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ALBANY, N.Y. (April 28, 2017) -- UAlbany is currently dealing with eight confirmed cases of mumps in the student body. The affected students are being cared for and are isolated from the rest of the student body while they recover.
With a few confirmed cases of mumps on campus, UAlbany is working closely with the Albany County Department of Health to reduce the chances of the disease from spreading further.
Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus that can pass from one person to another through saliva, nasal secretions or close personal contact. While some people infected have no signs or very mild ones, the most common symptoms are fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue and loss of appetite, swollen or tender salivary glands under the ears or jaw on one or both sides of the face.
UAlbany is working closely with the Albany County Department of Health (ACDOH) to reduce the chances of the disease from spreading further. To receive the maximum protection, two doses of the mumps-containing vaccine or MMR (measles, mumps and rubella vaccine) are recommended. While the MMR vaccine helps prevent disease, it is not 100 percent effective. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the mumps component of the MMR vaccine is about 88 percent effective when a person gets two immunizations.
On Tuesday, April 25, UAlbany and the Albany County Department of Health held a clinic that provided free vaccinations for more than 100 students.
For anyone who missed the clinic, the University has been providing students with free MMR vaccinations at Student Health Services over the past week. Students who have not had two MMR vaccinations are encouraged to make an appointment at Student Health Services to receive the MMR vaccination.
In keeping with the New York State Department of Health’s guidelines, Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Elizabeth Whalen is directing UAlbany ...
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Mumps Response Plan in Place
Clemson eclipse expert featured in Greenville News
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Dr. Donald Liebenberg
Clemson University scientist Donald Liebenberg, an adjunct professor in the College of Science’s department of physics and astronomy, has witnessed 26 total solar eclipses over the past 60-plus years and has spent more time in totality than anyone else on Earth. Liebenberg was recently featured in an article in the Greenville News. (See this link.)
Starting this Monday and leading up to the Aug. 21 main event, the Eclipse Over Clemson blog will start a weekly feature that will chronicle all the total eclipses Liebenberg has seen in person.
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A Kinder Approach to Mental Health Awareness
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The KindMind team: Francesca Zambrano, Mariella Sypa,Steven Sypa, Weiyu Shen, Elle Bernfeld, and Elijah BullardMay marks Mental Health Awareness Month, and for many sufferers of mental illness, social stigma and proximity to treatment still remain some of the biggest roadblocks to mental wellness.
Three Fordham students are hoping to revolutionize and reshape those two facets of mental health treatment.
“We have all these different fitness apps out there, so we figured, why not create a similar model for mental health patients?” said Mariella Sypa, a sophomore at Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
The founders of KindMind Mental Wellness Mobile Technology see their start-up program as a mental “fitness” app.
Teaming up for innovation
At TrepCon, the team (gathered around Joseph Halpin, president of the Entrepreneurship Society) took first place in a pitch competition.(Photo by Taylor Michie)
The KindMind team includes five founders—two of them Fordham students and one a recent graduate, Weiyu Shen, GSAS ’16. Sypa manages operations and business strategy along with her brother, Steven Sypa, who handles legal matters.
The team also includes Elijah Bullard, who will graduate from Fordham this year with a master’s in computer science, and Elle Bernfeld, a licensed therapist who heads KindMind’s creative development. Undergraduate student Francesca Zambrano helps with front-end development.
The app is the brainchild of Mariella Sypa and Bullard, who came up with the idea in February of 2016 after having met at Fordham while studying computer science.
Shen, who graduated with a master’s in computer science, joined the duo as the chief technology officer in April of last year.
The KindMind app team won a pitch competition this past February at TrepCon, sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Society at Fordham, Adobe, and Deloitte.
With features like mood tracking, a mood diary, and easy access to mental health providers, KindMind aims to benefit both first-time users and ...
