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As colleagues at a wonderful institution, please be respectful to the feelings of others when replying to an email with a large recipient list. Also, replying with "stop replying to this message" to an email with a bulk distribution list only compounds the problem. We know when somebody is out of line, and there's a good chance the sender does, as well. Office 365 Issue Office 365 users should be aware that the default reply setting is often set to "reply all." This could cause users to inadvertently reply to all users in an email thread when they intended to reply to the sender. See below for a tip on changing the setting: Office 365 (Outlook on the web) - Change default reply setting from "reply all" to "reply" When viewing a message within your reading pane or separate window, you will see the "reply all" button. If you click on the button, the default action is to perform a "reply all." To reply or forward the message, you must click on the down arrow next to this action and select the desired action. To change Outlook on the web's default setting back to "Reply", click the settings gear at the upper right and then select "Options" in the menu: Steps: 1. Click the settings gear icon and then select "Options" from the drop-down menu. 2. Expand the "Mail" section. 3. Expand the "Automatic processing" section. 4. Click Reply settings. 5. Select the "Reply" setting and click Save. 6. Return to your Outlook screen. The default action will now be Reply.
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Florida Campuses Sport Shades of Color for Cancer Awareness
News Beat
Walk into any Florida campus on a Wednesday throughout the months of August, September and October and you will find faculty, staff and students wearing shades of the same color to support and bring awareness to all different types of cancer.Tampa/Brandon Campus Director Staceyann Sinclair started the Colors of Cancer Awareness campaign on her campus three years ago, and now it’s grown where all the Florida campuses are supporting the cause. Every Wednesday faculty, staff and students wear clothing of a particular color to bring awareness to the cancers that are represented by those same colors. The colors can represent multiple types of cancers. For example, the first Wednesday of August people wore a shade of purple, violet or lavender to bring awareness to all cancer survivors, Hodgkin’s Disease, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer and others. The next week was a different color that brought awareness to other types of cancer in the same color family. Additionally, the campuses are raising donations and doing runs/walks in the campus communities. “We have raised several thousand dollars doing this, and the money we raise is given from Rasmussen College and is split between the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and American Cancer Society,” Sinclair said. There are many fundraisers the campuses participate in to raise money for donations. Faculty and staff can wear jeans on a Friday if they donate $5. There are quarterly bake sales with lots of student participation. Faculty, staff and students join together in the student lounge to make tutus for their runs/walks. The tutus sell for $12 apiece and usually bring in up to $600. They tie-dye blue and pink T-shirts for the month of October to support breast cancer for men and women. Staff coordinates plant sales on campus. “It’s become a tradition—one that people really look forward to,” Sinclair said. “They are ...
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Meet the composers: MUSO Centennial Celebration Concert Nov. 21
Miami University - Top Stories
An American premiere and CSO Brass Quintet part of special
Samuel Adler (above) and Anthony DiLorenzo (below) will be guests at the MUSO Celebration Concert.
By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
The Miami University Symphony Orchestra, (MUSO) directed by Ricardo Averbach, celebrates its 100th anniversary with a special free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, in Hall Auditorium.
Come early to meet Samuel Adler, one of the most prominent living American composers, who will give a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. at Hall.
The celebration concert includes:
Adler’s “Music for Eleven: Suite for Woodwinds and Percussion,” performed by the MUSO Chamber Ensemble, guest-conducted by Steve Lytle, associate director of bands.
The American premiere of “Chimera: Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra” by Anthony DiLorenzo, originally commissioned by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Brass Quintet will join the MUSO.
"Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35," by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.
Adler, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1939. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001, and inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2008. He is the composer of more than 400 published works.
He is professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music where he taught from 1966 to 1995 and is currently a member of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School.
DiLorenzo, who will also be on campus for the concert, is an Emmy Award-winning composer whose music is performed throughout the world by major symphony orchestras and chamber groups.
He has composed music for more than 80 film trailers, for films such as "Toy Story," "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," and "The Simpsons Movie."
MUSO and Averbach named semi-finalists for the 2016 American Prize
The Miami University Symphony Orchestra was recently named one of 11 semi-finalists for the 2016 American Prize, for best orchestra, college level.
