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Regina Galasso, assistant professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Program, has been awarded the 2017 Book Award by the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) for her book manuscript “Translating New York: The City's Languages in Iberian Literatures.”The NeMLA Book Award is given annually for the best unpublished book-length manuscript on American, British and other modern language, literature and cultural studies or on related areas.
The author must be a current member with a demonstrated commitment to NeMLA. Normally two manuscripts are selected for prizes, one on English language literature and one on literature in another modern language.
The prize includes $750 and NeMLA assistance contacting presses about the publication of the wining manuscript.
Theaward was announced at the organization’s 48th annual convention in Baltimore in March.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Galasso Wins Modern Language Association’s Book Manuscript Award
Commencement Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients to Include Astronaut, Former Governor, Media Exec
Headlines – Tennessee Today
An Apollo 17 astronaut, Tennessee’s 48th governor and the founder of HGTV will receive honorary degrees from UT this spring. They will join several other noted industry and academic leaders in addressing graduates during a dozen commencement ceremonies next month.Here’s a look at the speakers at each ceremony. Unless otherwise noted, all ceremonies will be held in Thompson-Boling Arena.
Thursday, May 11
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 8:30 a.m., UT alumnus Isaac Bennett, vice president and capital markets manager for Farm Credit Bank of Texas
Tickle College of Engineering, noon, UT alumnus Bennett Croswell, president, military engines, Pratt & Whitney
College of Communication and Information, 3:30 p.m., Ken Lowe, chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive and honorary degree recipient. Lowe has been one of the world’s leading communication and information industry executives for nearly five decades. He founded and launched HGTV and oversaw the acquisition and transformation of the Food Network and the Travel Channel. He was responsible for relocating the Scripps Network Interactive corporate headquarters from Cincinnati to Knoxville.
Graduate Hooding, 7 p.m., Phil Bredesen, former governor of Tennessee and honorary degree recipient. Bredesenserved as Tennessee’s governor from 2003 to 2011. His administration supported the Tennessee Lottery program and associated scholarship programs. He was instrumental in the creation of UT’s Energy Science and Engineering doctoral program, which is housed in the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, named in his honor. His interest in the partnership between UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiated the Governor’s Chairs program, which has attracted 15 renowned scholars and researchers to fill joint appointments at UT and ORNL.
Friday, May 12
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, 8:30 a.m., UT alumna Sarah Hillyer, director of the Center for Sport, Peace, and Society
College of Social Work, noon, student and faculty speakers
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Pitt/CMU study shows motor neurons adjust to control tasks
New Brain Research Reveals that Motor Neurons Adjust to Control Tasks
Findings Will Improve the Reliability of Brain-Machine InterfacesPITTSBURGH, April 18, 2017 – New research from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that motor cortical neurons optimally adjust how they encode movements in a task-specific manner. The findings enhance our understanding of how the brain controls movement and have the potential to improve the performance and reliability of brain-machine interfaces, or neural prosthetics, that assist paralyzed patients and amputees.
“Our brain has an amazing ability to optimize its own information processing by changing how individual neurons represent the world. If we can understand this process as it applies to movements, we can design more precise neural prostheses,” says Steven Chase, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition. “We can one day, for example, design robotic arms that more accurately implement a patient’s intended movement because we now better understand how our brain adjusts on a moment-by-moment basis when we are in motion.”
The study explored the change in brain activity during simple motor tasks performed through virtual reality in both 2-D and 3-D. The researchers wanted to know if the motor cortical neurons would automatically adjust their sensitivity to direction when presented with a wide range of possible directions instead of a narrow one. Previous research in the field has suggested that this phenomenon, called dynamic range adaptation, is known to occur in neurons sensitive to sound, touch, and light—prompting the researchers to ask if the same phenomena would apply to neurons in the motor system that are associated with movement.
“When you walk out into the bright summer sun, you squint, and the neurons in your retina use dynamic range adaptation to automatically increase their sensitivity so that you can clearly see ...
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Eat, Prey, Move
Science and Technology @ UCSB
It’s a fish-eat-fish world out in the ocean, and prey species usually fear the predators that would make them into a tasty snack.Looks like someone forgot to tell the parrotfish, though.
According to new research by UC Santa Barbara marine scientists, Chlorurus spilurus, known as the bullethead or daisy parrotfish, barely reacts to the presence of predators. The findings appear in the journal Oecologia.
Working in the waters off Moorea and the Palmyra Atoll, the researchers observed almost constant competitive interactions between predators and bullethead parrotfish — the Pacific Ocean’s most abundant parrotfish species — and other herbivorous fishes. “They were constantly chasing each other, and this affected their feeding rates,” said lead author Katie Davis, a research scientist in UCSB’s Caselle Lab. “However, predators such as sharks, snappers and groupers frequently swam past the parrotfish without eliciting any reaction. Our research indicates that competition among grazers is the real force in structuring both the space use patterns and the feeding patterns of these parrotfish.”
