Anita Hill: Sexual harassment is a cultural problem

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Anita Hill, professor at Brandeis University, reflects on her experience with sexual harassment and the current state of sexual harassment in the workplace and beyond.


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An Interview with University President Butler

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Embry-Riddle Community Meets Its New PresidentDaytona Beach News-Journal, used with permissionApr 24, 2017 at 10:28 PMBy T.S. Jarmusz: @TS_Jarmusz 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s not every day that students get to ask questions of their university president, so when the time came Monday night for them to do so they didn’t hold back.
But not until radio host Marc Bernier first had his shot at Barry Butler, president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The interview covered everything from diversity and the future of higher education to job security at ERAU and winters in Iowa.
A smaller crowd than what usually gathers at school’s speaker series had convened to hear what its newly appointed president had to say — and he didn’t disappoint. Though he’s only been in office about six weeks, Butler said there’s no question his decision to join the Eagles was perfect.
“It’s been fun. It’s been intense,” Butler said. “It’s been a wonderful six weeks.”
Having been intrigued with planes a child, Butler’s fascination lead to the pursuit of an engineering degree. As he was wrapping up his undergraduate degree, Butler almost went to work for an engine manufacturer, but a professor nudged him to go in a different direction: Graduate school.
“I never thought I could do that and this person made that clear to me,” Butler said.
The same professor pressed Butler to pursue a doctorate degree, and then, a first foray into higher education.
“Every step along my career, this is someone who has pushed me, encouraged me,” Butler said.
When asked why he chose to join ERAU in the first place, Butler shot back, “Oh why not?” and said the “stars aligned” to get him there. Having been in Florida almost two months, Butler joked he doesn’t miss the cold Iowa winters.
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UMass Boston Prof Wins Excellence in Nursing Education Award

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JoAnn Mulready-Shick, a clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, received the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from the American Nurses Association of Massachusetts at a ceremony in Waltham earlier this month.Mulready-Shick has nearly 30 years of experience in nursing education and is one of the leaders in her field. She arrived at UMass Boston from Roxbury Community College in 2006, and served as director of the undergraduate nursing program from 2006 to 2012.

Her teaching and research focuses on faculty development and student success, with the aim of training a diverse new generation of nurses who can forge stronger cultural connections with their patients.

“The work that we do here at UMass Boston, I think similar to Roxbury Community College, is that we’re really focused on equity and trying to improve the racial and ethnic diversity of the nursing workforce in the Boston area,” Mulready-Shick said.

“Only UMass Boston can do that at the baccalaureate level because we’re the only urban public university that promotes students of ethnic, linguistic, and diverse cultural backgrounds.”

Mulready-Shick has long been an advocate for academic practice partnerships, which place aspiring nurses into real-world situations to learn. UMass Boston’s nursing program has strong partnerships with Massachusetts General Hospital and regional VA hospitals.

“It’s a different way of experiencing clinical education in that they actually work 1- on-1 or 1-on-2 with a staff nurse. And so they get much more quality learning time with the staff, pretty much embedded with the nursing staff for full shifts,” she said.

The Excellence in Nursing Education Award is the latest in a long list of accolades for Mulready-Shick. In 2012, she was named a fellow of the national Academy of Nursing Education. She is president of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island League for Nursing, and recently received a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Hovermale, McNamara and Loukola Shine As Women's Rowing Places Second at NEWMACs