Ricardo Averbach conducts the MUSO in ...
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UNCG, WCU partnership provides opportunity to earn doctorate online
UNCG Now
Summer McMurry runs a full-time business she started in Asheville, in addition to being a wife and mother of three children. Pursuing her doctorate, without a nearby program, wasn’t an option for her – until now.
McMurry is one of three doctoral students comprising the first class in a joint doctoral program in speech communication and disorders between UNCG and Western Carolina University. The program is called the Inter-institutional Distance Education Agreement for Learning and Leadership in Communication Sciences and Disorders, or IDEALL CSD, and is unique in that students take classes from faculty at both campuses, mainly online.
“Getting my PhD was something I always wanted to do once I was established and settled,” said McMurry, who established Carolina Pediatric Therapy 15 years ago and now employs about 100 people who serve 18 counties. “There wasn’t a program that I could connect to. But when I found out about IDEALL, it was a good fit for me. Most of what we do in the program is distance learning, so I’m not traveling to either of the campuses very often.”
Both universities benefit from the partnership. For UNCG, having access to Western Carolina faculty essentially doubles the size of the department without increases to its budget. Students who graduate from IDEALL will receive their degrees from UNCG.
“Western has outstanding faculty, but they didn’t have a doctoral program and didn’t want to lose these star faculty members because of that,” said Dr. Celia Hooper, dean of UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences. “To establish a program like this, it takes a lot of cooperation between faculties and registrars and administration. We had a lot of enthusiastic people who didn’t give up.”
The partnership touches on two important aspects of the Board of Governors’ strategic plan – access and efficiency. Students like McMurry now have access to a ...
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Armour College of Engineering Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Aleksandar G. Ostrogorsky’s Crystal Growth Experiment Launching on NASA’s Orbital ATK CRS-7
News – Illinois Tech Today
Today (Tuesday, April 18) at 10:11 a.m. CT, the Orbital ATK CRS-7 mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the International Space Station. Among its cargo will be a crystal growth experiment led by Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Aleksandar G. Ostrogorsky. Learn more about the launch and mission here.
Watch launch coverage starting at 9 a.m. CT on NASA Television here.
Watch the launch live, streamed in 360 video on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn more here.
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COD Celebrates 2017 Carter D. Carroll Excellence in History Award Winners
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackAuguste Baltrimaviciute (pictured above left with COD Associate Professor of History John Paris) of Naperville
was recognized at a recent reception as this year’s first-place recipient of the Carter
D. Carroll Excellence in History Award for outstanding work in the field of history
writing at College of DuPage. The award, which includes a $250 stipend to the first
place winner, was created to encourage and reward high-quality academic writing in
the field of history.Baltrimaviciute’s winning entry was a paper inspired by the Buck v. Bell Supreme Court
case which ruled that people can be forcefully sterilized if they are seen as unfit
to reproduce. She earned her GED in the summer of 2013 and continued to attend COD
until the spring of 2016. Baltrimaviciute graduated with an associate degree as a
member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and with highest honors. She is currently
studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago pursuing a major in History and
a minor in Sociology and plans to apply to UIC's M.A./Ph.D. program in history. Her
winning paper was submitted by COD Associate Professor of History Sam Mitrani.Maggie Curran took second place for her essay about Che Guevara's autobiography "The Motorcycle
Diaries," initially written for a History and Culture of Latin America class. The
Downers Grove resident attended COD as a Presidential Scholar, earning an A.A. degree
before transferring to Chicago’s Columbia College, where she is currently pursuing
a major in advertising with a minor in writing for television. She hopes to work at
an ad agency or on a writing staff for a comedy series. Curran’s paper was submitted
by COD Associate Professor of History John Paris.Lombard resident Ashleigh Brill received the third place award for her essay about the book, “Things Fall Apart”
by Chinua Achebe. After attending COD in 2016, ...
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Saint Cyr Dimanche’s long journey from Africa to the Boston Marathon
Brandeis University News
BOSTON (CBS) — “I was in the hospital for six months alone. That’s where my journey started to come to America.”
