Green Computing at CCMST

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We are pleased to announce that the CCMST grant proposal "CRIF:MU Acquisition of a Computer Cluster for Green Energy
Research" has been funded by the Division of Chemistry of the National Science Foundation. This is the first green computing initiative funded by the NSF CRIF program. The grant will allow us to acquire Green Gate, an innovative computer system designed for both high computational power and high energy efficiency.



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Georgia Tech Selects Workday to Transform Its Financial Administration System

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Georgia Tech Selects Workday to Transform Its Financial Administration System






April 10, 2017
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Georgia Tech has announced its intent to pursue a contract with Workday to transform the Institute’s financial administration system. The project scope will encompass financial data, business processes, and systems integration.

“This transformation is expected to enable Georgia Tech to more effectively and efficiently achieve its strategic goals by leveraging state-of-the-art technology and creating a unified financial and business digital experience for the campus community,” said Grep Phillips, senior director of Enterprise Resource Planning.

After launching the financial transformation initiative last summer, the Office of Enterprise Resource Planning assembled a cross-functional team to engage the campus community and University System of Georgia stakeholders in a collaborative discovery process, in pursuit of a cloud-based system (software as a service). Workday was deemed the best provider after a comprehensive request-for-proposal process.

The Institute expects to begin the system implementation later this summer following the selection of a system integration partner.

More information will be available at erp.gatech.edu. Questions may be submitted to erp.ask@business.gatech.edu.


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Monday, April 10, 2017

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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.
Growth and balance in Corvallis, Oregon (Marketplace)
Corvallis, Oregon, is a college town. It’s a small city of about 50,000 people, home Oregon State University. The area votes Democratic — it’s a sanctuary city with a sanctuary campus in the heart of very blue state.   Corvallis is wrestling with a changing economy, trying to balance issues of town, gown and growth — mainly how to use some of the college brainpower to create a startup hub, without damaging the city’s culture.
Doughnut shops and surf apps (Marketplace)
Building a business from the ground up can be quite an undertaking. Even if you have a brilliant idea, you almost always need help and support to execute it. At the Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator in Corvallis, Oregon, the university is partnering with the county and investors to create a support system for budding entrepreneurs.
New bio-sensing contact lenses will utterly transform our lives (Futurism)
Using ultra-thin transistor technology, researchers from Oregon State University have found a way to design contact lenses capable of registering information about the wearer’s physiological state. (see also Counsel & Heal, Wareable)
OSU studying bighorns to learn more about risk from ‘killer’ bacteria (Northwest Sportsman)
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). The disease spreads through contact between domestic sheep flocks and bighorn sheep, or from bighorn to bighorn.
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2017 Cy's House of Trivia

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AMES, Iowa - Click below for photos and video skits played at the 2017 Cy's House of Trivia

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UC Riverside MFA Thesis Exhibition 2017 at ARTSblock

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Culver Center of the Arts presents the UCR MFA Thesis Exhibition April 15 to May 7
By Mojgan Sherkat on April 10, 2017
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UC Riverside presents the MFA Thesis Exhibition 2017 at ARTSblock.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – The University of California, Riverside’s Sweeney Art Gallery and Culver Center of the Arts at the UCR ARTSblock will present the annual Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition from April 15 – May 7. The 2017 exhibition will feature works by Dicky Bahto, Hollie Brown, Ashley May, Ahram Park, and Anna Wittenberg – five graduating MFA students in the Department of Art at UCR.
For 10 years, graduating students have showcased their work at the MFA Thesis Exhibition. It is the only graduate student exhibition that is presented off campus and in a public setting in all of Southern California according to Tyler Stallings, the artistic director at the Culver Center for the Arts at UCR.
The exhibition will kick off with a reception on April 15 from 6-8 p.m. It is free and open to the public. It was organized by UCR ARTSblock and the art department, and supported by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS). For more information, visit the UCR ARTSblock exhibition page.






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Seniors on “Best & Brightest” list

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Two Olin seniors are featured in Poets & Quants For Undergrads’ second annual “Best & Brightest Business Majors” feature. 100 of the most accomplished seniors majoring in such fields as business administration, marketing, accounting, operations, and human resources are profiled on the website.
Olin’s representatives among this year’s honorees:
Jessica LandzbergMajor: Double major in Finance and Accounting, and completing the coursework for the Marketing MajorCo-Founder, Owner, & CFO of the campus Bear-y Sweet Shoppe candy business that provides hands-on entrepreneurial experience for underclassmen. Link to Jessica’s profile.
Colton CallandrelloMajors: Economics & Strategy, EntrepreneurshipMinor: Latin American StudiesAfter piloting the Ferguson Small Business Initiative, he is the Undergraduate Fellow at the Center for Experiential Learning, a role created for 2nd-year MBA students. Link to Colton’s profile.
“This is a first look at some of the leaders who’ll be shaping the discussions and decisions around business in the coming decades,” says John A. Byrne, founder and editor of Poets & Quants and the former executive editor of Businessweek magazine and former editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “They are already so informed, creative, and versatile. I can’t wait to see what they do after they graduate.”
If this year’s “Best & Brightest” class could be summarized in one word, it would be “impact.” They were the scholars, advocates, volunteers, and mentors who often acted as the catalysts and consciences of their classes.
The 2017 “Best & Brightest” feature also includes in-depth profiles on each student in which honorees answer questions relating to their biggest lessons from business school, favorite executives and professors, dream jobs, and even the animal that best personifies them.
“We didn’t want to just list bullet points that you could find on Linkedin,” explains Jeff Schmitt, who organized and directed the “Best & Brightest” project. “We asked students to dig deep so readers could know why they pursued business, what they loved about it, ...

