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The UCF Art Gallery presents simultaneous exhibitions exploring the figure in contemporary art.
Mirror Phase: Figuration and Portraiture in Contemporary Art features paintings by students in UCF's School of Visual Arts and Design, including Gabriel Cortese, John Currie, Lila Villalobos, Emile Mausner, Jordan Pascal, Andrew Snow, and Nadya Sudjita.
With Love, features images from Tim DeGilio, Bailey Burdelsky and Ben Wooten, students in the B.S. in photography program shared by the University of Central Florida and Daytona State College.
Admission is FREE. The UCF Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on weekends by appointment. Plan your visit.
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Sunday, July 16, 2017
Painting and Photography Student Exhibition
Position opening: Test Proctor
Green & Gold News
Position Open for Test Proctor – Academic Innovations and eLearning is currently hiring for a Test Proctor to work in the eLearning Test Center on main campus in the Gordon Hartlieb Hall (GHH). For details and to apply, please visit: http://careers.alaska.edu/cw/en-us/job/506338/test-proctor
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Football. Andre Chachere Named To Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
The Jim Thorpe Award voting panel now will have their eyes on the All-Mountain West cornerback.
July 14, 2017
Oklahoma City, Okla.----- For the second time in two days, a college football national awards organization is taking note of San Jose State University senior cornerback Andre Chachere.After being named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason watch list as a candidate for the best defensive player in college football, the two-year starter now is one of 45 defensive backs named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award watch list for 2017.The award is named after Jim Thorpe, one of the country's greatest all-around athletes of any era. Besides playing football on both sides of the line, he was a punter and a kicker, too. Thorpe played professional baseball, professional basketball and was the 1912 Olympic gold medal winner in the pentathlon and decathlon.Chachere vaulted to the forefront in 2016 with superb season. The first-team All-Mountain West selection finished fourth nationally with 18 total passes defended consisting of a team high four interceptions and a Mountain West best 14 pass break ups.Three finalists will be named on November 20 and invited to attend the annual College Football Awards Show on December 7 in Atlanta. The official presentation of the award will be on February 6, 2018 in Oklahoma City.Season tickets for San Jose State's six-game home schedule are available by contacting the San Jose State University Athletics Ticket Office at (408) 924-SJTX or going to www.sjsuspartans.com/tickets.
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Graduate research fellow investigates how fungi and fire enable pine savanna ecosystem to thrive
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LAWRENCE — For most humans, fire symbolizes destruction and death. Yet nature often adapts to fire and can wield it as a creative force. For example, in the pine savannas of the southeastern U.S., fire acts as a chrysalis from which grasslands and forests spread new stems and unfurl fresh leaves.
Jacob Hopkins, a graduate student with the Kansas Biological Survey and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas, researches how a hidden ally helps plants and trees in this ecosystem prosper with fire: the fungi that live in the soil and among the decomposing leaves and plant matter atop the soil, called litter.
“In the pine savannas, we think of fire as a reset switch,” Hopkins said. “It prevents the pines from taking over and can prevent invasive species from coming in. It rejuvenates the ecosystem, and after the ecosystem burns we see a higher diversity of species — particularly grassland species.”
With a recently announced National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Hopkins will spend the next several years investigating the relationship between fire and the way fungi and plants in pine savannas support each other, dubbed “mutualisms.” The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships pay U.S.-citizen students $34,000 per year plus a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance over three years.
“A plant-fungal mutualism is when a mycorrhizal fungi species forms an association with the roots of a host plant,” Hopkins said. “There will often be an exchange of resources between the two. With grassland species, fungi give plants phosphorus and get carbon or sugar in return. But we also see mutualisms in trees, where trees get nitrogen from fungi and fungi, in turn, receive carbon or sugar. Forming these associations can help plants resist attacks by insects or pathogens, or it can increase competitive ability of the plant for growing in an ecosystem.”
Hopkins’ work will include field studies of ...
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It's Good to be Good: Dr. Stephen Post on the Scientific Evidence
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SBUMC Helps Long Island Child Care Agencies Achieve NY State Department of Health Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation
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SBUMC Helps Long Island Child Care Agencies Achieve NY State Department of Health Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation
Long Island Center for Pediatric Obesity Prevention Continues to Promote Child Nutrition
STONY BROOK, N.Y., February 4, 2011 - Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Long Island Center for Pediatric Obesity
At Alternatives for Children, one of the 15 child care agencies on Long Island that has attained a N.Y. State Department of Health breastfeeding-friendly designation due to the efforts of Stony Brook University Medical Center’s Long Island Center for Pediatric Obesity Prevention, mothers are educated on breastfeeding practices. Leah Holbrook. M.S., R.D., Coordinator of the program (center), consults the moms with their babies. Also pictured, from left: Rose Noonan Dusek and her son, Kaiden Dusek; and Amy Goldstein, and her daughter, Rachel Goldstein.
Prevention has aided 15 child care agencies on Long Island achieve the goal of attaining a New York State Department of Health (DOH) breastfeeding-friendly designation. Prior to the program’s work with the agencies, no Long Island child care centers had received the designation.On January 20, 2011, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin issued a “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.” The initiative outlines steps that can be taken to remove some of the obstacles faced by women who want to breast feed their babies. The “Call to Action” highlights the importance of breastfeeding and seeks to increase its practice. It also cites that breastfeeding protects babies from infections and illnesses that include diarrhea, ear infections, and pneumonia. Breastfed babies are also less likely to develop asthma, and those who are breastfed for six months are less likely to become obese.“Having babies breastfeed early on puts babies in the ‘driver’s seat,’ as they can then essentially choose how much they eat,” says Leah Holbrook. M.S., R.D., Coordinator of the Center and a nutritionist in the ...
