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The University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) online program is ranked No. 1 in the United States for 2017 by the website Affordable Colleges Online. The list names the top 50 online programs for registered nurses who want to earn their BSN based on more than a dozen metrics, including cost and overall quality. "Earning a bachelor of science in nursing can give registered nurses the edge they need to improve their salary or advance their career,” says Dan Schuessler, CEO and founder of AffordableCollegesOnline.org, a higher education information and resource provider. "The schools on our list have demonstrated their value because of their affordability and their ability to offer top-quality online programs that meet the needs of busy working nurses.”According to Affordable Colleges Online, to qualify for a spot in its rankings, colleges have to meet several minimum requirements, including being institutionally accredited and maintaining a public or private not-for-profit standing. Each college is also analyzed based on the availability and amount of financial aid, graduation rates by school, and their students’ National Council Licensure Examination-Practical Nurse pass rate. The overall scores of all qualified schools are then compared to determine the final ranking.In arriving at an overall score of 99.79 for the UC College of Nursing RN-BSN program, Affordable Colleges Online referenced the program providing students the freedom they need "to complete a rigorous program while working a full-time job. To that end, the school allows students to take courses on a flexible schedule and create an adjustable academic plan that meets their individual needs.”The UC College of Nursing RN-BSN online program was also recently ranked No. 3 in the United States by Best College Reviews, one of many high rankings achieved by the college in recent years. For a full listing of the College of Nursing’s rankings, ...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
College of Nursing RN-BSN Online Program Ranked No. 1
Summer Disability Services Information Sessions Set
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: June 01, 2016
What services are offered for students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to Lone Star College-CyFair? Find out at one of several Disability Services Information Sessions set this summer.
Attendees will learn about LSC-CyFairs process to receive accommodations in the college classroom, assistive technology, and resources available to college students as well as meet with Disability Services staff on hand to answer any questions.
Sessions are available from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 13 and Wedenesday, July 20; 2 p.m. 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 3; 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21 and 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 and Wednesday, August 10.
All sessions will be held in the Center for Student and Academic Affairs (CASA) room 117 at the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
Seating is limited. To RSVP, email your name and date of session to Stephanie.G.Dillon@LoneStar.edu. For information, call 281.290.3260 or go to LoneStar.edu/cyfair-disability-services.
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LSC-North Harris inducts 82 students into honor society
Lone Star College North Harris News
The Lone Star College-North Harris
Alpha Alpha Rho Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society held
its fall 2015 induction ceremony on November 3, inducting 82 students. Phi
Theta Kappa is recognized as the official honor society for community colleges
by the American Association of Community Colleges and is the oldest honor
society in the United States, founded in 1918.
To receive an invitation to Phi
Theta Kappa, students must have at least 12 hours of completed coursework that
must be applied towards an associate degree; must earn a cumulative grade point
average of 3.5; and adhere to the standards of the Society.
According to Laura Dupree, Alpha
Alpha Rho chapter advisor, The mission of Phi Theta Kappa is two-fold: to
recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students
and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through
participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming.
Dupree added that the Alpha Alpha
Rho chapter at LSC-North Harris has a rich history. Chartered in 1974, the
chapter has received more than 200 international and regional awards, including
the Texas Top Chapter award, the Top 100 Chapter award as well as the
prestigious Distinguished Chapter Top 25 award.
The following LSC-North Harris
students were inducted into the honor society: LaQeisha Alex, Henry Amaya, Nadjim
Amzal, Helena Bailey, Zachery Barber, Faith Baynard, Fatimah Bhuiyan, Veronica
Brown, Margaret Buhrer, Carol Campbell, Marra R. Cantu, Julio Carrizales, Aaquilah
Chambers, Denis Chesah, Diana DeLaTorre, Eisy Esquivel, Kiel Fernandez, Emilce
D. Flores, Jeremy W. Fregia, Eunice A. Gallegos, Melissa V. Garcia, Stephen
Garcia, Alomene M. Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Stephanie L. Gonzalez, Michele
Goodwin, Anass E. Guermai, Travis Hand, Luisana I. Harris, Daniel Hernandez, Dominique
Hunter, Jakob Joachin, Victoria Johnson, Jennifer Ketron, Kirk Kronenberger, Destiny
D. Laramore, Lisa LaStrap-Turner, Natoslyn Leach, Andrea Madison, Laquecia M.
Malave, Jusin Malbreaux, Runetta Martain, Gabriela Martinez, Kyle McLaughlin, Mariana
Meras, Yvonne Moore, Imelda Morales, Alexandra Moreno, Cecilia Nguyen, ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence: Mathew Boll
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
A passion for prevention, be it crime or fire.
Mathew Boll, who has aspirations to serve both science and community. (Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 13, 2017) — Many of us as children weigh our career options for our grownup lives and prominently include among them “policeman,” “scientist” and “fireman.”
None of these possibilities, however, has been eliminated from the prospects of graduating senior Mathew Boll, who can envision himself aiding the world indirectly or directly — and maybe both ways.
The winner of a 2017 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the chemistry major with a concentration in forensics has been recognized by UAlbany for his excellence in research and academics on several occasions and is a founding member of the UAlbany Undergraduate Chemistry Club. Since 2013, he also has served his home town of Lynbrook, L.I, as a member of its fire department.
“After I graduate I plan on finding a career in either law enforcement, a forensic laboratory or perhaps as a fire marshal,” he said. “I am slightly unsure about which career path I want to explore. It may come down to opportunity and availability.”
Mathew Boll receives his SUNY excellence award from Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Interim President James Stellar.
If it comes down to Boll’s passions, there will be a combination. “If I become a police officer, then in five to ten years I see myself as a detective,” he said. “If I become a forensic analyst, then I would expect to be going back to school for a master’s degree, so I may enhance my credibility as a scientist.
“Either way, in five to ten years I see myself continuing to live on Long Island and continuing my service with the Lynbrook Volunteer Fire Department, perhaps as a fire marshal.”
A classroom experience that Boll said definitely enhanced his career options was ...
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College announces consolidation of two departments
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The College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities announced today that its undergraduate and graduate programs in landscape architecture will move from being a stand-alone department to become part of the School of Architecture.