Today, Saint Cyr Dimanche is a 23-year-old son of two loving parents in Worcester, studying international relations at Brandeis University. But he traveled a long and difficult road to get to where he is.
After losing his mother in childbirth and his father at the hands of rebels when he was 14, Dimanche escaped from a small village in the Central African Republic to Cameroon. He supported himself by hauling cement, sometimes carrying it up 10 floors, earning $1.80 for 12 hours of hard labor. It eventually became too much for the young boy.
He ended up getting sick, and spent those six months in the hospital. While he was there, a visit from an American couple on a social service mission started the process that would bring him to the US. Dimanche was 17 when he arrived at Logan Aiport, with Bob and Anne Bureau waiting for him.
“We called him our son from the first moment we met him,” said Mr. Bureau. “And he will always be our son. Always.”
“He came through baggage claim and I started crying,” said Mrs. Bureau. “I went up and hugged him.”
Adding a 17-year-old to your family would be a tough task for any family, but it was even harder considering the Bureaus and Dimanche had no way of communicating. Dimanche spoke Sango (a rare African language) and a little bit of French, but he and his new family had no common language. They used iPhones to translate before they found a translator.
Then Dimanche took his next step a few weeks later. After not attending school from 2003-2011, he returned to the classroom.
“It was very hard to go back to school. It was also very hard that I started with a different language,” ...
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Business Professor Identifies Key Behaviors That Set Superior Aviation and Aerospace Leaders Apart
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Linda M. Pittenger, associate professor at the College of Business at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, has identified several “behavioral competencies” that distinguish superior performers in aviation and aerospace leadership roles.
No. 1 on the list? Passion.
“Superior performing leaders exhibited passion for their work, enthusiasm for their peers and subordinates, and excitement for the aviation and aerospace industry, while average performing leaders did not,” Pittenger says. “Superior performing leaders shared a deep commitment to their work and an obsession-like love for the aviation and/or aerospace industry.”
In her qualitative research study, Leadership Metamorphosis: Behavioral Competencies that Distinguish Superior Performing Leaders in Aviation and Aerospace, Pittenger also uncovered that superior performing leaders take the time to build relationships at all levels of the organization and also with key external influencers.
“For example, superior performing leaders relate well to their followers and are often seen as ‘one of them,’” she says. “They form close bonds with peers and those senior to them who can provide them with resources and opportunities. They develop and nurture a network of industry relationships who expose them to emerging trends and/or can provide solutions to technical or organizational issues.”
Pittenger’s findings are the result of a rigorous and systematic analysis of data collected from 112 one-hour, semi-structured interviews with average and superior performing leaders at Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce/American Airlines (formerly Texas Aero Engine Services), Bell Helicopter, FedEx and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The study’s findings supported the prevailing conceptual model guiding the research, which recognized that job performance may be affected by a specific set or combination of behavioral competencies influenced by job demands, interpersonal relationships and organizational climate.
From C-Suite to Academia
Pittenger first became interested in behavioral competencies when she was chief information officer at AT&T.
“I wanted to know which ...
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UMass Boston Hosts Transfer Open House
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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions hosted its semi-annual Transfer Open House on Wednesday, April 12, welcoming 240 prospective transfer students and guests from throughout the state and New England. Students were able to submit their applications at the event, with admissions counselors right beside them to assist with any inquires. Over 80 students submitted applications.
Prospective students were also able to visit a variety of workshops and events throughout the Campus Center, including meeting with admissions counselors to discuss the process of applying their existing college credits to fulfill requirements at UMass Boston.
Danny Seng from Bristol Community College recently moved to Boston with his sister and said he looks forward to attending UMass Boston in the fall.
“I saved some money by attending community college for two years, and now I'm looking forward to studying at the College of Management because I want to open my own landscaping business," he said.
Marino Long-Mella first applied to UMass Boston as a senior in high school.
“The financial aid I received was very generous," she said. "But I did not get accepted to the College of Nursing initially, so I went to UMass Dartmouth instead. Now I want to transfer into nursing.”
Transfer Open House recognizes that transfer students have questions and needs that can be different from those of first-time freshmen. It is the most comprehensive event for transfer students, who can apply, learn about financial aid, take a tour, and discuss academic program options all in one evening. Attendees were very engaged and taking full advantage of the event offerings.
