K-State Today Student Edition
April 28, 2017
Celebrate Arbor Day with K-State Green Week
By Morgan HammesK-State Green Week is celebrating Arbor Day with free tree seedlings, flowers and other giveaways at noon April 28 in Bosco Student Plaza. Get them while they last!
Also, join Tree Campus USA as they celebrate Arbor Day with tree plantings at 10:30 a.m. north of Holtz Hall and 1:30 p.m. east of Throckmorton Hall.
The K-State Green Week committee wishes you a happy Arbor Day and looks forward to working with you to create a "greener" campus.
Due to weather, the Grassroots Festival scheduled for 7 p.m. today has been canceled.
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Celebrate Arbor Day with K-State Green Week
Voice of America - Top U.S., WHO Doctors Address Vaccine Safety
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Linda Fu, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, spoke to Voice of America for an article about the possible side effects that children may experience when getting vaccinated.
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WVU engineering professor named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
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Nianqiang
“Nick” Wu, professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering at West Virginia
University, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
“This is the collective outcome of the administrative
support, the effort of all my students and the investment in research
infrastructure at WVU,” said Wu. “My independent academic career grows from the
root at WVU.”
The Royal Society of Chemistry, founded in 1841, is the
United Kingdom’s professional body for chemical scientists and the largest
organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. The society
partners with industry and academia; promotes collaboration and innovation;
advises governments on policy; and promotes the talent, information and ideas
that lead to great advances in science. The designation FRSC is given to a
group of elected Fellows who have made outstanding contributions to chemistry.
As of 2016, only 108 scientists have earned this designation.
Wu, a materials scientist, conducts research in
photocatalysts and photoelectrochemical cells for solar energy harvesting, batteries
and supercapacitors for energy storage, chemical sensors and biosensors for
healthcare and environment monitoring. His research is funded by the National
Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of
Energy.
He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering
from Zhejiang University, China, in 1997. He was a postdoctoral research fellow
at University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2001 and later directed the Keck
Surface Science Center at Northwestern University from 2001-2005. He joined WVU
as an assistant professor in 2005 and was promoted to associate professor and
professor in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He has published one book and more
than 150 journal papers. His papers were cited close to 2,400 times in 2016,
achieving a total citation of more than 12,300 throughout his career.
Wu currently serves on the board of directors of the
Electrochemical Society and serves as chair of the Sensor Division of ESC. He
has received the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award ...
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UTA professor’s book explains complex world of public health, individual medical services
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
A book from a UTA associate professor explains why the United States has the health system it has.
Daniel Sledge, associate professor of political science at The University of Texas at Arlington, wrote Health Divided: Public Health and Individual Medicine in the Making of the Modern American State, published by University Press of Kansas.
Daniel Sledge, associate professor of political science at The University of Texas at Arlington, wrote Health Divided: Public Health and Individual Medicine in the Making of the Modern American State, which was recently published by University Press of Kansas.
The book explains why the federal government emerged as a central force in promoting public health work, through the CDC, while engaging in the promotion of individual medical services on a patchwork basis. Sledge said there has been a great deal continuity in the American health care system since the 1960s, when the creation of Medicare and Medicaid helped to lock in a system underpinned by employer-sponsored health insurance.
“Under slightly different circumstances, we could have ended up with far more extensive federal government involvement in providing access to health services,” said Sledge, who specializes in health policy and politics at UTA. “Beyond this, individual medical services might have been more closely integrated with preventive and public health efforts.”
In addition, Health Divided portrays Obamacare as consistent with long-standing patterns in American health politics, with state-based exchanges and Medicaid expansion layered on top of the existing health care system.
“Future changes will likely remain consistent with these patterns, rather than overturning existing institutions,” Sledge said. “Going forward, we would expect effective change to occur within the framework of employer-sponsored health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and the state-based exchanges. Reforms that seek to upend these arrangements are highly unlikely to make it through Congress.”
Sledge said that many attempts at national health insurance have failed because the melding of ...
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Federal district judge hears motions at Wayne Law
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Federal district judge hears motions at Wayne LawApril 04, 2017Photo attached:
Judge Bernard Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan heard motion arguments Thursday, March 9, at Wayne State University Law School. Enjoying the event are, from left, Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler; Friedman; Suzanne Jacques, court reporter for Friedman; Professor Linda Beale, Wayne Law director of graduate studies; Professor Stephen Calkins; Wayne Law Interim Dean Lance Gable; Stephen Thoburn, law clerk for Friedman; Amy Neville, Wayne Law legal writing instructor; Kristin Theut, Wayne Law director of legal research and writing; and Kathryn Day, Wayne Law legal writing instructor.
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NSF awards OSU grant for large-scale study
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NSF awards $393,000 grant to OSU professor for study on frog evolution
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $392,648 grant to Dr. Daniel Moen, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, to support a large-scale, international study on the importance of several factors involved in habitat change and the evolution of frogs and toads. The project will also support the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in a diversity of subjects and will include a summer research program for undergraduates at OSU.
The primary goals of the study are to use evolutionary relationships to estimate major shifts between frog habitat types, for example, living in water versus in trees, and to explore the cause of these shifts. The project will also address the factors that explain large-scale patterns of ecological and morphological evolution across frogs and toads around the world.
“A major purpose of estimating evolutionary relationships among organisms is to understand patterns of character evolution such as habitat change, yet relatively little is known about why specific patterns are observed,” said Moen. “Are some ecological strategies – such as those that are more specialized – evolutionary dead ends? Are transitions between others more common? Why are changes between some types many times more frequent than others?”
Along with Dr. John Wiens, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, Moen’s lab group will address these questions in frogs and develop statistical tools to examine them in other groups of organisms. The work will include gathering data on frog body forms, from specimens in museum collections around the country, conducting fieldwork in four countries (Cameroon, Madagascar, Spain, and the United States) to collect data on jumping and swimming performance, and estimating a new evolutionary tree of relationships among frog families.
Moen will also work with an electronic arts class to ...
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In the Spotlight: April 27, 2017
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NAU Gospel Rising Star Baptist
Led by Ricardo Guthrie, NAU’s director of Ethnic Studies, Blase Scarnati, professor of musicology in the School of Music, and music major Khalid McGhee, the NAU Gospel Choir completed its first tour earlier this month in Tucson. The tour was a culmination of a yearlong project supported by Arizona Humanities Council, the State of Black Arizona and NAU’s School of Music and Ethnic Studies Program. The project allowed choir members to work with various youth and visiting choirs and create a partnership for recruiting students to NAU. As a result of the project, Guthrie was selected as an Education Community Luminary and will receive an award on May 2.
CNN recently featured Harun Mehmedinovic, professor of practice in communication, along with his project partner, Gavin Heffernan, for their unique approach to communicating the negative effects of light pollution. The article “Chasing ‘dark skies’ to focus on light pollution” discusses how the duo are using astrophotography to convey the importance of protecting the night sky through compiled breathtaking visuals.
In November, professor Marty Lee was selected for the Connie G. Myers Award for Leadership in Wilderness Education 2016 by the National Forest Service. Unable to attend the award presentations in Montana, Lee was presented the award in person last week by representatives from the Forest Service. The presentation took place in Schultz Pass—a wilderness area Lee has worked to manage and protect—with colleagues and several alumni by her side.