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Lone Star College students celebrate success with commencement ceremonies
Lone Star College System News
Published on: May 14, 2015 More than 6,400 Lone Star College students were eligible to receive their associate degrees or certificates this spring as part of commencement ceremonies held May 8 and 9 for all six Lone Star Colleges.
There is nothing more rewarding as an educator than to see students have their dreams come true, said Stephen Head, LSC chancellor. Congratulations to all of those who saw their hard work pay-off. You should be very proud of your accomplishments.
Long known as a leader in conferring degrees, LSC was recognized as a top 10 producer of degrees nationally by Community College Week Magazine, ranking fourth among 1,100 community colleges in the U.S.
Lone Star College has seen a 57 percent increase in the student population in the past six years, adding more than 28,000 students, said Head. I would also like to thank the hard working faculty and staff for helping these students succeed.
LSC commencement speakers included:
LSC-CyFair: Fred Caldwell(President and CEO of Caldwell Cos.)
LSC-Kingwood: Jonathon Sprinkles (Connection Coach)
LSC-Montgomery: Dr. Mark Marotto (Professor of Music) & Gabriela Ramos-Mata (Class of 2015)
LSC-North Harris: Paula M. Mendoza (Member, University of Houston Board of Regents)
LSC-Tomball: Corina Tortora (Capt. U.S. Army Nurse Corps) & Rhiannon Rene Donaldson (Class of 2015)
LSC-University Park: Linda S. Good J.D. (LSCS Board of Trustees, Chair)
Lone Star College students received their associate degrees or certificates this spring as part of commencement ceremonies held at all six Lone Star Colleges. More than 6,400 LSC students were eligible to receive their associate degrees or certificates.
Lone Star College has been opening doors to a better community for more than 40 years. Founded in 1973, LSC remains steadfast in its commitment to student success and credential completion. Today, with almost 83,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 95,000, Lone Star College is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and one ...
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LSC-Kingwood Holds Surprise Ceremony for Educator
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: June 18, 2015
Dr. Brian J. May, ASU president, presented Kandis Eagleton with her master of education degree in guidance and counseling at a surprise graduation ceremony at LSC-Kingwood.
Focusing on family, students, and earning a graduate degree, Kandis Eagletons plate was pretty full. She is a transitional specialist at the Cambridge Schools MOSAIC program in the Humble Independent School District. This program has a partnership with Lone Star College-Kingwood.
Diagnosed with stage two breast cancer in November 2014, Eagleton persevered and completed all course work to earn a master of education degree in guidance and counseling from Angelo State University (ASU). Undergoing treatments, Eagleton was not able to participate in the graduation ceremony at ASU. Through careful planning, a surprise ceremony was held in her honor May 5 in LSC-Kingwoods Music Instructional Building.
I was completely surprised. It was the greatest feeling to walk into a room full of people cheering for me! I felt so much love; its almost indescribable. Eagleton said. Im still moved to tears just thinking about it. The ceremony and everyone involved was just beautiful. Thank you to everyone who played a part in this ceremony. This is something I will never forget as long as I live.
At the graduation ceremony, planned by LSC-Kingwoods Dr. Claudine Simpson, Eagleton was greeted by family, friends, and colleagues. Dressed in her graduation regalia, Eagleton received a standing ovation in the colleges Recital Hall as she began her graduation procession.
Kandiss treatments begin immediately following her diagnosis. She went through 16 rounds of chemotherapy and was facing surgery followed by five weeks of radiation. We knew she was not able to attend her graduation at ASU, so we wanted to make graduation a reality for her, said Simpson, adjunct faculty of education.
Standing on the stage, Dr. Brian J. May, ASU president; and Dr. Don Topliff, ASU provost and vice ...
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Flight LSC-Montgomery Carries Pooch Passengers to New Homes
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: April 14, 2015
Faculty, staff, students and their families pose with puppies rescued from the Montgomery County Animal Shelter before boarding Flight Lone Star College-Montgomery bound for Salem, Massachusetts, where they will be adopted into their forever homes.
Flight Lone Star College-Montgomery departed from the LoneStar Executive Airport in Conroe last month, bound for Salem, Massachusetts. The passengers? Fourty-one dogs, whose lives were rescued due to the generosity of the faculty, staff and students at Lone Star College-Montgomery. Collectively, the college raised over $4,800 to remove these animals from area shelters and transport them to happy owners across the country. At-risk dogs are rescued by Operation Pets Alive, an all-volunteer organization in Montgomery County. They are fostered in homes, but donations are needed for the dogs to be transported. In appreciation for hard work of the faculty, staff and students, Operation Pets Alive named the flight after the college.Its a matter of supply, demand, and compassion," explained Kevin Sumrall, professor of psychology at LSC-Montgomery, and coordinator of the fundraising campaign. "For those 41 puppies, Operation Pets Alive was a lifesaver. We have more adorable puppies in our county than can be adopted locally, and with many shelters up north in need of adoptable dogs, our hope is that we serve as a model and other organizations and businesses in our county will step in and help finance more flights.Interested businesses and charities can contact Sumrall at (936) 273-7323 or Kevin.W.Sumrall@LoneStar.edu. LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call (936) 273-7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery. Lone Star College System has been opening doors to a better community for more than 40 years. Founded in 1973, LSCS remains steadfast in its commitment to student success and credential completion. Today, with 78,000 students in credit classes, ...
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LSC-Tomball Showcases an Evening of Musical Mastery
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: November 08, 2012
A program showcasing some of Lone Star College-Tomballs most talented student musicians will be performed Tuesday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the LSC-Tomball Performing Arts Center.
