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UMSL ranked fourth on SmartAsset’s list of Best Value Colleges in Missouri. The rankings were compiled after considering factors such as tuition, living expenses and the average starting salary of graduates.
Providing a quality, affordable education to its students has long been a hallmark of the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
More than 94 percent of respondents to a recent study said that the slogan “Serious Education. Serious Value.” accurately describes UMSL. And alumni consistently cite the quality of UMSL’s educational programs for their individual success in myriad fields, including business, education and nursing.
Now outside organizations are taking note of UMSL living up to that goal. SmartAsset recently released its third annual Best Value Colleges study and ranked UMSL fourth among universities in Missouri. It trailed only Missouri S&T, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri–Columbia.
The rankings are compiled after looking at such categories as tuition, living expenses, scholarships and grants provided, retention rate and the average starting salary for an institution’s graduates.
UMSL provides great value to its students with in-state tuition of $8,844 while its graduates earn an average starting salary of $44,100, according to SmartAsset.
“UMSL students are well-prepared to enter the workforce and earn well-paying jobs after graduation,” said Alan Byrd, UMSL’s dean of enrollment services. “We are proud that we can help them launch their careers and that they aren’t starting out their professional lives under a mountain of debt.”
Last month, UMSL received a No. 5 ranking nationally on Great Value Colleges’ 2017-18 list of the “50 Best Colleges for Adult Education. The ranking recognized the ways in which the university caters to older, nontraditional students.
Forbes magazine also lists UMSL among “America’s Best Colleges,” and U.S. News consistently touts the campus and programs such as criminology and international business as particular strong performers.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
UMSL ranked among the top college values
Advanced Field at the Devil’s Punchbowl, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences
2017 Geol 508 Class on the Devil’s Chair
The Geology 508 class spent Spring Break at the Devil’s Punchbowl, Los Angeles, CA. The second of three field trips, students used the fundamentals of sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, and superposition to unravel the geologic history of the Punchbowl. Big thanks to Rob Hawk for documenting the trip!
Crossing the South Fork of Big Rock Creek.
Getting to know the San Francisquito Fm.
Faith Moore and Mia Flores
Wasim Merchant, Tyler Henderson, Steve Mazzone, and Jimmy Pham
Great view of the Punchbowl fault.
Everyone on the Devil’s Chair.
Calib Adkins and Jen Luscombe
Holcomb Creek traverse.
Peter Suazo finding the perfect spot for an attitude.
narrow trail = one at a time
Morning group meeting
Wasim Merchant, Mia Flores, Xiomara Rosenblatt, Keith Kastama, Faith Moore, Luke Johnson, and Steve Mazzone
Where’s Caleb?
Sidian the geology dog, Wasim Merchant, and Tyler Henderson
The Punchbowl Fm.
Punchbowl Canyon
Story telling around the fire.
Sketching in the fault.
the ants go marching one by one….
Punchbowl Syncline and Dave Kimbrough
Yup, it’s all rubbed in Kristan
Matt Skakun and Keith Kastama
Luke Johnson, Mia Flores, Keith Katsmama, and Xiomara Rosenblatt
Do you see Peter Suazo?
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Returning as a Runner
Arts and Sciences
Jaymi Cohen, A16, is running the Boston Marathon on April 17, but it’s not about striving for a personal best time. Four years ago, she stood with friends from the Tufts women’s lacrosse team near the finish line on Boylston Street. The first bomb went off, and then the second. She was thrown to the ground, her legs lacerated by flying shrapnel.“My main motivation for running [this year] is what happened to me and a lot of people in 2013 with the bombings,” Cohen said.
The emotional toll of the bombing was far worse than the physical injuries, she said. “I was very traumatized, and it is interesting because I studied post-traumatic stress disorder as an undergraduate my first semester, so by the time this happened in my second semester, I knew the signs, symptoms and mechanisms of what this would look like. It is really emotionally scarring and taxing.”
