Athletics News
Apr 21, 2017
CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Sacramento State's pitching staff yielded 17 runs and 25 hits over two games as Southern Utah was able to sweep a Big Sky Conference doubleheader over the Hornets on Friday afternoon. The Thunderbirds won the first game, 9-3, before taking the nightcap in walkoff fashion by an 8-7 score.These same two teams will finish the three-game series tomorrow at 11 a.m. PDT.The losses dropped Sacramento State to 14-25-1 overall and 4-9 in the Big Sky. The nine conference losses are the most suffered by the Hornets since joining the Big Sky for softball in 2013. In fact, Sacramento State had entered the season with a 49-24 combined Big Sky record and had finished no worse than second place in the league standings each of the last three years.Southern Utah improved its record to 13-23 and 9-5 in the conference. Sacramento State, which is still 23-10 all-time against the Thunderbirds, had won five straight in the series until today's losses.The biggest highlight for the Hornets today was the play of freshman left fielder Suzy Brookshire who combined to go 4-for-6 with two walks and three RBIs. That included belting her team-high 11th home run of the season in opener. She is now just one home run shy of the Sacramento State single-season record for round trippers (12), set by Jamie Schloredt in 2008. As its stands now, Brookshire's 11 home runs are the second most in school history.GAME 2After Sacramento State's Traci Shaw hit a dramatic home run with two outs in the seventh to tie the score at 7-7, Southern Utah's Kendall Kapitzke crushed a one-out, walkoff homer in the bottom of the seventh to give the Thunderbirds an 8-7 win. The two teams combined for 15 runs and 22 hits as Sacramento State scored in every inning but the first and sixth, and Southern Utah scored ...
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Friday, April 21, 2017
SOFTBALL DROPS FIRST TWO GAMES OF ROAD SERIES AT SOUTHERN UTAH
NASA, other eclipse partners to visit SIU in May
SIU News
April 21, 2017NASA, other eclipse partners to visit SIU in May
by Tim Crosby
CARBONALE, Ill. – With the total solar eclipse only a few months away, the planning group at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is nailing down details on how the university and its partners will handle one of the highest-profile celestial events in the country in years.
To that end, officials from NASA, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and a solar instrumentation company are planning a two-day visit to SIU in early May to prepare for the event, which may draw as many as 50,000 people to the campus and city.
Details about SIU’s plans for the Aug. 21 eclipse are available here.
The visiting contingent, which will include officials from the NASA EDGE webcast program, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Lunt Solar Systems, is set for May 1-2. During the visit, officials will review plans and logistics for the eclipse education program, which will have great implications for sky watchers not only in Carbondale that day, but those all over the world.
NASA EDGE is a video podcast discussing the latest technology and research going on at NASA centers across the country. New episodes appear monthly and are transmitted to the public through several websites, including NASA TV, iTunes, YouTube, USTREAM and other podcast sites.
The show, which combines humor and education, provides an insider's view of NASA and updates the public on the most innovative and groundbreaking research. On eclipse day, NASA EDGE is planning a four-hour broadcast that will include live interviews and video of the eclipse as it crosses the country.
Blair Allen, the irreverent co-host and “professional outsider” of NASA EDGE, said the trip is an important planning event for the show.
“During our trip there we will be confirming many of the logistics for our broadcast,” Allen said. “For example, we will finalize the ...
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Track and Field Prepares for Home Border Battle
Humboldt State University Athletics
ARCATA, Calif.- This Saturday Humboldt State Track and Field return home to host the Border Battle this Saturday. Competing on the California side with Humboldt State is Chico State and College of the Redwoods, while Southern Oregon and the Oregon Institute of Technology with be coming down from Oregon.The lumberjacks are coming off a busy and successful week, as they sent athletes Cal State L.A Twilight Open, Bryan Clay Invite, Mt. Sac Relays, Beach Invitational, and Raider Invite.
This weekend brought success for both Alyssabeth DeJerez and Marissa McCay. McCay finished first with in the heptathlon with a personal best 141 points. Her point total of 4935 is a strong provisional qualifying mark that gives McCay a strong chance to advance into the NCAA's. DeJerez finished first in the 400m at Cal State L.A. then traveled to Mt. Sac where she excelled in the 400m Hurdles. DeJerez continues to move forward as she recorded her new personal best time 58.68 in the 400 Hurdle at the Mt. Sac Relays.
The Raider invite brought success for many of the lumberjacks. Caitlin McCoy brought home first place finishes in both the 100m hurdles (15.60) and 400m hurdles (1:05.31). Brailee VandenBoom finished fifth in both the Women's 100m and 200m dashes. Je-Ni Hardy finished second in the 200m dash with a time of 26.06. In the 800m Erin Chessin brought home a third-place finish with a time of a 2:19.17. On the field side, Lily Bankas finished first in the Shot Put and Elizabeth Jones finished second in the hammer throw.
HSU men are also coming off an eventful week. Corey Berner secured top ten finishes in the 100m dash and 200m dash, while Parker Irusta finished fourth in the 400m at the raider invite. CM April, Kainalu Asam, Anthony Palacio, and Brayden Leach all finished in the top of the 1-mile run.
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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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Inspiring Journey from Refugee to Marine to Graduate
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Nearly a decade as a refugee after fleeing a brutal civil war? Check. U.S. Marine combat engineer in Iraq and Afghanistan? Check. Promising biochemist who has been accepted into among the most prestigious research institutions in the world? Check.Meet Sharon Patray, who will walk across a stage at Cal State San Marcos on May 20 to receive her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry before setting off for a Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore this fall.
“A day doesn’t go by where I don’t look back at my experiences and think about how fortunate I am,” Patray said. “Even when I’m pumping gas into my car at the gas station, I think, if you would have told me when I was a kid that I would even have my own car, I wouldn’t believe it. Where I came from, only rich people had cars.”
How did she do it?
“Determination, hard work and luck,” Patray said.
Patray’s mentor, Associate Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Sajith Jayasinghe, is among her biggest fans.
“She is a role model for my other students in the lab,” Jayasinghe said. “They see what she has done, where she has come from, and where she is going to.”
Born in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, Patray fled with her mom and most of her family to Ghana during the first Liberian Civil War, a conflict that left more than 600,000 people dead from 1989 to 1997. She was 6 years old when she left her homeland, and she would spend much of the next nine years in a refugee camp.