Free to the public, Students in Recital is a diverse selection of vocal and instrumental compositions that runs the musical gamut (from instrumental solos to folk, art and stage songs) and offers a collection of known and not-so-known composers (from Bach to Mendelssohn, to Barber, to Schmidt), all of which share the quality of challenging the performers virtuosity.
Our music students are incredibly dedicated to their art and have really been putting in the time preparing for their performances. We have a strong group, and they are ready to give their best! Its exciting to see and hear these young people on stage, said music director and professor of music Dr. Cheryl Bates.
LSC-Tomball Performing Arts Center is located at 30555 Tomball Parkway in Tomball. For more information, contact Cheryl Bates at 281.357.3675 or cheryl.a.bates@lonestar.edu.
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With 75,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area, and the fastest-growing community college system in Texas. Dr. Richard Carpenter is the chancellor of LSCS, which consists of six colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, five centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.
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The Washington Post - A Healthy Mystery Over Attending Houses of Worship
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Christina Puchalski, MD ’94, RESD ‘97, director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, and professor of medicine, spoke to Religion News Service about recent studies that have shown the benefits of chaplaincy and spirituality in health care, particularly in older adults. The story was featured by The Washington Post.
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WVU research aims to increase addiction treatment effectiveness
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Up to 20 percent of people with opioid use disorder may not respond to standard treatment. A new study at West Virginia University seeks to understand why.
According to data compiled by The New York Times in a report earlier this month, the opioid epidemic in America has reached a critical level with last year seeing the largest ever annual jump in drug overdose deaths. West Virginia has been hit especially hard by this problem, leading the nation in drug overdose death rates.
The fixed-dose combination of buprenorphine/naloxone is one of only two major pharmacological interventions approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid dependence. This treatment helps those suffering with opioid dependence by activating opioid receptors in the brain.
“Sadly, not all patients struggling with opioid dependence who seek help respond to treatment,” said Marina Galvez Peralta, Ph.D., PharmD, principal investigator of the study and assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy. “We need to identify why some patients are not responding to buprenorphine/naloxone treatment so we can better target this population and provide recommendations to improve treatment efficacy and therapeutic success.”
It’s a life-or-death question for many patients.
There are many factors that are involved in treatment response, but so far there are only preliminary studies trying to address individual response to buprenorphine/naloxone.
“Although there are environmental and social factors that affect how patients respond to buprenorphine/naloxone and their ability to win their personal fights against addiction, we are seeking to identify genetic variations that could affect how buprenorphine works in the brain or is metabolized,” said Galvez Peralta. “By comparing genetic variants with metabolomics of buprenorphine we can identify patients at risk of failure, and potential new targets for treatment. This way, we could provide better and more personalized care to these patients and really ...
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Maverick Speakers Series 10th anniversary season
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
Two outstanding UTA alumni - a critically acclaimed Hollywood actor and a highly respected American economist - will return to their alma mater to join an exceptionally strong lineup for the 10th anniversary season of The University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Speakers Series, a premier venue for the nation’s best minds.
Celebrated actor, director, and producer Lou Diamond Phillips, a 1985 graduate of UTA, opens the season with a lecture Sept. 7. The University will host a film festival showcasing some of Phillips’ work between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6.
Economist Roland Fryer (’98), another UTA alumnus whose academic journey led to his becoming the youngest African-American faculty member to receive tenure at Harvard University, appears November 2.
Astronaut and entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari, award-winning food author and activist Michael Pollan, and broadcast journalist turned workplace equality advocate Gretchen Carlson complete the series for this season.
Now in its 10th year, the Maverick Speakers Series has distinguished itself as a highly anticipated community event that presents diverse voices who provoke thoughtful conversations.
Students, faculty and staff may attend lectures at no cost, but tickets are required and can be reserved through utatickets.com. Tickets for the general public went on sale July 11.
Ticket options:
General Admission: $5 per ticket
Preferred: $35 per ticket. Includes reserved seating near the front of the venue, reserved parking access, and front-of-the-line access to book signings when offered by the speaker.
Season: $150 per ticket. Includes preferred ticket to each event with reserved seating near the front of the venue, reserved parking access, and front-of-the-line access to book signings when offered by the speaker.
Tickets can be purchased through utatickets.com.
Complete Maverick Speakers Series Schedule:
Lou Diamond Phillips – “An Evening with Lou Diamond Phillips”
September 7, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Texas Hall
UTA Alumnus Lou Diamond Phillips is an actor, director, writer and producer who has appeared on stage and on screen. Film credits ...
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Student-Athletes Embrace Leadership on Colorado Trip
UT Arlington Mavs Blog
It is only natural to want to stay
in your comfort zone.
On a leadership retreat to the
glorious mountains of Colorado over the summer, eight UTA student-athletes were
launched well outside of the known commodity of their comfort, or green, zone.
Under the direction of UTA
student-athlete development specialist Tim Kennedy, eight of UTA's best and
brightest embarked on a trip to test their limits.
"This was a valuable life-skills experience for some of
our student athletes," Kennedy said. "During the trip, I got to
witness our student-athletes get taken out of their green zone and watch them
make the needed adjustments and continue to press through their challenges."
Logan Austin (baseball), Tamerah
Gorham (track), Beau Eggers (track), Cy'Andria Newton (softball), Chineme
Obikudu (track), Samantha Hughes (track), Tori Shelton (track) and Emoni Taylor
(track) joined Kennedy on a venture to Noah's
Ark, planted in picturesque Browns Canyon just outside of Denver.
The Maverick student-athletes
turned off their electronics, broke from 21st century life, and spent seven
days surrounded by the gorgeous sights of Colorado.
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"We all had to push ourselves
to another level," Austin said. "It was a lot of fun encouraging
others and getting out of our comfort zone."
