.” The two-day event is Thursday-Friday, April 6-7.
This year’s “View from the Top” and “Marketing Skills for the Future” panels are open to the public and feature 17 marketing executives with Jenny Rooney, (’92) editor of Forbes’ CMO Network, serving again as moderator. Miami, long known for its trademarked “Cradle of Coaches,” boasts an impressive alumni roster who are high-level marketing executives at Forbes Global 2000 companies.
“Beyond Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Ara Parseghian or Paul Brown, and that’s only naming a few, Miami has a ‘Cradle of Marketers’ too,” said Rooney.
Rooney, along with fellow alumnus Dave Knox (’03), presented the idea to Miami’s marketing department in the fall of 2012. The first cradle was held the following spring.
“I interviewed so many CMOs and other advertising executives, and a lot of them were Miami alumni, and I thought, ‘there’s a critical mass of amazing marketing leaders coming out of Miami. They need to get together,’” said Rooney.
Designed to give students access to high-level executives, the model has been implemented at other universities, including Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
“View from the Top,” a career-oriented discussion, is from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Thursday in Taylor Auditorium at FSB, and “Marketing Skills for the Future,” a discussion of the future of the industry, is from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday in 0025 FSB.
This year’s panelists, in addition to Rooney and Knox, managing director (WPP Ventures) and CMO (Rockfish Interactive), include:
John Birmingham, EVP (Mediavest Spark)
Jim Ensign, chief digital officer (Republic Bank & Trust)
Erin Fagan, director (Teradata)
Julie Felss Masino, SVP and president (Fisher-Price)
Kevin George, CMO and president (Mosaic)
Dave Hutchison, SVP of marketing (SAP)
Mark Irace, ...

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Dr. Patricia Reggio receives Academic Development Excellence Award

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Dr. Patricia H. Reggio was recently honored with a 2017 Excellence Award at Triad BioNight, a biennial celebration of the region’s life science sector organized by the Piedmont Triad Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
She received the Academic Development Excellence Award, given to those who make exceptional contributions to educational program development or enhancement of workforce skill development.
Reggio, who has headed UNCG’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for 11 years, established a new PhD program in medicinal biochemistry, established industry fellowships for students, recruited and retained top faculty, and attracted top students who have gone on to scientific careers with prominent universities, companies and government agencies, the organizers noted in award materials.
To learn more about UNCG’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, click here.


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A practical guide for avoiding fallacies on Syria

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It’s remarkable just how little the basic contours of the Syria debate have changed, despite more than five years of brutal civil war. The same perceptions and misperceptions about intervention dominate today. In some ways, they are even worse now because of the distorting figure of President Donald Trump. Is it possible to separate one’s feelings about the man from the recognition that he is, whether we like it or not, our commander-in-chief?

With this dilemma in mind, here’s a practical guide for navigating the key sticking points in this latest iteration of the Syria debate, from the perspective of someone who has called for direct intervention against Bashar Assad since early on the conflict.
Military action does not equal regime change. The two, understandably, have become conflated because of the Iraq war. But military action can help, rather than undermine, diplomatic efforts. It is abundantly clear that the Assad regime will not negotiate in good faith or make any significant concessions on its own. We’ve hoped for that since the earliest Arab League efforts in 2011. The credible threat of force (or its use) is the only thing that is likely to change Assad’s calculus. If his survival isn’t at stake, he has little reason to negotiate much of anything.
Not everything is Iraq. There is the danger of seeing airstrikes as a low-risk catch-all solution, a kind of military pixie-dust. At the same time, though, not everything is an Iraq-style invasion. America has any number of choices in between these two models of engagement. In Bosnia, air power forced the Serbs to the negotiating table, eventually leading to the Dayton Accords (a key example of military action in the service of diplomacy). Similarly, Moammar Gadhafi’s regime showed an openness to talks only after the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, with Qaddafi envoys engaging ...

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Adrian R. Nemcek (EE ’70) is the 2017 Alumni Medal Recipient

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Meet Adrian R. Nemcek (EE ’70), this year’s Alumni Medal recipient. He joined Motorola and held a wide variety of engineering and business management positions in the company after graduating from Illinois Tech. For more than three decades, his career spanned domestic and international responsibilities in product design, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and overall business management. Additionally Nemcek is a member of the Illinois Tech Board of Trustees Executive Committee and makes an impact through his philanthropy, particularly his focus on scholarships and helping the next generation of students.
The 2017 Alumni Awards luncheon and ceremony will recognize 12 alumni and one civic leader. Help us celebrate these extraordinary winners on Friday, April 21 at noon in Hermann Hall. Registration is required, and tickets are $50 each. Come early and check out the Spring 2017 IPRO Day exhibits.