Working on Palmyra 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, the researchers first tested the influence of predation risk on prey foraging behaviors in an unexploited predator community that includes a variety of sharks and other fishes. Then, to contrast how predation risk and competition affect space use, they conducted a comparative study on Moorea, where both predatory species and herbivorous species like the bullethead parrotfish are fished.
The investigators found that competition influenced space use more than predation risk, which did, however, impact feeding rates.
“Nearby predators may not have as strong an effect on the behavior of some prey species as previously thought, especially in a place like Palmyra where encounters between predatory species and prey species on the reef are frequent,” said Davis. “If prey species such as parrotfishes really limit their movements due to fear effects, we would expect to see fish ...
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Neix el Campus Transnacional del Nord del Mediterrani
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Representants de les quatre universitats que participen en el projecte.
18/04/2017
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La Universitat de Barcelona, la Universitat d’Aix-Marsella, la Universitat Autònoma de Madrid i la Universitat la Sapienza de Roma han signat un acord per impulsar el Campus Transnacional del Nord del Mediterrani, un projecte de cooperació acadèmica i científica que té quatre eixos principals: intensificar les relacions entre les universitats participants en matèria de mobilitat, formació, recerca i innovació; desenvolupar conjuntament projectes de gran abast en el marc europeu i internacional; definir les temàtiques prioritàries i els àmbits d’excel·lència comuns, i reforçar el potencial acadèmic i científic de les quatre universitats així com les seves capacitats d’acció i la seva posició en els rànquings.
En un inici, s’han identificat les accions següents: desenvolupar la mobilitat d’estudiants i les titulacions múltiples entre les universitats del campus, reforçar la cooperació en el marc dels projectes europeus i els projectes de recerca col·laboratius, i treballar per organitzar una escola d’estiu comuna. Les quatre universitats que participen en el projecte apleguen prop de 300.000 estudiants en total.
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Missouri S&T ranks eighth in ROI report
Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of the best values in higher education, according to the 2017 PayScale College ROI Report.Missouri S&T ranks eighth in the nation for annual return on investment (ROI), according to the PayScale report, with an average annual ROI of 11.7 percent over 20 years. That puts Missouri S&T sixth among public universities for in-state students and first among Missouri colleges and universities.
The PayScale report measures universities’ return on investment (ROI) based on cost to attend, graduation rates, student loan indebtedness and PayScale’s “20-year net ROI” average. PayScale ranks universities by comparing a school’s total cost of attendance for a bachelor’s degree with the 20-year net return on investment, based on a graduate’s earning potential over a 20-year period.
The report is designed to show “which colleges are providing the best monetary return for their alumni via low cost of attendance, high earning potential or a combination of the two,” PayScale says.
“No matter how you look at it, college is an investment — both of time and money,” the PayScale report notes. “The benefit to this particular investment is that there are returns far beyond the obvious monetary ones. However, the financial aspects of evaluating college return on investment cannot be ignored. And, some schools are simply doing a better job of setting their alumni up for success in the job market. Whether you’re planning to study computer science or psychology, earning potential in your chosen field, along with the cost of attendance for the schools you’re considering, should be part of the equation when whittling down your list of best return on investment colleges.”
Missouri S&T ranks 24th in the category of 20-year net return on investment. Among public universities, S&T ranks 13th overall for 20-year net ROI.
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Year at UMSL instills lifelong lessons for German exchange student
UMSL Daily
Vivien Kneisel has fond memories of the months she spent in St. Louis partway through her academic journey at her home university in northwest Germany. “Once a Triton, always a Triton,” Kneisel says. She is graduating from Hochschule Bremen with a degree in international management this spring. (Photos courtesy of Vivien Kneisel)
Sometimes a step outside one’s comfort zone is really a giant leap – like when Vivien Kneisel moved out of her parents’ house in the summer of 2015.
“I didn’t just move out – I also moved into a new country on a new continent,” recalls Kneisel, who is from Germany.
As she settled into her new apartment at the University of Missouri–St. Louis that August, she missed home and her family and friends. But she also found a community of people who could relate to what she was going through – students from Brazil, Saudi Arabia and many other places in the world.
Vivien Kneisel (wearing cape) made friends with people from all over the world during her two semesters at UMSL.
“We were all missing the obvious things but also our local food, our daily routine, our hobbies – and we all shared that and together found a way to cope with all of that,” Kneisel says.