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SOLID PITCHING LEADS SOFTBALL TO DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP OF NORTHERN COLORADO
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Apr 28, 2017
Big Sky Conference standingsSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento State pitching combined to allow Northern Colorado just two runs (one earned) and 10 hits with 19 strikeouts in 14 innings in a doubleheader sweep of the Bears on Friday afternoon. Playing in heavy winds throughout the day, the Hornets won the first game, 3-2, before taking the nightcap by a 3-0 score.The two teams will complete their three-game series tomorrow for a single game at noon. Tomorrow's game will be the final home contest of the season as Sacramento State seniors Nikki Gialketsis, Shelby Johnston, Jessica Ravetti and Taylor Tessier will be honored for their contributions to the program prior to the game.In the second game victory, junior right-hander Celina Matthias tossed her second shutout of the season, a five-hitter that included no walks and a season-high tying nine strikeouts. She faced just five batters over the minimum and four of her five hits allowed were singles. In the opener, senior right-hander Taylor Tessier allowed just five hits and two runs (one earned) while notching her fourth complete game of the season. She struck out 10 batters, one shy of a career high.The sweep allowed the Hornets to improve to 17-25-1 overall and 7-9 in the Big Sky Conference. More importantly, Sacramento State moved up in the conference standings as the Hornets now sit in fourth place. With just four games remaining in the regular season, Sacramento State's 7-9 record sits ahead of Northern Colorado (7-10), Portland State (6-10), Idaho State (5-9) and North Dakota (5-10). The top six teams in the eight-member qualify for the Big Sky Tournament, which is May 11-13.Offensively, Sacramento State got multiple-hit games in both contests from freshman Traci Shaw who combined to go 4-for-6 with two RBIs. Jessica Ravetti combined for three hits and a double.GAME 2The Hornets scored single runs in the ...
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Graduate student wins Fulbright scholarship
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Recording siamang – Justin D’Agostino uses a Marantz professional audio recorder with a Sennheiser shotgun microphone to capture high-quality recordings of wild siamang vocalizations. While the “very loud” conversations can be heard more than 1.5 kilometers away in the forest, capturing recordings that can be statistically analyzed necessitates being within 300 meters of the gibbons, D’Agostino said. (Photo provided)
April 28, 2017
Graduate student wins Fulbright scholarship
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate student Justin D’Agostino is the recipient of a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship award to study the origins of language flexibility by investigating how globalization impacts primate vocalizations.
A doctoral anthropology student, D’Agostino will spend a minimum of 10 months in Indonesia, flying into Jakarta in September to do field work in Sikundur and Batang Toru on the island of Sumatra. His project, “Effects of anthropogenic noise on the natural calling behavior of wild siamang,” involves testing how human-induced noise affects the loud, long, almost daily duets of the siamangs – the largest of the gibbons.
D’Agostino said the implications of his study extend well beyond the black furry mammals.
“One of the most important parts of my doctoral education here at SIU is learning how to put this into an evolutionary perspective. It is possible, but at the same time quite difficult, to clearly show that if a close relative to humans, with a similar vocalization system, is impacted by noise, then all modern humans are also likely susceptible,” he said. “This project also has important conservation implications and could show that these animals are impacted not only by direct deforestation, but also by subtle things like human noise.”
In addition to his research, D’Agostino, in partnership with Syiah Kuala University, Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari and the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, will work with local field guides and make educational presentations in local ...
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Humboldt State Softball ranked No.3 in Latest Coaches Poll
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Humboldt State Softball moved up two spots in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll after going 4-1 in last weeks' conference action. HSU now sit at No. 3 in the coaches poll coming in behind Angelo State and Harden University. HSU saw outstanding performances by senior Madison Williams in its three-game series against Cal State San Marcos. Williams threw her third career no hitter in game one of the series before then added a complete game two hitter in game three. Williams allowed one earned run on the day giving up just two hits in 12 innings pitched and striking out 17 batters. HSU sits at 32-8 on the season and 20-7 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play. The Jacks travel to Sonoma State for a four-game series, with doubleheaders both Friday and Saturday. Print Friendly Version
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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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Students Gain Experience from Mass Casualty Drill
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The Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus hosted the third annual mass casualty day last Saturday. A tornado disaster was the scenario for this year's exercise and about 40 volunteers were made up to look as if they had real injuries, simulating a variety of medical scenarios for the students, faculty, and staff involved in the drill. There were 100 participants in the drill. A mock hospital was set up including a triage area, an emergency room, a minor treatment unit, a surgical unit and a recovery room area. Patients were triaged and treated by students from all the health care departments, including diagnostic technicians from x-rays and sonography imaging. This learning experience allowed participants to practice health care skills for multiple injured people in a controlled but chaotic "disaster" situation. The College prepares health care providers in different forms including nursing, radiology technology, sonographers, and surgical technicians. These kinds of experiences better prepare students to be on the front lines of health care delivery. The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department's emergency medical technicians also participated in the drill, as well as some MC emergency preparedness management students.
