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Astronomers identified rare pairs of quasars right next to each other on the sky and measured subtle differences in the absorption of intergalactic atoms measured along the two sightlines. This enabled them to detect small-scale fluctuations in primeval hydrogen gas. See larger image. (Credit: J. Onorbe/MPIA)The most barren regions of the universe are the far-flung corners of intergalactic space. In these vast expanses between the galaxies, a diffuse haze of hydrogen gas left over from the Big Bang is spread so thin there's only one atom per cubic meter. On the largest scales, this diffuse material is arranged in a vast network of filamentary structures known as the “cosmic web,” its tangled strands spanning billions of light years and accounting for the majority of atoms in the Universe.
Now a team of astronomers including J. Xavier Prochaska, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in this primeval hydrogen gas. Although the regions of cosmic web they studied lie nearly 11 billion light years away, they were able to measure variations in its structure on scales a 100,000 times smaller, comparable to the size of a single galaxy. The researchers presented their findings in a paper published April 27 in Science.
Intergalactic gas is so tenuous that it emits no light of its own. Instead astronomers study it indirectly, by observing how it selectively absorbs the light coming from faraway sources known as quasars. Quasars constitute a brief hyper-luminous phase of the galactic life-cycle, powered by the infall of matter onto a galaxy's central supermassive black hole. They thus act like cosmic lighthouses—bright, distant beacons that allow astronomers to study intergalactic atoms residing between the quasars location and Earth.
Because these hyper-luminous episodes last only a tiny fraction of a galaxy’s lifetime, quasars are correspondingly rare on the sky, and ...
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Ripples in cosmic web measured using rare double quasars
New Political Challenges Focus of 10th Annual Chancellor’s Diversity Forum
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National political issues that impact the UC San Francisco community were at the forefront during the 10th annual Chancellor’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Inclusion.
Organized by the Office of Diversity and Outreach, led by Vice Chancellor Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD, the forum provides an annual opportunity for students, staff and faculty to engage in conversation with leadership around key diversity issues impacting the University’s mission.
University leaders discussed a number of national issues, including the continuing efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the executive order restricting immigration, support for undocumented students, and advocating for science-based policies. They acknowledged that the challenges are great, but that it is more important than ever to stand up and speak out.
“I think the operative words are ‘especially now,’” said Daniel Lowenstein, MD, executive vice chancellor and provost, who moderated the panel. He said that events of the last six months “have changed the dynamic of the issues we have to contend with.”
Throughout the event, speakers pointed to ways that UCSF can work together to be an inclusive community.
“We are committed to cultivating a community where everyone from all backgrounds has the right to work and study in an inclusive environment where they can reach their full potential,” said Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, in his opening remarks.
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Using Science to Stand Up
Andrew Bindman, MD, professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, has researched the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and he was the director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – until he was “given the opportunity to resign” by the new administration. He said the Affordable Care Act has “shrunk but not eliminated disparities in coverage for minority groups” and that the expansion of Medicaid has increased coverage to three to four million Californians.
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FIU’s Jonnu Smith Drafted by the Tennessee Titans
FIU Athletics
PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2017) – FIU tight end Jonnu Smith has been selected by the Tennessee Titans in the 3rd round (100th pick) of the 2017 NFL Draft. Smith becomes the seventh Panther in FIU history to be selected in the NFL Draft and the first since 2013 (Johnathan Cyprien – second round/pick 33; Tourek Williams – sixth round/pick 179). This past season, Smith appeared and started in 11 games for the Panthers. The native of Ocala, Florida, caught 42 passes for 506 yards and four touchdowns. He became the fifth player in FIU history to register over 2,000 yards receiving during a career (2,001 yards). Smith averaged 12.0 yards-per-catch and 46.0 yards-per-game in 2016. He finished his career registering at least one reception in every game he played (43-straight – second-most in school history). Smith caught the game-winning touchdown pass at Charlotte – his first TD catch of the season. He opened the season with a season-high eight catches for 83 yards versus Indiana (Sept. 1). A Second-Team All-C-USA selection in 2016, Smith was a Preseason First-Team All-Conference USA honoree by Athlon and Phil Steele and was named to the John Mackey Award Watch List. For his career, Smith recorded 178 receptions for 2,001 yards and 18 touchdowns. Among all positions, Smith ranks No. 4 all-time in career receptions, No. 5 in career receiving yards and No. 3 in career receiving touchdowns in the FIU record books. At pick No. 100, Smith's selection is the third-highest in FIU history behind Cyprien (No. 33 in 2013) and T.Y. Hilton (No. 92 in 2012). The NFL Draft will resume on Saturday, April 29, with rounds 4-7. #####About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is ...
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Pocic, Riley, Beckwith Among NFL Draft Day 2 Picks
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BATON ROUGE -- LSU Football players continues to be grabbed at a record pace in the 2017 NFL Draft, as three more Tigers were selected in the second and third rounds held Friday night in Philadelphia.
With Leonard Fournette, Jamal Adams and Tre'Davious White each taken in the first round Thursday night, the three-round total of six Tigers drafted matches a school record set in 2013. LSU looks to break its record of nine draftees (2013 and 2014).
The final four rounds of the NFL Draft start Saturday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN and the NFL Network.
Senior center Ethan Pocic was the first off the board on draft day 2, 58th overall pick (second round) by the Seattle Seahawks.
In the third round, linebackers Duke Riley and Kendell Beckwith heard their names called and will each see familiar faces in their professional destinations.
Riley, a senior from Buras, Louisiana, was the 75th overall selection (third round) by the NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons. Riley will find himself alongside former Tigers linebacker and Super Bowl participant Deion Jones, a second-round pick in 2016 who had a spectacular rookie season with 108 tackles, 14 passes defended and three interceptions with two defensive touchdowns.
Riley was named LSU's Defensive MVP in 2016 after starking all 12 games with 93 tackles including nine behind the line of scrimmage.
Beckwith, also a senior from Clinton, Louisiana, was the final pick of Friday's third round (107th overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He, too, joins a former Tiger coming off a terrific season, as linebacker Kwon Alexander. Alexander, a fourth-round pick of the Bucs in 2015, finished fourth in the NFL with 145 tackles in 2016.
Pocic, a native of Lemont, Illinois, returned for his senior season, graduated in December, and became a First-Team All-American and First-Team All-SEC center. He was a three-year starter on an LSU line that produced 1,000-yard rushes ...
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No upper limit to Rice LIFT proposals
Faculty prepares to pitch scores of great ideas at May 2 symposium
The Rice LIFT symposium could be the greatest campus brainstorm yet.
The May 2 symposium — the full title is “Leading Innovation Through Faculty Thought” — will highlight the ideas of Rice University faculty members who responded in overwhelming fashion to the administration’s request for “big endeavors” the institution should undertake in its second century.