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COD Places Fifth Among Community Colleges in Prestigious National Landscaping Competition

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By Mike McKissackA team of nineteen College of DuPage horticulture students recently placed fifth overall among community colleges in the 2017 National Collegiate Landscaping Competition held at Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah. The students placed 22nd overall out of 672 students representing 61 four-year universities and community
colleges.COD students Saul Garcia (Winfield) and Christian Garcia (Winfield) placed 2nd overall in the Hardscape competition. In recognition of their
win, the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) and the Green Industry &
Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO) 1st and 2nd place hardscape teams will participate in the
Hardscape North America (HNA) Installer Championship in Louisville, KY, in October.During the competition, COD students Jorge Castillo (Wheaton) and Rafael Zavala (Aurora) placed 15th overall in Landscape Maintenance Operations; Castillo, Zavala
and Danielle Freeman (Chicago) placed 13th overall in Landscape Plant Installation; Freeman placed 23rd
overall in Interior Plant Identification; Zavala placed 8th overall in the Tractor
Backhoe Operation; Zachary Michnick (West Chicago) placed 13th overall in Computer Aided Landscape Design, 16th overall
in 3D Exterior Landscape Design, and 24th overall in Construction Cost Estimating;
Eric Groh (Oak Brook) placed 24th overall in Exterior Landscape Design; Groh and Gannon Siran (Westmont) placed 25th overall in Wood Construction; Joseph Christian (Hinsdale)
placed 28th overall in Interior Landscape Design; Christian and Daniel Stantz (Northwoods) placed 25th overall in Irrigation Assembly; Sara VanMeter (Carol Stream) placed 29th overall in Woody Ornamental Plant Identification.The National Collegiate Landscape Competition is an annual three-day competition and
networking event for students enrolled in interior and exterior horticulture programs
at two-and four-year colleges and universities from across the country. Landscape
industry students demonstrate their skills in real-world, competitive events coupled
with a Career Fair.Click here for more information on the College of DuPage Horticulture program or contact Judy Burgholzer at (630) 942-3095, burghoj@cod.edu, or Brian Clement at (630) 942-2526, clement@cod.edu for more ...

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Marcelo Brociner '18 found his flow at Brandeis

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Marcelo Brociner '18 found his flow at BrandeisThe anthropology and international and global studies major is also a budding hip-hop artistPhoto/Mike LovettMarcelo Brociner '18By Jarret BencksApril 7, 2017During the second semester of his freshman year, Marcelo Brociner was captivated by a large blank wall in a bathroom located near his favorite study spot in Farber Library. He was always tempted to draw on it, and one day he finally caved in and began to fill the wall with a mural. It took a total of 20 hours over the span of two weeks to fill the entire wall.
Soon after the mural was complete, the library staff left a note on the wall, asking to speak with him. 
"I thought they might be mad, so I contacted them from a fake email address. To my pleasant surprise, they told me was they wanted to find a space where all students could do it, so we spent nine months working on just that," Brociner said. 
Now there's an entire corridor called "Express Yo Self" around the corner from the circulation desk of the library where students can take a break from their work and draw or write messages.
Brociner, a Somerville, Mass. native, is an anthropology and international and global studies double major who is minoring in creativity, the arts and social transformation. He's also a budding hip-hop mogul.
He took some time to talk about his Brandeis experience with BrandeisNOW:
Why does Brandeis fit you?
From the beginning I felt very comfortable being on campus. Whatever I wanted to pursue I knew Brandeis would support me. I think Brandeis largely lets its students run the school. I'm not talking like mayhem or anything like that – I mean that students’ ideas are heard and their ideas are implemented. 
The library's response to the mural I made told me that Brandeis was ...