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture programs are housed in Lee Hall alongside allied design programs in architecture. This administrative reorganization will provide for more seamless collaboration among faculty and students, as well as sharing of resources and opportunities.
“Students and faculty in architecture and landscape architecture have many of the same interests, needs and priorities,” said Kate Schwennsen, director of the School of Architecture. “We already share a lot. We share the Fluid Campus, we share fluid studios, and we share a common commitment to research and service to the State of South Carolina. We share a design culture. We share the Clemson Architectural Foundation.”
The new administrative structure will make it easier for students to take advantage of learning opportunities in each discipline through increased offerings in electives and minors. For faculty, collaborating across disciplines on initiatives of shared interest will be easier. Shared faculty committees offer another advantage.
“By consolidating our programs in architecture and landscape architecture under one administrative umbrella, we believe the academic experience will be a stronger, better one for undergraduate and graduate students in both programs,” said Richard Goodstein, dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.
“I am grateful to chair Mary Padua for her four years of leadership of landscape architecture,” Goodstein continued. “Mary helped to achieve excellence in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program, and in an innovative step, oversaw the revamping of the program from a five-year curriculum to four.
“I am also grateful to the faculty and students in landscape architecture who bring their talent, skills and vision to the challenge of answering some ...
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Meet Offensive Line Coach Tommy Galt
Fordham Newsroom
The 2017 Fordham football Rams just completed practice number ten of the spring season and we continue our look at the new members of the Rams’ coaching staff as we meet offensive line coach Tommy Galt.
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The 2017 Fordham football Rams just completed practice number ten of the spring season and we continue our look at the new members of the Rams’ coaching staff as we meet offensive line coach Tommy Galt.
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BEVERLY PLACES SECOND, MEN'S GOLF FOURTH AT WYOMING COWBOY CLASSIC
Athletics News
Apr 11, 2017
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Wonje Choi, Aaron Beverly and Devyn Fitchhorn each finished under par in the third round to help the Sacramento State men's golf team finish in fourth place at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic on Tuesday. Choi shot a career-best 69, Beverly carded a round of 70 and Fitchhorn added a 71.The Hornets totaled 291-286-283-860 to finish the tournament at 4-under par. UC Santa Barbara pulled away from the field to win the team title. The Gauchos entered the third round in second place but shot 16-under as a team during the third round and concluded the tournament at 21-under par. Kansas, which is ranked 41st nationally, placed second at 10-under with Long Beach State one stroke back in third. UC Davis completed the top five by shooting 287-293-282-862.Beverly battled for the top individual spot throughout the day before finishing second at 70-67-70-207. The senior has now placed second three times this year and has four top-five finishes. He started Tuesday with a par on the fourth hole and then ran off three consecutive birdies. Back-to-back bogeys on the ninth and 10th took him to 1-under and he was eventually even following a birdie on the par-5 12th and bogeys on the par-4 14th and 16th. Beverly then eagled the 560-yard par-5 17th and ended his day by parring his final four holes. His total is tied for the fifth best in school history and was just one stroke off his career low.Just one round after setting his career best, Choi lowered that mark by a stroke on Tuesday. The junior tied for 10th place overall at 72-70-69-211 to match his highest finish as a Hornet and record his 54-hole low. Choi had three birdies and seven pars over his first 10 holes before a bogey on the par-4 14th stopped the ...
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Solomon Adufah wins Rickert-Ziebold Award
SIU News
Solomon Adufah, a Ghana native now from Olympia Fields, is the winner of the 2017 Rickert-Ziebold Award at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the most prestigious award in the School of Art and Design. He is shown here with one of the large-scale portraits he created for the competition. (Photo provided)
April 04, 2017
Solomon Adufah wins Rickert-Ziebold Award
by Andrea Hahn
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Solomon Adufah is the sole winner of the 2017 Rickert-Ziebold Award at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Aduafah, a native of Ghana living now in Olympia Fields, created four large-scale portraits of African individuals, each with a unique patterned background.
“Not every art student participates in this competition,” he said. “Only those of us who have done this know how much goes into it, the planning and the work. I think we all deserve recognition for that. I’m very humbled to be selected for this award.”
In addition to the winner, these artists also qualified as finalists in the competition (listed with hometowns and medium):
Reid Bright, Johnsburg – metal sculpture
Katelyn Gregorowicz, Winfield – communication design
Kayla Lashley, Chicago - painting
Adam Lundquist, Homewood - printmaking
Lula (Lucas) Morton, Murray, Ky. – industrial design
Michaela Murphy, DeKalb – communication design
Joshua C. Rives, Carlinville – multi-media including painting, ceramics, metal work and printmaking
The Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award exhibit features work from all eight finalists, and it runs through Saturday, April 8, at the Surplus Gallery in the Old Glove Factory (432 S. Washington St). Weekdays the gallery is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. On Saturday, it will be open 10 a.m.-noon. A reception for the winners is 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, with an awards presentation at 6:30 p.m.
Sun Kyong Kim, chairman of the Rickert-Ziebold committee and associate professor of metalsmithing and jewelry, said the competitors this year were remarkably well-prepared. Part of the competition is to utilize the gallery space assigned, she ...
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Football To Host Golf Tournament on June 10
Humboldt State University Athletics
Football To Host Golf Tournament on June 10
4/11/2017 12:26:00 PM
ARCATA – Golfers are encouraged to join the HSU football team for its Sat., June 10 tournament at Baywood Golf & Country Club. The event is open to the public and all proceeds will benefit the Humboldt State football team. The tournament will feature a shotgun start at 10 a.m.Those wishing to support the event can either sign up a foursome, or claim one of the many sponsorship opportunities (hole sponsor, event sponsor, etc.). Links to register or sponsor are listed below. For more information contact football assistant coach Cory White (707-826-3981 or cory.white@humboldt.edu).REGISTRATIONSPONSORSHIPPRINTABLE FLYERPrint Friendly Version
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Middle States Listening Tours Wednesday and Thursday
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There will be two more Middle States sessions this week: - Wednesday, April 12 - TP/SS CM113 from 2-3:30pm on Standards III & IV (Design & Support of Student learning) - this is a student-focused session, so please bring students with you! - Thursday, April 13 - MK 318 from 12:30-2pm on Standards I & II (Mission and Ethics) We will also continue to take electronic feedback on the drafts through April 20. To submit electronically, please visit http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department4sub1.aspx?id=79403 and select the link to "draft self-study report as of 2/27/27). We very much appreciate your time and input into the work of the self-study and look forward to hearing your ideas. Best, Tammy Peery, Eric Benjamin, and Melissa Gregory MSCHE Self-Study Co-Chairs
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Caring for roses during the summer
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Caring for roses during the summerPosted 4/11/2017Learn how to prepare for the upcoming heat of summer
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the South Valley Rose Society are collaborating and offering educational meetings throughout the spring. Free and open to the public, the May 25 meeting will cover how to prepare your roses for the summer heat.
