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There’s something special about springtime at UNCG.
It’s the perfect time to take a stroll down College Avenue, grab a cone at Yum Yum or throw Frisbee on the Quad.
It’s a time when the campus is abuzz with activity, and this past weekend served as a kickoff for the campus’ springtime events.
School of Nursing alumni celebrated their 50th anniversary, Woman’s College and UNCG alumni returned to campus for the annual Reunion event, students and community members participated in the 35th annual UNCG International Festival, and students soared high on carnival rides at Spartapalooza.
And it doesn’t stop there. Throughout the month of April, UNCG is hosting numerous events that are open to the campus community and the public.
This weekend, the Spartans return to the UNCG Baseball Stadium for a three-game homestand against Southern-Conference foe Wofford. World-renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis performs on campus April 20, and the Science Everywhere festival returns on April 22.
Want to learn more about upcoming events on campus? Click here to view the UNCG public calendar, and make sure to share your spring campus photos on social media using the hashtag #SpartanSpring.
Didn’t make it to campus this past weekend? Check out some of our favorite social media posts in the Storify below.
Story by Alyssa Bedrosian, University Communications
Storify complied by Morgan Glover, University CommunicationsPhotography by Alycee Byrd, University Communications
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Soaring into spring
Nine years later, a look at reforms following the financial crisis
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Nine years after the worst of the global financial crisis, it’s time to take stock of all the regulatory changes that were made to reduce the odds of a repeat, Donald Kohn, Robert S. Kerr Fellow in Economic Studies, said in remarks delivered at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, on, April 7 2017.
Kohn identified several elements of the post-crisis reforms that, in his view, should be preserved and a couple others that should be added to the tool kit. His list:
Make sure any adjustments in what we have protect financial stability
We should retain more robust capital and liquidity and risk management requirements for broad elements of the financial system.
We should retain especially rigorous requirements for very large, complex, and interconnected financial institutions—both banks and nonbanks–whose individual retrenchment or failure can have broad economic effects; and the resilience of these institutions must be tested against frequent, rigorous, concurrent, regulator-run stress tests.
Proposals have been made to eliminate or greatly alter the orderly liquidation authority of DF, but we must have a process in which systemically important institutions can be resolved without endangering financial stability.
Extend the toolkit
The US needs tools to counter strong pro-cyclicality in real estate and mortgage markets.
The US needs back-up liquidity facilities adapted to the diverse intermediation channels of the 21st century.
Engage in global standard setting
Finally, robust, globally agreed, standards are required to protect financial stability in every jurisdiction around the globe.
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Jeffrey A. Karp (CE ’79) is the 2017 Alumni Service Award Recipient
News – Illinois Tech Today
Meet Jeffrey A. Karp (CE ’79), the 2017 Alumni Service Award Recipient. Karp began his career at Del E. Webb Corporation as a project engineer for the Chicago office, where he quickly progressed for the next five years before accepting a project manager position at Power Construction. He is a member of the Illinois Tech Board of Trustees and has been volunteering at the university for more than 30 years.
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 Offers Microsoft Office Specialist Exams
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By Brian KleemannCollege of DuPage is now offering the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification
exams and Typing Test Pro Exam that will benefit both students and community members.Students in the Office Technology Information and Computer Information Systems programs
can sit for the MOS national certifications on campus at a discounted rate from other
testing sites, said Jarret Dyer, Coordinator of Specialized Testing Services at College
of DuPage. Community members also will receive a community discount.“The Testing Center and the OFTI and CIS programs partnered together in order to address
a growing need,” Dyer said. “Students and community members can now take these exams
at COD and earn important credentials that will help them advance in their careers.”Both Microsoft software versions 2013 and 2016 are covered for MOS certification programs,
including Word Core and Expert, Excel Core and Expert, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook
exams. For more information about these certifications, visit the Microsoft web site.The Typing Test Pro Exam is used as a pre-test for OFTI classes and is offered at
no cost to students and for a nominal fee to community members. Students can retest
during finals week for a nominal fee and receive a College of DuPage certificate stating
specific speed and accuracy achieved, which can be presented to employers.In addition, employers can collaborate with the Testing Center if applicants need
typing proficiency as part of the job application process.To register or for more information, visit www.cod.edu/testing and select ‘Register for an Exam,” email testing@cod.edu or call (630) 942-2401.
