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58% of advanced country citizens think their children will be worse off
William Galston discusses new data on how attitudes about the future in developed and developing countries are dramatically different. “The loss of confidence in the future is a defining reality of life in advanced industrial societies,” he notes
Black college grads have twice the student loan debt of whites
While student debt levels have increased across the board, black students are feeling this burden disproportionately.
ABOUT 8,400 US troops Are deployed in Afghanistan
(as of the end of March 2017)
A team of Brookings foreign policy experts convened to discuss the history and future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Among their recommendations is that U.S. and coalition troops (the latter numbering about 6,400 as of January 2017) “should focus on stabilizing the security environment, alongside critical, complementary efforts to tackle corruption, ethnic and tribal discrimination, and drug trafficking.”
Sam Dart contributed to this post.
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Charts of the week: children’s well-being, black student loan debt, US forces in Afghanistan
Summer 2017 Edition of IIT Magazine Is Now Available Online
News – Illinois Tech Today
Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks men’s basketball and data science made the cover of the summer 2017 edition of IIT Magazine in a pairing that is a first for the university. Read about how Head Coach Todd Kelly and Professor Shlomo Engelson Argamon teamed up to help take the sports stars to the national championship this year. Also featured in this issue are stories about faculty members Margaret Power and Ron Henderson and alumni Denis Weil (new ID dean), Sam Pitroda (telecommunications visionary), and Robin Chaurasiya (innovative educator). You can read the summer issue of IIT Magazine from the convenience of your mobile phone at magazine.iit.edu.
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Free Prairie Tours Available at COD this Summer and Fall
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By Mike McKissackTours of the Russell Kirt Prairie at College of DuPage will be available this summer
from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, July 25 and Aug. 8, and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays, July 26, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20.As they take a guided walk through the College’s prairie restorations, participants
will learn about the wildlife and natural processes as well as identify some of the
more than 100 species of native Illinois plants found throughout the 18-acre prairie
preserve.Click here to watch a segment of NCTV about the tours.For more information about these free tours, click here or call (630) 942-8331.A glimpse of the time when tallgrass prairie still existed plentifully in the area,
the College’s prairie areas serve as an outdoor classroom in the biological sciences,
enabling students an opportunity to gain real-world experience in field-based research.First planted in 1985, Kirt Prairie was reconstructed on clay and gravel excavated
for the construction of the Student Resource Center and covered with a thin layer
of imported topsoil which enabled seed spreading and planting. The area comprises
approximately six acres ofmarsh, a one-acre retention pond, 11 acres of reconstructed prairie and savanna, and
a quarter mile of seed production beds. Over a half mile of trails, including a 1/6-mile
wheelchair accessible stretch, allows easy access for non-consumptive recreational
use.The Glen Ellyn campus is also home to the B.J. Hoddinott Wildlife Sanctuary, the oldest
restoration area, which includes a nine-acre marsh and wetland area dedicated in 1983,
as well as a 15-acre Ecological Study Area comprising three acres of marsh, four acres
of successional woodland and eight acres of reconstructed prairie. The Ecological
Study area also includes more than a half mile of trails available for non-consumptive
recreational use.The College’s prairies feature nearly 300 species of native tallgrass plants, more
than 80 of which were reintroduced over the years. ...
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What to do when your heart isn’t in your work anymore
Brandeis University News
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In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling, full of meaning, and intrinsically motivating. But what if they’re not? What if you’re stuck in a job or a career that you once loved, but your heart isn’t in it anymore?
What you may have valued when you started your career as a 20-something may no longer match what you’re passionate about now, leading to feelings of dissatisfaction and disengagement at work. But you can take steps to reimagine — or reenvision — an uninspired professional existence.
By applying concepts like job crafting and exploring passions and interests outside of work, it’s possible to make your job more meaningful. Tweaking the less attractive aspects of your job can lead to a greater sense of satisfaction. And by indulging in activities and interests unrelated to your work, you may experience positive spillover effects within your career. If all else fails, it may be time for a change — to find something else geared toward a newer passion.
Tara Moore
In an ideal world, our work lives would be completely fulfilling, full of meaning, and intrinsically motivating. But what if they’re not? What if you’re stuck in a job or a career that you once loved, but your heart isn’t in it anymore?
More people fit this profile than you’d think. According to a 2017 Gallup survey, only one-third of U.S. employees feel engaged at work; that is, only one of three workers brings a consistently high level of initiative, commitment, passion, and productivity to their job. That leaves the majority of employees less than satisfied with their work.
And truth be told, there could be any number of reasons for this sense of malaise. You might feel stuck doing the same thing over and over again. You might question the ultimate ...
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Veterans Gain Unique IT Advantage Through Microsoft Program
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The Microsoft-Embry-Riddle partnership teaches IT systems and software concepts and technology skills to transitioning U.S. military service members at seven locations across the country. To date, 190 students have completed the program through Embry-Riddle Worldwide and over 600 students have graduated since the program’s launch in 2013.
“The MSSA popped up at the right place at the right time,” said the 23-year-old from Minnesota.
Scanlan had started the qualification process for the U.S. Marine Corps Force Special Operations Command when his staff sergeant mentioned an IT hiring fair. It was at that fair that he learned about MSSA and came to realize that he had accomplished what he set out to do in the military.
“I wanted to move on to the next part of my life,” he said.
During his studies in the program, Scanlan passed three Microsoft Certified Professional exams and earned the industry-recognized Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate certification. He also earned 15 undergraduate credit hours from Embry-Riddle Worldwide, which he has since applied toward a bachelor’s degree in technical management.
But MSSA is more than a rigorous software and systems learning experience. The program goes on to prepare veterans for the civilian workforce through mentoring and job preparation. Veterans working at Microsoft serve as mentors and assist students with anything from interviewing skills to workplace culture.
“Veterans always take care of each other,” Scanlan said.
Toward the end of Scanlan’s program, a Microsoft hiring manager traveled to Camp Pendleton to conduct preliminary interviews. Scanlan was part of a select group that was flown to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., for more formal interviewing.