Surviving that horrendous day, Cohen said, gave her strength and a new perspective on life, and for that, she credits the support of the entire Tufts community, along with her family, friends and teammates.
“I think the one thing that really helped was time and having a structured schedule: continuing to go to class and continuing to go to [lacrosse] practice every day, even though I did not practice really the rest of that season,” said Cohen, a four-year standout on the team. “Being able to talk with family and friends about it was the most helpful for me.”
The road to recovery was tough, though. “There are some days now when I do not even think about it, which is something that I never thought would happen,” she said. “It was taking over my thought process and mind.”
When she was younger, she was a volunteer coach for Special Olympics, and the marathon bombing made her want to ...
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Titan Toons: How United Airlines trains their TSA agents
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English Professor Writes Memoir About Researching for Newspaper Legends
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Barbara Feinman Todd, the director of the Georgetown College journalism program and professor of the practice, published her memoir last month to critical acclaim. (Photo courtesy Ginger Wall)
March 27, 2017 — Many Georgetown professors have old war stories from “the swamp,” “This Town,” or whatever you prefer to call the Washington politics-media complex. Here’s one you might not have heard before.
From a small office in the New North building, jam-packed with books on all kinds of writing, Barbara Feinman Todd has spent a quarter-century building up journalism education at Georgetown. She led the long crusade to develop a lonely English elective into an impressive investigate journalism project, a master’s program, and eventually an undergraduate minor. For a certain, small segment of the student population, she’s as much a Georgetown institution as the John Carroll statue.
Feinman Todd released her memoir, Pretend I’m Not Here, to widespread critical acclaim last month. The 320-page tome begins in her first few days as a 22-year-old in the Washington Post newsroom and tracks her fascinating career as a researcher for newspaper legends Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and Ben Bradlee, her ghostwriting work for Hillary Rodham Clinton, her path to Georgetown, and the lessons she learned along the way.
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Pretend I’m Not Here has generated more media coverage than one might expect for a writer who moved to full-time teaching 15 years ago. That’s because it contains her first public comments in years about a mini-scandal from 1996 that briefly grabbed national headlines.
While shadowing Clinton in order to ghostwrite the 1996 bestseller It Takes A Village, Feinman Todd observed a strange meeting between the First Lady and a “new age healer,” later recounting it to Woodward off-the-record. She traveled to Europe after finishing her work on the Clinton book; upon returning, she discovered that the Clinton team had frozen her out of ...
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Reunions and Events Draw Thousands for 2017 UCSF Alumni Weekend
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Reunions, galas and research talks were just some of this year’s festivities for the annual UC San Francisco Alumni weekend on April 7 and 8.
It was the sixth year that the Alumni Association of UCSF event brought together alumni from all four professional schools – dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy – and the Graduate Division.
In all, more than 1,650 alumni, family and friends attended the events on Friday and Saturday that included receptions and galas put on by each school and division. The schools also hosted continuing education classes for all professions.
Along with the school- and division-specific events, there were the Discovery Talks during which UCSF faculty convey their transformative research and discoveries through short, “TED”-style presentations.
On Saturday morning, Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, hosted a breakfast event, during which he held a talk with Lucy Kalanithi, a UCSF resident alum and the wife of late surgeon Paul Kalanithi, author of the book “When Breath Becomes Air.” The memoir is about Paul Kalanithi’s life and his battle with stage IV lung cancer.
For more campus news and resources, visit Pulse of UCSF.