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Anita Hill: Fox News, Bill O’Reilly and how to stop companies that tolerate harassment
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Anita Hill is a professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University. Fox News and Bill O’Reilly made what seemed like a coldblooded, bottom-line decision: that paying millions of dollars to women who accused O’Reilly of sexually harassing them was worth it to keep the star in the anchor chair. President Trump’s disturbing endorsement of O’Reilly as a “good person” notwithstanding — “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong,” Trump told the New York Times on Wednesday — that financial model seems to be collapsing, as advertiser after advertiser pulls their spots from O’Reilly’s show. The cost of doing business as usual has suddenly skyrocketed. And this is the thin silver lining to the sadly familiar O’Reilly story: In a time of heightened awareness of workplace inequalities and an engaged resistance movement, viewers and consumers are primed to demand — and obtain — corporate and individual accountability for abusive behavior. From the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes last summer after similar allegations to the recent uproar over claims of a culture that tolerated sexual harassment at the ride-hailing company Uber, the equation may, finally, be changing. The reaction to these episodes illuminates a path to effecting real change in how our society responds to harassment — even by the most powerful. The social and financial consequences of tolerating an abusive environment must become untenable for employers. It is important to give women credit for bringing forth their allegations. It’s also necessary to make sure that the situation is better for the women who come after them. Firing O’Reilly, who has denied any wrongdoing, would be a start, but it would also represent an individual solution to what clearly seems a cultural problem at the network. An environment such as that at Fox News, where hierarchy and extreme loyalty are ...
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Heat Wave: ERAU Researchers Discover How Solar Winds Heat Ions Across Earth
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A discovery made by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers about space plasma might help answer one of the burning questions in solar physics: How is the sun’s corona heated? It could also someday reveal a pathway tomaking clean nuclear fusion power a reality. Katariina Nykyri, a physics professor, and Tommy Moore, a doctoral student — both researchers at Embry-Riddle’s Center for Space and AtmosphericResearch (CSAR) — published their findings on how solar wind transfers energy across Earth’s magnetic field barrier in the September 2016 issue of Nature Physics. Together with Andy Dimmock from Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, they dug deep into sensor data from the European Space Agency’s Cluster satellites to discover how solar wind interacting with Earth’s magnetic field is responsible for heating particles in Earth’s magnetosphere.
PLASMA POWER
Solar wind — a continuous flow of plasma comprised of mostly electrons and protons — streams away from the sun at speeds up to 1 million miles per hour, hurtling its way toward Earth and other objects in the solar system. Embedded in that solar wind are elements of the sun’s magnetic field that interact with Earth’s magnetosphere, a boundary layer created by the magnetic field around the Earth that is impenetrable to solar wind.
“The Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield from these particles. Without our magnetic field, they would strip off our atmosphere,” Moore says. “The sun is a source of energy, but particles can’t cross straight over. We’re looking to see how this energy is transported into the inner parts of the Earth’s magnetosphere.”
A key to answering that question lies within a common phenomenon known as the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability. As the sun’s plasma flows alongside the Earth’s relatively stationary plasma, the magnetic field boundary begins to ripple, forming waves measuring approximately 36,000 km from peak to peak.
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More Than 1,500 Students and Guests Attend Second Welcome Day Event
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The UMass Boston community welcomed more than 1,500 admitted students and their guests to campus on Saturday, April 8, for the second of UMass Boston’s Welcome Days for Accepted Students, setting a record with 10 percent more accepted students attending than last year.Accepted students, along with their parents and guests, heard from current UMass Boston students and athletes, learn more about their majors, and spend quality time with deans, faculty, and staff from their colleges.
Guests traveled to campus from throughout Massachusetts, New England, New Jersey, New York, and as far as Florida and California. They took campus tours, explored university resources and support services, gathered information about financial aid and merit scholarships, learned about the Honors College and campus life, and attended workshops on student housing, Career Services, and special programs in premedical and allied health services.