He was hired as a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer based in Boulder, Colo., and now provides on-site support to customers throughout the country. Scanlan spends about three weeks a month traveling to military bases to advise customers on how to manage their systems.
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UMass Boston Neighbors Highlight City’s Storied History, Natural Beauty
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If you happen to be on Columbia Point this summer—for classes or simply to enjoy the harbor—you may be wondering what there is to do and where there is to go. The peninsula is home to a variety of great educational and recreational activities that highlight Boston’s historic character and natural resources.The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is one unique option on campus. The Institute offers a variety of interactive exhibitions, a recreation of Senator Kennedy’s Washington, D.C., office, and a replica Senate chamber where visitors can simulate the experience of casting a crucial vote. The Institute is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Admission to the Institute will be free tomorrow, July 14, as part of the Free Fun Friday program.
Another popular destination is the Commonwealth Museum, located on campus near University Hall. The museum features one of 14 copies of the Declaration of Independence sent by the Continental Congress to Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War. The copy was printed in a Baltimore shop owned by Mary Catherine Goddard, the first female postmaster of the United States, and has the signature of John Hancock, the third governor of the commonwealth.
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on weekdays, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends through October. Free Fun Friday admission will be available on July 28.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, next door to the Institute, is commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy’s birth. The celebration, “JFK 100: Milestones & Mementos,” began on May 26 and will run through May 2018. The exhibition features a selection of items that represent historic milestones in JFK’s personal life, early career, and presidential administration.
Some of the items featured in the exhibition include a scrapbook compiled by JFK while he was ...
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Two faculty members, alumnus inducted into American Philosophical Society
Princeton University News
Two Princeton University faculty members and one University alumnus are among 32 new members recently elected to the American Philosophical Society, the nation’s oldest scholarly organization.
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Physics' Abolhassan Jawahery Comments on Large Hadron Collider's Discovery of New Particle - New Scientist
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IU School of Medicine faculty appointed editors of PLOS Science Communication Blog
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With the goal of connecting and engaging the public with science, free of jargon and full of insight, the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Science Communication Blog (#SciCommPLOS) has named three Indiana University School of Medicine faculty as the new editors: Drs. Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Jason Organ, and Bill Sullivan assumed this role on June 26, 2017.“We hope to build bridges between scientists and the general public by explaining why science is important and meaningful in everyday life,” said Organ, an assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology. “Our goals for #SciCommPLOS are to highlight interesting and impactful science for the public in accessible ways, and to teach scientists about the art of storytelling as an effective means to communicate their science.”
The opportunity to lead #SciCommPLOS emerged from ongoing collaboration among Hoffmann-Longtin, Organ, and Sullivan, who actively engage students and faculty to improve science and health communication through courses and workshops at IU School of Medicine and IUPUI, and the public through science outreach blogging.
“The internet and social media provide powerful tools to communicate science, yet many scientists have avoided engaging the public online,” said Sullivan, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology. “Consequently, some fields like healthcare, climate science, and evolutionary biology have been overrun with misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories. Because scientific fields continue to increase in complexity, the American public – whose tax dollars fund federal research grants – is left behind. The goal of the #SciCommPLOS blog is to connect and engage the public with science.”
The new editors are encouraging scientists, health professionals, researchers, and the public to read and contribute to the blog. “Communication isn’t just about message transmission,” added Hoffmann-Longtin, assistant professor of communication studies. “It’s about working together to develop shared meaning. And that can only come from open conversation, with a foundation of trust and respect.”
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Predicting heart events after liver transplant
Northwestern Now: Summaries
CHICAGO - The first app and score to determine the one-year risk of a liver transplant patient dying or being hospitalized for a heart attack or other cardiovascular complication has been developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists.“Knowing the patient’s risk is critical to help prevent the frequent cardiac complications that accompany liver transplant surgery and to determine which patients are likely to survive the transplant,” said Dr. Lisa VanWagner, an assistant professor of medicine and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician.Liver transplant surgery is among the highest-risk cardiac surgery. Unique blood flow changes occur in patients with end-stage liver disease. And during a liver transplant, massive changes in blood volume and adrenaline surges affect heart function.“Identifying persons who are at highest risk may mean restricting transplantation so that we maximize the benefit of scarce donor organs to persons who have a lower risk of a cardiac event and are more likely to survive the stress of a liver transplant,” VanWagner said.In those who are at higher risk, evaluation and consultation with a multidisciplinary team of physicians can help manage a wide array of cardiac conditions related to liver transplant patients.The new app and method to establish risk is called the Cardiovascular Risk in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (CAR-OLT). It’s intended for use in those ages 18 to 75 with liver disease who are undergoing evaluation for liver transplantation.The app is both web-based (e.g., you can search the calculator and use it online) or you can download the app through a smartphone (iTunes or Google Play stores).The paper was published in the journal Hepatology July 13.Prior to the new Northwestern risk-scoring method, physicians used several risk tools that had been developed in a non-liver transplant population. One such tool, the revised cardiac risk index, is no better ...
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Steven Davis
UChicago News
Steven J. Davis studies business dynamics, employment, labor market institutions, economic fluctuations, public policy and other topics. He is a former editor of the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and an elected fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, senior academic fellow with the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, advisor to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, and visiting scholar and consultant, respectively, with the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Chicago.Davis is known for his influential work using longitudinal data on firms and establishments to explore job creation and destruction dynamics and their relationship to economic performance. He is also a co-creator of the Economic Policy Uncertainty Indices and the DHI Hiring Indicators, and he co-organizes the Asian Monetary Policy Forum, held annually in Singapore. Davis has received research grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffmann Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and other organizations, including several grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation. In 2013, he received the Addington Prize in Measurement, awarded by the Fraser Institute for Public Policy, for his research on “Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty.”