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WORCESTER -- The WPI trio of Christine Hovermale (Alameda, CA), Kinsey McNamara (Chelmsford, MA) and Jasmine Loukola (Wells, ME) were named first team All-NEWMAC as the Engineers were second overall at the NEWMAC Women's Rowing Championships host Saturday by Clark on Lake Quinsaigmond. 
The Crimson and Gray saw their third varsity eight win its race and the varsity eight and second varsity eight place second in their respective races.  Wellesley earned victories in the first, second and fourth varsity eight races to claim the program's seventh-consecutive NEWMAC. 
With the victory, defending NCAA National Champion Wellesley earns the NEWMAC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Rowing Championships on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., where Blue Crew will make the program's eighth-straight trip to the national championships. 
Wellesley also earned the Florence Jope Smith Cup, awarded annually to the school with the highest number of points from the overall results at the NEWMAC Championship. Wellesley, who has now won the overall points award for seven straight years, finished first with 36 points. The Blue were followed by WPI in second with 30 points. Smith College (20) was third, followed by Mount Holyoke College (14) in fourth, Simmons (12) in third, and Clark and Coast Guard (6). 
Wellesley opened the morning with a victory in the fourth varsity eight race, defeating Smith. WPI followed by winning the third varsity race with a time of 7:28.2, defeating Wellesley (7:33) by 4.8 seconds. Smith followed in third (8:15.5). The Blue rebounded in the second varsity race, winning by 10.9 seconds over second place WPI with a time of 7:17.8. WPI finished in 7:28.7, followed by Simmons (7:54.3) in third. The Blue then captured the title with a dominate performance in the first varsity race, winning by 12.4 seconds with a time of 7:00.9. WPI was second (7:13.3), while Smith took third (7:20.0). 
Wellesley senior Kathryn Barth (Bellevue, WA) was named the 2017 NEWMAC Rower of the Year, earning the award ...

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Gerard Washnitzer, learned and spirited professor of mathematics, dies at 91

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Gerard Washnitzer, a Princeton University professor of mathematics, emeritus, known for his work in algebraic geometry and lively personality, died April 2 in hospice in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. He was 91.

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Column: Marches for science, climate change challenge Trump's motions to silence science

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Imagine living in a world where our air is clean, our water is pure, the soil we walk on is healthy and we didn’t have to worry about toxins or chemicals. That’s the goal for the March for Science and the March for Climate.

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Study finds air polluters more likely to locate near downwind state borders

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IUB Newsroom »Study finds air polluters more likely to locate near downwind state bordersStudy finds air polluters more likely to locate near downwind state bordersLocating factories that pollute at downwind sites helps home state at expense of othersJan. 19, 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Research by an Indiana University professor and colleagues at two other universities reveals a pattern of companies strategically locating facilities where wind will carry pollution across state lines.
Locating factories and power plants near downwind borders can allow states to reap the benefits of jobs and tax revenue but share the negative effects -- air pollution -- with neighbors.
"When you look at the location of major sources of air pollution, they are more likely to be nearer to downwind state borders, when compared to similar industrial facilities," said David Konisky, associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington.
The study compares 16,211 facilities in the United States that produce air pollution with 20,536 sites that produce hazardous waste but not air pollution. Using a technique called point pattern analysis, they show that facilities that produce air pollution are more likely to be near downwind state borders than those that produce other types of waste. A polluter is 22 percent less likely to be near an upwind state border than near a downwind state border, after adjusting for other variables.
The trend is especially pronounced for large facilities that emit toxic air emissions, those that are included in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory program.
States have long complained about air pollution from their neighbors. The Clean Air Act was designed to address the problem by setting uniform pollution standards. But under the U.S. system of federalism, enforcement of the regulations falls largely to the states, which may have less interest in regulating facilities that produce air pollution that crosses state boundaries. The ...

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Acclaimed poets to honor Gwendolyn Brooks

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The five poets who will take part in a roundtable discussion at "Black Women as Giants: A Celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks."Gwendolyn Brooks, one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, will be recognized by contemporary poets with a day of literary events May 4 at Northwestern University. The events are free and open to the public.“Black Women as Giants: A Celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks,” hosted by Northwestern University Press/TriQuarterly Books, will include a morning roundtable with five accomplished poets: Toi Derricotte, Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, Angela Jackson and Patricia Smith.At the roundtable, the poets will discuss the effects Brooks has had on their work as well as on contemporary poetry more broadly. And an evening of poetry reading will highlight original work by the poets.The roundtable will take place at 10 a.m. at Northwestern’s Lutkin Memorial Hall, 700 University Place. The five guest poets will discuss the far-reaching effects of the career of Gwendolyn Brooks, the beloved poet whose book “Annie Allen” won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and who served as Illinois’ poet laureate from 1968 to her death in 2000. The roundtable will be moderated by Parneshia Jones of Northwestern University Press, an award-winning poet and short story writer. The poetry reading will be at 6 p.m., also in Lutkin Hall. Poets will read from their deep and diverse bodies of work, followed by a book signing.“We are honored to host these notable poets,” said Jane Bunker, director of Northwestern University Press. “Brooks’ work and legacy deserve continued attention, never more so than now. We are proud to serve as one channel keeping poetry vibrant.”The five renowned poets gathering for “Black Women as Giants” represent an unprecedented collective. About the poetsToi DerricotteDerricotte, winner of the 2012 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, is the author of “The Undertaker’s Daughter” and “Tender,” winner of ...