The KNAU News Team recently brought home three Edward R. Murrow Awards. Aaron Granillo produced ‘Apache Chef’ that won for Excellence in Writing and ‘Polygamy Lawsuit’ that won for Investigative Repotting. Melissa Sevigny’s ‘Parkinson’ ...
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DOMINGUEZ RECORDS SECOND BEST HIGH JUMP IN SCHOOL HISTORY
Athletics News
Apr 29, 2017
BERKELEY, Calif. — The Sacramento State men's and women's sprinters and hurdlers enjoyed their best day of the season and Candice Dominguez recorded the second best high jump in school history to lead the team during the Brutus Hamilton Challenge on Saturday at Cal.
The meet was the second competition for the Hornets during the weekend and one of the final tuneups before the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. This weekend's meets also marked the the final competition away from the home for the team during the regular season as the Hornets will end the year with the Sacramento State Open on May 6 and the Big Sky Championships on May 10-13. Both meets will take place at Hornet Stadium.
WOMEN"S FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
Candice Dominguez was second in the high jump after clearing 5-10.00. The junior moved into second place in school history and narrowly missed breaking Naima Goodwin's school record of 5-10.50 which came in 2011. Dominguez moved to the top of the Big Sky list this season with her performance and easily surpassed her season best of 5-06.00 which came at the Causeway Classic Dual. Her previous career best was 5-08.00 which had her tied for fifth place in the Hornet record book.
Jelaia Jones placed second in the shot put with a put of 44-09.75 to lead a group of three Hornets in the top six. Tyhana Cooper was fourth at 43-01.75 and Kathleen Durand was sixth with a best of 41-10.00.
Tia Cooke was third in the long jump was a career best effort. Cooke had a leap of 18-04.50 which was 5.5 inches beyond her previous season long.
Tessa Davis cleared 11-05.75 to set a career best in the pole vault. That mark was equalled by Hayley Ann Carbullido who placed seventh while Davis was eighth based on jumps.
Adora Garrick set a career best in the discus with a throw of 138-04.
WOMEN'S TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
Amari Jones led the team in both the 100 and 200. Jones placed sixth in the 100 in 12.13 and was fifth in the 200 in 25.08. Her time in the 200 was her fastest of the year.
Amari Sperling tied her season best in the 100 by running 12.62.
Kristen Robinson finished first in the 100-hurdles and also posted her fastest time of the year. Robinson ran 14.06 which was .27 seconds quicker than her previous best time this season.
Denise Reis set a career best in the 800 by running 2:11.16.
MEN'S TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
Andre Lindsey set wind-legal career bests in the both the 110-hurdles and the 100. Lindsey ran 14.19 to place second in the 110-hurdles and move him into 10th place in school history. Lindsey has run a wind-aided time of 14.19 earlier this year which places him first among the Big Sky but his time on Saturday is the best in the conference this year with a wind of 2.0 meters per second or less.
Michael Turner tied his season best in both the 100 and a career best in the 200. Turner ran 10.77 to match his fastest wind-legal 100 during the year and place fourth in the event. His 200 time of 21.68 placed him third in the meet and bettered his previous career best by two-hundredths of a second.
Cory Barger and Adam Huynh also set season bests in the 100 and 200 races. Barger ran 11.25 in the 100 and Huynh ran 22.90 in the 200.
Andrew Stich placed third in the 400-hurdles with a career best time of 53.56. That time was .17 seconds ahead of his performance at the Mondo Team Challenge earlier this year which had been the fastest of his career.
MEN'S FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
Cory Barger set his career best in the long jump for the fourth time this season and finished first in the event. Barger jumped 24-08.25 which placed him 3.25 inches beyond his career best which was set last week at the Causeway Classic Dual.
Daniel Onuoha was third in the high jump with a successful attempt at 6-04.00.
The hammer and javelin for both the men and women were conducted on Friday.
Women's Results
100: 6. Amari Jones 12.13; 9. Amari Sperling 12.62.
200: 5. Amari Jones 25.08; 7. Joy Weems 25.71, 9. Amari Sperling 25.95; 10. Artearra Coffey 27.00.
400: 6. Joy Weems 56.22; 11. Adria Revell 1:00.57.
800: 6. Ashley Kittle 2:11.01; 7. Denise Reis 2:11.16.
1500: None.
100H: 1. Kristen Robinson 14.06; 4. Artearra Coffey 14.39; 7. Kassandra Corrigan 14.96; 8. Elizabeth Venzon 15.14; 9. Ivie Eboigbodin 15.76.
400H: 5. Carly Schulz 1:01.03; 7. Cassidy Zurn 1:03.83; 8. Angelica Cusworth 1:04.07.
4x100: 3. Sacramento State 47.04.
4x400: 3. Sacramento State 3:48.35.
HJ: 2. Candice Dominguez 5-10.00; T4. Julia Grimm, Sydney Pink 5-04.25; 6. Elizabeth Venzon 5-04.25; 9. Shelby Dozier 5-02.25.
PV: 7. Hayley Ann Carbullido 11-05.75; 8. Tessa Davis 11-05.75; Siobhan Anderson NH.
LJ: 3. Tia Cooke 18-04.50; 4. Abby Taylor 18-01.00; 6. Kassandra Corrigan 17-10.25.
TJ: None.
SP: 2. Jelaia Jones 44-09.75; 4. Tyhana Cooper 43-01.75; 6. Kathleen Durand 41-10.00; 9. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 37-08.75.
DIS: 9. Adora Garrick 138-04; 10. Lauren Kinloch 136-06; 11. Kathleen Durand 133-06; 15. Jelaia Jones 119-10; 16. Danielle Jackson 119-05; 17. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 115-07.
HAM: 4. Kathleen Durand 175-03; 6. Tyhana Cooper 171-09; 11. Jelaia Jones 152-02; 14. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 143-04; 16. Adora Garrick 137-08; 17. Lauren Kinloch 131-09; 18. Danielle Jackson 128-01.
JAV: 2. Julia Grimm 139-01; 3. Selena Cisneros-Haefke 133-08; 6. Elizabeth Venzon 120-10; 9. Kassandra Corrigan 90-08.
Men's Results
100: 4. Michael Turner 10.77; 5. Eric Adorno 10.80; 8. Andre Lindsey 10.99; 12. Cory Barger 11.25; 13. Chirs Ilio 11.25; 14. Alec Acevedo 11.32.
200: 3. Michael Turner 21.68; 4. Eric Adorno 7. Adam Huynh 22.90; 8. Chris Ilio 23.11.
400: 4. Adam Huynh 50.37; 6. Alec Foster 51.77.
800: 10. Taylor Huynh 1:57.99.
Mile: None.
110H: 2. Andrew Lindsey 14.30; 3. Aric Walden 14.46; 8. Max Jette 15.47.
400H: 3. Andrew Stich 53.56.
4x100: 3. Sacramento State 41.51.
4x400: 2. Sacramento State 3:22.09.
HJ: 3. Daniel Onuoha 6-04.00; 7. Mohamed Abdullah 6-02.00; Alec Acevedo NH.
