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In a recent interview with The EvoLLLution, UNCG Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Dana Dunn discussed the university’s commitment to supporting students, particularly those from underserved populations.
Dr. Dana Dunn
“We use a combination of data and hands-on care, a series of multiple touch points to meet the different needs of our students,” Dunn said in the Q&A, which was featured on the home page of the online higher education newspaper. “Predictive modeling helps us identify students who may be less likely to succeed without support. We are deliberate about monitoring students’ progress and intervening early on when there is an indication of a problem.”
In recent months, UNCG has been recognized nationally for its efforts in supporting students of all backgrounds. In March, the university was named a top-performing institution in a report by The Education Trust that investigates black student success at the university level. UNCG is also one of 31 educational institutions to join the Frontier Set, a new model of partnership that is part the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s effort to increase postsecondary credential and degree attainment.
Additionally, UNCG was highlighted earlier this semester by The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article titled “How a University Fights to Keep Students’ Demographics from Becoming Their Destiny.”
To read the full Q&A with Dunn in The EvoLLLution, click here.
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Provost Dunn discusses commitment to student support in recent interview
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A historical perspective on the arm’s length relationship between the United States and the “Palestinian question”
The U.S. government and Palestinian leaders have had some form of direct contact for nearly four decades—and cooperation on economic, political, and security issues for the past two-plus decades—but that experience has never led to a genuine bilateral relationship. Unrequited: The Invisible Relationship between America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Obama explains why the two sides have an independent relationship and what this means for American efforts to broker peace between Palestinians and Israelis, and broader U.S. interests in the region.
While successive U.S. administrations have recognized the centrality of the “Palestinian question,” American policymakers continue to treat the Palestinians as an “agenda item” in the U.S.-Israel relationship or the peace process (and occasionally other regional priorities). Elgindy argues that the United States continues to view the Palestinians and their political aspirations largely through the prism of its “special relationship” with Israel, as well as other regional parties. Indeed, even official U.S. support for Palestinian statehood stems not from a belief that Palestinians, like all peoples, have an inherent right to self-determination, but from an overriding concern for preserving Israel’s character as both a Jewish and democratic state. For their part, Palestinian leaders have consistently misjudged U.S. foreign policy interests while undervaluing the role of domestic politics in shaping U.S. policies toward the region. Both Yasir Arafat and his successor Mahmoud Abbas, have to one degree or another pursued strategies based on the mistaken expectation that Washington would “deliver” Israel, namely by applying sufficient pressure to compel it ultimately to end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
Unless and until U.S. policymakers are prepared to support Palestinian political ...
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies Carly Kocurek Publishes New Book About Gaming Pioneer Brenda Laurel
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Carly Kocurek, assistant professor of digital humanities and media studies at Lewis College of Human Sciences, has published a new book about gaming pioneer Brenda Laurel.
Laurel is best known for her work with Purple Moon, the gaming company she co-founded in the 1990s. Purple Moon’s games are based on years of research Laurel conducted to better understand why girls expressed little interest in computer games. Through sources such as trade journals, newspapers, recorded interviews, and an original interview with Laurel herself, Kocurek explores Laurel’s contributions to the early development of games for girls and her overall contributions to research-informed design in game development.
Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in February 2017.
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College of DuPage CDL Program at May 6 Touch-A-Truck Event in Glen Ellyn
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By Jennifer DudaJoin the College of DuPage Truck Driving School at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s
annual Touch-A-Truck event Saturday, May 6.The free event runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at MaryKnoll Park, 845 Pershing Ave., in Glen
Ellyn., and allows children hands-on opportunities with various vehicles that capture
their attention on the road, around town and at constructions sites. Last year’s event
drew more than 2,000 participants. A complimentary shuttle bus is provided for visitors
from the alternative parking locations.Offered through COD’s Continuing Education office, the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program allows students training, licensing and employment readiness in as little
as six weeks.Featuring classroom time, hands-on over-the-road driving time and experienced instructors,
the program exceeds all requirements of the Illinois Secretary of State to test for
a CDL. Students can choose between a basic 160-hour course or a 240-hour course which
provides more time on the road and in the truck yard. The CDL program is also on COD’s
approved list for Workforce Investment Act funding, and job placement assistance is
provided both during the program and after licensure. In addition to the CDL, students
can also choose between license endorsements including tanker truck, double and triple
trailer driving and Hazard Materials (HAZMAT) licensure.The CDL program at College of DuPage has seen more than 10 percent growth in enrollment
since its inception in 2011, exhibits a 99 percent completion rate and maintains a
100 percent employment rate for students who have completed the program.For more information, call (630) 942-2275, email cdl@cod.edu, visit cod.edu/academics/conted/business/cdl or visit in person at 301 S. Swift Road (Door 6) in Addison.