The rising temperatures and dry, hot winds of late May signal a switch from spring to summer rose care. Learn how to manage what may become a third summer of record desert heat; new irrigation, mulching, fertilization and garden hygiene tips.
All educational meetings are held at 7 p.m. at the Lifelong Learning Center located at 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nev. (I-215 and Windmill Lane). For more information, please email or call the Master Gardener Help Desk at 702-257-5555.
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Campus Director Brings Her Passion and Dedication to Serve Bilingual Families at the New Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje
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In early April 2017, the Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje opened—a learning center created to serve Chicago’s southwest communities. The Centro de Aprendizaje, located at 3948 West 55th Street, will afford local high school students and residents access to higher education by providing technology resources and the mentorship needed to successfully transition to college. For Claudia Lule, associate campus director of the Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje, the new center is an initiative close to her heart. As a first-generation student from a low-income family, Lule did not learn English until the first grade, a situation similar to many of the students in the area.
“As a Latina, I look like our students, which I feel helps them relate to me, and it starts to build a trusting relationship,” said Lule.
Lule understands the impact education can have on a person’s life. “Through education, we can make a difference in people’s lives and that hits close to home,” she says.
Managing the new center combines many of Lule’s passions and experiences. Starting in 2006, Lule worked for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), a national organization that provides scholarships to Latino students. While working for the HSF, she ran different outreach programs throughout the Midwest, teaching students about preparing and paying for college. In 2012, Lule was brought on board with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as a Family and Community Engagement manager.
The relationships she cultivated during her time with CPS have proved to be valuable in her new role at the Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje. It was here that she was inspired to work within these communities and was driven to make a difference.
When Lule first heard about the plans for the new Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje, she knew she wanted to be a part of the initiative. The position of associate campus director combined all ...
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Lynette Hudiburgh receives Knox Distinguished Teaching Award
Miami University - Top Stories
By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
Lynette Hudiburgh
Lynette Hudiburgh, lecturer of statistics, is the recipient of the 2017 E. Phillip Knox Distinguished Teaching Award.
The award recognizes one faculty member who uses creative, innovative and engaging teaching methods at the undergraduate level.
Established by Miami alumnus E. Phillips Knox, a 1968 graduate, the award is presented to faculty members whose achievements unequivocally merit recognition for excellence in teaching. Award winners receive a professional expense allocation of $3,000.
Hudiburgh was honored at the University Awards Reception held April 10.
Hudiburgh has led efforts in the department of statistics to develop a hybrid model of STA 261, an introductory level statistics course for nonmajors that meets the Miami Plan formal reasoning requirement and serves approximately 600 students each semester.
The student evaluations of her courses are consistently among the highest observed in the department of statistics, according to her nominators. “It is no surprise that her courses are the first to fill during registration,” a nominator said.
The current model of STA 261 is a culmination of many years of research, Hudiburgh said.
Hybrid model offers a common experience for all STA 261 students
She has steered the course from a “hodge podge” of classes taught by many different individuals without a common syllabus or text.
Now, all students who take STA 261 have a common experience and engage with the same content.
“This more consistent approach has led to greater collaboration among faculty and graduate students to create the best learning experience possible for the students and has led to a decrease in the percentage of D’s, F’s and WF’s each semester,” Hudiburgh said.
STA 261 students have diverse backgrounds, many different majors and are quite varied in their preparation for, and attitudes about, statistics, Hudiburgh said.
Students describe her classroom environment as welcoming, with discussion encouraged and questions always answered. She “expands the context ...
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What’s on the table when it comes to the GOP tax overhaul plan
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The following is a transcript of a segment of NPR’s “Morning Edition” from April 10, 2017. David Wessel joined to discuss the GOP’s tax plan and what we know so far. Listen to the interview here.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It has been coming any day now. For weeks, the Trump administration’s been promising a major overhaul of the federal tax code – the taxes you and I and businesses and maybe even foreign manufacturers pay. And a small detail, the package is supposed to ease the budget deficit, too. But as that list of players and concerns might tell you, a lot of folks want a say in this. So when we want to talk about tax reform, we call one guy. His name is David Wessel, and he’s our regular economics commentator. Hi, David. DAVID WESSEL, BYLINE: Good morning. MARTIN: The tax code is big. It is crazy complicated. So when you say reform the tax code, what does that mean? What are they going to prioritize? WESSEL: Well, right now almost all the focus is on the business side of the tax code – bringing down the corporate tax rate, which is one of the highest in the world, maybe allowing businesses to write off any investments they make immediately instead of depreciating them over time, maybe cutting taxes for partnerships and other businesses that pay at the personal tax rate. As you know, the House has a far-reaching plan that would tax things consumed in the U.S. – whether they were imported or domestically produced – but it would exempt exports. Right now, that seems so politically divisive that the odds of surviving that are low. And you may have noticed, I haven’t said anything about the taxes that ordinary people pay. There’s been very little attention to that lately, even though Donald Trump promised to ...
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Times Higher Education Supplement Chooses Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks’s Book as Book of the Week
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The Times Higher Education Supplement, a leading publication of university rankings and news for higher education professionals, has chosen Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks’s new book Programmed Inequality, for its prestigious “book of the week” slot. John Gilbey writes in his review that Programmed Inequality is “a sophisticated work of scholarship: detailed, insightful, deeply researched,” and “has a much wider relevance, too, which it would be unwise to understate. Discussing, as it does, the role of profoundly structural gender discrimination in the collapse of technical dominance by a formerly great power, this book makes very uncomfortable reading–on a number of levels.”