PV: 5. Max Jette 13-11.25; 6. Trevor Hubby 13-05.25.; Steven Pust NH.
LJ: 1. Cory Barger 24-08.25; 7. Alec Acevedo 22-10.00; 9. Darius Armstead 22-09.75; 11. Jah Strange 21-08.00; Mohamed Abdullah F.
TJ: 4. Jah Strange 46-01.50.
SP: 8. Anthony Santiago 48-09.00; 9. Kyle Peterson 47-03.00.
DIS: 5. Kyle Carrillo 161-07; 6. Kyle Peterson 158-11; 12. Anthony Santiago 129-00; 15. Alec Acevedo 118-04; 16. Max Jette 112-00; 17. Andrew Stich 112-00.
HAM: 8. Kyle Peterson 164-11; 13. Kyle Carrillo 124-05; 14. Anthony Santiago 116-11.
JAV: 3. Andrew Stich 185-10; 5. Trevor Hubby 164-02.
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Spillways and Hydras: 110 years of student publishing at DePaul
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In April, the Loop and Lincoln Park libraries celebrated Student Workers as part of National Student Employment Week. Springtime at DePaul heralds the release of new literary magazine editions, often culminations of an academic year of creative work. Here in the archives, we took the opportunity to look back at DePaul student publishing work with the help of some of our student assistants.
The 1931 'Spillway' featured a series of comical characters like the noire detective Algeron Glump. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and Archives)
Some of DePaul's earliest student magazines blended short fiction and verse with campus life and non-fiction essays, a catch-all of student writing. The 1908 "DePaul Review," a short-lived magazine published before commencement, included recaps of DePaul football games along with essays and creative fiction. The quirky "Spillway" collected jokes, puns, and short stories, some from the "DePaulia," into a yearly volume. Amidst poems and literature reviews, the winter 1930 "DePaul Quarterly" included a solemn essay arguing that television would help humans receive visual signals transmitted by intelligent life on other planets.
The post-World War II enrollment boom helped initiate growth in student magazine production. Literary publications like "Trajectories," begun as a supplement to the "DePaulia," and the alternative paper Aletheia paved the wave for themed journals. "Hydra" was published from DePaul's First Step coffee house in the late 1960s and featured collage art and political essays. Beginning in 1965, "Shantih" collected short fiction, visual art, and poetry under leadership from DePaul Honors Program students. "Shantih" became "Threshold" in 1980, expanding to formally include undergraduate and graduate student submissions. The student-run art and literature magazine continues today as "Crook and Folly," released each spring.
A range of academic and personal interests have continued to drive diverse student publications over the past forty years. "Essays and Ideas" accepted student submissions across academic disciplines to represent the best in undergraduate non-fiction work in ...
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CWRU Men’s 4x4 Breaks School Record at Ashland Alumni Open
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Apr 29, 2017
For the second time this season, the Case Western Reserve University men's 4x400-meter relay team set a school record to pace the Spartans at the Ashland Alumni Open, hosted by Ashland University on Saturday.
The 4x400-meter relay team of senior Nathaniel Wahner, junior Andrew Ibibo, sophomore Joseph Cabral and freshman Jonathan Haling finished first overall at the meet with a time of 3:15.98. This time bested the previous school record of 3:16.55, which was set by Wahner, Ibibo, Cabral and Haling at the UAA Outdoor Championships last weekend.
Wahner also added a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.33, while Haling finished 18th (23.24) and freshman Justin Thomas placed 29th (24.34). Freshman Dominic Oddo also competed on Saturday, finishing 13th in the 400-meter hurdles (58.34), 18th in the 100-meter hurdles (16:34) and 27th in the 100-meter dash (11.97). Freshman Sam Jenkins rounded out the events on the track for the Spartans, placing 22nd in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.20.
For the Spartan women, juniors Cassandra Laios and Nimi Gupta competed on Friday in the hammer throw. Laios earned a fourth-place finish in the event with a mark of 50.35 meters, while Gupta claimed an 11th place finish with a toss of 45.07 meters.
Case Western Reserve is scheduled to return to competition at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, hosted by North Central College in Naperville, Illinois on Friday, May 12th.
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Motivational speaker with PDD to address grad colloquium
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Anthony Ianni, the
first-known athlete with autism to play Division 1 college basketball, will be
the speaker at the Graduate Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., May 4, at the Capitol Room
of the Holmes Student Center.
Ianni, of the Michigan
Department of Civil Rights, is one of the most sought-after motivational
speakers in the region. At age 4 he was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental
Disorder (PDD), a disorder on the autism spectrum. His parents were told he would
probably not graduate high school and would likely have to live in a group
home. But with his family’s support, he overcame bullying, adversity and
personal challenges. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Michigan
State University, where he also played basketball, winning two Big Ten
Championships.
At 26 he has only just
begun. He has been invited to tell his story and share his message across
the country, inspiring many to LYD, Live Your Dreams.
For more information
about the Graduate Colloquium, please email chhsevents@niu.edu.
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
New Era of Research at Michigan Tech
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Michigan Technological University has entered a new era of research, Vice President for Research David Reed told the University’s Board of Trustees at its meeting Friday, April 28, 2017. Michigan Tech’s research enterprise has been expanding steadily, hitting $72.5 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2016, he reported.
What is the next step? “Everyone says we need to reach the next level as a research institution,” Reed said. He defined “the next level” as being the primary institution on an increasing number of large, multi-institutional research projects funded by a variety of sponsors and including nationally recognized research institutions, including Michigan Tech.
Within the past year, Michigan Tech has been the lead on four different projects that meet these criteria:
Environmental Protection Agency Regional Environmental Finance Center.
Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Technology Research Institute.
Department of Transportation Beyond Traffic Innovation Center.
“This demonstrates that Michigan Tech is increasingly receiving external recognition as a major national and international technological research institution,” Reed said. “We are at the next level. The challenge is to sustain and accelerate this activity.”
Presidential Search Process
After regretfully accepting President Glenn Mroz’s announcement of his intention to return to the faculty in June 2018, Board Chair Terry Woychowski outlined the procedure that the University will follow to conduct a presidential search.
The Board will start the process on May 5 by soliciting nominations to serve on a Presidential Search Committee from various sectors of the University community.
The Board Chair will appoint the search committee which will be composed of four Board of Trustees members, three faculty members nominated by the University Senate, two professional staff nominated by the Senate, one academic administrator nominated by the provost, one graduate student nominated by the Graduate Student Government, one undergraduate nominated by the Undergraduate Student Government and one local ...
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Jacob Yarrow Selected as New Executive Director for Green Music Center
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Jacob Yarrow, who for the past eight years has been programming director for Hancher Auditorium -- the main performing arts center at the University of Iowa -- has accepted the position of Executive Director of Sonoma State's Green Music Center.
Yarrow, 45, will succeed Zarin Mehta, the former president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra who has been at the helm of Sonoma State's renowned performing arts venue since 2013; and Stan Nosek, the university's interim vice president for administration and finance who has served as the GMC's co-executive director since last summer.
"Jacob is a talented and versatile arts executive with two decades of experience in programming, fundraising, performance, higher education, marketing and non-profit management," President Sakaki said. "I feel confident this is going to be an excellent fit for him and his family and for the university and community."