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Join hundreds of performers, visual artists at Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
Brandeis University News
Join hundreds of performers, visual artists at Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative ArtsThis year's festival runs April 27 to 30. Featured artists include Jennie C. Jones, BIG NAZO and Mystic Paper Beasts theater troupe.Featured artist Cat WagnerApril 14, 2017Art takes over the Brandeis campus April 27 to 30 at this year’s Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts.Dance, music, and theater performances will happen each night. Artwork created especially for the festival will appear in public spaces. And the campus welcomes guest artists from around the country and around the world.
This year's festival theme, “Sustainability,” honors artists’ unique ability to interpret the natural world. In the words of Leonard Bernstein: “[art] revives and readapts time and space,” making viewers reconsider their relationship to the environments that surround them.
All events are free and open to the public. Families will especially enjoy an afternoon of free short performances and activities on Sunday, April 30, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Featured artists:
Jennie C. Jones is a Brooklyn-based artist and 2017 Nathan and Ruth-Ann Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence who explores the intersection of art, black history and music, describing her work as “listening as a conceptual practice.” Performance and award presentation: Saturday, April 29, at 1 p.m.
BIG NAZO is an international performance group of visual artists, puppet performers and masked musicians who create hilarious larger-than-life sized characters. Meet BIG NAZO’s puppet performers on Sunday, April 30, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Great Lawn.
Marya Ursin’s Mystic Paper Beasts theater troupe is known for its extraordinary collection of mythological masks and props that transform everyday objects into beasts, beings, tools and treasures. Marya leads a movement workshop for all ages on Sunday, April 30, at 2 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room.
Featured events:
“The Square,” a staged reading of acclaimed playwright Amy Merrill '69’s new play about the September 2007 ...
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Nine Embry-Riddle Prescott Business Students Place in Top 10 at National Competition
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More than 1,600 of America’s best and brightest college students attended the conference to enhance their business skills, expand their networks, participate in more than 55 business and business-related competitive events and vie for the opportunity to win more than $81,000 in cash awards.
A total of 17 Embry-Riddle Prescott business students attended the prestigious national competition consisting of dozens of individual and team competitive events, each having qualified by earning a first-place or second-place award at the state competition in April. Nine of those students placed in the top 10 nationally in a total of five events (listed below).
2nd Place (Team Event): Marketing Analysis and Decision Making (Milton Tan, Brenda Lim and Nghia “Nicky” Ho)
3rd Place (Team Event): Business Decision Making (Kirisa Pettis and Ahrash Aleshi)
5th Place (Team Event): Economic Analysis and Decision Making (Mwangi “Moh” Karuri, Adin Herzog and John Carosello)
6th Place (Team Event): Human Resources Management (Ahrash Aleshi and Kirisa Pettis)
6th Place (Individual): Justice Administration (William Stark)
“The PBL students participating in the national competition did an excellent job, which is a reflection of the commitment and hard work they have shown in all their business classes and their majors during the year,” said Dr. Archie Dickey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Embry-Riddle Prescott.
The annual event, now in its 45th year, is the largest student business organization in the world. FBLA-PBL’s primary goal is to help students develop business and leadership skills for a competitive edge in their future careers.
About FBLA-PBL, Inc.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda Inc., the largest and oldest student business organization, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with a quarter million members and advisers in over 6,500 active middle school, high school and college chapters worldwide. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and ...
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Three Homers, Four Double Plays Highlight Baseball’s 11-4 Marathon Monday Win at Babson
WPI News Archive
Apr 17, 2017
Babson Park, MA --- Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA), Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) and Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) all amassed three hits and the WPI defense turned four double plays as the Crimson and Gray went on the road and defeated Babson 11-4 in a NEWMAC baseball contest played Monday morning.
WPI, winners of a season-best seven straight, is now 21-8 on the season and 10-3 in conference play. The Engineers now hold a half game lead ahead of Wheaton for the best overall record in the eight-team league. Babson sees its record drop to 12-12 and 6-5 against NEWMAC competition.
After a scoreless first inning, WPI struck for five runs in the top of the second. David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) got the uprising started with a run-scoring single up the middle to plate Capuano and scored two batters later on a fielder's choice. The Engineers netted three more runs as a Comei RBI single to center was sandwiched between a run-producing error and passed ball.