At the age of 15, Patray landed in Rochester, N.Y., to live with her father. Although she earned a fully paid scholarship to study engineering at Clarkson University, a private research institution near the Canadian border, Patray could not capitalize on ...
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"Words Matter: They Frame Our World" Seven-Day Symposium on the Germantown Campus Starts Today
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Words Matter: They Frame Our World is a seven-day symposium designed to educate participants about content material, skills, and an appreciation of the impact of what is said, how we hear it, and the absence of words (silence). This series of events is the result of many faculty members and students asking how to best address, in an academic way, the changing political and social environment the U.S. is facing. A full schedule with times and places is available below, on the Global Nexus website and the Integrative Learning and Events Calendar. Refreshments will be provided each day. April 21 All day across campus. We acknowledge the absence of words and those individuals or communities whose voices have been silenced by recognizing students who are participating The National Day of Silence. Also, Germantown's Earth Day celebration will have a display about science and global climate change. April 24 12 noon to 1 p.m. I've Been Framed: How the Poor in the U.S. are(Mis)Understood by Professor Rachel Sullivan in HS 167. 1 to 3:30 p.m. Consent Workshop (Poetry Slam & Workshop: combined event) with Professor Loraine Hutchins in HT 216. April 25 11 a.m. to 12 noon Gaslighting: The Mind Game that Erases your Reality by Professor Joanne Bagshaw in BE 167. 2 to 3:15 p.m. ACTING UP: What Makes Activism Work? by Professor Sam Bergmann and Jennifer Haydel in HS 169. 7 p.m. Athenaeum Symposia presents Kathy Bullock, Singing the Spirit: African and African-American Musical Connections in Globe Hall. April 26 1-2:30 p.m. The State of 21st Century Journalism: Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press A panel in Globe Hall on journalism coordinated by Professors Beverly Spencer and Mitch Tropin. April 27 2-3 p.m. We the People: What Did the Framers of the U.S. Constitution Mean? by Professor Joe Thompson in HS 169. April 28 12 noon The Portraiture of the Word, poetry and song by Professor Don ...
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Bismarck Campus Helps Fight Cancer with 'Miles for Smiles' 5K
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Community members and Rasmussen College Bismarck campus staff, faculty and students gathered at Sertoma Park in Bismarck, N.D., on Sept. 13 for the 5th Annual Miles for Smiles 5K Run/Walk.The run/walk—featuring participants of all ages—has brought in more than $20,000 in donations in the past five years for the Bismarck Cancer Center. “We didn’t have a goal set [of how much money we wanted to raise]; we just go out every year and try to grow and improve the event,” said Janelle Heinsohn, manager of student records at the Bismarck campus. Heinsohn started this event in 2010 and chose the Bismarck Cancer Center to receive the donations. At the time, she said there were several people working at the campus that were cancer survivors themselves. The Bismarck Cancer Center features world-class cancer treatments and support to those being treated through radiation at their facility. The center helps patients with various needs, including lodging, food cost, gas to get to appointments, spiritual treatment and survivorship support. “It’s a great local facility that helps a lot of people in the city … it was an easy organization to decide to donate to,” Heinsohn said. “It’s a cause that a lot of people here are passionate about. Everybody knows somebody that’s affected by cancer … it touches all sorts of individuals.” Participants are split into two groups, one for children and one for adults. During the timed runs/walk there are other activities available, including a silent auction, raffle and free chair massages. There is also a representative from the Bismarck Cancer Center available to answer questions and lend support [or whatever they do] and a cancer survivor who speaks to the participants, educating them and sharing their story. Other campuses are supporting cancer patients and survivors too this year; read about what students, staff and faculty are ...
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Proactive advising, economic impact, new degrees at trustee meeting
Miami University - Top Stories
Efforts to continually improve student success at Miami University include converging areas of data analytics and personal advising.
Miami’s Student Success Committee (SSC) reported to Miami University trustees at their April 20-21 meetings that SSC members are working to identify key success markers and to intervene earlier in a student’s time on campus to support him/her in achieving those markers. Already, data show at-risk students gaining in GPA and retention.
Miami’s increased retention and graduation rates, both goals of its 2020 Plan, were part of the integrative, holistic approach toward strengthening student success since the SSC was formed in 2014. Committee members are from the divisions of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and Student Success.
Initiatives undertaken to date include use of predictive analytics for advising, identifying at-risk students, use of the UNV 101 and First-year Experience courses to emphasize career goals as a means of encouragement, analysis of a student satisfaction survey and transition survey of new students, academic policy review and enhanced international student support.
Ron Scott, assistant vice president for diversity initiatives, updated trustees on development of the university’s diversity and inclusion statement, a draft of which was shared with all Miami campuses for feedback and ideas.
President Greg Crawford’s presentation included highlights of diversity initiatives tied to academics, co-curricular experiences and the performing arts.
He also informed trustees of Miami’s recent economic impact report showing:
For each $1 the state of Ohio invested in Miami University in fiscal year 2016, the university generated an additional $7.30 from other sources.
In 2015-2016, Miami University and its employees, students and visitors spent an estimated $920 million in Ohio. Using a common multiplier of 1.0608 (dollars spent at least one more time, on average, before leaving Ohio), the total annual impact of this spending was $1.9 billion – more than 25 times greater than the state’s $75.8 million investment in the ...
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Research, advocacy at UNCG for homeless students
UNCG Now
Twenty minutes north of UNCG’s main campus is the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE), a technical assistance center that has been a part of the university for nearly 20 years.
The center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is driven by data. And there’s one number that stands out above the rest.
It’s the number of children and youth across the country identified as homeless: 1.3 million.
Homelessness in the United States takes on different forms. Families might be staying in a shelter, spending nights in a car or couch hopping, relying on the kindness of friends and family and bouncing from home to home at a moment’s notice.
In schools, it’s not easy to identify young people in these situations. Homeless students often go unnoticed and, as a result, lack the educational resources they desperately need.
That’s where NCHE steps in. Housed in UNCG’s SERVE Center – whose mission is to work with educators and policymakers to improve education – NCHE is the technical assistance and information center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program.
EHCY oversees the implementation of the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act. The law grants specific rights to homeless children and youth, such as immediate enrollment in school, transportation, free meals, clothing, school supplies and tutorial services. However, accessing these resources can be difficult, and many families are unaware that they are available.
“Homeless children and youth and their families don’t have the time and resources to try to navigate systems across cities or states,” says George Hancock, NCHE director. “We work with coordinators and liaisons to provide a coordinated point where these families have access to the resources they need.”