Yarrow's appointment followed a comprehensive national search led by the Catherine French Group after Mehta announced his retirement last fall. Yarrow will begin his new position in June.
"The opportunity to play a leadership role at SSU represents an exciting chance to make an impact on the lives of students and faculty while contributing to the vibrant arts community in the North Bay," he said of his move to Sonoma State. "I am particularly impressed by Weill Hall and the current programming as well as ambitious plans to deepen academic connections and to make the GMC that much more central to campus and community life."
President Sakaki has been working to more fully integrate the GMC into everyday campus life since she became Sonoma State's 7th president last July and Yarrow had considerable success achieving that connection with Hancher at Iowa.
As Hancher's programming director, Yarrow led development of all programing and education efforts in a multi-disciplinary season of up to 40 artists a year and more than 100 education ...
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CSUCI's Division of Student Affairs wins national award for third year in a row
CSU Chanel Islands News
Camarillo, Calif., April 13, 2017 — CSU Channel Islands’ (CSUCI) Division of Student Affairs has been named one of the 18 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for the third year in a row.The award came from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) at The Ohio State University which published the list of winners in the March 23 edition of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.Vice President for Student Affairs Wm. Gregory Sawyer, Ph.D. said he is honored that the division he has worked with for the past fifteen years has distinguished itself so consistently on a nationwide platform.“At CSUCI, it is our belief that the excellence of our University begins and ends with the wellbeing of our students, staff and faculty,” Sawyer said. “Receiving this award for the third year in a row can be attributed to the talented and dedicated staff in the Division of Student Affairs.”The award is available through a partnership between the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) at The Ohio State University and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) – College Students International.With a focus on workplace staffing practices and overall work environment, the honor recognizes student affairs divisions in colleges and universities throughout the nation in such categories as diversity, inclusivity, salary/benefits, professional opportunities and family friendliness.The only other California university on the list was Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.CHEE conducted the first web-based survey for the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs in 2014.# # #About California State University Channel IslandsCSU Channel Islands (CI) is the only four-year, public university in Ventura County and is known for its interdisciplinary, multicultural and international perspectives, and its emphasis on experiential and service learning. CI’s strong academic programs focus on business, sciences, liberal studies, teaching credentials, and innovative master’s degrees. Students ...
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ROTC-for-cybersecurity scholarship returns to CSUSB with Aguilar’s help
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April 28, 2017,
by The Sun
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The Sun — If Tony Coulson has his way, San Bernardino will be known nationally for something other than being the site of tragedies. “We’re trying to train our students to do jobs that haven’t been invented yet,” said Coulson, a professor of information and decision sciences and director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Cyber Security Center.
Coulson doesn’t teach his students computer science or engineering. Instead, he teaches them to put it all together and use it to fight back against hackers and other cyber security challenges that could leave the region and country vulnerable.
On March 8, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 1301, which included $5 million to restart cyber security scholarships that Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, got added to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which was signed into law on Dec. 23.
The program works similarly to ROTC scholarships, making it easier for students studying cyber security to become officers in the Army and Air Force. Military cyber security staff defend military computer infrastructure, but also conduct offensive cyberwarfare.
The article was published April 27, 2017, and also appeared in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Redlands Daily Facts.
Read the complete article at “ROTC-for-cybersecurity scholarship returns to CSUSB with Aguilar’s help.”
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Menwa Yon XI/UPI Dampingi Yoninf R 303/SSM Latih Korps Polisi Taruna
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Garut, UPI
Sebanyak 20 orang anggota Korps Polisi Taruna SMKN 12 Bandung mengikuti latihan kilat Pembekalan Ilmu Kemiliteran di Markas Batalyon Infanteri Raider 303/Setia Sampai Mati, Garut, Jumat (21/4/2017).
“Pembekalan ilmu kemiliteran ditujukan untuk meningkatkan kedisiplinan dan membentuk karakter siswa yang bertanggung jawab,” ujar Komandan Kompi A Yonif Raider 303/Setia Sampai Mati Kapten Infanteri Zaenal Arifin.
Diungkapkannya rasa bangga kepada anggota Korps Polisi Taruna yang semangat berlatih.”Semoga ilmu yang diberikan pelatih Yonif Raider 303 dan Menwa Yon XI/UPI bisa bermanfaat. Tularkan ilmu dan semangat ini kepada teman-teman dalam kegiatan sehari-hari di sekolah,” harapnya.
Dalam kesempatan yang sama, Komandan Menwa Yon XI/UPI Aris Rismansah mengatakan, “Saya ucapkan terimakasih kepada jajaran pelatih dari Yonif R 303/SSM yang telah memberikan ilmu kemiliterannya. Saya juga ucapkan terima kasih kepada adik-adik Polisi Taruna yang pantang menyerah dan tetap semangat berlatih. Diharapkan, kegiatan ini terus berlanjut dari latsus hingga pembaretan nanti.”
Pembekalan ilmu kemiliteran berlangsung selama 2 hari 1 malam, Jumat hingga Sabtu (21-22/4/2017). Jumat pukul 20.00 WIB, seluruh siswa dan pendamping dari Menwa diarahkan untuk pergeseran pasukan (serpas) ke Markas Yonif R 303/SSM. Tiba pukul 00.15 WIB, peserta disambut oleh 4 orang pelatih Yonif R 303/SSM, selanjutnya diadakan pengarahan dan perkenalan air Cibuluh dalam cuaca yang sangat dingin, tujuannya agar para siswa terbiasa dengan kondisi yang ekstrim. Selepas itu, peserta diistirahatkan di Barak Siaga dengan menggunakan velbed, untuk mempersiapkan diri karena aktifitas dimulai pukul 04.00 WIB diawali senam pagi.
Materi pertama yang diberikan adalah Peraturan Baris Berbaris (PBB) sebagai bentuk wujud latihan fisik guna melatih jiwa korsa, agar disiplin, rapih, tertib dan teratur. Kemudian peserta diperkenalkan dengan beberapa macam alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista) TNI, mulai dari senjata yang ringan hingga yang berat. Untuk pertama kalinya, peserta diberikan pengalaman baru mengenai kegiatan Mountaineering yaitu turun refling dimana peserta dilatih mentalnya agar tidak takut pada ketinggian. Pembekalan ditutup dengan kegiatan latihan Menembak dengan senjata SS2 Varian 4 dengan isi peluru sebanyak 10 butir, 5 butir pertama ...
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Leaders talk about scholarships, tuition and student success during campus conversation
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University of Colorado Denver students will have no or a modest tuition increase next school year, and the university is launching a scholarship fundraising campaign and a new student success initiative.
Chancellor Dorothy HorrellThose were the main topics at the April 19 Campus Conversation, the latest in a series of informal events during which students, faculty and staff can talk with the chancellor and senior CU Denver leaders. More than 60 people attended the latest meeting to receive updates about major initiatives, ask questions and share their perspective.
Tuition increase
Chancellor Dorothy Horrell said that after careful consideration, CU Denver has decided to increase tuition for the 2017-18 school year. Undergraduate in-state students will see their tuition go up 3.18 percent, and tuition for out-of-state undergraduates will go up 3 percent. There will be no change for graduate students.