Babson answered back in the bottom half of the frame when Mark Webber (Norwell, MA) smashed a three-run homer to right to knock in Eric Jaun (Loveland, OH) and Sean Harrington (Walpole, MA).
WPI went to the long ball themselves in the top of fourth as Tropeano led off with a blast to center and Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) deposited a two-run shot over the wall in left center. The guests increased the advantage to 10-3 in the top of the fifth when Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) brought home Tropeano with a single to center and Comei scored on an error.
The Beavers got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on a RBI fielder's choice by David Lennon (Windermere, FL) that scored Jaun. Capuano help the Engineers get the margin back to seven when he led off the eighth with ...
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University considers potential sites for residential college, engineering, environmental studies
Princeton University Top Stories
Princeton University has identified a potential site for a new undergraduate residential college south of Poe Field and east of Elm Drive and potential sites for the expansion of engineering and environmental studies on lands along the north side of Ivy Lane and Western Way, west of FitzRandolph Road.
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Eskenazi Health Foundation gives $2 million to support public health
IU
INDIANAPOLIS — A $2 million gift from the Eskenazi Health Foundation will help emergency physicians at Indiana University School of Medicine develop innovative ways to serve the city's most vulnerable residents and address public health problems that drive patients to the emergency room.The gift is endowed and will provide ongoing funding for an IU faculty member to conduct research, design community outreach programs, and train future emergency physicians. The faculty member will be an emergency medicine physician who practices at Eskenazi Health, one of the nation’s largest safety net health systems.
"Particularly at Eskenazi Health, we know that our patients have needs that extend well beyond acute care," said Cherri D. Hobgood, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and a practicing emergency medicine physician. "This gift will not only allow us to improve treatment in the ED, but it will also enable us to find effective ways to connect patients with essential services once they are discharged and facilitate the delivery of care outside the walls of the emergency department."
IU School of Medicine-affiliated emergency physicians across the state see more than 400,000 patients a year, more than 90,000 of whom are at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis. They have a long record of collaborating with hospital, government and community partners to address an array of public health concerns.
“IU School of Medicine and Eskenazi Health have partnered to improve health care in Central Indiana for more than 100 years. As we explored how to broaden this relationship, the Eskenazi Health Foundation looked for ways we could help enhance research, community outreach and train the next generation of emergency medicine physicians,” said Ernest Vargo II, CFRE, president and CEO of the Eskenazi Health Foundation.
For example, the Michael & Susan Smith Emergency Department at Eskenazi Health — like many hospital emergency departments across the country — has seen a surge in patients who have overdosed ...
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Teaching happiness to men with HIV boosts their health
Northwestern Now: Summaries
CHICAGO - When individuals recently diagnosed with HIV were coached to practice skills to help them experience positive emotions, the result was less HIV in their blood and lower antidepressant use, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.“Even in the midst of this stressful experience of testing positive for HIV, coaching people to feel happy, calm and satisfied — what we call positive affect — appears to influence important health outcomes,” said lead author Judith Moskowitz, professor of medical social sciences and director of research at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.This is believed to be the first test of a positive emotion intervention in people newly diagnosed with HIV. Based on the study results, the intervention is promising for people in the initial stages of adjustment to any serious chronic illness. The paper was published recently in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.The HIV study is part of a larger body of positive affect research being conducted by Moskowitz. She also is studying the health effects of teaching the skills to individuals with type 2 diabetes, women with metastatic breast cancer and caregivers of dementia patients.For the HIV study, which was based in San Francisco, 80 participants (primarily men) were taught a set of eight skills over five weekly sessions to help them experience more positive emotions. Another 79 participants were in the control group. Moskowitz and colleagues designed the tools based on evidence showing these particular skills increase positive emotions. Some of the skills included: Recognizing a positive event each day
Savoring that positive event and logging it in a journal or telling someone about it
Starting a daily gratitude journal
Listing a personal strength each day and noting how you used this strength recently
Setting an attainable goal each day and noting your progress
Reporting a relatively minor stressor each day, ...
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Two College students earn Goldwater Scholarships
UChicago News
Two third-years in the College have earned Barry Goldwater Scholarships, which honor undergraduates in the natural sciences, mathematics, computer science and engineering.The Goldwater Foundation selected UChicago’s Pradnya Narkhede and Clare Singer along with 238 other students from a field of 1,286 applicants nationwide. The one- and two-year scholarships cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500 per year.