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Wausau Staff Paint HeadStart Facility in Marathon County
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Three staff members from the Wausau campus joined together to paint the restroom facilities at the HeadStart child care facility in Marathon County mid-August.HeadStart contacted the campus for help since it has volunteered the past two years. Regional Community Manager Kim Boyce, and Wausau campus program managers Susie Krause and Tina Wojciehowski both participated this year. “Susie and I really enjoyed getting out in the community to lend a hand,” Wojciehowski said. “Everyone at HeadStart was so appreciative and they thanked us many times for our service. It was also nice to see the progress that we made on the bathroom in the couple of hours that we spent painting.” Check out how other Rasmussen College campuses give back to their communities.
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Miami's herbarium home to about 650,000 dried plants - and no beetles
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By Margo Kissell, university news and communications
A South African plant
Mike Vincent is in search of coffee — but not the kind to fill his cup.
He’s on the hunt for a dried plant from the genus Coffea arabica.
The curator of the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium in Upham Hall winds his way through the tall metal cabinets spread across three floors known as the stacks. He walks down a row and opens a cabinet, revealing neatly stacked sheets of paper containing preserved coffee plants.
He pulls out one that was once part of a doctoral student’s botanical study in South America.
“This was being grown in a family’s garden in a village in Peru,” said Vincent (Miami ’78, MA ’83, Ph.D. ’91), an instructor of biology who has been the curator for 30 years.
The herbarium is a systematically arranged collection of approximately 650,000 dried plants from around the world. The collection dates back to the 1790s and burgeoned in 1967 with the purchase of Oberlin College’s sizable collection.
Mike Vincent in the herbarium stacks. View the video below to see the smallest flowering plant in the world.
Still believed to be Ohio’s largest herbarium, the collection has a variety of specimens, including vascular plants as well as bryophytes, fungi, lichens, algae and fossil plants.
“We have all sorts of things. Basically anything you can think of, we probably have representations of it,” he said.
After working here so many years, Vincent jokes that he has the research facility mapped out in his head, which means he can find things quickly such as black pepper, orchids and clovers.
His “lifelong study of clovers” got its start by accident.
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Vincent said he began working on the classification of the genus Trifolium in the late 1980s during a field trip to south central Ohio. It was raining, the clay ...
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Brings Performance & Education To Greensboro
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is busy at work here in the Triad. The world-renowned band, and its leader, Wynton Marsalis are pursuing their mission to raise jazz awareness through performance and education.
Band members are teaching music students on the UNC Greensboro campus Thursday, and acclaimed trumpeter Marsalis will hold a public talk. He’s influenced an entire generation of musicians, like UNCG professor Brandon Lee. Lee first joined the JLCO as a teenager, and still tours with the group when his busy teaching schedule allows. He spoke to WFDD's David Ford
Interview Highlights:
On his early musical influence:
On his [Wynton Marsalis'] album, Standard Time Volume 2, there was just something about Wynton’s sound that I gravitated toward, especially after I started playing the trumpet. Since then, growing up, trying to find every single record of his, and [I] finally [had] the opportunity to meet him in person when I was fifteen. I mean, everything about the way that I would like to carry myself in the music — I mean he’s just influenced me in so many ways. And that was everything leading up to my going to Juilliard, and playing with Jazz at Lincoln Center.
UNCG Professor and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter Brandon Lee. (Photo credit: Daniel Rice)On Wynton Marsalis’ playing philosophy:
The thing that Wynton is speaking to is the idea that no matter if you’re in the practice room or not, you should approach it as though you are performing, and as though you’re trying to play at the highest level.
On performing in the JLCO;
It’s definitely something to be around musicians that are at such a high level all the time — great thinkers of the music and obviously great players. It’s not about who’s the best person in the orchestra, it’s ...
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Africa in the news: Nigeria introduces new foreign exchange window, U.S. Defense Secretary visits Djibouti, and Burundi denies access to WFP convoy
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Nigeria’s central bank opens a new foreign exchange window to attract investors
On Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced a new window for investors and exporters to engage in foreign exchange trading. The platform—called the Investors’ and Exporters’ FX Window—aims to boost the availability of U.S. dollars in the economy. The window allows sellers and buyers to conduct currency trades via phone at rates determined by the market, falling between the official interbank rate and the black-market rate. Banks, portfolio investors, exporters, and the central bank will sell hard currency to interested buyers via this platform. Those eligible to purchase dollars through the new system include people and businesses using dollars to repay loans and loan interest, pay dividends, repatriate capital, or resolve trade-related obligations. By creating a market where the naira can be traded at a weaker value than the official interbank rate for certain transactions, the platform strives to attract foreign investors and improve the supply of U.S. dollars in the economy, without policymakers resorting to floating or devaluing the currency, which could lead to an inflationary spiral.