Now, looking back on the two semesters she spent as an exchange student at UMSL, she considers the experience one of the richest of her life.
“I know that it will always be part of me,” she says. “I met amazing people that became close friends, people that changed my opinion towards different topics and people that gave me a broader view, a bigger perspective, so that I can see the world through more than just my eyes.”
Kneisel also experienced a whole different approach to education. In Germany she’d grown accustomed to a very individual focus, along with a ...
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CSUF Eating Disorder Task Force is one of the on-campus resources addressing high prevalence of disorders shown in 2014 study
Daily Titan
Since 2015, the Eating Disorder Task Force at Cal State Fullerton has provided direct services and education consultations to students, faculty and staff seeking help for eating disorders.
A 2014 survey from Healthy Minds Network found that CSUF had a 10 percent eating disorder presence on campus, said Kevin Thomas, Psy. D., a licensed psychologist with CSUF’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in an email.
The Eating Disorder Task Force has been aiming to decrease that number.
“Today’s younger generation is growing up in a culture where comparison is innate,” said Sarah Lipson, assistant professor at the University of Michigan and associate director for the Healthy Minds Network. “Based on empirical evidence, the (eating disorder) prevalence rate on college campuses seems to be three times higher than the rate of treatment. It’s a huge lost opportunity for early treatment or intervention.”
An eating disorder is an illness fueled by “extreme emotions, attitudes and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues,” according to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). Eating disorder symptoms can be found in the DSM-V, meaning they are both a psychological and physical illness.
CSUF tested three percent higher than the national average for eating disorders, according to the Healthy Minds Network study.
The Healthy Minds Network is a research team, “dedicated to improving the mental and emotional well-being of young people,” according to their website.
Lipson said in an email that the study is an online survey comprised of questions that deal with depression, anxiety and eating disorders. She said college students represent a vulnerable group to develop eating disorders because “the traditional college years (ages 18 to 22) coincide with age of onset for eating disorders.”
“Research has shown that eating disorders tend to more commonly occur when there are major life transitions,” Thomas said.
The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, a disorder characterized by an obsessive ...
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Star Party slated for Alumni Weekend
Physical and Biological Sciences News
For the first time, Alumni Weekend will feature a night of stargazing, science, and music.UC Observatories, Lick Observatory, and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics are joining forces to put on a Star Party, replete with jazz, informative talks from foremost experts on astronomy, constellation identification, and telescopes for viewing celestial objects once night falls.
“We want to bring Lick Observatory down the mountain,” said Ilse Ungeheuer, communications specialist at UC Observatories/Lick Observatory.
Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, just east of San Jose, is part of University of California Observatories (UCO), a multicampus research institution headquartered at UC Santa Cruz. It is housed in the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, along with the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department.
Asher Wasserman is an astronomy graduate student and member of the UCSC Astronomy club, which owns 10 amateur telescopes that will be at the Star Party.
The event is not only an opportunity for interdepartmental collaboration, but an opportunity for alumni and the campus community to get together and explore the stars.
Wasserman studies the motions of stars in distant galaxies and how that motion relates to the composition of dark matter.
He says that while he is busy making progress in his highly technical niche, he relishes the opportunity to share in the general public’s fascination with moons, stars, telescopes, nebulas, black holes whirling planets, spinning galaxies, and the other wonders of extraterrestrial space.
“I definitely see that a fundamental part of my job as an astronomer is to convey to people what it is I do,” said Wasserman.
If the weather cooperates on the last Saturday in April, Wasserman will have the opportunity to do just that. He won’t be alone.
The Star Party—slated to begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 at the Oakes College Lower Lawn—will feature a robust roster of speakers, including Chancellor George Blumenthal.
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For Young Adults, Cigarettes More Pleasurable with Alcohol than with Pot
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
The study is the first to document that tobacco accompanied by alcohol provides cigarette smokers with a greater perceived reward than when they smoke cigarettes while using marijuana.
The study will be published online April 18, 2017, in the journal Addiction Research & Theory.
“What we’ve learned may have important implications for understanding differences in co-use of cigarettes with alcohol versus marijuana,” said co-first author Noah R. Gubner, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF.
“Our findings show that co-use of cigarettes and alcohol could be more pleasurable than co-use of cigarettes and marijuana,” said Gubner.
Smoking Common Among Heavy Drinkers
Research has shown that among young adults, cigarette smoking is strongly associated with alcohol and marijuana use – and smoking is particularly common among heavy drinkers or binge drinkers. Previous studies have also shown that the combined pharmacological effects of cigarettes and alcohol can lead to a heightened sense of reward for the users.