A total of 61 proposals by faculty teams will be presented to the campus community starting at 12:30 p.m. in Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium, with an introduction by Board of Trustees Chairman Bobby Tudor ’82.
“It’s not just the volume that’s been wonderful to see,” said Rice Provost Marie Lynn Miranda. “It’s the creativity and the way faculty have come together in the collaborative and collegial spirit that has characterized the whole exercise.”
The proposals will be presented in three-minute talks by one representative from each team, with time between groups of pitches for discussion. Teams were required to have at least three faculty members, though most of the proposals include many more and from multiple disciplines.
Faculty members were asked to submit their proposals to a protected site only they could visit. But they could all see each other’s proposals and comment, which many did. Miranda said she was delighted that faculty have put so much energy into the effort.
“I’m hearing from lots of people that they appreciate the opportunity to put their best ideas forward for consideration in the strategic-planning process,” she said, noting that multiple members of the board of trustees will join the president, provost’s office, vice presidents and deans in the audience.
While many proposals address areas of specific interest to schools and departments, some suggest that Rice expand its reach into the community. “These proposals were always meant to touch on research, education and ...
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La UPC investirà doctor ‘honoris causa’ l’astrofísic nord-americà Kip S. Thorne
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Kip S. Thorne (Logan, Utah, 1940) és actualment Feynman Professor emèrit de Física Teòrica al California Institute of Technology (Caltech), als Estats Units. Titulat pel CalTech (1962) i doctorat per la Universitat de Princeton (1965), és un dels majors experts mundials en física gravitacional i astrofísica i, en concret, en evolució estel·lar, l’estudi dels forats negres i, especialment, l’emissió d’ones gravitatòries. És, de fet, l’autoritat mundial en aquest darrer camp: va ser un dels promotors del Laser Inteferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), un projecte que va permetre confirmar, de manera experimental, l’existència d’aquestes ones, la darrera de les prediccions de la Teoria de la Relativitat General d’Albert Einstein que encara estava per comprovar. Un descobriment que ha suposat l’obertura d’una nova era per a la física, l’astrofísica i la cosmologia ja que permetrà explorar les propietats de l’Univers mitjançant una nova finestra observacional i que ha estat comparat amb el que va suposar la introducció dels primers telescopis òptics per a l’observació astronòmica. La recerca de Thorne no s’ha centrat només en àrees científiques, com ara la gravitació, l’òptica i l’astrofísica, sinó també en àrees de caire marcadament tecnològic, com ara el disseny d’algorismes de processat de senyal, conformant d’aquesta manera una trajectòria professional de marcat caire multidisciplinari. L’impacte de la seva tasca acadèmica és inqüestionable ja que els seus treballs han rebut més de 30.000 cites, acredita un índex H de 79, i ha estat el mentor de tota una generació de científics que han realitzat la tesi doctoral sota la seva supervisió. Thorne ha rebut, a més, nombrosos reconeixements de les institucions acadèmiques més prestigioses del món. Des de 2009, Thorne compagina la seva recerca científica amb la faceta d’escriptor ...
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Medical Educators at UC Honored for Their Excellence
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CoM's Medical Education Dinner was held Thursday, April 27, at The Bell Event
Centre with Andrew Filak Jr., MD, senior associate dean for academic affairs,
presenting awards.
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LSC-CyFair Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Earns Prestigious International Recognition as ‘Most Distinguished Chapter’
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: April 20, 2017 The Beta Lambda Mu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Lone Star College-CyFair was named 2017 Most Distinguished Chapter, ranking it first among 1,300 chapters.
The Most Distinguished Chapter is the highest honor given to a Phi Theta Kappa chapter.
I am very proud of this impressive achievement of our students, said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC chancellor. This award validates our commitment to ensuring excellence in teaching and learning to promote student success.
This is the third year in a row a PTK chapter from LSC has been named Most Distinguished Chapter. LSC-Tomball received the award in 2015 and 2016. The award was given at the annual PTK conference held earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee.
We are so proud of our students, said Dr. Seelpa Keshvala, LSC-CyFair president. This is an amazing accomplishment, and we are very grateful to our chapter advisors for their leadership, Dr. Blake Ellis and Veronica Martinez, who dedicated their efforts to help our students experience such great success.
The mission of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize academic achievement of college students and to provide opportunities for them to grow as scholars and leaders. PTK is the official honors society for two-year colleges and it has more than 1,300 chapters and almost 3 million members in the United States, Canada, Germany, Peru, the Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates, Guam and American Samoa
To receive this recognition once is quite an achievement, said Debbra Esparza, LSC executive director Organizational Development and PTK regional coordinator for Texas. But for Lone Star College to win it three years in a row is incredible.
The annual international conference featured speakers from around the world including Dr. Jennifer Arnold, neonatologist and television personality; Andrew Porter, PTK international president; British photographer, Platon; and Jamie Hyneman, Mythbusters co-host and special effects guru.
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Open House at CHI LSC-North Harris School of Cosmetology set for Sept. 14
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: August 28, 2015
CHI Lone Star College-North Harris School of Cosmetology has planned a series of fall open houses at its facility, located at 910 E. Richey Road in Houston. Designed to introduce prospective students to the schools offerings, the next open house will take place on Monday, Sept. 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The CHI LSC-North Harris School of Cosmetology offers programs leading to certificates in cosmetology, esthetics and instruction, with both part-time and full-time options available. The school also offers low-cost salon services to the community.
The state-of-the-art space is also home to the LSC-North Harris Massage Therapy Program, where students can complete their massage therapy certification in as little as seven months. Much like the cosmetology program, the massage program works closely with industry partners to ensure its graduates are prepared to succeed in the workplace.
Fall 2015 Open House Schedule: Open houses will take place on the first Monday of each month, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
· September 14 (Due to Labor Day Holiday)
· October 5
· November 2
· November 30
Prospective students can request additional information by calling 832.234.5600, or by visiting LoneStar.edu/CHIschool to begin the application process.
The CHI LSC-North Harris School of Cosmetology brings the world-renowned methods and products of Farouk Systems, Inc. to the high-demand cosmetology program at LSC-North Harris and adds to the programs' 37-year reputation for excellence.
Our cosmetology courses are taught by seasoned faculty with significant experience as professional cosmetologists. They have also undergone specialized training at the Farouk Systems headquarters in north Houston and use the Farouk Systems methods, and the CHI, Biosilk and Sunglitz product lines, exclusively, in the instruction of students.
Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 East, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information about the college, call 281.618.5400 or visit LoneStar.edu/NorthHarris.
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Improvement Science symposium being held May 19
Kelly HoganMore than 45 Carolina faculty members will give “lightning” five-minute talks or discuss posters about their work in improvement science at a campuswide symposium on May 19.
The event – “Toward a Carolina Improvement Science Initiative: A Lighting Symposium” – brings together Carolina faculty, staff, and graduate students who are working on improvement at scale.
