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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is the largest book festival in the United States
By Bettye Miller on April 19, 2017
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Fourteen authors and faculty in the Department of Creative Writing and Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts in Palm Desert will participate in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 22-23 at USC.
Creative writing faculty who will participate are:
Charmaine Craig, “Fiction: Culture & Identity, Conversation 2023,” April 23 at 2 p.m.;
Steve Erickson, “Fiction: The Surreal World, Conversation 1055,” April 22 at 4:30 p.m.;
Laila Lalami, “Viet Thanh Nguyen and Laila Lalami in Conversation, Conversation 2111,” April 23 at 11 a.m.;
Tom Lutz, “Memoir: Exploring the World, Conversation 2093,” April 23 at 1:30 p.m.; and
Susan Straight, “Nonfiction: California’s Hidden Poor, Conversation 2034,” April 23 at 3 p.m.
Faculty in the Low Residency MFA program are:
Elizabeth Crane, “Fiction with a Funny Side, Conversation 2122,” April 23 at 12:30 p.m.;
Natashia Deon, “Fiction: Roads Less Traveled, Conversation 2022,” April 23 at 12:30 p.m.;
Gina Frangello, “Everybody’s Got One: Fiction & Families, Conversation 1121,” April 22 at 11 a.m.;
Tod Goldberg, “Nonfiction: Pop Goes the World, Conversation 2091,” April 23 at 10:30 a.m., and “From Page to Screen to Page: Writing in Hollywood, Conversation 2054,” April 23 at 3 p.m.;
Mary Otis, “Fiction: Disappearing Acts, Conversation 2041,” April 23 at 11 a.m.;
Rob Roberge, “Memoir: Troubled Times, Conversation 1044,” April 22 at 3:30 p.m.;
Stephen Jay Schwartz, “Crime Fiction: A Question of Character, Conversation 1021,” April 22 at 11 a.m.;
Mark Haskell Smith, “Nonfiction: among the Believers, Conversation 1113,” April 22 at 2 p.m.; and
David L. Ulin, “Fiction: the Storytellers, Conversation 1111,” April 22 at 11 a.m., and “Nonfiction: the Culture of Southern California, Conversation 2124,” April 23 at 3:30 p.m.
The festival is free, but tickets are required to attend individual conversations.
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Olin Award for faculty research turns 10
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In a concentrated, continuing effort to link Washington University in St. Louis academic research to everyday business practice, the 10th annual Olin Award recognizes an Olin Business School faculty member who joined two University of Pennsylvania professors in crafting a computer model to guide managers who need to forecast behaviors of newly acquired customers.
As is customary, a panel of senior executives review the papers submitted, and these executives ultimately apply some of the findings to their own businesses.
“This rare award rewards relevancy and focuses on the exceptional intellectual capital that applies to real business issues,” said Richard J. Mahoney, former CEO of Monsanto and a Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at Olin where he initiated the $10,000 prize. “I can tell you from decades of corporate experience that academic research all too often is overlooked in the business realm. So here at Olin we strive to connect the innovation and evidence of our faculty with a business community where this science can directly benefit both enterprise and consumers.”
St. Louis-based Edward Jones joined with Jackson Nickerson, the Frahm Family Professor of Organization & Strategy, to help to incorporate Collaborative Structured Inquiry from his 2009 Olin Award-winning paper (see chart, below). Emily Pitts, principal for Inclusion and Diversity, called it an “invaluable experience.”
“Working with Professor Nickerson using this process enabled our firm to make significant progress,” Pitts said. “We were able to identify division by division in our headquarters where we had areas of opportunity to improve on topics such as sourcing diverse talent, recruiting, hiring, developing or just creating a more inclusive environment. Ninety percent of all of our Home Office divisions have completed the process and identified tangible solutions. Some divisions have already begun to see measurable progress, and best practices are beginning to be duplicated across the firm to eventually become standard.”
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Doctoral Oral Exams for May 1-5
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The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:Aaron Chen, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. Monday, May 1, 3 p.m., A111 Conte Polymer Research Center. Dissertation: “Interactions at the Aqueous Interface Large-Area Graphene: Particle Capture and Protein Adsorption.” Maria Santore, chr.
Giseli Tordin, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese. Wednesday, May 3, 12:30 p.m., 1649 Dubois Library. Dissertation: “Para donde miran los ojos: Confluencias entre locura, (des) identidad y violencia en la obra de Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Silvina Ocampo y Luis Martin-Santos.” Albert Lloret, chr.
Mehmet Umit Taner, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering. Wednesday, May 3, 1 p.m., 118 E Lab II. Dissertation: “Decision Analytical Methods for Robust Water Infrastructure Planning Under Deep Uncertainty.” Casey Brown, chr.
Ramiro Garcia-Oloano, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese. Friday, May 5, 2:30 p.m., 601 Herter Hall. Dissertation: “Hasta Que Venga algun Criollo en esta tierra a mandar”: ideologia politica y literatura gauchesca en tres films del nuevo cine argentino.” Luis Marentes and Jose Ornelas, co-chrs.
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African American Trailblazer Series to Honor Wardell Milan
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Wardell Milan, a New York City—based visual artist, will be recognized for his accomplishments as part of UT’s African American Trailblazer Series on Tuesday, April 25.Milan graduated from UT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and photography.
The award ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. with a reception to follow at 6:30 p.m. at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. The event is free and open to the public. To attend, you must RSVP online by Wednesday, April 19, at noon.
In addition to the ceremony and reception, Milan will be giving out three art awards to deserving students of his choosing in UT’s School of Art.
“The African American Trailblazer Series recognizes individuals who have done remarkable things in the community and have the ability to share pearls of wisdom from their experiences,” said Robert Nobles, associate vice chancellor for research and chair of UT’s Commission for Blacks. “We are excited to recognize Milan for his achievements and creative expression that represent the fabric of who we are at the University of Tennessee.”
Each year, the Trailblazer Series honors African Americans in the UT community who are trailblazers in their disciplines or within the fields of diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
Milan is widely known for his drawings, collages, and photography. In addition to using a variety of media, Milan’s work focuses on various social issues while including historical and cultural figures. Having been passionate about art since he was a child, he sometimes incorporates elements of childhood into his pieces as well.
After graduating from UT, Milan earned a Master of Fine Arts in photography from Yale University in 2004. In 2005, he began solo exhibitions in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities across the country. The New York Times described his first solo show as “an auspicious debut” and “ ...