In the new study, which used self-reported data, participants were between the ages of 18 and 25, living in the United States, and reported current smoking along with recent use of alcohol or marijuana, or both. The study recruited participants between October 2014 and August 2015 through a paid advertising campaign on Facebook. Altogether, there were 500 participants.
Using cross-sectional survey data, the researchers examined the extent of cigarette smoking under the influence of alcohol or marijuana, along with the differences in perceived pleasure. They found that individuals smoked more than 40 percent of their cigarettes under the influence of alcohol or marijuana.
“Since the main route of administration for marijuana is smoking, some aspects of marijuana use (such as the smoke, lighting of a joint, the throat ...
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Wednesday’s FIU versus FGCU Game to Start at 6:00 p.m.
FIU Athletics
MIAMI (April 18, 2017) – Wednesday's FIU baseball game versus Florida Gulf Coast, originally scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch, has been moved up 30 minutes and will now begin at 6:00 p.m. from the FIU Baseball Stadium. For more information or to purchase tickets, log onto www.FIUSports.com or call 305-FIU-GAME. #####About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of ...
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LSU Meets Lamar in Prostate Cancer Awareness Game
LSUsports.net
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Bill FranquesCommunications Sr. Associate
BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 8 LSU (25-12) plays host to Lamar (22-15) at 6:30 p.m. CT Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
Tuesday’s contest is LSU’s annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Game, as the Tigers will wear blue batting helmets in support of the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer in men.
The game will be carried on the LSU Sports Radio Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge), and the radio broadcast may be heard at www.LSUsports.net/live,
The game may be viewed online in SEC Network +, accessible at WatchESPN.com and the Watch ESPN app.
LSU won three of four games last week, including a 2-1 series win against Ole Miss in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The series win was LSU’s 19th straight over the Rebels in Baton Rouge; the last series win for Ole Miss on LSU’s home field came in 1982.
The Tigers, who are just two games out of first place in the SEC standings with a 9-6 conference mark, are hitting .295 as a team with 32 homers and 40 steals in 58 attempts.
Lamar, which is 9-9 in Southland Conference action, is hitting .282 on the year with 30 homers and 19 steals in 23 attempts. The Cardinals are coached by Will Davis, a former LSU player and assistant coach in his first year at the helm of the Lamar program.
“I’m so proud of Will, and he’s doing a tremendous job at Lamar,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I knew he would do a great job, and they’re only going to continue to get better under his leadership. It will be a kind of awkward feeling coaching against Will, because I love him and I’m very proud of him. We’re just going to have to put our friendship on hold for about three hours ...
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Rice to receive $10.7 million from Kinder Foundation for education research
The Kinder Foundation has awarded a $10.7 million grant to Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) to expand its innovative work to additional school districts in the Greater Houston region.
Ruth López Turley. Photo credit: Rice University.
HERC is a research-practice partnership between Rice and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) that aims to improve the connection between education research and decision-making. The center’s research has included topics such as the benefits of pre-kindergarten, the effect of teacher evaluations, the impact of school closures, and the predictors of dropping out of school. Established in 2011 and housed in Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, HERC’s ultimate goal is to close socio-economic gaps in achievement and attainment.
“We’re extremely grateful for this opportunity to develop a regional research agenda together with school district leaders,” said Ruth López Turley, HERC director, associate director for research at the Kinder Institute and a professor of sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences. “There are many issues that can’t be addressed through a single school district, but using research to collaborate across districts within the same region is promising, and having the resources to do this work is rare. This is truly a meaningful gift to children in the Houston metropolitan area.”
The grant will allow HERC to continue its research with HISD while extending the center’s analytical reach to several additional districts, Turley said. She said HERC will work in partnership with school district leaders to develop a research agenda focusing on issues of regional importance, such as segregation, effective curriculum and programs, and bilingual education.
“Dr. Turley represents the very best of how universities can collaboratively engage with communities to take on the world’s most complex challenges. HERC has already shed light on a number of important educational topics, and this generous gift will expand ...
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Criminal Justice Club Efforts Earn National Recognition
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: April 13, 2017 A campus Mock Crime Scene event and a Forensic Science Symposium helped Lone Star College-CyFairs Criminal Justice Department earn two National Criminal Justice Month Awards.
CJ Associate Professor and club advisor Jennifer W. Bourgeois attended the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting in Missouri this March in which LSC-CyFair was awarded the inaugural Community Engagement Award and Education Award.
The purpose of National Criminal Justice Month is to promote societal awareness regarding the causes and consequences of crime. The Community Engagement Award recognizes an event that meaningfully engages the community on criminal justice issues and topics. The Education Award recognizes an event for the educational impact on students and the community.
These awards mean a lot because LSC CyFair, to some, is just a 2-year college, but being recognized at ACJS made LSC-CyFair shine bright among 4-year universities, said Bourgeois.