Kelly Hogan, assistant dean of instructional innovation in the College of Arts & Sciences and director of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and Viji Sathy, senior lecturer in the department of psychology and neuroscience, are among the speakers.
The event will be held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The registration deadline is Monday, May 15.
The symposium aims to identify expertise in improvement science and its close cousins – design experimentation, quality improvement, and implementation science. Presenters will describe research and interventions intended to foster improved results in research, teaching, and development in healthcare, education, social work, business and beyond.
Projects being presented address a diverse set of challenges faced by North Carolinians, such as the achievement gap between low-income students and those who are better off, the shortage of living-wage jobs in the state’s rural communities, and disparities in health outcomes.
Organizers seek to explore issues involving what improvement efforts work, for whom, and under what conditions, the approaches help to merge the power of rigorous research with systems thinking, design principles, innovation prototyping, and rapid-cycle testing to improve organizational decision-making and optimize outcomes.
Following the symposium, organizers hope the symposium serves as the start of a hub of activity with resources to facilitate cross-disciplinary teams at Carolina to develop education and training programs in improvement science, pursue external funding opportunities, design and test improvement tools and modalities, and conduct impactful research that has transformative potential for improvement at scale.
The event is designed as a “lightning symposium” with short-form presentations ...
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Hotels: Take a Cue from Forward-Thinking Hospitals
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Publication Date: 4/27/2017
ByLine: Hospital Technology
URL Link: http://hospitalitytechnology.edgl.com/news/Hotels--Take-a-Cue-from-Forward-Thinking-Hospitals109520
Page Content: Features Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health
News Type: National
News_Release_Date: April 28, 2017
NewsTags: Corporate - Quality, Awards, Diversity, Leadership
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PowerPoint & LED Projector Enable New Technique for Self-Folding Origami
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PowerPoint & LED Projector Enable New Technique for Self-Folding Origami
April 28, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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A tiny origami structure created through a self-folding process is shown on a quarter for size comparison. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University have found a new use for the ubiquitous PowerPoint slide: Producing self-folding three-dimensional origami structures from photocurable liquid polymers.
The technique involves projecting a grayscale pattern of light and dark shapes onto a thin layer of liquid acrylate polymer placed in a plate or between two glass slides. A photoinitiator material mixed into the polymer initiates a crosslinking reaction when struck by light from an ordinary LED projector, causing a solid film to form. A light-absorbing dye in the polymer serves as a regulator for the light. Due to the complicated interaction between the evolution of the polymer network and volume shrinkage during photo curing, areas of the polymer that receive less light exhibit more apparent bending behavior.
When the newly-created polymer film is removed from the liquid polymer, the stress created in the film by the differential shrinkage causes the folding to begin. To make the most complex origami structures, the researchers shine light onto both sides of the structures.
Origami structures produced so far include tiny tables, capsules, flowers, birds and the traditional miura-ori fold – all about a half-inch in size. The origami structures could have applications in soft robots, microelectronics, soft actuators, mechanical metamaterials and biomedical devices.
“The basic idea of our method is to utilize the volume shrinkage phenomenon during photo-polymerization,” said Jerry Qi, a professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. “During a specific type of photopolymerization, frontal photopolymerization, the liquid resin is cured continuously from the side under light irradiation toward the inner side. This creates a non-uniform stress ...
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The Science of Defecation Could Produce Better Medicine for Constipation
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The Science of Defecation Could Produce Better Medicine for Constipation
April 27, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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David Hu is a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences.
A new study led by researchers in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering finds that all mammals, from humans to elephants to cats, defecate in the same amount of time: about 12 seconds. That’s despite the fact that the length of their rectums can vary widely. For instance, an elephant’s is 10 times the length of a cat’s (40 centimeters vs. four).
The study suggests that the time is consistent because of mucus. The substance covering the the large intestine is very thin for small animals and much thicker for larger ones. According to the paper, mucus allows feces to move through the intestine “like a sled sliding through a chute.”
The extra fluid allows larger animals to defecate at higher speeds than smaller animals, even though both use the same amount of pressure to relieve themselves. In other words, defecation might not be possible without this previously unknown mucus layer.
The research also found that the length of feces is double that of the rectum, which means the rectum and the colon both store feces.
The study, “Hydrodynamics of defecation,” is published in the journal Soft Matter. It covers a topic that hasn’t been heavily researched within the scientific community. Professor David Hu (also in the School of Biological Sciences) and his mechanical engineering student Patricia Yang are the lead authors. Daniel Chu, an assistant professor and colorectal surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is one of the co-authors. Georgia Tech spoke with each of them about their findings.
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11th Inning Error Hands Baseball 8-7 Win Over Visiting UC Santa Barbara
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Box Score Riverside—After 11 innings, 22 hits and 14 runs, UC Riverside's Friday evening tilt against UC Santa Barbara was ultimately decided on a dropped infield pop up, as the Highlanders rallied for an 8-7 victory.The Gauchos (18-21, 4-6) tied up the back-and-forth affair with two runs in the top of the eighth, and although the Highlanders put runners in scoring position in the ninth and tenth, it remained a tie game into the 11th.Steven Ledesma was on for his fourth inning of relief, and gave up a single to Colby Schultz to start the inning. AJ Sawyer moved him into scoring position with a sac bunt, and UC Santa Barbara Head Coach Andrew Checketts countered by intentionally walking the Highlanders' best hitter, Mark Contreras. After Michael Farris lined out to left for the second out, Checketts elected to intentionally walk Cade Peters, loading the bases for freshman Connor Cannon.Cannon swung at the first pitch he saw, and popped it up down the third base line. It is typically anathema for a pitcher to catch a pop up, but Ledesma called off the rest of his infielders and settled under the ball. Unfortunately for the Gauchos, the ball bounced off the heel of his glove, and fell to the ground, allowing Schultz to come home with the game-winning run.Angel Landazuri (3-3) picked up the win for the Highlanders tossing three innings of one-hit, no run baseball.Prior to that extra-inning excitement, the game was divided into two parts—a three-inning slug fest to open the game, and a pitcher's dual which held up over the next eight frames.UCSB scored in each of the first three innings off of UC Riverside starter Ryan Lillie, as the Highlanders found themselves in an early hole. Cody Sporrer made sure it wasn't a deeper deficit by launching a three run home ...
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Exhibit: 'Monster Energy' by Caitlin Cherry
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Event Details
March 23—April 30, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pmMarch 23—April 30, 2017, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
University Museum of Contemporary Art
UMass Amherst Campus
Handicap access available
Free admission
Contact:
Betsey Wolfson
413-545-3672
Celebrate an exhibition of digital prints, lithographs, and mixed-media maquettes by the Brooklyn-based artist Caitlin Cherry, who was nominated by the renowned artist Kara Walker to be the artist-in-residence for a printmaking project at UMass in January.