His teaching experience includes Ph.D. courses in macroeconomics and labor economics at the University of Chicago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Maryland; MBA courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, business strategy, and financial institutions for Chicago Booth; and executive MBA courses in macroeconomics for Chicago Booth in Barcelona, London, and Singapore. Davis has also taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics, econometrics, and money and banking at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In addition to his scholarly publications, Davis has written for the Atlantic, Bloomberg View, Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and other popular media and appeared on Channel News Asia, CNBC, CNN, ...
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Bird Man
BU Today
When it comes to high-risk activities, bird-watching doesn’t usually make it to the top of the list. But College of General Studies Professor Emeritus William “Ted” E. Davis, Jr., has faced peril more than once while observing birds for research or pleasure.
In 1965, Davis (GRS’66), who was 29, and his father were stalking grassland birds in Tanzania when their vehicle was charged by a black rhinoceros. (“We had a very good driver and he raced away from it,” he says.) But the scariest confrontation happened in Australia in 1990. He was a visiting research fellow at the University of New England (Australia), collecting foraging data about thornbills. While out driving one day, he spotted an eastern brown—a five-foot-long creature said to be the world’s second most venomous snake and one that is known to attack humans—slithering onto the dirt road ahead of him. “I hit the brakes, but I got so close to him that I lost sight of him,” he recalls. Davis peered out the window and suddenly found himself eye to eye with the snake, which had reared like a cobra. Fortunately, he’d rolled up the window seconds earlier; the reptile retreated.
“I have always heard that when people get terrified, they get this horrible cramp in the pit of their stomach,” he says. “That was the first and only time I’ve had that happen.”
Since retiring from BU in 2003, Davis has devoted most of his time to bird research. His lifelong interest in ornithology has taken him to more than 50 countries—sometimes accompanied by his wife, a biologist—and he’s seen more than 4,000 species of birds in the wild. (There are roughly 10,000 species in the world.) Despite all the traveling, he’s found time to publish histories of American and Australian ornithology—including Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology (published in ...
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Mānoa: Research reveals Rapa Nui people cultivated and managed crops
UH News
University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Jul 12, 2017Moai (statues) on Rapa Nui. Credit: Terry Hunt.A rock mulch garden on Rapa Nui with taro (Colocasia esculenta) growing. Credit: Terry Hunt.Research by an international team, including University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Geology Professor Brian Popp, has shed new light on the fate of the ancient people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).“It's been proposed that vast forests of giant palm trees were cut down by the people of Rapa Nui leaving them, among other things, without canoes. With no canoes, they could no longer fish so they ate chickens, rats and agricultural crops. However, Rapa Nui is not a tropical paradise with fertile soils so crop productivity decreased. This ‘ecocide’ hypothesis attributes societal collapse on Rapa Nui to human overexploitation of natural resources. That’s the traditional narrative,” said Terry Hunt, Dean of the Clark Honors College and professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon and co-author of the study.This new study challenges that interpretation, and instead shows that the ancient population ate roughly equal amounts of seafood and terrestrial resources.“We also discovered that agricultural crops consumed must have been planted in soils that were deliberately managed and manipulated to provide better yields,” said Catrine Jarman, lead author of the study and a graduate student at the University of Bristol. “Previous work has shown that plants of Rapa Nui were grown in rock mulch gardens and planting enclosures known as manavai. These had been carefully constructed and deliberately managed, and our study showed that the islanders may have added fertilizers.”The research team analyzed archaeological material dating from 1400AD to the historic period from the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway. These included some material from excavations led by the famous Norwegian explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl in the 1950s and 1980s. Other ...
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Invite Sustainability into your Classroom
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The Office of Sustainability is always seeking ways to engage with our students, and we would enjoy the opportunity to speak to your classes. Early in the fall semester is the perfect time for us to speak about all of our sustainability initiatives on campus, including recycling, composting, the West Campus Garden, our internship program and much more.We are available to chat for 5 minutes or speak for a full lecture time. If you are interested in having us visit your classes, please email sustaingc@gcsu.edu. We look forward to visiting.
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OSU inks largest research grant in its history to begin ship construction
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has just received a grant of $121.88 million from the National Science Foundation to spearhead the construction of a new class of research vessels for the United States Academic Research Fleet. It is the largest grant in the university’s history.
This grant will fund the construction of the first of three planned vessels approved by Congress for research in coastal regions of the continental United States and Alaska. When funding for the next two vessels is authorized, the total grant to OSU could increase to as much as $365 million. The first vessel is slated to be operated by OSU for research missions focusing on the U.S. West Coast. The NSF will begin the competitive selection of operating institutions for the second and third vessels later this year – likely to universities or consortia for operations on the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
“Oregon State University is extremely proud to lead this effort to create the next generation of regional ocean-going research vessels funded by NSF,” said OSU President Edward J. Ray. “Our exceptional marine science programs are uniquely positioned to advance knowledge of the oceans and to seek solutions to the threats facing healthy coastal communities – and more broadly, global ecological well-being – through their teaching and research.”
OSU was selected by the National Science Foundation in 2013 to lead the initial design phase for the new vessels, and to develop and execute a competitive selection for a shipyard in the United States to do the construction. Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, in Louisiana was chosen and will conduct the detailed design verification over the next year. Officials hope to have a keel-laying ceremony for the first vessel in the spring of 2018, with the ship delivered to OSU for a year of extensive testing in 2020.
This new class of modern well-equipped ships is essential ...
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Jr. Cyclone Club Memberships Available Now!
Iowa State University
CALLING ALL JR. CYCLONES!
REGISTRATION FOR THE 2017-18 JR. CYCLONE CLUB
IS NOW OPEN FOR JUST $59!
ONE OF A KIND CYCLONE POWER T-SHIRT
FREE ADMISSION TO IOWA STATE EVENTS
Football: Jr. Cyclone Club Hillsides for all home games
Women's Basketball: General Admission
Volleyball: General Admission
Wrestling: General Admission
Gymnastics: General Admission
Soccer: General Admission
Softball: General Admission
Men's Basketball: Available for select games
EXPERIENCESIncluding clinics, special events, and MUCH MORE!
