UWI St. Augustine News
For Release Upon Receipt - April 25, 2017St. Augustine– The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St. Augustine in collaboration with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago present the 18th Annual SALISES Conference under the theme, Small Nations, Dislocations, Transformations, Sustainable Development in SIDS. Headlining this year’s Distinguished Lecture is developmental scholar and 2017 Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecturer, Professor James A. Robinson of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is widely recognised as the award-winning co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. The public is invited to attend the Distinguished Lecture on April 27 from 7 to 9pm at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain, Regency V. The SALISES conference rotates annually among The UWI’s three landed Campuses and highlights scholarly and other Caribbean development products with the capstone of a Distinguished Lecture. Professor James Robinson is the Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and Faculty Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. He has a particular interest in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. His role as co-author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, with Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT has garnered him international acclaim. Translated into 32 languages since its publication in 2012, the book offers a unique historic exploration of why some countries have flourished economically while others have fallen into poverty. He has also written and coauthored numerous books and articles, including the much lauded Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (also with Acemoglu). The SALISES conference takes place from April 26 to 28 with a public opening ceremony on April 26 from 6.30 ...
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Author of Why Nations Fail to speak at SALISES Distinguished Lecture
AU Students Win Prestigious Chemistry Award
American University News
Women have been making huge strides in the science world for
centuries, and American University women are no exception. Seniors Sarah
Burkhard and Cassidy Hart have been chosen for the College Chemistry
Achievement Award by the Chemical Society of Washington. The award annually
recognizes outstanding scientists in the District's universities, and Burkhard
and Hart were selected from among hundreds of students to receive this
honor.
AU's Department of Chemistry is characterized by
one-on-one faculty-student relationships, working toward the goal of equipping
students to conduct independent research and discovery. Burkhard and Hart have
done just that, says Shouzhong Zou, department chair. Burkhard has been
interning at the Institute for Science and International Security, and Hart has
already published a paper in the Journal
of Inorganic Biochemistry. She has several other papers in the works.
"Like many of our high achieving students, Sarah [Burkhard] and
Cassidy [Hart] transformed from knowledge receivers to knowledge producers,"
said Zou. "They are both persistent, proactive, and self-driven."
What stands out about Burkhard and Hart is not only their
knowledge of chemistry, but also their passion for the field. Both women
understand chemistry's meaning beyond that of the scientific world. Burkhard
sees the art in it. "I love that chemistry is creative destruction in the most
natural, purest form," she says. "In that respect, chemistry can teach you a
lot about life—both scientifically and philosophically."
Hart says she is inspired by the process of laboratory work. "I
love the puzzle of chemistry and the creativity that is used in the lab. Chemistry
is about solving problems using the tools you've learned in classes, but it's
also about using these tools in new and different ways."
Both students acknowledge the lack of gender diversity in STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and the importance of
fostering the education of young women in these fields. "Diversity is ...
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Five Questions for Faculty: Caro Williams-Pierce
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Clemson students make impact on horticulture industry
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CLEMSON – Clemson horticulture students have been busy this spring sharing their knowledge with others in the horticulture industry.
Clemson students have been busy this semester sharing horticultural knowledge they’ve learned by participating in internships, serving on student panels and writing articles for professional magazines.Image Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University
The students engaged in professional activities that included presenting at conferences, to publishing articles, as well serving as horticulture ambassadors. The students were supported in their activities by Ellen Vincent, environmental landscape specialist in the Clemson horticulture program.
“These students have worked very hard this semester,” Vincent said. “We are proud of them and what they have accomplished.”
The students include Elizabeth Elmore, a senior from Charleston, Vincent Galatolo a senior from Lexington, Annie Borlik a senior from South Bend, Indiana, Justin Revland a senior from Mt. Pleasant and Dalton Holzheimer a senior from Gilbert who participated in internships. They presented their experiences during the South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbia on Jan. 25 to large audiences of green industry professionals.
Jordan Baylor, a horticulture senior from Belton, was awarded the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Southern Chapter Student Ambassador Award. Baylor received this award when she attended the ISA Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach where she contributed to the student panel on how to encourage greater student participation and involvement in the International Society of Arboriculture organization.
Alexis Anthony, a junior from Fort Mill, received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. Anthony also attended the South Carolina Horticulture Industry annual conference and trade show as a student worker from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.
Justin Revland, a senior from Mt. Pleasant, also received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. ...
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Fordham Joins Nationwide Effort to Recruit and Retain Middle- and Low-Income Students
Fordham Newsroom
Few would dispute that an educated public makes for a competitive and industrious nation. But in any given year, at least 50,000 low- and moderate-income students at the top of their class do not enroll in one of the nation’s top-performing institutions.
Now Fordham is joining a coalition of prestigious universities nationwide with a stated goal of educating, by 2025, some 50,000 additional high-achieving, lower-income students at the 270 colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates.
Known as the American Talent Initiative (ATI), the coalition was formed last year with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, to enhance coordination among top colleges in identifying and recruiting these lower-income students.
Of the 270 colleges with highest graduation rates, 68 have committed to the program, with Fordham joining 38 new members this year, along with Columbia and New York Universities.
“Too many students from low-income families are missing out on opportunities to attend top colleges because they think those colleges aren’t affordable–when most often, they are,” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement.
According to recent studies, at least 12,500 high school seniors per year have SAT scores in the top 10 percent, with 3.7 grade point averages or higher, but still do not attend top tier colleges because they lack information about their options, confusion about costs, and inadequate financial aid.
“We’re aiming to help all ATI members enhance their own efforts to recruit, enroll, and support lower-income students, learn from each other, and contribute to research that will help other top colleges and universities expand opportunity,” said Martin Kurzweil, director of the Educational Transformation Program at Ithaka S+R, which is co-coordinating the program with the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.
The co-coordinators will help member universities share institutional data to be published annually and track members’ progress toward meeting the 2025 goal. Colleges and universities participating also use their shared data ...