"I was both surprised and delighted that our club won such an honor, said CJ Club Secretary Bioleta Reyes. It recognizes our dedication, our involvement on campus, and our intercommunication with other organizations."
The Criminal Justice Club's hard work brought awareness to LSC-CyFair students and employees about National Criminal Justice Month and year round with educational and informative events pertaining to Criminal Justice including: Who Dunnit Mock Crime Scene event; CJ transfer information sessions, Forensic Science Symposium, Mythbusters event and weekly club meetings, just to name a few.
I am proud of my students because they have the same passion as I do for the Criminal Justice field, she said. They work all year to share this passion, not just during National Criminal Justice Month in March.
Former CJ students and 2016 LSC-CyFair alums Gisselle Fanini and Bianca Serna have had unique experiences and opportunities that will help them in their future careers in criminal justice, said Bourgeois.
Fanini was able to gain criminal justice work ...
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Lone Star College-North Harris hosts "Super Saturday" registration event April 22
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: March 28, 2017 Registering for fall classes is easy as 1-2-3! Lone Star College-North Harris will host a Super Saturday registration event for prospective students and their families on Saturday, Apr. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the colleges Student Services Building, located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive in Houston. This event is free and open for the community to attend.
Super Saturday is a great opportunity for students and their families to complete the application process and any other additional steps needed to enroll, said Patlindsay Catalla, supervisor of student outreach and recruitment at LSC-North Harris. We understand that the traditional work-week schedule poses challenges for our students, so we wanted to offer an extra time on a Saturday that is flexible for those who cannot make it to campus Monday-Friday. We encourage anyone that is interested in pursuing higher education at any level to stop by and speak with one of our college representatives and start the enrollment process.
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LSC-North Harris courses are designed to fit a diverse spectrum of academic goals, and can lead to certificates, associate degrees or university transfer. Credit classes range from art, biology, and automotive technology to cosmetology, nursing and criminal justice. Classes are offered days, evenings or weekends at LSC-North Harris, LSC-Greenspoint Center and LSC-Victory Center, as well as in online and hybrid formats.
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.
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 98,000 students each semester. LSC is training tomorrows workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., serves as chancellor of LSC, the ...
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Greetings from Joe Vidulich, SPA/BA '08
American University News
Fellow Eagles,Spring has sprung on campus, and as you'll surely recall, spring is always a beautiful and busy time at AU, and there's no shortage of exciting happenings this year.We're gearing up to welcome a new class of alumni to our ranks, and the campus is abuzz as Dr. Neil Kerwin prepares to step down university president. I have been thrilled to help honor Dr. Kerwin for his service, and the Decade of Transformation event in DC was a special way for us to come together in that spirit. Thanks to all who attended!
I would be remiss if I didn't pause for a moment to reflect on the retirement of Dr. Gail Short Hanson, AU's vice president of campus life. For over 20 years of service, Gail gave much to AU and improved student life in myriad ways. Former students put together a short video in her honor, and we shared it (along with many memories of our time on campus!) last month at her retirement reception. In her honor, AU has established the Gail Hanson Endowment for Student Leadership and Service. The endowment will fund initiatives like an annual Student Leadership Retreat, and help to fund student leadership trainings and conferences throughout the year. Participants will come from student government organizations and media, university-recognized clubs, resident assistants, and fraternities and sororities. I hope you will consider contributing to this worthy endeavor.
Speaking of service, April is National Volunteer Month, so I'm sending out thanks to our more than 2,000 AU alumni volunteers! Your impact on this university is measurable and meaningful. I could not be more grateful for your service to our alma mater. Alumni interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at AU should check out the Volunteer for AU section of our website.
In addition to recruiting volunteers for AU, we're hosting Eagles in Action, a ...
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Here’s to the Earth
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 18, 2017) — A sense of fun combined with a message about the importance of understanding our planet will be on display this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in University Hall.
Students observe an experiment in atmospheric sciences. (Photo courtesy of the Times Union)
The University’s 5th Annual UAlbany Family Earth Day, open to children/students from K-12 and their families, will seek to instruct youth about the various earth sciences and, through fun and engaging hands-on activities, see the value in taking care of the Earth. According to Pamela Eck, a graduate teaching assistant in Atmospheric & Environmental Science, the goals more specifically consist of:
Helping educate students about such fields of study as ecology, climate change, and geology.
Emphasizing the importance of keeping the Earth clean and healthy.
Sparking an interest and encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM.
Why is Family Earth Day so important? “Earth sciences are the study of the world we live in and how our lives impact that world every single day,” said Eck. “My hope is that this event will provide a fun and exciting way to remind students of just how important these fields of study are and how interesting the relationship between people and the Earth really is."