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Imaginary numbers present real solution to vexing physics problem

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Imaginary numbers are a solution to a very real problem, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports.Two physicists at Argonne National Laboratory offered a way to mathematically describe a particular physics phenomenon called a phase transition in a system out of equilibrium. Such phenomena are central in physics, and understanding how they occur has been a long-held and vexing goal; their behavior and related effects are key to unlocking possibilities for new electronics and other next-generation technologies.

In physics, “equilibrium” refers to a state when an object is not in motion and has no energy flowing through it. As you might expect, most of our lives take place outside this state: we are constantly moving and causing other things to move.

“A rainstorm, this rotating fan, these systems are all out of equilibrium,” said study co-author of the Valerii Vinokur, an Argonne distinguished fellow and member of the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago. “When a system is in equilibrium, we know that it is always at its lowest possible energy configuration, but for non-equilibrium this fundamental principle does not work; and our ability to describe the physics of such systems is very limited.”

He and co-author Alexey Galda, a scientist with Argonne and the University of Chicago’s James Franck Institute, had been working on ways to describe these systems, particularly those undergoing a phase transition—such as the moment during a thunderstorm when the charge difference between cloud and ground tips too high, and a lightning strike occurs.

They found their new approach to non-equilibrium physics in a new branch of quantum mechanics. In the language of quantum mechanics, the energy of a system is represented by what is called a Hamiltonian operator. Traditionally, quantum mechanics had held that the operator to represent the system cannot contain imaginary numbers if it would mean the ...

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Court Rules for BU, against NHL in CTE Case

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Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center won a court victory late Wednesday when a US District Court judge in Minnesota denied a request for its records made by the National Hockey League. The NHL sought the records for defense in a lawsuit brought against the league by more than 100 former players  seeking medical benefits, alleging that the NHL should have known about the risks of cognitive illnesses like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The University argued successfully that a requirement to fulfill the request could discourage scientific research.
The NHL last year sought to subpoena documents about the center’s bank of roughly 400 brains and spinal cords of hockey players, other athletes, and nonathletes. The brain bank has enabled the center’s pathbreaking research into CTE, a degenerative brain disease associated with dementia and mood changes and found in athletes and others who suffer repeated concussions and head trauma.
In her decision, Judge Susan Nelson called the league’s information request excessively broad. That request covered an array of documents, including those identifying all athletes who donated or have agreed to donate their brains; pathology photographs; all CTE-related discussions, prior to publication, with peer reviewers and others; and autopsies and death certificates. BU countered that the request threatened to invade the privacy of brain donors and their families and argued that compliance might deter future donors from working with the center, chilling its research.
“Given the extraordinary breadth of the NHL’s subpoena, the record demonstrates a significant, overwhelming burden” on BU, the judge wrote. “Even setting aside BU’s valid concerns regarding the potential chilling effect of complying with the subpoena, the sheer effort in physically locating and preparing the requested information is staggering.”
Center director Ann McKee, a School of Medicine professor of neurology and pathology, told the court that the center makes 172,000 photographs of each of its 400 ...

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Mānoa: UH College of Education students work with the United Nations to promote global issues