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ISI Announces 2017-18 ‘Dissent’ Fellows

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The Interdisciplinary Studies Institute has announced that 12 faculty members have been chosen by the ISI Board as fellows for its 2017-18 seminar on “Dissent.”The fellows will approach the theme from a variety of perspectives, ranging from the humanities to social sciences, from comparative literature to management studies. Each fellow will receive a $1,500 research allowance and participate in a yearlong faculty seminar.
The 2017-18 fellows are:

Lee Badgett, economics and public policy

N.C. Christopher Couch, comparative literature

Barbara Cruikshank, political science

Laura Furlan, English

Hande Gurses, comparative literature

John Higginson, history

Kathryn Lachman, comparative literature

Megan Lewis, theater

Marian MacCurdy, English

Roberta Marvin, music and dance

Bogdan Prokopovych, management

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UT to Play Leading Role in NASA Aviation Revolution

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A series of NASA-backed projects, including one led by the University of Tennessee, will change aircraft in many ways. The result of the work will lead to over-fuselage wings, such as seen in the illustration, instead of the under-fuselage configuration used by most commercial aircraft today.James Coder
A team led by UT researchers is one of five selected by NASA as part of an overall investment of nearly $50 million to lead the next aviation revolution.
The goal of UT’s team is to produce much more aerodynamically capable aircraft, with NASA providing $9.9 million for the efforts upon final negotiations—believed to be the largest NASA award for a UT-led project.
“It is hugely gratifying to see the University of Tennessee recognized in this way,” said Chancellor Beverly Davenport. “This is a great example of how a public-private partnership and inter-institutional cooperation can result in solutions that address important challenges facing our world.
“We look forward to the success of this team and will point to it as an example of what corporate and university partners can accomplish when they join forces. Congratulations to Dr. Coder and his team.”
UT will lead a team composed of researchers from Penn State University, Texas A&M University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Old Dominion University, the University of Wyoming, and two aviation companies—the Boeing Corporation and PCC Airfoils.
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The goal of the combined effort is to provide breakthroughs that totally reshape aviation by improving flight dynamics, communications, speed, and propulsion. Advancements are expected to alter the look, cost effectiveness, safety, and reliability of aviation.
“Creating a better wing—one with less drag, one that is more efficient—is where we can really make a difference,” said James Coder, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering. “This is a game changer for aviation.”
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Blood Test Shows Promise in Detecting Abusive Head Trauma in Infants

Blood Test Shows Promise in Detecting Abusive Head Trauma in Infants

The serum-based test, which needs to be validated in a larger population and receive regulatory approval before being used in clinical practice, would be the first of its kind to be used to detect acute intracranial hemorrhage, or bleeding of the brain. Infants who test positive would then have further evaluation via brain imaging to determine the source of the bleeding.

“Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of death from traumatic brain injury in infants and the leading cause of death from physical abuse in the United States,” said senior author Rachel Berger, M.D., M.P.H., chief of the Child Advocacy Center at Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics at the Pitt School of Medicine.

However, approximately 30 percent of AHT diagnoses are missed when caretakers provide inaccurate histories or when infants have nonspecific symptoms such as vomiting or fussiness. Missed diagnoses can be catastrophic as AHT can lead to permanent brain damage and even death.

Berger and colleagues at Children’s Hospital and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at Pitt’s School of Medicine have long been researching approaches to detect acute intracranial hemorrhage in infants at risk.

In the current study, the researchers collaborated with Axela, a Canadian molecular diagnostics company, to develop a sensitive test that could reduce the chances of a missed diagnosis by using a combination of three biomarkers along with a measure of the patient’s level of hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in blood. Axela’s automated testing system allowed the researchers to measure multiple biomarkers simultaneously using an extremely small amount of blood, an important characteristic of a test designed to be used in infants.
To arrive at the formula, called the Biomarkers for Infant Brain Injury Score (BIBIS), for discriminating between infants with and ...

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Novetats d’Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona per a Sant Jordi 2017

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El 23 d’abril Edicions de la UB tindrà una parada de llibres a la rambla de Catalunya (cantonada amb Provença), on mostrarà les principals novetats editorials d’enguany, així com una nodrida selecció del seu fons bibliogràfic.











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Per Sant Jordi, Edicions de la UB tindrà una parada a la rambla de Catalunya cantonada amb Provença, des de les 9 h i fins a les 21 h, amb les novetats editorials i una àmplia representació dels llibres de la Universitat de Barcelona. Alguns dels autors signaran les seves obres, sobre temes de ciència, cultura o actualitat.







Una de les novetats és The sound sculptures of Bernard and François Baschet, de François Baschet, a cura de Martí Ruiz, una obra considerada un clàssic en la història de l’art, que presenta un recorregut al llarg de gairebé vint anys per les experiències artístiques dels germans Baschet, pioners de l’escultura sonora, un tipus de creació que combina art i ciència, escultura i música. Es presentarà el dijous 20 d’abril, a les 19 h, al Parc de les Humanitats i les Ciències Socials de la Universitat de Barcelona (Can Jaumandreu, carrer del Perú, 52).
L’altra gran novetat d’aquestes dates és El jardí de l’Edifici Històric de la Universitat de Barcelona. 101 plantes per a una passejada botànica i literària, de Joan Vallès Xirau, amb una selecció de textos literaris a cura de Montserrat Camps Gaset i fotografies de Xènia Fuentes. El llibre relaciona cent-una plantes del jardí Ferran Soldevila amb citacions d’escriptors ben diversos des del punt de vista cronològic, geogràfic, lingüístic i estilístic, i estableix així un diàleg entre el món humanista i el científic.
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Commencement at Missouri S&T is May 13

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Commencement ceremonies at Missouri University of Science and Technology are scheduled for Saturday, May 13. Both ceremonies will be held in the Gale Bullman Building, located at 10th Street and Bishop Avenue in Rolla.The first ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. During the morning ceremony, nearly 600 degrees will be presented to graduate and undergraduate candidates in the departments of biological sciences; chemical and biochemical engineering; chemistry; civil, architectural and environmental engineering; economics; engineering management and systems engineering; English and technical communication; geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering; materials science and engineering; physics; and psychological science.
The second ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13. During the afternoon ceremony, nearly 600 degrees will be awarded to graduate and undergraduate candidates in the departments of arts, languages and philosophy; business and information technology; computer science; electrical and computer engineering; history and political science; mathematics and statistics; mechanical and aerospace engineering; and mining and nuclear engineering.
People with sight, hearing and mobility impairments who are planning to attend commencement should call 573-341-6293 for the university to provide reasonable accommodations.
More information, including a complete listing of degree programs represented at each commencement ceremony, is available at registrar.mst.edu/commencement.
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Political science chair Dave Robertson shares perspective on election results with KMOX