The day will include numerous activities and presentations to demonstrate a range of earth sciences. Demos include cloud art, cloud in a bottle, can crushing, the planting of a marigold, and a solar oven. In addition to these activities there will be three featured demos: forming ice crystals from ice nuclei, a weather balloon launch and a rotating tank experiment.
This year the organizers are also very excited to announce that for the first time ever Weather Friends, friendly superheroes who engage with the students to make a science experience more memorable, will be participating. They will be handing ...
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Federal education landscape focus of College of Education advisory board meeting
Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina
College of Education Founding Dean George J. Petersen and WestEd Director of Government Relations Augustus Mays
The Clemson University College of Education Senior Advisory Board received an overview of the federal educational policy landscape during its April 14 meeting at Clemson’s Madren Center.
Augustus Mays, director of governmental relations at WestEd – an education-focused, nonpartisan, research, development and service agency – spoke to the group about recent changes in the U.S. Department of Education.
Identifying key players in the new department, including the background and experience of new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Mays addressed new funding and policy priorities for the Trump Administration as well as legislative priorities of for the 115th Congress.
Mays covered keys themes and initiatives including the congressional budget timeline, legislative priorities for Higher Education Act, and the reauthorization of educational legislation for Head Start, the Education Sciences Reform Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Other points of discussion included congressional priorities, the change in accountability standards, and the U.S. Department of Education’s revised Every Student Succeeds Act, which will impact schools and universities in South Carolina.
“The information that Augustus provided was invaluable for the college and our board members, who hail from various entities impacted by federal education policy,” said George J. Petersen, founding dean of the College of Education. “We learned that the new administration will be looking for K-12 and university partnerships with non-profit organizations and businesses, educational approaches that involve innovation and rigorous evaluation, and teacher preparation efforts that focus on economic imperatives.”
In addition to May’s keynote address, the Senior Advisory Board heard from Petersen about current initiatives in the college – including the college’s new B.A. to M.Ed. program and teacher residency efforts.
With members hailing from governmental entities, school districts, corporations and nonprofit organizations, the Senior Advisory Board meets biannually to ...
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Earth Month Lecture to Focus on Sustainable Cities
Fordham Newsroom
As urban communities around the world grow at extraordinary levels, environmentalists and urbanites are working together to build sustainable cities that are not only good for the planet, but also for people.
Steven Cohen
In an April 19 lecture at Fordham’s McGinley Center Commons, Steven Cohen, Ph.D., executive director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will discuss the nation’s evolution from preservation to sustainability. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will also cover topics related to renewable energy, the sharing economy, and technological advances.
Cohen’s lecture, “Building Sustainable Cities and Living Sustainable Lifestyles,” is part of a series of events for Earth Month, organized by the Bronx Science Consortium, a partnership between the University, the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), Bronx Zoo, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Montefiore Health System, and co-hosted by Fordham’s Office of Research.
Though Earth Day is officially on April 22, the consortium has dedicated the entire month of April to environmental literacy.
The consortium’s Earth Month began on April 5 with a presentation about securing funding for scientific research, led by Walter L. Goldschmidths, vice president of and executive director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. That same day, the University also held a research forum with guest chair Brian M. Broom of the NYBG. Fordham’s Bronx partner, the Bronx Zoo, hosted a Nature Club Family Event and Bronx Zoo Quest on April 8, which aimed to connect families to nature through activities in different locations around the zoo.
Some remaining events of Earth Month include:
The NYBG’s dazzling garden exhibition of the artwork of American glass sculptor Dale Chihuly on April 22; On the same day, the garden will also host an Earth Day procession and behind-the-scenes tours of its Plant Research Laboratory, among other Earth Day-centric activities. On ...
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FOUR WOMEN'S GOLFERS EARN ALL-BIG SKY HONORS
Athletics News
Apr 17, 2017
OGDEN, Utah — Four Sacramento State women's golfers earned all-conference honors it was announced today. The list is highlighted by Julia Becker who was placed on the first team. Astha Madan, Sofie Babic and Nishtha Madan each earned third team honors.Becker leads the team with a stroke average of 74.13 in 23 rounds this season. That mark is on pace to set the school single-season record by nearly a stroke. During the year, she was twice named the Big Sky Golfer of the Week and claimed at least a share of two tournament titles. She was the outright medalist at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and most recently tied for first place at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic. The Las Vegas native has eight rounds of 72 or better during the year.Astha Madan was named to the third team a year after garnering honorable mention. Madan is currently averaging 75.04 and has three top 10 finishes during the year. Her highest finish came at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational where she placed fourth.Babic and Nishtha Madan have both been in the lineup for every tournament during their freshmen seasons. Babic has averaged 75.13 with seven rounds of 72 or lower. She tied for second at the Rose City Collegiate in September and was third in the rain-shortened Sacramento State Invitational in March. Nishtha Madan is averaging 75.39 in her first season with the team. She had three rounds at 72 or better, including a 2-under par round of 70 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.The Big Sky Conference used a new system to determine the all-conference list in 2016-17, using rankings. The teams and awards were selected following the conclusion of the regular season, using a points system based on the Golfstat National Ranking, the Golf Week National Ranking and the adjusted score to par provided by Golfstat. The five lowest point totals were named to the first team, the ...