Cherry begins her process by creating small architectural maquettes that she populates with clay monsters called “golems” among narrative scenes constructed from paper. The exhibition’s title, Monster Energy, is a visual pun between her monstrous golems and the Monster Energy® cans that vary in color, flavor, and calorie content in each maquette (and subsequent digital print). The story that forms the exhibition tracks the burning down of a quintessential New England colonial home that Cherry was inspired to create after admiring the architectural landscape during her travels through Massachusetts. The fire’s energy crescendos and changes the overall tone and atmosphere in each print as the house eventually turns to ash and the golem loses its life. The narrative never reveals the acting agent that caused the house fire, but it implies arson and is a possible allegory for the institutional dismantling and critique present in much of Cherry’s work.
The results of Cherry’s project will be on view in tandem with "Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power" through April 30.
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Hawai'i Tops UCSB 5-1 in Gauchos' Final Road Series Opener
Santa Barbara Athletics News
Apr 29, 2017
HONOLULU, Hawaii - UCSB dropped the opening game of its final road series at Hawai'i by a final score of 5-1. The Gauchos had a 7-6 advantage in hits, with sophomore Sierra Altmeyer notching a team-high two.
Santa Barbara (27-22, 7-6) opened the scoring in the top of the first, as senior Kristen Clark made it home off a single to left center by freshman Alyssa Diaz. However, despite being outhit on the day, the Rainbow Wahine (26-18, 5-8) would go on to score the next five runs.
After quickly tying things up with a run in the bottom of the first, Hawai'i would put away the last four runs with a pair of two-run homers by freshman Callee Heen in the fourth and sixth innings. The Rainbow Wahine finished the day with two runners left on base, compared to seven for UCSB.
Clark, Emily Brucelas, Jessica Johnston and Melanie Menor all finished with one hit. Altmeyer was successful in getting on base every time she stepped up to the plate, going 2-for-2 with a walk.
Hawai'i had the game's only error in the top of the sixth.
The Gauchos will close out their 2017 road schedule tomorrow night at Hawai'i with games at 5 and 7 p.m. (PDT).
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American Renewal
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With a seemingly constant barrage of media messages asserting turmoil across the nation, today’s dominant political refrain is that America is in a state of decline. But is it?According to journalist James Fallows, nothing is further from the truth. To make his case, Fallows, also an acclaimed author, editor and media commentator, took a three-year, 54,000-mile trek across the country and reported on the surprising points of American reinvention he found along the way.
Fallows will highlight some civic projects that are rebuilding America in his talk, “It’s Happening Here: American Renewal, Ingenuity, and Innovation” Monday, May 1, at the Lobero Theater. The event, which begins at 8 p.m., is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the UC Santa Barbara’s Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life.
“James Fallows is one of the most astute observers of American life in our time,” said Wade Clark Roof, director of the Capps Center and a professor of religious studies. “Once a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, he is the author of 10 books on a phenomenal range of topics — immigration, defense policy, politics, computer technology, college admission policy, China and more.
“Often a speaker on university campuses and a national correspondent for The Atlantic, he writes about who we are as a people, our challenges and opportunities today,” Roof continued. “In his Santa Barbara talk, Fallows will share stories about what be believes are examples of democratic renewal and why he thinks the country will emerge from the Trump Era as a stronger nation.”
On his reporting excursion, Fallows discovered a cross-section of generations, races and political affiliations working far from the usual metropolitan hubs. Based on those observations, he wrote, “People across the country are aware of the serious economic, political, cultural, social … and other problems of contemporary America. But ...
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Winner of Hamblet Award, top student art prize, named for 2017
Vanderbilt News
Apr. 28, 2017, 5:55 PMConor G. Bloomer is this year’s winner of the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award.
The Vanderbilt University Department of Art announces senior Conor G. Bloomer as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award. As the winner, Bloomer, who is from Watertown, Massachusetts, will receive a $25,000 prize providing funds for a year of art research and travel, culminating in a solo show at Vanderbilt in one year.
Bloomer’s installation, Pozo (with excerpts from Proteus Resurrectum, a novel about friendship), was selected for the award after a juried competition involving exhibition, interviews and written proposal. Pozo is a collaborative project with his peer, James A. Mentz. The $10,000 Merit Award was presented to Tongqi Wang from Beijing. Bloomer’s and Wang’s art can be viewed as part of the 2017 Senior Show now on display in Space 204, second floor gallery, of the Vanderbilt Department of Art.
Bloomer’s winning art installation, ‘Pozo’ (ink on paper)
Pozo is a collaborative, introspective project focused on love, friendship and union, and their inherent shortcomings. It is composed of three distinct parts: a novel, Proteus Resurrectum; an installation in Gallery 204, Pozo; and a short film, Rio. Both the novel and the film can be found at the website PozoDeLosGigantes.com, which is also provided on the back of the postcards in the entrance to the installation.
The other graduating art majors exhibiting are Alison Chen, Marcelle A. Coronel, Sophia M. Day, Ashlin Dolan, Lee Setili, Qinyuan Sun and Marguerite Poitevent Zabriskie.
Senior Show 2017 is on display Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until May 12. The gallery is located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center at 25th and Garland on the Vanderbilt campus.
Jurors selected to serve for the competition are all distinguished artists and educators. This year’s jurors were Dalida Maria Benfield from ...
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Media Advisory: UM System president to visit Springfield as first stop on statewide tour
University of Missouri System
April 17, 2017
WHAT: University of Missouri System President Mun Choi will make the first visit of a statewide tour of Missouri in Springfield on Wednesday, April 19th.
WHO: Dr. Mun Choi, 24th president in the history of the University of Missouri System, will visit with community and business leaders, former curators, and key alumni and donors during a day-long visit to Missouri’s third largest city.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 19, 2017. All events are open to media.
WHERE: Investor meeting and lunch – Springfield Business Development Corp. (Noon – 1 p.m.)
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
202 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway
Business visit (2-3 p.m.)
SRC Electrical
2401 E. Sunshine Street
Visit with regional staff and supporters (3:20 – 4:15 p.m.)
Springfield Botanical Center/Greene County Office of MU Extension
2400 Scenic Avenue
Media is welcome to attend all visits, where there will be opportunities for video, photos and interviews with President Choi.
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Tufts University makes playing fields available to Somerville's young athletes this spring
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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (April 28, 2017) -- Tufts University is providing Somerville's youth soccer and lacrosse programs with daily access to its athletic fields this spring sports season in an effort to help address a shortage of city fields. The arrangement continues Tufts' commitment to supporting the youth of the university's host communities.An agreement between Tufts and Somerville will allow the city's young athletes to hold daily soccer practices and games on C-Field and Triangle Field and twice-weekly lacrosse practices and games on Ounjian Field, a brand new AstroTurf playing surface which opened just last fall.