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Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, ‘Father of Transplantation,’ Dies at 90
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PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2017 – Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, known as the “father of transplantation” for his role in pioneering and advancing organ transplantation from a risky, rare procedure to an accessible surgery for the neediest patients, died peacefully Saturday, March 4, 2017, at his home in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Starzl is survived by his wife of 36 years, Joy Starzl, of Pittsburgh, son Timothy (Bimla) of Boulder, Colo., and a grandchild Ravi Starzl (Natalie) of Pittsburgh. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Rebecca Starzl, and a son, Thomas F. Starzl.
His family issued the following statement:
Thomas Starzl was many things to many people. He was a pioneer, a legend, a great human, and a great humanitarian. He was a force of nature that swept all those around him into his orbit, challenging those that surrounded him to strive to match his superhuman feats of focus, will, and compassion. His work in neuroscience, metabolism, transplantation, and immunology has brought life and hope to countless patients, and his teaching in these areas has spread that capacity for good to countless practitioners and researchers everywhere. With determination and irresistible resolve, Thomas Starzl advanced medicine through his intuition and uncanny insight into both the technical and human aspects of even the most challenging problems. Even more extraordinary was his ability to gift that capacity to those around him, allowing his students and colleagues to discover the right stuff within themselves. Nobody who spent time with Thomas Starzl could remain unaffected.
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Comunicat sobre la situació de la Universitat Centreeuropea de Budapest
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
21/04/2017
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La recent aprovació al Parlament d’Hongria d’una llei restrictiva sobre universitats estrangeres pot afectar greument la viabilitat de la Universitat Centreeuropea (CEU) de Budapest. Aquesta llei exigeix que totes les universitats estrangeres que tinguin activitat en territori hongarès han de tenir un campus al país d’origen. Aquesta universitat, acreditada a Nova York i amb títols vàlids als Estat Units (i a Hongria), no té campus al país nord-americà. La nova llei, doncs, la pot abocar al tancament. La Universitat de Barcelona, igual que altres universitats catalanes, té convenis amb la Universitat Centreeuropea que s’han desenvolupat de manera plenament satisfactòria.
La Universitat de Barcelona creu fermament que la funció universitària només es pot exercir, en tota la seva plenitud, en un marc normatiu que empari els drets i les llibertats fonamentals, entre els quals hi ha els de lliure expressió, reunió, premsa, associació i, també, la llibertat de càtedra. Al seu torn, correspon a les universitats contribuir a defensar i promoure aquests drets cívics, individuals i col·lectius.
Les institucions universitàries aporten a les societats democràtiques coneixement, diàleg i reflexió, contribueixen al respecte per la diversitat i promouen el lliure debat de les idees. Sens dubte, Budapest, Hongria i Europa trobarien a faltar un pol de coneixement, discussió i civisme com és la Universitat Centreeuropea.
La Universitat de Barcelona manifesta la seva solidaritat amb els professors, estudiants i personal de la Universitat Centreeuropea, i també expressa la seva preocupació pel desplegament i la posada en pràctica de la nova legislació hongaresa i la seva repercussió en l’eventual desaparició de la CEU, que només pot tenir efectes negatius.
Desitgem que la CEU pugui continuar desenvolupant la seva valuosa tasca i romandre com una més de les institucions que conformen la comunitat universitària europea.
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S&T Academy of Engineering Management inducts a new member
An engineering management professional with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology was inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Engineering Management on Thursday, April 20.The academy, established at Missouri S&T in 2004, is an advisory group to the university’s engineering management and systems engineering department. New members are selected based on input from department faculty and development officers and voted on by the academy membership.
The 2017 inductee is:
Gerard Hart of Woodlands, Texas, retired vice president of project management at WorleyParsons, earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering management from Missouri S&T in 1971. Hart has over 44 years of experience in the engineering field. He began his career with Black & Veatch, where he worked for 22 years. After a brief position with Parsons Energy & Chemicals, Hart joined WorleyParsons, where he performed in all aspects of engineering and construction management. His work has included project and engineering management for multiple gas, oil and coal-fired power stations throughout the world. Hart’s expertise in the power generation field includes project management, construction management, business development, procurement and contract administration, cost estimating and cost control, project controls, planning and scheduling, consortium and joint venture management, and coordination of multiple projects.
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Meet Letisha Wexstten: Artist, UMSL student and advocate for others
UMSL Daily
Being born without arms hasn’t kept graphic design major Letisha Wexstten from leading an independent life filled with creativity, laughter and accomplishment. (Photo by August Jennewein)
As the oldest of five siblings, Letisha Wexstten remembers helping out around the house quite a bit growing up.
“Lots of diaper changes and bottle feedings,” she says with a grin.
Because she was born without arms, that might seem surprising. But Wexstten, who is now a student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, made it work.
“When I was a baby, my parents were very supportive of me being independent, and that really kickstarted my personality of being OK with not having arms, accepting myself for who I am and accepting others for who they are,” she says. “There were no support groups for amputee babies, and so it was kind of trial and error.”
One idea involved a jar of beans.
“My mom – a genius – would sit me in the kitchen, and I would dump the beans out of the jar and then pick them up individually with my toes and put them back in the jar to hear the clinking sound,” Wexstten says. “That really helped with dexterity in my toes.”
Before long she was getting dressed by herself. Learning to complete such tasks – and being pushed to do so as a young child – was often difficult, but gaining those skills early on made a big difference.
“I figured it out,” Wexstten recalls. “And that’s just how my life has been ever since then. I drive a car, I paint and I’m an artist. I use a normal computer setup – I don’t have any extra adaptations or voice-activated stuff. It’s almost faster for me to use my feet, because my feet are my hands.”
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Cal State Fullerton softball walks off in back-to-back wins over Hawaii
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Cal State Fullerton softball was able to take both games of its doubleheader against Hawaii Saturday thanks to big games from centerfielder Ariana Williams and starting pitcher Kelsey Kessler.
Game OneDown to their last batter in the first game of the day, the Titans were able to come back and take home a 4-3 victory thanks to a walk-off double from Williams.
“Her zone is incredible and she has honed in on her pitch and taken her swing through that pitch, and that’s where great things are happening,” Titans Head Coach Kelly Ford said.