CU Denver leadership decided on the amount of the increase after balancing students’ financial concerns and CU Denver’s priorities and needs.
“This is a strategic decision that we made knowing that a lot of our students have a challenge keeping up with the increasing costs,” Horrell said. “There’s a tradeoff between investing and making sure we maintain the quality of our educational programs and services, balancing affordability and access.”
“At this point, it appears that our tuition increases will be among the lowest in the state,” Horrell said.
Student success
Student success remains a priority for CU Denver, and Horrell and Provost Roderick Nairn discussed what the university is doing to make sure students get the support they need to continue their studies and complete their degrees.
Upcoming Campus Conversation
Wednesday, May 24Lawrence Street Center, Terrace Room (Second Floor)4 to 5 p.m.
Nairn has been meeting over the past several months with the Educational Advisory Board, and that relationship has yielded the Student Success Partnership. The partnership will bring together several ongoing student ...
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UW, Tohoku University establish Academic Open Space partnership for innovations in aerospace, clean energy, disaster preparedness
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April 14, 2017
The University of Washington and Japan’s Tohoku University have agreed to create an Academic Open Space to foster collaborations and academic exchanges between these two leading research institutions of the Pacific Rim. The agreement, signed April 14 by leaders of both institutions at the UW campus in Seattle, is expected to build upon current collaborations in aerospace design and materials, as well as launch new science and engineering partnerships.
“The Academic Open Space will foster educational and research collaborations that make the best use of the shared and complementary strengths of both universities,” said UW President Ana Mari Cauce. “Working together, our two great universities can foster innovations and advancements in fields such as aerospace, clean energy and the development of new materials, among many others, all of which are critical to meeting the demands of growing industries in both regions.”
Based in the city of Sendai within the Tohoku region of northern Honshu, Tohoku University is one of the top research and teaching universities in Japan. According to Tohoku University President Susumu Satomi, the institution has held an “open door” policy for collaboration and innovation since its founding. Through this new Academic Open Space, the UW will serve as a gateway for Tohoku University to the United States.
“I am immensely grateful to the University of Washington for their cooperation in the conception and establishment of the Academic Open Space,” said Satomi. “Part of Tohoku University’s mission is to make an impact in our community, and our goal is for our research activities to further this impact. In bringing together people from a variety of backgrounds from several disciplines, each with their own unique contribution to make, this Academic Open Space will lead to a superior level of research.”
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Tribe Football’s Ugokwe Signs with Colts; Anderson Earns Falcons Rookie Minicamp Invite
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Tribe Football’s Ugokwe Signs with Colts; Anderson Earns Falcons Rookie Minicamp Invite
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (April 29, 2017) — Former William & Mary All-America offensive tackle Jerry Ugokwe has signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts, while running back Kendell Anderson earned a rookie minicamp invite from the Atlanta Falcons.
The duo will look to join seven former Tribe players who are currently on NFL rosters – Jerome Couplin III (Los Angeles Rams), DeAndre Houston-Carson (Chicago Bears), Jonathan Grimes (Houston Texans), Sean Lissemore (San Diego Chargers), Tre McBride (Tennessee Titans), Luke Rhodes (Colts) and B.W. Webb (Chicago Bears).
Ugokwe established himself as one of the nation's elite offensive linemen this season en route to garnering All-America distinction by the Associated Press and STATS. Additionally, he was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine and played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Although Ugokwe did not begin playing football until his junior year in high school, he continued his impressive trajectory this fall and earned first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association honors and was a first-team VaSID All-State choice.
A 2017 Senior Bowl Watch List selection, he helped anchor the Tribe's offensive line that ranked 11th nationally in fewest tackles for a loss allowed per game (4.18).
A staple on W&M's offensive line throughout his career, Ugokwe totaled a team-high 42 starts during the past four seasons and was a two-time all-conference selection.
One of the greatest running backs in school history, Anderson finished his career ranked fifth on W&M's all-time rushing list with 3,082 yards. Additionally, he ranks tied for fourth all-time in rushing touchdowns (34) and seventh in all-purpose yards (3,596).
The Centreville, Va., native is one of just two players in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons (Alvin Porch), as he piled up 2,495 yards during his final two campaigns en route to garnering all-conference honors both years.
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Former Maine Player, 'Miracle' Star, Found Dead
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Mike Mantenuto, who played two seasons at Maine and starred in the movie "Miracle," was found dead Monday.
Mantenuto was found in his car by police in Des Moines, Wash. According to TMZ, Mantenuto's death was a suicide by shooting.
Mantenuto, a native of Holliston, Mass., played the role of former Boston University defenseman Jack O'Callahan in the film, which chronicled the famed 1980 U.S. Olympic team.
In two seasons at Maine, Mantenuto had 13 goals and 23 points in 30 games. He originally started his college career at D-III Massachusetts-Boston.
He went on to act in some other movies, including "Dirtbags" (2006) and "Surfer, Dude" (2008). After that, Mantenuto joined the military.
"Those of you that knew Mike will remember him for his passionate love for his family and his commitment to the health of the force," Col. Guillaume "Will" Beaurpere, group commander of the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), said.
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Broncos Sweep Sonoma State Doubleheader for Seventh Win in a Row
Cal Poly Pomona
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team made it seven wins in a row on Saturday as they swept a doubleheader at Sonoma State, winning 7-0 and 4-2 at the Seawolf Diamond. The Broncos improved to 27-18 overall on the year and 23-11 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association as they look to jump to first in the South Division with only four games left in the regular season. Game One: CPP 7, SSU 0Jeff Bain continued to dominate on the mound for CPP, throwing eight scoreless innings as the Broncos kept SSU off the board. Bain finished with five hits and two walks as he upped his win total to seven on the season. The Broncos scored the first run of the game in the fourth inning as Daniel Pitts hit his seventh home run of the year, this time to left field to take a 1-0 advantage. A single in the fifth by Jacob Bernardy scored another run for CPP. In the sixth inning, CPP sealed the victory to open the series, scoring four runs after an RBI single by Jason Padlo and a two RBI shot by Brennan McKenzie. The Broncos finished with 11 hits while holding the Seawolves to only six. Game Two: CPP 4, SSU 2The second game of the day was much closer as Sonoma State took an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the third inning to go up 1-0. CPP answered back, tying the game in the fourth after Padlo singled to left field to score Cody Martin. The Broncos added another run in the fifth as Chris Stratton reached base on a fielding error, scoring McKenzie in the process. Henry Omana was the starter in game two, also tossing eight innings while giving up five hits and two runs as he improves to 5-5 on the season. The Broncos added two ...
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UVU MBA student help answer the call for sustainable refugee housing solution
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Media Contact: Patricia Monsoor pmonsoor@uvu.edu land: 801-863-5483 cell: 650-454-6441
In response to the UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR) issuing a policy on alternatives to refugee camps, a local Utah-based company, two UVU Woodbury School of Business faculty and staff members, and a handful of Woodbury MBA students are changing and improving the face of refugee housing forever.
“Alternatives to camps should ultimately be more sustainable and cost effective, because they harness the potential of refugees, rationalize service delivery, and allow for more targeted assistance to those most in need. Achieving these objectives, however, should be offset by the reductions in direct assistance, as more refugees become self-reliant and are able to meet their own basic needs.”
