OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
Kill a juniper tree, save a sage grouse (OPB)
These trees are one of the problems with the birds’ habitat. A new study out of Oregon State University found — when you cut down encroaching conifer trees — the sage grouse population grows by 25 percent. (see aso KTVZ)
Eating at home better for your waist and wallet (Yahoo Finance)
Cooking at home is a simple way to improve your health — and save money in the process according to new US research. Carried out by a team of researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Washington, the research included more than 400 adults in the Seattle area. (see also Daily Dose)
Promoting the humble potato (Western Farmer-Stockman)
With new and old pest and disease problems, the scientists at Oregon State University provide controls for these issues.
The importance of Instagram for international student recruitment (Inside Higher Ed)
Speaking of Stories…Oregon State University (11% international student enrollment) has a fantastic Instagram presence (clearly I am slightly biased*) and that includes a frequent use of Stories. A new OSU logo was released this week as part of a rebranding effort and the Instagram story that accompanied the launch was phenomenally good.
Ocean acidification and the future of Oregon’s coastal ocean speaker set (Tillamook Headlight Herald)
Dr. Francis Chan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University. Dr. Chan received his PhD in ecology from Cornell University.
Greenhouse gas effect caused by mangrove forest conversion is quite significant (Environmental Research Web)
A seven-year study, led by Oregon State University and ...
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Friday, April 28, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Author Karen Russell to read at Oregon State University May 19
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Author Karen Russell will read at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 19, in the Valley Library Rotunda on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow.
Russell is the author of two collections of short stories, “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” and “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” and two novels, “Sleep Donation” and “Swamplandia!,” which was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Her short stories have been featured in The New Yorker, Oxford American, Conjunctions, Granta and Zoetrope, and three of her stories have been selected for volumes of “The Best American Short Stories.”
In 2009 Russell was named one of the “5 Under 35” fiction writers by the National Book Foundation, and in 2010 she was included in The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” list. She also won the 2011 Bard Fiction Prize and the 2012 National Magazine Award for fiction.
Russell holds a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Cullman Center, and the American Academy of Berlin, and in 2013 was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She has taught writing and literature at Columbia University, the University of Iowa, Williams College, Bard College, Bryn Mawr College, and Rutgers University.
This reading is part of the 2016-17 Creative Writing Program’s Visiting Writers Series, which brings nationally acclaimed writers to Oregon State University. This series is sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at OSU, with support from the OSU Libraries and Press, the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and Grass Roots Books and Music.
The event is free and open to the public. The Valley Library is located at 201 S.W. Waldo Place, Corvallis.
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UCR Health to Host Open House for Campus Community at Citrus Tower on May 11
UCR Today
All members of the UCR campus community are invited to attend
By Iqbal Pittalwala on April 28, 2017
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UCR Health and the UCR School of Medicine will host an open house at its new medical office space in Citrus Tower in downtown Riverside on Thursday, May 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. All interested members of the UCR campus community are invited to attend.
The new office space at Citrus Tower contains a suite for UCR Health psychiatry and a second suite for UCR Health multispecialty services, which includes neurology, primary care, reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery, and more. This new venue will help expand access to medical services in the Riverside area.
The open house is an opportunity to see the new space and learn more about UCR Health. The event is free and open to the UCR campus community. Citrus Tower is located at 3390 University Avenue in Riverside. Parking at the building is limited, so once the lot is full attendees may use street parking or other available public parking lots. Carpooling is encouraged. Please register to attend by May 3.
For more information or questions, please contact Krystyn Rodriguez at krystyn.rodriguez@medsch.ucr.edu.
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Undergrads in the spotlight (again)
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Put on your sunglasses, Class of 2017. The first big flash of fame came last December when Olin was named the Number 1 Undergrad Business School. Then, Poets & Quants featured two Olin seniors on their Best and Brightest list. Now, CNBC is featuring 10 of those Best and Brightest on its website and Olin’s Colton Calandrella is front and center!
Consider this just a warm-up for the big day, May 19, when you will all be the center of attention and the center of the universe for your families and friends.
Dressed in caps and gowns, you’ll stride across the stage, under the bright lights, to receive your diploma. You’ve worked so hard, enjoy every minute of the spotlight.
Congratulations, Class of 2017!
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Judging for Next UMass Amherst Seasonal Ice Cream on May 1
UMass Amherst: News Archive
**MEDIA ADVISORY**Date: Monday, May 1
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
What: Ice cream judging contest
Where: S131 Integrative Learning Center, 650 North Pleasant St., Amherst
For the third year, local chefs and guest judges will sample four new ice cream flavors developed by senior food science majors for this year’s competition at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The winning flavor will become the newest seasonal ice cream to be produced and marketed across the state by contest sponsor Maple Valley Creamery of Hadley.
Over the past semester, 30 students in four teams have studied ingredients and cost, tested ingredient combinations, researched nutrition and flavor to develop a new ice cream as their senior capstone project in professor Maria Corradini’s food processing class. Creamery owners Bruce Jenks and Laurie Cuevas, who also serve as judges for the competition, will later offer this year’s UMass Amherst flavor at eateries on campus and in retail outlets across the Commonwealth.
Corradini says that this year UMass Amherst pastry chef and bake shop manager Simon Stevenson consulted with students on flavors, and UMass Amherst food science alumni Ameena Cohen and Gabe Katzentein, product developers at ingredient manufacturer Star Kay White, Inc. of Congers, N.Y., gave a presentation on flavor trends. Star Kay White vice president and alumnus Steve Platt supplied some ingredients, as well.
A panel of local chefs will join Cuevas and Jenks as judges. Academic judges in addition to Corradini who will grade the students on their products and presentations are UMass Amherst food science faculty members Amanda Kinchla and Lynne McLandsborough.
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Photo Highlights from the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Here is a gallery of photos from the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet, which honored accomplished faculty, staff, and students. The annual gathering is the university’s largest recognition event of the year.
The table setting from the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet held at the Knoxville Convention Center.
The Knoxville Convention Center, site of the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet.
UT Knoxville Chancellor Beverly Davenport welcomes honorees and guests to the 2017 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet.