NCHE publishes hundreds of different briefs, handbooks and toolkits, holds more than 40 webinars each year and fields approximately 200 emails ...
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Memo to Secretary Mnuchin: The people don’t want big tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals
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In a speech at the Institute for International Finance on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the White House tax plan would be unveiled “very soon.” As President Trump and his top economic advisors ponder their final decisions on the elements of the plan, they should consider newly released findings on public opinion about the desirable direction of tax reform.
In a survey released on April 14, the Pew Research Center asked a representative sample of Americans what bothered them about the current tax code. Sixty-two percent said they were bothered “a lot” that some corporations don’t pay their fair share, and 60 percent that some wealthy people don’t pay their fair share. By contrast, only 27 percent reported being bothered a lot by the amount they themselves pay, and an even smaller number—20 percent—said this about the amount poor people pay. Overall, 56 percent regard the current system as unfair (up from 48 percent two years ago), but 54 percent said they themselves were paying “about the right amount.”
As one would expect, there were partisan differences. But only 35 percent of Republicans said they were bothered a lot by what they themselves pay, compared to 45 percent for some corporations and 40 percent for some wealthy people. Upper-income Republicans care a lot about the complexity of the code; lower-income Republicans—the voters who put Donald Trump over the top last November–do not, and only 30 percent think they are paying too much. But a majority of these working-class Republicans do care a lot about the failure of some corporations to pay their share.
A Gallup report issued on April 18 underscored public attitudes about corporations and wealthy individuals. Sixty-three percent of respondents said that upper-income people paid too little in taxes, and even more—67 percent—believed this about corporations.
Early on, the Treasury Secretary announced what became known as “Mnuchin’s rule”: the Trump ...
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Global Leaders Program Volunteer Judges Needed for Community Innovation Projects Presentation Day
News – Illinois Tech Today
Chicago-area professionals are invited to serve as judges and welcome to attend as guests at the Global Leaders Program Inaugural Community Innovation Projects Presentation Day on Sunday, April 30 from 1:45–3:30 p.m in Hermann Hall (3241 S. Federal Street).
About the Projects:
Teams of junior year scholars work over the course of a year to apply their creativity to a complex social issue in their community that is important to them. Guided by adult professional and undergraduate project mentors, Community Innovation (CI) project teams conduct in-depth research on their issue and work together to design and implement a solution that meets the needs of stakeholders. You can learn more about this year’s projects here.
About Volunteering:
At our CI Project Presentation Day, seven Community Innovation Project teams will showcase their accomplishments. Volunteer judges speak with three to four teams and assess their project’s design and potential impact. You can register to volunteer as a judge by completing a short registration form here.
Please contact Desmend Jetton, STEM access specialist, at djetton@iit.edu with any questions about serving as a judge.
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COD Instructor Featured at Prestigious Art Event
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage Adjunct Professor of Metals and Jewelry Design Aleksandra Vali was recently invited to display her work at the prestigious 23rd annual Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair at Navy Pier in Chicago.“I was thrilled to be invited and to have my creations featured at the fair,” Vali
said. “I’ve attended SOFA Chicago for the last eight years and it was very exciting
to be there as an exhibitor.”Vali was invited to be part of the fair after her successful participation at the
renowned Aaron Farber Gallery’s “Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry” exhibition in New
York City in 2016.She said exhibiting at SOFA provided great opportunities as both an artist and a teacher.“The fair gave me the opportunity to network with well-known and respected artists
and gallery owners from all over the world,” she said. “Some of my students attended
the fair and I believe it’s helpful, encouraging and motivating for them to see the
success of their instructors. In addition, I was able to connect with many potential
future students.”Trained in sculpture and ceramics in her native Russia, Vali said that she started
teaching at age 14 when the instructors noticed she was skilled not only at creating
art but also at teaching. She was asked to substitute for an art instructor for a
semester and continued to substitute teach periodically. She went on to eventually
earn a master’s degree from Novosibirsk State University in Russia and continued to
teach part-time while working as a ceramicist for seven years, eventually becoming
the lead artist for a large company. After moving to the U.S. in 2003, she enrolled
in a jewelry class at College of DuPage and discovered a passion for metalsmithing
and creating jewelry.In addition to having her work widely exhibited across the globe, Vali ...
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Interview with Eric Chasalow
Brandeis University News
By Lou Bunk —
Eric Chasalow is a composer known for creating a vivid kind of “super-musique concrète ” that combines traditional instruments with manipulated pre-recorded sounds from any source imaginable. He teaches at Brandeis University, where he directs BEAMS, the Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio.
This past February, Eric and I met in his office at Brandeis and sat down for a good long conversation. While I came with some prepared questions, we freely drifted among many topics: the community of the Columbia-Princeton studios, what a sound carries with it, capturing the energy of Jazz solos, audience, Sound Art, conceptual art, aging, and what has stayed the same in Electronic Music while technology has changed. Below are some excerpts. Returning to Brandeis to spend some time with Eric was such a treat, and quite meaningful for me, as he was my dissertation advisor and a mentor in electronic music.
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You wrote that “studios are like communities” in a description of your oral history project: “The Video Archive of the Electro-acoustic Music”. Could you describe the community of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center while you were there? Who were your colleagues and mentors and how did being a part of this community impact you as a composer and musician?
It’s a big question… and I have to give just a little background. I discovered electronic music in high school. There just happened to be a copy of “Silver Apples of the Moon” in the band room, and I thought “this looks cool, what is this?” And at the same time, this local music store lent me an Arp Odyssey, which is like a MiniMoog. They just said, “Here, try and play with this.” They were looking for publicity because I had won an award for Jazz guitar.
Anyway, fast-forward a little bit, I got to college, and I started studying composition ...
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Prescott’s Observatory Named in CollegeRank’s Top 35 List
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125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit
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UMass Boston Postdoctoral Researcher Works to Save Salamanders from Deadly Fungus
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When Molly Bletz was a kid, she loved to catch salamanders in her backyard. Today, as a postdoctoral researcher at UMass Boston, she is helping to save salamanders from a deadly fungus.Bletz recently received a 2017 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship from the Society for Conservation Biology and the Cedar Tree Foundation. The fellowship will support her research at UMass Boston, and her collaboration with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to translate that research into effective policy and conservation action.