Read the full review and the interview with the author here: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-programmed-inequality-marie-hicks-mit-press
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Officials Sign Agreement Transferring Inspections
News at College of DuPage
The DuPage County Board, the College of DuPage (COD) and the Village of Glen Ellyn
signed a new intergovernmental agreement today transferring the authority to perform
building, zoning and liquor inspections at COD back to the Village.This action follows a period of five years in which the County has overseen those
responsibilities. Chairman Dan Cronin and the Board expressed their firm support for
the new leadership at COD and the Village, and the strong desire to support collaboration
among all entities. College of DuPage Chairman Deanne Mazzochi, President Dr. Ann
Rondeau, Village of Glen Ellyn President Alex Demos and Glen Ellyn Village Manager
Mark Franz appeared at the County Board’s regular April 11 meeting to thank the County
for its vote to restore the authority to the Village of Glen Ellyn.The College of DuPage’s Board approved the agreement on March 16, and the Village
Board approved it on March 13. The action by the DuPage County Board was the last
remaining vote needed to finalize the change. In March 2012, the Village and COD agreed to transfer regulatory control to the county
while keeping COD within the corporate limits of Glen Ellyn. That five-year agreement
was forged by the late County Board member JR McBride from Glen Ellyn who sought to
resolve disputes between the two, hoping a short-term agreement would give the entities
time to resolve differences. At the County Board meeting, all three leaders said the
new intergovernmental agreement was a testament to a renewed commitment to collaboration
and putting the needs of residents and students first.County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said, “We are thrilled to usher in a new era of cooperation
among the County, College of DuPage and the Village of Glen Ellyn. As JR McBride knew,
a short-term solution five years ago could pave the way for better, stronger relationships.
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Why is most matzo now square?
Brandeis University News
Why is most matzo now square?Brandeis professor Jonathan Sarna weighs on the evolution of matzo.Photo/iStockPhotoBy Julian Cardillo '14April 10, 2017Matzo is a central food in the Passover Seder, its roots derived from Exodus when the Israelites ate unleavened bread in great haste prior to fleeing Egypt. But matzo’s shape, texture and production have evolved significantly over the years, particularly as a result of 19th century immigration and the industrial revolution.Jonathan D. Sarna '75, MA'75, University Professor and the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of Jewish studies at Brandeis and the world’s foremost expert on American Jewish history, has studied matzo’s evolution. Until the turn of the 20th century, most matzo was handmade and round or irregularly-shaped. The father of today’s highly recognizable square matzo, Sarna says, was a Jewish baker named Behr Manischewitz, who immigrated to Cincinnati from Prussia in 1886. Manischewitz saw an opportunity in the growing numbers of fellow Jewish immigrants to the US and the machines that were changing how food was made, packaged and sold.
BrandeisNOW consulted Sarna to learn more about Manischewitz and the evolution of Matzo:
BrandeisNOW: What were the circumstances that resulted in today’s ubiquitous square matzo?
Sarna: The demand for matzo rose steadily in the United States in the 19th century, keeping pace with America’s growing Jewish population. But the matzo industry itself was under great transformation. By the mid-19th century, most matzo was baked by synagogues which either maintained special ovens of their own or, as was the case in New York, contracted with commercial bakers whom they supervised. Synagogues started spinning off many of their communal functions, and it was at this time that independent matzo bakers developed.
BNOW: What was the origin of the changes in how matzo was made?
Sarna: With the rise of industrialization, processes ...
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Alaska, Delta Finish No. 1, 2 in New Airline Quality Rating While Overall Airline Industry Posts Best-Ever Results
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A joint research project funded as part of faculty research activities at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University (Wichita, Kan.) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz., campus, the most recent AQR also showed that industry performance improved in all four core elements tracked by the study: on-time performance, rate of involuntary denied boardings, rate of mishandled bags and the rate of customer complaints.
Nine of the 12 airlines improved in three categories (on-time, baggage handling and customer complaints), and seven of the 12 airlines improved in all four categories. Airlines that performed better in 2016 were Alaska, American, Delta, ExpressJet, Frontier, SkyWest, Southwest, Spirit and United. Those whose scores declined in 2016 were Hawaiian, JetBlue and Virgin America.
“The best-ever overall industry AQR score is largely due to best-ever performance in the rate of involuntary denied boardings and the rate of mishandled bags,” said Dean Headley, associate professor of marketing at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University. “Air travel is great again – that statement can be followed with a period, exclamation point or question mark depending on the individual’s perspective.”
In April 2016, Seattle-based Alaska Air Group publicly announced it would be acquiring Virgin America in 2017 to form the nation’s fifth-largest airline. The 2016 Department of Transportation (DOT) data used in the study listed the airlines as separate entities.
“These results provide a rare insight into the airline merger arena. We have a carrier, Alaska, that wanted to improve performance, began improvement plans before any merger announcement, and is currently taking over the top performer, Virgin America. Going from fifth to first is rare, but a devoted corporate resolve can make that happen,” said study co-researcher Brent Bowen, dean of College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz., campus. “Delta, for example, has been recovering from merger complications for several years ...
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May and LeClaire Perfect at the Plate in Game One of Softball Split With Emerson
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Apr 09, 2017
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WORCESTER – Junior RiAnna May (Westminster, CO) and sophomore Renee LeClaire (Merrimack, NH) went 3-for-3 in game one and sophomore Kallista Leonardos (El Granada, CA) batted 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, three RBI - including the go-ahead hit by pitch - and three runs scored in game two as WPI and Emerson each earned a win Sunday in the NEWMAC softball doubleheader on Rooftop Field. The Engineers raced out to a 13-1 decision in five innings while the Lions held off the hosts for an 11-9 victory in the nightcap.
The theme of the day was ALS Awareness with the teams combining to raise $2,300 for ALS Therapy Development Institute. They also wore special t-shirts prior to game one, which also featured an honorary first pitch.