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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Apr 28, 2017A UH Mānoa College of Education (COE) course is using social media to promote global issues. Students enrolled in the Department of Learning Design and Technology's LTEC 448 are engaged in a service project about sustainable development goals in partnership with the United Nations (UN).Said Professor Margit Watts, “The students are using social media to advance their cause and create awareness. They are doing an amazing job in making their reach global, and Hana Omar at the UN is very excited by our project.”Omar, who earned a doctorate degree in educational technology as well as a certificate in disability and diversity studies from the COE, began working as a diplomat for Saudi Arabian women in the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2012. She is serving as a liaison between the UN and COE.Using several social media platforms, 20 groups of LTEC students are working on global awareness campaigns. Topics are based on the UN’s “17 Goals to Transform Our World,” a sustainable development agenda to improve the lives of people everywhere by 2030. These include no poverty or hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable clean energy, responsible consumption and production, sustainable use of oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. A current LTEC master’s student, Natalie Perez, is working on equal access to education for her service project. “Partnering with the UN has been surreal,” she said. “My group is working diligently to develop both a website and Facebook page to gain more attention on the lack of accessible education across the globe. Expanding outside the confines of the classroom and sharing our project on such a large scale has been an incredible experience.”Another student group project, focused on ending hunger, incorporates multiple social media platforms.For more information, visit: https://coe. ...

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Reminder: JazzFest 2017 on Front Campus

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Spring is in bloom, and just like every spring in Milledgeville, that means it is time to swing. The 28th Annual JazzFest – sponsored by the Georgia College Department of Music, Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street – is just around the corner. This year’s festival will feature internationally-renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin performing with the Georgia College Jazz Band.This year's JazzFest begins at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 29. The location has been changed to Front Campus at Georgia College. Jazz bands from local area schools will participate, along with a sunset concert featuring the Georgia College Jazz Band with Coffin.
The JazzFest has been a spring tradition since 1990, first organized by Jim Willoughby, former chair of the Music Department. Dr. Cliff Towner, the GC Director of Band Activities, says this year’s JazzFest “is going to be on a whole new level from recent years.  Partnering with Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street has enabled us to bring even more great jazz to Milledgeville.  The seven performing ensembles, along with an artist of the caliber of Jeff Coffin, are sure to please jazz enthusiasts and the community at large.”
This year’s festival begins with the Jones County High School Jazz Band at 3 p.m., followed by jazz bands from Oak Hill Middle School, Houston County High School, Baldwin High School and Riverwood International Charter School. 
The Georgia College Jazz Combo and Alumni Band will follow soon after. Finally, the Georgia College Jazz Band will kick off its concert around 7 p.m. and welcome Coffin to the stage.
Coffin is a three-time Grammy award-winning saxophonist, member of the Dave Matthews Band and a 14-year former player with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Coffin received a music education degree from the University of North Texas, where he played with the famous One O’Clock Lab Band. He is a sponsored Yamaha and D’ ...

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Georgia Tech Students Meet Big Boi from Outkast

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Georgia Tech Students Meet Big Boi from Outkast


The surprise visit came after a semester-long class about the music of OutKast




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Students from Dr. Joycelyn Wilson's class about Outkast and Trap Music meet with Big Boi (Antwan Patton) from Outkast to wrap up their semester of study.

It’s not your typical class on a campus known for engineers and scientists.

“The name of the course is Engaging the Lyrics of Outkast and Trap Music to Explore Politics of Social Justice,” explains Dr. Joycelyn Wilson. “We turn Outkast’s lyrics into a text and we use the narratives to have a larger conversation about social justice.”

Wilson studied the music and lyrics of Outkast as part of her dissertation.

“I felt like Outkast represents innovation,” she explains.

Originally, the students were not aware the class was about Outkast. It was just billed as a “race, science, and technology” course.

“When I found out it was about Outkast and social justice, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to take this class,’” says industrial engineering major Raianna Brown.

Wilson says she introduces students to the lyrics first, and then the class listens to the music.

“Often we’re attracted to the sound first. Then we analyze the words.”

While much of the focus was on Outkast, Wilson and her students reviewed songs across the hip-hop spectrum from Lauryn Hill to Lil Yacthy.

Through a course like this about music, students are introduced to urban issues and that begins a conversation.

“Having a course where you have discussions about social and political issues, it’s nice to have that change,” says mechanical engineering student Ahmed Aly.

To wrap up the course, Wilson arranged for Antwan Patton, better known as Big Boi from Outkast, to visit the class and take questions from the students.