Hillside Parent Passes available for $99 each!(Limit of 2 per household. Children must be JCC members.)
FAN FEST
When: Sunday, August 20, 2017
Time: 1-3 PM
Location: Bergstrom Football Complex
What: Interactive sport stations, inflatable games, autograph sessions for fans and more!
FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
CYCLONE EXPERIENCEFootball Kids Zone & Jr. Cyclone Club Station
When: Home football games
Time: Open 3 hours before kickoff at each home game (weather permitting). Closes 30 minutes prior to kickoff.
Location: NE corner of Jack Trice Stadium between parking lots 85E and S8. Click here for a map.
What: Inflatable attractions, face painting, and activities for kids.
FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN TO ALL KIDS!
Celebrate your child’s special day with the Cyclones by hosting
his or her birthday at an Iowa State Athletic Event!
Packages Include: tickets, clone cones, hot dogs, beverages, photo with Cy and more.
Click here for more information.
What is the Jr. Cyclone Club?The Jr. Cyclone Club is the official kid's club for Cyclone fans 12th grade and younger.
What are the Jr. Cyclone Club Hillsides?In Jack Trice Stadium, the northeast and northwest hillsides are designed solely for club kids and their parents. In order for the hillsides to remain exclusive for Jr. Cyclone Club families, hillside football tickets are NOT sold to the public. Jr. Cyclone Club parents may purchase a football season parent pass in order to sit with their Jr. Cyclone Club member on the hillsides ...
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History/Social Sciences Instructional Materials Now Available for Review
UCR Today
This invitation is open not just to educators but also to interested students, faculty, staff, and community members
By Sandra Baltazar Martinez on July 12, 2017
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All of the history/social science instructional materials currently up for consideration are now available in Room 217, the Learning Resources Display Center (LRDC), on the second floor of Tomás Rivera Library. ucr file
BY MELANIE RAMIRO
California’s textbook adoption process is ready to take its next step forward – but first, the State Department of Education needs your input.
All of the history/social science instructional materials currently up for consideration are now available in Room 217, the Learning Resources Display Center (LRDC), on the second floor of Tomás Rivera Library. These materials are intended for use by elementary and middle school students, ranging from kindergarten through eighth grade.
“The LRDC provides a way for all interested parties to have some input into the textbook adoption process,” said Christopher Martone, UCR Library’s coordinator of Education Services and one of the State Board-appointed reviewers for History/Social Sciences instructional materials.
“If you want to review any of the materials, you can make an appointment to meet Christopher in Education Services,” explained Christina Cicchetti, Education/Reference librarian. “He will make the materials available for your review.”
This invitation is open not just to educators but also to interested students, faculty, staff, and community members. After reviewing the materials, patrons can submit their comments directly to the California State Department of Education by following these instructions.
“California has a network of Learning Resource Display Centers throughout the state,” Cicchetti added. “We serve Riverside County specifically, but anyone could come from anywhere to use our LRDC.”
Each LRDC can choose whether they want to display the materials while they are being reviewed, or only after the state’s adoption has been approved. In the inland southern California ...
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NY Times contest cites student essay on rap music
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Jack Zuckerman’s 450 word persuasive essay on the importance of teaching rap music in schools was one of a record-breaking 7,895 entries in The New York Times’ Fourth Annual Student Editorial Contest. That’s stiff competition, but the rising sophomore was pleased to discover he earned one of 45 honorable mentions. Congrats, Jack! There were 10 winners and 15 runners-up. You can read Jack’s essay below the Q &A.
Jack Zuckerman
We caught up with Jack in his hometown Manheim Township near Lancaster, PA, where he’s been working this summer at a minor league baseball stadium. He plans to double-major in film studies and business, possibly marketing.
Q: Were you surprised when you received the NY Times Contest honorable mention?I was definitely surprised, especially because they didn’t send out emails. I found out while I was scanning the titles of recognized essays and saw my own at the bottom.
Q: Which artists would you feature in a course on rap?At least one from every major area in rap music, so maybe Tupac for the West Coast, Nas for the East Coast, OutKast for the South, and then an artist not necessarily affiliated with a geographical movement like MF Doom.
Q: Are you going to try to get into Prof. Jeffrey McCune’s Kanye West course next year? [McCune is associate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies and African and African-American studies at WashU. He teaches “The Politics of Kanye West: Black Genius and Sonic Aesthetics.” ]Definitely, but “try” is the key word there.
Q: What are you looking forward to when you return to campus?I’m mostly looking forward to seeing my friends and getting more involved with my activities on campus.
Here’s the editorial Jack submitted to The New York Times contest:We Should be Teaching Rap Music in SchoolsI didn’t understand Toni Morrison ...
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NASA Names Dune on Mars for Late Geosciences Alumnus Nathan Bridges
UMass Amherst: News Archive
NASA announced on July 11 that it has named a rippled linear dune of dark Martian sand “Nathan Bridges Dune” after planetary scientist and UMass Amherst geosciences alumnus Nathan Bridges (Ph.D. 1997). He died in April of a sudden heart attack at age 50. He was a planetary research scientist at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.Bridges was leader of the “dune campaign” in NASA’s Curiosity team. The Martian feature was one research stop on the Curiosity rover’s mission to investigate active Martian dunes, according to NASA. A memorial recognition by the Lunar and Planetary Institute says, “Bridges was a senior expert on the geology of Mars, remote sensing techniques, and the role of wind-driven processes in planetary erosion and sedimentation on Earth, Mars, and Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Among his many important findings, Bridges discovered that wind is as important a geologic process on Mars as it is on Earth, despite the much lower density of the Martian atmosphere. He was an integral part of multiple Mars missions and instrument teams: he served as a co-investigator on the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a co-investigator on the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity rover, ChemCam instrument, and a science team member on two Mars-2020 rover instruments, SuperCam and the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer.”