The agreement continues through the season's end on June 16.
"We're deeply committed to supporting our host communities and encouraging young people to become scholar-athletes," said Tufts University President Anthony P. Monaco. "We welcome our young neighbors onto the Tufts campus and look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships with the City of Somerville."
"This field access is a significant contribution that will provide great benefit to our youngest athletes as the city works to permanently increase field capacity citywide," said Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone. "But I'd like to commend and thank the university not just for generously opening their fields to our youth but for their many efforts to be a good community partner. The university has demonstrated time and time again their ability to think flexibly and act generously in support of our city, and on behalf of the community I thank them for that."
Tufts supports its local communities through a variety of programs, resources and volunteer efforts, a number of which involve Tufts' student-athletes. For example:
In January, Tufts' Cousens Gymnasium hosted a high school basketball game between rival teams the Medford Mustangs and Somerville Highlanders.
The Tufts football team holds an annual coat drive each fall to benefit local children and families associated with the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
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UCF Alumni: Atlanta Networking Knight
Events at UCF
Spring is here, and the weather is beautiful! Come out on a nice Saturday afternoon with your fellow alumni to sit out on the patio, enjoy some drinks, networking and great conversation! Monday Night Brewing is hosting a special- $10 for a brewery tour and six tastings. You will also receive a commemorative glass. We look forward to another amazing event with our fellow Atlanta UCF AlumKnights!
Make sure to register here.
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Andy Grammer headlines RIT's SpringFest
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Four-day fest features water games, free food, carnivals and more
April 25, 2017 by Greg Livadas Follow Greg Livadas on TwitterFollow RITNEWS on Twitter
Warmer weather is right on time for Rochester Institute of Technology’s annual SpringFest starting tomorrow and featuring water games, giveaways, prom dress rugby and a concert by pop musician Andy Grammer.
“SpringFest is all about the campus coming together for a weekend of fun,” said Angelena Russo, director of the College Activities Board, which sponsors and runs the event. “We have a wide array of events, so hopefully everyone can come together and socialize.”
Grammer will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Gordon Field House. Tickets are $15 for students; $20 for RIT faculty, staff and alumni; and $30 for others, and available at the RIT Box Office or online at RITtickets.com.
Russo said festival memorabilia—T-shirts, water bottles, sunglasses and baseball caps—will be given away at some of the events.
Thursday, April 27:
Build-A-Burger: 11 a.m. in the Student Alumni Union. For $5, you can taste-test four burgers based on recipes submitted by students for consideration to be featured by RIT’s Dining Services.
Kick Off BBQ: 6:30 p.m. at the Sentinel, featuring free food, games and music.
Movie, Doctor Strange: 9 p.m. in the Davis Room.
Friday, April 28:
Beach Day: 10 a.m. on the Greek Lawn, sponsored by Kappa Delta Rho. Lawn games, food, live music, and for a minimum $5 donation which will go to the Golisano Children’s Hospital, help decide Rochester’s favorite chicken wing.
Puppyfest: Noon–3 p.m. on the grassy knoll near Global Village. Several puppies and kittens from Joyful Rescues will be on campus. Spend time in the dog tent and/or the cat tent. Admission is $1 per tent, which will go to the shelter.
Novelties: Noon at the Sentinel, Indian-themed activities including henna provided by the Organization for the Alliance of ...
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National Science Foundation awards Graduate Research Fellowships to two RIT students
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Fellowship supports outstanding graduate students conducting research in science and engineering
April 28, 2017 by Luke Auburn Follow RITNEWS on Twitter
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program has rewarded the exceptional efforts of two Rochester Institute of Technology students.
The NSF program provides awards to outstanding graduate students pursuing research in science and engineering. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will provide three-year, $34,000 annual stipends to Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences.
Berke, a doctoral computing and information sciences student from Fremont, Calif., won support for his project, “Displaying Confidence from Imperfect Automatic Speech Recognition for Captioning.” His research focuses on creating a system to identify potential errors in automatically produced captions and making captions more useful for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH).
“It’s a big honor, and I’m elated to know that the computing researchers who evaluated my application saw potential of this research,” said Berke. “I am also looking forward to mentoring DHH students who are interested in assistive technologies. A major part of my project will be to get more DHH students interested in this field by giving them opportunities to become involved in the scientific process, as part of my NSF-supported research. Finally, this fellowship frees up funding for my adviser, Dr. Matt Huenerfauth, so he can hire even more DHH students to join our research team at the Center for Accessibility and Inclusion Research.”
John, a graduate student from Salamanca, N.Y., won support for his project, “Visual Attention in Virtual Collaborative Environments.” The project concentrated on developing a system that allows people to collaborate in a common virtual reality space to study crime scenes, diagnose medical conditions and more.
“The fellowship is prestigious and provides a sense of accomplishment, as well as motivation to follow through with my Ph. ...
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Dancing for joy: Los Mejicas dance troupe provides a home away from home
Student News
Paola Gomez was eager to leave East LA to study film and environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. But homesickness hit hard during her first quarter on campus. "I was really struggling. There were a lot of times I wanted to go home," recalled Gomez, whose neighbors were predominantly Mexican American and Central American. "My household speaks Spanish at home, and not hearing that here was hard. I had culture shock."All of that changed winter quarter, when Gomez discovered Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas, a student-run dance troupe that celebrates the regional music, dances, and traditions of Mexico. "I'd never done it before, but I wasn't the only one without dance experience," said Gomez. "At first I was so lost, but I stuck around and gave it a chance. It was more than dance. Everyone was willing to help me out. I saw I wasn't the only one who needed a home away from home."Today, Gomez, a second-year Porter College student, is one of 51 members of Los Mejicas. The troupe meets three days a week and performs regularly on campus and for elementary and high school students, festivals, and special events hosted by organizations like the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz County and beyond. Gomez coordinates the group's events and puts in an extra three hours or so of practice each week ("To grow as a dancer, you have to practice outside the class," she said). Students can earn two credits per quarter, or they can dance just for fun. Last fall, Gomez was happy to welcome new members. "I reassured them we're all here for each other," she said. "We all teach each other." One senior confided that she wished she had heard about Los Mejicas earlier."Mejicas provides a safe space. It's like a second family," said Olga Najera-Ramirez, professor emeritus of anthropology, who ...
