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July 10, 2017Cuban agricultural biotechnology researcher visits SIU this week
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Mario Pablo Estrada Garcia, director of agricultural biotechnology research for the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Havana, Cuba, is visiting Southern Illinois University Carbondale this week as part of an innovation and entrepreneurship program.
Estrada will meet with faculty and staff from the university, attend the 51st annual Belleville Field Day at SIU’s Belleville Research Center and participate in two events which are open to the public. A luncheon featuring a presentation by Estrada is from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, in Room 241 at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, 1740 Innovation Drive in Carbondale. There is no cost and everyone is welcome. However, those planning to attend must RSVP by calling 618/453-6754 or emailing innovation@siu.edu.
In addition, a public reception in Estrada’s honor will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, in Studio E, located at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center. Everyone is welcome and no RSVP is required.
The SIU Research Park is hosting Garcia July 10-14 in conjunction with the SIU/U.S. Embassy – Havana Grant Program “Connecting Cuban Entrepreneurs.” The program has established a collaboration involving a team of faculty and business development/entrepreneurship staff from SIU and a group of faculty and staff from the Universidad de Pinar del Rio in Havana.
The goal of the multi-year, multi-faceted program is strengthening Cuba’s entrepreneurship/small business development educational programs and support system while providing technical assistance to entrepreneurs and small business owners, according to Kyle Harfst, executive director of economic and regional development. He said other activities will also take place involving the Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), the Universidad de la Habana and other entities in Cuba.
Estrada is also the leader of the organization committee for the Biotechnology ...
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Cuban agricultural biotechnology researcher visits SIU this week
IUPUI diversity researcher to co-edit special journal issue focusing on Black Lives Matter: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis diversity researcher will co-edit a special edition of a journal that will examine through multiple disciplines the Black Lives Matter movement.
Among the project's goals, said Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, an associate professor of psychology in the School of Science, is to collect a volume of interdisciplinary manuscripts that seeks to:
Understand the reasons for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Deconstruct the resistance to it.
Identify strategies for effecting positive change that demonstrates the valuing of black lives.
Ashburn-Nardo will edit the special issue of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal with Kecia Thomas, a psychology professor and founding director of the Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.
"People are sharply divided in their opinions of the Black Lives Matter movement," Ashburn-Nardo said. "We think that is because it is something that is poorly understood.
"When they hear 'black lives matter,' a lot of people think that means at the exclusion of other lives. There seems to be a misunderstanding that by saying 'black lives matter' it implies that maybe white lives don't matter -- or blue lives, given that a lot of attention regarding the movement has centered around police interactions with African Americans, " she said.
"I don't think anyone in that movement feels that other lives don't matter, but that seems to be how a lot of folks are interpreting it and have a lot of strong emotional reaction to it," she said. "We are hoping this special issue can shed some light on that."
In a call for papers for the special journal edition, Ashburn-Nardo and Thomas write: "The Black Lives Matter movement came out of the Black community's chronic experience with overt and covert racism and its collective frustration with being silenced when ...
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Panel Discussion: How to be an 'Authentic' Leader
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Be authentic. Be honest. Be true to yourself.This was the overarching theme at the Authentic Leadership Panel on April 26, 2013 at the Rasmussen College Blaine campus. The panel discussed how to be a genuine leader – one that motivates, supports and drives others. The panel was made up of John Kriesel, director of Veteran Services for Anoka County, Chris McIntosh, president/CEO of 100 LLC, and Trenda Boyum-Breen, chief academic officer at Rasmussen College. A packed room full of attendees listened to a series of questions and answers, took notes and asked question themselves. Here’s some of the top four questions asked during the event. What makes a good leader? Kriesel said a good leader is one that doesn’t always take the easy path. “There’s always going to be that hard right and easy wrong,” said Kriesel. “It’s hard to take the [more difficult road], but you’re setting yourself up for success if you do.” “To me, leadership is about being inspiring, motivating and authentic,” said McIntosh. “A good leader is the bi-product of one’s core values. You’re either an authentic person or you’re not. Your authenticity has potential to resonate with people you work with because you’re real.” How can you be successful at work? How do ethics tie in? “Don’t start meetings with a task,” said Boyum-Breen. “I try to get to know the people I meet with regularly. It’s important to trust those on your team and foster the culture that you have. I want them to feel free to live authentically with me. I also try to remember that not everybody thinks or acts like me.” Regarding ethics, the group said it is at the center of everyone’s being; it is something that people will be continuously tested on in both their personal and professional lives. “ ...