Music students Aiden Thomas and Sasha White entertained the audience singing “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Animan Randhawa ’18, who introduced UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley, shared some of her experiences as a Biology major on the pre-medical track and as a member of the Honors College, speaking about her studies in Scotland and Germany, and shadowing physicians at Tufts Medical School.
UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley with Animan Randhawa ’18, a Biology major on the pre-medical track.
Motley told the enthusiastic crowd in the Clark Convocation and Athletic Center that the Class of 2021 set a record for most accepted students in the school's 53-year history.
“Nothing would make me prouder than you making this university your first choice,” Motley said. “Our students are family.”
Saturday’s Welcome Day set a record, with nearly 10 percent more accepted students attending over last year.
Staff from Financial Aid answered questions from interested students and their parents who received financial aid award packages as early as December 2016.
“The Office of Undergraduate Admissions worked closely with the ...
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Men’s Track & Field’s 4x100-meter Relay Earns NEWMAC Weekly Honor
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Nick Fleury, Alex Rus, Brian D'Amore, Hugh Whelan
Apr 10, 2017
Boston, MA --- WPI Men's Track & Field's 4x100 has been tabbed as the NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week.
Freshman Nick Fleury (Hopkinton, NH), freshman Alex Rus (Newton, MA), senior Brian D'Amore (Medfield, MA), and senior Hugh Whelan (Madison, CT) collaborated to clock the quickest 4x100-meter relay time within the conference so far this season at the Amherst Spring Fling. Their 43.17 is also fifth on the Division III New England performance list.
The quartet also accounted for six solo point-producing, and DIII New England qualifying, efforts. Fleury (11.07) won the individual version of the event, followed by D'Amore (11.16) in second and Whelan (11.23) in fourth. Rus (22.36) and D'Amore (22.82) were second, and fourth in the 200-meter dash while Rus (50.78) was the runner up in the 400-meter dash.
A majority of the team heads to Coast Guard Friday night for a tri-meet that includes Springfield. Select student-athletes will be around the corner from the base for the Conn College Elite Distance or two-day Multi-Event Meet.
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Two seniors awarded ReachOut fellowships for public service
Princeton University Top Stories
Princeton University seniors Destiny Crockett and Nicolas Trad have been awarded fellowships from ReachOut 56-81-06, an alumni-funded effort that supports year-long public service projects after graduation. Each senior will receive a stipend of $30,000 to pay for living expenses during their fellowship year.
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington faculty members selected as Mosaic Faculty Fellows
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington publishes strategic planFeb. 13, 2017At Indiana University, the Mosaic Active Learning Initiative is leading the charge to help faculty explore classroom design and maximize its potential for enhancing student learning.The Mosaic Faculty Fellows program is a key part of the Mosaic Initiative. It brings together faculty who, over the course of an academic year, teach in Mosaic classrooms, share approaches to active and collaborative learning, engage in research related to active learning classrooms, and contribute to the development of learning spaces across IU.
On January 27, 2017, the Mosaic Initiative welcomed its second group of Bloomington Mosaic Fellows, including five IU School of Public Health-Bloomington faculty members, with the Mosaic Institute, a one-day meeting and luncheon.
"Like the many unique tiles that comprise a mosaic, the initiative supports innovative teaching and learning in active learning spaces designed to meet the needs of a wide range of disciplines," said Stacy Morrone, IU associate vice president for learning technologies. "With the new IU Bloomington Mosaic Fellows, we now have more than 40 fellows across IU who are part of a vibrant community of faculty who collaborate to advance their own teaching and to mentor other colleagues exploring new pedagogies."
During the Mosaic Institute, new Mosaic Fellows learned about the emergence and development of active learning spaces at IU, explored active learning in an active learning classroom, and discussed current trends in learning spaces research.
"During the IU Bloomington strategic planning process, our faculty identified both a need and an interest in expanding and enhancing our learning spaces," said Dennis Groth, IU vice provost for undergraduate education. "Along with our first group of fellows, IU Bloomington is well on its way in developing a rich community of faculty scholars, advancing student learning and student success. I am delighted to have the engagement of our new fellows."
