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Narrated ByOliver Platt
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Original Music ByPeter RundquistTom Phillips
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Archival ProducerLizzy McGlynn
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Field ProducersMaya Lussier-SéguinLucy Fauveau
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Sunday, April 23, 2017
The Great War
Men's Rowing Claims Baker Cup for 12th Straight Year, Third Varsity Eight Earns Gold
WPI News Archive
Apr 23, 2017
WORCESTER -- The WPI Men's Rowing Varsity Eight defeated Tufts for the 12th consecutive year in the Baker Cup Sunday on Lake Quinsigamond.
The Engineers posted another sub-six minute time (5:57.78) to easily finish ahead of the Jumbos (6:14.05). Tufts (6:08.80) returned the favor in the Second Varsity Eight by edging the Crimson and Gray (6:10.05) by 1.25 seconds, or the length of the bow ball.
WPI's Third Varsity Eight (6:19.50) was better than Tufts (6:25.85) and Skidmore (6:54.40) as the Novice Eight went to Tufts by a 6:28.55 to 6:53.11 margin.
Skidmore took the Varsity Four in a time of 7:03.57. The Engineers B entry was second (7:05.73) with Clark third (7:14.19) and the A entry fourth (7:21.54).
The Engineers wrap up the regular season Saturday with BC (McCarthy/McGee Cup), UMass and Coast Guard beginning at 10:50am.
Varsity Eight Kelsey Regan (Winchendon, MA) - CoxswainNathan Pietrowicz (Worcester, MA)Jackson Krupnick (Ashville, NC)Michael Beinor (Sutton, MA)Jeremy Hemingway (Westford, MA)Michael Eaton (Exeter, NH)Frank Campanelli (Avon, CT)Danny Singer (Eldersburg, MD)Dean Schifilliti (Ossining, NY)
Second Varsity Eight Kenedi Heather (Taunton, MA)Nicholas Carabillo (Simsbury, CT)Lorenzo Dube (Fall River, MA)Isaac Beeman (Sammamish, WA)Keegan Train (Minnetonka, MN)Jack Harding (Lee, MA)Andrew Johnston (Arlington, VA)Scott Cazier (Wheat Ridge, CO)Paul Danielson (Niskayuna, NY)Jack Perry (Londonderry, NH)
Third Varsity Eight (M3V8A) Andrew Morrison (Oxford, MA) - CoxswainMarc Reardon (Winchendon, MA)Dan Seaman (Claremont, NH)James Vorosmarti (Center Valley, PA)Zack Estrella (Berkley, MA)Trevor Dowd (Fairfax, VA)Ben Thornton (Merrimac, MA)David Bovich (Verona, NJ)Lorenzo Dube (Fall River, MA)
Novice Eight (M3V8B) Lily Olsen (Princeton, NJ) - CoxswainMark Borghesani (Acton, MA)Tucker Grim (McLean, VA)Griffin Bishop (Carlisle, MA)Noah Van Stralen (Bloomfield, NY)Blake Dobay (Hopkinton, MA)Matthew Hagan ( Highlands Ranch, CO)Peter Beretich (North Yarmouth, ME)Brandon Fox (Hollis, NH)
Varsity Four (WPI A) Lily Olsen (Princeton, NJ) - CoxswainDavid ...
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Princeton supports Hawaii's legal challenge to federal immigration order
Princeton University Top Stories
Princeton and the 30 other colleges and universities who filed a friend-of-the-court brief last month supporting a legal challenge to the Trump administration's March 6 revised executive order on immigration filed a similar brief Thursday, April 20, in another challenge to the order.
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Column: Martha McSally has a view on women's rights for both Republicans and Democrats
State News Opinions
When discussing feminism, people often get too wrapped up in divisive social issues that polarize ideas to the left. While these issues are important, what we want to focus on is a more practical fight for women’s rights, one that centers on breaking gender stereotypes that are still prevalent in society. Arizona’s conservative Representative Martha McSally has been fighting for women’s rights in this way throughout her life.
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IU, NSWC Crane partnering to bolster national defense through 'smart tech' agreement
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IUB Newsroom »IU, NSWC Crane partnering to bolster national defense through 'smart tech' agreementIU, NSWC Crane partnering to bolster national defense through 'smart tech' agreementNew research collaboration will improve naval systems with integration of artificial intelligence, machine learningJan. 25, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- In a signing ceremony at 10 a.m. today, Indiana University and U.S. Navy officials launched a new, multiyear commitment to support the integration of modern "smart" technology into existing systems critical to the country's defense.
Through the cooperative research and development agreement, scientists at the IU School of Informatics and Computing and at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division will work together to transform existing military sensor technology through machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The agreement was signed at the base, which is near Crane, Indiana.