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FIU hosts Bethune-Cookman Tuesday night to start 4-game home stand
FIU Athletics
Bethune-Cookman (21-14) at FIU (18-14) Tuesday, April 11: 7 p.m. EDT (PantherVision & C-USA TV LIVE broadcast, CLICK HERE)B-CU LHP Donte Lindsay (1-5, 7.79 ERA) at FIU RHP Robert Garcia (2-4, 4.34 ERA)Series History: FIU leads 51-14
First meeting: FIU won 14-3 in Miami, Fla. (March 8, 1978)
Last meeting: FIU won 4-3 in Miami, Fla. (April 13, 2016)Game Notables
-- FIU is coming off a 2-3 Mississippi road trip. The Panthers split a two-game series with No. 22 Mississippi State and won one of three games against No. 21 Southern Miss.-- Just past the midway point of the 2017 season, the Panthers have nearly as many home runs (25) and stolen bases (33) as they had in all of 2016 when FIU hit 35 home runs and stole 49 bases.-- FIU head coach Mervyl Melendez coached 12 seasons at Bethune-Cookman. Melendez had a record of 379-320 and won 11 MEAC championships at B-CU.-- Before taking the series against Savannah State last weekend, B-CU had lost six of its last 10 games.-- B-CU right-hander Tyler Norris threw a no-hitter against Savannah State last Saturday.-- B-CU left-hander Donte Lindsay started both games against FIU last season. He pitched a combined six innings, allowed 12 hits and six runs, losing the game in Daytona Beach. FIU right-hander Robert Garcia started the game in Daytona Beach and lasted one inning and allowed two runs. -- The Panthers won the season series with the Wildcats last season. FIU won 21-8 in Daytona Beach and 4-3 at the FIU ballpark.
2017 Leaders B-CUTeam stats:
Average: .293
ERA: 4.74
Fielding pct.: .956
Individual leaders:
Average: Adonis Lao .385
Home runs: Danny Rodriguez 4
RBI: Jameel Edney 28
Stolen bases: Kyle Corbin 12
Wins: Anthony Maldonado 5
ERA: Anthony Maldonado 2.89
Strikeouts: Anthony Maldonado, Tyler Norris 34
Saves: Ivan Coutinho 5
FIUTeam stats:
Average: .278
ERA: 4.55
Fielding pct.: .972
Individual leaders:
Average: Kenny Meimerstorf .352
Home runs: JC Escarra 6
RBI: JC Escarra, Irving Lopez 22
Stolen bases: Jack Schaaf 6
Wins: Nick MacDonald 5
ERA: Nick MacDonald 2.45
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Women’s Tennis Re-Enters Top-20, Lewis No. 18
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Chase WalesCommunications Student Assistant
BATON ROUGE --- The LSU women’s tennis team’s huge comeback win over No. 11 Kentucky this weekend propelled the Tigers to No. 19 in the latest Oracle/ITA rankings released Tuesday.
This marks the third time LSU has been ranked 19th this season and is the second-highest ranking for the team since it climbed to No. 16 after the program-best win over No. 5 Auburn in March.
The Tigers also placed three players in the latest singles rankings, with freshman Jade Lewis leading the way with a career-high ranking of 18th in the country.
After defeating No. 17 Aldila Sutjiadi of Kentucky, Lewis jumped 16 spots to No. 18, the highest ranking for an LSU freshman since Megan Falcon was ranked No. 2 in her freshman campaign in 2006.
Lewis has a 13-4 dual record with 12 wins for the Tigers on court one, eight of those wins against ranked opponents.
Joana Valle Costa jumped an incredible 42 spots to No. 60 thanks to her recent stretch of dominant form that has seen the senior win four straight matches, including two over top-100 opponents.
Junior Ryann Foster re-entered the rankings as well, coming in at No. 118 thanks to a crucial 6-3, 6-3 win over All-American Mami Adachi of Kentucky.
Foster leads the team with 23 overall wins dating back to the fall to go along with 10 doubles wins with court one partner Valle Costa. The Valle Costa/Foster pairing is ranked 23rd in the country.
The Tigers end the regular season on the road against No. 2 Georgia on Friday at 4 p.m. CT before heading to Knoxville to face No. 23 Tennessee Sunday at 11 a.m. CT.
For more information on the LSU women’s tennis program follow the Lady Tigers on Twitter @lsuwten and @LSUJuliaSell, on Instagram @LSUWTen and on www.Facebook.com/lsuwten.
