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University Housing needs your help. Thursday, August 17, Georgia College Housing will welcome students from across the state and beyond into our halls. We hope you will help us welcome these students as a Cat Crew volunteer. The Cat Crew is comprised of campus and community volunteers who come together to help our students move their belongings into their new home. You can join the Cat Crew today by signing up online at the Housing website at gcsu.edu/housing/cat-crew
Volunteers are needed between 7 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and will be given a new Georgia College Cat Crew t-shirt and pizza for lunch. Move-in is an exciting day for our students and families and there’s no better way to make a great impression on them than joining the Cat Crew. We hope to see you on August 17.
Please contact Matthew Terry at 478-445-5160 or matthew.terry@gcsu.edu with any questions.
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CCMST Weekly News, July 9, 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements
2. Statistics3. Tip of the WeekANNOUNCEMENTSSummer Lecture Series in Electronic Structure Theory
Throughout the summer, a series of lectures in electronic structure theory will be presented at the advanced undergraduate / beginning graduate level. Lectures will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays in MSE 4202A
from 2-3PM. The summer students, the new theory/computational graduate students, and anyone else who is interested are cordially invited to attend.
The series will continue next week with the following schedule:July 13: Density Functional Theory (Parrish)
July 15: Many-body Perturbation Theory (Marshall)
The complete schedule of the lectures can be found at http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/opp/sched.html.
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 323 days/home directory usage: 66% (2.0TB available)/backups directory usage: 80%
LSF usage for Week 26 (6/28-7/4) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas6519743110%303712744538Hernandez276808204%29329323Sherrill109880135%80716362454Total45036626519%8145981448
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: pwinget 122963.
LSF usage for Month of June (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas264499788112%377283930Hernandez63282007710%12982731629Sherrill5133464804%67518532551Other100%001Total3790216443826%5714941266
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
EGATE
Uptime: 222 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 35% (431GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 80% (175GB available)
LSF usage for Week 26 (6/28-7/4) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Hernandez2121294199%610136767Sherrill90436496224%404205610Other33438970326%1167671241Total145088408458%610163778
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: rnear 365743.
LSF usage for Month of June (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas6051210%85086Hernandez379140145822%3698593792Sherrill442667428710%15243231Other2452887884%1179211205Total5110236965537%46443540
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Michael S. Marshall
Some more utility scripts for fgate
/share/apps/bin/killal.py
This script can be used to kill stale processes left by jobs run amok. This script is similar to the cleanup script ...
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The Week Ahead: April 17–23
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Campus and Community
The Week Ahead: April 17–23
By
Julia Faherty | April 17, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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As the end of the term approaches, don’t miss out on the final events of the semester.
Get inspired by Ideas 2 Serve final projects, learn how to manage money during a personal finance workshop, or enjoy live music at the High Museum of Art Atlanta.
Monday, April 17
Join the Tech Counseling Center and the Student Diversity Programs in a Diversity Film Fest screening of Brave Miss World. This documentary covers the story of Miss Israel 1998, Linor Abargil. Abargil was held captive and raped just before winning the Miss World title. After being crowned, she vowed to use her platform to prevent sexual assault. Attend to learn more about Abargil and her work to help survivors of rape and end future incidents.
Tuesday, April 18
Graduate students interested in planning for their futures and building wealth while in school should attend this workshop presented by the Graduate Studies. Financial advisor Jeanene Fowler will teach fundamental concepts of investing and potential strategies for building wealth. Students should bring questions for this financial literacy session. Reserve a seat here. Refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, April 19
All students are invited to attend the Ideas 2 Serve Finals Poster Showcase. The Ideas 2 Serve Competition is for current Tech students and recent alumni who have early stage service ideas or venture concepts that are geared to creating a better world. Finalists will pitch their plan and answer questions regarding their idea or product. Come to enjoy free King of Pops and see how fellow Yellow Jackets plan to change the world. Register to attend here.
Thursday, April 20
Finals are approaching, and students might feel the need to recollect themselves and develop strategies to prepare for exams. This workshop will cover various study techniques and help students perform their best on ...
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Monday, April 17, 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.
Recognize, resist, report (Reason)
A piece by Joshua Reeves is an assistant professor of new media communications at Oregon State University and the author of “Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America’s Surveillance Society.“
Winter molds, fungus concern farmers (The Dalles Chronicle)
On the plus side, the snow and rains of winter and early spring have filled the ground with moisture, so dryland wheat should be set up for a good crop, says Mike Flower, cereal specialist for the Oregon State University Extension Service.
Oregon State University study: Social media creates stigma and stereotypes (University Herald)
This new software was developed by the researchers from Oregon State University to analyze social media comments and to better understand the human behavior and tendencies that can cause stigma and reinforce stereotypes, Science Daily reported.
Why not develop your own surf forecast? (Surfer Magazine)
Ashley Ellenson, who lives and surfs way up in central Oregon, laughed so hard at her local forecasts that she decided to figure out how to create her very own surf forecasting app. Ellenson, a grad student at Oregon State University, is originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she learned how to surf. After stints in Hawaii and California, she ended up in Corvallis, Oregon and when she’d check the forecasts for the frigid beach breaks nearest her home, she’d frequently pull up to see a totally different set of conditions than she expected.
See Antarctica as you have never seen it before (Irish Examiner)
Dr Ari Friedlaender, from Oregon State University, is tagging whales to get a ...
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New Battery Coating Could Improve Smart Phones and Electric Vehicles
UCR Today
Discovery by UC Riverside researchers helps unravel more than 40-year mystery and could greatly improve battery performance in electronic devices and electric vehicles
By Sean Nealon on April 17, 2017
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Illustrations of the design principles of using methyl viologen to form a stable coating to allow the stable cycling of lithium metal.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — High performing lithium-ion batteries are a key component of laptops, smart phones, and electric vehicles. Currently, the anodes, or negative charged side of lithium ion batteries, are generally made with graphite or other carbon-based materials.
But, the performance of carbon based materials is limited because of the weight and energy density, which is the amount of energy that can be stored in a given space. As a result, a lot of research is focused on lithium-metal anodes.
The success of lithium metal anodes will enable many battery technologies, including lithium metal and lithium air, which can potentially increase the capacity of today’s best lithium-ion batteries five to 10 times. That would mean five to 10 times more range for electric vehicles and smartphone batteries lasting five to 10 times more time. Lithium metal anodes are also lighter and less expensive.