Hawaii struck first in the game when Nicole Lopez hit a home run off of Titans starter Cerissa Rivera in the fourth to give Hawaii a 1-0 lead.
Fullerton was able to strike back right away, taking back the lead on back-to-back solo home runs from Williams and Lexi Gonzalez, giving them a 2-1 lead.
Hawaii answered back to tie 2-2 in the fifth on a Sarah Muzik two-out RBI single off of Titans reliever Sydney Golden before regaining the lead in the top of the seventh on a RBI single from Heather Morales, putting them up 3-2.
Down to their last out in the bottom of the seventh, Williams struck to give the Titans a 4-3 comeback win.
“I had known the whole time that I was seeing her (pitches) well,” Williams said. “I was trying to foul it off and foul it off until I got a good pitch.”
Game TwoIn the second game of the day, the Titans walked off again, thanks to a seventh-inning RBI single from pinch hitter Mikaela Francis and another gem on the mound from Kessler as the latter secured her 15th win of the season.
“You just felt she was due, she was due to drive them in and she stepped up and got it done,” Ford ...
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Graduate Students Win Health Care Innovation Competition
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March 27, 2017 – Three Georgetown University graduate students won a competition focused on health care “innovation” held on campus this past Saturday.
Elizabeth Inyang (G’17), Trang Vu (G’17), and Grace Lacayo (G’17), who are all completing a master’s degree in health systems administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, competed with their proposal “CURA Systems,” which is an emergency-department-focused tool to help hospitals manage the care of repeat patient visitors.
“A common scenario for emergency departments,” the students outline in their proposal, “wait times are high, patients are deteriorating and dissatisfied, and beds are being occupied by ‘frequent flyers’ – recurring patients that don’t actually need to be in the ED. Administrators are increasingly concerned with the overutilization of ED resources, unsustainable rising costs, and truly providing quality care to every walk-in patient.”
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Their winning idea? “CURA Systems was created exactly to fulfill this purpose,” they write. “CURA is a software system for automatic flagging, tracking, and management of frequent flyer patients. It is able to integrate with any major [electronic health record] system and collect patient data.”
The students hope the system improves overall health care for these patients, as well as helps emergency rooms improve their operations and reduce costs.
‘Especially Impressed’
Christopher J. King, PhD, FACHE, directs the master’s program and helped plan the event with the National Association of Health Services Executives’ Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter.
“Evaluated by four independent judges, the team received the highest ratings for creativity, relevance, applicability, scalability, and delivery,” King says. “Judges were especially impressed with the team’s presentation skills and the ability to apply a systems approach to a very complex issue.”
The students – who were advised by Robert Friedland, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration – earned a $2,000 prize. In addition to Georgetown, competitors represented George Washington University and the University ...
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Undergrad wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Physical and Biological Sciences News
Andrea Antoni, an undergraduate student at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a 2017 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.The Goldwater Scholarship is a prestigious national competition for undergraduates in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering. The scholarships provide up to $7,500 per year for sophomores and juniors from across the country to cover the costs of tuition, fees, books, and other expenses.
The foundation awarded 240 scholarships this year, selecting the scholars on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,286 students nominated by representatives of colleges and universities nationwide.
Antoni is a junior majoring in physics (astrophysics). Since participating in the Lamat Summer Undergraduate Research Program in 2015, she has been working on astrophysics research projects with Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics, and graduate students Morgan MacLeod, Ariadna Murguia-Berthier, and Phillip Macias. Their recent collaboration, studying the common envelope phase in the evolution of close binary systems, resulted in a paper published March 20 in the Astrophysical Journal. Antoni's career goal is to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics so she can conduct research in theoretical astrophysics and teach at a research university.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater. The scholarship program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.
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Oxytocin, the 'Love Hormone,' Being Tested for Treatment of PTSD and Alcohol Abuse
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Nightmares. Obsessive thoughts. Avoiding particular places. Sudden outbursts. Fearing you’re in danger. Survivor guilt.
These experiences – manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – are part of life for up to 1 in 3 U.S. combat veterans and active military personnel. That’s more than triple the prevalence of PTSD in the population at large. About two-thirds of those with PTSD struggle with alcohol abuse.
A new trial may hold hope for these military personnel through treatment with oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the “love hormone.”
A Shift in Thinking
It’s no surprise that the threat or actuality of battle takes a psychological toll. What is surprising, are changes that Jennifer Mitchell, PhD, the director of the UCSF Institute for Translational Neuroscience, has found in the U.S. military’s attitude toward the condition, and its willingness to experiment in order to help troubled soldiers.
Jennifer Mitchell, PhD“It used to be that when an officer was experiencing this kind of thing, they were simply excused from the military,” said Mitchell, whose work focuses on PTSD and substance abuse. “Now they’re coming to accept that this is happening to many career personnel, and the military wants to keep these active duty people going. It’s an entirely new development philosophically.”
That shift is allowing Mitchell to test the potential of oxytocin, a hormone released during sex, childbirth and lactation as a treatment for PTSD and substance abuse among active military personnel. Oxytocin, present in both women and men, plays a role in social behavior, trust, empathy, and managing stress and anxiety. Its qualities have drawn researchers to the hormone, which is showing promise as a treatment for autism and schizophrenia.
“It helps with several conditions because they all involve similar stress responses,” said Mitchell, who has published findings about oxytocin for substance abuse. “Our thinking is that oxytocin can also ...
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FIU Women’s Tennis Falls to No. 37 Rice in C-USA Finals Match, 4-1
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DENTON, Texas (April 23, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (21-2) fell to the top-seeded Rice Owls, 4-1, in the finals of the 2017 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship on Sunday. Rice (18-5 and No. 37 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's Tennis National Rankings) took an early 1-0 lead, winning the doubles point as Mina Markovic and Gabriela Ferreira fell to Savannah Durkin and Katherine Ip, 6-0, and Nina Nagode and Andrea Lazaro dropped a 6-2 decision to Lindsey Hodges and Wendy Zhang. The Panthers drew even at 1-all as Nagode opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Fernanda Astete. The victory for the senior was her 13th of the season and 75th of her career. The Owls regained the lead, 2-1, as Maryna Veksler fell to Ip, 6-1, 6-2. Markovic lost to Zhang, 6-4, 6-3, to give Rice a 3-1 edge. The Owls clinched the match and claimed this year's title with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win for Durkin over Grib. The loss snapped a school-record, 19-match winning streak for the Panthers as FIU suffered just its second defeat of the season. Selections for the 2017 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships will be announced via NCAA.com on Tuesday, May 2, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUWTennis) for all the latest FIU women's tennis news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).#####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 ...