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UW Daily – April 28, 2017
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GOP legislation would require UW campuses to discipline students who disrupt speech, Wisconsin State Journal, April 27
GOP Bill Would Discipline Hecklers at College Speeches, AP via U.S. News & World Report, April 27
GOP bill would discipline hecklers at UW speeches, AP via WQOW, April 27
GOP Lawmakers Propose New Free Speech Rules For UW System Schools, WPR, April 27
Republicans propose ‘Free Speech on Campus Act,’ Wisconsin Radio Network, April 27
Goal of campus speech legislation is to allow ‘more speech,’ Vos says, Capital Times, April 28
UW System students who interfere with others’ free speech rights would face sanctions under GOP bill, WisPolitics.com, April 28
On Campus
COL: UW-Marinette will feature student research (highlights the 20th annual Undergraduate Research & Performance Conference), Marinette EagleHerald, April 28
COL: County board chairman seeks nominations for the Rock County Hall of Honor, Janesville Gazette, April 26
COL: European Tour, UW-Marshfield/Wood County, Friday, Marshfield News-Herald, April 26
COL: Lakeland Consortium Receives First Fab Lab Grant, WXPR, April 26
COL/MAD: How Badger Promise could have helped me, Column, Wausau Daily Herald, April 27
EXT: Packers to support gardening initiatives with Brown County UW-Extension, Packers.com, April 26
EXT: Design Reedsburg to identify strengths, development areas, Reedsburg Times-Press, April 26
EXT: Dodge County youth rank high in skills and knowledge at state contests, Fond du Lac Reporter, April 27
EXT: Farm-management meeting on tap, Agri-View, April 28
EXT: UW Extension celebrates 100 years in Kenosha County, Kenosha News, April 27
EAU: Wausau-based comic ‘Revival’ to be live-action film (featuring UW-Eau Claire graduate Tim Seeley), Wausau Daily Herald, April 27
EAU: Eau Claire hotel to be used for student lodging in upcoming school year, WEAU-TV 13, April 27
GRB: Women During Prohibition (presented by UWGB Prof. Alison Staudinger), Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 27
GRB: Crossroads Continues to Celebrate 2017 Earth Week (in collaboration with UWGB), Door County Pulse, April 28
GRB: Juniors learn about leadership at UW-GB event, WHBY. April 26
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Army Ants March into New Exhibition
Campus Life – UConn Today
The entrance to the Biology/Physics Building, where a new exhibit focused on army ants and their ‘guests’ will open this weekend. (Ken Best/UConn Photo)The seven four-foot ants crawling along the entrance to the Biology/Physics Building on North Eagleville Road are not a cause for alarm; instead, they invite visitors to follow them inside to view “Be Our Guest: An Exhibit on the Complex Society of Army Ants and Their Guests.”
The exhibit is the first public introduction to the Carl and Marian Rettenmeyer Army Ant Guest Collection, which is considered one of the premier collections of its kind in the world. It consists of more than two million specimens, field notes, and other material from research conducted by the late Carl Rettenmeyer, a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from 1971 to 1996, and his wife Marian. The exhibit opens to the public on Sunday, April 30 from 1 to 5 p.m., and continues Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Rettenmeyers worked in Central and South America for 50 years studying the intricacies of the complex societies of army ants that are constantly foraging and moving along the ground, consuming up to 500,000 prey animals each day, such as earthworms, other insects, and larvae. Army ant societies are complemented by numerous “guests,” the many creatures, including mites, beetles, flies, wasps, springtails, and bristletails, that are intimately associated with the ants and benefit from their active daily life.
[The Rettenmeyers’] approach showed that what initially appeared to be a simple system was, in fact, fantastically complex. — Janine Caira
The exhibit is one of the initial results of a partnership between the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History – which Carl Rettenmeyer founded – to curate, digitize, and catalogue the Rettenmeyer collection and its associated materials under a three-year, $500,000 grant ...
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Guest pianist Richard Cionco brings ‘The Romantic Spirit’ to UAA May 5
Guest pianist Richard CioncoFriday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.Fine Arts Building, Room 150Richard Cionco, praised by Donal Henahan of The New York Times for his “sensitive pianism,” has performed across the US, in Europe, and Japan. This program, titled “The Romantic Spirit,” captures the essence of his repertoire, including three Chopin Mazurkas, transcriptions that were the hallmark of the Romantic era, and the epic Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt.
Tickets are on sale now at ArtsUAA.com.
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Baseball. Five-Run First Inning Carries Spartans To Win At Fresno State
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
SJSU starter Matt Brown matched his career-high in innings pitched and strikeouts.
April 28, 2017
Final Stats
Box Score Fresno, Calif. – A five-run opening frame including a two-run home run by Shane Timmons helped the San José State University baseball team (15-24-1, 8-12-1 MW) take the series opener, 6-3, against Fresno State (20-21, 9-10 MW) on Friday night.The Spartans picked up their eighth conference win, the most since 2014 when the program joined the Mountain West for its baseball season. The 2014 Spartans won ten conference games.In the first, Timmons (1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB) connected on a two-run home run off of Fresno State starter Edgar Gonzalez with Aaron Pleschner (2-for-4, R, RBI) on base to put the Spartans up 2-0. It was Timmons’ second consecutive game hitting a home run and sixth in the season.SJSU would add three more runs in the inning on four consecutive hits including a double by Johnny Mendoza (1-for-2, R, RBI, 2 BB). Batting around the order in the inning, San José State put up five runs on six hits.The five-run cushion is all Spartan starter Matt Brown would need.Brown matched his career-high with 7.0 innings and nine punch outs, scattering five hits, three runs and walking five. The junior from Benicia, Calif., did not allow a hit in his last three innings of work while retiring the last eight batters he faced.The first and fourth innings where the two innings that Brown got into trouble. They were the only innings that he allowed hits resulting in three Fresno State runs.In the eighth, Brown gave way to Zach Tanner with a 6-3 lead. The side arm thrower allowed just one hit and got five of the six outs on grounders, including an inning ending double play in the eighth.The combined outings by Brown and Tanner was even more impressive considering ...
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Engineering professor honored with teaching award
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LAWRENCE — Prasad Kulkarni, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, has been named the first recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Professorship.The honor, which is available to faculty in the electrical engineering and computer science department, comes with a three-year cash award as well as discretionary funds.
“It's good to see teaching being appreciated," Kulkarni said. "Teaching is the reason I am in this profession. I've been inspired by so many teachers in my life.”
Indeed, this is the second time during his KU tenure that Kulkarni has been honored for his teaching. In 2012, KU EECS students awarded him with the Harry Talley Excellence in Teaching Award.
“I try to connect with the students,” he said. “When I'm teaching, I think how it was when I was a student — the pressures they have and try to adjust to those requirements. Connection with the students helps me when I am teaching and maybe students like that aspect as well."
This award marks the first such recognition of this nature at the School of Engineering.
“Kulkarni’s dedication to his students and engineering education certainly makes him deserving of this honor,” said Michael Branicky, dean of engineering. “As a whole, engineering faculty consistently do amazing things in the classroom, and it is outstanding to be able to recognize their efforts in this way.”
Kulkarni also received widespread support from his colleagues and students to become the first recipient of the award.
“I was very impressed with the rapport that Prasad has established with the students in his undergraduate classes,” Arvin Agah, associate dean for research and graduate programs, wrote in supporting Kulkarni’s nomination. “He is a very effective teacher who is respected and appreciated by his students.”
