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New research from Olin may redeem and restore the word “bailout” that became a dirty word during the 2008 financial crisis, according to Dave Nicklaus, columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“Jennifer Dlugosz, assistant professor of finance at the Olin Business School, and two co-authors looked at a pair of Federal Reserve programs that were pumping $221 billion a day into banks at the height of the crisis.
What they found should be heartening for the Fed and its defenders: For each dollar in emergency support, large banks lent an additional 60 cents and small banks lent 30 cents.” Link to St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Nicklaus also notes, “The names of banks that took emergency loans used to be secret, but two news organizations sued and forced the Fed to disclose the recipients. Dlugosz believes her study is the first to use the resulting data.”
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UMass Amherst Commonwealth Honors College Dean Gretchen Gerzina Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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AMHERST, Mass. – Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, dean of the Commonwealth Honors College and the Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is among 228 accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists and civic, business and philanthropic leaders elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.The incoming class, which was announced today, includes philanthropist and singer-songwriter John Legend, award-winning actress Carol Burnett, Xerox Corporation chairman Ursula Burns, mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, immunologist James P. Allison and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, convening leaders from the academic, business and government sectors to respond to the challenges facing and opportunities available to the nation and the world. Members contribute to academy publications and science, engineering and technology policy studies, works on global security and international affairs, the humanities, arts, education and American institutions and the public good.
The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on Oct. 7 in Cambridge, Mass.
“I am enormously honored and delighted to have been elected to this august society,” says Gerzina. “Just looking at the list of members past and present has been very humbling.”
“I am thrilled that the AAAS has honored Professor Gerzina,” says UMass Amherst Provost Katherine Newman. “When we recruited her to become the dean of the Commonwealth Honors College, we recognized that we had added an academic star to our faculty. To find such a distinguished biographer was also a daughter of Springfield, an authority on the history of our region, and a well-known public intellectual, truly completed a stellar package.”
“It is an honor to welcome this new class of exceptional women and men as part of our distinguished membership,” says Don Randel, chair of the academy’s board of directors. “Their talents and expertise will enrich the life of the academy ...
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Baker Center to Host US-Turkish Relations Expert April 19
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Bulent Aliriza, founding director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will speak at UT’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 19.Aliriza’s talk will be held in the center’s Toyota Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.
Aliriza’s lecture, “US-Turkey Relationship: A Troubled Alliance?” will discuss domestic turmoil in the country following recent protests and ongoing corruption scandals. Aliriza will share his analysis of recent developments in Turkey, possible future outcomes, and its relations with the United States and the European Union.
Prior to joining CSIS in 1994, Aliriza was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has previously served as a Turkish Cypriot diplomat in New York and Washington.
Aliriza has lectured widely across the United States, Europe, and Turkey. He is a frequent media commentator on Turkish foreign and domestic policy.
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University of Pittsburgh Announces Speakers, New Commencement Ceremony Format
PITTSBURGH—The top executive of the nation’s largest pharmacy health care company and an award-winning actress will address newly minted graduates at the University of Pittsburgh’s 2017 commencement ceremonies.
Larry J. Merlo, president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, will be the featured speaker for Pitt’s graduate student commencement convocation at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. Actress S. Epatha Merkerson, perhaps best known for her work on the television series “Law & Order,” will serve as speaker for the University’s undergraduate commencement convocation at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 30. Both events will take place in the John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center.
“The University of Pittsburgh is starting a new tradition — two commencement ceremonies — to give our students and their families a more personal and engaging commencement experience,” said Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. “Our undergraduate and graduate ceremonies, while occurring on different days, will share one unchanging goal: to celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students. This is also a special time for our community to stop and thank our newest alumni for choosing to learn, lead and grow at Pitt.”
Biographical information for Saturday’s graduate student ceremony speaker:
A Pitt alumnus and University trustee, Merlo assumed the role of president and CEO of CVS Health in 2011 after joining CVS Pharmacy in 1990. He has played an integral role in CVS’s growth into the largest pharmacy health care provider in the United States. In 2014, CVS became the first national pharmacy chain to ban tobacco sales in its more than 7,600 stores. To reflect this broader health care commitment, the company subsequently changed its corporate name to CVS Health. Under Merlo’s leadership, CVS also has developed apprenticeship programs to train pharmaceutical technicians, provided scholarships to pharmacy students and launched a number of efforts to attract diverse communities to STEM careers.