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Miami University swimmers head to Olympic Swimming Trials
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By Angie Renninger, intercollegiate athletics
Elise Campbell and Evan Bader, and to the right, in action.
Miami University swimmers Evan Bader and Elise Campbell will compete in the Olympic Trails that run from June 26-July 3 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bader, of Oxford, and Campbell, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, are both breaststroke specialists.
Campbell has two years of eligibility remaining with the RedHawks. She recently qualified in the 100 meter breaststroke at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 3, 2016, with a time of 1:11.38.
The preliminaries and semifinals for the women’s 100m breaststroke are June 27, and the finals are June 28. Campbell is one of 129 women qualified for the event.
Bader recently completed his eligibility with Miami. He qualified in the 200m breaststroke at the Speedo Sectionals in Columbus on July 22, 2015, with a time of 2:18.06.
The preliminaries and semifinals for the men’s 200m breaststroke are June 29, and the finals are June 30.
Bader is one of 126 men qualified for the 200m breaststroke, the same event in which Miami University alumnus Bill Mulliken (Miami ’61) won Olympic gold in 1960 in Rome. Mulliken is one of just five Americans to win Olympic gold in the event.
The preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. (ET), and the semifinals/finals begin at 7:45 p.m. (ET) each day.
A video interview with Bader and Campbell is available online.
Bader is also one of four Miami swimmers to be named Honorable Mention Scholar All-Americans.
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Future Development Reads: Books on digital transformation for your summer reading list
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Since it is time for summer reading, here are the three books I have been reading. They are all about how the world of tomorrow might look like, trying to make sense of digital transformation from different angles:
First, there is the seminal book by Klaus Schwab, CEO of the World Economic Forum, on the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The first surprise was that the book was only published about a year ago, even though it feels that the concept has been around for very long. Schwab’s book is a plain presentation of key trends, tipping points, and impacts of the fourth industrial revolution. He also argues that the Fourth Industrial Revolution and big data, and not only quantitatively, is different from Third Industrial Revolution. In fact, it presents a qualitative quantum leap, linked to the horizontal integration of the digital space in all aspects of life. One of the best parts of the book is an annex presenting a survey of 800 leading experts, predicting major breakthroughs until 2025. For example, 78 percent believe that there will be more than 10 percent of driverless cars on United States roads in less than eight years from now.
To get a preview, here is a blog summarizing the book, and don’t miss this wonderfully uplifting 11-minute video.
Second is Big Data in Practice: How 45 Successful Companies Used Big Data Analytics to Deliver Extraordinary Results from big data evangelist Bernhard Marr. He presents 45 big data success stories in a very systematic way, covering the ususal suspects (e.g., Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM), the secretive Palantir, which works closely with the U.S. government in anti-terrorism, and businesses in traditional industries such as Walmart, Rolls-Royce, and Shell.
Marr also provides a succinct explanation of the technical breakthrough that made big data possible in the first place. In the past, more data meant a slowdown in processing ...
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Vietnam Veterans Honored at 50th Anniversary Commemoration at College of DuPage
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By Jennifer DudaCollege of DuPage was the proud host of a recent 50th anniversary event for Vietnam Veterans coordinated through the Illinois Department
of Veterans’ Affairs. The event, held April 25 in Belushi Performance Hall of the
McAninch Arts Center, drew 200 veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed
Forces between Nov. 1, 1955 and May 15, 1975. College of DuPage President Dr. Ann Rondeau and Board Chairman Deanne Mazzochi, along with state and military representatives presented each guest with a commemorative
lapel pin. Click here for more images from the event. (Press Photography Network/Special to College of
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Meet Rabbi Shira Rosenblum, the elite U.S. Archer at the Maccabiah who doesn’t shoot on Saturdays
Brandeis University News
When she first entered college, Shira Rosenblum had no intention of taking up archery. Instead, she tried out for Brandeis’s a cappella groups. She didn’t get in. Next, she applied to be a Resident Advisor. She was rejected. The following year, she heard that the campus archery club was meeting in her building. Having dabbled in the sport as a kid, she decided to drop by. The coach told her that there were no tryouts and anyone could just walk on to the team. This proved appealing. “I thought: great, no tryouts, they can’t tell me I can’t come, and I just started going,” Rosenblum recalled. She convinced the team to ensure that she never had to shoot on Shabbat for practices or tournaments, put in 12 hours a week, and began competing.