Emerson, who snapped a six game skid, defeated the Engineers for the first time since the teams traded 4-2 decisions on April 5, 2014.
Trailing 11-6 heading into the last half inning of game two, WPI made it interesting with a three run frame. With two on and two outs, junior Ama Biney (Worcester, MA) cleared the bases with a triple to right center before coming home on a wild pitch. Two more would reach; however, a fly out to left ended the game.
WPI struck first when Biney scampered home on a miscue put into play by May with two outs in the bottom of the first. Emerson quickly countered with a leadoff homer by Leonardos in the top of the second.
The Lions went ahead for the first time with four in the third. Junior Kodie Cash (Big Bear City, CA) lifted a productive foul fly ball to right and senior Shelby Carney (North Reading, MA) followed with an RBI single. After a pitching change and a stolen base, junior Molly Goldstein (Ridgefield, CT) doubled in a pair for the 5 ...
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Andlinger Center panelists see routes to climate change progress despite political opposition
Princeton University Top Stories
Drastic changes in climate policy under the Trump administration should not cause environmental advocates to lose hope, a panel of experts said at a recent symposium at Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
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Indiana University Opera productions all new in 2017-18 IU Opera and Ballet Theater season
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Indiana University Opera productions all new in 2017-18 IU Opera and Ballet Theater seasonFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 10, 2017Mozart's "Don Giovanni" will open Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater's 2017-18 season in September.Print-Quality Photo
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Opera Theater, at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, will present an unprecedented six new productions—including five operas and one musical—during its 2017-18 season, in tandem with three productions by IU Ballet Theater.
“Our new opera and ballet season will feature many firsts in a season filled with a variety of traditional and new productions,” said Timothy Stebbins, Ted Jones Executive Director of Production. “For the first time in the 69-year history of IU Opera Theater, each production will be newly built. We will present ‘L’Étoile’ for the first time. And for the first time, IU Opera will present ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ our first co-commission and co-production with Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera.”
The company’s new season will begin in September with Mozart’s masterpiece “Don Giovanni,” featuring Jacobs faculty conductor Arthur Fagen, director David Lefkowich and Jacobs set designer Mark Smith, who designed last fall’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.”
Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier’s French farce “L’Étoile,” will make its IU Opera Theater debut in October with director Alain Gauthier and set designer Tim McMath.
Composer Jake Heggie—of “Dead Man Walking” fame—returns to the Musical Arts Center stage with his latest creation, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” based on the iconic film of the same name, in November. Audiences will be treated to the direction of Leonard Foglia and the set design of Robert Brill, both of whom filled these roles in the work’s recent Houston Grand Opera premiere.
Spring semester will commence with Richard Strauss’ comedic “Ariadne auf Naxos,” with Fagen again at the podium and ...
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New faculty unpack Indigenous issues, both past and present
Northwestern Now: Summaries
From left: Hiʻilei Hobart, Doug Kiel and Beth Redbird“Northwestern has the resources, the cultural structure and the ability to be a leader in the way universities interact with Native Americans and Native issues,” sociology professor Beth Redbird says. “And I’ve been really pleased with the way Northwestern has embraced Native studies.”Redbird, along with history professor Doug Kiel and post-doctoral fellow Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart, are the first three faculty hired for the forthcoming Native American and Indigenous Studies Research Center. All three agree that helping Northwestern students understand that Native issues are still relevant is a key component of their work on campus.“I think it’s very easy to think of Native issues solely as issues of the past,” Kiel says. “I try to push against that.” In his research, Kiel explores Indigenous nation rebuilding movements and race relations since the start of the 20th century. And in his courses on Indigenous social movements, representation in film, and Native law and policy, Kiel strives to put the past and present in relation to each other.“One of the hardest things about teaching Indigenous studies is helping students understand that many of them continue to benefit in a material way from the suppression of Indigenous people and from the occupation of Indigenous land,” Kiel says.Hobart, whose research looks at the ways in which the introduction of ice to Hawaiʻi impacted Native people’s relationships to their environment, says people might not believe Native studies pertain to them, even though “a strong argument can be made that Native studies is a bedrock for understanding what America is.”“The entire history of the U.S. is premised on the Native experience,” Hobart says.Keeping that interdependent relationship between Native and non-Native in mind, Redbird says addressing Indigenous suppression can have broader implications.“We have this ...
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Tyehimba Jess, AB’91, wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
UChicago News
Tyehimba Jess, AB’91, has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Olio, his collection of original verse.Jess’ poems examine the lives of African-American performers from the Civil War up to World War I, revealing the history of America’s blues, work songs and church hymns. Jess was praised by the Pulitzer committee “for a distinctive work that melds performance art with the deeper art of poetry to explore collective memory and challenge contemporary notions of race and identity.”
A native of Detroit, Jess studied public policy while at UChicago and received his MFA from New York University. Jess is currently the poetry and fiction editor of African American Review and is an associate professor of English at the College of Staten Island.
This is Jess’ second book of poetry. His first, leadbelly, received the 2004 National Poetry Series award. Jess read from Olio this past December at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.
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The Americans Isn’t Really about Spies and Murder
BU Today
Sure, The Americans is about a couple of KGB spies. But executive producer Stephen Schiff told the audience at last Friday night’s BU Cinematheque that the FX series is really about much more: it’s about us.
“There’s a lot of skullduggery and spycraft and people doing nasty, nasty things to one another,” Schiff said. “But it’s really about family, and the complications that come from the sensation that we are all spies in our own lives.”
The Americans follows the overtly normal lives of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Kerri Russell), two deep-cover Soviet agents living in the Washington, D.C., suburbs in the early 1980s. Their marriage is real and their two teenaged children, Paige and Henry (Holly Taylor and Keidrich Sellati), are real American schoolkids as well, but at the same time the whole family image is just part of their cover.
“All of our lives have to do with some combination of the deception we bring with us—because we want to be a little secretive at times, we don’t want to tell everyone everything—and at the same time this urge we have to be known, to be seen, to be honest, to be understood, to be loved for who we are,” Schiff told a packed house of about 250 people at the College of Communication.