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Lightning Forces Spring Game Indoors; White Wins, 26-7
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BATON ROUGE -- With four minutes left in the first half, the 2017 National L Club Spring Game was moved indoors due to lightning near in Tiger Stadium with the Purple leading White, 7-3.
Prior to the lightning, placekicker Connor Culp made a 21-yard field goal to cap a 7-minute, 17-second opening drive for the White team. The 14-play drive spanned 66 yards, including a 35-yard pass from quarterback Danny Etling to wide receiver D.J. Chark.
Following an interception by Kevin Toliver II, Purple used a face-mask penalty and 36 rushing yards by Lanard Fournette to score early in the second quarter. Fournette's 1-yard plunge and Cameron Gamble's PAT gave Purple a 7-3 lead with 10:40 remaining in the second quarter.
Just after 8 p.m. CT, lightning was detected within eight miles of Tiger Stadium, and the duration of game was moved to the LSU Football Indoor Practice Facility.
In the Indoor facility, the White team finished off a 26-7 victory.
LSU COACH ED ORGERON SPRING GAME PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
Opening Statement…“We had a tremendous day. We started off with a lot of former players coming back and bringing them back together. They were fired up, and it was a great day to see all of the ex-players coming back and all the championships those guys won and all of the accomplishments that they had. I think we have a very strong Tiger family, and that was one of the most impressive things of the day.”
“On to the scrimmage, it was the defense’s night. The offense did a tremendous job all spring, but tonight was the defense’s night. I don’t think that we played very well on offense. I know Coach (Matt) Canada is a little disappointed in the performance, but I have confidence that we are going to get better. ...
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New cost calculator available to Rice applicants
Potential applicants to Rice now have a fast, user-friendly online tool designed to give families a more accurate way to gauge the cost of attendance while factoring in financial aid.
The free tool, called MyinTuition, was developed by Wellesley College in response to the knowledge that too few students apply to top-notch schools because they assume they cannot afford them.
“Families look at the price and walk away without thinking about financial aid possibilities because the assumption is that the cost is too high,” said Phillip Levine, the Wellesley professor of economics who developed MyinTuition. “Now, equipped with a simple, fast way to estimate costs, more parents may find that they can send their children to top schools.”
Rice is one of 12 schools that adopted the new tool this week.
Available on the Admission home page, MyinTuition asks six basic financial questions. The answers are used to provide personalized estimates of what it would cost a family to send their child to Rice.
It takes the average user about three minutes to complete the form. The tool gives parents a breakdown of the estimated costs paid by the family, work-study and loan estimates, in addition to grant assistance provided by Rice.
“Rice University meets 100 percent of demonstrated need of all its admitted students,” said Julie Browning, dean for undergraduate enrollment. “Helping low-income high school students and their parents become aware that a Rice education is within their reach means they can dream big and develop their full potential. We believe MyinTuition is a great service to underserved high achievers, and we’re proud to add this resource to our efforts to expand access to these worthy students.”
In 2011, the federal government mandated that colleges and universities offer a “net price calculator” to provide prospective students with an estimate of the cost of enrollment and financial aid possibilities. That tool is ...
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Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding Conference Being Held May 3
UC Health News
"Building Bridges Toward Equity” is the theme of the second annual Conference to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding and Infant Mortality, scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The conference will be held at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Tangeman University Center (TUC) from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m."Breastfeeding provides infants with the best possible start in life,” says Julie Ware, MD, a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the Center for Breastfeeding Medicine and co-chair of the conference. "Although the initiation of breastfeeding is now nearing the Healthy People 2020 goals of 81.9 percent in the U.S., there remains a large disparity in breastfeeding among African-American women.”In Cincinnati, differences in breastfeeding across demographics are profound, according to Ware, with 75 percent of white mothers initiating breastfeeding compared to 50 percent of black mothers. She also says neighborhood differences in initiation of breastfeeding are as high as 55 percent."Health disparities, such as infant mortality, can be ameliorated when babies are breastfed,” says Ware. "Breastfeeding is now described as a public health imperative. We have to do all we can to support all women to breastfeed their babies.”Last year’s inaugural event attracted over 160 health care professionals and sold out quickly. To accommodate an anticipated larger crowd this year, the conference has moved to the MainStreet Cinema, atrium and break out rooms at TUC."The interest from last year indicates that many health care providers in our community are aware that we have disparities in breastfeeding practices and infant mortality rates, and they desire to address these disparities,” says Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Allied Health Sciences and co-chair of the conference. "This conference will unpack concepts such as bias in access to breastfeeding encouragement, culturally-tailored breastfeeding support, high-quality clinical care and other barriers that stand in the way of African-American ...
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Learn about Wildlife Volunteer Opportunities and Animal Ethics
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: April 04, 2017
Lone Star College-CyFairs Center for Civic Engagements hosts two interactive, provocative wildlife events April 18 and April 24.
Have you ever wondered what you can do if you find an injured mammal or bird? Ever thought about volunteering to help wildlife in your community? If so, April 18 is your chance to learn about the TWRC Wildlife center and learn more about environmental conservation and rehabilitation of wildlife, said Professor Aurora Lugo.
Join representatives from the Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition for the Wild for Wildlife presentation that will include their live animal ambassadors.
The Campus Community Enrichment Committee is co-hosting this event set from 4 p.m. 6 p.m.in the Conference Center on the LSC-CyFair campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
A second presentation titled "What Philosophers Say About Animal Ethics" set April 24 features guest speaker Alan Clune, Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Among the questions he will address are: Do human beings have a moral obligation to other nonhuman animals? How are their interests similar to ours? Should rights be extended to them? How would recognizing any interests or rights change the existing relationship we have with other species?
Join this guest lecture as Dr. Clune explores the different perspectives that philosophers offer regarding our ethical commitments to the animal kingdom, said John Duerk, CCE coordinator at LSC-CyFair
This event set from 10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. in the Tehcnology Building, room 102 on the LSC-CyFair campus at 9191 Barker Cypress
One of the CCEs goals is to get people thinking about actions they can take to address challenges in their immediate community and the broader society. For information on other events, go to LoneStar.edu/CivicEngagementCalendar.