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Competition Physics
Science and Technology @ UCSB
Physics as a team sport? The idea is not so far fetched.For two days each February, the United States Association of Young Physicists Tournament (USAYPT) pits teams of high school students in fierce but friendly debate, arguing the pros and cons of a set of problems they have examined in the months leading up to the event.
The brainchild of UC Santa Barbara physicist Tengiz Bibilashvili, the American tournament is modeled on the International Young Physicists Tournament (IYPT). Bibilashvili’s Georgian national team in 1993 earned a gold medal in that global competition. Relocating to the U.S. in 2004, Bibilashvili became a coach for the American IYPT team before co-founding the USAYPT in 2007.
Now, the latter organization has paid tribute to its creator by naming an award after him: the Bibilashvili Award for Excellence in Physics.
“This award recognizes teams that perform exceptionally well during the tournament, giving them something to bring back to their schools to help secure financial support for the following years,” explained Bibilashvili, a lecturer in UCSB’s Department of Physics and the campus’s College of Creative Studies.
As USAYPT tournament director, Bibilashvili determines the number of teams that earn the award that bears his name. At this year’s event, seven top teams were given the medal, including an all-female team from Tunisia.
Over the years, the tournament — originally designed for American participants — has grown to include international high school teams hailing from as far away as Australia, China, Singapore and Slovakia.
“The diversity makes the tournament even more valuable to the participants,” Bibilashvili explained. “It is great to see students meet and interact with people from other cultures. The interaction is amazing.”
The structure of the American tournament is similar to its international counterpart; however, it features four debate problems instead of 17. “We want each problem to involve both theory and experiment,” Bibilashvili ...
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Laura Grau supera la primera fase per participar en el Concurs de Tesis en 3 Minuts del Grup Coïmbra
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
El Grup de Treball sobre Estudis de Doctorat del Grup Coïmbra escollirà els tres finalistes a escala europea.
12/04/2017
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L’Escola de Doctorat de la UB ha seleccionat la investigadora en formació Laura Grau perquè representi la Universitat de Barcelona en el Concurs de Tesis en 3 Minuts (3MT) del Grup Coïmbra. Properament, el Grup de Treball sobre Estudis de Doctorat del Grup Coïmbra escollirà els tres finalistes a escala europea. En cas que Laura Grau sigui una de les tres seleccionades, participarà en la final del concurs, que tindrà lloc a Edimburg durant el mes de juny del 2017.
Un procés de selecció difícil per la qualitat de les propostes presentades
L’Escola de Doctorat de la Universitat de Barcelona va fer una crida demanant als investigadors en formació que expliquessin la seva recerca en un vídeo de tres minuts a un públic sense formació específica prèvia. De les onze propostes rebudes, en va seleccionar tres: la d’Anna Barbanti i la seva recerca Mediterranean populations of marine turtles, del programa de Genètica; la de Mercè Cisneros Bermejo, que presentava la recerca Climate of the past: history of the sea, stories of the caves, del programa de Ciències del Mar, i la proposta de Laura Grau, New cancer drugs from nature, del programa de Química Orgànica Experimental i Industrial.
Finalment, després d’una difícil deliberació, l’Escola de Doctorat ha decidit per unanimitat que sigui Laura Grau qui representi la Universitat de Barcelona. Els tres finalistes a escala europea defensaran la proposta en directe
Durant l’Assemblea General del Grup Coïmbra, que tindrà lloc a Edimburg (Escòcia) del 7 a el 9 de juny, els tres finalistes a escala europea hauran de competir en una sessió presencial. El Comitè Executiu del Grup Coïmbra premiarà amb 3.000 euros la primera persona classificada; amb 2.000 euros, la ...
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Miner Tank fuels student innovation
Five of the seven proposals to receive innovation funding this academic year were from students.From a proposal to create synthetic amino acids to help meth babies recover from addiction to a design a new type of robotic joint to simplify complex movements, some inventive ideas of several Missouri University of Science and Technology students are a step closer to reality thanks to the university’s Miner Tank project.