“North America is home to 50 percent of the world’s diversity of salamanders,” Bletz said. “They are crucial species in two ecosystems. As juveniles, they live in aquatic habitats, and as adults they become more terrestrial.”
The salamander chytrid fungus, which is deadly to many salamanders, has already traveled from Asia into Europe. While this fungus hasn’t yet impacted North American salamanders, Bletz hopes to find ways to protect these salamanders before the fungus spreads. Options for mitigation include vaccination, micro-predator manipulation (introducing bugs that might eat the fungus), or the creation of a probiotic cocktail that would boost salamanders’ ability to fight off disease.
Bletz’s mentor, Assistant Professor of Biology Doug Woodhams, has already demonstrated the efficacy of the probiotic method in his lab. Bletz compares the probiotic approach to humans eating large quantities of yogurt. The probiotics encourage good bacteria to flourish, and protect against bad microbes.
Bletz will complete her PhD at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany this spring. The Smith Conservation Fellows collaborate with academic and practitioner partners. Bletz will work with Woodhams at UMass Boston and Priya Nanjappa of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies on this research.
Woodhams looks forward to the ways in which this fellowship will help build a bridge between UMass Boston scientists and government agencies tasked with conservation.
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Springfield Stuns Baseball in NEWMAC West Weekend Series Opener
WPI News Archive
Apr 21, 2017
Northboro, MA --- Freshman Chad Shade (Pittsfield, MA) belted two home runs and walked twice to account for four RBI and five runs scored in a 14-6 Springfield victory over host WPI Friday afternoon at the New England Baseball Complex.
The Pride up their record to 14-11 overall and 6-6 in NEWMAC action while the Engineers dip to 23-9 and 11-4.
Springfield dented the scoreboard twice in the first and three times in the second for the early 5-0 lead. Shade began the game with a walk. He reached third on a failed pickoff and a wild pitch before advancing home on a single up the middle by senior Colin King (Berlin, CT). Later in the frame, King scored on a hit to center by junior Logan Barrett (Petersham, MA). With two outs in the second, King added another RBI with an infield knock. Junior Mark Joao (Wappingers Falls, NY) followed with a 2-RBI double to center.
The Crimson and Gray got on the scoreboard in the third with an RBI walk by senior Nick Comei (Haverhill, MA) and a productive ground out by sophomore Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI). The Pride took the runs back with solo shots by Shade and Joao in the top of the fourth. WPI scratched together an unearned run to make it a 7-3 ballgame after four.
After a scoreless fifth, the guests offense picked back up with two in the top of the sixth as Joao drove in one with a single and Barrett sent a sacrifice fly to left. Shade added three more in the seventh with a towering blast that wrapped around the pole in left. Freshman David Larson (Port Tobacco, MD) plated Gallagher with a double down the left field line in the bottom of the inning.
Springfield scored one behind an RBI single by junior Peter Marsicano (Allentown, NJ) ...
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Fung Global Fellows to focus on the culture and politics of resentment
Princeton University Top Stories
Six exceptional early career scholars from around the world will come to Princeton University this fall to begin a year of research, writing and collaboration as the fifth cohort of Fung Global Fellows.
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Column: Lifting the tobacco ban on campus could create a source of income for the university
State News Opinions
The idea of having tobacco on campus is off-kilter and not the first thing people would think of as beneficial to the campus.
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Star Trak: February 2017
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Feb. 1, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Venus will dominate the evening sky in the west during February. It will be brightest in midmonth but close to that peak every night.
This month will be a prime opportunity to see Venus with the naked eye in daylight. It will be highest due south in mid-afternoon and won’t set until more than three hours after sunset.
If the night sky is dark enough, the planet will cast shadows on the ground. Try looking for the shadow of Venus on a layer of fresh snow after the full moon on Feb. 10, for example.
As the evening sky darkens at the start of the month, red-orange Mars will be easy to spot a few degrees to the upper left (south) of brilliant white Venus. Mars will fade noticeably as it moves eastward away from Venus. At the beginning of the month, Mars will set only 20 minutes after Venus, but by month’s end it will set a half hour later as seen from mid-northern latitudes.
Jupiter will climb above the eastern horizon around 11 p.m. local time at the beginning of February and two hours earlier by month’s end. Wait until it is high in the south to get the best views with a telescope, showing cloud features and its four Galilean moons. The giant planet will be 4 degrees north of the bright white star Spica in the constellation Virgo.
Saturn rose soon after 4 a.m. today and will rise two hours earlier by the end of the month. Its rings will be tilted 27 degrees to our line of sight, almost as open as they ever become. As dawn begins to brighten, Saturn will glow in the south-southeast 20 degrees to the left (east) of the bright orange star Antares in the constellation Scorpius.
Mercury will appear very low in the east-southeast each ...
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Six earn prestigious Massey Awards for outstanding service at UNC-Chapel Hill
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Six earn prestigious Massey Awards for outstanding service at UNC-Chapel Hill
(Chapel Hill, N.C.— April 19, 2017) – Six employees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected by Chancellor Carol L. Folt to receive the 2017 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted distinctions earned by faculty and staff.
“The exemplary people recognized with the Massey Award help create the wonderful quality of life we experience at Carolina,” said Folt. “I thank each of the awardees for their extraordinary contributions to the Carolina Community. They put the heart and soul into what it means to serve others.”
The late C. Knox Massey of Durham created the awards in 1980 to recognize “unusual, meritorious or superior contributions” by University employees. In 1984, he joined the families of his son, Knox Massey Jr., and daughter, Kay Massey Weatherspoon, to create the Massey-Weatherspoon fund. Income from the fund supports the Massey Awards and Carolina Seminars. Due to endowment growth, the 2017 Massey Award winners will each receive a $10,000 stipend, an increase of $2,500 over previous years.
Chosen from campus-wide nominations, the Massey Award recipients will be honored at a luncheon hosted by Folt on April 22, where they will receive their stipend and an award citation. This year’s recipients are:
Allison Legge, interim registrar and senior associate director for enrollment and undergraduate admissions, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
San San Lwin, housekeeper, McIver Residence Hall/Kenan Community
Delmazine McAdoo, housekeeper, Connor Residence Hall/Connor Community
Sherry Salyer, teaching professor, director of undergraduate studies, Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Dave Stevens, senior associate dean of business and operations, Kenan-Flagler Business School
Charles Streeter, applications analyst, Student Affairs Information Technology, and Employee Forum chair
Allison Legge
Legge helps Carolina build a high-caliber student body from more than 45,000 first-year applicants and 2,500 transfer applicants each year. Known as a “consummate professional” and ...