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MEN’S SOCCER ADDS FIVE NEWCOMERS FOR 2017 SEASON
Athletics News
Apr 25, 2017
Photos (L-R): Logan Place, Jack Larter, Dennis Cole, Omar Jiron, Omar Oseguera
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Head coach Michael Linenberger and the Sacramento State men's soccer team announced five new additions for the 2017 season. They join another group of five newcomers signed to National Letter's of Intent in February.
"We're excited about our final five guys that we have committed for next Fall," Linenberger said. "We knew we needed to bring in a big group after losing 10 seniors, so we had the initial five guys we signed in February and we've been working the last few months to sure up the rest of the recruiting class."
The new group includes four freshmen and one junior college transfer. Jack Larter, who hails from Norwich, England, joins the Hornets after playing two seasons at Lake Tahoe Community College.
Dennis Cole, a native of Sierra Leone that went to high school in Los Olivos, joins the team as a freshman as well as Logan Place from Tucson, Arizona and Californians Omar Oseguera and Omar Jiron. Oseguera joins his twin both, Ivan, who will also be starting at Sacramento State in the fall.
Meet the Newcomers
Dennis Cole - Fr. - F - 5-7 - 145 - Freetown, Sierra Leone/Dunn SchoolPlayed four years for coach Mark Geriak at Dunn School in Los Olivos, Calif...Two-time all-CIF first team selection...Helped team win two CIF Championships in 2015 and 2017....Offensive MVP in 2015...Led team to a 17-1-1 record in 2017 and ended the year ranked No. 8 in California and No. 31 in the nation by MaxPreps...Had 12 goals and 16 assists as a senior in 2017...Played club soccer for Santa Barbara Soccer Club for four years...Led team to 2016 national championship win...Named to Best Eleven players after tallying three goals and four assists at the national championship in 2015...Team was three-time regional champion.
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SIU student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
SIU News
April 25, 2017SIU student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a serious illness that is spread by direct contact with saliva or through the coughing or sneezing of those who are infected.
Although the disease is not highly contagious, the university has notified students and faculty who may have been in direct contact with the student and has provided preventative treatment with antibiotics, according to Dr. Ted Grace, director of University Health Services.
Grace said that meningitis is an inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. The bacterium can also cause a serious bloodstream infection.
“This bacterium is not transmitted by routine classroom contact,” he said. “Persons who have been intimately exposed to cases of this disease, such as persons living in the same household, are usually treated with a special antibiotic to prevent them from becoming ill. However, as a precaution, we have reached out to students and faculty in the student’s classes, as well.”
Grace said the student was diagnosed on Monday, April 24, and remains in critical condition.
While students, faculty and staff who have not been contacted by University Health Services should not be concerned, Grace encouraged everyone to be aware of bacterial meningitis symptoms, which include fever, headache and a stiff neck. Often, nausea and vomiting develop and a rash may appear. He said symptoms often occur suddenly.
Students who become ill with any of these symptoms should go to the Student Health Center or their primary care provider’s office as soon as possible. The Student Health Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. If symptoms develop when the Student Health Center is closed, students should go immediately to the nearest emergency room. Individuals who are not students should go to the emergency room or a primary ...
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McCay Earns Second Straight CCAA Field Athlete of the Week Award
Humboldt State University Athletics
Arcata, Calif. - Humboldt State senior Marissa McCay was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Field Athlete of the Week after her record-breaking performance on Saturday.McCay earned a national automatic qualifying mark as HSU swept the Women's high jump at the Border Battle. Her jump of 5'10" is a personal best and further solidifies her HSU All-Time record, which she last set on March 18th at the Hornet Invite."She is in her personal best this season over last. I think it's also a testament to her high jump coach, Catrina Bindel," says assistant coach Sarah Ingram. "She deserves it. She's worked so hard, not only on strength and fitness, but also on the more challenging technical aspects of the high jump. She's had her share of frustrations with it as well, so it's nice to see her patience has carried her through and to such a huge jump."This is the second time this season McCay has brought home the CCAA field athlete of the week. Last time she was awarded for her performance in the Chico Twilight meet as she posted a NCAA provisional qualifying mark with her top place finish in the Long Jump.The Jacks are now preparing for the CCAA Conference Championships, which begin May 4th.
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Today at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus!
Inside MC Online
Join us for exhibits, speakers, entertainment, food and fun at MC's Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Kick-off Celebration! Tuesday, April 25 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Student Services Building, 1ST Floor Atrium Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus For more information contact Eniola at 240-567-3916.
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Rasmussen College Celebrates Diverse Families During 2017 Week of the Young Child
News Beat
It is often said, “The early childhood years are a critical period in human development.” It is during these years that a child’s brain is extremely flexible to taking in and learning new information. It’s also often during this time children are especially influenced by those around them, especially by their parents, friends and early childcare providers. Since 1971, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has sponsored Week of the Young Child (WOYC). The week, celebrated April 24 through April 28 this year, recognizes the critical nature of the early childhood years, birth through age eight, as well as the needs of our country’s young children, their families and those who teach them. Rasmussen College recognizes even the littlest of learners are valuable. Every year, to honor WOYC, Rasmussen College chooses a theme, hosts events on campus and in the community, leads a webinar and chooses a children’s book to feature.
Today, classrooms are becoming as diverse as the world around us. Diverse with not only students of different races, genders and religions, but also different ideas, beliefs and dreams. Early childhood educators have a responsibility to teach and talk about diversity from all angles. From the prevalence and importance of this topic, Rasmussen College derived this year’s WOYC theme, Celebrating Our Youngest Learners: Honoring Diverse Families, and its featured book, A Chair For My Mother by Vera Williams. The book presents the story of Rosa, her mother and her grandmother who all lost their home and possessions to a fire. Together, they save money to buy a comfortable chair to enjoy together.
This year’s theme and featured book sparked Rasmussen College Early Childhood Education (ECE) department chair Mary Muhs’ interest in the topic of diversity in the classroom and anti-bias education. When originally looking for a book to select this year, Muhs ...