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Tuesday’s elections brought the city of St. Louis the first female mayor in its history, victory for a tax increase that will, among other things, help fund a north-south MetroLink line and defeat for a planned downtown stadium to lure a Major League Soccer franchise.
Dave Robertson, chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, joined “Total Information AM” hosts Debbie Monterrey and Michael Calhoun this morning on KMOX Radio (1120 AM) to discuss the results.
The failure of Proposition 2 – which would have funded the proposed soccer stadium, in part by diverting a just-passed use-tax on some businesses – came as a surprise to some. That was particularly true because it was tied to the Proposition 1 – a half-cent sales tax increase, some of which will be put toward planning and engineering for a new MetroLink line – which succeeded.
“I think city voters wanted to help build the city,” Robertson said. “But St. Louis’ voters have been burned by the football team in the very recent past and are not in the mood to help subsidize another professional sports team.”
Issues with the city-county divide likely contributed to the stadium’s defeat with some city residents uncomfortable that county voters weren’t sharing in the cost other than through a sales tax on tickets to events held there.
Robertson was asked if the election of new leaders such as Mayor-elect Lyda Krewson, a UMSL alumna, might help bridge the divide between city and county. Calhoun noted that St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, another UMSL graduate, was on hand at her victory party.
“I think everybody should hope that that’s the case,” Robertson said. “But an election night party is pretty easy to do. Cooperation on policy is a lot harder.”
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Lupe Fiasco, ZHU light up stage at 2017 Spring Concert

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Lupe Fiasco opened up his set with his 2006 hit "Kick, Push."



Hundreds of students and guests made their way to the Intramural Fields on Saturday for ASI Productions’ 2017 edition of Spring Concert headlined by rapper Lupe Fiasco and EDM artist Zhu.
The highly-anticipated event was met with some controversy beforehand as Associated Student Inc. began selling tickets two weeks prior to the headliner announcements.
“I was surprised to see that (ASI Productions) didn’t announce who was going to come out (before selling tickets). I don’t think it was a good strategy,” said Nataly Miranda, who was in attendance at the concert.
As students started to trickle into the venue early, they were welcomed with the music of PCH Crew, winner of ASI’s “Battle of the Bands.” The group began the evening with a feel-good blend of hip-hop, pop and rock.
Guitarist RJ Root is the only member of the California-based group who is actually a student at Cal State Fullerton. Frontman Patrick Rohn said events like the Spring Concert are important for the band’s exposure and introducing the student body to new sounds.
“I think every show, you got to give it your all because whether you gain one fan or hundreds or thousands, it really doesn’t matter, every fan is important,” Rohn said. “And it’s also great for the fans to find new music that isn’t being played on the radio every five seconds.”
Following PCH Crew’s set, winner of ASI “Battle of the DJs” DJ Niko came out with high energy as a small crowd began to form in front of the main stage. His remixes and electrifying beats were a change of pace from the band’s laid-back style.
Guests also engaged in the multiple activities and attractions scattered across the grounds. The most notable attraction was ...

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Giving Permission to Fail Motivates Increased Sales and Productivity

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Awarding annual bonuses and paying employees based on goal achievement have long been considered the main way to motivate performance, but there could be another way to increase productivity in the office.Research presented at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, finds that giving employees permission to fail can increase confidence and lead to increased sales and productivity in the workplace. This study, “Cultivating the Confidence Cycle,” was conducted over a two-year period, across genders, and with multiple companies in three different countries (Brazil, South Africa and the United States).
At Davos, Catherine Tinsley, the Raffini Family Professor of Management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and academic director of the Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute, presented the results with Rick Goings, Chairman & CEO of Tupperware Brands Corporation. Cathy and her co-authors collaborated with Tupperware Brands to study data related to companies with a sales focus.
The study shows organizational cultures that re-position workers’ beliefs about failure have, on average, employees who are 30 percent more confident, which leads to performance gains.
“When we punish failure, we dis-incentivize exploring new ideas, which can stymie creativity and limit success,” said Jason Schloetzer, the William and Karen Sonneborn Term Associate Professor of Business Administration at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “While many corporation executives, managers, and team leaders tend to be risk-averse, this research could encourage them to rethink the way they approach business.”
The research team, which also includes  Matthew A. Cronin, an associate professor of management at George Mason University School of Business, emphasize the importance of organizational culture in cultivating workers’ confidence. Messages to reframe and disempower failure cannot just come directly from a supervisor, but from the organizational culture that conveys and reinforces the confidence-boosting message to employees.
“It is not about personality,” Tinsley said. “Confidence is not a fixed trait, but rather ...

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Quest for Balance in Radiation Leads to Lower Doses

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A new study led by UC San Francisco has found that radiation doses can be safely and effectively reduced – and more consistently administered – for common CT scans by assessing and comparing doses across hospitals, and then sharing best practices for how much radiation to use.

While there has been a steady rise in the use of computed tomography (CT) in the United States over the last decade, doses of radiation vary substantially between hospitals, with few concrete standards on best dose levels. As a result, medical experts have difficulty determining the “right” dose of radiation that balances diagnostic accuracy, while minimizing the radiation exposure that increases cancer risk for patients. Without a consistent standard, each institution generally makes independent decisions about what dose to use.   

A new project at the five academic medical centers of the University of California introduced a feedback system for radiologists on their doses and sought to study its effectiveness in reducing excess radiation exposure. The program consisted of auditing radiology professionals at each medical center and providing feedback on how these doses compared to those used at the other medical centers, while systematically sharing best practices. Included in the project were section chiefs of radiology, medical physicists and radiology technicians.