Julie Brigham-Grette, department head of geosciences, recalls, “I remember him so well among a fun group of graduate students mapping other planets with George McGill and NASA funding. His sudden passing is a sad loss not only for his family, his colleagues at NASA and Johns Hopkins, but for our campus geoscience community. His wife Karen is also an alumna of our department.” Bridges is also survived by two children, Sarah and Matthew.
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New State Law Grants In-State Tuition for Military Veterans, Dependents
Headlines – Tennessee Today
A new state law will enhance access to UT for military veterans, service members, and their dependents.State of Tennessee Public Chapter 31 went into effect July 1. It waives out-of-state tuition and fees for military veterans, service members, and their dependents who are living in Tennessee and enrolled in any of the state’s colleges or universities using veterans’ educational benefits, regardless of their home of record.
“We will definitely get more students. It will definitely have an impact on UT,” said Veteran Student Services Coordinator Jayetta Rogers. She said she has been getting calls daily since the law was passed by the state legislature this spring.
The law has the most impact on active duty military personnel now residing in Tennessee who were living in another state (their home of record) when they enlisted. Their spouses and children are similarly affected.
Last spring, UT enrolled 475 veterans, military members, and more than 375 military spouses and dependents.
Of those, 25 were paying out-of-state tuition. The new law allowed 18 of those student veterans and dependents switch to in-state tuition.
UT has received several distinctions for being a veteran-friendly university.
The university ranks 31st among all public universities in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 list of Best Colleges for Veterans. In 2014, the Military Order of the Purple Heart designated UT a Purple Heart University. It was the first school in Tennessee to receive this designation.
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Pittsburgh-Paris Partnership: Pitt Medicine to Collaborate with French Research Institutes
Pitt School of Medicine Signs Collaborative Agreement with World-Renowned French Research Institutions
The agreement will enable researchers of all four institutions to cooperate on fundamental research, development of novel therapeutics, and clinical trials, with an initial focus on ophthalmology, vision and neuroscience. Along with joint research, the agreement also emphasizes exchange of academic personnel, joint academic conferences, and exchange of scientific, educational and scholarly materials.
The agreement, signed on July 12 at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., highlights an important partnership between Pitt and the French institutions that was spurred by the recent recruitment of José-Alain Sahel, M.D., one of the world’s top experts in retinal diseases, as the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Pitt’s School of Medicine, director of the UPMC Eye Center, and the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology. Sahel retained his connections to Paris as the founder and director of the Institut de la Vision in Paris and as a professor at the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie of the Sorbonne Universités (which co-incidentally also is referred to by the acronym UPMC), a top ranked medical school and the largest scientific and medical complex in France.
Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, is the only public research institution solely focused on human health and medical research in France and a leading medical research agency worldwide; and CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
“This agreement will further strengthen the robust scientific and educational partnerships between Pittsburgh and Paris, bringing to bear our outstanding intellectual capacities to address some of the most significant diseases that lead to blindness and vision impairment through basic and translational research,” said Sahel
“Taking on an immense challenge like the quest to cure blindness requires that we ...
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Els crustacis de l’ordre Tanaidacea tenien cura de les cries fa més de 105 milions d’anys
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Experts de la Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, l’Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat de la Universitat de Barcelona i l’Institut Geològic i Miner d’Espanya descobreixen les primeres evidències de cura parental en els crustacis de l’ordre Tanaidacea.
Fa més de 105 milions d’anys, les femelles d’aquests crustacis de petites dimensions ja tenien una estructura corporal —el marsupi— destinada a la cura de la prole durant el seu desenvolupament.
L'espècimen de Alavatanais carabe preservat en peces d’ambre dels jaciments de Peñacerrada (Àlaba, Espanya). Foto: IGME
Reconstrucció d'una femella adulta de l'espècie Alavatanais margulisae.
Una nova espècie cuidadora de la prole, la Daenerytanais maieuticus, deu el nom al personatge de ficció Daenerys Targaryen, la Mare de Dracs, la khaleesi de la sèrie Joc de Trons.
13/07/2017
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Un equip científic ha descobert les primeres evidències de cura parental en els crustacis de l’ordre Tanaidacea fa més de 105 milions d’anys, segons revela un article publicat a la revista Scientific Reports, del grup Nature. Aquest nou descobriment es basa en l’estudi de tres petits crustacis d’espècies diferents del Cretaci —Alavatanais carabe, Alavatanais margulisae i Daenerytanais maieuticus— que s’han preservat en peces d’ambre dels jaciments de Peñacerrada (Àlaba, Espanya) i La Buzinie (Charente, França), referents europeus en l’estudi del registre fòssil de l’ambre amb bioinclusions del Mesozoic.
Són autors del treball els investigadors Alba Sánchez i Xavier Delclòs, de la Facultat de Ciències de la Terra i de l’Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio) de la Universitat de Barcelona; Enrique Peñalver, de l’Institut Geològic i Miner d’Espanya; Michael S. Engel, de la Universitat de Kansas (Estats Units); Graham Bird (Nova Zelanda), i Vincent Perrichot, de la Universitat de Rennes 1 (Franç ...
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Missouri S&T earns eighth at solar car race
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The solar car in action in Texas. Photo by Bob Phelan, Missouri S&T.
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar Car Design Team placed eighth in the Formula Sun Grand Prix. The race challenges collegiate teams to design and build solar-powered vehicles.
The competition, held July 4-8, took place at the Circuit of the Americas Formula 1 track in Austin, Texas.
Before racing began, teams had to pass scrutineering to ensure that all safety measures were in place. After technical and safety inspections, teams then moved on to the track for three days of racing. Teams raced to complete as many laps as possible on the track in an 8-hour timeframe. None of the laps involved head-to-head racing. Eighteen teams competed at the event, including teams from Canada and Puerto Rico.
Missouri S&T’s team started strong on the track on the first day, completing 14 laps and moving to third on the leaderboard before the car’s motor began to have technical issues. Regenerative braking caused the motor to overheat, which tripped the motor’s controller and damaged the car’s battery box. The heat also disrupted the motor’s timing. Team members repaired the damage and on the second day the car completed 20 laps. On the third day, the car completed 54 laps. The team was assessed penalties for using third-wheel braking, but still finished with 69 total laps, which earned the team eighth place.