On Wednesday, the naira closed at 380.39 on the new foreign exchange trading window while the naira’s official interbank market rate stood at 305.90 naira and the black-market rate was 388 naira. With the advent of the new window, Nigeria now has six exchange rates: the new rate, the official interbank rate, the black-market rate, a rate for Muslim pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia, a retail rate set by licensed exchange bureaus, and a rate for foreign travel and school fees.
Pentagon chiefs visits Djibouti and issues a warning against piracy
This week, United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis was in Djibouti where he met with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh to advance U.S.-Djibouti efforts towards promoting regional stability as well as visit ...
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2017 Excellence in Teaching Awards Announced
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Provost Frances Bronet has announced the recipients of this year’s faculty teaching awards:
Board of Trustees Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award: Professor Ullica Segerstrale (Lewis College of Human Sciences)
Ullica Segerstrale’s teaching has educated and inspired both students majoring in social sciences and students across several other departments. In her courses she encourages students to engage important sociological theories and apply them to practical matters creatively. Although many of her students take her classes as part of their core curriculum, they find her courses relevant, enlightening, and a valuable complement to the work they do in their majors.
Students find her teaching style to be a nice balance between formal instruction and informal, student-driven discussion and exploration of ideas and applications. And students find her to be generous with her time and attention to their particular needs as well as understanding of the variety of personal experiences and challenges they face.
Segerstrale has mentored many students through her role as advisor to the Camras Scholars program. Her courses on the sociology of the built environment have added a necessary dimension to the training of future architects and planners. As a result she is in demand as a member of graduate committees and as a mentor for students who anticipate careers that include university-level teaching.
In sum, students across Illinois Tech hold Segerstrale’s teaching in high esteem. She is sought after as an instructor and mentor. She is generous with her time and energies. Students value the intellectual content of her courses; her sensitivity and responsiveness to their needs, interests, and cultures; and the contribution that her courses make to their professional and personal development. Her teaching is an important part of the contribution that Social Sciences and Human Sciences make to the broader mission of Illinois Tech.
John W. Rowe University Excellence in Teaching Award: Associate Professor Kimberly ...
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College of DuPage Receives National Endowment for the Humanities 'Dialogues on the Experience of War' Grant
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By Jennifer DudaCollege of DuPage is among 15 institutions and one of only two community colleges
to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities “Dialogues on the
Experience of War” program.The College’s Liberal Arts Division received $72,310, which project director and COD
English Professor Franz Burnier will use for a team-taught seminar titled “Connections
and Disconnections in U.S. Military Conflicts: From the Illinois Frontier to the Global
Frontier.” Part of NEH’s Standing Together initiative, Dialogues on the Experience of War grants provide opportunities for veterans,
through the study and discussion of important humanities sources, to think more deeply
about issues raised by war and military service.Scheduled to be offered during the spring 2018 semester, the seminar project is designed
to help student veterans discuss their war experiences in a broader literary and historical
context.“I want our students to see their military experience as part of a continuum that
hasn’t really changed in our country’s history,” Burnier said. “One of the biggest
challenges veterans have is that they compartmentalize their service versus their
public lives. We’re hoping they step up and come together to review and learn about
past wars to help them connect and understand how military conflict has shaped and
continues to shape the nation.”Burnier, along with fellow English Professor Michelle Moore, History professors Sam
Mitrani and Ben Whisenhunt, Veterans Student Services Manager Jose Alferez and Associate
Professor and Reference Librarian Jason Ertz, will lead students through an exploration
of military operations via history and prose, drawing parallels between conflicts.
The seminar’s two war periods, from the Illinois frontier conflict between 1812 and
1832 to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, were selected for their value
in showing both historical precedent and contemporary relevance, he said.“We want to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of the complexity of war ...
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Long inspired by Justice Brandeis, he ends up at Brandeis University
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April 26, 2017
As a kid growing up in a Jewish family in the Boston area, Ira Jackson was fascinated with the legacy of Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish justice on the US Supreme Court.
Now, in a way, Jackson will have his own opportunity to contribute to that legacy.
He joined Brandeis University, named after the famed judge, this week as senior vice president for communications and external relations following new president Ron Leibowitz’s decision to recruit Jackson from UMass Boston.Jackson says he sees his job at Brandeis as being a “dot connector,” linking folks at the Waltham university with leaders at businesses, colleges, and nonprofits:
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“Part of my role would be to try to connect more directly some of the [Brandeis] centers of excellence with the many other great institutions that exist in Boston.”