The project resulted in substantially lower radiation doses for chest and abdominal scans as well as more consistent radiation doses for head scans, according to the study which appears April 10 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

“We estimate that if the improvements we saw were applied to all abdominal CT scans performed in the U.S., this would result in the reduction of approximately 12,000 cancers annually,” said senior author Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor in the UCSF departments of radiology, and of epidemiology and biostatistics, and the Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies. Smith-Bindman also directs the Radiology Outcomes Research Laboratory.

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UConn Scientists Develop New Antibody for Bowel Disease

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UConn molecular and cell biologist Michael Lynes and an international team of researchers have been awarded a patent for a novel antibody therapeutic that may prove to be safer in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) than other antibodies currently available.
Existing antibody treatments for IBD are ineffective in some IBD patients and pose a risk to the normal functioning of the immune system.
The new antibody, co-invented by the UConn researchers together with a team from Ghent University in Belgium, is designed to prevent the patient’s immune system from attacking its own body and potentially causing irreversible damage.
More than 1.6 million Americans have IBD. Two of the most common forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, chronic but treatable conditions that affect children and adults. One in 10 people with IBD are under 18, according to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.
More than a decade ago, Lynes, professor and head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UConn, and his research team discovered a novel and important role that a protein called metallothionein (MT) plays in influencing the body’s immune function. The body produces MT when cells are under stress, and extended periods of stress cause MT to be released from the cells that produced it, Lynes says. MT is an unusual protein that holds onto chemicals in the body – both those that are beneficial, such as zinc and copper, and those that are harmful – such as cadmium and mercury.
Sadikshya Bhandari, a Ph.D. student in molecular and cell biology, ‘passing cells,’ or feeding them, to keep them from overgrowing. (Taylor Hudak ’18 (CLAS, ED)/UConn Photo)While studying MT, Lynes and his research team noticed that MT released from cells could mimic some of the signals that the immune system uses as cues to tell cells to go to one place or ...

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JC YOU LATER: Escarra's 2 HRs help FIU bash No. 21 Southern Miss 10-4

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The first of JC Escarra's two home runs snapped a tie score and sparked FIU to a 10-4 win over No. 21 Southern Miss Sunday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg.The Panthers (18-14, 6-6 Conference USA) won the series finale from the Golden Eagles (26-7, 10-2) after the dropping the first two games of the weekend.Escarra led off the top of the fourth inning with a solo blast to left center off USM starter J.C. Keys (2-2). The home run put FIU ahead 3-2. Escarra hit his sixth home run of the season – another solo shot, this time over the right center field wall in the seventh inning. The FIU first baseman was 3 for 5 with two RBI and scored two runs.FIU scored in every inning but the first and the ninth on Sunday.In the fifth, the Panthers added two runs. Jack Schaaf singled and Zack Soria reached on an error to set up the inning. Kenny Meimerstorf doubled off Sean Tweedy into the right field corner to score Schaaf. Javier Valdes plated Soria on a sacrifice fly to left.Soria had an RBI single in the sixth to make it 6-2 FIU and hit a solo home run in the eighth to cap off the scoring. Soria was 2 for 4, including his fourth home run of the season.Irving Lopez was 2 for 3 and Kolby Follis was 2 for 5 with two RBI for FIU.Nick MacDonald (5-0) recorded his team-leading fifth win by pitching six innings, allowing six hits, three runs and striking out seven batters.Trailing 9-4 in the bottom of the seventh, USM brought the tying run to the on-deck circle in freshman Matt Wallner, who has 11 home runs after a solo shot in the sixth, but Alex Demchak got Hunter Slater to bounce into a 5-2-3 double play and struck out ...

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Walker Named SEC Pitcher of the Week

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BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU freshman right-hander Eric Walker was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday by the league office.
Walker, a product of Arlington, Texas, fired a shutout on Sunday at Arkansas, defeating the Razorbacks, 2-0, for his first career complete game in just his eighth collegiate start.
Walker blanked Arkansas – one of the SEC’s most prolific offensive teams and the league leader in home runs with 45 – by limiting the Razorbacks to just four hits with two walks and four strikeouts and allowing just one Arkansas player to advance beyond second base.
Walker threw a career-high 119 pitches and extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 16, as he worked seven straight scoreless innings against Texas A&M on April 1.
The shutout against Arkansas was the first recorded by an LSU pitcher since May 30, 2015, when Alex Lange blanked UNC Wilmington in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Walker improved his record to 4-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.45; in 47.2 innings this season, he has 12 walks and 47 strikeouts, and opponents are hitting .206 against him.


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Undergraduate students study the lives of music professors

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The Gateway Study of Leadership is a student-led fellowship housed in the School of Social Sciences. The goal of the fellowship is to conduct an interview-based research project that looks for leadership themes and lessons as offered by faculty members of Rice University.
The 2016-2017 Gateway Study of Leadership cohort focused its attention on studying the Rice University Shepherd School of Music and the McGill University Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada. The series, started in 2011, is meant to give insight into the lives of professors to learn more about how they maintain their passions and why they choose to teach.



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Stop by the “At Waters Edge” Belize Study Abroad Exhibition

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Published on: June 06, 2016

Lone Star College-CyFair Art Department features summer At Waters Edge exhibition highlighting Belize Study Abroad student work June 21-July 7 in the Bosque Gallery.
The work on display shares a unique perspective of LSC-CyFair Professor Buck Buchanans students who spent their May mini-mester physical geography course in Belize. The exhibition highlights themes of social and ecological sustainability, environmental conservation, culture and the simple beauty of the landscape in Belize.
Areception, set for 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. June 23,will include a 12:30 p.m. video presentation featuring a reflective look back on experiences through the lens of Buchanans camera.
In addition, there will be a silent auction held during open hours of the Bosque Gallery benefiting a local Mayan-Belizean student in efforts to obtain a Belize rainforest guide license. Donations will also be accepted. Contact Buchanan for information at Buck.J.Buchanan@LoneStar.edu.
The Bosque Gallery is located in the Center for the Arts building on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
For gallery hours and information, go to LoneStar.edu/bosquegallery or call 281.290.5273.