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Paper: Regulatory system governing Mexico’s oil and gas industry needs enhancement
One of the goals of Mexico’s energy reform was to create a regulatory system that would foster competition in a very complex political environment. That system is in place but needs enhancement, according to a new paper from the Mexico Center at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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“Coordination of the Regulators of the Hydrocarbon Sector: Is It Optimal for the Rule of Law?” was authored by Miriam Grunstein, chief energy counsel at Brilliant Energy Consulting, nonresident scholar at the Mexico Center and professor and researcher at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon.
The regulatory framework, known as “coordinated regulatory bodies,” was established in Article 28 of the Mexican Constitution and is intended to oversee and regulate the hydrocarbons sector. Grunstein’s paper assesses whether the new coordinating structure helps to build an industry in a country with proper governance and rule of law.
“The institutional arrangement of the hydrocarbons reform in 2013 in Mexico cannot be understood without analyzing the design and the basic position of its industry regulators, in this case the National Hydrocarbons Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,” Grunstein wrote.
“After analyzing the coordinated regulatory bodies, we observe the following: At this very early stage of the implementation of the reform, it cannot yet be stated with any accuracy the direction the industry will take under this new system,” she wrote. “Because it remains very much undefined in the legislation, the Council of Regulatory Agencies of the Energy Sector could have positive effects if it serves as a true channel of communication between the authorities involved in the hydrocarbons sector; it could likewise serve as a means to pressure regulators if inconvenient resolutions are issued. However, it must be emphasized that the law does not authorize this council to instruct the regulators. In any case, if there is any ...
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Grace Project, Depicting Breast Cancer Survivors, in Cincinnati April 21-22
UC Health News
In collaboration with the UC Cancer Institute, Charise Isis is bringing her
internationally known Grace project to Cincinnati to inspire audiences locally.
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Sign up by Aug. 1 for LSC-CyFair’s College Survival Camp
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: June 03, 2016
Lone Star College-CyFairs Center for Student Life welcomes new students with a comprehensive and interactive College Survival Camp Aug. 26 28.
This weekend survival camp, available to enrolled Fall 2016 students, will help provide attendees a successful transition into student life as well as an opportunity to learn innovated skills on how to excel in college.
Held at Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas, the LSC-CyFair College Survival Camp includes a weekend stay, meals, transportation, leadership workshops, a team-building rope course, mock classrooms and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet other new students as well as the 2016-2017 student leadership.
A $25 deposit, required to secure a spot at the camp, is due by Aug.1 to the Center for Student Life, located in the Learning Commons building, room 144, at 9191 Barker Cypress.
Sorry! We are at capacity for students attending Camp Allen! We hope to hold this event again in 2017.
For information, call 281.290.3442 or email centerforstudentlife@lonestar.edu.
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Academy for Lifelong Learning Open Houses Set for January 2016
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: December 07, 2015
HOUSTON (December 4, 2015) Active adults age 50 and over can start 2016 off by making new friends and developing new hobbies or interests in the Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) at Lone Star College-North Harris. Each year, the Academy offers more than 100 classes and seminars, social activities and skills development.
Older adults can learn more about the different types of programs that the academy offers throughout the year at two upcoming open houses: Friday, Jan. 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the LSC-Victory Center, 4141 Victory Drive, Houston, TX 77088 and Friday, Jan. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon at the LSC-North Harris campus, 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, Houston, TX 77073.
The Academy for Lifelong Learning is a membership community that offers free and low-cost classes, events and activities for adults age 50 and better. Members can choose from a variety of offerings in technology, health and wellness, financial planning, community service projects, literary discussion groups, genealogy, arts and crafts, Texas history and more.
The annual membership fee of $20 per academic calendar year allows members to attend the majority of classes for free and take advantage of the numerous offerings at the college as well. Some courses may require additional materials or an entry fee, but typically the cost is minimal. Older adults can also purchase a global membership for $55 allowing them to enjoy the ALL programs at each of the six Lone Star College campuses.