Fast-forward to 2017 and Rosenblum, now an ordained Conservative rabbi, is serving as the entire U.S. archery team in Israel’s Maccabiah, the quadrennial Jewish Olympics which began on July 6.
This year’s American delegation to the Maccabiah is its largest ever, with over 1,100 participants, second only to the Israelis. But the team has only one archer. Rosenblum—who has taught archery at Camp Ramah in the Rockies, was previously the #2 ranked archer in Massachusetts, and this year came in 4th in the New York State championship—is representing America alone. (Those teams with only one member for a given sport compete in all the individual events, while skipping the team ones.)
This is only the second year that the Maccabiah has included archery, but it is not the first time Rosenblum has honed her skills in the Holy Land. During her year in Israel while in rabbinical school, she happened upon the Jerusalem archery club, which graciously permitted her to use their facilities and equipment. At the time, the U.S. wasn’t ...
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Industry Forecast Predicts Need for More Than 1 Million Pilots, Technicians by 2034
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“The challenge of meeting the global demand for airline professionals will not be solved by one company alone,” said Sherry Carbary, vice president of Boeing Flight Services, in the forecast announcement. “Aircraft manufacturers, airlines, training equipment manufacturers, training delivery organizations, regulatory agencies and educational institutions are all stepping up to meet the increasing need to train and certify pilots and technicians.”
One educational institution that has already experienced growth in the maintenance arena is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide. Over the past few years, enrollment has doubled in the school’s undergraduate aviation maintenance program.
Ken Witcher, dean of Embry-Riddle Worldwide's College of Aeronautics.
“The aviation maintenance community is placing a higher value on education,” said Ken Witcher, dean of Embry-Riddle Worldwide’s College of Aeronautics. “Industry now is telling the workforce that a formal education, along with the required technical skills, is important.”
Witcher attributes some of this shift to manufacturers that are building more efficient and sophisticated aircraft that require complex technical support.
“It’s a different industry than it was 25 years ago,” he said. “The maintainers of tomorrow will be different than those of the past.”
While Witcher found the overall jobs outlook encouraging, he also noted the global significance of Boeing’s report.
The region with the highest projected demand by 2034 is the Asia Pacific, with an anticipated need for 226,000 pilots and 238,000 technicians. Following the Asia Pacific are Europe and North America, with a need for 95,000 pilots and 101,000 technicians and 95,000 pilots and 113,000 technicians – respectively. Other regions highlighted include Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Russia/CIS.
“This forecast demonstrates the need has grown beyond the continued conversation about the commercial pilot shortage as it is more closely linked to aircraft sales and not singularly focused on an aging workforce in the United States,” he said. “These numbers show that the demand for trained aviation professionals has ...
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Princeton supporting graduate student sentenced to prison in Iran
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Princeton University issued a statement after the Iranian judiciary announced on Sunday, July 16, that a Princeton graduate student conducting dissertation research in Iran had been sentenced to 10 years in prison after having been accused of espionage.
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Election series to feature party officials, IU politics experts
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September 9, 2016
A series of election-related programs aimed at helping IU Bloomington students and others learn about the November 2016 election gets underway next week with a discussion featuring Indiana Democratic and Republican party representatives.
John Zody
John Zody, chair of the Indiana Democratic Party, and Tim Berry, former chair of the Indiana Republican Party, will share a stage from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Activities Room of Briscoe Residence Center. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Zody, who lives in Bloomington, got involved with politics as an IU student. He was elected Indiana Democratic chair in March 2013. Before that, he served as Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic political director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Berry, a Fort Wayne native who lives in Indianapolis, stepped down as Republican chairman in March 2015. He served two terms as Indiana’s elected state treasurer and was in his second term as state auditor when Gov. Mike Pence selected him to become state party chairman in July 2013.
Tim Berry
The nonpartisan IU election series is sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Political and Civic Engagement program, known as PACE, and the Civic Leaders Center. It is part of IU Bloomington’s participation in the All In Campus Democracy Challenge, a nationwide initiative aimed at increasing civic engagement and voting by college students.
Marjorie Hershey, professor of political science and coordinator of the series, said several groups were planning election-related programming and decided to join forces for a single series. Scheduled events include:
6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 19, location to be determined – A discussion on the 2016 elections featuring IU politics experts. Panelists will include Hershey; Paul Helmke, professor of practice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, director of the Civic Leaders Center and former mayor of Fort Wayne; Leslie Lenkowsky, professor emeritus in SPEA; and Jill Long Thompson, ...