The problem with lithium ion batteries made with metal is that during charge cycles they uncontrollably grow dendrites, which are microscopic fibers that look like tree sprouts. The dendrites degrade the performance of the battery and also present a safety issue because they can short circuit the battery and in some cases catch fire.
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has made a significant advancement in solving the more than 40-year-old dendrite problem. Their findings were just published in the journal Chemistry of Materials.
The team discovered that by coating the battery with an organic compound called methyl viologen they are able to stabilize battery performance, eliminate dendrite growth and ...
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Birthday party of the century now on video
Olin BlogOlin Blog
Hundreds of students, staff, and faculty celebrated Olin’s official 100th birthday on March 30 – the date Washington University charted the business school in 1917. The party was spread across all three levels of the Atrium, Frick Commons, and Frick Forum.
Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos
Live jazz, fun photo booth, free t-shirts, amazing food and refreshments were the right ingredients for this once in a lifetime birthday bash. The delicious cake and balloon drop were the perfect ending to the party. Relive the moment in our video.
Link to related post with photos from the birthday party.
Link to Centennial website for 100 years of history.
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Student Organization Raises $133,000 for Baystate Children’s Hospital
UMass Amherst: News Archive
The student organization UMass For the Kids raised $133,000 for Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield this school year, including more than $20,000 on April 8 when more than 1,000 UMass Amherst students participated in the group’s annual UDance marathon.The $133,000 is a 49 percent increase over last year’s total.
Started in 2006, UDance is a 12-hour dance marathon hosted to raise money and awareness for the hospital through the Children’s Miracle Network. For the 2017 fundraising campaign, UMass For the Kids set out to raise a total of $100,000 for the year. The annual fundraising campaign begins in September with events throughout the year culminating with UDance just after spring break.
This year’s fundraising efforts will support the new Pediatric Procedures and Infusion Unit at Baystate. This unit will see 3,200 patients annually who receive various treatments ranging from chemotherapy to IV hydration during flu season.
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McClung Museum Education Department Wins Awards from Tennessee Association of Museums
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Leslie Chang Jantz, the curator of education at UT’s McClung Museum, has received the Tennessee Association of Museums’ 2017 Emerging Museum Professional award.The award recognizes emerging professionals with less than five years of service in the museum field who have distinguished themselves by showing exceptional promise in the field.
Chang Jantz joined the museum as curator of education in 2016 after working and volunteering at major national museums including the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the University of Kansas Spencer Art Museum, and the Knoxville Museum of Art.
She is responsible for the museum’s PreK–12 educational programming and family programming, including innovative community events like the 2016 Maya Festival, which also won a TAM Award of Excellence for an Educational Program.
The festival was part of programming for special exhibition, Maya: Lords of Time exhibit. The event brought together members of Knoxville’s local Maya community to present traditional music, dance, food, and textile arts as a Family Fun Day event.
Activities and presentations— including Maya musicians playing marimba music, dancers, weaving, traditional textile demonstrations, and tastings of traditional Maya food and the chocolate drink atole—helped visitors learn about the local Maya community and to connect ancient Maya culture with the modern bearers of that culture.
TAM’s annual awards recognize, encourage, and promote excellence within the activities of the Tennessee Museum community. Awards are based on creativity, originality, resourcefulness, success, support of museum mission statement, and utilization of staff and volunteers.
The McClung Museum is at 1327 Circle Park Drive. Museum admission is free, and the museum’s hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Free two-hour museum parking passes are available from the parking kiosk at the entrance to Circle Park Drive during the week. Free parking is available on the weekends. Free public transportation to the museum ...
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Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Receives National Award for Achievements in Sustainability
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Receives National Award for Achievements in Sustainability
PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2017 – In recognition for successful programs to reduce the environmental impact of its operations, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC received the Partner for Change Award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. The award is one of the Environmental Excellence Awards given each year to honor environmental achievements in the health care sector.
The Partner for Change Award recognizes health care facilities that continuously improve and expand upon programs to eliminate mercury, reduce and recycle waste, source products sustainably and more. Winning facilities must demonstrate that they are recycling at least 15 percent of their total waste, have reduced regulated medical waste, are on track to eliminate mercury and have developed successful sustainability programs in many areas. This is the tenth Practice Greenhouse award Magee has received since 2006.
“Magee has a long and deep commitment not only to the health of women and newborns, but also to advancing environmentally sustainable practices in health care,” said Maribeth McLaughlin, vice president of operations at Magee. “We are honored to be recognized for our sustainability programs and the positive impacts they have on the environment and communities we serve.”
Magee previously has earned recognition for its green practices, including recycling; reducing waste, energy and chemicals in surgical procedures; maintaining an organic garden that provides vegetables used for patient and cafeteria meals; and incorporating environmental health into community education programs. Additionally, Magee’s inpatient units use recyclable materials and feature flooring, walls and furniture made with materials free of hazardous chemicals. Magee also has reduced its carbon footprint by purchasing local materials and recycling nearly 100 percent of its construction waste.
The award will be presented at Practice Greenhealth Environmental Awards Gala, set for May 18 in Minneapolis.
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Early Recognition
Science and Technology @ UCSB
Talk about an honor.For his outstanding work in the field of 2D electronics early in his career, UC Santa Barbara graduate student researcher Jiahao Kang has received a prestigious student fellowship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Kang is only the second student from UCSB to receive the annual IEEE Electron Devices Society Ph.D. Student Fellowship Award in its 15-year history — and the only one from the Americas for this round.
“I am thrilled to receive this recognition from IEEE, and more so since it is the second time that a student from our group has won this highly competitive award,” said Kang. “I owe my success to the stimulating research environment in our group and to my advisor, Professor Kaustav Banerjee. I would like to thank him for his vision, mentorship and inspiration.”
Two-dimensional electronics emphasizes the electronic properties of materials — such as graphene — that are only a single atom thick. It is an emerging field of research that is notable because of the interesting new physics that emerges in two dimensions and the potential for discoveries and applications that can be derived from such materials.