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Northwestern opposes executive order restricting immigration
Northwestern Now: Summaries
EVANSTON - Northwestern University has joined 30 other colleges and universities around the country in filing an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump’s second executive order restricting immigration.Universities today greatly depend on the talents of students and scholars from around the globe to advance scholarship and enrich student learning, and the institutions already are feeling the order’s damaging effects, according to the brief.The amicus brief was filed April 20 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of State of Hawaii, et al., v. Donald J. Trump, et al.The president’s second immigration order falls short on justifying the ban on affected individuals from the six specified countries while harming the ability of American universities to carry out their global missions, the brief concludes. Issued March 6, the president’s second executive order would suspend entry of nationals from six Muslim-majority countries into the United States for 90 days. The countries are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and the order would bar entry of affected individuals who seek the categories of visas most commonly relied upon by international students.The president’s second executive order has been blocked from going into effect by orders of federal district court judges in Hawaii and Maryland. And the Trump administration is challenging those court orders in appeals to the Fourth and Ninth Circuits.The universities “take extremely seriously the safety and security of their campuses and the nation,” the brief states. But they “believe that safety and security concerns can be addressed in a manner that is consistent with the values America has always stood for, including the free flow of ideas across borders and the welcoming of immigrants.”Through established visa programs, the many international students, faculty and scholars who make American university campuses their homes have been thoroughly vetted by the U. ...
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Q+A: Classics scholar discusses new Core sequence in Humanities
UChicago News
Beginning with Fall Quarter 2017, UChicago will offer Poetry and the Human, the first new Humanities Core sequence since 2007. Students in the sequence will study techniques and concepts in poetry from various cultural traditions and learn from instructors across ten departments in the Division of the Humanities, as well as from the Committee on Social Thought and the Creative Writing program.Sarah Nooter, associate professor in the Department of Classics, specializes in Greek works and literary theory and linguistics. Nooter helped lead Poetry and the Human's development and recently discussed with UChicago News her inspiration and some of the works that students will encounter.
Where did the idea for Poetry and the Human come from?
I was asked to update one of the original courses, but I found that a bit demoralizing. And I thought about myself as a freshman and what would have been inspiring to me, and that’s how I first started thinking about this course.
Can you tell us what students might expect to study in each section?
The first section is about forms and transformation in and through poetry—really just learning about what poetry is and how it’s been thought about as foundational and at foundational moments. We’ll read poetry and philosophy from a number of different traditions, including Chinese, Indic and Mayan poetry, and will end by focusing on book 24 of The Iliad, which is about loss and mortality, looking at old English translations and contemporary adaptions.
The second quarter is where we’ll look at politics and performance. We’ll talk about current events and how a poet responds to the world and finds his or her voice. It’s not always about being anti-establishment. Sometimes poets are working with the regime to build institutions, for better or worse. We’ll also be able to bring in film to think about ...
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Sorian Brings K-pop Flair to BU Community
BU Today
If you walked through the College of Fine Arts basement on a Tuesday night recently, chances are you’d have been treated to an impromptu concert. A young woman might have been singing a somber ballad in one practice room, a group of guys singing and rapping an R&B song in another, or a pianist experimenting with song arrangements in a third. These members of Sorian the Sound Makers, a student-run K-pop, hip-hop, and a cappella group whose goal is to spread Korean music and culture and enrich cultural life at BU, were rehearsing for their spring concert.
Sorian was founded in fall 2010, as the K-Pop craze was beginning to hit the United States. “It started as just a group of people who love music and love to sing coming together to have fun,” says Junehyung (Julia) Park (CFA’17), club president. “The name of the group is derived from the Korean word sori, which means ‘music’ in English, with an at the end, indicating ‘the people of’: Sorian means ‘People of music.’”
Initially, the group performed all kinds of music, but by 2013 decided to focus exclusively on K-pop, which originated in South Korea in the 1980s and 1990s. The genre draws inspiration from traditional Korean music as well as Western genres such as R&B, Western pop, hip-hop, reggae, jazz, electronica, and more. K-pop spread globally with the help of social networking sites and ignited in the United States in 2012 when Korean pop star PSY’s “Gangnam Style” became a viral sensation, attracting hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.
Yongjin Cho (CAS’18) at a recent rehearsal. Photo by Alexandra Wimley (COM’17)
“The K-pop genre entails various types of music, says Park. “Most of its songs have music videos involving choreography and cool fashion styles, which helped it gain a huge popularity around the world. Through our concerts and ...
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JazzFest 2017: Note new location
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The location for JazzFest 2017 has been changed to GC Front Campus.Spring is in bloom, and just like every spring in Milledgeville, that means it is time to swing. The 28th Annual JazzFest – sponsored by the Georgia College Department of Music, Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street – is just around the corner. This year’s festival will feature internationally-renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin performing with the Georgia College Jazz Band.
This year's JazzFest begins at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 29. The location has been changed to Front Campus at Georgia College. Jazz bands from local area schools will participate, along with a sunset concert featuring the Georgia College Jazz Band with Coffin.
The JazzFest has been a spring tradition since 1990, first organized by Jim Willoughby, former chair of the Music Department. Dr. Cliff Towner, the GC Director of Band Activities, says this year’s JazzFest “is going to be on a whole new level from recent years. Partnering with Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street has enabled us to bring even more great jazz to Milledgeville. The seven performing ensembles, along with an artist of the caliber of Jeff Coffin, are sure to please jazz enthusiasts and the community at large.”
This year’s festival begins with the Jones County High School Jazz Band at 3 p.m., followed by jazz bands from Oak Hill Middle School, Houston County High School, Baldwin High School and Riverwood International Charter School.
The Georgia College Jazz Combo and Alumni Band will follow soon after. Finally, the Georgia College Jazz Band will kick off its concert around 7 p.m. and welcome Coffin to the stage.
Coffin is a three-time Grammy award-winning saxophonist, member of the Dave Matthews Band and a 14-year former player with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Coffin received a music education degree from the University of North Texas, where he played with the famous One ...
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CCMST Weekly News, June 11, 2010
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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 start next Tuesday, June 15, at 2:00 pm in room MSE 4202A with "Intro to Electronic Structure Theory", by Prof. Sherrill.