New this year was the “You Ask. We Answer.” workshop, which allowed visitors to hear from current UMass Boston transfer students about their experience, while also letting them ask questions about their experience here.
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Baseball Charges Past MIT Behind Battery of D’Agostino and Lindner
WPI News Archive
Apr 18, 2017
Northboro, MA --- Junior Steven D'Agostino (Worcester, MA) struck out eight in a solid seven-inning start and sophomore battery mate Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) batted 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored to lead WPI past MIT 12-4 Tuesday afternoon in the NEWMAC divisional crossover game at the New England Baseball Complex.
The host Engineers (22-8, 11-3) complete the season sweep of their industry rivals and remain atop the overall NEWMAC standings with one more weekend divisional series to play. MIT, meanwhile, slips to 13-9-1 overall and 7-6 in league play.
D'Agostino and the Crimson and Gray defense enjoyed a trio of 1-2-3 frames to begin the game while the offense posted four runs in the bottom of the second. The runs were a result of four consecutive hits beginning with a leadoff double by junior Matt Howard (Worcester, MA). Graduate student Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) reached on a single before a double by junior Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA) cleared both off the base paths for the 2-0 lead. Freshman David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) followed with a two-run shot to left.
The Boynton Hillers added two more in the fourth when senior Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) found a hole in the left side to plate sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) and then scores thanks to a pair of miscues on the play. Lindner drove in a run in the fifth and Tropeano scampered home on a wild pitch in the sixth. Three more scored in the seventh courtesy of an RBI single by Lindner, a fielder's choice by senior Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) and a ground out by Comei.
MIT got on the board thanks to a miscue in the top of the eighth. Howard then sent the first pitch in the bottom of the inning over the fence in center. Cambridge's ...
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Biased bots: Artificial-intelligence systems echo human prejudices
Princeton University Top Stories
Princeton University-based researchers have found that machine-learning programs can acquire the cultural biases embedded in the patterns of wording, from a mere preference for flowers over insects, to discriminatory views on race and gender.
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Weekly Standard's William Kristol to discuss civility, prospect for political center at IU campuses
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IU Newsroom »Weekly Standard's William Kristol to discuss civility, prospect for political center at IU campusesWeekly Standard's William Kristol to discuss civility, prospect for political center at IU campusesFeb. 17, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- William Kristol, editor at large of The Weekly Standard and a leading figure in U.S. political and policy circles for more than a quarter century, will take part in events next week at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana University Bloomington.
On Thursday, Feb. 23, Kristol will speak at an invitation-only luncheon at IUPUI, sponsored by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the Center on Representative Government.
On Friday, Feb. 24, he will participate in an IU Bloomington panel discussion from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union. IU political scientist Aurelian Craiutu will moderate, and Paul Helmke of the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs will serve as a panelist for the discussion: "Where Do We Go From Here: A Conversation With Bill Kristol."
The IU Bloomington event is hosted by the university's Tocqueville Program, which focuses on the contemporary legacy of 19th-century French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville.
"The Tocqueville Program is excited to bring Bill Kristol to IU to speak about the state of our contemporary politics and the chances of a new political center," said Craiutu, director of the Tocqueville Program. "Mr. Kristol is one of the most original voices in the Republicans’ camp today. Whether one agrees with his views or not, it is impossible not to respect his civil style, his willingness to engage in dialogue with others and his passion for ideas."
In addition to writing a regular column for The Weekly Standard, Kristol is a regular on ABC's "This Week" and appears frequently on TV news and political commentary programs. He founded The Weekly Standard in 1995 and served as its editor through 2016. Before ...