-Policy from UNHCR on alternative refugee camps
With the UNHCR estimating 21.3 million refugees worldwide, and the demand for continuous monetary contributions in excess of hundreds of millions of dollars for resettlement and emergency relief, it is clear that the traditional methods to shelter and support this displaced population are far from sustainable.
Enter Laki Technologies, UVU Director of Technology Commercialization Kent Millington and UVU Woodbury School of Business Professor Jim Mortensen. Laki, owned by two Washington-state construction professionals, Dee and Steve Bates, immediately realized they could answer the UNHCR’s call with their sustainable Geofoam Shelters and Grow Houses. Their building technology allows quick integration into any environment, while providing refugee communities the opportunity for self-reliance and optimization of individual potential.
A group of Professor Mortensen’s MBA students who collaborated with Laki, created an executable business plan that investigated the practicality of using Laki’s unique building materials, combined with an Aquaponic technology to provide a long-term solution and commerce for refugees, abroad and right here in the United States.
The project scope entailed conducting a feasibility study evaluating the refugee housing solution by Laki. Their findings in the study ...
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Ranchester Student Named UW’s Outstanding Graduating Woman | News
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Sarah Maze
Sarah Maze, of Ranchester, is the recipient of the Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award as the University of Wyoming's outstanding graduating woman.
The award, established in 1964, recognizes Maze for exhibiting the finest leadership, academic integrity and citizenship qualities. She will graduate May 12 with dual degrees in physiology and Spanish, with minors in neuroscience and the Honors Program.
Anthony Farmer, of Cheyenne, received the Tobin Award, honoring the outstanding graduating man.
Maze, the daughter of Meg and Tim Maze, graduated in 2013 as Tongue River High School’s valedictorian. She points out that her first class as a freshman at UW had 150 students, more than the entire population of her high school class.
“That first day, the professor looked right at me in the third row and recognized me from my campus visit. ‘Sarah,’ he exclaimed, ‘so glad you decided to come to UW,’” she says. “From that moment, I have always felt like an integral part of the Cowboy family. This university has a spirit unlike any other, and I am honored to contribute to a legacy so storied and proud.”
Through her love of science, Maze’s decision to study physiology at UW will lead into her becoming a physician. She has been accepted into UW’s WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) medical program.
“Not only did Sarah earn this opportunity, she was accepted at every medical school she interviewed with,” says Katie Watson, UW admissions assistant director.
Maze says conducting experiments with food coloring and water in her father’s science lab, to synthesizing banana flavoring compound in UW’s organic chemistry lab, to completing solo neurosurgery procedures on Bengalese finches as an undergraduate researcher deepened her passion for learning.
“I believe a truly comprehensive education must include some element of real-world experience,” she adds. “The University of Wyoming has offered opportunities to challenge my ...
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Agricultural Economics Department Receives Sponsored Student Programs Appreciation Award
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The faculty and staff in the Department of Agricultural Economics have been named the recipients of the annual Office of Sponsored Student Programs Appreciation Award.
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The UWI Says Farewell to Sir George Alleyne
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For Release Upon Receipt - April 28, 2017UWI“An extraordinary physician and scholar, research scientist, orator and progressive public health leader, whose life in service to humanity and impact on the University, the Caribbean and the Americas has been profound.” This excerpt from a citation read on Professor Emeritus Sir George Alleyne on Wednesday 26 April, 2017. Regional colleagues together with family and friends of Sir George celebrated his career as Chancellor of The University of The West Indies (UWI), at a farewell dinner, held in his honour, at The UWI Cave Hill campus. Sir George will demit office in July, after serving two consecutive seven-year terms as Chancellor.The gala ceremony included speech tributes of highlights and insights into his tenure at The UWI, as well as fond personal memories. In response to the tributes, Sir George Alleyne credited The UWI with shaping his sense of being West Indian. He said it enabled him to fulfil “the cannons of proper socialization” and he described the institution as “an inextricable part of my identity which I carry throughout my life.” “For the past thirteen and a half years I have been Chancellor and ever conscious of the responsibility that came with following in the footsteps of persons of eminence and distinction. There was a princess of the royal blood followed by three eminent West Indian lawyers, different in style perhaps, but all displaying the deep and fierce concern for the well-being of the institution as a whole and absolutely committed to upholding and enhancing its reputation. I have been privileged to witness the remarkable growth of the University and the addition of the Open Campus.” Having served as Chancellor from 2003 to 2010 and then 2010 to 2017, Sir George’s years of distinguished service in the office have left an indelible mark in the history of The UWI. In addition to his service as Chancellor, he ...
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The Public Purpose Journal Celebrates 15 Years with Latest Edition
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The Public Purpose Journal—the peer-reviewed journal of SPA graduate students—unveiled its 2017 edition with presentations from the authors of the six academic articles.
“We are very proud to release the 15th edition of the Public Purpose Journal,” said Editor-in-Chief Kate Osterback, SPA/MPP ’17. “As a student-run organization, our longevity is a testament to the commitment of our students over the years. We are grateful to the SPA faculty and staff, especially Professor Laura Langbein, who has served as a faculty reviewer on all 15 editions of the print journal.”
Paula Acevedo, SPA/MPA ’16, published an article on the rising prices of prescription drugs in her article. According to Acevedo, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made notable changes to the healthcare system left the pharmaceutical industry largely untouched. Acevedo’s findings point to the potential of implementing legislation that would allow drug importation.
Also on the issue of healthcare, Henry Watson, MPP ’18, analyzed potential improvements for the current system to avoid a complete dismantling of it. His article touched on the challenges caused by rising insurance costs and the withdrawal of insurance companies from the marketplace. Watson identified ways to potentially improve the system, including a general public health insurance option, and an expansion of Medicaid and Medicare.
Jose De Bastos, SPA/MA ’17, whose study was voted “best paper” by his peers and faculty reviewers, focused his research on the role international organizations have in preventing democracies from turning into authoritarian governments. His article focuses on ‘democratic backslidings’ in Hungary and Venezuela, and how the European Union and the United States have, for the most part, failed to defend the democratic values they are founded upon.
Kelly Mason, SPA/MS ’18, published her study on how to prevent people in extremism-prevalent locations from radicalization. Her article focuses on the effectiveness of ‘credible voices’ in stopping an increase in extremism, and ...
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Positive Impact, Near and Far
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Fourteen Honored By University Alumni Association
V. “Ram” Ramaswamy, William Kennedy and Maritza Martinez are among those being honored for excellence by the University of Albany Alumni Association.
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 28, 2017 — A Pulitzer Prize-winner, a Hollywood producer and one of the University’s leading educators are among 14 recipients of the University at Albany Alumni Excellence Awards. The awards recognize UAlbany alumni and friends for outstanding achievements and service.
Recipients will be honored at the annual University at Albany Alumni Association’s Excellence Awards Gala Saturday, April 29, at the Albany Country Club. This year’s excellence awards winners are:
Citizen of the University: William Kennedy
The founder of the New York State Writers Institute, hosted by UAlbany, has made an impact on the University’s students as a writing professor and mentor to aspiring authors. Kennedy is the author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed.