The lead researchers on the project are Sriraam Natarajan, associate professor in the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IU Bloomington, and Robert Cruise, chief scientist for the Special Warfare and Expeditionary Systems Department at NSWC Crane.
The agreement is part of a larger effort at the IU School of Informatics and Computing to foster partnerships with NSWC Crane, a major economic driver in southern Indiana and one of the largest naval bases in the country.
"Artificial intelligence, machine learning and human-computer interaction are three areas of interest to the researchers at Crane, and also areas of great strength at our school," said Martina Barnas, assistant dean for research and director of research collaborations at the IU School of Informatics and Computing. "We're ideally positioned to assist their efforts in this important arena."
In addition to Barnas, Natarajan and Cruise, attendees at the signing ceremony included Raj Acharya, dean of the IU School of Informatics and Computing; Rick Van Kooten, vice provost for research and associate vice president for research at IU; Joe Carley, associate director for ...
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Leader in field of swallowing disorders reflects on groundbreaking career
Northwestern Now: Summaries
Bonnie Martin-Harris is a pioneer in the standardization of identifying and treating swallowing disorders. Martin-Harris, the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences, delved into her career-defining work during the 12th annual Pepper Lecture at the Francis Searle Building on April 19.
“Safe and efficient swallowing requires fifty-five pairs of muscles, complex neural control, and coordination of multiple body systems,” said Martin-Harris, who is also the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Communication. “Unlike healing an arm or a leg, the ability to rewire the synergy involved in swallowing is a complicated and often difficult process…. We all know what it feels to swallow something and have it go down the wrong way, but imagine feeling that every time you swallow a sip of water.”
The lecture was made possible by the generous donation of Northwestern alumni Roxelyn and Richard Pepper, who endowed the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department in 2005. Before the lecture, School of Communication Dean Barbara O’Keefe thanked them for their longstanding support.
Martin-Harris, who has spent her career focusing on patient-centric research, spent years fighting for standardization in the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia—swallowing disorders—which can be caused by such conditions as cancer, stroke, parkinson’s disease, and trauma. Martin-Harris was inspired to seek standardization after working with patients, one of whom was a vibrant woman who’d lost the ability to swallow after treatment for jaw and mouth cancer. Her patient, who died in 2012, first came to her with files of tests she’d taken with other clinicians — but Martin-Harris said she was unable to glean any useful information from them.
“She had ten swallowing reports, but none was like the other,” Martin-Harris said. “I had to restudy her again. And that should not be. I felt patients should be able to go from ...
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Innovation Fest to expand scope at UChicago and beyond
UChicago News
Throughout the month of May, members of the University of Chicago community and the public will get a unique look at the programs and individuals responsible for the ideas, ventures and science that may someday change the lives of millions.UChicago Innovation Fest 2017, a global celebration of entrepreneurship and discovery, will bring together the brightest minds in science, tech, the arts and business during a monthlong series of workshops, discussions, speaker events and competitions.
Scheduled from May 2 through June 1, this year’s fest has expanded its scope and influence beyond the UChicago campus. Events in Boston, San Francisco and the first international Innovation Fest event—a pitch event cohosted by the Chicago Angels Network and the Booth Alumni Club of the UK in London—are on the docket. On-campus events range from a presentation on the evolving state of alternative finance in the Americas to a daylong event hosted by the Smart Museum on how sites of culture can function as spaces of belonging.
“The diversity and range of this year’s Innovation Fest lineup really illustrates the vastness of ideas and research that are emerging from the University of Chicago today,” said John Flavin, associate vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation and head of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Launched in the spring of 2014 by the Polsky Center, UChicago Innovation Fest initially began as Innovation Week, a weeklong solution to connect the various finals competitions of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge.
“Innovation Fest was born out of a strategic need to provide cohesion to our various NVC finals at the end of the year and grow the celebratory atmosphere around entrepreneurship,” said Starr Marcello, executive director of the Polsky Center. “To see how much it has grown in such a short period of time to include so many more disciplines and perspectives of the University ...
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Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)
BU Today
Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture, much of it in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages like sports drinks and soda.
Now, new research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Researchers using data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) found that people who drink sugary beverages frequently are more likely to have poorer memory, smaller overall brain volume, and a significantly smaller hippocampus—an area of the brain important for learning and memory. The FHS is the nation’s longest running epidemiological study, begun in 1948, supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and run by BU since 1971.
But before you chuck your sweet tea and reach for a diet soda, there’s more: a follow-up study found that people who drank diet soda daily were almost three times as likely to develop stroke and dementia when compared to those who did not.