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Summer camps appeal to wide array of interests
SIU News
April 17, 2017Summer camps appeal to wide array of interests
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- What do dinosaurs, bowling, Legos, airplanes, baseball and broadcasting have in common?
They are just some of the many themes featured in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2017 children’s summer camp lineup for ages 6-18. SIU’s Conference and Scheduling Services is coordinating numerous academic, artistic and athletic camps for all ages, skills, interests and abilities this year.
An overview of the university’s summer camp schedule, arranged by dates and including age ranges, prices, brief descriptions and other relevant information, includes:
The Illinois Urban Fishing Program, June 1-Aug. 15, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. by appointment, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade age, Evergreen Park, free. Children will learn how to fish and a greater appreciation for natural resources. To sign up, or for more information, email ethan.stephenson@siu.edu or call 217/415-0043.
Universal Cheer Camp, June 5-8, overnight and day camp options, ages 12 and older, call 888-CHEERUSA for information or to register. Campers will receive instruction in cheer and dance. Cost is $226 for instruction only or $349 for overnight camp. Coaches may register to attend as well.
Dinosaurs and Animals throughout Time art camp, June 5-9, 9 a.m.-noon, grades 1-3, $115. Children will draw, paint and craft with clay to communicate their stories, drawing inspiration from dinosaurs and animals past and present.
Art Material Expression art camp, June 5-9, 1-4 p.m., grades 4-8, $115. Through various art forms, including painting, drawing, keeping journals and sculpture, student artists will study and communicate.
Challenge to Excellence Camp, Session I is June 11-16 for grades 6-8 and Session II is June 18-23 for grades 9-11, $425 for overnight camp and $350 for day camp. The camp gives academically talented students the chance to stretch themselves via participation in interesting sessions that promote higher levels of critical thinking and ...
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HSU Track and Field Dominant at Raider Invite
Humboldt State University Athletics
ASHLAND, Ore.- Humboldt State Track and Field seems to be hitting their stride at the right time as they had another successful performance at the Raider Invite Saturday afternoon. Brailee VandenBoom had an impressive day as she finished fifth in both the Women's 100m and 200m dash. Je-Ni Hardy finished second in the 200m dash with a time of 26.06. Hardy also finished fifth in the 400m finishing in 1:00.48. In the 800m Erin Chessin brought home a third-place finish with a time of a 2:19.17, while Grace Hall finished sixth and Ryanne Bailey finished 12th. The Jacks also had strong representation in the Women's 5000m run as Annie Roberts finished fifth and Megan Alfi finished sixth. Caitlin McCoy brought home first place finishes in both the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. She completed the 100m hurdles in a time of 15.60 and the 400m hurdles in 1:05.31. The Lumberjacks also made their presence felt in the throwing events. Lily Bankas finished first in the Shot Put with Elianna Campos finishing third in the same event. HSU also displayed its depth in the discus throw. Campos finished third, with Bankas finishing fourth and Ashley Ross finishing seventh. In the hammer throw Elizabeth Jones finished second and Florence Carroll finishes twelfth. Ashley Ross also brought home seventh place finish in the javelin throw. On the men's side Corey Berner secured top ten finishes in the 100m dash and 200m dash finishing tenth in the 100m with a time of 11.03, and seventh in the 200m with a time of 22.38. In the 400m Parker Irusta placed fourth, with Berner securing the spot behind him with a time of 50.12 The Lumberjacks men took home four out of the top ten spots in the men 1 mile run. CM April finished sixth, Kainalu Asam seventh, Anthony Palacio eighth and Brayden Leach rounded out the top ten. The Green and Gold ...
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Human Development Student Ready to Make a Difference
CSUSM NewsCenter
Carlos Olivares had a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States after moving from Mexico when he was 9.“I struggled a lot growing up,” Carlos said. “I struggled adapting to a new culture and I rebelled quite a bit.”
The struggles continued into his freshman year at Escondido High School where his grade-point average was just 1.25 that first year.
Needless to say, college wasn’t on his radar back then. He wasn’t even thinking about graduating from high school.