The complete schedule of the lectures can be found at http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/opp/sched.html
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TIP OF THE WEEK
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Georgia Tech Ranked Second For Public University ROI
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Georgia Tech Ranked Second For Public University ROI
April 21, 2017
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Georgia Tech came in ranked second on that list with a net 20-year return on investment of $824,000.
Economists generally agree that a higher education is a good return on your investment. Those who earn their college degree typically obtain salaries much higher than those who do not, and in a majority of cases, those people earn enough to make up for the tuition costs associated with college.
Researchers at Money magazine used 2017 data from the website Payscale to compile a list they call "The 25 Best Public Colleges for Big Paychecks."
They determined the top public universities with the highest return on investment based on costs, graduation rates, and earning potential out of college.
Georgia Tech came in ranked second on that list with a net 20-year return on investment of $824,000.
While these rankings are based on the cost of in-state tuition, Money and PayScale note that Georgia Tech also ranks in the Top 20 when out-of-state tuition costs are factored in as well.
Read more about the rankings here.
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Friday, April 21, 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.
OSU reveals plans for new $60 million arts and education complex (Oregonian)
Oregon State University plans to build a $60 million complex for theater, arts and music on its Corvallis campus, officials said this week. (see also KLCC, Philanthropy News Digest)
Engagement with nature contributes to overall life satisfaction (News-Medical)
New research at Oregon State University empirically demonstrates that a variety of mechanisms for engaging nature significantly contribute to a person’s overall well-being.
‘Stumptown scud’ scavenger hunt: Scientists seek unique Portland creature (KATU)
The $25,000 grant from the Oregon Zoo Foundation will go in part to Oregon State researchers for work toward a conservation plan for the fingernail-sized species. (see also KPTV)
Corvallis EPA office opens its doors (Democrat-Herald)
By following this data over time, Compton said, the agency has been able to identify when the amount of nitrate leaching spikes. That has helped Oregon State University develop farming techniques that both reduced the amount of nitrate leaching for certain crops, and the human and environmental effects of that leaching, while helping farmers avoid wasting fertilizer.
Holocaust survivor plans OSU talk (Herald & News)
More than 70 years after the end of World War II, Lucille Eichengreen is still bearing witness to the horrors of the Holocaust. The 92-year-old Eichengreen, author of “From Ashes to Life,” will share her story of survival next week as part of Oregon State University’s annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week.
Oregon State University Board votes Friday on tuition increase (KLCC)
Oregon State University Board Considers Tuition Increase FridayThe Oregon State University Board of Trustees is expected to vote to ...
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OSU Center for the Humanities hosts ‘Blackout’ exhibit featuring work of Kerry Skarbakka
CORVALLIS, Ore. – “Blackout,” an exhibit of work by Oregon State University’s Kerry Skarbakka, is on display at the OSU Center for the Humanities now through June 8. The center is located at Autzen House, 811 S.W. Jefferson Ave., Corvallis. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Skarbakka is assistant professor of photography at OSU and teaches courses in photography and sculpture. Blackout is Skarbakka’s second solo exhibition in Corvallis in the last year. The site-specific installation is comprised of objects of art and understanding, encapsulated in the medium used to line the beds of trucks, and thus blacked out, or rendered void.
Skarbakka said the Center for the Humanities exhibition, which coincides with the March for Science and Earth Day on April 22, provides “a message of solidarity against attempts to defund and silence the arts, the sciences and the humanities.”
Skarbakka’s performance-based photographic work depicting existential anxieties and loss of control through the acts of falling, drowning and fighting have been exhibited internationally including at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; and The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
His work has been featured on the cover of notable publications such as Aperture and The Missouri Review, and in other publications including Afterimage, Art and America and ArtReview International.
Skarbakka has received funding from Creative Capital, Seattle's 1% for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. Skarbakka received his B.A. in studio art from the University of Washington in 1994 and his M.F.A. in photography from Columbia College, Chicago in 2003.For more information, visit www.skarbakka.com
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Sweet and Sour Stories of Citrus
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May 6 festival will unveil progress to cultivate inclusive histories at Riverside’s California State Citrus Historic Park
By Bettye Miller on April 21, 2017
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UCR researchers are uncovering hidden histories to help California Citrus State Historic Park tell a more inclusive story of the region’s citrus industry and use creative means to draw attention to it.
RIVERSIDE, California – The story of Riverside’s citrus industry typically begins with Eliza Tibbets and her role in planting the area’s first navel orange trees, Anglo ownership of groves and packinghouses, and a largely Mexican labor force. Lesser known are the contributions of African American grove owners, Italian-owned boarding houses, child laborers who were known as ratas, and a workforce that included Mexicans, Asians, Sikhs, and African Americans.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are uncovering these hidden histories to help California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside tell a more inclusive story of the region’s citrus industry and employ creative means to draw attention to it. The pilot program is part of a broader effort by California State Parks to make its more than 280 sites more culturally relevant to an increasingly diverse population. The results of the UCR-led project will serve as a model for the state park system.
Inland residents will be able to see the progress UCR historians have made at the Sweet & Sour Community Festival on Saturday, May 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. at California Citrus State Historic Park, 9400 Dufferin Ave, Riverside.
The festival will feature the unveiling of art installations, including a series of outdoor photo-murals, alternative “trail markers,” and a museum display – all under the title “Manos, Espaldos, y Blossoms” (“Hands, Back and Blossoms”) – collaboratively created by poet Juan Delgado and photographer Thomas McGovern; a set of two larger-than-life-sized stereo viewers set in the groves by artist Arnold Martin; and an installation of the ...
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Career advice from George Bauer: embrace serendipity
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“There’s a lot of serendipity in terms of how things happen to you,” George Bauer tells Kurt Dirks in an interview for the new Bauer Leadership Center. “Sometimes the impressions you make on people have a serendipitous effect on how things happen to you, ultimately.”
Mr. Bauer shares three important career tips in the short video above. And here we excerpt a story he shared about the role serendipity played in his early career:
“I got a bachelors and master’s degree in engineering here at Washington University in the 1950s. In those days, IBM kept its personal records on punch cards and a number 7 was a bachelors; a 6 was a high school degree; a 7 was bachelor’s degree; an 8 was a master’s degree; and a 9 on the IBM punch card indicated an employee had a PhD. They didn’t make a distinction between a master’s degree in engineering and an MBA.