“Jiahao’s doctoral research is focused on 2D materials, which is perhaps one of the most promising electronic material groups that can potentially replace conventional materials such as silicon and can revolutionize future generations of electronics, photonics and bioelectronics,” said Banerjee, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCSB’s College of Engineering.
A leader in the field of nanoelectronics, Banerjee is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on energy-efficient electronics. Kang joined Banerjee’s Nanoelectronics Research Lab in 2010 as a dual M.S./Ph.D. student after completing his bachelor of engineering degree in microelectronics at Tsinghua University in China.
According to Banerjee, Kang’s doctoral work spans fundamental materials physics, including the physics of contacts ...
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Dissenyen el primer fotofàrmac per al tractament del dolor
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
El nou treball, publicat a la revista eLife, presenta el primer exemple de fotofàrmac —el JF-NP-26— que actua com a analgèsic en models animals.
El professor Francisco Ciruela, de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, l’Institut de Neurociències de la UB i l’IDIBELL.
L'equip investigador dirigit pel professor Francisco Ciruela.
Aquest fotofàrmac s’activa quan és irradiat per un feix de llum, dirigit mitjançant una fibra òptica.
11/04/2017
Recerca
Un equip de l’Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona ha participat en el disseny del primer fotofàrmac —el JF-NP-26, activat per la llum— per al tractament del dolor. La recerca, feta amb models animals i publicada a la revista eLife, l’han encapçalat els equips dirigits pel professor Francisco Ciruela, de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de la Universitat de Barcelona, l’Institut de Neurociències de la UB i l’Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), i el Dr. Amadeu Llebaria, del Grup de Química Mèdica i Síntesi (MCS) de l’Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya (IQAC-CSIC).
Optofarmacologia: fàrmacs que s’activen amb la llum En general, la farmacologia convencional presenta limitacions importants —distribució lenta i imprecisa del fàrmac, falta d’especificitat espacial o temporal en l’organisme, dificultat en l’ajust de la dosi, etc.— que poden restringir l’acció terapèutica de qualsevol fàrmac. En aquest context, l’optofarmacologia és una disciplina emergent en farmacologia que es basa en l’ús de la llum per controlar l’activitat dels medicaments. Així doncs, aplicant llum sobre un fàrmac fotosensible, se’n pot controlar el procés d’acció farmacològica amb precisió espacial i temporal. El nou treball publicat a la revista eLife ha culminat amb el disseny d’ ...
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S&T Hispanic Film Series concludes this month
The Hispanic Film Series offered by the Missouri University of Science and Technology arts, languages, and philosophy department will conclude this April with a viewing of the drama “Ixcanul, Volcano.”The film, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28, in Room G-5 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building on the Missouri S&T campus. The film will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles.
“Ixcanul, Volcano” centers on the life of 17-year-old Maria, a Mayan girl living on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. Maria’s parents have arranged a marriage for her, but her suitor must spend months working in the city before they can wed. Maria accompanies her husband-to-be to the city, a world she knows nothing about. When problems arise for the couple she must find her way in her new surroundings.
Released in 2015, the film is a production of Guatemala.
For more information about the Hispanic Film Series, contact series organizer Dr. Jorge Porcel, associate professor of arts, languages, and philosophy at Missouri S&T, at porcelj@mst.edu or call 573-341-4869.
The S&T Hispanic Film Series is sponsored by Pragda, Spain Arts and Culture, U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program, the Missouri S&T College of Arts, Science, and Business; and the Missouri S&T arts, languages, and philosophy department.
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Mark Tranel discusses research on households struggling to meet everyday needs with St. Louis Public Radio
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Mark Tranel (at right), the director of the Public Policy Research Center, appeared on “St. Louis on the Air” with United Way Vice Presidents Julie Russell (left) and Dayna Stock to discuss a their recent report on households struggling financially to meet everyday needs across the St. Louis region. (Photo by Kelly Moffitt)
There seems to be ample media coverage of poverty rates, which measure the number of people in the United States living below a federally designated level of income.
But those figures don’t come close to including all of the people struggling financially to meet their everyday needs.
A study by the United Way of Greater St. Louis and the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis aimed to learn more about that often-overlooked population in the St. Louis metropolitan area – how many people are there and where do they live?
Mark Tranel, the director of the Public Policy Research Center, joined United Way Vice Presidents Dayna Stock and Julie Russell to discuss a recent report on their research with host Don Marsh Thursday on “St. Louis on the Air” on St. Louis Public Radio.
They found that 43 percent of households spread unevenly across the region’s 16 counties in Missouri and Illinois do not have monthly income to meet their regular living expenses in seven categories: food, housing, health care, transportation, childcare, taxes and other miscellaneous expenses.
Maybe just as striking was the amount of money they estimate people need in order to do so. They determined that a household with two adults and two children requires roughly $70,000 to meet all of its needed expenses. The federal poverty level for a household of four people for 2017 is $24,600.
“People have I think a good understanding of what poverty is because that’s a level established by the federal government, but that’s a measure ...
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Seminar – Josh Kelly
San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences
Validating the use of landsat Imagery to Automatically Map Shorelines and an Applied Case Study for Sergipe, Brazil
Josh KellySDSU Ph.D. CandidateHost: Allen Gontz
Wednesday, April 19, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm
AbstractSatellite remote sensing has been used extensively in shoreline studies and validated using aerial photography. This ground truth method only represents an instantaneous depiction of the shoreline at the time of acquisition and doesn’t account for the spatiotemporal variability of the dynamic shoreline boundary. Landsat’s capability to accurately delineate a shoreline is assessed by comparing all Landsat water index-derived shorelines with a GPS-surveyed neap intertidal zone that coincides with the satellite flyover date. The shoreline boundary is best defined as the area above low water and below high (intertidal zone) and is at its narrowest during the monthly neap tide, thus providing the most rigorous assessment of Landsat’s ability to accurately map the shoreline. Calculating the proportion of the shoreline that was located within the intertidal zone assessed the performance of each water index. The newly-developed WI2015 index delineated the most accurate shoreline as 94.8% of its interpreted shoreline fell within the neap intertidal zone. As a result of this analysis, WI2015 was used to map the modern and historical shorelines of Sergipe, Brazil using Landsat data dating back to 1984. Shoreline change analysis has revealed significant erosion of beaches and landforms likely due to human interventions such as pier and dam construction. This investigation has proven the ability of Landsat to automatically and accurately delineate the shoreline boundary with the proper water index and the case study shown here is an example of how valuable the Landsat data repository can be for multi-spatiotemporal shoreline assessments.