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Annual OSU gathering of ‘world’s largest’ Native American flute circle set for May 12

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The annual gathering of the Oregon State University Native American flute circle, led by instructor Jan Looking Wolf Reibach, is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, in the Student Experience Center plaza, 2251 S.W. Jefferson Way, Corvallis.
The flute circle gathering, thought to be the largest in the world, brings together past and present students of Music 108, one of the most popular baccalaureate core courses at OSU, in a celebration of cultural diversity and togetherness. In May 2016, 375 participants joined in the largest iteration of the OSU event to date.
“Since time immemorial, music has brought people together for many different purposes. The students of the Native American flute course here at OSU are playing their flutes to celebrate cultural diversity and break the world record for the largest Native American style flute circle,” Reibach said. “The circle will consist of many different ethnicities and cultures, all playing together with one heart.”
The gathering is free and open to the public. Participants in the flute circle must be current or past enrollees of OSU’s Music 108 course. For accommodations relating to a disability, please call 541-737-4671.


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Symposium to Celebrate “New Voices and Visions”

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May 8 event will feature best-selling authors from UCR’s faculty
By Bettye Miller on April 28, 2017
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“Living the Promise Symposium: New Voices and Visions” on May 8 will feature some of UCR’s best-selling, best-known writers.

RIVERSIDE, California – Artists have long examined the human condition, offering unexpected insights and perspectives of people and places both familiar and unfamiliar. The University of California, Riverside will celebrate some of its best-known, best-selling authors and their unique visions of the world in a symposium on Monday, May 8.
The event, “Living the Promise Symposium: New Voices and Visions,” will feature authors Reza Aslan, host and executive producer of CNN’s documentary series “Believer with Reza Aslan”; Emily Rapp Black, who recently won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship; Tod Goldberg, winner of the Silver Pen Award; Susan Straight, a National Book Award finalist; and Peter Graham, associate dean for arts and humanities in UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS).
“New Voices and Visions” is free and open to the public. The symposium begins at 6 p.m. in the UCR Alumni & Visitors Center, 3701 Canyon Crest Drive. Parking for this event is free in Lot 24, across the street from the Alumni & Visitors Center. Reservations are requested and may be made online.
The symposium is the last of seven in a yearlong series of events that reflect key themes of the university’s comprehensive fundraising campaign announced in October 2016. The $300 million campaign will conclude in 2020 and seeks funding for student support, faculty research, and infrastructure. Campaign themes align with goals outlined in UCR 2020, the university’s strategic plan.
The program will include a clip from an episode of “Believer,” and Emily Rapp Black and Susan Straight will read selections from their work. A Q&A will follow the panel discussion.

Reza Aslan, professor of creative writing, is an internationally renowned author and scholar of ...

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Gallery: Olin Centennial Gala — April 21, 2017

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It was a once-in-a-century celebration. From festivities feting the 2017 Distinguished Alumni and all previous honorees, to an explosion of fireworks on Mudd Field, Olin’s Centennial Celebration Gala was a night to remember. The evening began with the Distinguished Alumni Awards, where Dean Mark Taylor welcomed more than 700 guests and Olin Alumni Board President Alex Borchert served as Master of Ceremonies. Video tributes and introductions to each awardee were viewed before they accepted the Distinguished Alumni honor. Former Dean Mahendra Gupta and his wife Sunita Gharg received the Dean’s Medal. Chancellor Wrighton addressed the audience before the unveiling of a final video outlining Dean Taylor’s vision for Olin’s second century.
The celebration continued on all three levels of the Atrium, which had been transformed into an extraordinary event space by lights, candles, and a 12 foot by 40 foot digital wall displaying 100 years of history in words, video, and archival photos. Live music and food stations, serving everything from sushi to bangers and mash, were enjoyed by several generations of alumni, professors, staff, and friends of Olin.
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Doctoral Oral Exams for May 8-12