Based on the hit TV show “Shark Tank,” Miner Tank is a resource for entrepreneurially minded Missouri S&T students, faculty and staff to pitch their ideas for projects before the Missouri S&T Innovation Team, a panel of students, alumni, faculty and staff. Presenters only have six minutes to explain their ideas to the panel, which then follows up with questions for the individuals. The Innovation Team then determines which ideas merit funding and awards grants to support what they select as the best ideas.
Five student projects were among seven projects funded by Miner Tank this year, its third year of operation. The project is part of a broader effort to integrate a spirit of innovation into the Missouri S&T culture, says Rose Horton, executive director of strategy, planning and assessment and member of the Innovation Team. Horton also coordinates the Miner Tank pitch sessions, which are held once a semester.
Three student projects were funded this semester and two were funded in the fall 2016 semester.
This semester’s funded student projects are:
The Missouri S&T Solar Car Design Team’s proposal to design and build two motors for the team’s newest sun-powered vehicle. The funds will help the team design electric motors to meet needs specific to the 2017 World Solar Challenge across Australia’s rugged Outback in October. “A purchased motor typically costs around $12,000,” says Solar Car Design Team member Will Applegate, a junior mechanical ...
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4 UMSL business alumni receive CFO of the Year awards
UMSL Daily
The St. Louis Business Journal will present its 2017 CFO of the Year Awards on May 18 at Windows on Washington. One-third of the honorees are UMSL College of Business Administration alumni. (Image by Wendy Allison)
The St. Louis Business Journal recently announced its list of honorees for the 2017 CFO of the Year Awards – and a full one-third of the recipients are College of Business Administration alumni from the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Delta Dental’s Barbara Bentrup, BSBA 1989; Parkway School District’s Patty Bedborough, BSBA 1988; the Lawrence Group’s Laura Conrad, BSBA 1991; and Midwest BankCentre’s Dale Oberkfell, BSBA 1978, will each take home the honors, which will be officially bestowed during the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual awards dinner on May 18 at Windows on Washington.
The CFO of the Year Awards are presented to St. Louis-area business leaders who hold the title of chief financial officer – or the title’s equivalent. They must exemplify remarkable performance and leadership in their roles, and their companies’ headquarters and home office must both be located in the St. Louis region.
This year’s awards feature 12 honorees from four different categories: Healthcare, Nonprofit, Small Corporation ($100 million and less in annual revenue) and Large Corporation ($101 million and more in annual revenue).
Bentrup is among the Healthcare awardees, Bedborough is in the Nonprofit category, and both Conrad and Oberkfell belong to the Small Corporation group.
Asked for his reaction to the news, UMSL business Dean Charles Hoffman – himself a UMSL alumnus – said he was proud and pleased, if not surprised.
“It’s always gratifying to see our alumni achieving such success,” Hoffman said. “The College of Business is proud to join in recognizing Laura, Dale, Barbara and Patty. Their leadership serves as a shining example of the strength and quality of our programs, but even more than that, their work strengthens the entire St. Louis ...
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Arts and Sciences: The Year in Books
Arts and Sciences
The wide range of research and scholarship pursued by faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences was on display at the Dean’s Annual Publication Party, hosted on April 11 in the Coolidge Room on the Medford/Somerville campus.The event honors A&S faculty authors who have published in the past two years. This year’s event also featured new musical recordings and video installations.
Jody Azzouni. The Rule-Following Paradox and Its Implications for Metaphysics. Springer, 2017.
Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey Berry, Jerry Goldman, Deborah Schildkraut and Paul Manna. The Challenge of Democracy: American Government in Global Politics, 14th edition. Cengage Learning, 2016.
Daniel C. Dennett. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. Norton and Penguin Publishers, 2017.
Thomas W. Zeiler, David K. Ekbladh and Benjamin Montoya, editors. Beyond 1917: The United States and the Global Legacies of the Great War. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Paul Joseph, editor. The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives. SAGE Publications, 2016.
Robert Crosnoe and Tama Leventhal. Debating Early Child Care: The Relationship Between Developmental Science and the Media. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Sara Lewis. Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies. Princeton University Press, 2016.