In addition to classes, ALL member benefits include monthly lunch and learns, movie matinees and day trips throughout the Houston area.
For a course schedule, registration or information about upcoming programs, call 281.765.7947, log on to LoneStar.edu/all-nharris or visit the LSC-North Harris Academy of Lifelong Learning in the colleges Community Education Building, Room CE 102.
Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 East, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information ...
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Denise Saunders Thompson Awarded $500,000 Mellon Grant
American University News
Denise Saunders Thompson has dedicated her life's work to supporting Black dancers and companies—and now, with the help of a $500,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, she's ready to create change on a grand scale.
Thompson balances her work as an AU arts management professorial lecturer with her role as president and CEO of the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), which received a grant this year from the Mellon Foundation's recently established Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative. This highly selective initiative seeks to help arts institutions flourish by enhancing their financial sustainability and capacity building.
Thompson hopes that the Mellon Foundation grant will help IABD address the financial inequities that have historically challenged the Black dance community. "For decades, Black dance companies have been marginalized by an arts funding paradigm that was not accessible," Thompson says. "The financial challenges these organizations have faced to keep their doors open continue to be significant, and now IABD is uniquely positioned to change the course of the tide."
Established in 1991, the IABD operates with the goal of preserving and promoting dance by people of African descent. Over the past 26 years, IABD has hosted annual conferences for Black dance professionals, created an emergency fund for IABD artists and companies, and launched a coalition for scholars of the African Diaspora. In addition to directly supporting the community, IABD establishes archives of Black dance history in museums across the country.
After serving as chairperson and executive director of IABD for seven years, Thompson was appointed as its president and CEO in January 2017. During her time at IABD, Thompson has spearheaded several initiatives designed to promote Black dancers, including a multi-company audition for ballerinas of color. The audition provided an opportunity to "diversify the landscape of the ballet world" and foster a collaborative relationship between dancers and artistic directors, Thompson told the New York Times in ...
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TAU Holidays on Tuesday
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Wishing our Jewish community a warm, loving and joyous Passover.
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 10, 2017) — Due to the Passover holiday, Today at UAlbany will not publish tomorrow, April 11. We will see you again on Wednesday.
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College of Science graduate student honored for innovative research on miniature electrochemical cells
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Bukola Saheed (right) is a Nigerian who came to Clemson in the fall of 2015.Image Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University
CLEMSON, South Carolina – Bukola Saheed of the College of Science has been awarded a first place in Clemson University’s fourth annual Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium. Saheed won for a poster presentation on miniaturized electrochemical cells that have a variety of practical and economical applications.
The Nigerian, who came to Clemson in the fall of 2015, won for his poster titled “A Novel Miniaturized Electrochemical Cell for Electrolysis and Fuel Cells Application.” Saheed also won first place in the second annual Chemistry Research Symposium. Both events recently took place at the Watt Family Innovation Center.
“Coming to Clemson University has been a lifetime honor for me because it remains a great citadel of learning,” said Saheed, who is a graduate research assistant in the department of chemistry. “More importantly, the opportunity to pursue my Ph.D program in Professor (Stephen) Creager’s research group is a dream come true, where fundamental knowledge of chemistry can be practically applied. I love what I’m doing in the lab and I believe I’ll continue to work hard to do good research and contribute significantly to our group.”
Creager, a professor of analytical chemistry in the College of Science at Clemson, said that Saheed’s awards were well-deserved.
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“Bukola is a delight to have in our graduate program. He’s bright, creative, enthusiastic and hard-working – and he’s an excellent student and also an excellent teacher for the other students in the group,” Creager said. “I’m proud of him and expect great things from him now and in the future.”
Saheed said that his research proposal doesn’t require a lot of material or high-cost instruments.
“Most of these kinds of studies are done by big industry,” Saheed said. “ ...
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Baseball Kicks Off Quick Turnaround with Matinee Game at Siena on Tuesday
Fordham Newsroom
Bronx, N.Y. – It’s no rest for the weary as the Fordham baseball team will have a quick turnaround for their next contest on Tuesday, as the Rams travel to Siena for an afternoon tilt in Loudonville, N.Y.