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The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:Monifa Fahie, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Monday, May 8, 9 a.m., N410 Life Sciences Laboratory. Dissertation: “Pore Forming Protein Assembly and the use in Nanopore Sensing: A Study on E. Coli Proteins CLYA and OMPG.” Min Chen, chr.
Fernanda Gandara, Ph.D., Education. Monday, May 8, 2 p.m., S115 Furcolo Hall. Dissertation: “Evaluating a Translingual Administration of the Early Grades Math Assessment (EGMA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Jennifer Randall, chr.
Clifton Manning Carey, Ph.D., Computer Science. Tuesday, May 9, 9 a.m., 151 Computer Science Building. Dissertation: “Graph Construction for Manifold Discovery.” Sridhar Mahadevan, chr.
Cassaundra Rodriguez, Ph.D., Sociology. Tuesday, May 9, 12 p.m., 620 Thompson Hall. Dissertation: “Contested Citizenship and Social Belonging? Latino Mixed-Status Families in California.” Joya Misra, chr.
Shivani Shukla, Ph.D., Management. Wednesday, May 10, 10 a.m., 112 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “Game Theory for Security Investments in Cyber and Supply Chain Networks.” Anna Nagurney, chr.
Nathan Carnes, Ph.D., Psychology. Wednesday, May 10, 12 p.m., 521B Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “A Virtuous Cycle: Interdependence and the Ontogenesis of Social Justice.” Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, chr.
Josefina Hardman, Ph.D., English. Thursday, May 11, 10 a.m., E501 South College. Dissertation: “Tragicomic Transpositions: The Influence of Spanish Prose Romance on the Development of Early Modern English Tragicomedy.” Jane Degenhardt, chr.
Liping Peng, Ph.D., Computer Science. Thursday, May 11, 2:30 p.m., 151 Computer Science Building. Dissertation: “Supporting Scientific Analytics Under Data Uncertainty and Query Uncertainty.” Yanli Diao, chr.




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Ryan Robinson Named UT Knoxville Vice Chancellor for Communications

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Chancellor Beverly Davenport today announced the appointment of Ryan Robinson as the university’s vice chancellor for communications.Ryan Robinson
Robinson will assume his duties May 17 as the university’s chief communications and marketing officer. In this role, he will oversee the Office of Communications and Marketing and WUOT-FM 91.9, the university’s public radio station.
He will be a member of the chancellor’s cabinet and report directly to the chancellor.
“I could not be more pleased to add Ryan to my leadership team,” Davenport said. “He has built outstanding relationships with key university stakeholders and is a dynamic communications professional with exceptional PR instincts.”
Robinson has worked in public relations for 20 years and currently serves as the senior associate athletic director for communications at UT. He oversees media relations, internet communications, broadcasting, and creative services, and also serves as the primary communications strategist for football and the athletic department administration.
“Ryan’s leadership in the athletic department has been exemplary,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics John Currie said. “He is a dynamic leader and collaborative team member. I look forward to continuing our relationship as we work together as part of Chancellor Davenport’s leadership team.”
Robinson succeeds Jacob Rudolph, who has served as the interim vice chancellor for communications since July 2016.
“I am thankful to Chancellor Davenport and members of the search committee for believing in me,” Robinson said. “It is an honor to work on behalf of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni as we continue to elevate UT’s academic and institutional profile. I look forward to collaborating with the talented communications staff and can’t wait to get to work.”  
Before joining UT, Robinson was director of public relations for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. Prior to his 10-year stint with the Jaguars communications team, he served as executive director of Peyton Manning’s ...

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Polio Vaccine Pioneer, Julius S. Youngner, Sc.D., Dies at 96

Polio Vaccine Pioneer, Julius S. Youngner, Sc.D., One of World’s Most Influential Virologists, Dies at 96
PITTSBURGH, April 28, 2017 – Julius S. Youngner, Sc.D., a world-renowned virologist best known for his contributions to the development of the first effective polio vaccine alongside Jonas Salk, died peacefully Thursday, April 27, 2017 at his home in Pittsburgh, surrounded by family.
Dr. Youngner, a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of microbiology and medical genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, had a remarkable scientific career that spanned more than 60 years, influenced the careers of an entire generation of virologists, and has saved innumerable lives.

More than just an outstanding and inspiring scientist, Juli, as Youngner was known to friends and colleagues, was warm, compassionate and down to earth with a wonderful sense of humor. He joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1949, and served as professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology from 1966to 1985, and as professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology from 1985 until his retirement in 1989. He continued to remain a large presence in the department, attending seminars as recently as last year.

“Juli’s infectious curiosity has fueled his own research and influenced all who had the privilege to work with him. As a direct result of his efforts, there are countless numbers of people living longer and healthier lives,” said Arthur S. Levine, M.D., Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the Pitt School of Medicine.