Missouri S&T’s car is an all-carbon-fiber composite vehicle with solar panels on the top. The entire car, including its electrical components, was designed and constructed by undergraduate students at Missouri S&T.
“This race sets us up for an even more successful season next year, when the team returns to the cross-country American Solar Challenge race,” says team president Conner Kostelac, a senior in engineering management from Platte City, Missouri. “The course ...
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Eye on UMSL: Rainbow sunset
UMSL Daily
Campus is a kaleidoscope of color as sprinklers water the lawn at sunset in front of the Millennium Student Center and the Recreation and Wellness Center.
This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.
Short URL: http://blogs.umsl.edu/news/?p=69253
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Tiny Cellular Antennae Key to Fat Formation in Muscle
UCSF - Latest News Feed
Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for fat cells. This process quickens when we injure a muscle, and an extreme form of this process is also seen in muscle-wasting diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have shown that cellular antennae called cilia, found on fat-forming cells interspersed in muscle, play a key role in this muscle-to-fat transformation.
The findings, revealed in experiments with mice, and published July 13, 2017 in Cell, suggest a previously unsuspected connection between cilia and tissue renewal. This fresh molecular understanding could open up new prospects for regenerative medicine, and one day enable researchers to improve muscle renewal during aging and disease.
High levels of intramuscular fat have long been associated with a loss of strength and impaired mobility, as well as more falls in elderly or obese individuals, and in patients with DMD. “The frailty of age is a huge biomedical problem,” said Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF and senior author of the new paper. “This study helps pave the way to learn how muscles normally age, and provides a new way to possibly improve muscle repair.”
Reiter has a long-standing research interest in tiny cellular appendages called primary cilia, which look a bit like the cellular tentacles that paramecia and other single-celled critters use to move and gather food. But unlike those motile cilia, primary cilia don’t move at all. Instead, they stand stiff and solitary on the surface of nearly all of our cells, including neurons, skin cells, bone cells and certain stem cells.
For centuries, these little attachments were largely ignored, and considered a vestigial structure with no known function. But “there has been a renaissance over the past decade in figuring out what these cilia do,” Reiter said, ...
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Op-ed: Should We Limit Spending on Lifesaving Drugs?
Health – UConn Today
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is a familiar quote from the opening of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities,” but the phrase is also applicable to the specialty drug market in the United States today.
Specialty drugs, usually complex biologic products created by genetic alterations of living tissues or organisms, have revolutionized patient care by creating human proteins, enzymes, and antibodies that can treat diseases much more specifically than previously. These breakthroughs have come through a collective national choice to let drugmakers set prices and reap the profits with limited oversight – as opposed to many other countries with strict controls.
However, this choice has come at a steep price: Health care costs are soaring at an unsustainable pace, putting the finances of states, the federal government, companies, and millions of Americans at risk.
Every American – especially our lawmakers preparing to remold our health care system for the second time in eight years – needs to understand the choice we have made and grapple with where to go from here. In the end, it comes down to one difficult question: What value should we place on a human life?
Drug costs are crippling us financially
Between premiums, deductibles, and co-pays, a typical family of four will directly pay U.S. $11,000 of the estimated $27,000 it is expected to spend on health care in 2017, up 22 percent since 2013. That’s quite a lot, especially considering the average American worker made only $46,120 in 2015.
But it will be impossible to control these spiraling costs without getting a handle on prescription drug spending, which is growing at a rate at least three times faster than every other major medical category.
What many people don’t know is that spending on traditional drugs such as statins, acid controllers, and antibiotics hasn’t changed much. It’s specialty and biologic drugs that ...
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FIU's Gabrielle Rains Sets Record While Taking Canadian U20 Title
FIU Athletics
MIAMI (July 12, 2017) – It may be the summer time for the traditional college student, but there is no offseason for FIU track and field standout Gabrielle Rains when it comes to perfecting her craft in the discus. Rains, a rising sophomore for the Panthers, shows no signs of slowing down following a record-setting freshman campaign. On July 6, the Sherwood Park, Alberta, native won the Canadian U20 Track and Field Championship discus title at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa, Ontario. Rains set a new championships U20 record with her toss of 51.60m en route to the gold medal.Click here to read a piece on Rains and her Olympic aspirations in the Ottawa Citizen.
Rains will now compete on the international stage as she travels to Trujillo, Peru for the Pan-Am U20 Track and Field Championships, July 21-23, as one of 54 athletes that will represent Canada.
Before returning to Miami, Rains will take part in the 2017 Canada Summer Games at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, August 3-4.
During her freshman season at FIU Rains enjoyed a banner season. She took second-place at the Conference USA Championships in El Paso, Texas, with a throw of 50.95m, and advanced to the NCAA Division I East Region Prelims in Lexington, Kentucky, where her throw of 49.45m was 25th.
It was, however, her first collegiate meet at the University of Miami that set the standard for Rains for the remainder of the season. During the Hurricane Invitational on March 18, Rains let loose on a throw of 53.10m which set a new school record and held up all season as the second-best throw in C-USA and the 42nd best in the nation. Also, Rains' 53.10m is the 17th-best U20 throw in the world this year and broke a 31-year-old Canadian record.Fans are encouraged to follow the team on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUTrackXC) for ...
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Key, Toliver, Clapp Named to Watch Lists
LSUsports.net
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Brandon BerrioAssistant Communications Director
BATON ROUGE – LSU junior center Will Clapp has been named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, while junior linebacker Arden Key and junior cornerback Kevin Toliver II have been named to the Bronko Nagurski Watch List, The Maxwell Football Club announced Thursday.
The Outland Trophy, in its 72nd year, is awarded to the top interior lineman in the nation. Clapp, who is expected to take over at center for Tigers, is one of 19 centers on the watch list that features 81 total interior linemen.