Macebearer Award – Distinguished Professor of Humanities Michael Handelsman and Chancellor Davenport.
Alexander Award – Chancellor Davenport, Professor Ben Blalock and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Jefferson Award – Chancellor Davenport, Associate Professor Michelle Brown and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
L.R. Hesler Award – Chancellor Davenport, Professor Chris Craig and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Excellence in Academic Outreach Award – Chancellor Davenport, Professor Robert Kronick and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Ready for the World Citation – Chancellor Davenport, Professor John McRae and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Excellence in Teaching – Chancellor Davenport, Associate Professor Beth Schussler, Professor Rupy Sawhney, Professor Dean Rivkin and Interim Provost John Zomchick. Not pictured is Senior Instructor Erin Smith.
Excellence in Advising – Chancellor Davenport, Ashleigh Powers, Laura Trainer, Professor George Kuney, Professor Barbara Thayer-Bacon and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Jimmy and Ileen Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence – Chancellor Davenport, Caroline Black and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Graduate Student Teaching Award – Chancellor Davenport, Brittany Stephenson, Carrie Dresser, Mark Bly and Interim Provost John Zomchick.
Research and Creative Achievement – Chancellor Davenport, Professor Hairong Qi, Professor Robert Grzywacz, Professor Todd Freeberg, and Professor Mark DeKay.
Research and Creative Achievement – Professional Promise – Chancellor Davenport, Associate Professor David Jenkins, Assistant Professor Wei Gao and Associate Professor Margaret Lazarus Dean. Not pictured is Assistant Professor Karen Lloyd.
Success in Multidisciplinary Research – Chancellor Davenport, Assistant Professor Jon Hathaway, Assistant Professor Lisa Reyes Mason and Assistant Professor Kelsey Ellis.
Undergraduate Research Awards – Chancellor Davenport, Professor Gladys ...
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University of Pittsburgh Student One of 20 National Beinecke Scholars for 2017
PITTSBURGH—Margaret Farrell, a University of Pittsburgh junior studying the history and philosophy of science, has been named a 2017 Beinecke Scholar. She is the second recipient in Pitt history of this prestigious national scholarship, which supports graduate work in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Farrell will receive $4,000 now and $30,000 after she graduates from Pitt’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences in April 2018 with a Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil). The latter gift will support her pursuit of a master’s degree in evolutionary biology and a PhD in the philosophy of science.
The BPhil degree, notes her award nomination from the University Honors College, “requiring graduate-level research and a rigorous thesis defense, is the highest level of scholarship attainable by an undergraduate student at Pitt.”
Farrell has already conducted research on how low-income high school students experience inclusiveness in science education and on evolutionary development in fruit flies. She is a Distinguished Junior Invitee to Phi Beta Kappa and has earned a variety of honors from Pitt, including a Community-Based Research Fellowship Award and several scholarships.
Porter Williams, assistant professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, wrote in his nomination letter, “I think Margaret has the greatest potential for doing innovative and important work in the history and philosophy of science of any student with whom I have worked.”
Farrell has been active in science communication, writing for the undergraduate science magazine Pitt Pulse and editing submissions for Pitt Undergraduate Review, a research publication produced by the University Honors College.
The Easton, Pennsylvania, native serves as a student mentor to the high-school science outreach program Pitt Data Jam, a student ambassador for the Honors College and vice president of the Pitt Philosophy of Science Club. She volunteers collecting litter in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood through Pitt Trash Talk; works through the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor ...
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Un nou estudi canvia el paradigma científic sobre l’origen evolutiu del cervell en els vertebrats
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Els experts Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez i Beatriz Albuixech-Crespo, a la Facultat de Biologia de la Universitat de Barcelona.
L’amfiox, un model animal de referència en genòmica i un dels representants de les branques més basals del fílum dels cordats.
Aquest model animal té una posició filogenètica clau en la història del llinatge evolutiu dels vertebrats.
La genoarquitectura és l’eix de referència experimental del nou treball per determinar el procés de regionalització del tub neural de l’amfiox.
L'equip investigador ha elaborat un detallat mapa molecular de les regions en què es divideix el cervell en l’amfiox.
Segons el nou treball, el cervell dels vertebrats s’hauria desenvolupat a partir de dues regions (anterior i posterior), i no de tres, tal com proposava el model prosomèric o segmentari.
28/04/2017
Recerca
Un equip internacional publica a la revista PLOS Biology un article que modifica el model clàssic sobre el procés de formació del cervell dels vertebrats i la seva evolució biològica. El nou treball, elaborat amb models animals (amfiox, peix zebra i ratolí), està liderat pels experts Jordi Garcia-Fernández, de l’Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB); José Luis Ferran i Luis Puelles, de la Universitat de Múrcia (UMU), i Manuel Irimia, del Centre de Recerca Genòmica (CRG).
Segons un dels models més acceptats, el cervell dels vertebrats s’origina a partir d’un tub neural que es diferencia en el cervell anterior (prosencèfal), mitjà (mesencèfal) i posterior (romboencèfal). Aquesta visió tradicional, però, no seria correcta d’acord amb els resultats que ara revela la biologia evolutiva del desenvolupament (evo-devo). Segons el nou treball, el cervell dels vertebrats s’hauria desenvolupat a partir de dues regions (anterior i posterior), i no de tres, tal com proposava el model prosomèric o segmentari.Genoarquitectura: noves perspectives ...
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Christopher Maples named interim chancellor-designate
Dr. Christopher MaplesDr. Christopher Maples, president emeritus of the Oregon Institute of Technology, has been named interim chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi announced the appointment Friday, April 28.
Maples will succeed current Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader, who previously accepted the position as president of Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio.
“I am pleased that Dr. Maples has agreed to serve as interim chancellor of our outstanding Rolla campus at this pivotal time,” said Choi. “During his long and distinguished career in higher education, Dr. Maples has been held in high regard by individuals who have experienced his inclusive style of leadership. He is credited with bringing important changes to Oregon Institute of Technology during his tenure as president, including growing research, strengthening academic programs, building highly effective relationships with elected officials and healing divisions among faculty and staff during a time of extraordinary change. We are fortunate to have him at Missouri S&T.”