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Cat5Review available online

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Published on: December 07, 2015

The second edition of Cat5Review, a publication of literature and the arts composed by students at Lone Star College-North Harris is available online.
The Fall 2015 issue is the second volume of the publication and features poetry, fiction, essays and art contributions from the following students:
Marisol Carreon-AvilezAdekomaya AyooluwaAlma BarronMuhammad BilalLunden BooneApril GalvanPreston GreenJerry GrayKeith KoppertArely LopezAlyssa LynnMelissa PanayetaMary PenriceBraulio ReyesGrace RichardsonThania RodriguezJerica SmithHamza SyedViviana TamayoDavid VillarrealDarien WestAlexandra Wood
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Justice on Campus

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ALBANY, N.Y. (April 6, 2017) – UAlbany welcomed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to campus on Tuesday for the latest installment of the University’s Speaker Series and a private discussion with students, faculty and staff.
Speaker Series:
Sotomayor addressed a sold-out crowd of more than 4,500 at SEFCU Arena on Tuesday night.

While circling the arena and shaking hands, the Justice spoke about everything from facing sexism and the challenges of diabetes, to her love of baseball and jazz.

She encouraged the audience to value each minute of life you are given.

“We don’t know when our last day will be,” Sotomayor said. “We should take very moment of our life and squeeze as much out of it as we can. A new experience. Something that we’ve learnt that gives us further insight. Meeting people that enrich us and make us grow. That should be all of our lives, but we often forget it.”

The event was free and open to UAlbany students, faculty/staff, alumni and the general public. It was moderated by New York State Writers Institute Director Paul Grondahl.
Private Discussion:

Prior to the Speaker Series event, Sotomayor met with a small group of students, faculty and staff who have incorporated her memoir “My Beloved World,” into their studies.

The lively discussion let participants into the Justice’s personal world and explained the path she’s taken to reach the Supreme Court. It was followed by a book signing and a group photo opportunity.

“The point of life is to grow as a person every day,” Sotomayor told the group. “If you aren't growing you are wasting your time. Even today, I am still growing as a Supreme Court Justice.”

The group presented Sotomayor with a framed photo from their discussion. Additional free copies of her memoir were distributed to the Speaker Series audience.

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Clemson dials in on Corporate MBA Program offerings

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Tomorrow’s business leaders can zero in on their specialized career interests through Clemson University’s suite of Master of Business Administration programs.
Students in Clemson’s Corporate MBA Program have many elective choices.
A newly enhanced corporate (MBAc) program joins those in entrepreneurship & innovation (MBAe) and business analytics (MBAba), all designed to advance learning for 21st century business professionals.
“Clemson’s Corporate MBA Program is a first-class ticket to the C-Suite for students pursuing management or executive-level positions,” said Greg Pickett, director of MBA programs and senior associate dean of Clemson’s College of Business. “The enhanced corporate track is more than a master’s degree. It not only delivers world-class faculty and connections to multi-national corporate partners, it also offers opportunities for students to enhance their degrees, and their employability, through a variety of certificate programs, technology training, career services workshops and networking events.”
The MBAc enables students to pinpoint their specialty with the flexibility of tapping into the graduate program’s many electives, be it supply chain and information management, marketing analysis, services science, entrepreneurship and innovation management, or international business.
The MBAe and MBAc offer full- or part-time options. MBAba is offered part-time.
The certificate programs, some which can be taken online, and a soon-to-be offered Six Sigma class, further contribute to the quality and growth of Clemson’s advanced business degrees.
“Clemson’s MBA program has doubled in size in the last six years and we attribute that to the holistic approach we take in preparing students to lead and succeed in the business world,” Pickett said. “Innovativeness is a hallmark of our MBA programs and the enhancement of the corporate track is one example.”
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Men’s Tennis Wins Two

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The Fordham men’s tennis squad took advantage of a gorgeous spring day to pick up a pair of wins, defeating Coppin State, 6-1, and St. Francis (NY), 4-3, on the Hawthorn Rooney Courts.
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SOFTBALL DROPS A PAIR OF NAIL BITERS BY IDENTICAL 3-2 SCORES TO MONTANA

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Apr 09, 2017





SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Softball, at times, can be a game of inches and breaks, and Sacramento State was on the bad side of both today. In a doubleheader the Hornets could have easily swept, nothing seemed to go the home team's way as Montana won both games by 3-2 scores on Sunday afternoon at Shea Stadium.A ball lost in the sun on a routine infield popup cost the Hornets the win in the first game, and a bang-bang call at first base that would  have resulted in a tie game in the bottom of the seventh went against Sacramento State in the nightcap. And what could have been a series sweep by Sacramento State resulted in two of the more gut wrenching losses the Hornets have played at Shea Stadium.The Hornets, who opened the series yesterday by defeating Montana, 5-3, fell to 13-20-1 overall and 3-5 in the Big Sky Conference after today's losses. Meanwhile, Montana improved to 21-19 overall and 6-3 in the conference. The Grizzlies entered the day 0-4 all-time against the Hornets in Sacramento.Despite the losses, the eight-team Big Sky is still up for grabs as only 2.5 games separate the first and last place teams in the league standings. Montana now sits in first place with its 6-3 league record while both North Dakota and Sacramento State are tied for seventh with 3-5 conference marks.Breaks have not gone the Hornets' way this season as the team is now 1-7 in one-run games, and each of the team's last three losses have come by just one run. Sacramento State, which received solid pitching today, did not help itself in clutch at-bats. In the two losses today, the Hornets were a combined 2-for-12 (.167) with runners in scoring position, 3-for-18 (.167) with two outs and 3-for-21 (.143) with runners on base. In addition, the Hornets saw ...