To many in the business community, Jackson is best known for his 12 years in a top job at BankBoston, under CEOs Ira Stepanian and Chad Gifford. Jackson left the bank in 1999 for a career in academia, one that included stints at Harvard and MIT as well as out-of-state roles with Arizona State University and Claremont Graduate University.He spent more than four years at UMass Boston and says his decision to join Brandeis had nothing to do with UMass Boston’s financial turmoil. “I’m sad to leave UMass Boston,” Jackson says, “where some of my heart will remain.”
Leibowitz praised Jackson in a memo to the Brandeis community, saying he “has energy and creativity, and a proven track record of working with complex organizations to achieve big things in a way that makes people feel good about being part of the change.” — JON CHESTO
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Centered on Innovation: AERIS Center Will Focus on Technical Training for Aviation Pros
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The newest research center to join the university is the Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance, nicknamed AERIS, which is Greek for air. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to invest $5 million over the next five years in this public-private partnership, which includes a team of top-tier academic research institutions and more than 20 industry partners.
“We are honored that the FAA chose an Embry-Riddle-led team to conduct research needed to transform training for its 22,000-employee air traffic organization workforce,” says Karen Holbrook, interim university president. Embry-Riddle will lead research and development on technical training for air traffic controllers, aviation safety inspectors, engineers, pilots and technicians, with a focus on human performance. Other research centers at Embry-Riddle include:
Eagle Flight Research Center (EFRC)
The university’s aerospace/ aviation research and development facility, EFRC conducts experimental flight testing, aircraft modifications for FAA certification, and design and testing of aircraft and unmanned aerial systems.
Robertson Aviation Safety Center (RASC)
As a professional development, outreach and consulting organization, RASC offers opportunities for advanced professional training, consulting on safety projects with corporate partners and applied research activities.
Center for Space and Atmospheric Research (CSAR)
This center explores the fundamental physics of planetary atmospheres and space environments.
Cybersecurity and Assured Systems Engineering Center (CyBASE)
CyBASE is composed of Embry-Riddle faculty members who conduct research in cybersecurity associated with critical infrastructures and assured systems, such as aviation and aerospace systems. It’s also involved in projects that include embedded systems security, aviation and aerospace cybersecurity, digital forensics and cloud computing security.
Center for Wildlife and Aviation
By combining Embry-Riddle’s resources with those of other institutions, including the FAA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Wildlife Services), the Department of Defense (Air Force and Navy) and the Bird Strike International Committee, the center seeks to collect, maintain and disseminate relevant bird ...
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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to Address UMass Boston Class of 2017
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Biomedical Researcher and Investor Gerald Chan to Deliver Keynote Address at Graduate Ceremony Irina Bokova, the first woman and first Eastern European to serve as the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will deliver the keynote address at the University of Massachusetts Boston’s 49th undergraduate commencement on Friday, May 26, at the TD Garden.
Bokova is a veteran international diplomat who has fought for women’s rights and against racism and anti-Semitism, and has combatted the financing of terrorist acts through illicit trafficking in cultural goods. She will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree for her service and commitment to equal education and human rights throughout the world.
UMass Boston will award degrees to more than 4,100 graduates this year. To accommodate the record numbers, the university will hold two commencement ceremonies. The undergraduate ceremony will be held Friday, May 26 at 9:30 a.m. in the TD Garden. The graduate ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 25 at 3 p.m. at the Blue Hills Pavilion, by the Boston Harbor. For more information, visit www.umb.edu/commencement.
Gerald Chan, a biomedical researcher and investor who pioneered the treatment of cancer with oncolytic viruses, cancer vaccines, next-generation chemotherapeutic agents, and biologics that modify the tumor micro-environment, will deliver the keynote address at the graduate ceremony. He will be honored with an honorary Doctor of Science degree for his innovative work in biotechnology.
Chan, a native of Hong Kong, has worked on novel antibiotics, affordable prophylactic vaccines, and antiviral drugs. In neurology, he worked on groundbreaking treatments for Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, and autism.
Bokova and Chan will be joined by honorees Eileen Pollack, the prolific, award-winning author of such works as Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull; Richard Holbrook, former chairman and chief executive of Eastern Bank; Pedro Rosselló, the seventh ...
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Stock, Fourth-Seeded Babson Rise Past Top-Seeded Softball in NEWMAC Tournament
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Apr 28, 2017
WORCESTER -- Freshman Brooke Stock (Fort Lauderdale, FL) did not allow a hit the first time through the order and struck out three with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth as fourth-seeded Babson upset top-seeded WPI, 4-1, Friday evening in the nightcap of a NEWMAC Softball Championship twinbill on Rooftop Field.