Maples’ appointment as interim chancellor, approved yesterday by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators, is for one year. He will not be a candidate for the permanent chancellor position. A national search for a permanent Missouri S&T chancellor will begin in the fall.
Maples served as president of Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) from 2008 until his retirement on December 31, 2016, leading the public polytechnic university through a period of record enrollment growth, the opening of an additional campus, the launch of new degree programs and transitioning the school to a new governing board model. Prior to his presidency at OIT, Maples spent five years at the Desert Research Institute and Nevada System of Higher Education. In the Nevada system, he served as executive vice president for research.
From 1998-2003, he served as chair of the department of geological sciences at Indiana University, ...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
UW Research VP Search Adds Fourth Finalist | News
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April 26, 2017
A fourth candidate has joined the list of finalists for the position of vice president for research and economic development at the University of Wyoming.
D. Marshall Porterfield, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and former director of Space Life and Physical Sciences Division in NASA’s Human Exploration Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C., joins previously announced candidates Joseph Heppert, associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Kansas; Kent Keyser, associate vice president for research at the University of Alabama-Birmingham; and Edmund Synakowski, associate director of science for fusion energy sciences with the U.S. Department of Energy.
As part of a multiple-day visit to campus, each candidate is scheduled to give a public presentation.
Keyser is scheduled to speak from 2-3:15 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center. The presentation will be streamed on WyoCast; the link will be provided later. To learn more about him, go here.
The public presentations for Heppert, Synakowski and Porterfield will be announced later. To learn more about them, go here, here and here.
The role of the vice president for research and economic development is to support and facilitate the research efforts of UW's faculty, staff and students; direct the university's research mission as a public research university; promote the university's research program with stakeholders; and direct technology transfer and commercialization efforts for UW intellectual property.
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Arkansas Alumni Non-Traditional Student Leadership Award
Newswire
Regina Hamrick will receive the 2017 Arkansas Alumni Association Non-Traditional Student Leadership Award at the Student Involvement Awards Ceremony today.
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Application for the Makandal Daaga Scholarship in Law
UWI St. Augustine News
For Release Upon Receipt - April 21, 2017St. AugustineApplications are invited for the Makandal Daaga Scholarship in Law. The scholarship is named in honour of Makandal Daaga, liberator and social activist of Trinidad and Tobago, who spearheaded the ‘Black Power Movement’. Daaga’s work focused on the central tenets of law, that is, equality, social justice and fairness. His advocacy and that of the several organisations he instituted, made significant impacts on areas that are of particular relevance to law and legal policy. Accordingly, the scholarship is aimed at creating lawyers who will be meaningful change agents working towards promoting justice and an egalitarian society. Suitable applicants will be persons with a discernible record of advocating for positive social change in their communities, through concrete work on issues of justice, equality, or democracy, whether in an NGO, governmental, or regional capacity, or in an individual capacity.This is an equal opportunity scholarship. Candidates may be of any age, gender, race or CARICOM nationality. Interested persons must include in their application an essay of no more than 350 words describing their work and activism and explaining how earning a law degree will enhance this work. For more on the application guidelines visit www.sta.uwi.edu/scholarships. Applications for this scholarship close on May 8, 2017.Applicants must also satisfy the matriculation requirements of The University of the West Indies and must simultaneously apply to the Faculty of Law by May 31st, 2017. For more information visit call 662-2002 ext.82039, 82040 | email: law@sta.uwi.eduEndAbout The UWISince its inception in 1948, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged, regional University with well over 40,000 students. Today, The UWI is the largest, most longstanding higher education provider in the Commonwealth Caribbean, with four campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Open Campus. The UWI ...
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American University Pulitzer Center Fellow Picked to Pitch at Tribeca
American University News
Mist and Mystery: Borneo's Vanishing Landscape by Kent Wagner for the Pulitzer Center.
Kent Wagner, American University MFA film student, won a student fellowship grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and AU School of Communication. It not only provided him a monetary award, but has helped him make valuable connections with photojournalists. Now it has also given him a chance to participate in a pitch competition during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
Wagner is one of four students were chosen by the Pulitzer Center through a collaboration with The New York Times Op-Docs and Tribeca Film Institute. The Pulitzer Center will award the winning student project $10,000.
Wagner's film project, "Mist and Mystery: Borneo's Vanishing Landscape," which unfolds from the perspective of Borneo's indigenous people known as the Dayak, will focus on uncovering the exploitation of natural resources and will examine the effects it is having on wildlife habitat. "These folks have lived there for thousands of years and have relied on the forests for everything," he said. "Our film looks at the choices and consequences the Dayak people face as they watch the rainforests disappear."
"It is a huge honor, regardless of the outcome I feel very grateful that my project will be included in the pitches," Wagner said, "I was quite surprised to hear that my project would be included among the finalists."
Chris Palmer, founder and director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, which has also supported the film, said that Wagner is one of SOC's top graduate filmmakers dedicated to learning, creative, hardworking, and determined to make films that have an impact.
"I can tell you that the Center is enormously pleased to be supporting Kent's film, both financially and creatively," Palmer said, "I'm very proud to be a part of Kent's film. It is a great honor."
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Stomping into Spring
University at Albany University at Albany Headlines
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 26, 2017) – A game-winning lacrosse goal, the return of football and track & field’s only home meet highlighted a full day of sporting events during Saturday’s annual “Spring Stomp.”
3,205 fans packed into Casey Stadium to watch UAlbany men’s lacrosse defeat Yale, 13-12, after freshman Mitch Laffin scored with 34 seconds left. The Great Danes are 11-2 on season and ranked top 10 in the nation.
Directly following the victory was a postgame fireworks celebration.
Prior to the lacrosse game, UAlbany football held its annual spring scrimmage at Casey Stadium. Fresh off their best season in CAA play, the Great Danes won seven games including the program’s first victory over an FBS opponent (UBuffalo). 2017 Football season tickets are on sale now: ualbanysports.com/tickets
The 12-time defending America East champion UAlbany men’s outdoor track & field and five-time defending America East champion UAlbany women’s outdoor track & field also hosted the 33rd annual Spring Classic on Saturday. This was the only home event for the 2017 outdoor season. Included was a special ceremony to honor the 20 seniors on this year’s roster.