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Twenty-three students earn President's Distinguished Service Award
Miami University - Top Stories
Miami University President Gregory Crawford honored 23 students for their contributions to campus and the community through service and leadership.
This year’s recipients of the President’s Distinguished Service Award are:
Spencer Aitken – classical humanities and biology double major. Aitken has presented at Miami’s Undergraduate Classics Conference each year he has been at Miami, as well as serving as the conference student lead in 2015 and 2016. Aitken has also been active in Spectrum, twice serving as president of the organization and diligently working to raise awareness and advocate for GLBTQ students at Miami.
Ryan Anderson – women, gender and sexuality studies and film studies double major with a community-based leadership minor. Anderson has been instrumental in creating and sustaining two advocacy groups on campus that do awareness work on gender: the Men and Masculinities Committee and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault (MARS). He is also a student employee in GLBTQ services and a member of Miami’s glee club, serving as the operations chair and tour manager for their winter tour around the Midwest.
Chelsea Appiah – professional writing and interactive media studies double major. Appiah has been involved across campus, serving as orientation leader, resident assistant, president of her sorority, MADE@Miami peer leader, career assistant and student court justice and on the National Panhellenic Council. She was deeply involved in the Black Action Movement during the 2015-2016 academic year, providing leadership in conversations with Miami’s administration related to diversity issues on campus.
Katherine “Katie” Bruce – chemical engineering major with a management and leadership minor. During her first year at Miami, Bruce joined the Society of Women Engineers, and was elected to president the next year. In addition to increasing membership during her two terms as president, Bruce developed a tutoring program for all engineering students, implemented professional development programs that brought organizations such as Raytheon and the U. ...
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UNCG Science Everywhere draws thousands
UNCG Now
On Saturday, April 22, UNCG’s campus was transformed into a playground for science.
Drawing an estimated crowd of nearly 5,000 on a beautiful spring day, the third annual UNCG Science Everywhere festival provided young people, parents and members of the community with opportunities to experience science in new and exciting ways.
With 70 hands-on activities throughout campus – from cyanotype blueprints to flash-freezing tennis balls – there was truly something for everyone.
Jenna Buckley and her 9-year-old daughter, Maeve, enjoyed exploring the variety of activities throughout UNCG’s campus.
“This was our first time, and I was really impressed,” said Buckley. Maeve agreed. “The (cyanotype) blueprint was really cool.”
For more information about Science Everywhere, visit scienceeverywhere.uncg.edu.
To view highlights from the event, check out the slideshow below.
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Story by Eden Bloss, University CommunicationsPhotography by Katie Loyd, University Communications
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Why the wall on the Mexican border won’t happen
Latest From Brookings
In a manic attempt to make good on a campaign promise before the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump tried to make funding for his big, beautiful wall on the Mexican border a condition for keeping the government open. And his administration also offered a dollar for dollar deal—one dollar for Obamacare subsidies for every dollar for the wall. That political calculus never did make much sense. As my colleague Bill Galston has pointed out, this is not a real estate transaction; to Democrats, health care for millions of Americans is simply not the same currency as Donald Trump’s wall. So, after several days, the White House backed off.
If the idea of building a wall makes little political sense, the president’s proposal to turn his campaign pledge into reality is even further off base.
For starters, Mexico will not pay for the wall. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not ever. And everyone, except Donald Trump, seems to know this.
Therefore, the question quickly becomes: are there better uses for the $25 billion or so that the wall is estimated to cost? Furthermore, will it work? In business terms, is it cost effective? The president has at his side his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a corporate leader who could easily estimate a cost-benefit analysis on the wall and compare it to other alternative uses of those funds.
If he does, a little history is in order. In 2006, a Democratic Congress and President George W. Bush set out to bring about bipartisan immigration reform. Republicans were skeptical that the border was secure enough to ensure effective reform, and demanded the development of metrics to assess the level of security at the border. This came to be called a Border Condition Index. The Department of Homeland Security initially promised metrics to Congress, but eventually admitted that they had not ...
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Watch Construction of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
News – Illinois Tech Today
You can now watch construction of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship in real-time. Click here to view the progress.
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Nominations Accepted for 2017 Woman of Distinction
News at College of DuPage
The College of DuPage Women’s Study Group is accepting nominations for the 2017 Woman
of Distinction Award.Named for former COD History Professor Adade Wheeler, the award has been given annually
since 1983 to individuals who have made significant contributions to the personal
and professional advancement of women through education, advocacy and motivation.Nominees must reside, work or volunteer within Community College District 502 and
those submitting names must write an essay discussing how their nominee meets the
award’s criteria. Priority is placed on activities that are beyond the scope of the
workplace. Submissions also must include nominees’ lists of achievements.Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, May 12. Forms are available online.For more information, contactDr. Mary Jean Cravens at cravens@cod.edu, or Dr. Melissa Mouritsen mouritsenm@cod.edu.
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Expanding your comfort zone
Brandeis University News
Does the prospect of networking at a conference or making small talk between business meetings make you want to curl up in a fetal position?When you see confrontation brewing, is your first instinct to head for the hills? Helping others extend their personal and professional goals is familiar ground for Andy Molinsky, professor of organizational behavior and international management at Brandeis International Business School. His 2013 book, “Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures Without Losing Yourself in the Process,” advised people who work in cultures other than their own on how to adjust their behaviors yet remain true to their authentic self.
Now Molinsky has written “Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence,” which will be published by Avery in January.
Rooted in the observation that successful people are those most willing to tackle what they really, really don’t want to do, “Reach” outlines a three-prong approach to mastering the tasks you fear: develop a sense of conviction, customize your approach to the situation and avoid distorted thinking.
The book recounts anecdotes from people in a wide range of jobs — CEOs, farmers, investment bankers, clergy, military personnel and more — who explain how they were able to accomplish what originally seemed too daunting to try.
What inspired you to write this book?
I have always struggled to step outside my comfort zone. And when you search the internet for advice, much of it is purely inspirational: “Take the leap,” “Go for it,” “The magic happens only outside your comfort zone.” I’m an academic, so that line of thinking was completely unsatisfying to me.