“Julius Youngner once told a reporter that he intended to stay at the University of Pittsburgh for only a short time following his work on the Manhattan Project. But he soon fell in love with Pitt and the research opportunities here. I am grateful he stayed and that his work, with Jonas Salk and others, led to the polio ...

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Un centenar d'entitats participaran en la Fira d'Empreses de l'Àrea de Ciències i Enginyeries

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La Fira tindrà lloc el proper dimecres 3 de maig, de 10 a 18 h, l'edifici de les facultats de Física i de Química.











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El proper dimecres 3 de maig, de 10 a 18 h, l'edifici de les facultats de Física i de Química acollirà una nova edició de la Fira d’Empreses que organitza l’Àrea de Ciències i Enginyeries de la UB amb la participació addicional de la Facultat de Biologia i que està dirigida als estudiants dels ensenyaments d’aquests àmbits, procedents de setze graus i vint-i-dos màsters en total.







Entre les diferents activitats que s’organitzen al voltant de la fira, enguany tindrà lloc una sessió sobre oportunitats laborals al Quebec, a càrrec d'Amélie Drewitt, assessora de l'Oficina d'Immigració del Quebec per a l'Europa Occidental. Aquesta entitat organitza a la Universitat de Barcelona aquesta activitat de prospecció i reclutament per trobar candidats interessats en la mobilitat internacional.
Altres activitats de la fira són els cafès col·loqui amb representants d’empreses, en els quals es fa una dinàmica de networking grupal amb un grup reduït d’estudiants. D’altra banda, els estudiants podran visitar els diferents estands per conèixer quines són les necessitats de les empreses i deixar-hi el currículum, que podran confeccionar en els mateixos tallers que organitza Feina UB. 
Més informació sobre les activitats: http://www.ub.edu/fisica/firaempreses/agenda.html
 




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S&T student art show and award reception is May 1

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One of the images that will be displayed at the art show.Over 120 works of art created by students at Missouri University of Science and Technology will be on display May 1-5, in the Havener Center as part of the 13th annual Student Art Show.
A reception to honor the work of the students will be held 5-7 p.m. Monday, May 1, in the atrium of the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus. This event is free and open to the public.
Paintings, drawings, multi-media and sculpture pieces will be on display, representing numerous art courses offered on campus. Attendees will be invited to cast their vote for “Best of Show.”
At 6 p.m. the Renaissance Student Award will be presented. The award, which includes a $1,000 prize, will be presented by S&T’s arts, languages, and philosophy department. Awards for students in French, film studies and Russian will also be given out.
The award is named after the term “Renaissance person,” which was originally coined to describe the great philosophers of the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras who were experts in numerous areas that varied drastically in terms of fields. The most common example of a Renaissance person is Leonardo da Vinci, who was a painter, sculptor, musician, mathematician, inventor and writer.
The final three students in contention for the award are Jordan Powell, a senior in biological sciences from Sikeston, Missouri; Owen Smith, senior in physics from St. Louis; and Faith Van Wig, a senior in computer science from Hartsburg, Missouri.
“These graduating seniors embody the spirit of a Renaissance person through their accomplishments in their fields as well as in the humanities and arts,” says Luce Myers, assistant teaching professor of art at S&T.
The reception is sponsored by the Campus Arts Committee, the arts, languages, and philosophy department, the College of Arts, Sciences, and ...

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Kandace Alfred earns 2017 Memorable Conversations Scholarship