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Interim plan for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Northwestern Now: Summaries
Dear Members of the Graduate Community, As you know, Nsombi B. Ricketts moved from her role as Assistant Dean of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in TGS to become Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Northwestern. We are currently searching for the next leader for the Office of Diversity & Inclusion in TGS with input from faculty, students, and staff from the graduate community, and I want to assure you that business continues as usual in TGS. Jennifer E. Hobbs, PhD, Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development, is currently overseeing our Office of Diversity and Inclusion in an interim role. We are fortunate to have her in place to continue our efforts in fostering a diverse and inclusive TGS community, as this work is critical to our strategic priorities. Please connect as you would normally with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion team: Noelle Wakefield, PhD, Aireale Joi Rodgers, and Krystal Villanosa. I will be in contact with an update once we have appointed a new leader of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion in TGS. With Warm Regards,Dwight A. McBride, PhDAssociate Provost & Dean of The Graduate School
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New technique could break barriers to making smaller microchips
UChicago News
For the chips in our computers and smartphones to get faster, their components—the circuits and wires through which signals flow—have to get smaller. The miniaturization of these wires has taken scientists on a journey almost to the atomic level. Recently, scientists have begun to address and surmount certain barriers in physics that have prevented them from making even smaller wires.In a recent study published in Nature Nanotechnology, a team of researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and MIT has developed a new way to create some of the world’s thinnest wires, using a process that could enable mass manufacturing with standard types of equipment.
Templated assembly, or directed self-assembly, represents an easier and more cost-effective way to make nanowires with widths below 10 nanometers, which is about 100 atoms thick.
The self-assembling materials are large molecules known as block copolymers. These block copolymers are the two-headed beasts of the chemical world—one end is water-loving, the other end is water-hating. Upon heating, they spontaneously form highly uniform structures at the molecular scale.
On their own, however, the block copolymers would form a pattern that looks like a fingerprint or a piece of brain coral—useless for the creation of functional nanowires. The key to changing that pattern to something more ordered is the use of the chemically patterned templates.
“Think of it like baking a cake,” said Argonne nanoscientist Leonidas Ocola, a study co-author. “Without a mold for the cake, it can bake in a shape you don’t want it to bake. Having the mold gives it that shape that you want. The mold creates boundary conditions needed to define the shape you want.”
Past approaches to making tiny ordered nanostructures used expensive specialized optics to direct extreme wavelengths of light or electron beams to write patterns line-by-line. The new approach involves creating ...
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Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health Director Named
BU Today
Interim director Sally Bachman appointed to permanent post
Social workers can help doctors deliver better care, says Sally Bachman, director of a BU center combining both disciplines. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Sara “Sally” Bachman has been named the first director of a cutting-edge BU center applying the insights of social work to national and global health care.
Bachman, who had been serving as interim director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) since its 2015 launch, is a School of Public Health research professor of social research and of health law, policy, and management. As the CISWH’s first director, she also becomes the first Paul Farmer Professor at the School of Social Work, which oversees the CISWH. The center fosters collaboration between the two schools, as well as among other BU faculty.
“I could not be more excited and humbled by this amazing opportunity,” Bachman says of her two-year term as director, which is renewable.
“I will work with a talented group of colleagues to build the evidence base related to the value of social work practice in health and public health settings, from a cost and outcome perspective,” she says. The dual role of CISWH director and the new Paul Farmer Professorship “represents an ideal personal and professional challenge that will allow me to both leverage my skills and knowledge and continue to grow as a social work–public health leader.”
The CISWH’s mission is to use social work to reduce health care costs and improve care, particularly for underserved populations. The center’s premise is that in order to provide preventive health care, doctors and other caregivers need to know family and neighborhood influences that can impair health, especially for medically underserved populations. Social workers know that kind of information, which might help address domestic health problems such as the less-than-impressive US longevity rates ...
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William Bartram and John Pope's influence on American perceptions of the Creek Indians
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In the 1790s, the new American Indian “civilization” policy began to take shape. At the same time, several narratives of journeys across the Southeastern United States were published, most notably William Bartram’s accounts of the region’s plant, animal and human life. Though based on travels conducted in the 1770s, Bartram’s narrative did not reach press until 1791. The following year, another, less well-known narrative of the Southeast was published by John Pope, a Virginia veteran of the American Revolution. While interesting and popular accounts of the southern lands added to the United States as a result of the American Revolution, these narratives had the potential to do far more than simply satisfy readers’ curiosity about the Southeast’s inhabitants and geography.These travel narratives, published at a moment when Indians presented a primary security and diplomatic concern, offer valuable insight not only into American perceptions of Native Americans, but also into the policies that would dictate US-Indian relations in the post-Revolution period. This talk analyzes Pope and Bartram’s discussions of the Creek Indians’ politics, culture, religion, and leadership, in order to better elucidate our understanding of the popular information and images of Indians that early American readers—particularly those in positions to determine US-Native relations in the late 18th century—had at their disposal.