For information on the April 18 presentation, contact Lugo via phone at 281.290.3573 or
email Aurora.Lugo@LoneStar.edu or Shaunte Hulett-Abdin at 281.290.3916 or email Shaunte.N.Hulett2@lonestar.edu.
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Lone Star College-North Harris receives ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of History’ grant
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: September 11, 2015
The Lone Star College-North Harris library is one of only four libraries in the Houston area to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
According to Christine Ramsey, LSC-North Harris library director, As one of just 203 grant recipients selected from across the country, our library received a $3,000 grant which will allow us to hold public programming including film screenings, discussion groups, local history exhibitions and performances about Latino history and culture throughout the academic year.
The LSC-North Harris library will also receive the six-part, NEH-supported documentary film Latino Americans: 500 Years of History created for PBS in 2013. The award-winning series chronicles the history of Latinos in the United States from the 16th century to present day.
Ramsey added, In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we have planned some amazing programs at this campus including a visit with Latino Americans: 500 Years of History acclaimed filmmaker, John Valadez. Valadez will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Services Building Conference Center. The program is open to the public as well.
Valadez will lead a discussion on two segments of the film, Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. Valadez has been producing and directing award-winning, nationally broadcast documentaries for PBS and CNN for the past 14 years. To learn more about Valadezs film, visit www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/.
Valadez has twice been named a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, is a Rockefeller Fellow, a PBS/CPB Producers Academy Fellow and a founding member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar.
Dr. Gerald Napoles, president of LSC-North Harris said, Im thrilled that students and faculty at our college have the opportunity to explore ...
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UNC-Chapel Hill to promote campus safety at CarolinaSafe Spring Fest
Campus Updates – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host its first CarolinaSafe Spring Fest from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on April 20 on the South Building stairs at Polk Place.
Sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and the Department of Public Safety, the event will promote campus safety resources and highlight the University’s new mobile safety application, LiveSafe.
Campus organizations such as UNC Counseling and Psychological Services, the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office, and Student Wellness will share helpful resources and materials.
The event will also feature self-defense and CPR interactive demonstrations, and neighborhood K-9 units will be in attendance with surrounding law enforcement agencies.
The CarolinaSafe Spring Fest will also feature LiveSafe prizes, giveaways, ice cream and student performances by the Carolina Jump Rope Club, Harmonyx, UNC Samaa, Cadence and Bhangra Elite.
Read more about the LiveSafe app.
Published April 18, 2017
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Baumgartner elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Frank Baumgartner (photo by Dan Sears)Frank R. Baumgartner, the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 12.
Baumgartner’s work focuses on public policy, agenda-setting, interest groups in American and comparative politics, the death penalty and racial profiling in traffic stops.
The academy recently announced the election of 228 new members, which include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists, as well as civic, business and philanthropic leaders.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, convening leaders from the academic, business and government sectors to respond to the challenges facing — and opportunities available to — the nation and the world. Members contribute to Academy publications and studies in science, engineering and technology policy; global security and international affairs; the humanities, arts, and education; and American institutions and the public good.
Members of the 2017 class include winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the Wolf Prize; MacArthur Fellows; Fields Medalists; Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts recipients; and Academy Award, Grammy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award winners.
The 237th class includes philanthropist and singer-songwriter John Legend, award-winning actress Carol Burnett, chairman of the board of Xerox Corporation Ursula Burns, mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, immunologist James P. Allison and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Frank Baumgartner.
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Some of the Parts: Is Marijuana’s “Entourage Effect” Scientifically Valid?
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 4/20/2017
ByLine: Scientific American
URL Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/some-of-the-parts-is-marijuana-rsquo-s-ldquo-entourage-effect-rdquo-scientifically-valid/
Page Content: Features Barth Wilsey, MD
News Type: National
News_Release_Date: April 21, 2017
NewsTags: Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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President Harreld on the value of public universities’ work
Iowa Now - Research
Bruce HarreldEarlier this month, Tom Rice, director of the UI’s Iowa Center for Higher Education in Des Moines, wrote a wonderful piece about some of the commonly overlooked ways a university serves its surrounding community. He was able to succinctly express that even though we can study the positive economic impact a university has, the real value of a public institution like the UI isn’t something that’s truly quantifiable. As I’ve said before, we can certainly talk about the monetary value a university brings to its community, but now it’s time to go past the numbers and take a wider view of what the UI provides.
What comes to my mind when I think of the value of a public institution like ours is the opportunity it gives undergraduates like Niko McCarty, Velarchana Santhana, and Akanksha Chilukuri to tackle real-world problems and collaborate with some of the best faculty in the country to improve people’s lives. All three work in the Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building and are actively contributing to cutting-edge research. Where else would undergraduates be able to do that sort of work? The UI is able to give them that chance, and they’re already giving back by breaking new ground in the study of how diabetes affects the heart and eyes, and how preeclampsia can harm infants.
A public university can also be a home for researchers who want to bring important discoveries in their areas of expertise to the general public. Our faculty’s findings don’t stay locked away within the borders of campus; UI professors and researchers work hard to share their results and explain their fields to the public. For example, Robert Cargill, an assistant professor of classics and religious studies at the UI, published the book Cities that Made the Bible, regularly appears on CNN’s ...
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Landslides on Ceres Reflect Hidden Ice
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Landslides on Ceres Reflect Hidden Ice
By
Jason Maderer | April 17, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Type II features are the most common of Ceres’ landslides and look similar to deposits left by avalanches on Earth. This one also looks similar to TV's Bart Simpson. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, taken by Dawn Framing Camera
Massive landslides, similar to those found on Earth, are occurring on the asteroid Ceres. That’s according to a new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, adding to the growing evidence that Ceres retains a significant amount of water ice.The study is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. It used data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft to identify three different types of landslides, or flow features, on the Texas-sized asteroid.
Type I are relatively round, large and have thick "toes" at their ends. They look similar to rock glaciers and icy landslides in Earth’s arctic. Type I landslides are mostly found at high latitudes, which is also where the most ice is thought to reside near Ceres' surface.
Type II features are the most common of Ceres’ landslides and look similar to deposits left by avalanches on Earth. They are thinner and longer than Type I and found at mid-latitudes. The authors affectionately call one such Type II landslide "Bart" because of its resemblance to the elongated head of Bart Simpson from TV's "The Simpsons."