The Beavers, who are eighth in the NCAA Regional Rankings, end the day 25-12 as the Engineers, who are fifth on the regional scroll, slip to 27-12. Babson plays second-seeded Springfield in the winners bracket game tomorrow at approximately 5pm while the WPI is back in action at 1pm versus sixth-seeded Wellesley in an elimination game. FULL BRACKET BELOW
WPI junior Ama Biney (Worcester, MA) began to break the ice with a triple to begin the bottom of the fourth. Two batters later, junior RiAnna May (Westminster, CO) sent a well-placed hit in shallow left field to chase Biney home. Babson then responded with four in the top of the fifth. Freshman Jacqueline Paul (Burlington, NJ) evened it at 1-1 with an RBI double to right center. The Beavers took the lead on a run-producing single by sophomore Josephine Mares (Houston, TX) and junior Samantha Smith (Hillsborough, NJ) made it a 4-1 game with a two-run double to left.
The Engineers had the bases loaded with zero outs in the bottom of the fifth; however, Stock punched out the top of the order to escape the jam. Stock and the Beaver defense retired the hosts in order in the sixth before each side recorded a hit in the seventh.
In all, Stock (14-5), who shutout the Engineers in game two last weekend, established a new career-best of 14 strikeouts while allowing only one run on four hits and one walk. WPI freshman Mackenzie Phillips (Gill, MA) struck out a pair on the loss while junior Casey ...
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Synthetic gas would cut air pollution but worsen climate damage in China
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China's smog has created a public health crisis that has led the Chinese government to declare a war on air pollution. In addition, as part of the Paris climate agreements, China has committed to peaking its CO2 emissions by 2030 or sooner. A new study led by researchers at Princeton University analyzes a conflict between these goals in China's plans to use synthetic natural gas, a fuel derived from coal that is relatively free of conventional air pollutants but the production of which increases emissions of carbon dioxide, relative to direct coal combustion.
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UMD's David Inouye Comments on Changes in Many Species' Timing & Migration - National Geographic
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Column: Incoming president Robert Robbins contracted at highest salary for the position in UA history
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The United States is not the only place that has brought in a new president to take over; our beloved UA has brought in a new commander in chief to take place of President Ann Weaver Hart at a rather steep price tag.
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington receives grant to develop novel statistical methods to study tooth decay and orofacial clefts
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IU School of Public Health-Bloomington receives grant to develop novel statistical methods to study tooth decay and orofacial cleftsJan. 24, 2017Orofacial clefts are one of the most common birth defects in the U.S., affecting more than 7,000 babies each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Orofacial clefts, along with tooth decay, pose significant public health burdens including potentially high costs of treatment for those affected and negative impact on quality of life.“The causes of dental caries, or tooth decay, and orofacial clefts have been studied quite extensively and we know that genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of these two issues,” explains Nianjun Liu, professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. “We need more research, however, into the genetic variants causing dental caries and orofacial clefts, and then translating this knowledge into clinical practice to help patients.”
Liu says that the lack of powerful statistical methods had impeded genetic research of complex diseases such as dental caries and orofacial clefts. With a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, he hopes to change this.
Over the next two years, Liu will work to develop new statistical methods to facilitate the identification of new genetic variants that contribute to the development of dental caries and orofacial clefts. In addition, he will develop and validate new models to predict the risk of these two conditions.
“Our ultimate goal is to improve our understanding of what leads to the development of these disorders and use these findings to improve clinical practice,” says Liu. “With this study specifically, I hope we’ll have new and powerful statistical models that will allow us to identify new genetic variants that underpin dental caries and orofacial clefts, and to predict the risk for developing these disorders.”
Liu began work on this grant-funded project in ...
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The Morehead-Cain Foundation announces its Class of 2021
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The Morehead-Cain Foundation announces its Class of 2021
Sixty-six new Morehead-Cain Scholars from across North Carolina, the US and the world will matriculate at UNC-Chapel Hill this fall
(Chapel Hill, N.C. – April 28, 2017) – The Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the first merit scholarship program in the U.S. and founded at the first public university in the country, is proud to announce its class of 2021.
This fall, Morehead-Cain will welcome to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 66 new Morehead-Cain Scholars from across North Carolina, the U.S. and the world. The class of 2021 includes:
37 scholars from North Carolina
29 scholars from outside North Carolina, including:
23 scholars from 15 different states.
One scholar from the United Kingdom.
Three scholars from Canada.
One scholar from Albania.
One scholar from Singapore.