Narkhede is a chemistry and biochemistry major who plans to earn a doctorate in chemical biology and conduct research on characterizing and manipulating biochemical systems, with pharmaceutical and environmental implications. She also would like to teach at the university level.
“My goal is to lead a team of researchers in using chemistry to probe the mechanisms and dynamics of biological systems,” she said. “I also aim to become a professor and impart my passion for chemistry and biology to the next generation of budding scientists.”
Singer is a physics and mathematics major who plans to pursue a doctorate in geophysical and atmospheric sciences and conduct research on atmospheric climate dynamics with the goal of influencing international climate policy.
“I am looking to work in a scientific community that also has political connections,” Singer said. “I sense the urgency in my field and want to position myself such that my research can have the largest, fastest impact on policy reform regarding climate change and carbon emissions.”
“We are delighted that the Barry Goldwater Scholarship program has recognized the hard and innovative work of Clare and Pradnya,” said John W. Boyer, dean of the College. “Their research, in the fields of chemistry and physics, illustrates the ambitious and visionary creativity of our students in STEM fields.”
Conducting research in the field
Born in rural India, Narkhede said her interest in the natural world was kindled on her family’s farm, where she contemplated the effects of chemical use on ...
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2013 Tragedy Impetus for Running to Help Others
BU Today
BU students to race in 2017 Boston Marathon
Rachel Blauner (COM’17), a former captain of the BU women’s soccer team, will be competing in her first 26.2-mile race when she runs the 121st Boston Marathon Monday. Blauner is running to raise funds for the Boston Bruins Foundation. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Four years ago, Rachel Blauner was watching the Boston Marathon near Fenway Park, surrounded by her teammates on the BU women’s soccer team. Matthew O’Connor had just returned to his dorm on Bay State Road and was unwinding from a long day outside.
Then it happened.
Two explosions went off at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon, sending Blauner (COM’17), O’Connor (SAR’16,’18), and the rest of the city into a state of confusion and panic, injuring more than 300 and killing 3, one a BU student from China, Lu Lingzi (GRS’13).
“Cops pulled in front of the runners and stopped them from going farther, then told everyone to evacuate the street,” Blauner recalls. “We ran up to our friend’s apartment and turned on the news to see what had happened, and phone lines were off, so I couldn’t call my parents. Then our coach picked us up and brought us to campus to be safe.”
In the days and weeks that followed, the Boston community came together in an outpouring of support for the victims, galvanized by the slogan “Boston Strong.” From the city’s recovery, a dream was born for both students, who were freshmen at the time.
“Seeing how the city came together after with so much pride and so much love for each other, I really wanted to run,” says Blauner, a South Shore native who will be running her first marathon. “I wanted to run it for Boston.”
For O’Connor, who grew up in rural New York, the city’ ...
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Mānoa: UH Law School faculty, staff will serve hot meals to students as part of annual tradition
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 17, 2017Law students lined up last year for a 'Stew Day' meal dished up by faculty and staff.The UH Law School's traditions of "Stew Day" and "Noodle Night" will unfold again on April 18 and April 25, respectively, as faculty and staff members show appreciation for their students by dishing up free hot meals to the more than 300 students at the William S. Richardson School of Law.To add to the atmosphere, faculty and staff form the serving lines while donning aprons purchased at thrift stores and wearing paper chef hats.“We created these events to show our regard for our students,” said Professor Calvin Pang, who launched the tradition in 2004.From 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, the full-time day JD students will be treated to a “Stew Day” meal in the leafy courtyard. On the following Tuesday, April 25, students in the Evening Part Time Program will be served beginning at 5 p.m. during “Noodle Night” as twilight falls over the Law School’s open-air courtyard.The tradition grew out of Pang’s memories in Law School when his finances were lean and he often dined on the inexpensive home-made meals served up at the old “Stew House” restaurant near the corner of Pensacola and Beretania. He remembers that the old-fashioned quality of the meals, the warmth of the owners -- the husband cooked while the wife managed the small dining room -- and the affordable prices buoyed his spirits.And now, as an associate professor and co-director of the Law School’s many clinical programs, Pang is leading the way in passing on the simple, no-cost meals, paid for and warmly served by faculty and staff, to a new generation of budding lawyers. Even with the spike in food prices, Pang and his colleagues donate enough to cover each ...
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Join the 2017 Cat Crew
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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.
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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
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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
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
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.
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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.
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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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