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BASEBALL HOSTS CAUSEWAY MATCHUP WITH UC DAVIS TUESDAY EVENING
Athletics News
Apr 10, 2017
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State (15-16) continues a season-long nine game homestand hosting Causeway rival UC Davis (9-16) at 6 p.m. Tuesday at John Smith Field. The Aggies picked up a slim 7-6 win over the Hornets when the teams met in Davis last Tuesday.
Leading Off
Junior center fielder Ian Dawkins is the only Hornet that has started every game this season and has reached base in 29 of the 31 games. He leads the team with 25 runs scored and with 15 multi-hit games with a pair of four-hit contests. He also leads the team with eight stolen bases.
The Hornets lead the WAC in nearly every pitching category including ERA (3.76), opposing batting average (.238), strikeout to walk ratio (2.27), WHIP (1.25), walks allowed per nine innings (3.14) and hits allowed per nine innings (8.07). Hornet pitchers have also hit the fewest batters in the league.
Sacramento State leads the WAC while ranking 27th in NCAA Div. I with a .979 fielding percentage this season. The team has committed multiple errors in just six of 31 games this year and has 16 error-free games. The Hornets have committed just 15 errors in 18 home games this season.
Sacramento State handed WAC-leading Grand Canyon its first conference loss on Saturday and the Hornet pitching staff had a 1.67 ERA while holding the Antelopes to a .192 batting average during the three-games series. The bullpen combined to allow just one run and one walk over 7.2 innings.
After winning three of four games UC Davis was swept in a three-game series last weekend at Cal State Fullerton allowing 23 runs. The Aggies, who are just 2-10 on the road this season, beat the Hornets 7-6 in Davis last Tuesday scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a balk.
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Creativity, humor on display at Edible Book Festival
SIU News
April 07, 2017Creativity, humor on display at Edible Book Festival
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- When bacon, licorice strands, marshmallow lambs, gummy worms and other taste treats join the thousands of literary and special collections treasures at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library, it can mean only one thing: the Edible Book Festival.
The annual event tests the creative ways people can imagine for eating their words. Each of the entries was an illustration of a book title, in some way, made entirely of edible components. The 2017 Best of Show winner was a nicely shaped cake airliner covered in white fondant and topped with tiny decorated cakes. Laura Morgan, academic adviser for the College of Engineering, earned an Amazon Fire tablet for her entry, “Cakes on a Plane” (“Snakes on a Plane”).
The People’s Choice Award, voted on by all in attendance, went to “The Porks of Being a Cauliflower” by Josephine “Josie” Arnett, a sophomore journalism major from Edwardsville, for her “punny” rendition of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Complete with assorted pork products and cauliflower, her entry also won the Best Saluki Submission prize.
The youngest award winner was Isaiah Duckworth of Carbondale, winner of the Best Future Saluki prize for his “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” featuring green crackers surrounding a goblet containing red pop rocks.
The other prize-winning entries at SIU’s 2017 Edible Book Festival were:
“Punniest” award – “If You Give a Moouse a Cookie” (“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”), with chocolate mousse and chocolate cookies, by Gary Shepherd, a senior library specialist for Library Affairs.
Most Edible – “ Gummy Worms of Dune” (“Sandworms of Dune”), a chocolate icing-covered mound sprouting candy worms, by Addison Jobe, a master’s student in civil engineering from California, Mo.
Best Book Structure – “Unravel Me,” a taco bowl filled with multi-colored and intertwined licorice ...