In a recent episode, Philip and Elizabeth let Paige in on their real identities, which seriously complicates just about everything. As does the spies’ friendship with Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI counterintelligence agent who happens to live across the street. “If you follow our show a little, that means not following it at all, because it’s really hard to follow,” Schiff said.
Former Boston film critic Stephen Schiff gave BU students a look inside the writers’ room on the FX series The ...
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Mānoa: UH Cancer Center researcher awarded $3M to study cancer treatment potential of ironweed plant
UH News
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 11, 2017James Turkson holds ironweed plant extract.The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a five-year $3 million grant to a University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center researcher to study how natural compounds in ironweed plant extract can be used to treat breast and brain cancers.“It would be life changing for cancer patients if ironweed extract could help fight aggressive types of breast and brain cancers. Since the compounds are found in the plant, they are less toxic than traditional forms of treatment such as chemotherapy. This gives cancer patients a better quality of life when developed as drugs,“ said James Turkson, awardee and director of the UH Cancer Center’s Cancer Biology Program. “Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain cancer that currently has no cure. In addition, the types of breast cancers we are targeting are some of the most life-threatening breast cancers with few successful treatments.” “The vast natural resources of Hawai‘i give our researchers a rare opportunity to make scientific discoveries of unique and significant proportions in treating cancer,” said Dr. Randall Holcombe, UH Cancer Center’s director. “This significant NCI award recognizes the breadth and depth of the natural product research focus of the UH Cancer Center, and highlights the national impact our research in Hawai‘i has in the fight against cancer.”Turkson, along with collaborators Leng Chee Chang, Dianqing Sun and Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, published a study a year and half ago showing that the natural compounds from the ironweed plant were effective in killing breast cancer and brain tumor cells and blocked the development and growth of these cancers in the laboratory. In recognition of these preliminary findings, the funds were granted to continue and expand the study.“Our team of researchers ...
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Celebration of Faculty Scholarship: Friday, April 14
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The Office of Academic Affairs and the Ina Dillard Russell Library are proud to sponsor the Second Annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarship, which will highlight and celebrate scholarly work, creative endeavors and editorial contributions of GC faculty from calendar year 2016.The event is Friday, April 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. The celebration reception will include light hors d’oeuvres.
Please join us in celebrating all the great work you do at Georgia College.
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CCMST Weekly News, August 20, 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements2. Statistics3. Tip of the WeekANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer Lecture Series in Electronic Structure Theory
NOTE: No lecture next week. The series will resume in September
The Summer Theory program will continue through August with a series of advanced lectures.
Lectures will be on Thursdays in MSE 4202A from 2-3pm, starting from Thursday August 3.
The new theory/computational graduate students, and anyone else who is interested are cordially invited to attend.
There will be no lecture next week. The series will continue next week with the following schedule:
Sept 2: Advanced SAPT (Hohenstein).
The complete schedule of the lectures can be found at http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/opp/sched.html.
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 9 day/home directory usage: 70% (1.8 TB available)/backups directory usage: 84%
LSF usage for Week 32 (8/9-8/15) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas108823493312%216155369Hernandez72330747916%4256470Sherrill113349722%30936346Other3258661%8622758441Total192760325131%31392418
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: atucker 189655.
EGATE
Uptime: 264 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 36% (426GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 84% (146 available)
LSF usage for Week 32 (8/9-8/15) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Hernandez40225611517%6370648Sherrill21155101%73931373852Other10121356614%21153062410Total52448519132%9261851116
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: rnear 195306.
TIP OF THE WEEK
From www.vim.org
Converting tabs to spaces in Vim
To insert space characters whenever the tab key is pressed, set the expandtab option:
:set expandtab
With this option set, if you want to enter a real tab character use the Ctrl-V Tab key sequence.
To control the number of space characters that will be inserted when the tab key is pressed, set the tabstop option. For example, to insert 4 spaces for a tab, use:
:set tabstop=4
After the expandtab option is set, all the new tab characters entered will be changed to spaces. This will ...
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Join the Club: Epic Intentions
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Join the Club: Epic Intentions
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Julia Faherty | April 11, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Epic Intentions serves as an interdisciplinary society of Georgia Tech volunteers whose purpose is to aid local nonprofits, social enterprises, and civic-minded entrepreneurs through service-oriented design projects.
Members of Epic Intentions are assigned to various projects working with Atlanta based nonprofit organizations. Teams of around five to six students, with one team leader, work together throughout the semester to complete their projects while developing technical skills.
Third-year computer science major and Vice President of Campus Relations Anna Herrera joined Epic Intentions during the spring of her second year at Tech. After applying to the organization, she was assigned as a team leader for the H.E.R.O. For Children project. H.E.R.O is a nonprofit organization in Georgia that focuses on quality of life care for children with HIV/AIDS.
“Team leaders are the liaison between the nonprofit organizations and Epic Intentions," Herrera said. "The other team members work to complete the project using their unique skill sets.”
Each semester, the nonprofit organizations are recruited by the Epic Intentions board. Once a nonprofit agrees to work with the club, they give team leaders an idea of what they need. Then the team is assigned to the project, and it is up to them to decide specific details and goals.
Teams in the past have worked with organizations including Beloved Atlanta, the Center for Working Families, and Enchanted Closet. They have worked to improve marketing strategies, database systems, fundraising efforts, and more. Visit Epic Intentions’ website for a full list of projects.
Epic Intentions Final Presentations
On Wednesday, April 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Epic Intentions will host its semesterly final presentation event. The event will take place in Room 105, D.M. Smith Building, and is free and open to the ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 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.
The blue whale is not the only animal with a huge appetite (BBC Earth)
“The amount of nectar consumed can vary quite a bit by hummingbird species,” says Adam Hadley, a leader in the hummingbird research team at Oregon State University. “Particularly since they have a very large range in body size, from the 2.5g bee hummingbird to the 24g giant hummingbird.”
Social media tools can reinforce stigma and stereotypes (Medical Xpress)
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed new software to analyze social media comments, and used this tool in a recent study to better understand attitudes that can cause emotional pain, stigmatize people and reinforce stereotypes.