After arriving from Arlington, the
UTA student-athletes immediately put their new found relationships to the test
with a white water rafting trip. After the excitement of the rafting journey,
the Mavs embarked on a four-day hike to scale the mountaintops, a far cry from
the hustle and bustle of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
"It was also great to see them working together during the whitewater rafting trip and backpacking trip," Kennedy said. "They really got a chance to work on the team-building skills by encouraging each other during the difficult times. It was also great seeing them build meaningful relationships and the bond that they got to ...
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Wayne Law's Jessup team earns honors at Midwest regional and international rounds
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Wayne Law's Jessup team earns honors at Midwest regional and international roundsJune 20, 2017For the third consecutive year and the fourth time in the past five years, Wayne Law’s team won the U.S. Midwest Regional of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and advanced to international rounds in Washington.
Team members for 2016-17 were Elaina Bailey of Taylor, Chancellor Sarah Cravens of Ann Arbor, Nicole Pitchford of Royal Oak, Aaron Shuman of Royal Oak and Adam Winnie of Taylor.
At the Midwest regional of the Jessup Feb. 9 through 12, Wayne Law topped the field of 19 law schools and took home third for its written submission. Individually, Bailey ranked 11th, Winnie ranked 16th and Pitchford ranked 23rd for oral advocacy. The team took on Notre Dame in the quarterfinals and Case Western Reserve University in a repeat of the semifinal showdown from the year before. In the final rounds, Wayne Law defeated Loyola University to ultimately be named regional champions.
The White & Case International Rounds of the Jessup competition were hosted on Capitol Hill April 9 through 15. The team earned the sixth best applicant memorial score and placed 14th overall for its written submissions – the best memorial score Wayne Law has earned to date at the international competition. For the first time ever, Wayne Law had three team members place among the top 100 oralists. Bailey ranked 29th, Winnie ranked 48th and Pitchford ranked 78th out of more than 500 competitors. Wayne Law was the top team to go 2 and 2 and ranked 27th overall in raw score points, ultimately placing 48th.
The team faced off against four international schools: National Law University Odisha from India, Humboldt-University from Berlin, University of Geneva from Switzerland and Yerevan State University from Armenia.
“The Wayne Law Jessup team has had in incredible run of success,” said Professor Greg Fox, Jessup team ...
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NAU’s Cline Library and Upward Bound collaborate to make STEM hands-on
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For the first time, Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library collaborated with Upward Bound to provide students exposure to different fields of technology and the opportunity to use the MakerLab, a 3-D printing service, to design and create their own projects. Mark Despain, liaison for NAU’s First Scholars program, wanted to incorporate more technology into the STEM curriculum for Upward Bound, and he knew Cline Library had 3-D printing. He contacted Janet Crum from library technology services, and she arranged the collaboration between Cline and Upward Bound.
This summer, students had the opportunity to learn about 3-D printing, building circuits and video production. They received a 90-minute lesson in each of these areas of technology and chose in which section to create a project. Through these projects, the students developed critical skills, such as teamwork and time management.
“Each student is a little different about how they are reacting to ‘Tech Time,’ but overall they love having the freedom to explore and be creative within a medium they have had little experience with,” Despain said. “Our science instructors are constantly commenting that the students are talking about their projects in their classes.”
The support from Cline staff was important for the students’ learning experience.
“During those meetings, the entire Cline staff was incredibly helpful and supportive of giving these students exposure that they may never receive at their high schools,” Despain said. “They even agreed to stay open an extra 30 minutes on their own time to accommodate the students’ schedules.
“I am very hopeful the Cline staff will allow the students a similar experience next year and for years to come.”
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
Bittersweet Science
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A new book by Sonoma State University American Multicultural Studies Professor Michael Ezra is being listed on multiple summer reading lists throughout the country. "The Bittersweet Science: Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner, and at Ringside" is an anthology book filled with essays about boxing by writers who have extensive firsthand experience ranging from ringside to inside the ring itself.The book, edited by Ezra and Carlo Rotella, brings together a roster that expands the understanding of the sport’s appeal and debunks some of boxing’s greatest myths. Stories include boxing manager Charles Farrell’s defense against fixing fights and why it helps the sport, former Golden Glover Sarah Deming’s profile of young Olympian Claressa Shields, profiles of greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., and Ezra’s own essay on “Navigating Boxing’s All-Time Rankings.”
The Boston Globe recently listed the book in its list of top summer reads, and Boston’s NPR station WPNR also included it in its suggested summer reading list. Ezra is also the author of “Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon” and editor of the respected Journal of Civil and Human Rights.
Ezra has also given interviews about his new book on ESPN Radio and the Ringside Reporter.
"The Bittersweet Science: Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner, and at Ringside" is available through The University of Chicago Press Books.
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CI Surf Club has a day at the beach and a surf contest
CSU Chanel Islands News
Camarillo, Calif., March 22, 2016 — CSU Channel Islands (CI) surfers will hang ten and spectators can hang around and watch Thursday, March 31 at Oxnard Beach Park during the CSU Channel Islands Surf Club’s Third Annual Cesar Chavez Beach Day and Surf Contest.The surf contest and beach day will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2601 South Harbor Boulevard in Oxnard. CI surfers participating in the contest need to be at the beach by 8 a.m. but for any CI students, faculty, staff, alumni, or the public who want to watch, feel free to show up anytime.“This is just to get alumni, students, faculty and administration together to have a good day at the beach,” said CI Surf Club president Kevin Piper.Piper added that the public is welcome to come and enjoy the day, too. Those who aren’t surfing are invited to watch the competition, play bocce ball, volleyball, throw Frisbees or just enjoy the sun, sand and sea.Piper and event coordinator Austin Finley say the Club’s “pet competition” is just about fun, not fundraising.“No one has to buy anything,” Finley said. “It’s just for fun. People can just come and hang out.”The surf competition will include about 35 CI student and alumni surfers who will compete in series of heats. Custom-made trophies and prizes, courtesy of Revolution surf shop in Camarillo, will be awarded at the end of the day.There will be a number of side activities going on throughout the day. CI’s volleyball club will show up to play a game and surfers will be giving informal lessons with foam top surfboards.There will be a “Legacy” spotlight heat from judges and other veteran surfers in the middle of the competition.Piper said last year’s event drew about 150 people and this year club members are hoping for even ...