John Lurz. The Death of the Book: Modernist Novels and the Time of Reading. Fordham University Press, 2016.
Ning Ma. The Age of Silver: The Rise of the Novel East and West. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Mike Mandel. Boardwalk Minus Forty. TBW Books, 2017.
Nimah Mazaheri. Oil Booms and Business Busts: Why Resource Wealth Hurts Entrepreneurs in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 2016.
José Antonio Mazzotti. Lima fundida: épica y nación criolla en el Perú. Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2016.
José Antonio Mazzotti. Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinomericana 84. Department of Romance Languages, Tufts University, 2016.
Heather Nathans. Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans: Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage. University of Michigan Press, 2017.
Pedro Ángel Palou. Mestizo Failure(s): Race, Film and Literature in Twentieth-Century Mexico. Boston ...
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CSUF students and campus officials participated in “Walk for Change” against sexual assault and harassment
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Cal State Fullerton students and campus officials came together Tuesday to “Walk for Change” against sexual assault and harassment for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
The goal of the march was “to send a message of prevention to our community and call on all Titans to step up and keep our campus safe,” said Rebecca Ross, a health science major and intern at the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center (WARC).
Before the march began, students and interns came to the front of the group and shared the reasons they decided to participate.
“I saw firsthand how sexual violence and domestic violence affects families and children. As a U-2 intern, I’m here trying to educate high school and college kids about the effects of that and seeing full circle how that affects everybody,” said one demonstrator and intern for WARC.
The march began at the Housing Piazza and continued past the Kinesiology and Health Science building, Titan Shops, Titan Walk, through the Quad and back to the Piazza.
“I walk because like many of you, I know many people who have been impacted by these crimes and in my work, I see the effects of that,” said Alyssa Avila, a CSUF Violence Prevention Educator and Victim Advocate. “Not only do I see the challenges that victims and survivors face in healing, in seeking justice and holding their perpetrators accountable, but I also see the challenges and frustrations that folks who are dedicated to this work, how they face those frustrations every day as well.”
Participants held signs that read “End the Silence” and “Don’t Get Raped” with “get” and the “d” in “raped” crossed out reading “Don’t Rape.”
Participants also chanted “No matter where, no matter when, we will always take a stand!” and “Two, four, six, eight, no more date rape” as they walked through ...
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Bioethics Showcase Features New Play, Undergraduate Scholarship
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April 10, 2017 – A play about a white woman who contemplates donating a liver to a black woman with whom she has a common, slave-owning ancestor, was part of the third-annual Undergraduate Bioethics Research Showcase last week.
Hosted by Georgetown's Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE), the showcase is a juried exhibition of student work focused on ethical issues in health, the environment and emerging technologies.
This year, in addition to showcasing such work, a group of Georgetown students, alumni and local actors performed a stage reading of “A Pound of Flesh,” a new play written by Katie Watson and directed by Anita Maynard-Losh of D.C.’s Arena Stage.
Ongoing Conversation
“The play uses living liver donation as a framework to explore the issues of what we owe to one another and whether reparative justice is possible,” says showcase founder Laura Bishop, associate teaching professor and academic program manager at KIE.
It also mirrors the conversation at Georgetown on slavery, memory and reconciliation.”
Watson is an award-winning teacher of bioethics, law, and medical humanities at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and teaches creative writing and improv at Chicago’s Second City.
She flew in from Chicago for the performance and remained for a panel discussion and Q&A with the audience. Watson was joined by Robert Veatch, a Georgetown professor emeritus of medical ethics and prominent scholar on ethics and policy issues surrounding organ donation and transplantation at KIE, and Samantha Harnack, living donor transplant coordinator at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.
"From its inception, the Bioethics Showcase has included an arts event," Bishop says. "We've found that when we use the lens of the arts to approach a complex, real-world problem, we walk away with a more complete understanding of the thorniness of the problem, its profound impact on the people involved and its import for all of us in ...