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CSUF Fresh Air Advocates pick up 18,343 cigarette butts to promote a smoke-free, healthy campus
Daily Titan
Cigarette butts filled dozens of volunteers’ plastic bags as Fresh Air Advocates (FAA) held their “Cigarette Butt Cleanup” event on Titan Walk Friday to promote the smoke-free campus policy.
“It’s always been a positive thing. I think it’s good for the students to see that there is somebody actually responsible to clean up after their mess when they leave their cigarette butts behind,” said CSUF University Police Capt. Scot Willey.
Although the cleanup lasted four hours, junior and FAA Co-President Rebecca Dear said in a text message that they picked up a total of 18,343 cigarette butts.
Willey said one of the major issues that affects campus environment is the trash that smokers leave behind, which piles up over time resulting in thousands of cigarette butts.
Since the passage of a 2013 directive, which prohibited smoking in specific campus areas, FAA has hosted a bi-annual cigarette butt cleanup to bring awareness to the continued smoking on campus.
The event works to help promote a healthy campus environment by making it a lot cleaner with picking up cigarette butts, Dear said.
“I feel very proud to be part of this organization, and I feel like we are helping a lot of students be aware of this policy,” said FAA co-president and fifth-year student Shaina Sta.Cruz.
Student volunteers were given a fresh pair of disposable gloves, plastic bags and face masks for the cleanup. Participants also received a free volunteer shirt.
After being split into groups of 12 to 15, students led by FAA interns picked up cigarette butts by their assigned buildings. The groups rotated between buildings every 30 minutes to ensure no trash was missed by the previous group.
Sta.Cruz and Dear said FAA aimed to reach every main building including “hot spots” like Humanities-Social Sciences, Kinesiology-Health Science, Engineering, Computer Science and the Pollak Library.
Kathrina Reyes, a second-year health science ...
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Former National Security Council Policymaker Rejoins Georgetown
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Professor Charles Kupchan (at right) with President Obama, former Press Secretary Josh Earnest, and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice at Schloss Herrenhausen in Germany, April 2016 (Photo credit: Pete Souza)
March 24, 2017by Aislinn McNiece
One of the most salient features of an SFS education is access to renowned scholars alongside professors who actively work in government and public policy. What is more rare to find in a professor, however, is one who combines both academic scholarship and the active practice of international affairs. Professor Charles Kupchan is one of the select group that fits this bill.
Kupchan returns to the SFS this semester from former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), where he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs since 2014. This was his second stint in the NSC, as he previously worked on former President Clinton’s NSC before coming to Georgetown.
“When you’re in the White House, you’re shaping policy on matters of war and peace and you’re writing memos that end up on the desks of the National Security Adviser and the President. So you have this unbelievable ability to directly affect U.S. foreign policy and help shape the thinking of some of most influential people in the world – and that’s extremely exciting and sobering,” says Kupchan.
Kupchan served on the NSC during two quite different periods. He explains that the world today is much more turbulent than it was in the 1990s, adding an additional degree of stress to working in the White House on national security. But Kupchan sees the ongoing importance of the transatlantic link as one of the greatest points of continuity between the Clinton and Obama administrations. As the Senior Director for European Affairs, he was charged with overseeing the European-American relationship while managing key challenges, including Russia’s aggression ...
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Low Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Found Among Mentally Ill
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Women enrolled in California’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness have been screened for cervical cancer at much lower rates than other women, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
In an examination of California Medicaid administrative records for 31,308 women from 2010 and 2011, the UCSF scientists found that only 20.2 percent of women with severe mental illness were screened for cervical cancer during the one-year study period. Over the same period, the screening rate for the general population of women in California was calculated to be 42.3 percent.
Although women with severe mental health problems are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer, they are at greater risk for developing the disease, according to the senior author of the study, Christina Mangurian, MD, associate professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSF. She directed the study with Dean Schillinger, MD, a UCSF professor of medicine and member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“The women were receiving services in a public health setting, but were not receiving preventive services as often as women in the general population,” Mangurian said. “The results of this very large study indicate that we need to better prioritize cervical cancer screening for these high-risk women with severe mental illnesses.”
In their analysis of the data, published online April 17, 2017, in the journal Psychiatric Services, the researchers considered possible predictors of screening rates, including age, race or ethnicity, rural versus urban residence, severe mental illness diagnosis, drug or alcohol use, and evidence for use of health care services.
They discovered that factors significantly associated with cervical cancer screening in the study population included age, race or ethnicity, specific mental health diagnosis — and most of all, utilization of primary care services, not just specialty mental health services.
Among the women with severe mental illness included in the study, 42 percent ...
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Robert Garcia named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week
FIU Athletics
FIU right-hander Robert Garcia was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week after his performance against Bethune-Cookman last Tuesday.Garcia struck out a career-high and season-high 14 batters in a complete game against the Wildcats to lead the Panthers to a 3-1 victory.Garcia 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 in the second inning, Garcia retired 18 of the next 19 batters before a one-out double in the eighth.Garcia (3-4) allowed four hits and one run to record his third win of the season. Garcia lowered his ERA to 3.69.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 sixth in Conference USA. Rice's Matt Canterino leads C-USA with 65 strikeouts.The 14 strikeouts by Garcia were the most by an FIU pitcher since Tyler Alexander struck out 13 UALR batters on May 23, 2013.Garcia becomes the second FIU pitcher to win the conference's weekly award this season. Freshman Nick MacDonald won the award March 6 after his performance against Manhattan where he allowed one run and struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings.Print Friendly Version
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Ewing, Rysemus Nominated for McWhorter Scholarship
LSUsports.net
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Brandon BerrioAssistant Communications Director
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Seniors Sydney Ewing of the gymnastics team and Logan Rysemus of the men’s swimming and diving team will serve as LSU’s nominees for the prestigious H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship, the Southeastern Conference office announced Monday.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the SEC since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes.
The SEC will name the 2017 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 27.
Rysemus is a two-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA qualifier. The 2016 100 fly SEC silver medalist owns school records in the 100 fly, 100 back, 200-medley relay and 400-medley relay.