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship covers all expenses for four years of undergraduate study at UNC-Chapel Hill. It also features a distinctive program of summer enrichment experiences designed to support students as they learn and grow. During the course of four summers, scholars will have opportunities to complete an outdoor leadership course, commit themselves to public service in the U.S. or abroad, conduct research at sites around the world and gain experience in private enterprise.
The Summer Enrichment Program is complemented by the Morehead-Cain Discovery Fund. Scholars are encouraged and receive financial support to more deeply explore their interests, whether those involve studying under celebrated artists, attending leadership retreats or obtaining wilderness first responder certification. From researching food and agriculture industries in Iceland to examining the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Morehead-Cain Scholars have the resources to pursue educational opportunities wherever they may find them.
As set out in the program’s founding documents, selection criteria for the Morehead-Cain are leadership, moral force of character, academic achievement and physical vigor. Morehead-Cain recipients are chosen solely on the ...
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Report highlights benefits of science to economy
Northwestern Now: Summaries
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress determines the funding levels for the federal science agencies for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, a new report highlights one of the many ways investments in basic scientific research benefits the overall economy: the formation of new companies.“American-Made Innovation Sparking Economic Growth” was released this week by The Science Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose membership includes leading U.S. public and private research universities, including Northwestern University.The report identifies 102 companies that exist because academic researchers had access to competitively awarded grants. These grants come from the very agencies under consideration to receive cuts in budget proposals coming out of the White House.These agencies include the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.The total public investment in the foundational research behind the companies was just over $265 million spread over several decades. The companies employ 8,900 workers in communities across the country. They are paying taxes, purchasing materials, equipment and services and otherwise contributing to their local economies. The companies are doing all of this while bringing to market the type of transformational innovations that keep the United States globally competitive and the world’s leader in science and technology.An online database accompanying the report provides profiles for each company and is sortable by state, university, funding agency and type of innovation.“Each one of these companies is an American innovation success story and illustrates the powerful ripple effect that the partnership between the federal government and our nation’s research institutions has on society and our economy,” said Glynda Becker, president of The Science Coalition.“If Washington, D.C., is serious about creating good jobs, producing American goods and keeping the U.S. ahead of our international competitors, then, as this report shows, continued strong and steady funding ...
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Prof. Martha Nussbaum to deliver Jefferson Lecture on May 1
UChicago News
Prof. Martha C. Nussbaum will deliver the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on May 1 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Her talk, “Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. CST and will be webcast by the National Endowment for the Humanities.In her speech, Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, will draw on her years of work on the role of emotion in politics to explore the emotional dynamics at play in American and other societies today—including the ways in which uncertainty leads to the blaming of outsider groups.
The lecture, established by the NEH in 1972, is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Previous speakers include jurist and law professor Paul Freund, writer Saul Bellow, historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., literary critic Helen Vendler and filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
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The Dear Abbeys Turn 25
BU Today
The idea was simple enough. Bring together a small group of men who liked to arrange and perform popular songs. That was 1992. Now, two-and-a-half decades later, members of the Dear Abbeys, BU’s only all-male a cappella group, are celebrating their silver anniversary with a concert tomorrow night at their longtime home, Morse Auditorium.
The release of the Dear Abbeys’ 10th album, Songs for Mary Todd, coincides with the concert. The album goes on sale Saturday and can be downloaded via iTunes and Spotify the same day.
“What’s special about this show is that it’s the Dear Abbeys’ 25th anniversary this year, so it’ll be our 25th anniversary concert,” says Yanni Metaxas (CAS’17), the group’s president. “That means more fun, more entertainment, more tradition, and a lot more alumni.”
Since its founding, the group has earned national and international plaudits. They’ve traveled the country from Alaska to New Orleans, appeared with music legends like Steven Tyler, Ben Folds, and Pentatonix, and won the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) in 2005. Not bad for an organization whose first concert, 25 years back, was nearly canceled because of a blizzard. (Fans showed up anyway, filling Morse Auditorium.)
“We had a line all the way to Warren Towers,” recalls founding member Jamie Kirkpatrick (COM’93). “That really was the moment that we knew we had hit on something, that this was something the University wanted and students craved and would come out for.”
The group’s original members chose the name Dear Abbeys in honor of Abby Borodach (CAS’86), then director of the Student Activities office, who helped them become an official club. She’s better known today as Abby Elmore, wife of Kenneth Elmore (SED’87), associate provost and dean of students.
The 13 vocalists on the constantly changing roster come from a wide variety of disciplines. “We have one ...