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SIU to host Little Grassy Literary Festival

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April 07, 2017SIU to host Little Grassy Literary Festival
by Andrea Hahn
CARBONDALE, Ill. – The ninth annual Little Grassy Literary Festival takes place April 12-14 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
The Graduate Writers Forum presents the free festival, one of two hosted at the university, as a way of bringing up-and-coming writers to campus for readings, panels and informal discussion. 
All events take place in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. Here’s the schedule:
April 12
6 p.m. – Bonnie Jo Campbell and David Winter readings
April 13
11 a.m. – Abby Geni reading
2 p.m. – Allison Joseph reading
3 p.m. -- book signing
4 p.m. – Aja Monet and Carl Phillips readings
April 14
10 a.m. – Brian Barker reading
11:30 a.m. – Discussion panel
Brian Barker won the Crab Orchard Open Competition in 2010 with his poetry collection “The Black Ocean.” He is also the author of “The Animal Gospels” and many poems and reviews that appear in journals including “American Poetry Review,” “Poetry,” “Kenyon Review Online” and “Ploughshares.” He is an Academy of American Poets prize winner among other awards. He is poetry editor of “Copper Nickel,” and teaches at the University of Colorado Denver.
Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of “Woman and Other Animals,” winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs prize for short fiction; “Q Road,” “American Salvage,” “Once Upon a River” and “Mothers, Tell Your Daughters.” An adventure tour organizer and guide, she lives near Kalamazoo, Mich., and teaches at the low residency creative writing program at Pacific University.
Abby Geni is the author of “The Lightkeepers,” winner of the 2016 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award for Fiction and the inaugural Chicago Review of Books Awards for Best Fiction. Her book “The Last Animal” was an Indies Introduce Debut Writers Selection and a finalist for the Orion Book Award. Her short stories have also garnered awards and ...

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HSU Track and Field Makes a Statement at Chico Distance Carnival and Twilight

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CHICO, Calif. - Humboldt States Track and Field team had strong showing at the Chico Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational on both the Men and Women's side Saturday.  Ariel Oliver led HSU's throwers with a strong performance in shot put and discus. HSU swept the shot put as Oliver placed first with a distance of 13.83m and teammates Lily Bankas and Marissa McCay came in second and third with throws of 12.28m and 12.16m. HSU also had four of the top six spots in the discus as Oliver placed first again. Eliana Campos finished second, Ashley Ross fifth and Lily Bankas sixth.  Alyssabeth DeJerez, Marissa McCay, and Ellie Earle-Rouse all hit National provisional marks in the 200, long jump, and high jump respectively. On the men's side Tiegan Eilers had a PR in the discus with a throw of 36.89m. Teigan Eilers also ran his first race on the track in 2 years with a 100m finishing in 11.25 seconds. Dustyn Salomon looked strong winning his heat in the 800m, while Daniel Tull placed 3rd in the Invitational Mile. Calvin Herman placed 2nd in the 400m Hurdles, and Mario Kaluhiokalani ran a fast 110m hurdle race earning himself a spot in finals. Track and Field travels to Long Beach, Calif. 4/13-4/15 for its next meet. Print Friendly Version

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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

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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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Rasmussen College Students Attend National Collegiate DECA Conference in NYC

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Three Rasmussen College students learned how to navigate the streets of New York while attending the DECA Collegiate Leadership Academy Nov. 13-15, 2014. Lee Hoang from the Rockford campus, Cortney Molle from the Romeoville campus and Kristina Belanger from the Ocala campus were each selected to attend the conference.
Each student gained access to jobs and internships while learning various aspects of how businesses worked, as well as the opportunity to network with industry professionals and DECA sponsors during the event. They also participated in a case study competition.
“These three students could not be more deserving of this incredible experience in the nation’s biggest city,” said Venus Fisher, Rasmussen College School of Business state program coordinator for Illinois and Wisconsin. “We chose students who earned merit through representing leadership, serving as student ambassadors, and being consistently active with our DECA chapters.  [They] are always willing to help others and are passionate about DECA and growing DECA within Rasmussen College.”
Choosing case study tracks
When the students first arrived in New York City, they were excited to see the executives in Collegiate DECA during a welcome ceremony.
The event allowed everyone to be at the same place at the same time, and members were able to put a face and personality with a name.
“We met people who we might never have been able to meet,” Hoang said.
Attendees were divided into case study teams within each industry track, with Hoang and Molle participating in the “Advertising in the Big Apple” track and Belanger focusing on the “International Business and Finance” track. Through company and institution visits, corporate leader discussions and behind-the-scenes tours, the students learned the latest industry trends and applied them to their case study.
“I chose the advertising track because it’s one of the most important aspects that can really grow a business,” Hoang said.  “Also, ...

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Creative study on beetle forewings provides first compelling evidence of centuries-old theory

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By Susan Meikle, university news and communications

Yoshi Tomoyasu, associate professor of biology, (left) and Alan Hu (Miami '16)
Without using any modern technical laboratory methods, researchers in Yoshinori Tomoyasu’s evolutionary developmental biology lab have produced the first quantitative evidence supporting the importance of beetle forewings (elytra).
“We are very proud of this work, because this is a very simple study without any modern biology techniques, yet provides the first compelling evidence for something that has been regarded as a fact for centuries without any empirical support,” Tomoyasu, associate professor of biology, said.
Their paper, “Functional value of elytra under various stresses in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum” was published in Scientific Reports, an online, open access journal from the publishers of Nature.
The study was conducted by David Linz (Miami ’10), doctoral student in biology, and Alan Hu (Miami ’16). They were supported by funds from Miami’s Doctoral Undergraduate Opportunity Scholarships (DUOS) program. 
Their study demonstrates that elytra are indeed critical to beetles in order to withstand four major environmental stresses: physical damage to hindwings, predation, desiccation (drying) and cold shock.

Red flour beetles: control and with elytra removed (ER) (image courtesy of Tomoyasu).
The beetle forewing structure — the elytra — has always been considered to be a shield, protecting beetles from various environmental stresses, said Tomoyasu, whose research focuses on evolutionary developmental biology.
The evolution of the elytra is often presumed to have been the major driving force for the success of beetles, which account for about 20 percent of known eukaryotic species in the world, Tomoyasu said.
“So it is very surprising that few studies have ever been performed to actually demonstrate that elytra help beetles withstand diverse environmental challenges,” he said.
Tomoyasu, Linz and Hu designed a study to empirically test the functional importance of the elytra in several creative ways, such as: drying beetles, icing beetles ...