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Cal Poly Pomona to Host CA Teachers Summit on July 28
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Cal Poly Pomona will host the third annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit on Friday, July 28, at the Bronco Student Center from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The free, statewide summit is a unique opportunity for teachers to come together to collaborate, re-energize and be a part of a larger teacher network. The event will feature EdTalks presented by local teachers, Edcamp discussions on teacher-selected topics and opportunities for networking and sharing ideas with fellow teachers.
The keynote address will be given by Dr. Jill Biden, a lifelong educator and wife of former Vice President Joe Biden. Her speech will be live streamed from St. Mary’s College of California. Other speakers include Alice Chen, an English language arts teacher and lead PBS digital innovator, and Dr. Scott Petri, a social science teacher and president of the California Social Science Association.
Discussion topics will include helping students thrive in the digital era and improving their listening skills and ability to communicate more effectively. The Summit will also feature the latest strategies and resources to support teachers as they implement the California Standards in English/Language Arts and Math and the Next Generation Science Standards.
“One of the many benefits of attending the summit,” says Kathy Diver, a Los Osos High School science teacher, “is the opportunity to network with other educators and discuss a wide range of critical topics in education. I’m always amazed by the wealth of information that is shared during the event.”
“Our goal is to empower teachers and ensure they’re aware of the myriad of resources that are available to them,” said Nick Salerno, Cal Poly Pomona site leader. “This is a great opportunity for teachers to explore how they can prepare their students to be thoughtful and engaged members of our society.”
The California Teachers Summit is free and open to all California ...
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CSUSB Anthropology Museum’s ‘Crafting Lives in the Americas’ now on exhibit
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The Museum of Anthropology at Cal State San Bernardino is now showing “Crafting Lives in the Americas,” an exhibition that explores the making and meaning of gendered “domestic crafts” in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.“Archaeological and historical research suggests that Native American women have had important community roles,” the museum’s web page for the exhibit says. “Whether or not they are associated with homes, the influences of ‘domestic’ crafts (such as pottery, cooking, making figurines, and weaving) have long influenced the public sphere. While the evidence tells us that such crafting often is the work of women, it is our interpretations of the meanings of such labor that need to change.
“In this exhibition, we explore material products of women’s crafting from the American Southwest and Mesoamerica.”
“Crafting Lives in the Americas” was curated by Guy David Hepp (lead curator), Ana Yesenia Mendoza Sanchez, Russell Barber and Frannie Berdan, with curatorial assistance from students in the Anthropology 321 and 602 (winter 2017 quarter) classes.
The exhibit, which opened May 24, will remain on display through Dec. 9, 2017.
The mission of the Anthropology Museum is to serve as a teaching laboratory for Museum Studies Certificate students, who gain hands-on experience in collections management, exhibition planning, curation and museum administration.
The museum additionally provides space for the presentation of exhibitions that illustrate and interrogate the cultural contexts and meanings of community histories, events, identities, and behaviors — locally, across the world, and over time — and other anthropological perspectives on topics of interest.
The museum is located on the third floor of the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences building, room SB-306.
There is no admission fee for the museum; parking at CSUSB is $6.
The museum’s summer hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; regular hours during the rest of the year are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The museum ...
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KKN 2017 Belajar Bersama Masyarakat
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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Kampus Tasikmalaya sukses melaksanakan Pelepasan Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) 2017 di Lapang Volley Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Kampus Tasikmalaya. Rabu (12/07/2017).
“KKN sekarang disiapkan dari hasil koordinasi kampus dengan Bapeda sesuai dengan program kerja Walikota Tasikmalaya mengenai indeks pembangunan sumber daya melalui Bapeda. Diharapkan KKN sekarang dapat lebih meningkatkan peran kampus (baca: UPI Tasikmalaya) di kota Tasikmalaya sesuai dengan koordinasi dengan pemerintah setempat,” kata Dindin Abdul Muiz L., S.Si., S.E., M.Pd. selaku Ketua Prodi S1 PGSD.
Beliau menuturkan lebih jauh, payung-payung program KKN 2017 diarahkan dan disesuaikan dengan program Bapeda (Badan Pengurus Daerah). Tahun ini merupakan tahun kedua KKN bekerjasama dengan Pemerintah Kota Tasikmalaya, yang beberapa waktu lalu telah dilakukan perpanjangan MoU oleh Rektor Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia sebelumnya, yakni Prof. Furqan, M.A., Ph.D (alm). dengan Walikota Tasikmalaya, yakni Drs. H. Budi Budiman.
Pelepasan Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) 2017 secara resmi dilepas oleh Dr. Hj. Epon Nur’aeni L., M.Pd. selaku Wakil Direktur Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Kampus Tasikmalaya didampingi oleh Drs. H. Oyon Hakki Pranata, M.Pd. selaku Ketua Satgas KKN.
“Lakukan yang terbaik, menjadikan KKN ini tempat beramal dan memperoleh ilmu. Sehingga mau tidak mau harus siap segalanya berdoa diikuti dengan usaha agar KKN berjalan lancar pun program yang dilaksanakan pun bermanfaat,” kata Latief selaku koordinator mahasiswa, saat diwawancara.