Life through the eyes of a humpback whale (Yahoo News)
“We have some wonderful data on different feeding strategies from rolling lunges near the surface, to bubble net feeding, to deep foraging dives lunging through dense patches of krill,” Associate Professor from Oregon State University and lead scientist on the whale study, Dr Ari Friedlaender said.
How mangrove forest conversion is killing Earth (Business Standard)
“On a personal scale, this means a typical steak and shrimp cocktail dinner produced through mangrove conversion would burden the atmosphere with 1,795 pounds of carbon dioxide,” said lead study author J. Boone Kauffman from Oregon State University. (see also Science Daily)
On the Menu: Corvallis classic (Cater Source)
Jay Perry’s culinary pursuit has taken him from his hometown of San Diego to the kitchens of France, Italy, Seattle, and Portland. Jay now serves as the Chef de Cuisine at Oregon State University in Corvallis where he has become ...
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Staying informed in a post-truth, fake news era
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Fake news has become a catch-phrase in the modern political arena, but what does it really mean? Is it a label for unethical, biased journalism or a turn-of-phrase for news that doesn’t meet one’s personal agenda? How do you spot fake news, and what do you do about it?
Scholars will explore these ideas and more in a speaker series at Oregon State University this spring.
“As a librarian, I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of fake news and how to be an educated consumer of media,” said Laurie Bridges, associate professor and instruction and outreach librarian at Oregon State. “The aim of this speaker’s series is to make sense of the idea of fake news and see how media has been used to both educate and manipulate the public throughout modern history.”
Speakers will make presentations at OSU during April and May, and all lectures are all free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by OSU Libraries; OSU Press; OSU Ethnic Studies; the OSU Center for Civic Engagement; and the OSU School of History, Philosophy, and Religion.
The topics include:
“Alternative Facts”
Peter Laufer, 3-4 p.m. April 27, Willamette Rooms, The Valley Library
In an age of instant news and “alternative facts,” information consumers need easy-to-follow rules for sorting truth from lies. Award-winning journalist and University of Oregon Professor Peter Laufer will present Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer. Inspired by the Slow Food movement, a timely antidote is offered to “fake news,” with 29 simple rules for avoiding echo chambers and recognizing misinformation.
“Fake News is the New V.D.: Verbal Deception as a Means of Manipulation”
Trischa Goodnow, 3-4 p.m., May 3, Willamette Rooms, The Valley Library
The phrase verbal deception has been coined to better describe what has popularly become known as fake ...
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Jr. Cyclone Club Movie Night at Jack Trice Stadium
Iowa State University
AMES, Iowa – The Jr. Cyclone Club is proud to sponsor its fifth annual Movie Night at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, May 13. The movie featured on the north videoboard will be "Trolls". The event is free and open to the public.
Select gates open at 6 p.m. Show time is 7 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to Hilton Coliseum that same evening.
Families will have the opportunity to either sit on the field (blankets only, no chairs permitted), sit in the bleachers on the east side of the stadium or in the south end zone. Handicap accessible seating is available on the east tarmac.
Limited concessions items will be available for purchase at reduced prices on the east concourse and at field level.
For more important information about movie night, parking and stadium access, visit jrcycloneclub.com.
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Do Other Earths Lurk in Our Galaxy?
UCR Today
Lecture at UC Riverside by senior researcher from Mexico will address this question on April 13
By Iqbal Pittalwala on April 10, 2017
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Antígona Segura is a senior researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The University of California, Riverside Science Lecture Series continues Thursday, April 13, with a talk that will discuss whether other Earths populate the Milky Way.
Antígona Segura, a senior researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, will give the talk titled “Alien Planets: Are Other Earths Lurking in Our Galaxy?” Segura works on planetary habitability, remote detection of life, and the early conditions of our solar system.
The event, which is scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on campus at the University Theatre (Humanities 400), is free and open to the public. There is free parking in Parking Lot 6. Light refreshments will be served before the lecture, and prizes will be raffled off after the lecture.
“This is the first time in human history where we have tools to search for extraterrestrial life,” Segura said. “We have found planets around other stars – such as those around Trappist-1 and Proxima Centauri – that may be potentially habitable. In the near future we will have instruments to study those planets to search for habitability conditions – water and an atmosphere – and maybe life.”
As a girl, Segura loved stars and was amazed with all living beings; as a result, she says, she became an astrobiologist. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in physics, a master’s in astronomy and a Ph.D. in Earth sciences, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif., where she worked at the Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
Segura’s talk aims also to inform the public on how science works in general ...
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Meet our 2017 Distinguished Alumni
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This year’s Distinguished Alumni will be honored on April 21 at 6 p.m. Please join us at Celebration Weekend, April 20-23 to celebrate Olin’s Centennial and accomplished alumni.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be followed by a very special affair to commemorate our Centennial. Guests are invited inside Knight and Bauer Hall for a once-in-a-century Gala celebration. The Gala reception will include a band, food stations and cocktails, a photo booth, and a digital exhibit showcasing Olin’s rich history. The evening will conclude with a celebratory fireworks display as we embark on Olin’s second century of excellence.
Bill Broderick, MBA ’76
Partner (Retired) / Edward Jones / St. Louis
Chair, Board of Trustees / Bridge Builder Mutual Funds / St. Louis
In a 30-year career at Edward Jones, it is safe to say there is very little that Bill Broderick hasn’t participated in building for the firm. Even after his retirement in 2012, Broderick still has a hand in the business as founder and chairman of a subadvised family of Edward Jones sponsored mutual funds, with assets totaling $32 billion.
And that isn’t the only way in which Broderick has continued to participate. Since 2013, he has served as CEO for Victory Wireline, a Texas-based company offering specialized equipment services to the oil and gas industry. After earning his MBA from Washington University, Broderick launched his career at Centerre Bank, which at that time, was one of the two largest banks in the St. Louis area. He made a name for himself over six years, as a commercial banking officer and leader in the credit department, supervising 25 analysts.
By 1982, he had left Centerre to begin his distinguished career in investment banking at Edward Jones, and within four years, he was invited to be a partner in the firm. And that is where he started putting his fingerprints all over it—from product design ...