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Christian Marclay and ensemBle baBel to visit UNCG, perform with students

UNCG Now

UNCG students will perform Christian Marclay’s “Graffiti Composition” alongside Switzerland-based ensemBle baBel on Tuesday, April 11, at the Weatherspoon Art Museum as part of a special guest artist event hosted by UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and New Music Greensboro.
In addition to the collaborative performance, ensemBle baBel will perform the North American premier of Marclay’s “To Be Continued,” and Marclay will give a brief talk related to his work. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The performances and artist talk are the culmination of a series of workshops in which students explore the collaboration of Marclay and ensemBle baBel. Marclay, a renowned visual artist and composer, creates graphic scores – visual representations of music that do not include notes in the traditional sense – that are then interpreted by the group.
How do musicians read graphic scores? According to Dr. Mark Engebretson, professor of composition and organizer of the event, interpreting these scores involves understanding the composer’s intent, combined with an improvisational spirit.
Students have been working on honing these skills in workshops with ensemBle baBel saxophonist and Greensboro resident Laurent Estoppey. On April 10, a free, public workshop – led by ensemBle baBel and Marclay – will be held at 5 p.m. at UNCG’s Greensboro Project Space downtown. Students and community members who attend the public workshop will have the opportunity to perform on April 11.
“It’s really special to have a group of European artists of this stature work so closely with our students,” Engebretson said. “We’re excited about the connections our students will make, and we’re thrilled to offer this event to the public.”
A recipient of the Golden Lion at the 2011 Venice Biennale for his film “The Clock,” Marclay is one of the leading figures in today’s art world. He is also ...

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Is Hamas re-branding to orient towards Egypt?

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Nearly 30 years after Hamas was founded in the occupied Palestinian territories, it is now revisiting its founding ideals and principles. The move comes at a watershed moment as the senior leadership also undergoes a significant reshuffle, a process that has been long in debate and fruition.

The changes—aimed at appeasing domestic constituencies and establishing some distance between Hamas and the parent movement of the Muslim Brotherhood—are likely to get a mixed reception in the Middle East and Western capitals. While the Hamas leadership hopes their changes may lead to improved relations with regional power brokers such as Egypt, it is unlikely to lead to the kind of moderating shift that Western diplomats have long demanded of the movement.
In the last year, Hamas has worked assiduously to rebuild relations with Egypt. It considers President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi’s country a key determinant to its future in the Gaza Strip, with nearly two million inhabitants.
Moderating Charter
Hamas, founded in 1987, authored its charter document during the height of the first Palestinian Intifada. These “new kids on the block” emerged with a commanding rhetoric of jihad and enmity against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands from, in its words, “the Mediterranean Sea to the River Jordan.” Hamas’ descriptions of Israel drew on anti-Semitic tropes crudely taken from from the infamous “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
The charter declared Hamas an Islamic resistance movement to rival the then-dominant Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Hamas’ leaders reviled the PLO for being open to negotiating with Israel.
As Hamas leaders now set about revising the charter, they’ve set aside the exhortation to jihad against Israel. And the new charter emphasizes leaders’ long-held willingness to move from maximalist positions. The revised charter, for example, offers the possibility of Hamas accepting political solutions to achieving Palestinian statehood in the territory of ...

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Like the Student Employment Office on Facebook and Win a Gift Basket

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The Student Employment Office has a new Facebook page. To celebrate, like the page from now through Thursday, April 13 for a chance to win a gift basket filled with treats and Illinois Tech swag. Just go to www.facebook.com/iitseo and hit the like button to enter.
Supervisors: Beyond nominating students you feel have gone above and beyond as employees (nominations are due by Friday, April 7), start thinking of things you can do within your office next week to show your student workers that you appreciate them.



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College of DuPage to Host F-1 Immigration Workshop for International Students June 1

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By Mike McKissackThe International Student Services office will host an immigration workshop for new students in F-1 non-immigrant status
from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, in the Berg Instructional Center, Room 2435,
on the College’s Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd.Attendance at this workshop is required for new students with F-1 non-immigrant status.Participants must bring a valid passport, e-I94 number and an original I-20 document
issued by College of DuPage.For more information on these workshops, please contact the International Student
Services office at (630) 942-3328 or intlstdt@cod.edu.



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Sharon Feiman-Nemser wins Division K Legacy Award from American Educational Research Association

Brandeis University News

Sharon Feiman-Nemser wins Division K Legacy Award from American Educational Research AssociationApril 7, 2017Sharon Feiman-Nemser, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Education, has been named co-winner of the 2017 Division K Legacy Award by the American Educational Research Association.In a letter, the committee for the award recognized Feiman-Nemser for producing ground breaking work on teacher learning, and for her research on mentoring and new teacher induction, which continues to have wide impact both teacher education research and practice.
The teacher and teaching education division the American Educational Research Association, Division K focuses on research on teaching and on teacher development and education from pre-service through professional induction to the in-service stages of teachers' careers.
The Legacy Award recognizes individuals who have made significant and exemplary contributions through their research, teaching and professional service in the field of teaching and teacher education.

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Students Join Project PoSSUM to Test Prototype Spacesuits in Zero-G

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Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students joined the Project PoSSUM suborbital research program team to evaluate a prototype commercial spacesuit in microgravity as part of the PoSSUM Bioastronautics Program. The tests were designed to evaluate a prototype seat along with the spacesuit/seat interface through a series of three microgravity flights conducted at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Ontario.
Project PoSSUM (Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere) is the exclusive citizen-science microgravity research partner of spacesuit maker Final Frontier Design of Brooklyn, New York. A specially modified Falcon-20 Zero-G aircraft to was used to simulate the interior cabin and cockpit environments of commercial space vehicles in order to test the prototype spacesuit.
Project PoSSUM is the only suborbital research and education program that teaches people from all walks of life to be scientist-astronauts. PoSSUM candidates are trained at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus to fly PoSSUM suborbital noctilucent cloud tomography missions on commercial suborbital spacecraft. Graduates receive an Embry-Riddle certificate with continuing education credits in Suborbital Mission Operations.