Distinguished Alumni: Lawrence A. Gordon
As co-author of the Gordon-Loeb Model, Gordon, BS ‘66, MBA ‘67, is one of the most influential accounting researchers in the world. He has served as the EY Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting and Information Assurance at University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business since 1981.
Outstanding Young Alumni: Dorcey Applyrs
Elected to the City of Albany Common Council in 2014, Applyrs, MPH ‘05, PhD ‘14, tackles health disparity and environmental safety issues affecting her constituents in Albany’s First Ward. She is faculty program director for the Excelsior College School of Health Sciences and clinical assistant professor at UAlbany’s School of Public Health.
International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement: Bushra Rahim
After earning her doctoral degree in 2015 at UAlbany, Rahim returned to Pakistan, where she has made a great impact on the educational structures of conflict-ridden Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She serves as deputy director and reforms coordinator in the Ministry of Local Government, Elections and Rural Development.
Excellence in Alumni Service: William J. ...
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Clemson students present park designs for Asheville’s vacant Page and Hayward Street lots
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This semester, 21 students created original designs for a vacant lot in downtown Asheville.
CLEMSON, South Carolina — In partnership with the Asheville Design Center, 21 students from Clemson University’s College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities have conceptualized what can be done with the available space at Page and Hayward streets. From 5-7 p.m. on Friday, their designs will be available for public viewing at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.
“Creating learning opportunities that allow our students to engage with communities off campus gives them the chance to see how they can directly impact the world,” said architecture professor Doug Hecker.
Over the course of the spring semester, students learned about the community’s interest and concerns surrounding the downtown property. Thirteen teams were assigned the task of designing a park, something many of the area’s stakeholders would like to see.
“The definition of ‘park’ is ambiguous making this a challenging and exciting project,” said professor Ufuk Ersoy. “Students had the opportunity to be creative and design what they felt would fit best resulting in 13 very different plans. We hope that residents will join us on Friday to review these drawings and see the many ways the space can be utilized.”
Clemson’s partnership with the Asheville Design Center will continue this summer. During an eight-week course, Hecker will work with students who will assist with the design and implementation of a community garden in a portion of the space until the park’s design is finalized.
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Softball Sweeps Dayton on Senior Day
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CHOI, BEVERLY, PARDEN ALL UNDER PAR AS MEN'S GOLF PULLS AWAY AT BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP
Athletics News
Apr 29, 2017
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The winds decreased in the early going on Saturday and the scoring in the second round of the Big Sky Men's Golf Championship followed course. The Hornets finished at 3-under par during the round and built a 13-stroke lead heading into the final round on Sunday.Sacramento State has shot 304-285-589 during the opening two rounds of the tournament. The team entered the second round trailing Weber State by one stroke but pulled away from the field with a team effort during the round which counted two eagles and 13 birdies compared to 10 bogeys, a double bogey and a triple bogey. Weber State is in second place at 303-304-607 and is followed closely by Northern Colorado (306-303-609)."The winds were a little calmer on our first three or four holes but they picked up as the day went on with gusts over 30 miles per hour," Sacramento State head coach Kamden Brakel said. "The guys made some nice adjustments from the first round on playing into the wind and were able to make some nice shots."The Hornets were led in the second round by Wonje Choi who matched his career best with a 3-under round of 69. Choi was even on the front nine with birdies on the par-5 second and par-4 ninth along with bogeys on the par-3 fourth and par-4 sixth. He crushed the back nine with three birdies and six pars. He started his run with a birdie on the par-4 10th and added birdies on the par-5 13th and 16th. His score moved him into third place overall.Aaron Beverly is the individual leader after posting a score of 70 to move him to 1-under overall. Beverly started his round with four pars and then birdied the par-5 fifth. He made the turn at even following a bogey on the par-4 seventh. ...
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Scholar reflects on three decades of field research
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White-handed gibbons are forest-dwelling small apes. They have long arms, which help them swing from tree branch to tree branch as they travel. They are bipedal and walk upright on the ground or across tree branches. These gibbons are in Khao Yai National Park in Thailand. (Photo provided)
April 28, 2017
Scholar reflects on three decades of field research
by Andrea Hahn
CARBONDALE, Ill. – After nearly 30 years, they seem to recognize his footsteps and his voice.
When Ulrich H. Reichard, associate professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, goes into Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park rainforest alone, the family group of gibbons he’s been studying since 1989 go about their business and ignore him. For a researcher in the field, it’s good to be ignored. When Reichard brings along someone else, perhaps a student researcher, the gibbons initially draw back, showing caution.
“When I bring someone new, I put a hand on the person or stand physically close so the gibbons recognize that person as a sort of companion and not threatening,” he said. “Other researchers have noticed similar behavior. We have to be careful not to anthropomorphize, to give human personalities to gibbons. As scientists, we can’t make assumptions about behavior. But they do seem to recognize me.”
Justin D’Agostino, a Fulbright Scholar, is a Reichard advisee, and will use his Fulbright scholarship to study siamang, a large gibbon species, in Indonesia beginning in September. Florian Trébouet, a doctoral student, is currently in Thailand studying, not gibbons but stump-tailed macaques, a study he began in 2009 and continues with Reichard’s advisement. Reichard said sometimes students find field research intimidating once they realize how much more difficult and uncertain it is than laboratory research. However, the rewards, he said, are incalculable.
“I find that the animals I’ve been studying so long mean a lot to me,” ...
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Research awards at IUPUI increased by $40.5 million in 2016: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has released funding results for fiscal year 2016 showing research awards campuswide totaled $428.9 million, a $40.5 million increase over 2015.
Counting only non-IU School of Medicine awards, the campus received $67.2 million in research awards in 2016, compared to $58.1 million in 2015, a 16 percent increase.
The increase in research awards reflects, in part, the support of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to advance innovative research and creative activity.
Funding awards for 2016 show an increase in National Science Foundation awards, one of the office's strategic goals. NSF funding rose from $5.2 million in 2015 to $7.9 million in 2016.
NSF awards in 2016 included $200,022 for a research team led by the School of Engineering and Technology to overcome problems with one approach to increasing the capacity of lithium ion batteries.
Another National Science Foundation grant will enable researchers at IUPUI to develop a Breathalyzer-type device to detect the onset of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes, in people with diabetes.
The funding awards underscore efforts by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and expand research programs that address important national and global needs and support economic development of Indiana and the nation.
Other external funding supported research to:
Develop information-based tools to help primary care providers improve care for patients with chronic pain, a condition that affects 100 million Americans at a cost of $630 billion annually in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
Study the use of the electronic dental record to evaluate the outcome of dental treatments.
Study nonmilitary applications of unmanned aerial systems (drone) technology, such as remote imaging for water quality, mosquito habitat mapping, disaster preparation, precision agriculture, and the utilization and analysis of data collected with unmanned aerial systems.
The office helps stimulate faculty research efforts through internal funding programs, events, workshops and proposal ...