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Lick Observatory's summer series brings a wide variety of musicians and scientists to Mt. Hamilton
Physical and Biological Sciences News
Lick Observatory’s 2017 summer visitors program will feature live music, evening lectures by world-renowned astronomers, and opportunities for the public to view celestial objects through two historic telescopes: the 36-inch Great Refractor and the Anna L. Nickel 40-inch Reflector. Tickets to the summer series tend to sell out quickly and will be available online at www.ucsctickets.com starting on Wednesday, April 12.The musical line-up includes the White Album Ensemble, a popular Beatles cover band; the Jasmine String Quartet from San Jose; Grammy Award winners Tingstad and Rumbel; baroque music performed by Ars Minerva; the Stanford-based jazz trio Charged Particles; and the celestial music of Kron and Robertson (cello and Celtic harp). The science speakers are experts in their fields and will provide fascinating insights into the universe as we know it and the current state of research in their respective fields of study.
Music of the Spheres
The Music of the Spheres concert series gives the public a rare glimpse of the observatory at night, and all proceeds from the event benefit Lick Observatory. Each event features a musical performance, an astronomy lecture by a scientist, and a history presentation about Lick Observatory’s rich past. Afterward, guests take turns viewing celestial objects through the 36-inch Great Refractor and the 40-inch Nickel Reflector. Guests have additional opportunities to stargaze with small ground telescopes provided by amateur astronomers.
Dates for Music of the Spheres 2017:
June 17, 8:30 p.m. White Album Ensemble (speaker: Natalie Batalha, NASA Ames Research Center)
July 1, 8:30 p.m. Jasmine String Quartet (speaker: Martin Gaskell, UC Santa Cruz)
July 15, 8:30 p.m. Tingstad and Rumbel (speaker: Sandra M. Faber, UC Santa Cruz)
July 29th, 8:30 p.m. Ars Minerva (speaker: Raja GuhaThakurta, UC Santa Cruz)
August 12, 8:00 p.m. Charged Particles (speaker: Katherine de Kleer, UC Berkeley)
August 26, 8:00 p.m. Virginia Kron and Kim Robertson (speaker: Richard Kron, University of Chicago)
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Dean Sheppard, Charles Craik Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Charles Craik, PhDUC San Francisco biochemist Charles Craik, PhD, and pulmonologist Dean Sheppard, MD, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Craik is professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the School of Pharmacy and director of the Quantitative Biosciences Consortium. Sheppard, professor of medicine, is the founding director of the UCSF Lung Biology Center and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine.
They are among the 228 new members elected to the 2017 class, which includes some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business and philanthropic leaders. Among this year’s class are the singer-songwriter John Legend; actress Carol Burnett; immunologist James P. Allison, PhD; and writer Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, convening leaders from academic, business, and government sectors to respond to the challenges facing the nation and the world.
Craik’s research focuses on the ubiquitous enzymes known as proteases that are involved in nearly every biological function and their inhibitors. Using a combination of genetic, biochemical and biophysical methods, his lab is identifying and regulating the activity of proteases associated with infectious diseases, cancer and development, leading to new strategies for therapeutic intervention. Craik has been on the UCSF faculty since 1985.
Dean Sheppard, MDSheppard’s clinical and basic science research seek to illuminate the molecular mechanisms underlying common lung diseases and to develop targeted therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury and asthma. He is a leader in the study of integrins, proteins that help cells communicate with the extracellular matrix, and has identified important roles for integrins in common lung diseases. Sheppard joined the UCSF faculty in 1980.
“It is an honor to welcome this new class of exceptional women and men ...