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Space Craft: Meet a Professor Whose Research is Helping Write the Space Policies and Laws of the Future

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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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Howard, Gallagher Homer as Baseball Claims Doubleheader Split Versus Clark

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Apr 08, 2017





Northboro, MA --- WPI baseball exploded at the plate, getting home runs from Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) and Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) on Saturday afternoon at New England Baseball Complex as the Engineers salvaged the final game of a weekend series against Clark with a 15-5 victory. 
WPI matched its second-highest scoring output of the season. Howard (2 for 5, 5 RBIs) set the tone with a first-inning grand slam as five hitters had multi-hit games, led by a 4-for-5 day by sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA). 
The Engineers (15-8, 4-3 NEWMAC) broke out of a season-high, three-game losing streak, previously falling to the Cougars (19-7, 4-5) by an 8-5 score on Friday and losing, 3-0, in the opening game of Saturday's doubleheader.  Clark's victory was its 19th of the season, setting a new school standard for victories in season. 
WPI squandered a quality start by senior Mike Vaitkunas (Auburn, MA) in the first game on Saturday, as he allowed three runs over seven innings, followed by a scoreless final two innings in relief by CJ Doskocil (Sterling, MA). 
On the other side, Clark ace Cal Slepkow (Rehobeth, MA) held the Engineers offense quiet, scattering four hits for his first shutout of the year to improve to 5-0. 
Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) collected three of those hits for the crimson and white, also going 2 for 5 in the second game for a team-best five hits on the day. 
Adam Chochrek (Foxboro, MA) brought around Kyle Bonicki (Waterbury, CT) on a fielder's choice in the first inning to put the Cougars ahead for good. 
Nick Jordan (Seaford, NY) added to the lead with an RBI single in the second inning and then later scored on a base hit by Bonicki to make it 3-0. 
Comei doubled in the fourth and sixth innings, also singling and stealing a base in the bottom of the ninth, ...

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From elegy to lyric, poet Stewart explores nature, love and memory in 'Cinder'

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Susan Stewart is the Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English. Her newest book, "Cinder" (Graywolf Press, 2017) is her first retrospective of new and selected poems.

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Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to Obama, to speak at IU Bloomington

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IUB Newsroom »Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to Obama, to speak at IU BloomingtonBen Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to Obama, to speak at IU BloomingtonFeb. 13, 2017EDITOR'S NOTE: This release was updated on Feb. 16, 2017, to correct the time and title of Ben Rhodes' talk.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Hutton Honors College at Indiana University Bloomington will host Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to President Barack Obama, as part of its “Many Worlds, One Globe” multiyear series.
Rhodes’ talk, “America’s Role in the World,” will take place at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the Solarium in the Indiana Memorial Union.
Serving as deputy national security advisor from 2009 to 2017, Rhodes oversaw the president’s national security communications, speechwriting, public diplomacy and global engagement programming. He played a key role in advancing engagement with Burma, Laos and Vietnam, as well as leading negotiations with the Cuban government to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba. He previously served former Congressman Lee Hamilton, supporting his work on the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group. Rhodes currently serves as senior advisor to Obama. 
"If anyone is interested in working in the White House, they would benefit from listening to Ben Rhodes; he worked there for eight years," said Hamilton, a faculty member in the IU School of Global and International Studies. "He was a major advisor to the president and wrote many of his speeches. Ben listens carefully, distills the essence of what he hears and writes it down clearly. If called for, he provides his own perspective."
Rhodes’ talk joins a 2017 "Many Worlds, One Globe" schedule that will also feature Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, co-creators of the award-winning podcast Serial, on March 31; and Irshad Manji, founder of Moral Courage TV, on Oct. 2 and 3.
During the next four years, the series will offer lectures ...

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Obama speechwriter to visit Northwestern

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Northwestern alumnus Cody Keenan (Weinberg '02), who served as former president Barack Obama's chief speechwriter, will visit Evanston April 11. Cody Keenan, Weinberg ’02, former President Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter, and Peter Slevin, a Medill professor and journalist, will participate in a conversation on the legacy of the Obamas and the future of American politics, hosted by the student-run Contemporary Thought Speaker Series (CTSS).The event will be held in Harris Hall 107 at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 11. Tickets are not required for the event, and seating will be first-come, first-served. Doors to the event will open at 6 p.m.“With so much recent interest in politics, we are excited to welcome Cody back to campus,” said Ben Zimmermann, co-chair of CTSS. “Cody and Professor Slevin should inspire a really interesting, impactful and relevant dialogue on politics of the past, present and future.”A 2002 graduate of the University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Keenan was promoted to director of speechwriting for the Obama administration in 2013 and continued in that role through Obama’s second term. He worked on speeches, including the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” in Selma, Alabama, multiple State of the Union addresses and the President’s farewell speech in Chicago. Keenan continues to work for former President Obama today.In 2007, Keenan joined the Obama campaign as an intern before joining the White House as deputy director of speechwriting. In that role, he led the crafting of many renowned speeches, including President Obama’s address after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords in 2011.Keenan moved to Washington after graduation to work for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.Slevin is an associate professor at Medill, where he teaches classes on world affairs, politics and the media. He previously spent 12 years as a staff writer for the Washington Post, and is the author of “Michelle Obama: A Life,” an ...