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No.1 HSU Softball Returns Home For Four Game Series with No.13 Chico State
Humboldt State University Athletics
ARCATA, Calif. - No.1 Humboldt State Softball returns home for a four game series against No.13 Chico State. The series was postponed earlier in the season due bad weather conditions.HSU enters the week 28-7 overall with a conference record of 16-6 after a weekend spilt at UC San Diego. Chico State enters the match up with an identical overall record of 28-7 and sits at 18-6 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play. Chico State is coming off a four game series with San Marcos which they were able to secure three wins.For both HSU and Chico State, pitching has been a strong point this season. HSU leads the conference in strikeouts with 214 while allowing the second least amount of earned runs, giving up 67 in 35 games. The Jacks also rank third in the conference with a team ERA of 2.03 The Wildcats lead the conference in team ERA (1.62), earned runs (54), and have surrendered a conference low four home runs on the season.On the Offensive side the Jacks enter the series with a team batting average of .300, and a conference best 35 home runs on the season. HSU also has a conference best 93 stolen bases. The Wildcats are batting .308 as a team with 11 home runs.IMPORTANT NEWS: Tomorrows doubleheader is scheduled for first pitch at 11am at McKinleyville High School. Due to weather conditions there is a possibility that the games will be moved back to a 1pm start time and relocated back to HSU. Final decision will be made at 8am Monday morning (4/10). Please check the Humboldt State Lumberjacks Facebook page for updates on game time and location.
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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gAyPRIL Events Celebrate LGBTQA+ Community
CSUSM NewsCenter
Yeah Maybe NoApril 10, 20176:00 - 8:00 p.m.USU BallroomYeah Maybe, No is a story that cuts through the anger and fear that surrounds sexual violence to let a survivor tell his story in his own words. Blake is a college student who is processing his past unhealthy relationship on a college campus facing controversy over how it handles sexual assault cases. Blake struggles with identifying his experience as a crime and looks to draw a line between rape and a "bad situation." Due to self-blame, that line shifts and blurs, which complicates getting support from loved ones. The people around him expect a crime drama, but that is far too black and white for Blake to relate to. Through compassion and empathy, we take an honest look at a deeply troubling problem.What Gives Your Life Meaning? Dr. Brian De VriesApril 13, 201712:00 - 12:50 p.m.Academic 102Dr. Brian de Vries is a Professor of Gerontology at San Francisco State University and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. de Vries will join us in exploring palliative care by presenting a talk on his research into healthcare planning and end-of-life issues in the LGBTQ Community. Join us for a mixer with Dr. Brian De Vries at the LGBTQA Pride Center (USU 3100) from 10:30-11:30am.Color Out Hunger RunApril 15, 20179:30 a.m.Mangrum Track & FieldJoin the ASI Community Centers as we race to "color out" hunger! Students can run, jog, or walk through various color stations while being bathed in an array of colored powders. Afterwards, students can enjoy even more fun at the Celebration Party, which features music, food, group photos, and a massive color throw! To participate, bring two cans of food or pay a small waiver fee. The first 100 people to sign up will receive a T-shirt!
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WILLPOWER! Shakespeare Festival Returns This Spring April 12-20
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WILLPOWER! Montgomery College's Shakespeare Festival returns this Spring (April 12-20) with workshops, lectures, and performances celebrating the life and works of William Shakespeare! The centerpiece of the week long celebration is the Montgomery College Performing Arts Series production of Twelfth Night, performing on the Rockville Campus April 12-16 and on the Takoma Park Campus April 21-23. The festival also features presentations from Faction of Fools Theatre Company, Craig Lawrence (Society of American Fight Directors), actor/educators Jessica Lefkow (Brave Spirits Theatre Company, 1st Stage) and Rachel Hynes (The Welders Playwrights' Collective). A special highlight of the festival will be Adrian Webber Memorial Lecturer James Jacobs presenting "Hard Rain's Gonna Raineth Every Day: Shakespeare, Dylan, Guthrie and the Apocalyptic Bardic Tradition" (Wednesday, April 12 in the Theatre Arts Arena, Rockville Campus at 1 p.m.). About our Adrian Webber Memorial Lecturer James David Jacobs: James Jacobs has enjoyed a long and diverse career as a cellist, composer, teacher, writer and radio host, and he currently divides his time between DC, where he can be heard as a classical music announcer every Saturday night on WETA, and New York, where he is a teaching artist at the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music through the Midori Foundation. As a radio host and producer has worked for WGBH and WNYC, produced and hosted programs that have been heard throughout the country through Public Radio International, and has made guest appearances on WKCR and BBC Radio 4. His many performing credits include productions at the Oregon and California Shakespeare Festivals and the off-Broadway show Woody Guthrie's American Song, and he has written scores for HBO and PBS, appeared on Prairie Home Companion and Saturday Night Live, and served as music director for the Living Theatre. As a writer his work has appeared in the Washington Post and Moment magazine, and his updated English adaptation of Mozart's ...