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Clemson students make impacts on horticulture industry
Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina
CLEMSON – Clemson horticulture students have been busy this spring sharing their knowledge with others in the horticulture industry.
Clemson horticulture students Vincent Galatolo, Elizabeth Elmore, Annie Borlik, Dalton Holzheimer and Justin Revland attend the South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbia.Image Credit: 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.
“Students who publish, present and engage with the green industry have unique opportunities to showcase their unique skills and passion for the field,” Vincent said. “These real life experiential learning opportunities are rewarding steps in career development. Engagement between the classroom and the green industry are elements found in most horticulture classes, as in mine.”
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 Clemson horticulture student from Belton, attends the ISA Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach.Image Credit: Clemson University
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 ...
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Former Lab Partners Reconnect, Reflect on Fordham’s Influence
Fordham Newsroom
Above (from left): Gloria Coruzzi and Christopher Proto pose for a 1976 yearbook photo in a Fordham lab. Four decades later, they recreated the moment in Coruzzi’s lab at NYU, where Proto teaches part time at the dental school.They’ve been teasing each other about the 1976 Maroon yearbook photo for years.
“Just look at my hair and beard!” said Christopher Proto, D.D.S. “I was wearing the uniform of the day—flannel shirt. You can tell who lived on campus and more or less rolled out of bed, and who commuted. Maybe that’s why Gloria looked more put together.”
Like Proto, Gloria Coruzzi, Ph.D., majored in biology at Fordham, but after graduation, the lab partners went their separate ways to start careers and families. She earned a doctorate in molecular and cell biology at NYU, where she’s the Carroll & Milton Petrie Professor and a former chair of the biology department. He earned a doctorate in dental surgery at Georgetown and has been in private practice since 1981.
They reconnected about six years ago, Proto said, after a chance encounter in a restaurant on Arthur Avenue, near Fordham’s Rose Hill campus.
Proto was having lunch with his wife, Monica, and their son, Andrew, FCRH ’12, when he spotted Coruzzi walking back to a table to join her husband and son. “I stopped her and said, ‘Gloria?’ She hesitated for a moment, then said, ‘Chris?’” The friends embraced, and introduced their spouses and sons. “We couldn’t believe that we reconnected in the Bronx after all these years,” he said. “It was like a movie.”
They later met for lunch near NYU, where Proto is now a clinical instructor at the College of Dentistry, and eventually brought two other former classmates into the fold: David Perricone, M.D., a pediatrician; and Diane Esposito, Ph.D., who earned a ...
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ROWING HOSTS THE WIRA CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND ON LAKE NATOMA
Athletics News
Apr 26, 2017
Race schedule & lane assignments/live race resultsLive video stream of the eventGOLD RIVER, Calif. – The Sacramento State women's varsity eight, second varsity eight, novice eight and a pair of varsity four boats will each compete at this weekend's 31-school Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center on Lake Natoma.For the fourth straight year, the WIRA regatta will not serve as Sacramento State's conference championship as the program is currently in the American Athletic Conference. Prior to 2014, the WIRA's served as the Hornets' conference championship event.Saturday's schedule consists of 53 races (26 on the women's side, 27 on the men's side) beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until approximately 5:10 p.m. Sunday's competition, which includes the grand final for every event, consists of 28 races (15 on the women's side, 13 on the men's side) beginning at 8 a.m. and running until 12:40 p.m. The awards ceremony will take place approximately 20-30 minutes after the conclusion of Sunday's final race.A total of seven schools will challenge for this year's Div. I varsity eight championship, consisting of No. 1 seed Stanford Lightweights, No. 2 San Diego State, No. 3 Loyola Marymount, No. 4 Sacramento State, No. 5 Saint Mary's, No. 6 Santa Clara and No. 7 Seattle. Each of the seven boats will be racing in a heat on Saturday at 8:50 a.m. for lane placement in the grand final on Sunday at 9 a.m.Over the last 18 years in varsity eight action, the Hornets' top boat has four first-place finishes (2000-01, 2006, 2010) at the WIRA Championships, five second-place finishes (1999, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014), four third-place finishes (2005, 2011-12, 2016), three fourth places finishes (2003, 2007, 2015), a fifth-place (2013) and a sixth-place finish in 2008.Sacramento State will also compete in the second varsity eight heat on Saturday at 9:20 a.m. Five boats will race in the heat for lane placement in Sunday's grand final at 9:30 a.m. Those boats are No. 1 seed Stanford Lightweights, No. 2 San ...
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Tree planting will honor ‘Chef Jim’ Gilmore
SIU News
April 26, 2017Tree planting will honor ‘Chef Jim’ Gilmore
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A tree will be planted this week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in honor of James “Chef Jim” Gilmore, a longtime employee who left his mark on the campus and those who knew him.
A Japanese lilac tree will be planted at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, April 28, behind Lentz Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The tree was purchased with donations made by members of the SIU community in honor of Gilmore, who passed away at his home in Murphysboro at the age of 48 on April 22, 2016.
A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, Gilmore had utilized his culinary skills in New York, Colorado, Georgia and other locales across the country before coming to SIU where he initially worked at the Student Center. He had been a chef for University Housing since 2008.
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HSU Softball Ranked No.3 in First West Region Poll
Humboldt State University Athletics
ARCATA, Calif.- Humboldt State Softball ranks third in the first of three in-season West Region Rankings. The first West Region ranking comes just three weeks before 64 teams will be selected to compete for the NCCA Division II Softball National Championship. HSU comes in behind Cal State Monterey Bay and Central Washington. The Jacks have a four-game series with the Otters at home April 28-29. The depth of the CCAA is on display as they have six teams ranked on the top ten in the first West Region Poll. CCAA teams are 44–22 (.667) against the Pac West Conference and 30–17 (.638) versus the GNAC. NCAA DIVISION II SOFTBALL WEST REGION RANKINGSRANKING #1 • APRIL 19, 2017
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SCHOOL
OVERALL
RECORD*
REGIONAL
RECORD
LAST
WEEK
WINS vs.