Sejalan dengan itu, Ketua Prodi S1 PGSD mengatakan,”Intisari KKN ini program-program dapat tersampaikan kepada masyarakat, sehingga secara tidak langsung mahasis belajar bersama masyarakat, tentunya sesuai kebutuhan dan waktu yang telah ditentukan”. (Annisa Anita D /UPI Tasik)
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Head Men’s Cross Country Coach Chris Solinsky Resigns to Pursue SEC Coaching Opportunity
College of William & Mary
William & Mary Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Alex Heacock '09 announced Thursday the resignation of head men's cross country coach Chris Solinsky, effective immediately. Solinsky is leaving the Tribe to join the staff at the University of Florida as the assistant coach in charge of distance and cross country for both men and women. The Gators have won the last two NCAA men's outdoor track and field championships (four of six since 2012), while also winning indoor championships for the men in 2011 and 2012, and runner-up honors in 2013, 2015, and 2017."I want to thank Chris for all of the hard work he's done for us," said Heacock, "and congratulate him and his family on this great opportunity. He has left the Tribe cross country and distance men in a great position to continue improving over the coming years, and we look forward to going up against Chris and his athletes at NCAAs in the years to come."Solinsky just finished his third year at W&M, and the first as the head men's cross country coach. He was named the CAA Coach of the Year last fall after leading the Tribe to its 17th-straight conference title and a 52-18 (.743) overall record. Also an assistant coach for the W&M track and field team, Solinsky's runners swept the titles in the 1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m, and 3,000m steeplechase at the CAA Championships this spring, and had 21 of the 30 scoring spots from the 800m on up including a sweep of all six spots in the 5,000m. Two runners, David Barney '17 and rising junior Ryan McGorty (Fairfax, Va.), qualified for the first round of the NCAA Championships in the 1,500m, with Barney advancing to the national quarterfinals for W&M's first advancer since 1995.Solinsky came to W&M after seven years as a professional athlete in the highest ranks, and with three years of ...
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Scott Yenor
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Department of Political Science
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Scott Yenor recently published an article with the Heritage Foundation titled “Sex, Gender, and the Origin of the Culture Wars: An Intellectual History.” As the abstract explains, many Americans today have accepted what seemed inconceivable just a generation ago: that gender is artificial, is socially constructed and can be chosen freely by all individuals. This notion— that biological sex can be willfully separated from gender — originated in the arguments of influential radical feminists writing from the 1950s through the 1970s. The premises of their theories, in turn, have ushered in the new world of transgenderism. Yesterday’s shocking theory has become today’s accepted norm, with more changes to come. Yet whether this new world will prove to be fit for human flourishing remains to be seen.
You can read the article here: http://www.heritage.org/gender/report/sex-gender-and-the-origin-the-culture-wars-intellectual-history
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Educators Investigate Art, Science at UW Art Museum’s Summer Teaching Institute | News
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July 14, 2017
Science and art teachers experience hands-on learning at the UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center as part of the UW Art Museum’s 2017 Summer Teaching Institute. (Catherine Wagner Photo)
Fifteen educators examined the intersections of art and science during the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s Summer Teaching Institute.
Each year, the UW Art Museum hosts the Summer Teaching Institute, which focuses on object-based learning using artwork on display and work from the permanent collection. This year’s institute, “Transforming Learning: Investigating Art and Science,” was June 21-23.
The Summer Teaching Institute provides educators with hands-on experience and insight into current research happening in art and science, as well as research-based methods for integrating these disciplines. Using current trends in education, which include a focus on active learning in STEAM, or science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, the UW Art Museum partners with different organizations to reach a common goal. This year’s partner was the UW Biodiversity Institute.
In-service K-12 science teachers, art teachers, general classroom teachers and community educators participate in this professional development opportunity, with options for Professional Teaching Standards Board credits or UW continuing education credit.
This year, participants examined artworks from the UW Art Museum’s permanent collection, guided by Katie Christensen, curator of education and statewide engagement, and Heather Bender, master teacher; explored African cichlid fish through the research of evolutionary biologist Catherine Wagner; and engaged in active-learning exercises that studied basic concepts in evolutionary thinking, led by Brian Barber and Dorothy Tuthill of the Biodiversity Institute. Participants also worked with two studio artists: Adrienne Vetter, interdisciplinary sculptor and installation artist, and Bethann Garramon Merkle from the Wyoming Migration Initiative.
The Summer Teaching Institute participants, listed by their hometowns and schools or organizations, were:
Casper -- Kathleen Backman, Southridge Elementary School; Staylee Brown, Cottonwood Elementary School; Paul Kasza, Kelly Walsh High School; Amy McCormick, ...
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College of Engineering Welcomes Two New Development Officers
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Ethan Hayman and Autumn Lewis recently joined the College of Engineering development team.
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How Nonprofits Forge Ahead When Faced with Potential Cuts to Foreign Aid
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Teen girls in Zaporizhia, Ukraine participate at a calligraphy workshop, learning to write symbols on a paper with brush and black gouache.
The Trump Administration's 2018 budget proposal suggests big changes to foreign aid, and cuts to support of many nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the United States. How would these changes affect the goals of these institutions?
Khaldoun AbouAssi, assistant professor at American University's School of Public Affairs is an expert in public and nonprofit management. Recently, he published an article in the journal
Public Administrative Review, which focuses on how nonprofit organizations make decisions in a changing resources environment, especially when they have to respond to donor demands.
Q: What are the Trump Administration's proposed budget implications for nonprofits?
"In general, we are noticing more government scrutiny and less funding; that does not necessarily apply across the board since some entities in the nonprofit sectors, such as religious or faith-based organizations, might be less impacted or even positively impacted. But, if you are an organization like Planned Parenthood or even a nonprofit in the arts, then the impact could be substantial. Again, it is not just the budget cuts but also how the Administration deals and works with the nonprofit sector, through policies and legislation, contracts and grants."