What was missing was a road map for the way out — a set of tactics and strategies and insights that nudge you from fear and avoidance to actually making a change. ...
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Worldwide to Graduate Inaugural Class from U.S. Pacific Command Campuses in Japan and South Korea
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The Embry-Riddle PACOM Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Yokota Air Base Officers’ Club on Saturday, May 13 at 2 p.m. Immediately follow the ceremony, faculty, staff, friends and alumni are invited to a reception honoring the graduates and their families.
Commencement speaker for the ceremony will be Laura Dean, Chief of Education and Training for Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces Directorate of Manpower, Personnel & Services, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Dean is responsible to the Commander of Pacific Air Forces for managing PACAF professional military education and tuition assistance resources, and education related activities for over 42,000 military members, civilian employees and family members
Campuses at U.S. Bases in PACOM
All service members, their spouses and civilian base employees can take Embry-Riddle Worldwide classes at one of several locations at military bases throughout the Pacific, including:
Atsugi, JapanCamp Humphreys, South KoreaKadena, JapanYokosuka, JapanYokota, Japan
Campuses at U.S. Bases in PACOM
Take Embry-Riddle Worldwide classes at one of several locations at military bases throughout the Pacific.
U.S. service members and their family can find the educational resources they need to become a successful student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. Embry-Riddle Worldwide's flexible learning options, talented instructors, and knowledgeable staff can help you develop the skills you need to get ahead in your military career and beyond. If you are not affiliated with the United States military but are interested in Embry-Riddle Worldwide in South Korea or Okinawa, Japan, please contact our campuses at those locations for more information on how you can take classes.
For more information on Embry-Riddle campuses at U.S. bases in PACOM, contact Lindsay Hopkins, Yokota Air Force Base - DSN: 225-9133, Japanese Commercial Phone: (81) 042-552-2511 ext. 59133, yokota.campus@erau.edu , or go online to worldwide.erau.edu/yokota.
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Associate Professor Elizabeth Dugan Sworn in to Governor’s Panel on Aging
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UMass Boston’s Elizabeth Dugan was sworn in earlier this month as a member of the new Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts, created to develop plans for improved public and private support of healthy aging in the state.Dugan, an associate professor of Gerontology at the McCormack Graduate School, is well known for her research on senior transportation and healthy aging issues. She joined a panel that includes elder service providers, medical professionals, financial experts, and public officials.
Governor Charlie Baker also signed an executive order establishing the council at the April 12 swearing-in ceremony. Baker had first publicly outlined his plans for the panel during his state of the state address in January.
“The notion that people are fully retired at the age of 65 is inconsistent with what I see around Massachusetts every day,” Baker said. “I look forward to the council’s work considering ways for the state to improve public and private means for supporting and engaging with older adults.”
In her research and service, Dugan has studied how to re-engineer the nation, state, and local communities to become more age friendly.
Dugan’s senior transportation research focuses on state policies related to older driver safety and issues related to the medical fitness to drive. She is also the author of The Driving Dilemma: The complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families.
Her research on healthy aging is developing and reporting indicators of healthy aging. It is also investigating the role of community factors that contribute to healthy aging.
“I’m honored to be selected to serve on the governor’s commission and will work hard to help make Massachusetts a model for the nation,” Dugan said. “Recognizing the value and opportunities of the aging of the population is a key first step in building an age-friendly state.”
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Gurska and Arpin Earn Final NEWMAC Softball Weekly Accolades of 2017
WPI News Archive
Apr 24, 2017
Boston, MA --- WPI senior catcher Lindsay Gurska (Revere, MA) and junior pitcher Casey Arpin (Uxbridge, MA) have been tabbed as the NEWMAC Softball Athlete and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. The last WPI battery to accomplish the feat were Gurska and Clare Doolin '16 for the week ending April 17, 2016.
Gurska, who shared this week's honor with Springfield junior Kristen Drobiak (Griswold, CT), batted .500 (11-for-22) with two home runs, a double, a walk, a stolen base, seven RBI and four runs scored in a 7-1 week for the Engineers. The co-captain enjoyed four multi-hit games to begin the week and had a 12-game streak snapped at Babson before adding an insurance home run in game one versus MIT. She was also 29-for-29 in fielding chances.
Arpin did not allow an earned run or an extra base hit and held batters to a .220 average in 13 1/3 innings across six appearances. She earned wins against Westfield State, Becker and in the NEWMAC regular season finale versus MIT while appearing in both games versus the Owls and both games at Babson.
Top-seeded WPI hosts the first two days of the NEWMAC Softball Championship Friday and Saturday. The Engineers will begin their tournament title defense in the second game of a doubleheader Friday at 4:30pm where they will take on the winner of the 2:30 game between fourth-seeded Babson and fifth-seeded MIT. All six teams will be on campus Saturday for a full slate of action beginning at 10am.
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University opens new AccessAbility Center for students with disabilities
Princeton University Top Stories
The opening of Princeton's AccessAbility Center on April 13 marked a significant step in the University's efforts to ensure equal access to its curricular and co-curricular opportunities for students with disabilities.
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Gates Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to UMD-led Adaptive Learning Platform Project
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics to develop and expand an individualized, textbook-free teaching and learning software platformA new adaptive learning platform—software that replaces textbooks with individualized coursework based on students’ grasp of the concepts within a course—is coming to the University of Maryland.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded $2.5 million to Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit academic consulting firm, to fund the expansion of an adaptive learning pilot project at UMD and Montgomery College. Students in introductory statistics courses at both institutions will use an adaptive learning platform named Acrobatiq instead of traditional textbooks starting in the fall of 2017.
“I’m very excited to be working with what I think represents the first wave of a whole new generation of teaching software,” said Scott Wolpert, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics at UMD.
The project leaders are William ‘Brit’ Kirwan, recently retired Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and Catharine Hill, Managing Director of Ithaka S+R. Kirwan is also Executive Director of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics, a non-profit group that will provide advice and support for the project.