The political science major owns a 3.592 cumulative GPA and is a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Rysemus has been a large part of the Tigers’ efforts in the community and has been named to the league’s community service team the last two seasons. Rysemus will graduate in May with a degree in political science.
Ewing has been a major part of the best four years in the history of the gymnastics program. The senior is a seven-time All-American on vault, beam and floor. Ewing competed on the three events in every single meet over her junior and senior seasons and set or tied career highs seven different times.
Outside of the gym, Ewing is the president of the LSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Tigers’ nominee for the 2017 SEC Community Service team. The Louisiana native played a major role in the team’s work in the community and Tiger Cup Awards, which is determined by a team’s finals ranking on the field, along with its cumulative grade-point average and community service hours.
Ewing owns a 3.76 cumulative GPA and will graduate in May with a degree in kinesiology. The three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll ...
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Admitted students experience Rice University at Owl Days 2017
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Owl Days is a three-day program for admitted students featuring a two-night stay in one of Rice’s residential colleges, academic panels, class visitation, tours and many student-led activities.
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Bring the Family to Pop Up Book Festival April 22
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: April 13, 2017
Come enjoy a fun-filled family day at the P. Vorish Pop Up Book Festival at Lone Star College-CyFair April 22 with free activities and books to take home for children and teens up to age 18.
With an opportunity to start or add to a home library, families can choose from more than 3,000 books available at this festival set from 11 am. 3 p.m. between the Technology Building and the library at 9191 Barker Cypress.
The LSC-CyFair Sociology Club is hosting this book festival for several reasons. Giovanni Gonzalez, club vice chair, said research shows not only do children ages 6 to 17 say they are more likely to finish a book they have picked out themselves, but those who read for pleasure on a daily or weekly basis, score better on reading and writing tests than infrequent or non-readers.
Many families, now, dont have books in their household, which is upsetting because some of the best moments a child can have is when their parents/ guardian/ someone who loves them reads to them, he said.
This festival, which is a dream come true for club advisor Professor Kelli Vorish, will also include a bounce house, arts and crafts, giveaways and refreshments.
While club members and college students donated books for this festival, Half Priced Books generously donated the majority of the books for this event.
For event information, or to be a sponsor or a volunteer, call 281.290.5207 or email sociology.cyfairclub@gmail.com.
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Lone Star College-North Harris hosts Writing Day event Apr. 12
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: April 06, 2017 Lone Star College-North Harris will host a Writing Day event on Wednesday, Apr. 12, from noon to 2 p.m. in the colleges Student Services Building, room 208C. This first-annual event will allow students the opportunity to read and share their writing pieces with the college community.
Writing is a process, one that involves a lot of revision and sharing. Writing Day is important because it provides students the opportunity to make the time to write, revise and get feedback from different readers.
The event came to life when a group of LSC-North Harris writing faculty were trying to think of a way to highlight their students writing talents. After some research, they found that the National Council of Teachers of Writing celebrates a National Day of Writing. This is exactly the kind of event that the group had envisioned. Expanding on the success of the national event, they wanted to add new components to help create a space where students can work on writing in process, share their writing with others and meet writing faculty, tutors and librarians.
We all have students that are doing great work, and we think it's important that everyone gets a chance to hear about it, said Allison Laubach Wright, assistant professor of English at LSC-North Harris. The best thing for any student who wants to do more writing -- whether for a career or as a hobby -- is to read widely, make time to write and revise and share their work. That's the kind of spirit we're trying to bring to this event.
For more information, contact Allison Wright at Allison.L.Wright@LoneStar.edu.
Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 East, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information about the college, call 281.618.5400 or visit LoneStar.edu/NorthHarris.
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
Service with Compassion: Two AU Students Named Truman Scholars
American University News
AU students Lexi Ivers and Shyheim Snead were among the 62 Truman scholars chosen out of 768 students nominated.
Every year, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation honors a select group of students for their leadership, academic achievement, and commitment to public service. American University recently learned that not one, but two, of its students earned this distinction. Lexi Ivers and Shyheim Snead, both juniors in AU’s School of Public Affairs, are 2017 Truman scholars. As the student awards are designated by state, Ivers is representing her home of Delaware and Snead was selected for his native Connecticut.
“It was [Truman’s] vision to promote young people to enter careers in public service, broadly defined. The criteria are academic excellence, outstanding leadership potential, and the desire to be a change agent,” says Paula Warrick, the director of the AU Office of Merit Awards. “I think these are qualities that AU aspires to see in the members of its student body, because we have such a strong public service ethos.”
Each Truman scholar receives up to $30,000 to use towards graduate study. The students will partake in a week of activities at the Truman presidential library in Independence, Mo., and they’ll also have access to career and graduate school counseling. Next year, they’ll get a summer-long internship opportunity in Washington, D.C.
Warrick effusively praises both Ivers and Snead. “Compassion is a trait they have in common, and a commitment to something beyond themselves,” she says.
Lexi Ivers
When Lexi Ivers got the call about her scholarship, she was in the Ward Circle Building. Elated over the call, she told one of her mentors, associate dean and professor Saul Newman. He hugged her, and Ivers then shared the great news with SPA Senior Associate Dean Vicky Wilkins and SPA Dean Barbara Romzek. “The whole SPA office was so supportive. It was great ...
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Chancellor’s Award: Akeela Makshood
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Akeela Makshood gained leadership skills at UAlbany, and plans a career in law. (Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 14, 2017) – Akeela Makshood entered the University as a shy freshman with the sole aim of earning a degree.
Today she is a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence winner and a dedicated leader of the Muslim Students Association.
Makshood, of Albany, has made the most of the opportunities offered at UAlbany to develop leadership skills. As time went on, she became more and more involved in the campus community.
“I am grateful for the chances I have had on campus to become a better leader,” she said. “The resources available for student groups and student leaders helped me throughout my four years at UAlbany.”
Makshood receives her Chanceller's Award for Excellence from SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and UAlbany Interim President James Stellar.
Makshood is set to graduate next month with honors in political science and history, and plans to take a year to study for the LSAT and work or intern before going to law school. Her favorite course? Senior Honors Thesis (history) with Professor Ryan Irwin and her advisor, Michitake Aso.