WEST RANKED
1
CSUMB
38-7
38–7
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11
2
Central Washington
30–6
30–5
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3
3
Humboldt State
32–8
32–8
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4
4
Cal Baptist
35–8
33–7
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1
5
Chico State
31–10
31–10
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8
6
Dixie State
28–8
32-13
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3
7
Sonoma State
32–14
32–13
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7
8
Cal State San Bernardino
30–16
30–16
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11
9
Azusa Pacific
27–17
26–16
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6
10
UC San Diego
23–21
23–21
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7
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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Steve Roberts, Lily Qi Present at GBTC May 16: Montgomery County's Transformation in the 21st Century - Business, Community, and Diversity
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How do we create a sense of community in Montgomery County? What are the business dynamics and how would Montgomery County compete both locally and globally? On May 16, two insightful speakers will present on these issues and more surrounding Montgomery County. Lily Qi, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer for Economic and Workforce Development, will explore the cultural, economic, and political dynamics of new Americans in Montgomery County. Steve Roberts, Journalist and Published Author, will focus on the immigrant experience from multiple perspectives and explore the vibrant and dynamic transformation underway. MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S TRANSFORMATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY - Business, Community, and Diversity FREE TO MONTGOMERY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES (registration required - email natasha.sacks@montgomerycollege.edu) All others pay $10 fee only - see registration information below. Tuesday, May 16 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Gaithersburg Business Training Center, Room 402 Course: LLI155 CRN#: 43185 Refreshments will be served 9 - 9:30 a.m. Question and answer period 11:30 a.m. - noon Dedicated to Montgomery College's 70th Anniversary See the attached flyer for complete details. Limited seating, register today! For more information, contact Natasha Sacks at 240-567-1828. Registration: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/registerops.html or call 240-567-5188. This course qualifies for the Montgomery College employee diversity credit. Please pick up certificate at the event
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Wausau ECE Grad Earns 5-Star Rating for In-Home Childcare
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A Wausau campus early childhood education graduate recently earned Wisconsin’s highest rating for quality in-home child care—and she’s the only child care provider in Sauk County to receive the rating.Sheri Weldy, who received the 5-star rating, has owned and managed Loving Care Day Care and Preschool for 10 years and is licensed to care for up to eight children. Wisconsin’s Department of Children and Families created the YoungStar program in early 2010 to provide the best child care for children living in the state. The program rates the quality of care of given to children by care providers, helps parents choose the best child care for their children, supports providers with tools and training and sets a consistent standard for child care, according to the department website. As soon as Weldy heard about the program, she knew she wanted to become a part of it—and earn the highest rating possible. But that meant she had to go to school for early childhood education to earn the 5-star rating, as an associate degree in ECE was required to be eligible for consideration. “Sheri was absolutely determined to get a 5-star rating,” said Joyce Monfort, Wisconsin School of Education state program coordinator. “She got a straight 4.0 [grade point average] with the college—that was very important to her. She worked very hard, and if she didn’t do something right she would redo it. It’s how she approached everything … she did what she needed to do to be the best at it and it showed and paid off.” Throughout her journey to earning her degree at Rasmussen College’s Wausau campus she made many changes to her child care services, including performing quality observation and using those observations to better personalize the curriculum for the children in her care. She also made changes to the play areas ...
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Farmer School of Business among top 25 undergraduate business schools per College Choice
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Miami University’s Farmer School of Business has been recognized as one of the best undergraduate business schools in the nation by College Choice, an online resource that helps high school students in their college searches.
The Farmer School is ranked 25th among public universities on the list of 50 Best Undergraduate Business Schools for 2017. It ranks 38th among private and public business schools on the list.
Criteria for the ranking include results of a survey of college freshman by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. The students rated academic reputation, financial aid offerings and overall cost of school. The survey also took into account graduate success rates in the postcollege job market. Those factors were weighed equally with publicly available data from U.S. News & World Report, the National Center for Education Statistics, and PayScale.com.
“We are certainly pleased to be recognized as one of the world-class undergraduate business institutions by College Choice. While we understand that for many students, the use of rankings form part of their decision criteria, we encourage them to consider many other variables and information sources as well,” said Matt Myers, Farmer School dean and Mitchell P. Rales Chair of Business Leadership.
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UNCG ‘Dream Dean’ featured in Huffington Post
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UNCG’s Bill Johnson – known by many as the “Dream Dean” – was recently featured in a Huffington Post article written by UNCG alumna Zithobile “Zitty” Nxumalo ’11 MA.
Johnson, who serves as student success navigator in the UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences, teaches life coaching and personal development courses as part of the “Life Design” program.
“He calls it ‘life design work’ and got the name Dream Dean because of his belief in nurturing the deep-seated, whimsical, and massive dreams that many of us have forgotten existed,” writes Nxumalo in the Huffington Post article. “He eats, breathes, and lives purpose-driven work, and he teaches his students to do the same.”
To read the full article, click here.
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Trump at 100 Days
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Is there a point to all of the energy devoted to assessing Donald Trump’s presidency at 100 days? In the depths of the Great Depression, FDR’s stunning achievements set a standard that has never been and likely never will be matched. Since then, in purely practical terms, it has not been a particularly useful time frame for gauging how a new administration, much less the country, will fare in the months and years ahead. Surely the economic, foreign policy and political conditions facing a new president importantly shape the need for and success in a quick start. Events inevitably shape the presidential calendar and significant policy making typically has a long gestation.
President Trump has dismissed this standard as “ridiculous” but made much of his promise during the campaign and transition to start making America great again on day one. He is reportedly deeply agitated by the prospect of a low grade from the press on his hundred-day report card and in recent weeks has frantically tried to set the stage for some signs of progress in working with Congress while generating enough executive orders and controversy to persuade his political base that he is fighting the good fight against the Establishment. What lies ahead in the next week or two are historical rankings, dueling lists of achievements and tales of failures, and attacks by Trump on the “fake news” of mainstream media, the “enemy of the American people.”