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Montgomery College Students Crowned Champions of NASA's Virtual "Swarmathon" Robotics Competition
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The NASA Swarmathon is a challenge to develop cooperative robotics to revolutionize space exploration. Teams of students from Minority Serving Universities and community colleges developed algorithms for autonomous robot swarms to search and collect resources on Mars. The challenge is organized in two separate parts, a Physical Competition where actual robots search for and collect physical cubes representing resources, and a virtual competition where the robots and cubes are simulated and the robots interact with a virtual environment. A team from Montgomery College under Computer Science/Engineering faculty mentor Dr. David Kuijt spent the Spring 2017 semester learning and programming robots to compete in the Virtual Competition; Montgomery College was one of 15 teams selected to compete in the Virtual Competition. This is the second year of the Swarmathon Competition, and the first year that Montgomery College has participated. In the two preliminary rounds of the Virtual Competition, the robots using the code programmed by the Montgomery College team collected 188 cubes, more than the combined total number of cubes collected by all nine of the other teams that managed to submit code. In the quarter finals MC's robots still performed well enough to advance but were overcoming major issues; the same thing happened in the semifinals. In the final round of the competition MC's robots managed to win by a score of 20 cubes to 16, defeating the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and winning first place in the NASA Swarmathon Virtual Competition and a $3000 prize. The Montgomery College team is planning to celebrate their victory by signing up for the Physical Competition next year; within a few months they will be testing their code on physical robots in a segment of the campus parking lots. Congratulations to our outstanding Swarmathon team: Jalalah Abdullah, Denys Fedorchuk, Denis Tra Bi, Rebekah Newby, Michael Bailey, Amit Millo, Shayan Taslim, Michael Tang, Huyen Vu, Daniel Levine, Abhi ...
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Lake Elmo Campus Shakes Things Up with Retro Talent Show
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The Lake Elmo/Woodbury campus took things back to the ‘80s Aug. 18 by encouraging students to dress up as their favorite ‘80s icon and participate in the RasMash-UP XXII open mic/talent show. The quarterly event features everything from students performing karate demonstrations and musical performances to poetry reading, comedy acts and dog tricks. “The coolest talent that I ever saw was a guy breaking a brick with his head … it was incredible,” said Brian Sager, a current student and learning center tutor at the Lake Elmo/Woodbury campus. The quarterly open mic/talent show was created by instructor Erik Ritter, and is now carried on by Sager, who doubles as the Ryan Seacrest-like emcee of the event. “[Erik] wanted to give students the opportunity to mix with staff and peers in a creative way,” Sager said. “It helps to build community on campus. I got involved with it during my very first quarter on campus. I loved the idea of the students getting the opportunity to express themselves in such a positive way.” Rasmussen almuna Mary Jo Laster is Sager’s co-host of the event. “She and I are always brainstorming ways to make the show even more spectacular,” Sager said. “To date, there have been 22 consecutive RasMash-UP events. I took over as the host at RasMash-UP 2014.” Don’t worry, if you missed this last talent show, you can always attend—or participate in—next quarter’s event. The event usually happens around the seventh or eighth week of the quarter; look for announcements on campus advertising the event. And don’t worry if you’re anticipating a bout of stage fright. “The best advice I can give to someone with a case of stage fright is not to worry, we all put our pants on one leg at a time,” Sager said. “It’s all in good fun ...
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Symphony Orchestra concert May 4 features cellist Ronald Crutcher, world premiere of "Arcade Variations," concerto competition winners and more. And it's free.
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By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
Ronald Crutcher, president of the University of Richmond and former provost at Miami (photo courtesy of University of Richmond).
The Miami University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Ricardo Averbach, closes its centennial season with a special free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Hall Auditorium. Cellist Ronald Crutcher (Miami ’69), president of the University of Richmond and former provost at Miami, is a featured guest soloist.
The program also features the winners of Miami’s Concerto Competition and the world premiere of Per Bloland’s “Arcade Variations.”
Special guest Ronald Crutcher
Crutcher began studying cello at the age of 14 with Elizabeth Potteiger, a member of Miami’s music faculty from 1942-1986. For this concert, he will perform two compositions dedicated to the teachers who were most influential in his career:
“The Swan” from “Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saens, dedicated to Potteiger.
“Song of the Black Swan,” for cello and piano, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, dedicated to Aldo Parisot, Crutcher’s teacher at Yale University. Averbach will perform on the piano.
Crutcher, a distinguished classical musician and a national leader in higher education, became the 10th president of the University of Richmond in 2015. He was provost and vice president of academic affairs at Miami from 1999-2004. He is president emeritus of Wheaton College, where he served from 2004-2014.
He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 and was the first cellist to receive the doctor of musical arts degree from Yale University.
A former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and several other symphonies — including the MUSO during his student years at Miami (see below) — he currently performs in the U.S. and Europe as a member of the Klemperer Trio with Erika Klemperer (violin) and Gordon Back (piano). He serves on the board of the Richmond Symphony and has served on the boards of ...
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New Series on FixGov: Trump’s First 100 Days
Latest From Brookings
Today marks the 100th day of the Trump presidency. In the coming days FixGov will feature analysis of the administration so far by Brookings scholars and guest contributors. Here are a few of the posts to come:
Elaine Kamarck, author of Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again, will kick off the series with a discussion of Trump’s temperament and the influence it’s had on the administration’s ability to govern effectively.
Tom Mann’s analysis will utilize the 100-day mark as a guidepost to check on American democracy and its resilience under an entirely new sort of administration.
Molly Reynolds will discuss relations between the Trump White House and the House of Representatives, and Greg Koger will look at where the administration stands with the Senate.
James Pfiffner will look at friction between the White House and the Cabinet and how it quickly influences the broader executive branch.
Richard Skinner’s piece will focus on the Trump presidency as conventionally Republican in its ideology, but lacking the capacity to get things done.
With these and many more perspectives on how the Trump administration is faring, check here for updates or follow Brookings Governance Studies on Twitter.
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Institute of Design Honored with 2017 KID Best Friend Award
News – Illinois Tech Today
Kids In Danger (KID) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children’s product safety. Each year, KID commemorates our progress, honors the memory of victims of unsafe children’s products, and highlights the contributions of someone who has helped keep children safe.
The Institute of Design is being honored for its work with KID on innovations to improve recall effectiveness. Graduate researchers at ID, Zac Atkinson (MDM 2016) and Siqi Zhang (MDes 2017) worked with KID on a yearlong research project applying design theory to the recall process, improving its overall effectiveness. Results were presented at an annual symposium with product safety stakeholders and are being incorporated into KID’s work and others.
The award will be presented at KID Best Friend Award Night on Thursday, June 1.
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COD Creating Student Honorarium
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage is seeking information on former students and alumni who have sacrificed
their lives in the line of duty as firefighters, police officers and members of the
military.To commemorate these fallen heroes, the College is building an honorarium, to be located
in the SSG Robert J. Miller Homeland Security Education Center, in recognition of
COD students who have given their lives in the service and protection of others. “The SSG Robert J. Miller Homeland Security Education Center was built to train and
support first responders and law enforcement personnel and to provide the best preparation
possible for people who have dedicated themselves to serving others in our communities,
our nation and throughout the world,” said COD President Dr. Ann Rondeau. “This wall
honors our alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice through their commitment to
protecting and helping those in need.”The College asks that anyone who knows of a former student or alumni who has fallen
while in service as a firefighter, police officer, or member of the military to please
contact Jose Alferez at alferezj@cod.edu or (630) 942-2444.
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