Researchers are quick to point out that these findings, which appear separately in the journals Alzheimer’s & Dementia and Stroke, demonstrate correlation but not cause and effect. While researchers caution against overconsuming either diet soda or sugary drinks, more research is needed to determine how—or if—these drinks actually damage the brain, and how much damage may be caused by underlying vascular disease or diabetes.
“These studies are not the be-all and end-all, but it’s strong data and a very strong suggestion,” says Sudha Seshadri, a School of Medicine professor of neurology and a faculty member at BU’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center, senior author on both papers. “It looks like there is not very much of an upside to having sugary drinks, and substituting the sugar with artificial sweeteners doesn’t seem to help.”
Matthew Pase is lead author on two studies ...
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Reminder: Small Ensembles Spring Concert
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The Georgia College Small Ensembles will perform their Spring Concert on Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Coordinated by Maureen Horgan, the performance features the Brass Ensemble, Saxophone Quintet, and String Ensemble. Music from the 1500s to today will be played. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is encouraged. All proceeds benefit music scholarships or the GC Department of Music through the GCSU Foundation, Inc. For more information, go to gcsu.edu/music or call 478-445-8289.
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CCMST Weekly News, May 28, 2010
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
1. Announcements
2. Statistics3. Tip of the WeekANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
The Second part of the CCMST Workshop for the summer students will be held on Tuesday June 1st at 15:00 in Room 4202A. Please contact Massimo (massimo.malagoli@chemistry.gatech.edu) for more information.
STATISTICS
FGATE
Uptime: 281 days/home directory usage: 66% (2.0TB available)/backups directory usage: 76%
LSF usage for Week 20 (5/17-5/23) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Bredas23822175011%9326731946Hernandez8599057451%1165469112374Sherrill371271447%343645408052Total360133946769%372110755036
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: atucker 990574.
EGATE
Uptime: 181 days/theoryfs/common directory usage: 35% (433GB available)/theoryfs/ccmst directory usage: 77% (202GB available)
LSF usage for Week 20 (5/17-5/23) (times are in minutes)GroupJobsTotal CPUAvg CPUAvg WaitAvg Trnr.Hernandez501396099%279202871Sherrill37133609822%906161198Other488700%18018Total46947657632%1016131256
Note: percentages refer to the total CPU time available for the period.
Most productive user of the Week: loriab 214252.
TIP OF THE WEEK
By Massimo
The LSF command bmod can be used to modify the resource requirements of a job in queue without deleting the job (and losing the priority the job has acquired).
Bmod takes the same options as the bsub command. Type man bmod for more information.
Do you have usage tips that you want to share with the other CCMST users? Please send them to Massimo (massimo.malagoli@chemistry.gatech.edu) for inclusion in the Tip of the Week section.
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Siemens Opens Innovation Center in Tech Square
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Siemens Opens Innovation Center in Tech Square
April 20, 2017
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The Siemens Data Analytics and Applications Center will help transportation providers use big data to improve operations and safety. One project includes the Atlanta Streetcar.
Representatives from Siemens opened its Data Analytics and Applications Center in Georgia Tech’s Technology Square on Thursday, making it the latest global corporation to open an innovation center on or near campus.
The center will help transportation providers use big data to improve operations and safety. For example, the Siemens team will work with the City of Atlanta to collect information from the Atlanta Streetcar and analyze data points to make the best use of the fleet.
Siemens is the 16th company to open an innovation center in Tech Square. These centers represent a diverse range of industries with a common goal of tapping into the innovation neighborhood’s vibrant network of students, faculty, researchers and startup entrepreneurs.
The Data Analytics and Applications Center represents an exciting next step in the longstanding relationship between Georgia Tech and Siemens, said Stephen E. Cross, the Institute’s executive vice president for research.
“Siemens has been a longtime partner of the Institute, and we are proud that they are now a part of the vision for Tech Square and the strategy that drives Georgia Tech as an institution,” Cross said. “Georgia Tech plays a strategic role in growing Georgia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and continues to forge paths to new research and innovation that have impact on our city, state, and region. Nowhere is that more evident than in Tech Square and nowhere is it is better realized than in centers like the Siemens Data Analytics and Applications Center.”
Here are some examples of the extensive collaboration between the Institute and Siemens:
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UCR Writers to Appear at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
UCR Today
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.”
Mahoney said the 2017 winner exemplifies how quality research can ...
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Doctoral Oral Exams for May 1-5
UMass Amherst: News Archive
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
Headlines – Tennessee Today
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.
Thomas Starzl is a globally recognized pioneer in science and medicine, but beyond that mantle he was simply known and loved for ...
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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.”
“My Donut Day” is an illustrated map of one Saturday when ...
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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
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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?
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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
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Landslides on Ceres Reflect Hidden Ice
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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
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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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