Clapp was a part of an offense that broke multiple school records in 2016, including the single-game individual rushing records by Leonard Fournette and Derrius Guice along with the school record for total offense in an SEC game with 634 yards against Missouri.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the National Defensive Player of the Year. Key, who was also named to the Maxwell and Bednarik watch lists earlier this week, set the single-season sacks record a year ago with 12. The Atlanta, Georgia, native totaled three PBUs and recovered three fumbles in 2017.
Toliver is expected to continue his impressive play that was seen in all 12 games of the Jacksonville, Florida, native’s freshman year and seven games in 2016 before suffering an injury. In seven games a year ago, Toliver recorded 21 tackles, including 12 solo. Toliver was also named to the Bednarik Award Watch List earlier this week.
The winner of the 72nd Outland Trophy – named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn at the turn of the 20th century, will be announced live on ESPN at The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 7.
The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet, presented by ACN, will be held on Monday, Dec. 4 at the Charlotte Convention Center.
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Dateline Rice for July 12, 2017
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Understanding Sectarianism in the Middle EastUssama Makdisi, the Arab-American Educational Foundation Professor of Arab Studies in History and professor of history, authored an op-ed.Cairo Review of Global Affairshttp://bit.ly/2t4dtOQ
Woody Harrelson gets insanely candid on sex, drugs, ‘Apes’ and those Han Solo firings In an interview, actor Woody Harrelson mentions that his mother attended Rice.Hollywood Reporterhttp://bit.ly/2uiMHSZ
JUMPSTART 2017 will be held on 4 and 5 August 2017 at the India International Centre, New DelhiRice is mentioned.MenaFNhttp://bit.ly/2t4dJ0g
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Good news, bad news for electricity deregulationResidential electricity rates in competitive areas in Texas have declined relative to wholesale electricity prices, which suggests that Texas electricity providers are minimizing costs to meet market demands, according to a new paper from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 12 print edition with a different headline, “Twist emerges on power prices.”)http://bit.ly/2vcTBWgReport finds ‘mixed results’ from electric market deregulationHouston Public Mediahttp://bit.ly/2tIIyX5KUT-FMhttp://bit.ly/2uRbDOi (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Rice top Texas school on latest ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’ listRice is No. 12 on Money’s list of “Best Colleges for Your Money.”Houston Business Journalhttp://bit.ly/2u9mg1r3 Texas schools make top 50 ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’WBAPhttp://bit.ly/2uj1kWjUT, Texas A&M make top 40 ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’Fort Worth Star-Telegramhttp://bit.ly/2vdfPrg25 best US colleges and universities for your money: Princeton, Baruch, UMich, Berkeley and UCLA top 2017 listCEO World Magazinehttp://bit.ly/2sQkvSS
Criticism of Trump is piling up. But what has he done right?Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at ...
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La UPC escala posicions i se situa entre les 25 millors universitats joves del món
Actualitat UPC
L’edició 2017-2018 del rànquing ‘QS Top 50 under 50’ publicada avui, 13 de juliol, posiciona les universitats segons el seu resultat a la darrera edició del rànquing general, el QS World University Ranking (QS WUR) i classifica les 150 primeres institucions al món amb menys de 50 anys de vida. Les variables analitzades es poden consultar a l’apartat 'Indicadors'.En l’àmbit mundial, la UPC ha passat de la posició 32 a la 25, escalant 7 posicions respecte l’edició de 2017. A Europa, la Universitat escala al vuitè lloc i puja dues posicions respecte l’edició passada del rànquing mentre que, si considerem el sistema universitari espanyol, la UPC passa de la cinquena a la tercera posició. Pel que fa a les politècniques estatals, la UPC manté la seva posició de lideratge en aquest rànquing.
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US Army Surgeon General Visits UCMC and C-STARS
UC Health News
US Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West visited UCMC Thursday, July 6,
2017. She was given a series of presentations on C-STARS and visited the sim
lab.
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Celebrate the Season at Dec. 5 Holiday Concert
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: November 05, 2015
Bring the family to celebrate the season with an afternoon holiday concert Dec. 5 at Lone Star College-CyFair.
Dont miss this joyous musical celebration performance of Robert Rays The Gospel Mass and other multicultural works featuring our Carnegie Hall-invited Concert Choir and the internationally acclaimed Houston Festival Choir, said Alex Qian, LSC-CyFairs artistic director of vocal activities.
The 3 p.m. concert will be held in the Main Stage Theatre, which is located in the Center for the Arts building on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
Visit LoneStar.edu/BoxOffice for ticket pricing, online purchasing and a complete season schedule. Contact 281.290.5201 or CFC.BoxOffice@LoneStar.edufor other information.
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Lone Star College-North Harris student delegation travels to China as part of exchange program
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: July 02, 2014 A select group of Lone Star College-North Harris students will be taking the trip of a lifetime this summer. As part of the China U.S. Exchange Foundation, 18 students from LSC-North Harris will visit China August 2-16.
During this two-week trip, the students will be traveling to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, learning about Chinas educational and economic systems, and culture.
Our students have an opportunity to expand their education in a global context, said Dr. Wei Li, LSC-North Harris professor of English and developmental studies, and faculty representative participating in the trip. I see great potential for these students to become friendship ambassadors between the United States and China, successful diplomats and business people, and citizens and peace makers of the global village.
The group will also be visiting various Chinese universities, meeting the students and faculty, and attending lectures and presentations on Chinese culture. In addition, they will also visit new energy source factories and learn about international business.
U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, representing Texas 18th Congressional District, was instrumental in making this opportunity available to Lone Star College students.
This trip fulfills a commitment made by the Peoples Republic of China, and I am pleased that they will make sure these Lone Star College students will take part in this groundbreaking program which hopefully will serve as a catalyst for future delegations for students across this great nation, said Congresswoman Jackson Lee.
The main goals for this program are to reach out to qualified and motivated students and provide them with international exposure to different cultures, and provide future educational and business opportunities.
The program is designed to provide a diverse group of young Americans living or attending school in Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Member districts with the opportunity to experience Chinese culture and gain exposure to broad career opportunities in an era ...