Embry-Riddle Ph.D candidate Heidi Hammerstein and Daytona Beach Campus student Amy Ramos were among a team of 12 Project PoSSUM graduates that participated in the testing and research on the Final Frontier Design (FFD) Intra Vehicular Activity (IVA) spacesuit.
A special spacecraft seat was constructed and integrated into the Falcon-20 aircraft by the PoSSUM Technologies Program. The seat and suit-seat interface were tested in a series of microgravity flights with ongoing phase two testing that monitored in-flight suit pressurization, communications and biometric monitoring systems.
Hammerstein served as the suited test subject for Flight Test Team Two. “Our team was able to supply in-flight experimental data and qualitative feedback to both spacesuit and seat designers.  It was an honor to work with such a talented group of pilots, engineers and scientists,” she said. “Working with PoSSUM team members and FFD’s spacesuit ...

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Men's Rowing Knocks Off Reigning New England Champ in Head-to-Head Competition

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Apr 09, 2017





WORCESTER -- The WPI Men's Rowing Varsity Eight defeated Bates, the reigning New England Champion, in a head-to-head regatta Sunday on Lake Quinsigamond.
The Engineers Varsity Eight clocked a 5:57.84 to edged the team from Bates, who posted a 5:58.30, by less than half a second. The Varsity Four also proved to be a close one with the Bobcats crossing the finish line first with a time of 6:18.58 with the Engineers finishing just over a second later. Bates also had the better time in the Second Varsity Eight with a 6:11.22 compared to WPI's 6:16.29.  
The Engineers are back in action Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond, facing off with Williams, Conn College, Rochester and MIT for the Donahue Cup. 

Varsity Eight Kelsey Regan (Winchendon, MA) - CoxswainNathan Pietrowicz (Worcester, MA)Jackson Krupnick (Ashville, NC)Michael Beinor (Sutton, MA)Jeremy Hemingway (Westford, MA)Danny Singer (Eldersburg, MD)Frank Campanelli (Avon, CT)Isaac Beeman (Sammamish, WA)Dean Schifilliti (Ossining, NY) 
Second Varsity Eight Kenedi Heather (Taunton, MA)Nicholas Carabillo (Simsbury, CT)Keegan Train (Minnetonka, MN)Jack Harding (Lee, MA)Paul Danielson (Niskayuna, NY)Trevor Dowd (Fairfax, VA)Ben Thornton (Merrimac, MA)Scott Cazier (Wheat Ridge, CO)Jack Perry (Londonderry, NH) 
Varsity Four ALily Olsen (Princeton, NJ) - CoxswainMark Borghesani (Acton, MA)Griffin Bishop (Carlisle, MA)David Muse (Rye, NH)Tucker Grim (McLean, VA) 






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Senior Wenger awarded Keasbey Scholarship for study in Britain

Princeton University Top Stories

Senior Ayelet Wenger has been awarded the Keasbey Scholarship, which provides the opportunity to study at selected British universities. Wenger, of Columbus, Ohio, is a classics major who is also pursuing certificates in Judaic studies and Hellenic studies. She will pursue an M.Phil. in Judaism and Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World at the University of Oxford.

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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington publishes strategic plan

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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington publishes strategic planFeb. 13, 2017Following a process spearheaded by faculty, the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington recently completed and published its Strategic Plan-2021. The plan is now available online.The primary goal of the process, according to Executive Associate Dean Shawn Gibbs, who co-led the process with Associate Professor Jon Macy and Clinical Assistant Professor Jo Anna Shimek, was to establish a central curricular identity and direction for the school in order to align resources for research around curricular strength and help further establish the school’s national reputation. As part of the Strategy Planning Steering Committee, the school’s Academic Council and the chairs of each department drove the process of developing the plan and worked to ensure the voice of the faculty was present throughout the planning and in the final strategy document.
“It’s important to us that faculty, staff, and students in the school had the opportunity to provide input during the process. This isn’t my strategic plan or the Dean’s strategic plan, it’s our plan and it’s about how we’re all going to move our school forward in the future,” Macy says.
Each department, center, and institute worked to complete an assessment of their area and determine their unit’s three to five points of distinctiveness for the next five to 10 years. Included in the discussion among each unit was how their work aligns with the goals of the School of Public Health-Bloomington, the “big bold ideas” outlined by the school’s Vision Committee, and the University’s priorities included in the Bicentennial Strategic Plan.
Following the work done by the individual units, the Strategy Planning Steering Committee, led by Shimek, reviewed and merged all the documents into one draft, which was then sent to an external advisory committee for their comments and recommendations.
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Bienen professor named Guggenheim fellow

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Fellowship will support composer’s work on third opera Prestigious fellowship recognizes exceptional creativity in the arts
Thomalla one of 173 fellowship recipients from nearly 3,000 applicants
Grant will support Thomalla’s work on third opera
“Dark Spring” is reinterpretation of Frank Wedekind’s play “Spring Awakening”
Hans Thomalla, associate professor of composition and music technology at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support the development of his third opera, “Dark Spring.”
Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The program’s purpose is to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. This year, the Guggenheim Foundation awarded 173 fellowships to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists from a pool of approximately 3,000 applicants.
Thomalla’s opera “Dark Spring” aims for a radical reinterpretation of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 play “Spring Awakening.” While the original plot focuses on the reactions of a group of young teenagers under extreme pressure from inhibitory sexual norms, inhumane school stress, and an authoritarian parent generation who chokes individual development, the opera will look at young adults today from an almost opposite point of view. These characters embody a “cool” generation in a cold society – young adults who seem to have learned not to show their feelings and to hide vulnerabilities in a world of extreme competition.
Commissioned by the National Theatre Mannheim for its 2018-19 season, “Dark Spring” features music, concept, and text arrangement by Thomalla and lyrics by acclaimed poet and UC-Davis Professor Joshua Clover. The Guggenheim Fellowship will allow Thomalla to continue working with Clover on the songs and workshop scenes with the cast in Mannheim.
Thomalla's first opera, "Fremd," based on the Greek myth of Medea, premiered in July 2011 ...

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