“So, IBM wanted to get some people with some product experience out of the marketing side of the business into the finance side, get some end user experience into the pricing algorithms for example. And so they were sorting cards in IBM headquarters and low and behold, my card with an 8 punch fell out with every other MBA card with an 8 punch and the listing went to a fellow I knew in Chicago who had hired me in St. Louis. And my name was the only one he recognized on that list. And the point I’m making is, sometimes the impressions you make on people have a serendipitous effect on how things happen to you, ultimately.
“So he called me up in Milwaukee where I was the marketing manager in Milwaukee for IBM and he said, “George, how you doing?” I said, “I’m great. I’m ahead of quota. Things couldn’t be ...
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Wolfe Delivers Lecture on Brazil at Brown University
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Joel Wolfe, history, gave the inaugural Thomas E. Skidmore Memorial lecture “O Grande Brasil: A Spatial History of the Making of a Nation” at Brown University on April 13.Wolfe’s lecture reinterprets modern Brazilian history by using geography as its starting point. Almost every key event, practice, and social arrangement in Brazil was fundamentally shaped by the nation’s massive size.
The event was presented by the Brazil Initiative and Brazilian Studies Association, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University.
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Undergraduates Research Rett Syndrome to Raise Awareness, Improve Patient Care
Headlines – Tennessee Today
From left: Izabella Nill Gomez, Taryn Lester and Ashlee TannehillThree undergraduate students at UT are researching Rett syndrome, a progressive neurological disorder that afflicts one in 10,000 females. They want to raise awareness about the disorder and hope their discoveries translate into improved care for patients.
Izabella Nill Gomez, Taryn Lester, and Ashlee Tannehill are working in the lab of Keerthi Krishnan, assistant professor of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.
They are among more than 1,400 UT undergraduates involved in research. Between 2015 and 2016 the number of UT undergraduates doing research more than doubled and the number of faculty mentors increased 87 percent.
Rett syndrome is an autism-associated disorder that primarily affects girls and women. It is not inherited but results from a random, spontaneous gene mutation. It leads to several impairments that impact nearly every aspect of life, including the ability to speak, walk, eat, and breathe easily
“Before I started in Dr. Krishnan’s lab, I didn’t know what Rett syndrome was,” said Tannehill, a sophomore from Nashville who is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in psychology. “We’re just trying to find out more about the disease and why it occurs, and see how our research can be translated into care for the patient.”
Gomez, a junior from Brazil who is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in psychology, said they are comparing the brain circuitry of mice that have the Rett syndrome mutation and those without.
“We analyzed fine motor skills behavior in mice. We’re trying to see if there is a difference,” she said.
Visible effects of Rett syndrome include repetitive hand movements, motor impairments, and regression in speech and social communication.
In addition to their research, Tannehill, Gomez, and Lester, a sophomore from Trenton, Tennessee, who is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in psychology, will participate in a strollathon—an event similar to ...
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Pitt Property and Facilities Committee Approves Renovation Projects and Lease Agreement
Projects include renovations to the Cathedral of Learning; Chevron Science Center; and Posvar, Scaife and Victoria Halls
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La Nit dels Alimara atorga catorze premis a experiències de promoció turística
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Fotografia de grup de tots els guardonats durant la Nit dels Alimara.
L'acte el va presidir el conseller d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Jordi Baiget.
El rector de la Universitat, Joan Elias, va donar un premi a la innovació en l’estratègia per a la promoció a la campanya «Escapada al més autèntic Empordà».
21/04/2017
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Ahir al vespre, el Campus Internacional de Turisme, Hoteleria i Gastronomia CETT-UB va acollir la Nit dels Alimara. Durant l’acte —que va aplegar més de mig miler de persones vinculades al turisme, l’hoteleria i la gastronomia— es va dur a terme el lliurament dels Premis Alimara a la promoció turística nacional i internacional, que, coincidint amb la seva 33a edició, s’han renovat i han adoptat un nou nom: Premis Alimara. Turisme 360. En total, s’han distingit dotze campanyes de promoció turística i dues entitats. El conseller d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Jordi Baiget, va presidir aquest acte, al qual van assistir el rector de la UB, Joan Elias, i la vicerectora de Docència, Amelia Díaz.
Premi a la innovació en el producte o experiència
Impulsat pel Grup CETT, conjuntament amb B-Travel, el Saló Internacional de Turisme de Catalunya, el certamen ha reconegut tres campanyes de promoció turística amb un premi Alimara a la innovació en producte o experiència. Una de les guardonades és «Llegim a la Llémena: descobrim el Bosc de Llibres», de l’Ajuntament de Sant Martí de Llémena, perquè és una iniciativa fresca i original que uneix el turisme i la cultura i permet donar a conèixer un petit municipi diferenciant-lo de la resta. La segona campanya premiada en aquesta categoria és «Benvinguts a pagès», de l’Agència Catalana de Turisme, el Departament d’Agricultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya i la Fundació Alícia, ...
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S&T’s Academy of Chemical Engineers inducts two new members
Two professionals were inducted into the Academy of Chemical Engineers at Missouri University of Science and Technology during its annual induction ceremony on Thursday, April 20. The academy honors chemical engineers for contributions to their profession, leadership and involvement with Missouri S&T. It serves as an advisory group to the Missouri S&T chemical and biochemical engineering department.The new members are listed below:
Dutro “Bruce” Campbell of St. Louis, intellectual property attorney and owner of Campbell IP, earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Missouri S&T in 1992. He earned a juris doctorate at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1996. Campbell began his career with Shell Oil Co., where he worked as a unit process engineer. After graduating from law school, Campbell joined Husch & Eppenberger, now Husch Blackwell LLP, as an associate attorney, later moving into a partner position. After serving the firm for 18 years, he left to establish his own intellectual property law firm, Campbell IP, which serves clients from all over the country, ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies. Campbell also serves as intellectual property counsel for the St. Louis corporate law firm Stock Legal LLC.
Mike Schmidt of St. Louis, principal at Bluefield Process Safety LLC, earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in chemical engineering from Missouri S&T in 1980 and 1985, respectively. He also earned a master of business administration from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Schmidt has worked for several chemical companies throughout his career, beginning with Union Carbide in 1977. In 1984, he was deeply impacted by the Bhopal gas tragedy – considered one of the world’s worst industrial disasters – and he has worked for greater process safety ever since. Schmidt founded Bluefield Process Safety in 2008. Since 2009, he has been a lecturer at Missouri S&T, where he teaches graduate courses on safety engineering and process risk management, ...