“My goal was just to break necks in football,” he said. “I was angry.”
Carlos overcame that anger and those struggles, becoming the first in his family to attend college. He will cross the commencement stage at Cal State San Marcos next month after earning his bachelor’s in human development.
Carlos credits his turnaround to a high school counselor. First, she put him on a program to recover lost credits from his freshman year. By the end of his sophomore year, his grade-point average was 4.0. As a junior, Carlos started taking Advanced Placement classes and began to think about attending Palomar College. It wasn’t long before he set his sights on a four-year university. He was accepted to all five universities to which he applied, but there was little doubt that he would choose CSUSM.
“This is my community,” he said. “This is where I grew up. Before I make a difference anywhere else, I need to make a difference here.”
Though Carlos said he struggled again during his first year at CSUSM, he was better equipped to handle those struggles. He credits CSUSM’s Personalized Academic Success Services (PASS) for helping him hone the skills he needed to be successful in college.
Carlos’ efforts culminated in a trip to Chicago in March for the annual Scientific Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiological and Biofeedback.
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Today at TP/SS: Learn About Transgender Inclusion on Campus Including Restroom Issues
Inside MC Online
Ongoing struggles for trans rights and recent changes in the political landscape have raised controversies over transgender inclusion, particularly issues related to restrooms and gender-specific spaces. Mx. Nic Sakurai, a nonbinary and trans advocate and educator will join us for a session on recent developments for trans inclusion on college campuses today, April 17 from 2 to 3 p.m. on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus in CM 211. Presented by the Student Senate.
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Wausau Campus Builds Food Sculpture, Volunteers at United Way's CommUNITY Fest
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The Wausau campus collected food and donations for weeks before creating a food sculpture at United Way’s CommUNITY Fest in Marathon County Sept. 19-20.The purpose of the annual local festival is to support and provide food for those in need in the community. “We have a percentage of our population that doesn’t have the resources to purchase food; all the food from the food sculptures goes toward the local shelters in need,” said Patrick Schmidt, director of admissions at the Wausau campus. Campus volunteers spent Friday collecting all the food and setting up their display; they designed a replica of Dubai's Burj Khalifa—the tallest building in the world. In total, the campus spent 120 hours in preparation of the event and collected more than $800 in food donations for Marathon County’s United Way. Last year's event brought in more than $2,400 and 12 tons of food, according to United Way. “We offered different fundraisers on campus to collect donations … baked goods one week, a baked potato bar the next and a nacho bar the last week,” Schmidt said. There were about 30 businesses that participated in the food sculpture competition. In addition, there were lots of activities for families to take part in at the event, including a 5K, face painting, story time and an area designed for arts and crafts. “Our campus employs a lot of people in the local community and has a vested interest in the community we serve,” Schmidt said. “We want to do everything we can to help those with the greatest needs. We participate in as many events as we can to improve and meet the needs of those in Marathon County.”
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King Library era began with symbolic "book brigade"
Miami University - Top Stories
Celebrate King Library's 50th birthday
As King Library celebrates 50 years since its official opening as the Edgar Weld King Undergraduate Library, the Miami University Libraries invite students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members to an open house celebration from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, in King Library’s first-floor lobby.
by Vince Frieden, strategic communications coordinator, Miami University Libraries
Before the new Edgar Weld King Undergraduate Library could open its doors, or even really be called a library for that matter, there was the question of how to move 35,000 books in a single weekend.
The answer to that question is what’s remembered today as “the book brigade,” a collection of Miami University Libraries’ staff and student assistants working alongside student volunteers to complete the daunting task in time for the new library’s grand opening Monday morning 50 years ago.
“It was a seamless operation,” recalled Charles Markis (Miami ’68, M.M. ’76), then a Libraries student assistant and later the manager of Miami’s Amos Music Library. “I still talk about it whenever I’m looking to share an example of how proper prior planning can accomplish a lot.”
Although there have been a number of significant book moves in the Miami Libraries’ history, including a more extensive relocation to the expanded and completed King Library in 1973, the 1966 “book brigade” represented not just a physical move of periodicals and monographs but a transformational move to a new type of library.
Students study in the Alumni Library Reading Room. (Photos from Miami Univesity Libraries)
Open space and the freedom to browse
Built in 1910 and expanded to the east in 1922, Alumni Library was over capacity almost from the start.
A 1931 Miami Student headline described the overcrowding situation as “critical” and quoted university officials who urged students to “cease social visits” and come to the library “only for serious study.” Alumni Library ...
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Provost Dunn discusses commitment to student support in recent interview
UNCG Now
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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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
News – Illinois Tech Today
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
News at College of DuPage
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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