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Opinion: Why Apple shouldn’t follow Amazon’s lead
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Amazon and Apple have both achieved what most companies aspire to, but only few manage to pull off: They have become a part of our everyday lives. Amazon’s third Prime Day "grew by more than 60% compared to the same 30 hours last year," according to the company, which begs the question: Should Apple launch a similar event to promote sales?At first glance, it might seem like a good idea for Apple to offer its own version of Prime Day. Indeed, why wait for Black Friday to offer discounts on Apple products? While intuitively appealing, this view reflects a fundamental misconception that Amazon’s Prime Day is just about selling more merchandise by offering discounts. It is much more than that. Prime Day is an excellent means for Amazon to create value for its customers, while at the same time enabling it to achieve several strategic goals:Promote Amazon Prime membershipPrime membership is important to Amazon for several reasons. First, it is a source of additional revenues and profits. Even if Amazon (amzn) merely breaks even on the sale of products, the $99 annual Prime membership fee makes a sizable contribution to the company’s bottom line. In addition to generating additional revenues, Prime membership has the psychological impact of increasing customer loyalty. Many customers who enroll in Prime are more likely to spend more on Amazon—in part because they’ve paid for it and in part because they now feel that they have made a commitment to shop on Amazon. This approach has also worked very well for Costco (cost), which derives much of its profits from membership fees.Promote the Amazon ecosystemHome automation relying on personal digital assistants is the new frontier in creating customer value. With many competitors jockeying for a dominant position in this space, Amazon is determined to become the dominant player and the go-to ...
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Katherine Baicker
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Baicker is a leading scholar in the economic analysis of health policy. Her research focuses on the effectiveness and value of public and private health insurance. Her scholarship spans Medicaid, health insurance finance, health care quality and the effect of health system reforms.Baicker arrives at UChicago from Harvard University where she serves as the C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Social Insurance and serves as a member of the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and an affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab. Baicker has served as a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
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Third Annual Comm Ave Charity Classic Tonight
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Fundraiser puts hockey rivals on same side for a good cause
It’s back: the annual Comm Ave Charity Classic pits professional hockey players who formerly played for BU and BC tonight at Walter Brown Arena. The money raised goes to the Travis Roy Foundation and Compassionate Care ALS. Poster by Rich Gagnon, BU Athletics
The BU-BC hockey rivalry runs deep, but tonight an elite group of former Terriers and Eagles will take to the ice for a common goal: to raise awareness and support for ALS research and those with spinal cord injuries. The players, all with ties to the National Hockey League or the American Hockey League, will put their collegiate rivalry aside for the third annual Comm Ave Charity Classic. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. tonight at Walter Brown Arena.
All proceeds from the game will benefit two charities: Compassionate Care ALS (CCALS), which provides physical and emotional support to individuals and families battling the fatal neuromuscular disease ALS, and the Travis Roy Foundation, which assists those with spinal cord injuries and their families. Last year’s Charity Classic raised over $55,000 for the two nonprofits and organizers hope to exceed that amount this year. Both organizations also support research.
All of tonight’s participating players are former Terriers or Eagles who are current or past NHL or AHL stars. Playing for the Terriers tonight are Jack Eichel, who left BU in 2015, after being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres at the end of freshman year. Eichel won the 2015 Hobey Baker Award, college hockey’s highest individual honor. Other former BU hockey stars suiting up: Minnesota Wild forward Charlie Coyle, Boston Bruins defensemen Charlie McAvoy, San Jose Sharks forward Danny O’Regan (COM’16), and New York Islanders defenseman Doyle Somerby (CGS’15, COM’17), a former Terrier team captain. Among the returning Eagles is Calgary Flames left-winger Johnny Gaudreau, 2014 Hobey ...