Alongside this inevitable spectacle—the governing equivalent of “horserace” coverage of the campaign—it might be instructive to ask some questions different than we usually do at this juncture. How durable does our democracy appear? What are the most telling signs of resilience and erosion? What impact has Trump had on the presidency itself? Do most Americans have reason to be embarrassed by his own special form of presidential performance ...
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks Gives Talk at NYC Think Tank
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks recently gave a talk at Data & Society, a think tank in New York City that focuses on issues of social justice and technology. The talk, entitled “Why Should We Care About the Failure of the British Computing Industry?” discussed how the history of our closest historical cousin, the UK, can help us learn things about the past and present of computing in the U.S. The half-hour talk is an overview of what happens when countries build discrimination into technological order, rather than seeking to make equality a core goal of technological progress, and it offers some advice on solving problems of underrepresentation in STEM fields today. Watch the talk here.
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Crowd Gathers at COD to Watch Weather Balloon Launch
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By Mike McKissackApproximately 150 people gathered in the Street Scene of College of DuPage’s Homeland
Security Education Center on the College’s Glen Ellyn campus to watch the launch of
a meteorological weather balloon.Click here to view photos from this event.Kicking off the COD Meteorology program’s 29th storm chasing season, the launch was attended by COD students, faculty and staff,
as well as community members, meteorological industry experts, and past and current
participants in the COD storm-chasing program.The balloon, which travelled approximately 67,000 feet into the atmosphere before
popping, allowed meteorology students and faculty to track a variety of atmospheric
conditions, including humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction, dew point,
barometric pressure and atmospheric density, as well as trajectory data such as latitude,
longitude, altitude and flight path. Attendees were able to view the data and watch
the flight path in real-time via Google Maps and see a three-dimensional rendering
of the flight path and altitude trajectory. In addition to the launch, the event also
included a presentation on the Meteorology program, the importance of weather balloons
for daily weather forecasting and information on the College’s storm chasing trips
and equipment.Another weather balloon launch is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the
College’s second annual STEM-CON, a free interactive fair celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.For more information about the College’s Meteorology program, its storm chasing opportunities
and Next Generation Weather Lab, please click here.
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Late Dr. Omar Khalidi and others to be honored at Brandeis University
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Boston Study group(BSG) will be honoring Late Dr. Omar Khalidi, Dr. Shobha Singh, Dr. Laxmi Berwa and Thenmozhi Soundararajan for their pioneering work in the cause of anti-caste advocacy in the US.
The Caste issue has been the central focus of BSG and it has been working with solidarity groups across the US.
Dr. Omar Khalidi ( File Photo)BSG is an organization based in Boston (Massachusetts, USA), dedicated to working towards a just and equitable society, is also sponsoring the installation of the bust of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at the Brandeis University Library.
These events coincides with the Third Annual Conference on Caste at Brandeis University, titled “The Unfinished Legacy of Dr. Ambedkar”.
Thr installation will make Brandeis University the second institution in the USA to have a bust of Dr. Ambedkar. The only other place to have Dr. Ambedkar’s bust is his alma mater Columbia University, New York.
BSG is also organizing three panels at the conference – on caste and religion, international solidarity, and patriarchy.
“Surtaal – Celebrating Life and Legacy of Dr. Ambedkar”, a celebration of Dr. Ambedkar’s 126th Jayanti, will mark the concluding part of the conference program on Saturday April 29. Pandit Sudhakar Chavan, a renowned classical singer from India, will be traveling to USA to enthrall Bostonians and Ambedkarites present from various countries to attend this event.
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Worldwide Student Wins Launch Your Venture Competition
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Sensatek licenses patented technology to manufacture ceramic sensors that wirelessly measures the health of gas turbines, predicting failure before it happens and letting operators know that maintenance should be done. Owners of gas turbines will see lower costs, resulting in savings that may be measured in the millions of dollars. Dr. Mark Ricklick, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, serves as an advisor to the company.
Soto, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and candidate for an M.S. in Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Worldwide, competed in the third annual TREP Expo hosted by the university’s Center for Entrepreneurship. As part of TREP Expo, 15 teams of student-led ventures qualified for the semi-final round, presenting their ventures to the public and a panel of judges. From the semi-finals, four student-led teams advanced to Launch Your Venture based on the judging criteria of market viability, innovativeness and wow factor.
“We’re incredibly grateful to represent Embry-Riddle at the 2017 Florida Venture Forum Collegiate Business Plan Competition,” said Soto, who as the winner also received the sponsorship as one of the in-kind services provided by the Center for Entrepreneurship and MicaPlex partners. “We’re also very grateful to our alumni in providing real-world insight that has made a world of difference in our perspective in revolutionizing the gas turbine industry.”
The four teams were given more than $18,000 in prize money sponsored by the university President’s Office and in-kind prizes such as hour-long consultations on IT support, early-stage venture funding, accounting, intellectual property, marketing and more provided by MicaPlex partners and Embry-Riddle professionals.
The top companies were:
Second place ($5,000) – Embedded Control Designs LLC, founded by Daytona Beach Campus graduate and now master’s student Michael Campobasso and Shane Stebler, a Daytona Beach Campus graduate, produces drones equipped with a unique communication architecture – swarm technology — that empowers farmers who need ...
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Community Invited to UJazz Trio’s Live Album Recording Session in University Hall April 30
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Album Recording Just One of Several Performances Happening This WeekIn celebration of International Jazz Day, three UMass Boston music students will take the stage in UMass Boston’s University Hall on Sunday at 7 p.m. for a free live performance and album recording.
This is the first live album to be recorded in the university’s new Recital Hall, and the community is invited to be a part of it.
The UJazz Boston Trio—which is made up of music majors Domenic Davis (on bass), Tony Martin (on piano), and Brian Hull (on drums)—is recording original arrangements of jazz covers as the culmination of a semester-long independent study. Listen to a sample here.
This recording is just one event in a week of full of performances, which includes the first dance concert to be held in the configurable University Hall Theatre and the world premiere of a composition by Professor of Music David Patterson. On the Legacy of a Thousand Days was written for the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth.