Kulkarni received his doctorate from Florida State University in 2007 and joined the School ...
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Matches Made: From Stony Brook to Harvard to UCLA and More
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Matches Made: From Stony Brook to Harvard to UCLA and More
119 fourth-year med students set to begin their residency training after a successful Match Day
Stony Brook, NY – March 25, 2016 – Excitement and jubilance dominated the scene as 119 fourth-year Stony Brook University School of Medicine students learned where they will begin their residency training this July. The rite of passage, known as Match Day, is an annual event at Stony Brook and other leading medical schools nationwide. This year on March 18 many Stony Brook students matched to top training programs at institutions such as Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and UCLA. An unusually high number of students also matched to Stony Brook Medicine (21).
Tears of joy and broad smiles were commonplace among the 119 School of Medicine fourth-year students who matched to residencies in New York State and nationwide.
The Class of 2016, a diverse group collectively entering 22 medical specialties, will practice in New York, 18 other states and Washington, DC. A slight majority of the Class– 51 percent – will practice in New York State. Approximately one-third of the Class will enter primary care specialties, which include Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. For the first time, Emergency Medicine ranked as the leading specialty (22), followed by Internal Medicine (21) and Pediatrics (10).
“Match Day seems to get better each year, and the overall Match for the Class of 2016 is a testament to the students’ talents and hard work, and the School of Medicine’s commitment to cutting-edge medical education and clinical and research training,” said Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, Senior Vice President of the Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine. “All of this has culminated into successful matches to highly competitive residency programs all over New York State and nationwide.”
“We had a remarkable number of students who matched to specialties at Stony Brook Medicine, and this indicates how much they value our education ...
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Nationally Recognized Medical Educator Named to NBME Executive Board
Nationally Recognized Medical Educator Named to NBME Executive Board
Dr. Latha Chandran, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, elected to a four-year term on the national board
Latha Chandran, MD, MPH
Stony Brook, New York, - April 28, 2017 – Latha Chandran, MD, MPH, the Miriam and David Donoho Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has been elected to a four-year term as an executive board member of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).
The NBME is an independent organization that provides a common evaluation system for physician applicants seeking licensure to practice medicine in the United States. NBME membership is composed of approximately 80 individuals representing the academic community, national professional organizations, state licensing boards, students, residents, the federal government and the public. Responsibilities of the membership of the NBME include recommending policy to and electing its board of directors.
Since 2003, Dr. Chandran has served as a NBME volunteer who has been instrumental in various roles to test development committees, internal review and standard setting committees, as well as finance and audit committees
Dr. Chandran, also a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has more than 25 years of faculty leadership experience at Stony Brook University. She has led many successful educational and training initiatives for medical students, residents and faculty. Dr. Chandran is also the Founding Director of the Donoho Academy of Clinical & Educational Scholars (ACES), where she remains invested in creating training, mentoring and development of programs that enable academic clinicians to serve as thought leaders in their medical specialties. Dr. Chandran also became the first clinician educator to receive tenure in the Educator Scholar tract within the School of Medicine.
Dr. Chandran received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Kerala University, and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She has received the SUNY ...
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U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady discusses H.R.-711 at Lone Star College
Lone Star College System News
Published on: April 11, 2016
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, conducted a forum with Lone Star College faculty and staff to discuss H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.
The bill would amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and help protect the retirement income of public servants.
WEP potentially reduces the Social Security retirement or disability benefits of educators, law enforcement officers, and firefighters. H.R. 711, introduced by Brady and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., will adjust this shortfall by calculating a workers benefit amount using total lifetime earnings, and adjust for the amount of earnings that came from a job or jobs covered by Social Security.
Over the past year we have brought together teachers groups, community college groups, police and firefighters across the country to work with us to hone the final solution, Brady told attendees. If we can pass this legislation, your Social Security will be figured not by some formula, but will be determined by what you pay in.
I really appreciate Representative Brady taking the time to explain this issue, said Dr. Stephen C. Head, LSC chancellor Many of our employees paid into the Social Security system prior to coming to work here. Passing this legislation is not only good for public servants in Texas, but for retirees across the country.
Brady has also met with the Firefighters Pension Board, Texas Retired Teachers Association, Texas State Firefighters Association, Firefighters Union and the Police Officers Union to help garner support.
The bill, which has been filed, is still under consideration by members of the House Ways and Means Committee but Brady said he was confident H.R.-711 would be passed in committee and then go before the full House for a vote.
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Chorale, Orchestra to perform Beethoven's music
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: April 27, 2017 The Kingwood Chorale and Chamber Orchestra (KCCO) will present Beethovens thrilling and powerful Mass in C on May 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Known as The Man Who Freed Music, Beethovens powerful music is filled with personal emotion that had changed the way people listen to music. KCCO invites the greater Lake Houston community to hear his majestic music live in the beautiful sanctuary of Strawbridge United Methodist Church in Kingwood.
Beethovens music will take you on an emotional ride through powerful brass and string sections to sublimely soft lyrical sections, said Dr. Todd Miller, KCCO conductor.
The concert will feature the 80 voice Kingwood Chorale, a 29-piece professional orchestra, and professional soloists including Ben LeClair, bass, an audience favorite.
This music reaches out and grabs you and almost forces you to listen, Miller said. The music is as fresh today as when it was premiered 200 years ago.
The concert will also feature guest artist Matthew Caporale, pianist, playing the Mendelssohn First Piano Concerto with the orchestra. The entire concert is 75 minutes long. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets may be purchased at Local Print Solution in Kingwood, at www.LHMAS.org or at the door. Strawbridge United Methodist Church is located at 5629 Kingwood Drive. For more information, call 832-779-1492 or email Todd.R.Miller@LoneStar.edu.
Register now for credit classes online through myLoneStar. Classes are offered days, evenings, or weekends in traditional, Internet, video, TV and independent study formats. For more information on how to register online, visit www.lonestar.edu/registration.
For general information about Lone Star College-Kingwood, call 281.312.1600 or visit http://lonestar.edu/kingwood.htm
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 98,000 students each semester. LSC is training tomorrows workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Stephen C. Head, ...
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Enroll your children in Discovery College at Lone Star College-Montgomery
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: April 27, 2017
Students race cars they created during LEGO® Engineering at Discovery College on the Lone Star College-Montgomery Campus. This years camps take place Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 12 29 and July 10 13 from 1-5 p.m. Registration is now open.