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UNC Lineberger receives $4 million gift to support promising new cancer treatment
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UNC Lineberger receives $4 million gift to support promising new cancer treatment
(Chapel Hill, N.C. – April 10, 2017) – Alice Lehman of Charlotte has donated $4 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to fund the new cellular immunotherapy research program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UNC Lineberger is among a select few academic cancer centers in the United States with the staff expertise and technical infrastructure to pursue this promising new cancer research, which involves genetically engineering patients’ immune cells to fight their cancer.
“We’ve made progress over the years in treating some types of cancer, but many others remain virtually untreatable and have been for decades,” said UNC Lineberger Director Norman E. Sharpless, M.D. “Cellular immunotherapies hold tremendous promise to change the landscape of cancer care and the trajectory of people’s lives. We’re very grateful to Alice for helping us fulfill that promise.”
Lehman, a retired executive vice president and director of investor relations at Wachovia Corp., lost her husband Frank to colon cancer.
“Over the past 10 years, I have lost three close family members to cancer. My journey to try to find a cure for my husband, my sister and my father convinced me that the emerging use of cellular immunotherapy was the only hope for those with metastatic cancer,” said Lehman. “I was so excited when I learned that UNC Lineberger was on the cutting edge of this emerging technology and that they were planning clinical trials to combat many types of cancers. The minute I found out, I knew that I wanted to be part of the solution both as a member of the Board of Visitor’s, and more importantly, as a financial supporter of the immunotherapy program.“
UNC Lineberger recently launched clinical trials to gauge the effectiveness of cellular immunotherapy, and initial results have shown success. ...
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Conversations with President Schapiro April 12, 18
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Members of the Northwestern community are encouraged to attend this year’s Conversations with President Schapiro for discussions on the state of the University. Events will take place April 12 on the Chicago campus and April 18 in Evanston.Morton SchapiroChicagoApril 12, 10 a.m.Rubloff Building, Thorne Auditorium375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago campusEvanstonApril 18, 10 a.m.McCormick Foundation Center, Forum Room1870 Campus Drive, Evanston campusThose who cannot attend in person will be able to watch a live webcast from the Northwestern home page and email questions in advance or during the events.At both events, President Schapiro will be joined by senior staff for a moderated Q&A on noteworthy issues, including campaign and campus development projects, diversity and inclusion initiatives, the current political climate and a staff engagement survey.Joining the president are:Nim Chinniah, executive vice president
Philip Harris, vice president and general counsel
Daniel Linzer, provost
Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of student affairs
Conversations with President Schapiro are sponsored by Northwestern University Staff Advisory Council (NUSAC), the faculty senate and the Office of the President.For more information, visit NUSAC.
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UChicago charts future of ethnographic research
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In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner workings. Many of sociology’s landmark works emerged from such research, positioning ethnography as an essential tool for understanding individuals and communities. A series of projects by faculty members in the UChicago’s Department of Sociology are bringing new attention to the method, putting a spotlight on the University as a leading proponent of ethnography. Those efforts now include the Chicago Ethnography Incubator, a two-day, annual symposium bringing together scholars and graduate students from around the country to advance ethnographic methods, provide hands-on mentoring and further build an interdisciplinary community of ethnographers.
“We really want Chicago in the center of the ethnographic conversation, but do that in a way that reflects where the discipline and the world has gone in the last 40 years or so,” said Forrest Stuart, assistant professor of sociology.
Stuart, Asst. Prof. Kimberly Hoang and Assoc. Prof. Kristen Schilt held the incubator’s first symposium in March, which included a forum titled “Ethnographic Reflections” and a workshop that brought together the first class of faculty and graduate fellows.
Stuart is one of several UChicago faculty who place ethnographic methods at the core of their work. His first book, Down, Out and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row, was drawn from ethnographic research, as is his current work investigating how digital social media are transforming gang violence on Chicago’s South Side.
Hoang, another young ethnographer whose work takes an in-depth and often personal look at sex workers and their clients, is author of Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work. She was especially gratified by the mix of student and faculty fellows at ...