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CCMST Weekly News, July 2, 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements
2. Statistics3. Tip of the WeekANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer 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 6: Basis Sets and Extrapolation (Burns) (notes)
July 8: coupled_cluster Theory (Thanthiriwatte)
The complete schedule of the lectures can be found at http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/opp/sched.html.
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 316 days/home directory usage: 65% (2.1TB available)/backups directory usage: 75%
LSF usage for Week 25 (6/21-6/27) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas361787589%49651195909Hernandez8218401010%22445813165Sherrill289568593%197315519Total40741962722%10313511529
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: atucker 184010.
EGATE
Uptime: 215 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 35% (432GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 80% (177GB available)
LSF usage for Week 25 (6/21-6/27) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas1200%000Hernandez6246426131%748807538Sherrill41121450214%52245566Other171416359%833108353Total50282039954%1634371677
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: atucker 425854.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Michael S. Marshall and Massimo
Cleanup Script for Scratch Directories on Fgate
/share/apps/bin/cleanup4.py
This script can be used to delete stale files on the scratch directories of the compute nodes. The script will produce a list of nodes to clean by selecting all the nodes without jobs of the current user runni
ng on it (it handles parallel jobs). Then it will issue a command to delete all the scratch files of the current user in the selected nodes.
This command takes the following options:cleanup4.py [-c ] [-n] [-n]-c : can ...
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Celebrating Science
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Celebrating Science
Georgia Tech researchers talk about the upcoming March for Science Atlanta, importance of science in society
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Kristen Bailey and Jason Maderer | April 18, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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On Saturday, April 22, thousands are expected to gather at Candler Park to demonstrate their support for science and the role it plays in society.
Among them will be many scientists, researchers, and students from Georgia Tech, a few of whom have had a role in planning the March for Science Atlanta. Attendees will hear from local scientists and supporters and follow a 2.2-mile loop around Candler Park.
Leading up to the march, a few members of the Georgia Tech community got together to talk about the event. Read and listen to the full story, audio, and videos.
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Tuesday, April 18, 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.
Report: ‘New era’ of wildfires in West demands new tactics (KTVZ)
Current wildfire policy can’t adequately protect people, homes and ecosystems from the longer, hotter fire seasons climate change is causing, according to a report co-authored by an Oregon State University professor and published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
OSU-Cascades student housing and dining complex wins national innovator award (My Central Oregon)
The newly opened residential and dining halls on the Oregon State University – Cascades campus in Bend were recently recognized at the InterFace Student Housing Conference with an Innovator award for Best New Development. (see also KTVZ)
Study examines how pregnancy risk factors affect outcomes of home and birthing center deliveries (News-Medical)
However, women with some other risk factors, a breech baby and some other cases of vaginal birth after cesarean or VBAC, may face an increased risk of poor outcomes for themselves or their babies, researchers at Oregon State University have found. The study is believed to be the first to examine these risks and the outcomes. About 2 percent of all births in the U.S., and about 4 percent in Oregon, occur at home or in a birth center, rather than in a hospital setting.
Small Beauties (Terra)
In a collaboration with The Arts Center in Corvallis, Jerri Bartholomew is bringing her two worlds together, culminating in April in a show — Microbiomes: To see the unseen.
OSU pushes follow-up shots (Democrat-Herald)
Oregon State University officials are calling on students to come to the Memorial Union to get shots for meningococcal disease in an effort ...
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ISU Honors Its Best In The Classroom
Iowa State University
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Office of Student-Athlete Development honored Cyclone student-athletes and teams for their success in the classroom in its annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet Monday night in Hilton Coliseum.
Over 175 Cyclone student-athletes were recognized for their determination and accomplishments outside the playing fields.