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The Mexi-Kutioner Ks 14 to lead FIU's 3-1 win over Bethune-Cookman
FIU Athletics
FIU right-hander Robert Garcia struck out a career-high and season-high 14 batters against Bethune-Cookman to lead the Panthers to a 3-1 victory over the Wildcats Tuesday night at the FIU ballpark.FIU improved to 19-14 while B-CU dropped to 21-15.Garcia, whose nickname is "The Mexicutioner" because of his high strikeout totals, had at least one strikeout in every inning but the sixth. The senior from Mexico City struck out the side in the first and fourth innings and had a one-hitter going into the eighth inning. After allowing a leadoff single to Adonis Lao in the second inning, Garcia retired 18 of the next 19 batters before a one-out double by Michael Deeb in the eighth.Garcia (3-4) allowed four hits and one run to record his third win of the season.Garcia's 14 strikeouts were four shy of the FIU single-game record shared by Evan Thomas (vs. Florida A&M, 2/9/96) and Raul Garcia (vs. Stetson, 3/28/98). Garcia now has a team-leading 59 strikeouts on the season – which is second in Conference USA behind WKU's Ryan Thurston's 63 strikeouts.The 14 strikeouts were the most by an FIU pitcher since Tyler Alexander struck out 13 UALR batters on May 23, 2013.FIU broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning. With two outs, Zack Soria singled off Donte Lindsay (1-6) and Kenny Meimerstorf doubled off the left center field wall scoring Soria.Soria made it 2-0 in the sixth with a solo home run to left. It was Soria's fifth homer, which is second on the team to JC Escarra's six round-trippers.FIU added an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single by Irving Lopez, who along with Soria and Meimerstorf was 2 for 4.FIU next hosts UTSA in a three-game series starting Thursday night at 7 p.m. from the FIU ballpark. The game can be seen on PantherVision and C-USA TV.
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Men's Golf to Host Tiger Classic Thursday
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Will Stafford (@WillStaffordLSU)Associate SID
BATON ROUGE – The No. 4-ranked LSU Tigers will prepare for the SEC Championships next week by playing host to the one-day, 36-hole Tiger Classic on Thursday as they welcome the likes of No. 18 Texas A&M, No. 27 Arkansas, Centenary, McNeese State, New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana to the University Club.
Each of the seven teams will tee off at 8 a.m. CT with a shotgun start as they will play two rounds at The University Club with a second round in the afternoon following the opening round in the morning. The Tigers are set to play alongside Arkansas and Texas A&M as they tee off from holes Nos. 1 and 16-18.
The Tigers are playing host to their second tournament at The University Club this season after they won the team title at the eighth-annual David Toms Intercollegiate during the fall season in October.
Thursday’s event will also give fans a preview of what’s to come at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional next month as the Tigers are also set to play host to regional competition for the first time since the 2013 season. The NCAA Baton Rouge Regional is scheduled to run May 15-17 with the top-five teams in the field earning a trip to the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships.
LSU in the National Rankings
The Tigers are ranked as high as No. 4 nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index released Thursday in the wake of their fourth team championship of the season at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational held April 1-2 at Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas. LSU has also been crowned champion at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in the fall and The Prestige at PGA West to open the spring season.
The Lineup
Head coach Chuck Winstead has chosen the same lineup that brought home ...
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HISD pre-K program participants more prepared for kindergarten
Students who attended one or two years of Houston Independent School District (HISD) pre-K were significantly more likely to be prepared for kindergarten than peers who did not attend HISD pre-K, according to a new research brief from Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
Erin Baumgartner, a HERC postdoctoral fellow and the paper’s author, gauged pre-K students’ verbal school readiness by examining 25,417 HISD pre-K students’ English assessment scores and 13,622 HISD pre-K students’ Spanish assessment scores after one and two years of pre-K. The students were enrolled in kindergarten during the 2013-2014 or 2015-2016 school year. These English and Spanish assessments examined students’ reading abilities and measured growth over time in various literacy components.
After taking into consideration other factors that may impact school readiness, such as race, ethnicity, economic advantage or disadvantage, household language and immigrant status, Baumgartner found that English-assessment test takers who attended one year of HISD pre-K had 2.8 times greater odds of being ready for school than a student who attended zero years of HISD pre-K. Students who attended two years of HISD pre-K had 3.8 times greater odds of being school-ready than those who attended zero years of HISD pre-K, and 1.4 greater odds of being school-ready than those who attend one year of HISD pre-K.
For Spanish-assessment test takers, Baumgartner said that students who enrolled in one or two years of HISD pre-K had more than three times greater odds of being ready for school than students who were enrolled in zero years of HISD pre-K. And while there was a difference in odds of readiness between students who attended one and two years of HISD pre-K, it occurred in an unexpected direction. The odds of being ready on the Spanish assessment were 20 percent higher for students who attended one year of HISD pre-K than for students who attended two years.
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College of Nursing RN-BSN Online Program Ranked No. 1
UC Health News
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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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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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