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Mānoa: Will Weinstein public lecture series to bring top line-up of speakers to UH on legal, ethical issues
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Jul 13, 2017Judge Richard CliftonThe annual summer Will K. Weinstein Conversation Series offers a provocative list of speakers this year, including Senior Judge Richard Clifton of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; George Rush, former head football coach at San Francisco City College, and Nick Rolovich, UH head football coach; and William Strong, chairman and managing director of Longford Capital, among many other distinguished guests.The free 6-7:30 p.m. public lectures -- beginning today, July 13, with the last on August 8 -- offer compelling discussions for the public and 1.5 CLE credits for licensed attorneys. This is the series' 14th summer, and is a joint presentation of the UH William S. Richardson Law School and Shidler College of Business. “Will Weinstein always gathers exciting line-ups of speakers and he is masterful in getting them to discuss a wide range of legal and ethical issues,” said Law School Dean Avi Soifer. “Every year we look forward to what he brings to our campus to educate and inform the public as well as our students.”The schedule of the lectures:Thursday, July 13, 6–7:30 p.m., Richardson Law School, Classroom 2 - FRAUD AND ITS RECENT GIANTS * Wes Reber Porter - President and CEO, Damien Memorial School; Visiting Professor of Law, Richardson Law School* Michael Purpura - Partner, Carlsmith Ball LLP; Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; Former Associate Counsel to the President of the United States* J. Michael Seabright - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Hawai‘iTuesday, July 18, 6–7:30 p.m., Richardson Law School, Classroom 2 - ETHICS IN THE BOARDROOM * Mary Bitterman - President, Bernard Osher Foundation; Lead Independent Director, Bank of Hawai‘iThursday, July 20, 6–7:30 p.m., Richardson Law School, Classroom 2 - MEDICAL ETHICS * Philip Dunn - Doctor of Emergency Medicine* Claude M. Chemtob, PhD - Clinical Professor of Psychiatry* Rick Fried - Founding Member, Cronin ...
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College program aims to create a community of sisters and leaders
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Nahas Named Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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She earned a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University
By Iqbal Pittalwala on July 12, 2017
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Samar Nahas, an M.D. with the UCR School of Medicine, and current UCR Health Division Director of Gynecologic Oncology, has been named the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology effective July 1.
Samar Nahas, M.D.
Nahas earned her Canadian Board in obstetrics and gynecology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She completed fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Nahas completed a second fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology at the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Ariz. She also earned a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.
She practices at both the Riverside University Health System – Medical Center and Riverside Community Hospital. Nahas previously worked as a member of the teaching faculty for medical students and residents at Trillium Health Partners Hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, and she is also a member of the teaching faculty at the Laparoscopic Institute of Gynecologic Oncology in San Francisco.
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Alumnae named Most Influential Business Women
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Congratulations to three Olin alumnae named among the Most Influential Business Women of 2017 by the St. Louis Business Journal. The awardees are accomplished business leaders from a wide range of industries and markets throughout the region. They also have made a difference in their own communities and at various nonprofit organizations.
From left: Sara Hannah, BSBA’01, Managing Partner, Barry Wehmiller Leadership Institute; Shelley Lavender, EMBA’03, President of Boeing Military Aircraft, a business unit within Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Theresa Ruzicka, MBA’86, President of Catholic Charities of St. Louis
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Hugh C. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Regional Planning
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Hugh C. Davis, 94, of Leverett, professor emeritus of regional planning, died June 2.Born Nov. 6, 1922, in Shirley, he spent his early years on the family apple farm before moving to Winter Park, Florida. During WW II, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an aerial photographer and received the Distinguished Flying Cross
He attended Stockbridge School of Agriculture and received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rollins college. He received his Ph.D. in 1961 from
He received his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Michigan, where he went to study in the department of natural resources under Stanley Cain. The department was one of the earliest environmental studies graduate schools and provided new intellectual experiences frequently referred to during his professional life.
All his subsequent work revolved around the development of resource policies that fostered a stable environment by promoting healthy forests, clean air and water and effective land-use regulations.
His work in the U.S. Forest Service included postwar administrations from Roosevelt to Kennedy. He contributed to writing the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission report, which was started in the Eisenhower administration in 1958 and published under President Kennedy. The Report influenced the expansion of the National Park System and the establishment of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
In 1967 he came to UMass Amherst, joining landscape architecture and regional planning with the aim of participating in cross-disciplinary teaching and research. He taught graduate students in regional planning and in the new environmental design program. Among many services over the years, he directed the Center for Rural Massachusetts and the Institute for Man and Environment. He retired in 1993.
While at the university he also served the commonwealth as assistant secretary of Environmental Affairs and as director of the Environmental Institute. Gov. Michael Dukakis appointed him chairman of the state Board of Environmental Management.
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UPMC Melanoma Expert Named Giant of Cancer
Leading UPMC Melanoma Expert Named Among ‘Giants of Cancer Care’
“Dr. Kirkwood has been leading numerous, highly promising clinical trials focused on melanoma through immunotherapy at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center for more than 30 years,” said Stanley Marks, M.D., chairman of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. “He’s a pioneer in this field, and this recognition is well-deserved.”