Lone Star College-Montgomery cuts the summer camp costs, but ups the fun! It is time to start thinking about keeping your kids busy this summer. Enrolling them in camps can be time consuming and costly, but it does not have to be! LSC-Montgomery can help. Send your kids and teens to college, Discovery College, that is! Discovery College is a fun, exciting and enriching program for seven to 14-year-olds. Sessions take place Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 12 29 and July 10 13 from 1-5 p.m. at the LSC-Montgomery campus. Discovery College entertains children and young adults with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)-based courses, fun activities that reflect their interests and even entrepreneurial projects, said Camp Director Domonique Pugh. Courses highlight interesting hobbies like computer coding and creating a business. We let kids be kids and also ensure they learn the benefits of attending college early on. Attending Discovery College is a great way to combat the summer brain drain and your kids will have so much fun, they wont even realize they are learning! All sessions are available, sign up now before your first choice reaches capacity. Sessions like Robotics, LEGO® Engineering, Junior Veterinarian, Girls Night Out, Digital World of Photography and much more will keep your children in academic shape for when they get back to school. Lone Star CSI is an exciting favorite among students, said Pugh. The attendees explore the science behind crime scene investigation and learn what goes on behind the scenes. Students feel like they are a real investigator and even get to show up to a "crime-scene" simulation to see who can ...
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Tomball Student Receives Repsol Student Innovation Award
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: April 24, 2017 TOMBALL, Texas LSC-Tomball honors student Fabio Andrean has always believed that getting a solid education could take him places, but he never thought that doing well in the classroom would take him to the 2017 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin.
Its pretty cool, because Ive been watching Formula One motorcycle racing for the past year, and now I have the opportunity to see motorcycle racing in person, said Andrean, who is one of four students selected as a winner of the 2017 Repsol Student Innovation Awards.
The award, given by Repsol, an international oil and gas company, recognizes local students in elementary through college for excellence in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Repsol will announced the winners during an awards presentation at the Repsol Houston Office, with Conroe ISD Superintendent Dr. Don Stockton, Lone Star College Associate Vice Chancellor Linda Head and Sam Houston State University Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Richard Eglsaer present. The awards were presented by Repsol Honda MotoGP riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
Andrean, 20, a native of the Netherlands, who moved to Houston at age 9, received $500, as well as tickets to the 2017 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin.
Repsol is committed to being a good neighbor, and one of the ways we do this is by giving back to our community, said Mariano Ferrari, Repsol Houston Office and U.S. Business Unit director. We believe its important to invest in these students because they are the future leaders in our community and our industry. They are the ones who will help Repsol achieve its mission to build a more sustainable energy future.
Nominations were based on academic performance, teacher recommendations and participation in STEM activities. Winners were selected by a panel of judges from Repsol, based on a review of applications submitted by the ...
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Fast-track IT courses coming to Lone Star College-University Park
Lone Star College-University Park News
Published on: March 03, 2014 Lone Star College-University Park will begin offering a faster, self-directed 100 percent online competency-based IT certificate starting March 17.
As one of the most innovative colleges of the 21st century, LSC-University Park chose to deliver to students the accelerated IT competency-based courses that are in high demand now and in the years to come, said Shah Ardalan, LSC-University Park president.
LSC-University Park faculty Alan Gandy, Roselyn Branch-Leavell and Gina Sprowl designed the competency-based online program for both college students and individuals with IT experience looking for a flexible and customized approach to earn college credits or certification. Students work on one competency at a time, mastering it before moving on to the next one.
By utilizing skill sets students already have, they can work through the modules at their own pace and demonstrate their understanding of the concepts when they are ready to move forward toward earning the certificate at a pace that makes sense to them, explained Mark Curtis-Chavez, LSC-University Park dean of instruction. This not only saves time, but also money. And it allows them to get back out to the workforce faster.
As demand for IT professions skyrockets in Houston and across the country, industry professionals and students can now improve their chances of getting these jobs through a faster, self-directed, 100 percent online course of study offered by Lone Star College-University Park.
Curtis-Chavez also pointed out that by offering the program totally online, LSC-University Park can provide specialized and essential education at a time and place convenient to the student.
The program, a total of 26 credit hours, costs an estimated $1600 for resident of the district plus standard fees and books.
The new program starts with a Certificate in Information Technology Core. In the fall, LSC-University Park will expand its competency course offerings to include an Associate of Arts in Business.
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Communication studies student to perform at presidential inauguration
K-State Today Student Edition
April 28, 2017
Communication studies student to perform at presidential inauguration
By Catherine CafferaOn Friday, April 28, Logan Stacer, junior in communication studies, will perform his original poem "What Makes Family" at the inauguration of Richard B. Myers as Kansas State University's 14th president.
The Kansas City native began writing and performing poetry more than six years ago. Written specifically for the inauguration, Stacer said the inauguration poem includes portions about family, leadership and the "homework" President Myers will have to do to make K-State better for everyone.
Stacer recently won a national championship in informative speaking at the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament and was one of two national student representatives of the tournament. Stacer's accomplishment, which is the first Kansas State University Forensics Team national title since 2011, capped off a successful season for the team, which finished 14th in the country.
He spoke about the black national anthem and how understanding the anthem challenges contemporary views of patriotism.
"I started writing poetry when I realized I couldn't be a rapper and fell in love with performance poetry videos that I had seen on YouTube or in forensics," Stacer said.
In November, he will speak on behalf of all students in the American Forensics Association at the National Communication Association's convention in Dallas. Stacer said his dream is to continue performing or writing professionally. He also plans to open a writing workshop for comedy, poetry or playwriting to provide a space for youths to engage with political or social topics in a way that's both educational and creative.
In addition to forensics and poetry, Stacer recently began performing stand-up comedy in campus comedy shows, UPC open-mic events and in comedy clubs around Kansas City and Omaha.
He writes about a wide variety of topics in his comedy, but said he tries to focus on social issues like race, gender, sexuality ...
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After the Workshop: Results
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On March 16 and 17, Raja Mazumder, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and his team, including technical writer and research assistant Amanda Bell and research associate Charles Hadley King, hosted a public workshop for more than 300 participants at the National Institutes of Health to get feedback on “biocompute objects.”Biocompute objects, or records with various data, such as validation kits, associated metadata of executable programs, and software arguments and version information, could allow for consistent and accurate computation evaluations for studies submitted to the FDA. To jumpstart the development process, however, Mazumder’s team looked to the scientific community for input.
“The goal of the workshop was to develop a community and engage the community in getting together to set these standards,” King said. We did a good job accomplishing that.”
The workshop, which included talks and panel discussions — where King said most of the progress took place — had an overwhelmingly positive reaction.
“All of the information we got was not just from one agency, but from … community members from industry, regulatory government agencies, and academia,” Bell said. “It was definitely very community driven.”
The goal — to create the biocompute objects — was not only accomplished, King added, but “the biggest win from the entire workshop is that we were able to get a couple of outside agencies to agree to do pilot biocompute objects, to actually develop it on their platform, make it run, validate it.”
The team is already planning another workshop for 2018. “[The March workshop] was well received, and we’re [continuing] to work with the community because things like this require lots of collaboration and input,” Mazumder said.
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