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Mānoa: A fun Friday at Keiki Health Camp 2017
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 26, 2017Keiki crowd around the UV light box that shows whether they have clean hands.Good Friday, April 14, was Fun Friday for 70 children, in preschool through sixth-grade, who opted to spend the holiday at Kalihi’s Linapuni Elementary School for the fifth annual Keiki Health Camp, sponsored by John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) medical students.The half-day event kicked off with a nutritious lunch, followed by a warm-up stretch and dance sessions. students showed off their best “chicken dance,” jumping jacks and renditions of “head, shoulders, knees and toes.”Once moving, the youngsters rotated through various educational stations, all creatively crafted by members of the JABSOM MD Class of 2017’s Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. This year’s camp featured activities focused on nutrition, fitness, hand-washing techniques and even anatomy.Visiting keiki prepared fruit and yogurt parfaits, illustrated well-balanced meals, learned how to identify parts of the human skeleton, and pieced together a three-dimensional magnetic “human anatomy” puzzle.The “hand-washing” station was particularly popular as students had the opportunity to place their hands in a UV light box and clearly view the difference between clean and unwashed hands.Students from the University of Hawai’i School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene hosted an array of special games to teach keiki how to brush and floss their teeth and how to avoid – or “hack” – the plaque.Outdoor fitness festivities included baseball, soccer and a jump rope jamboree.The Keiki Health Camp is an annual event hosted by the medical school’s AOA Honor Medical Society. It is a 100% student-driven endeavor.Mahalo to the medical students, pre-medicine volunteers and the community sponsors including HMSA, Sodexo, the Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Pediatrics, who helped make the 2017 Keiki Health Camp a great success!For more information, ...
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Class of 2017: Making a difference in health care for Hispanics
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Maried Nava PerezSenior Maried Nava Perez moved to Atlanta from Venezuela as a five-year-old.
“My dad signed to play major league baseball, and my mom did not want to move,” she said. “Now, I thank God we did because that was one of the best decisions of my life.”
The second best decision—choosing to go to Georgia College, where she majored in community health.
“Community health brought together my two passions of promoting health and helping people,” said Perez. “I really enjoyed all of Dr. Heidi Fowler’s classes. Seeing her passion and how she made an impact made me realize I had picked the right major.”
This spring she’s put what she learned in the classroom into action as she interned with the Strong4Life at Children’s Healthcare Atlanta. Strong4Life is a public awareness campaign that focuses on helping busy parents raise healthier families.
“We coordinate health fairs, school nutritional campaigns, encourage healthy eating and much more,” said Perez.
Of all the work she’s done to help combat childhood obesity, she calls her semester project, her “proudest accomplishment.”
“When I first started working here, I realized there were very limited resources for Hispanics, so I conducted interviews at a local pediatricians office to find out what moms wanted to learn more about and areas we could work to provide more resources,” she said.
Because of her work, the organization is making an effort to reach out to Hispanics and is even working to create a Spanish website with information on healthy living.
“I am interviewing for jobs now, but I know I want to work with Hispanics because I know they struggle with healthy living,” said Perez.
Involved with Campus Catholics and the Latino Student Association while pursuing her undergraduate degree, she says she’s sad to leave Georgia College, but also excited for ...
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West Campus Street Improvements Alter Access
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West Campus Street Improvements Alter Access
April 28, 2017
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Some streets will be closed to traffic and parking during this project.
Due to scheduled street improvements, access to several roads by West Campus Housing will be affected beginning Monday, May 8. Streets should be fully operational toward the end of May, after the Memorial Day holiday.
Beginning May 8, parking permit holders will not be able to park on McMillan Street, Turner Place, or Curran Street. Affected permit holders will be allowed to park in zones WR30 and WR29.
Also toward the end of the spring semester, Georgia Tech Stinger buses (Red and Blue routes) will be rerouted in this area to accommodate move-out activities beginning on May 1. The closest Stinger bus stops during this time will be at the intersection of Ferst Drive and Hemphill Avenue. The Midnight Rambler will continue to run in this area until the end of the spring semester and will cease operations, as normal, during the summer semester. Stingerette Nighttime service to the area may also be delayed due to detours and longer routes. There may also be a need to alter Stingerette Nighttime pickup/drop-off locations. Regular transit operations will resume once the roads reopen in late May.
Beginning May 22, McMillan Street, Turner Place, and Curran Street will be closed to through traffic. Access to this area will be limited to emergency and service vehicles. Sixth Street will remain open to accommodate two-way vehicular traffic.
All construction work including road striping is expected to be complete by mid-June 2017. For updates, visit Facilities Management’s Campus Construction webpage.
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Friday, April 28, 2017
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
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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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
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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.
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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
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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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