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Autism still gets dismissed by some doctors, family learns in yearlong challenge
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 7/4/2017
ByLine: San Diego Union Tribune
URL Link: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-samo-autism-20170704-story.html
Page Content: Features UC San Diego Autism Center of Excellence and Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD
News Type: Regional
News_Release_Date: July 07, 2017
NewsTags: Autism; Neurology; Pediatrics; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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What can bird brains teach us about human cognition? Plenty
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Cross Discusses State of American Science
Science and Technology
Campus and Community Science and Technology
Cross Discusses State of American Science
Georgia Tech’s executive vice president for research meets with national media to discuss federal funding and scientific research.
By
Laura Diamond | July 12, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Steve Cross, Georgia Tech’s executive vice president for research, was one of 11 panelists for a media roundtable discussion about “The State of American Science.” The event was organized by the Association of American Universities and The Science Coalition.
As political leaders discuss funding priorities and the role of higher education, Georgia Tech joined other top universities to discuss with national media the importance of scientific research on college campuses.
Steve Cross, Georgia Tech’s executive vice president for research, was one of 11 panelists for Wednesday’s roundtable discussion about “The State of American Science.” The event, organized by the Association of American Universities and The Science Coalition, covered funding, university research and related public policy issues.
“Scientific and technological discovery has been the driving force of American innovation for more than a century, and has resulted in critical advancements in public health, economic growth and national security,” Cross said. “Many of those breakthroughs were realized in the laboratories of the country’s best research universities and made possible because of federal investment and industry collaboration.”
In 2016, Georgia Tech conducted $791 million in research. The Institute also helped launch more than 100 new startups last year. During the 2016 fiscal year, Georgia Tech received 72 patents and 657 industry contracts.
“Georgia Tech is proud to participate with our peer institutions in this discussion, and we believe it is imperative our institution and others continue the valuable research happening on our respective campuses,” Cross said.
The other panelists included senior research officers from: Florida State University, Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins University, Marquette University, Purdue University, State University of New York, University of California – San ...
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Highlanders Offseason Punctuated By New Hires, Promotions
gohighlanders.com
Riverside—UC Riverside's 2017-18 athletics season doesn't begin for another six weeks, but that doesn't mean things are quiet in the Inland Empire. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tamica Smith Jones announced a number of recent hires and promotions for the department, today."It is important for us to continue to evaluate ourselves as a competitive Division I program," said Smith Jones. "With that, we seek to make essential adjustments that will afford staff the opportunity to be more impactful and focus on responsibilities that will serve the best interests of our department's growth."We are fortunate to recruit and retain staff who are committed to ensuring our student athletes have the very best collegiate experience and talented coaches striving to prepare them for the highest level of success on and off the playing fields. "I am very excited about these internal moves, new hires and other personnel additions still to come, as we strive for competitiveness atop the Big West Conference and continue to raise our profile nationally."NEWCOMERS
Camelia Trahan joins the Highlanders as the assistant athletics director for marketing and external relations. She comes to UC Riverside after two years as the assistant athletics director for marketing at the University of the Incarnate Word. She also spent time at the West Coast Conference managing the conference's marketing, brand management and promotional efforts; and for the Great Lakes Valley Conference as an assistant commissioner working extensively with championships and marketing.Byron Rimm rounds out the Men's Basketball coaching staff joining the Highlanders as an assistant. He is best known for his time as the head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers from 2006-16. Last season, he served as the director of basketball operations at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Rimm played collegiately at Ventura College and Cal State Los Angeles.The athletics business office added three new members ...
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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno mission snapped pics of the most iconic feature of the solar system's largest planetary inhabitant during its Monday (July 10) flyby. The images of the Great Red Spot were downlinked from the spacecraft's memory on Tuesday and placed on the mission's JunoCam website Wednesday morning."For hundreds of years scientists have been observing, wondering and theorizing about Jupiter's Great Red Spot," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "Now we have the best pictures ever of this iconic storm. It will take us some time to analyze all the data from not only JunoCam, but Juno's eight science instruments, to shed some new light on the past, present and future of the Great Red Spot."As planned by the Juno team, citizen scientists took the raw images of the flyby from the JunoCam site and processed them, providing a higher level of detail than available in their raw form. The citizen-scientist images, as well as the raw images they used for image processing, can be found at: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing"I have been following the Juno mission since it launched," said Jason Major, a JunoCam citizen scientist and a graphic designer from Warwick, Rhode Island. "It is always exciting to see these new raw images of Jupiter as they arrive. But it is even more thrilling to take the raw images and turn them into something that people can appreciate. That is what I live for."Measuring in at 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) in width (as of April 3, 2017) Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth. The storm has been monitored since 1830 and has possibly existed for more than 350 years. In modern times, ...
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Animal care program receives continued full accreditation
Vanderbilt News
Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017, 9:31 AM
by Printha McCallum
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Animal Care and Use Program has received continued full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC International).
In reviewing VUMC’s program, the AAALAC Council on Accreditation’s report acknowledged strong institutional support, the provision of administrative and financial support for the maintenance and update of facilities, including the purchase of new equipment, the new ARIES protocol management system and the proactive measures taken to ensure a smooth transition of the VUMC and Vanderbilt University (VU) reorganization.
The council also cited the program’s excellence for employee personal risk assessment by Vanderbilt Occupational Health and Wellness and Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety; dedicated and qualified animal care personnel; the robust and effective post-approval monitoring program; the well managed and documented veterinary care program; and state-of-the-art surgical and pathology facilities.
“The outcome validates the hard work and dedication to responsible research and the humane care and use of laboratory animals of everyone involved in animal research at both VUMC and VU,” said Jeanne Wallace, DVM, Vice President for Animal Care.
The assessment and accreditation process, which takes place every three years, includes a thorough inspection of animal research facilities, active protocols, training and safety programs and supporting documentation. By participating in these voluntary inspections VUMC demonstrates its commitment to maintaining the highest standards of animal care while pursuing groundbreaking biomedical research.
AAALAC International is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs.
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