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Smoke Causes Evacuation of School of Law
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Cause not immediately known, transformer malfunction suspected
Smoke caused evacuation of the School of Law Monday afternoon. Photo by Cydney Scott
Updated at 3:40 p.m.: It is now safe to occupy the School of Law and resume normal activities in the area.
Updated at 3:10 p.m.: Commonwealth Avenue westbound from St. Mary’s Street to the BU Bridge is now open.
The Boston Fire Department evacuated the School of Law Monday about 2 p.m. after smoke poured out of an electrical room in the building’s basement. Boston Fire Department spokesperson Steve McDonald says the building was evacuated as a precaution and that there were no injuries. He says the fire was caused by a transformer malfunction in the basement, and that a work crew from Eversource is on site.
Scott Paré, acting chief of the BU Police Department, says firefighters put a dry chemical on the source of the smoke to contain it. The incident forced the temporary closure of Commonwealth Avenue westbound from St. Mary’s Street to the BU Bridge. It is recommended that people avoid the area.
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Mānoa: 29-year-old UH lecturer wins national award for music composition
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 6, 2017Michael-Thomas FoumaiMichael-Thomas Foumai, a lecturer in the UH Mānoa Department of Music, has won a 2017 ASCAP Foundation young composer award that encourages talented young creators of concert music. Past winners of the Morton Gould Young Composer Award, the country’s most prestigious and visible award for young composers from ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), include Pulitzer-Prize winning composers Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis and Kevin Puts.Hawaiʻi-born Foumai, 29, attended Kawānanakoa Middle and Roosevelt High, and earned a bachelor’s degree from UH Mānoa and master and doctorate degrees from the University of Michigan. He returned to Oʻahu in 2015 to become a lecturer at the UH Department of Music, which is part of the College of Arts and Humanities.“From a very young age I’ve always had a fascination with music and pictures, and constructing images with music. This comes from my love of movie scores, especially from the ‘Star War’ films,” said Foumai. “Many of the composers who have won this award have gone on to have exceptional careers, so I was thrilled to be notified of my selection by Cia Toscanini, ASCAP vice president of concert music, especially since there were a record number of applications this year.”Foumai’s award-winning 25-minute long composition – featuring a flute, cello and piano – is titled “Manookian Murals.” It was first performed in December 2016 by the Dolce Suono Ensemble in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.“Manookian Murals” was inspired after Foumai met with a prospective UH Foundation donor who is a collector and aficionado of the works of Arman Manookian, an Armenian-American painter who is best known for his works depicting Hawaiian scenes. “Manookian’s work had an immediate impact that touched upon all my senses," said Foumai. "One could see, hear, and nearly smell and taste the ...
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Delegating for results
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Course Description:Telling others what to do does not constitute delegation. Delegation is the process through which a manager assigns responsibility to the subordinate to carry out the work on his or her behalf. New supervisors often think they are delegating, when in truth, they are only telling. Participants need tools to delegate effectively. Avoiding poor delegation given to subordinates is the goal of this workshop. Leaders often know how they should delegate; however, the problem is if delegation is being correctly applied in the workplace. Even those who know how to delegate will often fail to take the time to think through the delegation before actually delegating. There must be a transfer of power to act from the delegator to the delegatee. Authority must be so specific that the delegatee may proceed without fear of having his or her actions reversed.
Topics Covered:
Know the definition of delegation
Help you know the goals of delegation
Know the step-by-step process of delegation
To clarify what delegation is and what it is not
Discuss how participants can apply delegation in the workplace
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Green Computing at CCMST
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
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
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
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
Malcolm Sen, English
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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.”
Coder will serve as lead on the project, ...
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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
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
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.
10/04/2017
Cultura
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
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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Dave Robertson (Photo by August Jennewein)
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
Health – UConn Today
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
FIU Athletics
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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Bill FranquesCommunications Sr. Associate
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
Lone Star College CyFair News
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
Lone Star College North Harris News
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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Sunday, April 9, 2017
Justice on Campus
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
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
Fordham Newsroom
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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