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Architecture Faculty Present Papers, More at Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Department of architecture faculty were well represented at this year’s Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference (ACSA) in Detroit in March.Several faculty presented papers on their research:
Pari Riahi presented “The Improved versus the Planned: In Search of Public Space in Parisian Suburbs”
Naomi Darling presented “Integrating an Ethos of Service into the Beginning Design Studio”
Carey Clouse presented “Addressing Climate Change through Water Landscapes in India”
Caryn Brause presented “Collaboration: Propelling an Expanded Practice”
Joseph Krupczynski curated a panel “Is Another Architecture Possible?"
Faculty also shared work developed through teaching collaborations in the conference’s project sessions: Naomi Darling and Ray Mann presented on “Integrating Cultural Research in the Design Studio,” and Stephen Schreiber, Carey Clouse and Caryn Brause presented on “Housing the Urban Animal.”
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UT to Host Conference on Pressing Race Relations Issues in US
Headlines – Tennessee Today
UT’s Department of Sociology will host a conference April 27–29 addressing some of the most pressing current issues surrounding racial inequality in the United States.The three-day conference, New Directions in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, will bring nationally and internationally recognized scholars to the UT campus.
The conference is free and open to the public but registration is required. Sessions will be held at the Panhellenic Building and the UT College of Law.
The conference inaugurates the Department of Sociology’s new academic concentration area in critical race and ethnic studies.
Critical race theory has transformed academic, political, and general national discussions about the contentious issues of race and racism. Keynotes for the conference will feature many of the biggest names in the critical race theory movement, including founders Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, Duke University Professor and American Sociological Association President Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, nationally recognized immigration expert Tanya Golash-Boza, and renowned intersectionality scholar Mary Romero.
The conference will highlight topics including race and the 2016 presidential election, trends on immigration and enforcement, the meaning and impact of the Black Lives Matter movement, race, and schooling.
Additional conference sponsors are the College of Arts and Sciences; the Office of the Provost; Ready for the World; the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences; the College of Law; the Africana Studies program; and the Departments of Psychology, Political Science, and Anthropology.
Information about the conference, including registration, is available online.
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‘Babies and Beards:’ Magee Newborns Kick Off Penguins Playoff Celebration
WHAT: The Pittsburgh Penguins’ mascot, Iceburgh, is leading a nursery pep rally at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC as the hockey team enters the first round of the playoffs. Iceburgh will present the babies with special onesies that will allow them to get in on the playoff beard action.
In collaboration with the Pittsburgh Penguins®, Magee is relaunching “A Great Day for a New Baby.” Every baby born at Magee will receive a Penguins onesie, bib and hooded towel and washcloth set.
WHY: As the official women’s health provider of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Magee is proud to collaborate with the Penguins organization to celebrate babies and families in and around Pittsburgh.
WHEN: 10:30 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 12
WHERE: Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 300 Halket St., Pittsburgh, 15213
Note to Media: To cover this event or to request photos, please contact Courtney Caprara at 412-592-8134 or CapraraCL@upmc.edu.
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Presentació de ‘The sound sculptures of Bernard and François Baschet’, un clàssic de la història de l’art
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
En aquest llibre, François Baschet relata l’experiència dels germans Baschet com a pioners en la investigació i la creació d’instruments musicals i escultures sonores.
12/04/2017
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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, c. Perú, 52) es presentarà The sound sculptures of Bernard and François Baschet, de François Baschet, a cura de Martí Ruiz.
En l’acte intervindran el vicerector d'Arts, Cultura i Patrimoni de la UB, Salvador García Fortes; la degana de la Facultat de Belles Arts, M. Dolors Tapias; el director del Museu de la Música de Barcelona, Jaume Ayats, i l’editor de l’obra i coordinador del Taller d’Escultura Sonora Baschet de la UB, Martí Ruiz. Durant la presentació es farà una visita sonora a les escultures Baschet del Parc.
En aquest llibre, considerat una obra fonamental en la història de l’art, François Baschet relata l’experiència dels germans Baschet com a pioners en la investigació i la creació d’instruments musicals i escultures sonores combinant art i ciència, escultura i música. L’edició, a cura de Martí Ruiz, especialista en l’obra dels Baschet, dona a conèixer la singular concepció de François Baschet de l’acústica —un mètode per comprendre les relacions funcionals entre forma, matèria, acció i so—, la qual va donar lloc a la invenció de centenars d’instruments i d’escultures sonores de totes les mides i sonoritats, actualment escampades per tot el món.
L’any 2009, François Baschet va fundar un nou espai de treball en col·laboració amb investigadors de la Facultat de Belles Arts de la UB. Com a resultat d’aquesta activitat, han sorgit nombroses iniciatives internacionals, coordinades entre Barcelona i París, com ara la catalogació analítica ...
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Bridge innovation expert to give Stueck Lecture
Dr. Man-Chung Tang has designed over 100 bridges around the world. He will give a talk about innovation on April 21 in Butler-Carlton Hall on the Missouri S&T campus.
Innovation drives humankind forward with new ideas, new ways of doing, new ways of thinking — and Dr. Man-Chung Tang, a world authority on cable-stayed bridges, has brought innovating designs to the structures for over 50 years.
It is often said, “the sun never sets on a Man-Chung Tang bridge.” His designs can be found all around the world and are considered to be a blending of art and premier engineering development.
As the 2017 Stueck Lecture speaker, he will present his views on art and innovation in design at 3 p.m. Friday, April 21 in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Hall. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is presented as part of the Neil and Maurita Stueck Distinguished Lecture Series for civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T. The series is made possible by a fund established by Maurita Stueck to bring additional outside perspectives to Missouri S&T students, and to honor her late husband, Neil Stueck, a 1943 civil engineering graduate of the university.
Tang is known for his immeasurable contributions to the bridge design industry and for the quality and innovation behind his individual designs. His career as a structural engineer has spanned over 50 years and has encompassed designing 100-plus bridges around the globe, including over 32 cable-stayed bridges, four major suspension bridges and numerous segmental bridges.
Tang asks people to consider these questions: What is innovation? How do you become innovative? Who is capable of being innovative?
Tang was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for his contribution to the advancement of cable-stayed bridges. He also served as chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) committee on cable-suspended bridges and published a definitive guideline for the ...
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