Q: What sort of reactions from nonprofits can we expect should proposed cuts occur?
"We are actually witnessing different reactions. After the 2016 election, some nonprofits witnessed a peak in individual donations; the donations were directly tied to the results of the election and came as signals of support to the work of some organizations that focus on women's health or LGBTQ issues or civil rights, due to the fear that the new administration would scale back rights and cut funding. I believe this trend has stabilized now. But, we also should expect more advocacy work and collaboration among the nonprofits ...
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Zimpher's Future Includes UAlbany Positions as Professor and Advisor
Outgoing SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, seen meeting UAlbany students on campus in December of 2014, will have faculty and advisor roles at the University after she steps down from her current role in September. (Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 17, 2017) — State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, who is stepping down from her position at the end of August, will be assuming a faculty position as professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy & Leadership.
She will also become a senior fellow at SUNY’s Rockefeller Institute of Government (RIG), where she will create and direct a new think tank, the Center for Education Pipeline Systems Change. And she will serve as UAlbany’s incoming President Havidán Rodríguez’s chief advisor for cradle-to-career partnerships.
“The University at Albany’s commitment to community outreach and engagement is one of its major strengths, and a very important characteristic that attracted me to pursuing the role of president,” Rodríguez said. “Chancellor Zimpher’s leadership of SUNY has lifted the University at Albany’s partnerships within the local community to unprecedented heights, all to benefit not only our students but those in schools throughout the City of Albany and the Capital District. I look forward to continuing this important work together.”
Zimpher is joining a department, Educational Policy & Leadership, known for its cradle-to-career approach to preparing educational leaders, and at a time when it is launching a new M.S. in Higher Education to educate the next generation of college leadership.
“Dr. Zimpher’s primary contributions will be around national and international scholarship regarding higher education, teacher preparation and school improvement,” said Robert Bangert-Drowns, dean of the School of Education.
"Nancy Zimpher is a nationally recognized thought leader on teacher preparation and the public policies that impact the breadth ...
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Clemson trustees approve 2017-18 budget and re-elect chairman
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CLEMSON — The Clemson University board of trustees Thursday approved the 2017-18 budget, re-elected its chairman and gave its support to important programs and capital projects.
The board received a detailed report on the 2017-18 budget, including the university’s investment in priorities to drive quality and the impact of mandated increases in the cost of employee benefits. The trustees approved the $1.15 billion budget, which is up 7.5 percent from the previous year.
To help fund these investments and mandated costs, the trustees approved the lowest percentage tuition increase in 20 years for in-state undergraduate students: a 2.75 percent increase, or $197 per semester for a full time-student. Out-of-state undergraduate tuition will increase by 4.25 percent, or $727 per semester. (Read more about tuition and fees here.)
Smyth McKissick
The trustees re-elected Smyth McKissick as chair of the board for a second term. McKissick is a 1979 Clemson graduate and chief executive officer of Alice Manufacturing. He has served as a trustee since 1998.
The board also adopted a policy confirming its existing practice of requiring board expenses to be reasonable and for business-related purposes.
The trustees also:
reaffirmed a resolution to fund a new tennis center using $12.5 million in athletic revenue bonds. These bonds would be repaid using solely athletic revenues, which are privately generated.
approved new signs for 11 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places to tell the story of each facility’s origin, name and significance to university development.
named the circular drive in front of Tillman Hall “Gantt Circle.” The naming commemorates the historic enrollment of Harvey B. Gantt, ’65, who was the first African-American to enroll at Clemson.
approved a new Master of Transportation Safety Administration program aimed at professionals in transportation, police and highway safety departments and corporations and will be one of the first degrees of its kind.
approved the establishment of the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2), an ...
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Volunteers needed for student move-in
SIU News
July 10, 2017Volunteers needed for student move-in
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- In just a few weeks, students will start a new year at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and volunteers are needed Aug. 16 and 17 to welcome incoming Salukis and help them move into on-campus residences.
SIU faculty and staff along with community volunteers will play a vital part in assuring students are settled in their new homes in time for classes which begin Aug. 22. New students will move in on Aug. 16; returning students move in Aug. 17.
Individual volunteers and groups are invited to sign up for the times and locations they prefer. All shifts are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited due to space and logistics.
The move-in schedule, volunteer sign-up forms and additional information are available online at http://housing.siu.edu/volunteer.
During move-in, University Housing will provide a family meal pass to the accompanying families of students with valid dining plans who are moving into campus residence halls. In addition, move-in volunteers will receive a complimentary meal ticket, allowing them to enjoy a nice meal in a campus dining hall.
In order to assure adequate seating, complimentary meals will be only for the families of University Housing residents who have valid dining plans and registered volunteers. In addition, dining plans will be accepted and guest meals will be available for purchase at the dining hall entrances.
Move-in is a bit earlier than usual this year in order to give families a chance to get their Salukis all moved in before visitors begin arriving on campus from around the world to watch the total solar eclipse. The eclipse – the first total solar eclipse in the U.S. since 1979 – will reach its point of longest duration on Aug. 21 very near SIU. Numerous special activities are planned at the university and in the surrounding community, including a ...
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
Science & Research
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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Financial Decisions Today: Planning for Your Future
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Tyler Hart, financial representative with DMG Financial Group, gave a presentation on how our financial decisions today impact our future. The topics included in the following video are:Organizing your finances Creating a budget Proper savings habits Alumni Career Services Spring 2014
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Scripps Gerontology Center's latest grant tops one million
Miami University - Top Stories
OXFORD, Ohio — Miami University's Scripps Gerontology Center has been awarded a $1.23 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Scholars will use the money to research skill proficiencies and lifelong learning activities of middle-aged and older adults.