When you hear the UJazz Boston Trio, it’s amazing that they’ve only been performing together as a group for a few months. Jazz Ensembles Director Peter Janson thought they could benefit from working together. And it works.
“I vibe off of Tony, so when Tony goes somewhere, I go somewhere with Tony when he plays different kind of chords, and then Brian is the groove, so Brian can kind of take the song wherever he wants to take it,” Davis said.
All three guys play professionally, but they say they’re able to take their skills to the next level thanks to the classes they’re taking here. In addition to double majoring in music and business entrepreneurship, Hull says he’s been able to learn piano and contribute more to arranging and writing.
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Capuano and Lacroix Lift Baseball Past Johnson & Wales in Regular Season Finale
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Apr 26, 2017
Northboro, MA --- Graduate student Anthony Capuano (Stoneham, MA) snapped a 3-3 stalemate with a 2-RBI single and junior Evan Lacroix (Methuen, MA), who batted 3-for-4, followed with another run producing single in the seventh to lead WPI past Johnson & Wales, 6-3, in a non-conference matchup Wednesday at the New England Baseball Complex.
The Engineers wrap up the regular season and NEBC slate with a 25-10 ledger while the Wildcats slip to 17-15.
Sophomore Steven Gallagher (Coventry, RI) put the hosts on the scoreboard with a sacrifice fly in the first while Austin Lindner (W. Windsor, NJ) added another in the second. Senior Connor Kurtz (Lunenburg, MA) then made it 3-0 with an RBI knock to center.
JWU sophomore Dave Matthews (Newtown, CT) cooked up a 3-run blast to level the game in the top of the third. The game remained 3-3 until Capuano and Lacroix's back-to-back hits in the seventh.
Sophomore Ryan Tropeano (Pembroke, MA) (2-for-5, 3 stolen bases, 2 runs) and junior Matt Howard (Worcester, MA) (run) joined Lacroix (double, stolen base, RBI) in the multi-hit club while Capuano (2-RBI, run) logged a hit and a walk. Gallagher and Lindner also swiped a bag for the Engineers.
Freshman Matt Woods (Wilmington, MA), who faced the minimum during his relief appearance, pocketed his first collegiate decision in the form of a win and senior Mike Duclos (Greenfield, MA) collected his sixth save of the season. Junior Drew Gelinas (Saco, ME) struck out five in his three-inning shift as he nor Woods (1K) or Duclos (2K) allowed a hit in the last six innings. Senior CJ Doskocil (Sterling, MA) struck out three in the first three frames.
Senior Lou Umberto (Cranston, RI) batted 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored. In addition to his 3-run round-tripper, Matthews walked twice. Junior Rob Ballinger (South Kingston, RI) chipped in with ...
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Three Ph.D. candidates and two alumni awarded fellowships for new Americans
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Princeton Ph.D. candidates Laura Chang, Bernardo Gouveia and Ashvin Swaminathan and recent alumni Mariana Olaizola and Shivani Radhakrishnan have been awarded the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States.
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UMD's Sara Via Discusses How Gardeners Can Combat Climate Change - Washington Post
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Column: Total Frat Move projects a culture of male entitlement onto UA Greek life.
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TFM—Total Frat Move or Total Fucking Misogyny? The latter option is indeed the case, which is pretty easily discernible if you visit any of their social media pages or their website.
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington safety program receives prestigious credential
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington safety program receives prestigious credentialJan. 24, 2017The Board of Certified Safety Professionals recently announced the undergraduate safety degree programs at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, as well as Indiana University Southeast, meet the criteria to be a Qualified Academic Program. With this qualification, students graduating from the school’s safety program are awarded the Graduate Safety Professional (GSP) designation upon graduation.“The GSP designation is a very prestigious and valuable credential,” says Kevin Slates, Ed.D., M.P.A., C.S.P., associate professor and Safety Unit coordinator at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington. “This highlights the rigor and quality of our safety program, and provides our students with a jump start on their career by starting off with this highly sought after designation in the safety field.”
In addition to being designated as a Qualified Academic Program, the safety program also currently holds the Outstanding Student Section Award from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). This award recognizes those sections who have “the most significant contributions toward the advancement of excellence in safety education and research.” Slates says the student section is strong in Professional Development, Research, and Campus and Community Involvement, which are three critical areas the ASSE takes into account when awarding this honor.
The school’s undergraduate safety degree program prepares graduates for employment in the industrial, business, public, and non-profit sectors through training in safety education, safety management, and risk assessment. Students gain skills in courses ranging from those addressing safety, environmental and health protection regulations to those focused on safety behavior and emergency management.
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Study reveals shared features between two neurodegenerative disorders
Northwestern Now: Summaries
Scientists observed impaired lysosomal protease activity in cells from people carrying the GRN mutation.
A new study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that a neurodegenerative syndrome in older adults called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) shares several fundamental features with a different neurodegenerative disease usually seen in children, called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL).
Both of these diseases are caused by mutations in the GRN gene, with FTD occurring with only one functional copy of the GRN gene, while NCL, a lysosomal storage disease, occurs with mutations in both copies of the gene.
Through imaging techniques and analyses of postmortem tissues, the scientists demonstrated that NCL-like features could occur in some patients with FTD, before dementia onset.
Marsel Mesulam, MD, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center and chief of Behavioral Neurology in the Department of Neurology, and Eileen Bigio, MD, Paul E. Steiner Research Professor of Pathology, were co-authors on the study.
The scientists used non-invasive retinal imaging of living pre-symptomatic adults carrying the mutation. In this group of carriers, the scientists found preclinical retinal degeneration including lipofuscin (lipid-containing residues) deposits and retinal thinning.
Furthermore, by analyzing postmortem tissues from patients with FTD, they found increased lipofuscin deposits and NCL-like storage material deposits.
The scientists also studied two types of cells from carriers of the gene, lymphoblasts and fibroblasts. They observed accumulated NCL-like storage material in lymphoblasts and impaired lysosomal protease activity in fibroblasts.
According to the scientists, these findings indicate that only one functional copy of the GRN gene in patients can cause accumulation of NCL-like storage material and early retinal abnormalities, suggesting that these lysosomal dysfunctions represent the same disease processes in both FTD and NCL.