“I have had the opportunity to explore historical writing in depth and really enjoy the process of researching, analyzing, editing and writing,” she said. “I have learned a lot about writing well and writing clearly. I am glad that I had the opportunity to take a course like this.”
Makshood has won the Dr. Seth W. Spellman Achievement Award for three consecutive years, as well as the Undergraduate Research Endowed Fellowship for research on Islamic Art and American Society. She has worked as the student activist coordinator for Amnesty International in the Capital Region.
Her experience at UAlbany has helped reinforce her goal.
“I have become a much better leader and gained more confidence for what I would like ...
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Clemson food science student awarded scholarship at international conference
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Melinda Russell receiving award.
San Juan, Puerto Rico — Clemson University food science and technology major Melinda Russell was awarded a scholarship worth $2,000 at the annual Research Chefs Association (RCA) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March.
The junior from Friendswood, Texas, and senior food science and technology major Paige Lindquist from Chanhassen, Minn., also gave a presentation about Clemson’s Food Science and Technology program during the organization’s higher education meeting.
“I spoke about my food science and Culinology experiences at Clemson. This was one of my favorite parts of the conference because I got to hear about other school’s programs and show off all of the great educational opportunities we have here at Clemson for food science,” Lindquist said.
Clemson’s Food Science and Technology program was approved in 2002. Its Culinary Science emphasis is one of a few national programs to attain the Research Chefs Association’s Culinology™ designation.
Since its founding, the Clemson program has seen high graduation rates accompanied by high post-graduation employment rates in both food science and technology, as well as Culinology areas.
Russell was recently appointed chair of the RCA committee and is currently completing a semester-long co-op at Perdue Farms in Salisbury, Md.
“These conferences are valuable networking opportunities,” she said.
The Research Chefs Association (RCA) was founded in 1996 and has since grown to over 2,000 members. The organization is notable for pioneering the blending of culinary arts and food science, called Culinology®, a registered trademark of RCA. This discipline has fostered a valuable partnership between the culinary professionals and food scientists, leading to its growth and development. The association consists of chefs, food scientists and other industry professionals.
“I am very grateful for the scholarship. I have worked very hard in the organization and it is great to be recognized,” Russell said.
“Their presentation was very professional and the questions ...
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Golf Competes at Yale Spring Invitational
Fordham Newsroom
The Fordham golf team finished in eighth place at the Yale Invitational at The Course at Yale on Saturday.
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WOMEN’S TENNIS EARNS DOUBLES POINT IN LOSS AT PORTLAND
Athletics News
Apr 16, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. – To close the regular season Sacramento State won two of three doubles matches to take the first point of the match but Portland came back with four singles victories for a 4-1 win on Sunday.
The Hornets ended the regular season with a 9-17 overall record after finishing Big Sky play on Saturday with a 7-4 conference mark. Portland moved to 8-10 with the non-conference win.
The Pilots took the No. 1 doubles match, 6-3, but the Hornets rallied back to win the first point of the match. Sophomore Sofia Wicker and redshirt freshman Carolina Chernyetsky picked up a 6-4 win at No. 3 and Sacramento State clinched the doubles point as senior Andie Mouzes and freshman Karina Vyrlan outlasted Radina Dimitrova and Tatiana Grigoryan, 7-5, in the No. 2 match.
Sacramento State won the first set in three of the six singles matches but could not complete a victory. The Pilots had straight-set wins at No. 1 and 2 to begin singles play and at No. 3 Wicker won the first set over Grigoryan but ultimately dropped a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 decision.
Anna Oberg completed the Portland victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Chernyetsky at No. 5. Freshman Sofia Gulnova won the first set at No. 3 but trailed 3-6, 6-1, 4-1 in the third set when play was halted. At No. 6 Hornet redshirt freshman Louisa Brunetti also won the first set, 6-3, over Kara Okazaki but the second set never began after the Pilots secured the team win.
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University Housing plans special theme meals
SIU News
April 14, 2017University Housing plans special theme meals
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Soul Food is coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale as University Housing sponsors two theme meals featuring food from the deep south.
The special campus meals are set for 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 19 at Lentz Hall, 1275 Point Drive, and 4-7:30 p.m. on April 26 at Trueblood Hall, 1175 S. Washington St.
The menu for the Lentz lunch includes buttermilk fried chicken, blackened catfish, red beans and rice, grilled barbecue pork steak, chicken fried steak, collard greens, mashed potatoes and creole gravy, roasted corn on the cob, macaroni and cheese, honey cornbread, creamy Cajun sausage corn soup, 7UP cake and sweet potato pie. The offerings for the Trueblood dinner include southern fried chicken, Creole catfish, red beans and rice, shrimp po’ boys, mixed greens, mashed potatoes and pepper gravy, roasted corn on the cob, baked macaroni and cheese, buttermilk biscuits, andouille chicken gumbo, peach cobbler and sweet potato pie.
The meals are included in SIU dining plans and community members are welcome if paying by cash or credit card at the door. Tickets for anyone who doesn’t have an SIU meal plan are $10.24, including tax, for ages 13 and older or $5.98, including tax, for ages 4-12. Children ages three and younger dine free.
While SIU periodically offers special theme meals, the impetus for offering Southern Soul Food was a request from a student living on campus. University Housing officials said the Culinary and Nutrition Services staff strives to help students with special diets and to serve diverse meals with the freshest foods possible, and welcomes the opportunity to work with students on events such as the theme meals.
“We enjoy it when students take an active interest in what we’re serving,” Peggy Connors, associate director of Culinary and Nutrition Services and registered dietitian, said. “ ...