Ceres' Type III features appear to form when some of the ice is melted during impact events. These landslides at low latitudes are always found coming from large-impact craters.
Georgia Tech Assistant Professor and Dawn Science Team Associate Britney Schmidt led the study. She believes it provides more proof that the asteroid’s shallow subsurface is a mixture of rock and ice.
“Landslides cover more area in the poles than at ...
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Autism and Inclusion
Health and Medicine
Many students will be visiting colleges this spring. Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission at Georgia Tech, shares how students can ask better questions – and better follow-up questions – to gain deeper information about each college.Students often ask: “What is...
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Softball Takes Pair From UC Davis In Dramatic Fashion
gohighlanders.com
Riverside—The UC Riverside Softball Team picked up a double header sweep of UC Davis Saturday afternoon, to pull within one game of third place in the Big West Conference standings.GAME ONE
Trailing 7-1 in the middle of the third, the Highlanders (22-19, 4-6) battled back to tie the score at seven, only to watch the Aggies score an unearned run in the top of the seventh to take a one-run lead.Sarah Parten led off the bottom of the seventh for the Highlanders, and hit a grounder to the second base side of short. The ball bounced off Christa Castello's glove for an error, allowing Parten to reach first. Danielle Ortega then followed with a single up the middle, and Jenna Curtan drew a walk to load the bases.That brought Hannah Rodriguez to the plate, and she also drew a walk to tie the score at eight. UC Davis picked up the first out of the inning on Jenea Lockwood's fielder's choice grounder, as the Aggies cut down Ortega at the plate.They wouldn't have the same opportunity with Rebecca Faulkner at the plate, as she ripped a clean single into left, and the Highlanders celebrated at home plate as Curtan scored the winning run.UC Davis (17-25, 2-8) jumped on top of UC Riverside early, scoring four in the second and three in the third to go up 7-1. The Highlanders began their comeback in their half of the third, sending eight batters to the plate.Cepeda brought home the first run of the inning with a bases loaded walk, and a wild pitch brought home the second run of the frame. Ortega made it a three-run game with a triple which scored Cepeda and Brittney Garcia.UC Riverside scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to tie the score at seven, with ...
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High School Science Students Shine at SoCal State Science Olympiad
Over a thousand middle and high school students and their families and friends, hailing from 62 schools across Southern California, gathered at Caltech on Saturday, April 8, for the annual SoCal State Science Olympiad Tournament.The annual daylong science and engineering tournament was hosted at Caltech by the Caltech Science Olympiad Team and the Caltech Y. The event provides an opportunity for students to test their wits in a wide range of written and hands-on activities, including everything from tests on anatomy and minerals to engineering bottle rockets and helicopters.Students in middle school and high school divisions completed in 25 events, and the six teams from each division with the highest scores received trophies. The first-place middle school team, Oak Valley Middle School, and the first-place high school team, Troy High School, advance to the national tournament at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, on May 19–20.More than 80 Caltech undergraduates and graduate students as well as additional alumni, staff, and individuals from neighboring universities and colleges volunteered at the event.
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Keck Cosmic Web Imager Achieves "First Light"
A Caltech-built instrument designed to study the mysteries of the cosmic web—streams of gas connecting galaxies—has captured its first image, an event astronomers call "first light." The instrument, called the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, or KCWI, was recently installed on the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.KCWI captures highly detailed spectral images of cosmic objects to reveal their temperature, motion, density, mass, distance, chemical composition, and more. The instrument is designed to study the wispy cosmic web; it will also observe many other astronomical phenomena, including young stars, evolved stars, supernovas, star clusters, and galaxies."I'm incredibly excited. These moments happen only a few times in one's life as a scientist," says principal investigator Christopher Martin, professor of physics at Caltech. "To take a powerful new instrument, a tool for looking at the universe in a completely novel way, and install it at the greatest observatory in the world is a dream for an astronomer. This is one of the best days of my life."Martin and his Caltech team, in collaboration with scientists at UC Santa Cruz and with industrial partners, designed and built the 5-ton instrument—about the size of an ice cream truck. It was then shipped from California to Hawaii on January 12. Since then, Keck Observatory's team has been working diligently to install and test KCWI on Keck II, one of the twin 10-meter Keck Observatory telescopes."KCWI will really raise the bar in terms of Keck Observatory's capabilities," says Anne Kinney, chief scientist at Keck Observatory. "I think it will become the most popular instrument we have, because it will be able to do a great breadth of science, increasing our ability to understand and untangle the effects of dark matter in galaxy formation."The W. M. Keck Observatory is a private 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and a scientific partnership of Caltech, the ...
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Gauchos March Past Cal Poly 5-2 For Big West Title
Santa Barbara Athletics News
Apr 22, 2017
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- The No. 42 men's tennis team finished out the regular season with a 5-2 victory Saturday over conference rival No. 44 Cal Poly (16-7). The Gauchos, 17-5, push their win streak to 10 games ending season play with a stellar conference record of 5-0.
"This was a big match and it doesn't really get any better," head coach Marty Davis said. "One of the best Cal Poly team's we've faced, it being senior day, and a high-fashioned doubles and singles play throughout."
The Blue-Green rivalry was reignited early on in doubles play. Both teams failed to give an inch to start off the match splitting the first two matches 1-1.
The doubles point came down to the wire on Court 1 between No. 29 Morgan Mays/Simon Freund and No. 55 Corey Pang/Ben Donovan. A back and forth affair between both doubles aces, the Gauchos got the break they needed and Simon Freund finished the deal in dramatic fashion striking a serve past Donovan for the win 7-6.
"We started off doubles a bit rough but hung in there and got an opportunity that we managed to take advantage of," said Simon Freund. "We saved a lot of big points in order to get to the tie-break but they weren't giving it to us easy so we really had to earn it."
Picking up where they left off, the Gauchos carried the momentum into singles play winning five out of their first six singles sets. Anders Holm took home UCSB's first singles victory of the day cruising past Josh Ortlip 6-1, 6-4.
Cody Rakela helped extend Santa Barbara's lead outing opponent Axel Damiens (6-2, 6-4) and Simon Freund followed suit beating Garrett Auproux (6-1, 6-3) to give UCSB a 4-0 cushion. The Gauchos were officially in control of the match after that with Freund's point.