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Wausau Event Focuses on Impact of Homicide on Victims' Families
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Rasmussen College adjunct instructor and 22-year Green Bay police veteran, Mike Knetzger, addressed a packed house at the Wausau campus on Oct. 29 when he shared the story of his daughter, Ashley, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2008.Ashley and her friend Talhia Heroux were 18 years old when convicted drunk driver Anrietta Geske—driving in excess of 80 mph—slammed into the side of Heroux’s Buick on that fateful night six years ago. Both girls in the Buick died. Geske was convicted of five charges—including two counts of first-degree reckless homicide—and was sentenced to 80 years in the Wisconsin State Prison system.
Knetzger has shared Ashley’s story with more than 2,000 communities around the country, including high schools, community groups and law enforcement organizations. He shares her story in hopes of putting a stop to violent crimes and to motivate other law enforcement officers to continue making a difference in the lives of others.
“He sees that as one of his purposes in life—for change and community impact,” said Shauna Froelich, justice studies program coordinator at the Green Bay campus.
Knetzger’s presentation drew police and probation officers, justice studies and healthcare students, community members from the Marathon County Alcohol and Other Drug Partnership Council (AOD) and youth from the Marathon County restorative justice program. Froelich was really happy to see the youth justice program bring minors with traffic violations to the event.
The first part of Knetzger’s 3-hour presentation was primarily focused on the loss of his daughter, going through the 911 calls, the impact it had on his family, counseling and how he came back to serve as an officer.
Knetzger shared how he wanted to retire on disability due to the building stress and emotional pain. His counselor asked him the simple question: “What would Ashley want you to do?” Knetzger knew his daughter ...
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Tell your story by starting with "Dear World" on Dec. 8
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[embedded content]If you had one story to share with the world, what would you say?
That is the question posed by Dear World, an interactive, award-winning portrait project that unites people through pictures in their distinct message-on-skin style.
Dear World comes to campus Thursday, Dec. 8, to take portraits, which are then used in an interactive finale event as a part of the “Ask More. Engage Intentionally. Think Differently. Presidential Series on Inclusivity.”
Miami Performing Arts Series in conjunction with I AM MIAMI and Student Activities & Leadership has invited Dear World for portraits and a story reveal, both events free and open to all.
Portraits will be taken from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in the Shade Family Room, Armstrong Student Center.
Dear World Keynote and Portrait Reveal will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in Wilks Theater, Armstrong Student Center.
Exploring powerful connections
Dear World explores the powerful connections between students, faculty and staff through messages written on the body and also seeks the story behind the story, the lived life that informs a line scrawled on a face, palm or forearm.
At the finale, the Dear World team shares portraits and stories that will make you smile, cry and laugh out loud.
“Each member of Miami’s campus has a unique experience, identity and story to share with the world,” said Dear World organizers.
All students, faculty, staff and general public are invited to participate by writing messages of hope, inspiration and overcoming challenges.
Organizers encourage participants to share #DearMiamiOH stories with the world and showcase the powerful identities that make up Miami and Oxford.
Dear World is sponsored by I AM MIAMI, Scott & Jennifer Walter and the Earl Reeder Visiting Artist Fund with support of the Ohio Arts Council.
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Soaring into spring
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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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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
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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
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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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