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Humboldt State Rowing Competes at Covered Bridge Regatta
Humboldt State University Athletics
LOWELL, Ore.- The Humboldt State Women's Rowing team traveled to Lowell, Oregon to compete in the Collegiate Covered Bridge Regatta Saturday morning. In the Novice 8 HSU finished third coming in behind Seattle University and Oregon with a time of 8:01.950. The Lumberjacks also brought home a third-place finish in the Varsity 4, finishing behind Western Washington and Oregon State University with a time of 8:51.670 HSU saw different results in the 2nd Varsity 8 as in the morning race they edged both UC San Diego and Portland to secure a second-place finish, only coming in behind Western Washington. In the afternoon race the Jacks finished fourth with a time of 8:07.970. The Green and Gold claimed its only victory of the day in the 2nd Varsity 4 finishing just under four seconds ahead of second place Western Washington. HSU came in at a time of 8:03.230. Humboldt State returns home for the Alumni Regatta in Eureka, Calif. on April 22nd. Covered Bridge Regatta results can be found at https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/?job_id=5050 Print Friendly Version
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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Bloomington Campus to Host Cyber Security Forum
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Are you curious about cyber security and crimes? Do you want to learn more about how security breaches happen and how you can protect yourself? The Bloomington campus will be hosting an event focused on cyber security on Oct. 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. Rasmussen College is supporting this cause and building awareness by inviting the public to attend and learn more from two information security experts. Marc Peterson, a senior analyst in information protection at Target Corp., and Jake Bernier, a senior information security specialist at U.S. Bank, will cover three key topics during this event. “They will address the general public’s curiosity of how large Target or Home Depot breaches can happen, they will review information security jobs that are available focusing on defending this type of crime, and lastly, they will examine security from the attackers’ perspective,” said Dave Garrison, School of Technology dean. Is the current state of information security an easy target for hackers? There will be a live demonstration of techniques used to test this. This is a great opportunity for individuals interested in a career in information security. As the world trends more and more toward big data, the opportunities for malicious hackers increases, and there is a greater need for technology professionals who are skilled in information security and protection. “There are a lot of people who have had their credit and debit cards changed more than once in the last year,” Garrison said. “We are trying to provide the why … why it’s happening and how it affects them personally.” Attend this free event to learn how you can protect yourself and your family or to learn more about careers in this fast-paced industry.
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Only 30 percent of Ohioans volunteer, study finds
Miami University - Top Stories
by Brennan Burks, Miami Regionals
In any given year, roughly seven out of 10 Ohioans do not engage in any organized volunteer work. This, according to the 2016 Ohio Civic Health Index co-authored by Miami University’s John Forren and Theresa Ervin Conover, assistant professors in justice and community studies.
Those Ohioans who do volunteer spend considerably less time on that task than they used to, and participation in volunteerism is now the lowest among Ohio’s youngest adults.
The report is the product of an ongoing partnership between the Miami University Regionals’ Center for Civic Engagement and the National Conference on Citizenship.
“We view our participation in this project as a key part of our mission to engage actively in Ohio’s communities, meet Ohioans’ educational needs, and work collaboratively with others to identify and address community problems,” said Sarah Woiteshek, director of the center. The findings were discussed at a recent workshop Woiteshek led at the Ohio Statehouse. Forren, Conover and student leaders also facilitated workshops.
The report looks at data on six dimensions of civic health – volunteerism, charitable giving, group participation, voting behavior, nonvoting political action and informal social consequences – to determine the extent to which Ohioans engage with civic affairs, their communities, and one another.
It also provides educators, policymakers and community leaders with a multi-faceted look at the strength of their communities and the overall vitality of their democracy.
The report concludes that while Ohioans are likely to maintain close ties with friends and family, they often lack strong ties to their neighbors and to broader community-based networks:
Only 4 in 10 (40.6 percent) of Ohioans talk frequently with their neighbors, placing the state slightly below the national average of 41.4 percent.
Only 1 in 8 (13.1 percent) exchange favors with their neighbors at least once per week, ranking the state 21st in the nation.
Only 1 in 15 (6.5 percent) work with their neighbors to improve ...
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April 2017 Update to TIGER: Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery
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The global economic recovery now looks like it’s for real. The advanced economies are settling to a reasonable growth path and the fast-growing emerging market economies such as China and India have gotten through a rocky period. The calm on the surface, however, is belied by swirling undercurrents of political and policy uncertainty. The latest update to the Brookings-FT TIGER index shows that, after numerous fits and false starts, the recovery has become broad-based and stable, even if not vigorous.
Click on a country in the map below (after the composite TIGER index for the country appears) to view additional charts for the country’s real activity, financial, and confidence indices, and for the indicators that make up these indices.
As well as tracking country performance, the TIGER indexes also track the performance of key indicators across groups of advanced economies, emerging markets and an aggregate total. Click on the following links to view the updated charts for the following key indicators:
Real Activity IndicatorsFinancial IndicatorsConfidence Indicators
For detailed information on the composition and construction of the indexes and a comprehensive description of the data and source information, please refer to the updated technical appendix.
Read the full analysis and commentary: This Recovery is for Real, But Can it Last? »
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Wishnick Hall is Now LEED Gold Certified
News – Illinois Tech Today
The Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability (OCES) is proud to announce that Wishnick Hall is the first Illinois Tech building to become LEED Gold certified.
LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) is a universally recognized standard for measuring building sustainability, developed and operated by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The LEED project team worked diligently to demonstrate Illinois Tech’s continuous commitment to sustainability by maintaining and/or implementing a variety of environmentally friendly policies and operating practices in Wishnick Hall, including but not limited to:
Operating the building in a way that is more energy efficient than 89% of buildings of similar type across the nation.
Validating that over 75% of regular building occupants use alternative transportation to commute to campus (including students, faculty and staff).
Implementing a 25’ no-smoking perimeter for all campus buildings.
Utilizing landscape and roofing designs that minimize energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts of the heat island effect.
Making sustainable purchases of light bulbs, furniture and electric-powered equipment.
Auditing the waste stream and reusing durable goods within the building to minimize landfill waste.
Implementing green cleaning practices for custodial services and indoor pest management services.
Installing new air filters that improve air quality and reduce operating costs.
Auditing water consumption and installing efficient plumbing fixtures and fittings.