Unlike static textbooks, learning platforms like Acrobatiq can adjust their content based on individual students’ needs. For instance, in UMD’s introductory course, STAT 100, one student might need help on standard deviations while another needs practice on binomial distributions. Those students, when they engage with the adaptive learning platform, would see different content.
By allowing students to spend more time on their weaker areas instead of wasting time on areas they have already mastered, adaptive learning software can help a wide range of students with different needs.
“Because STAT 100 has so many students—about 500 this semester, from a wide variety of majors—we’re hoping to impact a large cross-section of campus,” Wolpert said.
That is part of why STAT 100 is an ideal course for the ...
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Column: Uber and Lyft provide students an uncomfortable ride
State News Opinions
In the past two weeks I have had not one, not two, but five different middle-aged male Lyft drivers who all managed to (possibly unintentionally) say or do things that made me notably uncomfortable for the duration of my ride with them.
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington receives grant to study Alzheimer’s disease
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington receives grant to study Alzheimer’s diseaseJan. 24, 2017More than five million Americans, or one of every nine seniors over 65, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease at a cost of $226 billion annually, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. While we know that Alzheimer’s develops following changes in the brain, science has not yet determined many modifiable risk factors. “From research that’s been done to date, we believe that an individual’s genes, environment, and lifestyle can all play a role in relation to the development of Alzheimer’s,” says Ka He, M.D., Sc.D., professor and chair of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics department at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.
To help explore environmental factors in the development of Alzheimer’s, He, along with Jiu-Chiuan Chen at the University of Southern California, recently received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate environmental determinants and mechanistic pathways leading to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in older women. As the site principal investigator at IU Bloomington, He’s group will create a dietary pattern and define the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurogenerative Delay (MIND) dietary pattern. In addition, He’s team will examine how the dietary pattern relates to geographic disparities in Alzheimer’s disease risk.
“In the newest epidemiological data, we’re seeing that diet may affect a person’s probability of developing Alzheimer’s,” He says. “By completing this study, we will work to better understand geographic disparities in Alzheimer’s disease, and generate new knowledge about healthy diets that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s later in life.”
Through 2021, He, along with key investigator Assistant Scientist Pengcheng Xun at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, and Chen will work together on this study to bring new research and thinking to the increasing prevalence of ...
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Southern Historical Collection receives $877,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Southern Historical Collection receives $877,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Grant will for develop models for communities to tell their own stories
(Chapel Hill, N.C.— April 25, 2017) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received an $877,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will allow the Southern Historical Collection (SHC) at the Wilson Special Collections Library to further develop its transformative model for “community-driven archives.” In addition to several community archiving projects, the SHC will also develop and share training and educational materials in this emerging area of practice.
Activities for the three-year grant, “Building a Model for All Users: Transforming Archive Collections through Community-Driven Archives,” will begin immediately.
Community-driven archives are created through partnerships between a community that wishes to document and preserve its own history and an archival repository. In many cases, these are stories of marginalized communities that past generations of historians and archivists did not consider significant enough to record or preserve.
“These projects let us reach communities where people tell us, ‘I didn’t think anyone cared about our history,’” said SHC Director Bryan Giemza.
Giemza thinks having the community direct archiving activities with support from an archivist can foster trust and understanding. At the same time, establishing a more complete historical record benefits everyone who seeks to understand the past and the present.
“It’s a very democratic process that places the owners of the story at the center of documentary efforts. We are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for supporting work that leads to dialogue, truth and even reconciliation, by creating opportunities for Americans to learn from and about one another,” said Giemza.
As part of the grant, the SHC will hire a full-time Community Archivist and advance or complete four community archiving projects currently underway:
The SHC will develop a web-based resource to connect researchers with potential ...
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Scientists and students share insights at Computational Research Day
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Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Genetic Medicine, delivered the keynote address at Computational Research Day, on human genome sequencing.
Northwestern’s 4th Annual Computational Research Day brought together more than 350 faculty members and students to showcase innovative research projects, share recent insights and tools, and strengthen the computational research community throughout the university.
The event, co-sponsored by Feinberg and hosted by Northwestern Information Technology on the Evanston campus, featured presentations, a poster competition, workshops, software demos and group discussions, all centered on leveraging computational methods to answer complex research questions.
Rex Chisholm, PhD, vice dean of Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education, kicked off the conference with an opening address discussing the Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse, which currently holds more than 40 terabytes of clinical and research data.
“We are in a completely different world today, where instead of paper records, everybody’s health is now captured in an electronic record,” said Chisholm, also the Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics. “The ability to put that data together in a single place and start to think about big data approaches to identifying patterns in that collection of data is a major game-changer.”
Chisholm also spoke about the opportunity for merging such health information with data from the NUgene Project, a genomic biobank sponsored by the Center for Genetic Medicine, which has so far sequenced the genomes of more than 1,000 participants. “What we really want to do is combine that 100 terabytes of human sequence data with that 40 terabytes of phenotypic data and do an all-by-all comparison,” Chisholm said. “It’s a classic example of a big data opportunity. And it’s certain that this approach — once we figure out how to do it — is going to completely revolutionize how we think about disease: how we think about treatment of disease, how we diagnose disease, and ...
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University provides updates, seeks community input on plans for Arts Block
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UChicago representatives presented updated plans for the Arts Block in Washington Park at an April 19 meeting and asked community residents for input on arts programming and the next phase of proposed development.The community meeting was hosted by 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell at Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, 5141 S. State St.
In June 2016, the University announced plans to develop a major arts and culture corridor along East Garfield Boulevard from South Prairie Avenue to South Martin Luther King Drive, building upon the success of the University’s community-focused Arts Incubator and Place Lab, and additional enterprises along the block, including the Currency Exchange Café and BING Reading Room. The announcement included plans, dependent on philanthropic support, for a new arts center and public green space with a pavilion.