This study was funded by National Institutes of Health grants K08EY023610, R01AG036884, R01AG051390, R01NS098516, AG023501 and AG19724; Bluefield Foundation, American Brain Foundation; That Man May See ...
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Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets
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After NASA announced in February the discovery of a solar system with seven planets—three of which were deemed potentially habitable—UChicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt began wondering: If a life form existed on one of these planets, could space debris carry it to another?In research recently published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, Krijt and fellow UChicago scientists conclude that life forms, such as bacteria or single-cell organisms, could travel through the newly discovered TRAPPIST-1—an unusual solar system that presents an exciting new place in the Milky Way to search for extraterrestrial life.
“Frequent material exchange between adjacent planets in the tightly packed TRAPPIST-1 system appears likely,” said Krijt, the study’s lead author. “If any of those materials contained life, it’s possible they could inoculate another planet with life.”
For this to happen, an asteroid or comet would have to hit one of the planets, launching debris into space large enough to insulate the life form from the hazards of space travel. The material would have to be ejected fast enough to break away from the planet’s gravitational pull but not so fast that it would destroy the life form. And the journey would have to be relatively short so the life form could survive.
The researchers ran several simulations for TRAPPIST-1 and found that the process could occur over a period as short as 10 years. Most of the mass transferred between planets that would be large enough for life to endure irradiation during transfer and heat during re-entry would be ejected just above escape velocity, they concluded.
“Given that tightly packed planetary systems are being detected more frequently, this research will make us rethink what we expect to find in terms of habitable planets and the transfer of life—not only in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but elsewhere,” said Fred Ciesla, UChicago professor of geophysical sciences ...
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Five Tips for Moving Out
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It’s never easy, but this advice may make it simpler
May 13. That’s when BU’s residence halls close. That’s when you have to be out—yes, with all your stuff. Here, then, are five tips to make things a little easier.
1. Start packing early
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Now would be good. Are you really going to wear those winter coats, boots, and scarves again? Look at it this way: packing is a useful alternative to studying. That’s alternative, not substitute.
2. Clean out for a good cause
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When clearing out your closet, make an effort to edit your wardrobe. Saving space by pulling aside old clothes can make the move easier while benefiting a good cause. Donation boxes will be set up around campus dorms to take extra clothes, furniture, and more from departing Terriers.
3. Recruit your friends
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Some Terriers may have parents in their moving crew; most need an extra set of hands. Reach out to neighbors and friends. Offering pizza or snacks and helping your helpers move in return are time-honored ways to get the job done.
4. Store your big items
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Most all students have bulky or heavy items, like televisions, printers, and winter jackets, on hand during the school year, but these can be tough to transport back home. Luckily for those returning in the fall, BU has partnered with UPS for student storage, just the answer for items not needed in the summer months.
5. Set your alarm
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On moving day, the early bird gets the worm. While the dorms are well equipped to help the thousands of students heading home, lines for an elevator can fill up quickly. Check with your residence hall to see how soon you can turn in your keys and head out for that much-deserved vacation.
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Communicator infuses niche with brewery
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Shakia Hollis, ’15, is a people person. As a market manager responsible for sales, events and warehouse maintenance for Atlanta-based Monday Night Brewing, she thrives on daily interactions with others.“Being at Georgia College definitely taught me about the importance of relationships,” said Hollis. “It’s my job to really know so many people, and the skills I learned at Georgia College help me to be the most authentic version of myself.”
Hollis manages the areas outside of the Atlanta perimeter, Athens, Augusta and Columbus for Monday Night Brewing. Some of her duties include planning events, making market visits to connect with accounts and running reports for the company in all of these cities to compare sales years to ensure the company’s growth is steadily trending up.
Shakia Hollis, '15
Hollis attributes her success, in part, to Georgia College.
“Being at Georgia College shaped who I am as a person,” said Hollis. “I always felt very protected and honored.”
“Communication theory class was my favorite class at Georgia College,” she said. “Just being able to go through all of the different types of communication theories and apply them to situations and to the different people that you meet in this position was definitely helpful. It gave me the ability to see things from a theory perspective. I could apply different theories in different situations.”
Hollis believes in being 100 percent efficient in her role as a communicator.
“I’m a big advocate for effective communication,” she said. “Even the company’s main slogan is effectual: ‘Monday Night Brewing exists to deepen human relationships over some of the best beer in the country.’ It’s all about creating community.”
Although Hollis enjoys being around people, the interactions can be a bit exhausting.
“Since preserving old relationships and growing new ones is a huge part of my job, I spend a great deal ...
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“First Arrival” Hypothesis in Darwin’s Finches Gets Some Caveats
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“First Arrival” Hypothesis in Darwin’s Finches Gets Some Caveats
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John Toon | April 26, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Georgia Tech Ph.D. student Xian Yang takes a sample of water from Lake Clara Meer in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Bacteria from the lake were among those studied as competitors to Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW-25 in the study of adaptive radiation. (Credit: Qianna Xu, Georgia Tech)
Being first in a new ecosystem provides major advantages for pioneering species, but the benefits may depend on just how competitive later-arriving species are. That is among the conclusions in a new study testing the importance of “first arrival” in controlling adaptive radiation of species, a hypothesis famously proposed for “Darwin’s Finches,” birds from the Galapagos Islands that were first brought to scientific attention by the famous naturalist.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology tested the importance of first arrival with bacterial species competing in a test tube. Using a bacterium that grows on plant leaves, they confirmed the importance of first arrival for promoting species diversification, and extended that hypothesis with some important caveats.
“We wanted to understand the role of species colonization history in regulating the interaction between the rapidly-evolving bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW-25 and competing species and how that affected P. fluorescens adaptive radiation in the ecosystem,” said Jiaqi Tan, a research scientist in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences. “The general pattern we find is that the earlier arrival of P. fluorescens allowed it to diversify to a greater extent. If the competing and diversifying species are very similar ecologically, we find a stronger effect of species colonization history on adaptive radiation.”
The research is reported April 26th in the journal Evolution and was supported by the National Science Foundation. The study is believed to be the first rigorous experimental test of the role ...
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