This project was managed by Suzane Carneiro, a student project coordinator in OCES, working under the direction of the director of sustainability. The success of the project was a direct result of the support and diligence of many Illinois Tech staff and faculty, including, but not limited to, the following:
Brian Bozell – resource efficiency manager, Campus Utilities and Energy
Suzane Carneiro – project coordinator, OCES
Darlene Coleman, contract manager, Facilities
Matt Cusack – area manager, Facilities
Anthony D’Amato – vice president and general counsel
Cathy D’Amico – department administrator, Biomedical Engineering
Frank Fiorito – director, Purchasing
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COD Seeking Information on Former Students and Alumni who have Fallen in the Line of Duty
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage is seeking information on former students and alumni who have sacrificed
their lives in the line of duty as firefighters, police officers and members of the
military.To commemorate these fallen heroes, the College is building an honorarium, to be located
in the SSG Robert J. Miller Homeland Security Education Center, in recognition of
COD students who have given their lives in the service and protection of others.“The SSG Robert J. Miller Homeland Security Education Center was built to train and
support first responders and law enforcement personnel and to provide the best preparation
possible for people who have dedicated themselves to serving others in our communities,
our nation and throughout the world,” said COD President Dr. Ann Rondeau. “This wall
honors our alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice through their commitment to
protecting and helping those in need.”The College asks that anyone who knows of a former student or alumni who has fallen
while in service as a firefighter, police officer, or member of the military to please
contact Jose Alferez at alferezj@cod.edu or (630) 942-2444.
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Video: Intercultural Center celebrates 25 years
Brandeis University News
Video: Intercultural Center celebrates 25 yearsBy Caroline CataldoApril 14, 2017[embedded content]
In 1992, 31 students officially secured a space for the ICC in Swig Hall with support from faculty and the university administration. To find out more about the Intercultural Center's 25th anniversary celebration on April 28-29 or to register, visit the ICC website.Categories: Alumni, Student Life
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Prescott Flight Team Wins Regionals for 30th Consecutive Year
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SAFECON is a national competition that brings together more than 300 students from 30 colleges and universities from across the country to vie for team and individual pilot honors. The competition develops and advances aviation education through a strong emphasis on aviation safety. The Golden Eagles Flight Team now advances to the finals, to be held May 9-14, 2017, at The Ohio State University Airport. The team won their 10th national championship at last year's competition.
The Golden Eagles participated in the Region II competition, which included a total of six teams from Arizona and California and was hosted at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. Six students won individual first-place awards and the team finished first overall with 385 total points. San Jose State finished second with 110 points.
"Every member stepped up to the plate and proved that we have the skill and work ethic to not only win at regionals, but to make another strong run for a national championship in May," said team captain Nick Moore.
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) was established to develop and advance aviation education; to promote, encourage and foster safety in aviation; to promote and foster communications and cooperation between aviation students, educators, educational institutions and the aviation industry; and to provide an arena for collegiate aviation competition.
"This impressive performance was a complete team effort and is a testament to the dedication and hard work of the team members, and the quality flight training and instruction our students receive here at Embry-Riddle's western campus in Prescott, Arizona," said Chancellor Dr. Frank Ayers.
Top finishes for individual Embry-Riddle Prescott team members include:
Top Pilot: 1st place: Rachel Hutzell
Top Scoring Contestant: 1st place: Rachel Hutzell
Aircraft Preflight Inspection: 1st place: Nick Moore
Aircraft Recognition: 1st place: Nick Moore
Computer Accuracy: 1st place: Kevin Fickenscher
Ground Trainer: 1st place: Nick Moore
Instrument Precision Flight: 1 ...
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Gallagher's Four Homers Powers Baseball to NEWMAC Sweep of Coast Guard
WPI News Archive
Apr 15, 2017
Senior Day Photo Gallery
Northboro, MA – Sophomore Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) had a career day at the plate, hitting four home runs to lead an offensive display by WPI in a Saturday Senior Day sweep over Coast Guard. The Engineers won, 22-4, in the opener and then later held on for a 12-10 victory out at New England Baseball Complex.
WPI swept the three-game series against the Bears and won its sixth straight game to improve to 20-8 and a NEWMAC West-leading 9-3 in the conference.
Overall, the Engineers smacked 11 home runs, with Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) and Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) also homering in both games, while Gallagher increased his season home run total to a team-high 10 homers.
Gallagher had two of the Engineers' six homers in the opener on Saturday, driving in a game-high seven runs, including the go-ahead two-run slam to right field in the first inning to start a nine-run rally in the first frame of the day.
WPI loaded the bases to start a run of four straight scoring plays as David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) singled in Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) and then Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) followed by droving in Capuano.
Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) scored on a wild pitch and then Kurtz cleared the bases with a two-run double down the left field line to push the lead to 7-0.
Three batters later, Gallagher walked with the bases loaded to bring home Kurtz, and then Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Howard to cap the rally and make it 9-0.
The Crimson and Gray's next three hits were all home runs, as Kurtz (2 for 3, 4 RBIs) sent a two-run bomb to left field in the bottom of the second to push the lead to 11-0, and then Howard and Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) both slapped solo ...
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UPDATE: Campus IT services restored
Princeton University Top Stories
Campus information services were restored about noon today, with some residual delays in email delivery expected to clear up by early afternoon.
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Grammy-winning pipa virtuoso Wu Man to perform as part of 'China Remixed' festival
IU
IUB Newsroom »Grammy-winning pipa virtuoso Wu Man to perform as part of 'China Remixed' festivalGrammy-winning pipa virtuoso Wu Man to perform as part of 'China Remixed' festivalMarch 10, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Arts and Humanities Council is partnering with Lotus Education and Arts Foundation to bring internationally recognized pipa virtuoso Wu Man to Bloomington as part of the inaugural Global Arts and Humanities Festival, "China Remixed." Her educational outreach programming and performances begin March 27 and culminate in a free public concert at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on March 31.
Recognized as the world’s premier pipa player and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Grammy Award winner Wu Man has carved out a career as a soloist, educator and composer to give her 2,000-year-old lute-like instrument a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. Her weeklong Bloomington residency gifts the community with widespread opportunities to engage with Wu Man and learn more about Chinese culture and music through performances at regional K-12 schools, outreach programming with IU students and faculty, and a free public concert in which Wu Man performs alongside the Jacobs’ Vera Quartet and New Music Ensemble.
"China Remixed" is headed by the Indiana University Arts and Humanities Council under the Office of the Provost, with a goal to highlight the most diverse and dynamic aspects of the contemporary Chinese culture from China’s mainland to Taiwan, Hong Kong and America. “China Remixed” reflects all the ways that arts and humanities of China impact IU and vice versa. The 10-week themed program runs from January to April and features music, dance, scholars, journalists, classic plays, art and video exhibits, films, a weekly speaker series and more.
Wu Man has premiered hundreds of new works for the pipa, while spearheading multimedia projects to both preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient musical traditions. Her adventurous spirit and ...
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