Phyllis Cummins and Takashi Yamashita
“Our research focus is on adults ages 40-74,” said Phyllis Cummins, senior research scholar at Scripps. “This age group represents nearly half of the U.S. labor force, yet little is known about patterns of lifelong learning activities. In an increasingly global and technologically advanced society, lifelong learning is important to maintain skills necessary to remain competitive.”
Cummins is the primary researcher on the project, A Mixed-Methods Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Lifelong Learning, Skill Proficiencies, and Employment in the U.S. and Selected OECD Countries.
“The overarching goal of the project is to improve our understanding of how skill proficiencies are related to education, lifelong learning activities and employment,” said Cummins. “The U.S. lags many developed countries in implementing policies to encourage participation in learning activities throughout one’s life. Our project will provide valuable information to policymakers about the importance of lifelong learning.”
The three-year grant, which started July 1, will use survey data coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and collected by the National Center for Educational Statistics. U.S. data will be compared with that over several other OECD countries. The project is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the independent and non-partisan statistics, research and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education.
"As a Miami University Gerontology doctoral program alumni, I am thrilled to be able to continue this important work with the Scripps Gerontology Center and my colleagues at Miami University,” said Takashi Yamashita, co-principal investigator on the project.
Cummins is also the lead researcher on a $1.4 million grant funded by the U.S. ...
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A life in foreign service
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Ambassador James Dobbins discusses his new book Foreign Service: Five decades on the front lines of American diplomacy and his experiences working to advance U.S. national interests in some of the country’s most difficult situations.
Also in this episode: William Gale, the Arjay and and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy and a senior fellow in Economic Studies, recounts the Kansas tax cut experiment and outlines its implications for future tax reform efforts.
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Foreign Service: Five decades on the front lines of American diplomacy
Foreign Service: Five decades on the frontlines of American diplomacy (Interview with Peter Baker)
Why taxes in Kansas matter
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks speaks to BBC Radio about women in technology.
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks recently talked about women in computing on BBC Radio 4. Hicks was featured on the long-running “Woman’s Hour” program which has been a BBC institution since it began airing in 1946. She spoke with the current host, Dame Jenni Murray, about the connections between historical discrimination in the field and the imbalances and lack of diversity we see in Silicon Valley today. You can listen to the ten-minute segment here.
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COD Receives National Endowment for the Humanities 'Dialogues on the Experience of War' Grant
News at College of DuPage
By Jennifer DudaCollege of DuPage is among 15 institutions and one of only two community colleges
to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities “Dialogues on the
Experience of War” program.The College’s Liberal Arts Division received $72,310, which project director and COD
English Professor Franz Burnier will use for a team-taught seminar titled “Connections
and Disconnections in U.S. Military Conflicts: From the Illinois Frontier to the Global
Frontier.” Part of NEH’s Standing Together initiative, Dialogues on the Experience of War grants provide opportunities for veterans,
through the study and discussion of important humanities sources, to think more deeply
about issues raised by war and military service.Scheduled to be offered during the spring 2018 semester, the seminar project is designed
to help student veterans discuss their war experiences in a broader literary and historical
context.“I want our students to see their military experience as part of a continuum that
hasn’t really changed in our country’s history,” Burnier said. “One of the biggest
challenges veterans have is that they compartmentalize their service versus their
public lives. We’re hoping they step up and come together to review and learn about
past wars to help them connect and understand how military conflict has shaped and
continues to shape the nation.”Burnier, along with fellow English Professor Michelle Moore, History professors Sam
Mitrani and Ben Whisenhunt, Veterans Student Services Manager Jose Alferez and Associate
Professor and Reference Librarian Jason Ertz, will lead students through an exploration
of military operations via history and prose, drawing parallels between conflicts.
The seminar’s two war periods, from the Illinois frontier conflict between 1812 and
1832 to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, were selected for their value
in showing both historical precedent and contemporary relevance, he said.“We want to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of the complexity of war ...
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Are you still covered? This tool can help you know.
Brandeis University News
July 9, 2017There are many questions—and just as many opinions— about the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the U.S. Senate’s proposed replacement to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Am I Still Covered? is a new, online resource developed by a group of Heller students and others to inform the public about the BCRA in plain language. Users can use the website to learn how the BCRA could affect their health care coverage and costs. Am I Still Covered? Co-Founder Stephanie Murano talked with Heller communications about the innovative project.
Members of the Am I Still Covered? team: (clockwise from top left) Rebecca Huber, Kayla Scire, Adrielle Slaugh, Stephanie Murano, Sarah King, Annie Hirshman and Shu Chen.How did you come up with this idea?
Am I Still Covered? came about through a group text message thread shared by our co-founders. Adrielle Slaugh expressed frustration that she did not think many people understood how BCRA would impact so many Americans, and thus, the general concept of Am I Still Covered? was born. We utilized our individual set of skills to express this through a straightforward platform: Rebecca Huber (MPP/WGS ‘18) directed policy research, I developed a marketing plan, Annie Hirshman headed UX and web design and Adrielle Slaugh acted as project manager. We recruited a few other individuals to round out our team, including Shu Chen for web development. Rebecca reached out to a few fellow members of her cohort, bringing in Sarah King (MPP ‘18) and Kayla Scire (MPP/MBA ‘18) for policy support.
What problem does Am I Still Covered? seek to solve, and for whom?
Health care policy can be dense, which is unfortunate, since it impacts so many individuals in a direct way—we all will need health care at some point in our lives! BCRA is particularly confusing, because it requires a basic understanding of ...
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Canada’s Newest Astronaut Class Includes a Worldwide Graduate
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 80 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus with more than
125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit
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