"Iowa State University student-athletes are excelling academically and tonight was a chance for our administration, coaches and support staff to honor and celebrate their hard work," Senior Associate Athletics Director Patrice Feulner said. "The banquet is also an opportunity for us to recognize our student-athletes that go above and beyond serving the ISU and Ames community. The Office of Student-Athlete Development, in partnership with our coaches and administration, will continue to work hard to empower our student-athletes to compete in all areas of their life; academically, athletically and socially."
The football, swimming and diving and men's basketball teams earned Cyclone Serve awards for total community service hours accumulated. The men's golf and women's cross country teams had the highest team GPAs.
The Norm Boyles Award, given annually to a faculty member who has made a sustained contribution to the welfare of Iowa State student-athletes, was presented to David Stuart. Stuart is an Associate Professor of Music at Iowa State University and is a staunch supporter of Cyclone student-athletes.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Above and Beyond Award was given to Tom Kroeschell for his exemplary support to Iowa State student-athletes. Kroeschell is one of ISU's longest-tenured employees, serving the athletics department for over 30 years. Kroeschell is a member of the Cyclones.tv team where he creates original content and features on all sports.
The Iowa State Letterwinners Club recognized Derek Jones (men's track & field) and Savanna Townsend (swimming & diving) as recipients of the All-Around Award. The award is presented to senior student-athletes in recognition of significant athletic contribution, academic excellence, leadership and participation in community service ...
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Professor Named Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
UCR Today
Katherine Borkovich will be honored June 2 for her research on fungal genomics
By Sean Nealon on April 18, 2017
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Katherine Borkovich is a professor of plant pathology at UC Riverside. Photo credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Katherine Borkovich, a professor and chair of the UC Riverside Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
The academy, the leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes excellence, originality, and leadership in the microbiological sciences. She will be recognized at the annual American Society for Microbiology Conference June 2 in New Orleans.
Borkovich, who is also a professor at UC Riverside’s Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, is focused on functional genomics and the signaling pathways used by filamentous fungi to response to the environment, with the goal of identifying genes that control growth, development and pathogenesis.
She is being honored for her research into environmental sensing by heterotrimeric G proteins in fungi, contributions to fungal genomics, leadership of microbiology undergraduate and graduate programs, and for teaching a research-based laboratory course for the microbiology major at UC Riverside.
She was instrumental in establishment of the microbiology undergraduate major and reinstatement of the microbiology graduate program at UC Riverside. She was recognized with the 2016 campus Distinguished Teaching Award for her teaching of a research-based course for the Microbiology major, Experimental Microbiology.
Borkovich received her Ph.D. from UCLA and did postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago and Caltech.
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A match-maker for young talent and St. Louis
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Diana Zeng, BSBA ’14, thought she would explore St. Louis during her four year degree and then head back to Boston. The first didn’t happen. And luckily, neither did the second.
After moving to the United States and growing up near Chicago, New York, and Boston, Diana was looking forward to getting to know St. Louis while studying business and art at Washinton University. Quickly though, she became immersed in campus life and rarely explored the city.
Founding member and CEO of Full Circle – Diana Zeng
“The campus bubble is simultaneously lovely and enclosed. There are endless organizations to get involved in, so without a channel to explore St. Louis, it can be easy to forget that an entire bustling city exists outside of WashU’s campus. When I did manage a rare glimpse, I was charmed by the character of the city. After a summer internship in St. Louis through the Skandalaris Center, I was introduced to the entrepreneurial energy and incredible people making an impact here. I didn’t just want to get to know the city anymore, I now wanted to be a part of it!”
Post-graduation, Diana transitioned from working at a tech startup to leading a nonprofit start-up called Full Circle. The organization’s mission is to connect young talent to St. Louis and build a more economically vibrant and inclusive city in the process. She is the founding Executive Director but gives credit to her team and numerous community leaders for believing in this larger economic development effort to make St. Louis a hub for young talent.
“Our founding team consists of WashU, Saint Louis University and Illinois College alums from four countries – the United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, and China. In a lot of ways, we represent the potential that can be captured here. There are many missed opportunities when we don’t ...
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Galasso Wins Modern Language Association’s Book Manuscript Award
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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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Commencement Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients to Include Astronaut, Former Governor, Media Exec
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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