In the update, UChicago officials said the next step in development will be building the Green Line Arts Center in a phased approach, beginning with the renovation of 6,600 square feet of vacant storefronts located at 323-329 E. Garfield Blvd., east of the CTA Green Line. The Green Line Arts Center will include a black box theater, rehearsal space, green room, dressing room and lobby for gathering and exhibition. The first phase of construction is expected to begin in late summer 2017.
The University also plans to transform a vacant lot west of South Martin Luther King Drive into the Arts Block Lawn, a public green space and pavilion that will be a venue for community residents to convene and enjoy free performances, workshops and other activities. The University is seeking to purchase the vacant lot, consisting of four parcels of land, from the city of Chicago.
“The new cultural amenities on the Arts Block will magnify the artistic, cultural and economic impact of the Washington Park neighborhood and greater South Side,” said Theaster Gates, professor of visual arts and the director of ...
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K-pop Star Kim Na Yoon Puts Career on Hold for BU
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CAS student says academics trumps performing…for now
Tiffany Kim (CGS'16 CAS'18) had never sung in public prior to auditioning for the popular Korean show K-pop Star. She put fame on a back burner to come to BU to pursue a degree in economics. Photo by Michael D. Spencer
Tiffany Kim was a pop star in the making when she applied to BU. At 16, she’d left her home in San Francisco to audition for a televised Korean pop singing competition in Seoul for the new show K-pop Star. She landed in ninth place on the American Idol–style show and was signed by a top record label, where she trained for two years.
But Kim (CGS’16, CAS’18) pressed pause on fame for BU. “I chose to suspend my dreams and aspirations in K-pop for a little bit in order to pursue my academic interests,” she says. “I felt like this was a critical time for me to do that.”
Growing up watching K-pop music videos, she was fascinated by how each song was “a total work of art,” blending choreography, lighting, clothes, and other production elements. From its origins in South Korea in the 1990s, K-pop has exploded onto the international scene with catchy hits like PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” Although she sang only in her room for enjoyment, she sometimes dreamed of becoming a star like BoA, billed as “the queen of Korean pop.”
In 2011, during her junior year of high school, Kim spotted an online ad for auditions for K-pop Star, which was looking for the next Korean pop idol. The ad said that the ideal contestant should have strong musical and dance skills and a command of English, to show they could reach a global audience. She was a cheerleader and played both piano and flute, but she’d never sung in public. Still, with her ...
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Mānoa: Deepest ocean observatory celebrates ten years of operation
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 24, 2017The Proof Module system; still sending high-quality acoustic data. Credit: ACO. The Proof Module ready for deployment. Credit: ACO.Current layout of the scientific equipment at ACO. Credit: ACO.The ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO), the deepest operating ocean observatory on the planet that provides power and internet communications to scientific instruments on the seafloor, recently celebrated 10 years of operations. The development and deployment of the nearly 3-mile deep observatory was led by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and supported by grants from the National Science Foundation to UHM.“Since the HMS Challenger plumbed the deeps during its 1876 circumnavigation, measurements of the deep ocean have remained sporadic and extremely sparse in time and space. Our goal at ACO has been to establish a permanent toehold in this extreme abyssal environment, enabling discovery and sustained study of the ocean at Station ALOHA,” said Bruce Howe, principal investigator for ACO and professor at SOEST.In 2007, a retired AT&T cable, running from Hawai‘i to California, was retrieved off the seafloor--where it had rested for almost 20 years--and brought to Station ALOHA, the site of UHM’s Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series program (HOT). Through HOT, scientists have been studying upper-ocean variability at Station ALOHA since 1988 during monthly cruises. The cable repurposing required a 513-foot US Navy cable repair ship, Zeus, with its grapple and large cable engines. Once on board, the cable was cut and a frame with a pressure sensor and hydrophone (to record sound) was attached to the free end of the cable. The assembly was lowered down to the ocean floor and the ACO was born--connecting equipment on the seafloor to a shore station in Makaha, Oʻahu. “If the hydrophone worked, it would prove the future possibilities of ...
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Reminder: JazzFest 2017 - New location
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Spring is in bloom, and just like every spring in Milledgeville, that means it is time to swing. The 28th Annual JazzFest – sponsored by the Georgia College Department of Music, Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street – is just around the corner. This year’s festival will feature internationally-renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin performing with the Georgia College Jazz Band.This year's JazzFest begins at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 29. The location has been changed to Front Campus at Georgia College. Jazz bands from local area schools will participate, along with a sunset concert featuring the Georgia College Jazz Band with Coffin.
The JazzFest has been a spring tradition since 1990, first organized by Jim Willoughby, former chair of the Music Department. Dr. Cliff Towner, the GC Director of Band Activities, says this year’s JazzFest “is going to be on a whole new level from recent years. Partnering with Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street has enabled us to bring even more great jazz to Milledgeville. The seven performing ensembles, along with an artist of the caliber of Jeff Coffin, are sure to please jazz enthusiasts and the community at large.”
This year’s festival begins with the Jones County High School Jazz Band at 3 p.m., followed by jazz bands from Oak Hill Middle School, Houston County High School, Baldwin High School and Riverwood International Charter School.
The Georgia College Jazz Combo and Alumni Band will follow soon after. Finally, the Georgia College Jazz Band will kick off its concert around 7 p.m. and welcome Coffin to the stage.
Coffin is a three-time Grammy award-winning saxophonist, member of the Dave Matthews Band and a 14-year former player with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Coffin received a music education degree from the University of North Texas, where he played with the famous One O’Clock Lab Band. He is a sponsored Yamaha and D’ ...
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International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems
Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology
The 9th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems (F-π-9) will take place on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from May 23 to 28, 2010.
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Transition of Employee Benefits to OneUSG
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Transition of Employee Benefits to OneUSG
April 24, 2017
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Under the University System of Georgia (USG), all state institutions are engaging in OneUSG —a collective initiative designed to streamline policies, procedures, and technology solutions.