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Artists, scientists discover new perspectives through collaboration

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When UChicago’s Arts, Science & Culture Initiative began in 2010, program director and curator Julie Marie Lemon had a vision of artists and scientists working together, sharing approaches and deep knowledge of individual disciplines to unearth new findings. The results have ranged from using birds to track the history of industrial pollution to visualizing the structure of the universe through textiles.“The thinking was to provide a platform of exchange between students who don’t usually have contact with each other,” Lemon said. “There is a wide variety of results, but there are real discoveries that happen.”

This year’s collection of projects is no less ambitious, with students researching topics from neurobiology to the supernatural. They will present their findings at a public display on May 10 at 5 p.m. in the Logan Center’s Performance Penthouse.

The projects include “Dissecting Enchantment: Between Gods and Ghosts” by anthropology PhD students Hilary Leathem and Agnes Mondragón Celis-Ochoa and visual arts MFA candidate Adrienne Elyse Meyers. Their research focuses on the boundaries between the sacred and the haunted.

The team visited sites throughout Chicago, including Graceland Cemetery and spiritual shops in the Pilsen neighborhood, in an effort to understand how certain locations take on the characteristics of the sacred, the supernatural or elements of both.













Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral provided a particularly unique blend. It is one of the most important Catholic spaces in the city, serving as the seat of the archdiocese. But a criminal history gives the cathedral’s exterior an entirely different feel.

“It’s considered haunted because a rival of Al Capone’s was shot in front of it,” Meyers said. “The bullet mark is still there. Inside it is an incredibly holy space. It just depends on how you look, but the term haunted and sacred describes the same place.”

The team compiled footage from the various ...

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Softball Team Plays Patriot League Home Opener Tomorrow

BU Today

The BU softball team, which captured the Patriot League title last year, is off to a rocky start this season. To date, they’ve gone just 8-20, battling bad weather that’s led to delays and cancellations.
The Terriers are determined to get back on track this weekend when they host Holy Cross in their Patriot League home opener, a three-game set with the Crusaders that begins tomorrow, Saturday, April 8, at noon.
After an opening stretch that saw the team turn in a 5-4 record, BU has dropped 13 of 16 and 8 in a row. It has also seen 12 other games canceled or postponed, with torrential rain and late snowstorms keeping the Terriers off their own field for all but one of their 8 scheduled home contests to date.
“We haven’t even practiced on our field yet,” head coach Ashley Waters says. “We’re in April, and we’ve hardly even stepped foot on the dirt, aside from one game against Bryant.”
That doesn’t mean the Terriers, who started 0-3 in Patriot League play for the second consecutive season after a conference-opening sweep at the hands of Lehigh, have abandoned hopes of winning another Patriot League title.
“Despite everything in the preseason, who we’ve been playing, whatever, we’re 0-3 right now,” says Alex Heinen (CGS’17), who has hit five home runs for the Terriers this season. “We were 0-3 with Army last season. We have a lot of games left. Not that we have a whole lot of time, but it starts this weekend. I have all the confidence in the world in our team. We want it for each other.”
Part of that confidence comes from the purposefully rigorous preconference slate the team has played. Gabi Martinez (SAR’17) says that facing tough competitors early in the season helps her and her teammates understand their strengths and shortcomings heading ...

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Mānoa: UH Law School garden planting ceremony will honor memory of Judge James S. Burns

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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 7, 2017A 2014 photo of James S. BurnsTo honor the late Judge James S. Burns, the UH Law School will dedicate a garden he tended lovingly in the Law School courtyard in his memory at an 11 a.m. ceremony on Thursday, April 13. The public is welcome to attend the event that will include a planting, live music and light refreshments.Judge Burns was a significant presence at the William S. Richardson School of Law for many years following his retirement as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 2007, a position he held from the creation of that court in 1982.A leader in the community, Judge Burns mentored law students, faculty and staff members, as well as pitched in as an enthusiastic gardener who created an impressive garden of ti varieties as part of the Law School’s leafy courtyard.Of particular pride are plants that he grew from ti leaves used during the ceremony memorializing the Law School’s namesake, after Chief Justice William S. Richardson lay in state at the Law School in 2010.The Law School is located at 2515 Dole Street. Parking is available for $5 in the Parking Structure.For more information, visit: https://www.law.hawaii.edu/