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12 undergraduate students earn College of Arts and Sciences research grants
UMSL Daily
UMSL students (from left) Michael Austin, Sara Ricardez, Jacob Smreker, Meghan Littles, Kristin Bales, Rachel Schafer, Nick Terzich and Amanda Loelke are among the 12 undergraduates who received a 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Award this spring. Not pictured are Fatima Amtashar, Miranda Jany, Danielle Oyler and Laura Smith. (Photo by August Jennewein)
When people think of collegiate research, often professors and their graduate researchers first come to mind.
But at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, you’ll also find undergraduate students stepping into lab coats and helping advance projects at the university. That’s because the UMSL undergraduate experience extends beyond the classroom and campus life.
“One of the important aspects of education at UMSL is the opportunity students have to participate in independent research, scholarship and creative endeavors,” said College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ron Yasbin. “The college prides itself on encouraging our students to take advantage of this component of our research and land-grant mission.”
It does so specifically by awarding the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Award annually to students who apply for funding for their research projects at the university. This spring, CAS Undergraduate Research Awards went to 12 students, who received up to $1,000 in funding for their individual research.
“Beyond promoting independent research, scholarship and creative endeavors,” said Yasbin, “this experience exposes students to the real-life requirement of writing grants in order to pursue these endeavors.”
For many of these undergraduates, this is the first time they apply for a grant and receive research funding. That was the case for senior psychology major Meghan Littles.
“I was really excited about it because I’m going on to grad school, and with applications, it was really important to get a lot of research experience to make myself a better candidate,” Littles said. “So it was really nice having this opportunity here ...
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Second annual Titan Night Market brings a blend of diverse Asian cultures to CSUF
Daily Titan
The fragrance of different cultures coming together emanated from the CSUF Student Housing Piazza Wednesday at the second annual Titan Night Market. The event was part of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) heritage month.
“I really hope to bring the APIDA community together to build a coalition and get not just those organizations, but all of our student organizations on campus to collaborate,” said Jacob Chacko, the coordinator for the Asian Pacific American Resource Center.
Inspired by the 626 Night Market, an event that brings the Asian street food culture to the San Gabriel Valley every summer, different APIDA organizations handed out foods from different Asian cultures for participating in activities.
“We brought it here last year, very successful as you can see. There are a lot of people here and it’s just been a collaboration with a lot of our APIDA student organizations,” Chacko said.
Food at the event included katsu, baklava, spam masubi, spring roll and milk tea, among other cultural dishes.
“I think it’s really cool. We get to try food and just get to learn about other cultures,” said freshman kinesiology major Janelle Martin. “I love Asian fusion. I don’t know exactly what specific area it comes from, but I love all types of food like this.”
Along with going to different booths to get a taste of various ethnic food, students were also able to engage in activities such as origami, giant Jenga and a photo station.
“There was a lady there who was able to educate me on some of the history of origami, and I thought that was pretty interesting to learn about,” said senior kinesiology major Darius Nguyen.
As the event progressed, students from the participating organizations performed dances, chants and songs.
Juliane Aurora, a contestant on “American Idol” and “The X Factor,” was the guest performer. She started ...
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New Solar Panels to Produce Clean Energy, Help Low-Income D.C. Residents
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April 21, 2017 – A major solar panel project to be installed on six buildings at Georgetown this summer will increase the university’s sustainability efforts, reduce costs and serve low-income residents in the city.
The university has signed a power purchase agreement with Community Renewable Energy to install what Xavier Rivera, director for Georgetown’s department of energy and utilities, says is the largest rooftop solar system installation in the District of Columbia to date.
"This innovative project exemplifies Georgetown’s commitment to sustainability, an integrated approach driven by our Catholic and Jesuit heritage and our commitment to social justice and the common good,” says Robin Morey, vice president for planning and facilities management.
Minus 223 Cars
The project, facilitated by renewable energy consultant ClearRock, is expected to generate about 1.5 million kilowatt-hours of power each year, contributing to a cleaner electric grid and reducing annual emissions the equivalent of avoiding the use of 1.1 million pounds of coal or taking 223 cars off the road.
The project will be installed at no cost to the university and is expected to save Georgetown over $3 million on energy costs over 20 years.
“This initiative allows us to leverage the economics of solar to advance sustainability while addressing important deferred maintenance needs on campus,” Morey says.
The project includes replacing and modernizing the original solar panels on the roof of the Bunn Intercultural Center and installing new solar panels on the rooftops of Regents Hall, the Davis Performing Arts Center, Alumni Square, McDonough Gym and the Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall.
Common Good Commitment
A portion of the revenue generated by the solar project will create a “community investment fund” to support clean energy projects in low-income areas of the District.
“This is a win-win for both the university and the city and is in keeping with Georgetown’s commitment to the common good,” says Morey.
The project is ...
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Planet hunting alumna Natalie Batalha among Time's 100 most influential people
Physical and Biological Sciences News
Natalie Batalha, a NASA scientist who earned her Ph.D. in astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, has been named to Time magazine's annual list of the "100 most influential people in the world."Batalha leads the science investigation effort for NASA's Kepler Mission, searching for Earth-size planets beyond our solar system. Kepler aims to find out how common planets are in the "habitable zones" of other stars, where temperatures could allow liquid water to pool on the surface of the planet without freezing or evaporating. Working at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Batalha has been a leading figure of the mission since she joined the team in 1999.
"I'm so very proud of her, and very happy to see her get recognition for all the great work she's done at NASA as part of the Kepler mission. Natalie rocks!" said Steve Vogt, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics, who was Batalha's adviser when she was a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1997.
Batalha is one of three planet hunters featured on Time's list. The others are Guillem Anglada-Escudé of Queen Mary University of London, who has been a frequent collaborator with Vogt on recent planet discoveries; and Michaël Gillon of the University of Liège in Belgium. Speaking of Batalha and Anglada-Escudé, Vogt said, "You'd be hard-pressed to find two nicer and more capable people in the field."
Batalha is the first woman at NASA to receive the Time 100 designation. UCSC alumna Kathryn Sullivan was named to the list in 2014.
"I'm honored to be part of the Time 100 and feel strongly that recognition belongs to the entire team of scientists and engineers who opened our eyes to the large number of potentially habitable worlds that populate the galaxy," Batalha said in a NASA statement. "Searching for potentially habitable worlds makes one appreciate ...
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