The first priority of OneUSG is to align and consolidate the human capital management (HCM) systems. (HCM includes benefits and payroll administration, performance management systems, time tracking, etc.) Georgia Tech’s HCM transition is a six-year process that is projected to be completed in 2020. The Institute is currently in phase two of three, which focuses on benefits administration.
Currently, out of the 28 USG schools, 25 are supported by the same benefits administration system (ADP), while three — University of Georgia, Augusta University, and Georgia Tech — use independent systems. All 28 schools will transfer benefits administration to OneUSG Connect. For Georgia Tech, this change will be effective June 26, 2017.
What Will This Change Look Like?
Please know that your benefits are not changing. For active and retired employees, OneUSG Connect will manage USG benefit enrollments and eligibility. It will also manage premium payments for retired employees only. Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) will continue to manage enrollment for retirement plans, supplemental savings plans, and Georgia Tech Identity Theft, as well as onboarding for new hires.
Transferring Georgia Tech’s benefits administration to OneUSG Connect will offer several benefits, such as simplifying new hire benefits enrollment, the family status change process, and the open enrollment experience.
As part of the transition, employees will gain two new ways to access their health and group benefits:
OneUSG Connect - Benefits: A new, secure website providing 24/7 access to benefits and resources.
OneUSG Connect - Call Center: A call center with representatives available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning June 26.
In addition, GTHR will continue to provide benefit counselors for in-person consultations and customer service ...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
OSU debuts new logo, mission statement highlighting state and global reach (Oregonian)
Oregon State University debuted a new logo, mission statement and branding campaign Monday designed to emphasize the Corvallis-based school’s broad reach across the state and around the world. (see also KTVZ, Register-Guard, KVAL)
Off beat: Stumptown scud doesn’t live here but its cousin does (The Columbian)
So, does that immediate area include Vancouver? Sadly, no, said Bill Gerth, an Oregon State University research associate who is leading the study. But that doesn’t mean the Vancouver area is Ramellogammarus-less. One of the scud’s cousins lives on our side of the river, at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center in east Vancouver.
Spending time in nature may improve well-being (Deccan Chronicle)
Researchers, including those from Oregon State University (OSU) in the US, analysed results from more than 4,400 respondents to an online survey. They used about 13 different metrics to illustrate the relationship between overall life satisfaction and engaging with the natural environment.
‘Whale cams’ capture massive mammals’ mysterious daily habits (Fox News)
“We have been able to show that whales spend a great deal of time during the days socializing and resting and then feeding largely throughout the evening and night time,” lead scientist Ari Friedlaender, an ecologist at Oregon State University, said in a statement . “Every time we deploy a tag or collect a sample, we learn something new about whales in the Antarctic.”
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Health Professions Fair: The Health Professions Fair connects students with admissions representatives from 70 health professions schools in Oregon and across the country. This free ...
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Oregon State ROTC to hold annual Joint Service Review on May 5
About Oregon State University: OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land-, sea-, space- and sun-grant institution. OSU is also Oregon’s only university to hold both the Carnegie Foundation’s top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification. Its more than 26,000 students come from all 50 states and more than 90 nations. OSU programs touch every county within Oregon, and its faculty teach and conduct research on issues of national and global importance.
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UCR Project to Install Solar Microgrid for San Bernardino County’s Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
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Deployment and optimization of the system is supported by a grant from the California Energy Commission
By Sarah Nightingale on April 25, 2017
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UC Riverside engineers are leading a project to install a solar microgrid at the Community Center on the Chemehuevi reservation.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering, together with a team of industry partners, have begun work to install a power system that integrates solar panels, battery storage, advanced data analytics, and smart energy management controls on the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe reservation near Lake Havasu, CA.
The integrated system, known as a microgrid, is supported by a nearly $2.6 million grant from the California Energy Commission. It will be installed at the Chemehuevi Community Center, which is the tribe’s designated emergency response center, and will provide uninterrupted clean power to run the center as well as the adjacent tribal housing offices during a grid failure. The system will also lower energy costs and enable the tribe to implement year-round advanced energy management strategies. The system is scheduled to be deployed and commissioned by July 1.
“This project has the dual benefit of providing an environmentally friendly power system for the tribe while allowing researchers to study a system that could become a model for people in California and elsewhere,” said Alfredo Martinez-Morales, managing director of the Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE) at the Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT).
Glenn H. Lodge, vice chairman of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, said the project will help alleviate problems caused by frequent energy blackouts, which are exacerbated by the hot desert climate, floods during times of rains, and the rural location of the reservation, which is served by a single transmission line connection to the grid.
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Undergrads and profs share ‘back in the day’
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“Professors are usually seen as authoritative figures lecturing in class, so it’s nice to see you all out of your element and talking to us about what you enjoy,” said Sean Fallon, BSBA’18.
On April 11th, Olin Business Council’s Freshman Class Representative Wendy Hu ’20, organized a professor panel titled “Back in My Day” for the students. “I chose to create this panel because we typically see professors in lecture settings, but they all have interesting backgrounds, wisdom, and passion to pass down to our generation. This was a platform for professors to freely talk about their experiences and for students to get to know them on a more personal level.”
The panel included four Olin faculty: Staci Thomas of Communication, Dr. Glenn MacDonald of Economics and Strategy, Dr. Peter Boumgarden of Organizational Behavior, and Dr. P. Konstantina Kiousis of Business Management.
With an interactive and light atmosphere, the questions evoked introspective answers, as well as fun-filled jokes.
Two of the most popular questions were, “What is something on your bucket list?” and “What was your defining moment that sparked you to become a professor?” At one point, the professors turned the tables and started asking the students questions, so the event became an unforgettable learning experience for both the professors and the students!
Take Charge of Your EmotionsOne of the best questions during the panel was “If you could give one piece of advice to underclassmen, what would you say and why?” Glenn MacDonald replied,
“Every feeling and every emotion is a choice. Taking charge of your emotions is really quite transformative. It’s really empowering, because it’s up to you. At the end of the day, your GPA is not what matters.”
MacDonald continued to explain that the high level of stress and anxiety he sees in Olin students is largely self-inflicted and usually unnecessary. Peter ...