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Nonhuman Animal Rights Advocates plant trees for Arbor Day

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On Friday, March 31, Nonhuman Animal Rights Advocates members Sarah Browning, Mark Causey and Megan Goetz planted two dogwood trees for GC's Arbor Day tree planting celebration. If you or your group are interested in planting a tree for Arbor Day, please contact grounds supervisor Aaron Seay at rexford.seay@gcsu.edu.

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CCMST Weekly News, September 3 2010

Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology

1. Announcements2. Statistics3. Tip of the Week
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer Lecture Series in Electronic Structure Theory
The Summer Theory program will continue through September with a series of advanced lectures. Lectures will be on Thursdays in MSE 4202A from 2-3pm. The new theory/computational graduate students, and anyone else who is interested are cordially invited to attend.
The series will continue next week with the following schedule:
Sept 9: Advanced SAPT (Hohenstein).
The complete schedule of the lectures can be found at http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/opp/sched.html.
AACP Seminar Series
September 7, 2010 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Emory University 316 Atwood Hall
Prof. Scott Kable, University of Sydney, Australia
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STATISTICS

FGATE
Uptime: 23 days/home directory usage: 70% (1.8 TB available)/backups directory usage: 79%
LSF usage for Week 34 (8/23-8/29) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.
Bredas
8605
180739
9%
21
4
23
Hernandez
1015
109449
6%
108
5
118
Sherrill
239
51838
3%
217
139
918
Other
24
39008
2%
1625
0
1571
Total
9883
381033
20%
39
7
58
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: pwinget 85102.
EGATE
Uptime: 278 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 36% (429GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 85% (138 GB available)
LSF usage for Week 34 (8/23-8/29) (times are in minutes)
GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg Wait Avg Trnr.
Hernandez
146
157803
10%
1081
0
1119
Sherrill
269
96242
6%
358
3
372
Other
109
202004
13%
1853
6
2263
Total
524
456049
30%
870
3
973
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: rnear 202004.

TIP OF THE WEEK

By Massimo
Grep
Grep is an utility to do basic searches. When alpplied to a file it returns all the lines of the files matching a certain expression. The most simple form of expression is a string, thus:
grep foo file returns all the lines of file matching the string foo.
Instead of operating to a file, grep can search the standard input. This is usually accomplished throug a pipe. For example:
ls | grep erorr lists all files containing the string error (kind of silly example, as the same result ...

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Excerpt: ‘Multiple Autisms’

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Excerpt: ‘Multiple Autisms’






April 6, 2017
• Atlanta, GA








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Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science by Jennifer S. Singh(University of Minnesota Press, 2016)

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Excerpt from Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science

Jennifer S. Singh

Multiple Ways of Viewing Autism

I think in the end, at the end of the day . . . genetic factors will probably account for most of autism. So the working model that we have now is that there are multiple genetic variants involved in autism. . . . Some cases there might be an environmental component to it, too. . . . I’m sticking with genetics right now. But it’s going to be in the majority cases complex combinations of genes that are contributing to it, and there seems to be a lot of genes involved.■ Molecular geneticist

My biggest motivation for participating in a genetic research study was just the idea of being part of something that could ultimately help us better understand this disorder, for us and for everybody else. You know, this is a great mystery. . . . I mean we’re getting little signs but we still don’t know.■ Parent of a child diagnosed with autism

People are improperly addressing autism by thinking of whether it is a question of genetics or not. I don’t see why it would really make a practical difference. In terms of what actually happens if it is genetic or something else, you know, some people have it, some people don’t. Some people are in between. You deal with them based on who they are, not how they got to be that way.■ Adult with autism



This book investigates the social, cultural, and political factors contributing to the production, meanings, and use of genetic and genomic knowledges of autism since the late twentieth century.

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Auditions for OSU’s one-act festival to be held April 16-17

About the OSU College of Liberal Arts: The College of Liberal Arts includes the fine and performing arts, humanities and social sciences, making it one of the largest and most diverse colleges at OSU. The college's research and instructional faculty members contribute to the education of all university students and provide national and international leadership, creativity and scholarship in their academic disciplines.


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