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Actors for Autism
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For young adults with autism, wading into the job market is a daunting task, particularly after leaving the security of high school. Patrick Doran, a Pasadena resident in his mid-20s, has found work he enjoys thanks to vocational training he received from the non-profit organization Actors For Autism.To raise public awareness about opportunities in the film industry for people with autism, UC Santa Barbara’s Carsey-Wolf Center will present Actors For Autism: Selections from the Actors For Autism 2016 Film Festival. The event will showcase the work of those on the autistic spectrum in the entertainment industry by screening short films they produced for Actors For Autism.
The event is slated for Saturday, April 22, in UCSB’s Pollock Theater. It will begin at 2 p.m. Admission is free, although seating is limited. Reservations are recommended. Presented in conjunction with National Autism Awareness Month, the screening is co-sponsored by the Koegel Autism Center at UCSB.
Glendale-based Actors For Autism educates and trains people with autism to work in the fields of visual effects, film and television, animation and video game design. The organization also hosts an annual film festival in December to celebrate its students’ work.
“The struggle is trying to find opportunities for adults with autism,” said Patrice Petro, director of the Carsey-Wolf Center and a professor of film and media studies. Petro will moderate a post-screening discussion. “The struggle is how they can be engaged, how to fund opportunities for advancement for them after high school, how to develop their skills, how to help them keep being creative.”
Following the series of short films from the Actors For Autism 2016 film festival, a discussion and question-and-answer session will focus on Actors For Autism and the role of people in the entertainment industry who have autism. Panelists will include Actors For Autism Executive Director Alisa Wolf, who founded the non-profit ...
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Reminder: Learn about SkyVU updates in blog posts
Vanderbilt News
by Leslie Schichtel Buchanan | Apr. 21, 2017, 2:55 PM
SHARELINES TweetLearn about SkyVU updates on its blog
Check out the latest SkyVU blog on its website. Posts capture updates regarding business processes and SkyVU programs, along with upcoming events and important dates.
New posts are published every other Monday. Please check back frequently to stay abreast of the latest happenings with the project.
SkyVU includes a cloud-based system that will replace current e-business services and provide a modern, synchronized environment to allow university faculty and staff to spend less time on paperwork and more time on efforts that contribute to the university’s mission. The Oracle-based solution uses the same type of intuitive user interface and seamless functionality that faculty and staff expect and are accustomed to from their other work and experiences online.
To learn more, contact the SkyVU Project Team at skyvu@vanderbilt.edu.
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Media Inquiries: Leslie Schichtel Buchanan, leslie.buchanan@vanderbilt.edu
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Hunting the Original Star Stuff
SDSU College of Sciences
SDSU astrophysicist Fridolin Weber will present his research on “Big Bang matter” at this year’s Albert W. Johnson lecture.
“It’s kind of mind-boggling. If things had happened just a little differently in the early universe, we wouldn’t be here.” Every atom in every molecule of your body was born in a single spectacular, 2000-billion-degree Kelvin explosion some 13.8 billion years ago. But the Big Bang also produced exotic forms of matter that lasted only fleeting seconds before blinking out of existence. Fridolin Weber searches the universe for these elusive particles that can only exist in extreme astronomical conditions, such as inside the hearts of super-dense neutron stars. The San Diego State University theoretical astrophysicist will present findings from his galactic hunt on Friday, April 7, at the annual Albert W. Johnson Lecture.Weber’s quarry is the quark, an elementary particle that constitutes matter’s most fundamental building block. Quarks are bound up in composite particles like protons and neutrons and are generally not found in nature by themselves. The exception is inside neutron stars, which are incredibly dense remnants of massive stars blown apart by supernova explosions. Composed primarily of neutrons, they are only 24 kilometers (15 miles) or so in diameter, yet are twice as massive as our sun. That amount of mass packed into a relatively miniscule area creates extraordinary density at the star’s core, squeezing atomic nuclei so tightly that fundamental particles like quarks can exist freely. It’s the closest parallel to conditions immediately after the Big Bang that we know of in our universe. “We want to understand what happened in the moments and minutes after that gigantic explosion,” Weber said. “We turn to neutron stars to see if we can detect the astrophysical signature of this ‘Big Bang matter.’”Weber and his colleagues trawl data from enormous radio telescopes scattered around the world. ...
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Learning by Doing
Tufts Now All Stories
Hannah Donnelly, V17, was “super anxious” about a dog spay she was scheduled to do. All third-year students at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine are required to spay two dogs for their course in small-animal anesthesia and surgery.So when she got an email offering students a chance to practice on a simulator as part of a pilot study, she promptly signed up. “Basically, surgery is a series of steps you have to learn by doing,” she said. On her simulated surgery day, she practiced in real-world conditions. She scrubbed in, picked up her scalpel, made the tiny incision in a model dog and cut through layers of “skin.” She placed her sutures and extracted the replica ovaries. And when it was over, those precise surgical steps felt coded into her muscle memory, she said.
When the time came for the real thing—a dachshund from a local shelter—she felt totally prepared.
“Practice makes perfect,” Donnelly said, noting that working on the simulator gave her dexterity and self-assurance. “You need to be confident as a veterinarian,” she said, “and anything you can do to build up confidence is a good thing.”
The school’s new Multipurpose Teaching and Simulation Laboratory will do just that. It will house a variety of life-sized simulation animal models on which students will practice their clinical and surgical skills. The centerpiece will be a surgical training lab. The facility is in the design stage, and money is being raised to build it.
Cummings School is part of a national movement at veterinary schools to expand simulation training, much like medical and dental schools have already done, said Nick Frank, professor and chair of clinical sciences, who is leading the working group that the school’s dean, Deborah Kochevar, has charged with reimagining 3,000 square feet of space in the Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for ...
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UCF Baseball vs. Connecticut
Events at UCF
Come on out to support your Knights!
Find the full schedule here: http://ucfknights.com/schedule.aspx?path=baseball
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Nominations for Student Volunteer Center's annual service recognition awards
Student News
To: UC Santa Cruz CommunityFrom: Dean of Students on behalf of the Student Volunteer CenterApril 18, 2017Students, faculty, and staff — have you been a helping hand this quarter through service work? See if you qualify for the Student Volunteer Center's Service Recognition Ceremony!