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Kandace Alfred is in the third year of the Doctor of Optometry program at UMSL, which she says she chose in part because of the family feel that she picked up on during her application and interview process. (Design by Wendy Allison. Images courtesy of Kandace Alfred)
Developing a passion for optometry wasn’t something Kandace Alfred ever planned on when she was growing up in Slidell, Louisiana – roughly 33 miles outside New Orleans.
Instead, it was something she discovered largely by chance.
“I needed a job during college, and through an odd series of events I ended up as an optical associate at Sears Optical,” says Alfred, who is now a student in the Doctor of Optometry program at the University of Missouri­–St. Louis. “During my time there, I fell in love with the patients and the profession. I worked at Sears Optical for three and a half years before starting optometry school. Happenstance is the motif of my life.”
Alfred’s video starts off with an homage to her hometown of Slidell, Louisiana.
Now that she’s three years into having swapped Slidell for St. Louis because of the student ambassadors, small class size and intimate, family feeling she felt at UMSL, Alfred says that happenstance has been at play again.
This time, it’s pointed her towards funds for study.
Alfred found the Memorable Conversations Scholarship – a joint effort between the group ODs on Facebook and patient education software developer Rendia – while browsing social media.
“ODs on Facebook is a private group of approximately 30,000 optometrists, optometry students, opticians and anyone working in the optometric profession,” explains Alfred. “Tough and interesting clinical cases are shared as well as funny patient stories, equipment and practices for sale, et cetera.
“The scholarship was posted sometime in December during our winter finals. I saw the post, then completely forgot about ...

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Cal State Fullerton baseball holds off UCI in 14th straight home win

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After a tough series loss to Cal Poly, No. 14 Cal State Fullerton baseball bounced back with a 5-3 victory over UC Irvine Friday night at Goodwin Field. It was the Titans’ 14th consecutive home win.
“I thought they played ok, saw a variety of pitchers from them,” said Titan Head Coach Rick Vanderhook. “I thought we put together a couple innings and got some runs, they tied it up and we came right back and answered back.”
The Titans struck early in the game, putting up two runs in the bottom of the second inning. With runners on second and third, junior catcher Chris Hudgins followed up with a two RBI single up the middle to drive in Bryant and Persinger to give the Titans an early 2-0 lead.
UCI starting pitcher Chris Vargas didn’t last long for the Anteaters, pitching just two innings while giving up four walks and two earned runs. UCI brought in Ryan Johnston in for relief in the third after Vargas walked the first batter of the inning.
Fullerton quickly took advantage of the reliever. Bryant drew his second walk of the game and one batter later Dillon Persinger hit a RBI single up the middle to score freshman Sahid Valenzuela from second base, extending the Titans’ lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third.
The Anteaters answered back in the fifth inning with two runs to cut their deficit to 3-2. With the bases loaded and two outs, shortstop Mikey Duarte hit a two RBI double to center field to score two runs for UCI.
The anteaters tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the seventh on a RBI double to center field by Parker Coss to score Adam Alcantara from second base. It came down to a close call at home plate with Hurst trying to throw out the ...

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People Who Donate Kidneys to Strangers Value Them as Much as Family, Friends

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April 28, 2017 – A new study published by a Georgetown expert on altruism shows that individuals who give strangers a kidney value the welfare of strangers nearly as much as family or close friends.
Abigail Marsh, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, worked with Georgetown Ph.D. candidate Kruti Vekaria and other students on the study, which Nature Human Behavior published today.
“The interesting thing about extraordinarily altruistic people is that they are willing to take significant risks and costs not just to benefit a family member or close friend, but to benefit a stranger,” says Marsh, who has done previous studies on extreme altruism.
“Whereas most people are willing to sacrifice to help people close to them, how much they are willing to sacrifice drops off considerably for more distant acquaintances or strangers.”
Social Discounting
Marsh says psychologists call the tendency to devalue the welfare of people who are distant as opposed to people close to them “social discounting.
“Many people might sacrifice something for a friend or neighbor, but if it’s someone they don’t know who lives 500 miles away, they are less likely to help,” Marsh explains, “But extraordinary altruists, such as the people who give kidneys to strangers, don't seem to discount the welfare of distant others nearly as much.
For the study, Marsh and Vekaria measured social discounting in 21 altruistic kidney donors versus 39 control participants.
All the participants completed a computerized social discounting task, during which they made nine dichotomous choices about keeping or forgoing resources to benefit each of seven target individuals who ranged in social distance from 1 (closest) to 100 (furthest).
"We found they will sacrifice as much for their 100th closest relationship as the average person will sacrifice for their 20th closest relationship,” Marsh says.
Valuing Strangers
The study authors say their findings add to a growing body of research that demonstrates social ...

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Ripples in cosmic web measured using rare double quasars

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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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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

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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

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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

College of Arts & Sciences

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.
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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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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
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Free admission


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Betsey Wolfson





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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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