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Media Passes Required for Journalists to Cover UMass Amherst Commencement on Friday, May 12
UMass Amherst: News Archive
***MEDIA ADVISORY***Media passes will be required to gain access to the field at Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium for coverage of the Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, May 12 at 4:30 p.m. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be the keynote speaker.
All reporters, photographers and videographers, including those from on-campus media outlets, must contact the Office of News & Media Relations at 413/545-0444 to obtain passes for the ceremony. Passes will be available for pick-up in 109 Munson Hall. Unless other arrangements are made, it is strongly advised that media representatives obtain their passes by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10.
On commencement day, the press needs to check in at the media tent on arrival at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Due to expected heavy traffic, the press is advised to arrive by 3:30 p.m. to ensure timely access to the ceremony.
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CORNET Awards Promote Cancer Research Collaboration Across UT System
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Three research projects have won 2017 UT Collaborative Research Network Awards in Cancer Research. The monetary awards are designed to promote new lines of team-based research and collaborative partnerships among cancer investigators across the UT System in hopes these projects will ultimately draw external funding.“This is an exciting collaboration between our principal investigators and institutions,” said Taylor Eighmy, UT Knoxville’s vice chancellor for research and engagement.
Here’s a look at the 2017 UT CORNET award winners with summaries of their projects:
“Real-time autobioluminescent imaging of NF-kB and Wnt signaling activities and their synergistic co-activation in cancer”—Steven Ripp, research associate professor and director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at UT Knoxville, and Zhaohui Wu, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UT Health Science Center. The team will develop light-emitting human cancer cell lines whose maturation toward tumor growth can be monitored in real time within live animal models using sensitive imaging cameras. The research will help scientists learn about cancer progression and screen new cancer-fighting drugs.
“Dual Therapeutic Nanoplatform Delivery for Effective Breast Cancer Treatment”—Hwa-Chain Robert Wang, professor of biomedical and diagnostic sciences at the UT Institute of Agriculture, and Murali M. Yallapu, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at UTHSC. This project will help develop a treatment for triple negative breast cancer, a form of cancer that is highly aggressive and difficult to treat with traditional medicines. Wang and Yallapu will combine two USDA-approved medicines in a new nanoformulation that will specifically target the tumor cell and result in minimal side effects.
“Role of lncRNA-NRON and NFAT in CRC health disparity”—Manish K. Tripathi, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at UTHSC, Cuilan (Lani) Gao, assistant professor of mathematics at UT Chattanooga. There has been a divergent trend in mortality rates between African American and Caucasians with colorectal cancer in the past 40 years. The researchers are ...
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University of Pittsburgh Holds Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement Convocations, April 29 and 30
PITTSBURGH—Starting a new tradition, the University of Pittsburgh will hold two commencement ceremonies this year, offering students and their families a more personal and engaging graduation experience. Also new for 2017, each of the more than 5,300 graduate, undergraduate and professional degree recipients will have their names read aloud as they accept their diplomas.
Pitt’s graduate student commencement convocation will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. The University’s undergraduate commencement convocation will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 30. Both events will take place in the John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center, 3719 Terrace St., Oakland. The ceremonies will be livestreamed here, and an online video will be available in the days following.
Attendees for both events are encouraged to arrive early to allow for time to pass through security. Backpacks, packages and oversized purses will not be permitted for security precautions. A sign language interpreter and accommodations for guests with disabilities will be provided. Further instructions for graduates and attendees can be found here. Parking and other travel information can be found here.
Both ceremonies will open with Robin Kear, University marshal and vice president of the University Senate, leading the commencement procession into the auditorium. The procession will consist of the 2017 graduating class, administrative officers, the Council of Deans and University Board of Trustees. The University of Pittsburgh Symphonic Band, led by Pitt Director of Bands Bradley G. Townsend, will provide music. Andrea S. Groves, a student in the School of Pharmacy, will sing the national anthem. Following each ceremony, a reception will take place on the Concourse Level and Plaza of the Petersen Events Center.
Information specific to Saturday’s graduate ceremony follows:
Graduates are to arrive by 2:30 p.m. through the Lawn Level Entrance. Doors will open for attendees through the Lobby and Concourse A entrances at 3 p.m.
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El catedràtic Josep Antoni Bombí, nou president de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
El catedràtic Josep Antoni Bombí.
25/04/2017
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El 4 d’abril passat, la Junta de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya (RAMC) va elegir com a nou president de la institució Josep Antoni Bombí, catedràtic d’Anatomia Patològica de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de la UB.
Josep Antoni Bombí (1948) és director del Departament de Fonaments Clínics de la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, consultor sènior de l’Hospital Clínic de Barcelona i membre del Grup de Recerca d'Oncomorfologia Funcional Humana i Experimental de l’IDIBAPS. Desenvolupa la seva activitat professional, docent i de recerca fonamentalment en els camps de la microscòpia electrònica i la patologia digestiva, en què és expert. Diplomat en Gestió Hospitalària per la UB, és membre numerari de la RAMC des del 2005. Forma part del Consell de Govern de la UB i del Consorci de l'Hospital Clínic, i és membre del Claustre de la Universitat de Barcelona des del 1985.
Ha estat degà de l’anterior Facultat de Medicina de la UB (1995-2001) i ha presidit l’Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears (2002-2011), la Conferència de Degans de Facultats de Medicina d’Espanya (2000-2001), el Consell Català d’Especialitats en Ciències de la Salut (2005-2009) i el Consell Rector del Consorci BioPol de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (2011-2013). Ha fet diverses estades a l’estranger, entre les quals destaquen les d'Alemanya, Suïssa, París, Nova York i la Universitat i Hospital de Sherbrooke (Canadà). Ha participat en quinze projectes de recerca nacionals —com a investigador principal o associat— i en vuit projectes de docència de la UB, i forma part d’un grup d’innovació docent. Ha publicat dos llibres, vint-i-tres capítols de llibre i més ...
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