This ceremony is to honor slugs like you that have gone above and beyond with volunteering. Staff, faculty, students, and student-orgs are eligible for an award. Fill out the form for yourself or another deserving slug for the chance to be nominated. Check out our website at http://volunteer.ucsc.edu/programs/src.html to get more information and to make your nomination.
Nominations are due by May 5 at 5:00 pm.If you have any questions, feel free to email us at volunteer@ucsc.edu
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UW Daily – April 19, 2017
UW Daily
UW System
On Campus
COL: UW-Sheboygan celebrates Earth Day with concert, Sheboygan Press, April 18
EXT: Invasive stink bug moves in on homes and crops in WI, Wisconsin State Farmer, April 18
EXT: Award-winning WPR host helps people harness their voices, WisBusiness, April 18
EXT: Landowners encouraged to look for and control garlic mustard, satprnews.com, April 18
EXT: JC UW-Extension to have some new faces, La Crosse Tribune, April 18
EAU: UW-Eau Claire hosts 46th Annual National Forensics tournament, The Spectator, April 18
EAU: School Board adds new member, WEAU-TV 13, April 18
EAU: LGBTQ+ resource guide introduced, WEAU-TV 13, April 17
GRB: UWGB men face high roster turnover, Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 19
GRB: Packers and Phoenix team up for annual Steak Fry, WFRV, April 18
LAX: Honda Motorwerks gives La Crosse worm composting project an electric compost cruiser, La Crosse Tribune, April 18
LAX: Self-motivation is key at UW-L managerial workshop, La Crosse Tribune, April 19
MAD: Madison police investigate robbery on Langdon Street, WISC-TV 3, April 19
MAD: UW-Madison students push for Hmong-American studies program, WISC-TV 3, April 19
MAD: 12 on Tuesday: Fatoumata Ceesay, Madison 365, April 19
MAD: Alleged drunken driver identified in crash that killed UW student, Wisconsin State journal, April 18
MAD: Ethical issues in LGBTQ health care is focus of symposium, WISC-TV 3, April 18
MAD: UW study says tax credit has spurred manufacturing job growth, AP, April 19
MAD: UW-Madison AWA Awards Scholarships to Members, Wisconsin Ag Connection, April 19
MAD: Future of the Wisconsin Idea following its progressive past, Daily Cardinal, April 18
MAD: Learn how to discuss important health decisions, WKOW-TV 27, April 19
MAD: Carrie Coon on the case on ‘Fargo,’ ‘The Leftovers,’ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 18
MAD: Student film highlights food insecurity, mass incarceration issues in South Madison, Daily Cardinal, April 18
MIL: Recent UWM grads to open doughnut shop on East Side, BizTimes.com, April 17
MIL: Four College Possible grads on track to beat the odds, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, April 18
MIL: UWM Peck School ...
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UConn Astronomer to Glimpse First Galaxies
UConn Today
People have argued endlessly over what really happened at the dawn of the universe. But until now, no one could ever claim they’d seen it. As part of the new Cosmic Dawn Center, UConn astronomer Kate Whitaker might just get a chance to settle some of those arguments for good.
The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) will gather data from four new telescopes: the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Euclid space mission to map the geometry of the dark universe, and the European-Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
DAWN of time: The timeline at the top of this image shows when each of the four new telescopes sending imagery to the DAWN Center come online: the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) sees in the microwave spectrum and looks at early star formation; the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) records in the infrared and can see as far back as the Big Bang; Euclid is a space craft that will try to accurately measure the curvature of the universe; and the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will use a 39 meter primary mirror, larger than the Lincoln Memorial, to get optical images of the first galaxies.Whitaker will get first crack at analyzing data from the four new eyes on the sky, and UConn students working with her will get to as well. DAWN will bring together experts in both observational astronomy and theory to do cutting-edge science related to the formation of the first galaxies. Whitaker’s special interest is understanding how and why the most massive galaxies in the universe existed for such a short period of time.
“It is puzzling how these massive beasts of the cosmos experience such a rapid formation and ultimate death at such early times, when the fuel for new star formation is still so abundant,” Whitaker says. ...
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April 25: Town hall with Mayor Ethan Berkowitz
Join Ethan Berkowitz, mayor of Anchorage, for a town hall discussion on Tuesday, April 25, 1–2 p.m. in the Student Union, Den. Hosted by USUAA Student Government.
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Former Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil and public service champion Estelle Richman to receive honorary degrees
The legendary former Philadelphia Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil will address the Class of 2017 at the university’s 130th Commencement ceremony next month.The respected coach, known for leading the Eagles to their first Super Bowl appearance in 1981, will also receive an honorary degree alongside Estelle Richman, a longtime public service champion and former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, at the May 11 celebration.
A tradition since 1890, Temple bestows honorary degrees upon leaders from many backgrounds and fields whose achievements exemplify the university’s ideals and mission. The university has awarded nearly 900 honorary degrees throughout its history.
“We are beyond thrilled to honor Dick and Estelle at our momentous Commencement ceremony,” President Richard M. Englert said. “Through their many contributions to our society, they have truly embodied leadership, excellence and service—qualities that Temple holds dear.”
“Their presence on such an important day in Temple history will underscore to our impressive graduates some of the many ways that they too can, and will, influence our world for the better,” Englert said.
For the first time, Temple will also grant university honorary degrees at school and college ceremonies, separate from the university-wide commencement. Rear Adm. Scott Giberson, PHR ’93, who—as U.S. assistant surgeon general—played a central role in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps’ response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, will receive a doctor of humane letters at the School of Pharmacy ceremony. At the College of Science and Technology event, C.N.R. Rao, a world-renowned chemist and 2015 Temple visiting presidential scholar, will receive a doctor of sciences.
Dick Vermeil, doctor of humane letters
Vermeil spent seven seasons with the Eagles and later coached the St. Louis Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs, bringing to 15 the total number of seasons he served as an NFL head coach. He also launched a successful broadcasting ...
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Toby Nixon: An Author Symposium (King Library) (5/5/2017)
SJSU Events Calendar at SJSU Main Campus - King Library
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Toby Nixon: An Author Symposium (King Library)
Start Date: 5/5/2017Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Date: 5/5/2017End Time: 6:00 PM
Event Description:"Showcase and Preview of the Author Toby Nixon's written work and derivatives. Self Published and Produced.""I am Toby Nixon, author and I will present my Audio Narrations of my Short Stories and illustrations derived from my work, as well as read from my unpublished work and talk about Self Publishing."
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