The inductees were nominated by the oncology community, and finalists were selected by a five-member advisory board of world-renowned oncologists. The finalists in each category are then voted on by a 90-plus member selection committee comprising the nation's leading oncology physicians. The winners represent 12 categories: breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, genitourinary cancer, hematologic malignancies, lung cancer, melanoma, radiation oncology, scientific advances/drug development, pediatric oncology, supportive/palliative/geriatric care, immuno-oncology and surgical oncology.
“Each Giants of Cancer Care inductee continues to help propel the field of oncology forward through their commitment to innovative and groundbreaking contributions in cancer treatment and research,” said Michael J. Hennessy Jr., president of Michael J. Hennessy Associates Inc., parent company of OncLive. “They provide hope to cancer patients and their families and are an inspiration to the future generations of researchers and practitioners who continue advancing toward a cure for these diseases.”
Kirkwood’s research focuses on melanoma immunobiology, therapy and prevention. He developed the first FDA-approved immunotherapy of melanoma back in 1996, decades before immunotherapy reached its current level of attention. He now is pioneering new approaches to the assessment of the most recently approved new immunotherapies and molecular therapies that are anticipated to be the focus of the next decade of clinical translational research.
Kirkwood is a member of the Association of American Physicians, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, the National Cancer Foundation, the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine ...
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Els divulgadors científics de la UB tenen una cita el 18 de juliol
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Marga Becerra, responsable de La UB Divulga, exposarà l'informe d’activitats de la UCC+i del 2017, tal i com fa cada any a la Trobada.
L'investigador Jaume Llopis va participar a la Trobada de l'any passat i va explicar els seus projectes de divulgació.
En el decurs de la jornada, els investigadors que ho hagin comunicat prèviament, podran enregistrar un vídeo de la col·lecció Divulgadors Made in UB.
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Com ja és costum, a mitjan juliol, la Unitat de Cultura Científica i Innovació (UCC+i) de la Universitat de Barcelona organitza la Trobada de Divulgadors Científics, una jornada de treball perquè el personal de la UB interessat en aquest àmbit pugui intercanviar experiències. L’activitat tindrà lloc el dimarts 18 de juliol, de 9 a 16 h, a l’aula Ramón y Cajal de l’Edifici Històric.
Un dels objectius de la trobada, que enguany arriba a la sisena edició, és contribuir a establir una xarxa que millori les competències divulgatives de la Universitat. Per això, durant la reunió, a la qual assistirà el vicerector de Doctorat i Promoció de la Recerca, Xavier Roigé, diversos investigadors de la UB presentaran els projectes de divulgació en què estan treballant. D’una banda, hi participarà Javier Martín Vide, director de l’Institut de Recerca de l’Aigua i catedràtic de la Facultat de Geografia i Història, que enguany ha estat reconegut amb la IV Distinció de la UB a les millors activitats de divulgació científica i humanística. D’altra banda, hi intervindrà Bruno Julià, de l’Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB) de la Facultat de Física, que parlarà del projecte Ultracold UB, en el qual els estudiants de grau tenen un paper protagonista.
Narcís Prat, del grup FEM, de la Facultat de Biologia, tampoc no faltarà a la cita, per explicar l’app RiuNeT, una ...
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Chemistry professor’s blue emitters for OLEDs offer high school student cutting-edge collegiate research experience
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Graduate student Steven Skaggs (at left), STARS student Preston Willis (center) and Associate Professor Janet Wilking demonstrate the fluorescent property of the silicon and germanium compounds they synthesize in Wilking’s chemistry lab at UMSL. The compounds can be used in OLEDs, known for lighting screens of electronic devices. Blue OLEDs are particularly interesting for their tendency to not last as long, a problem Wilking and her research students are solving by creating stronger, more stable blue-emitting molecules. (Photos by August Jennewein)
The bright blue substance glowing from the vials in Janet Wilking’s laboratory could one day help light the screen of your electronic device.
The associate professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri–St. Louis builds luminescent silicon and germanium compounds that can potentially be used in organic light-emitting diodes or OLEDs, best known for lighting the screens of smartphones, tablets and televisions. The synthesized compounds may also be potentially used in chemical and biological sensors.
Specifically, Wilking focuses on building compounds that emit blue light. Why are blue emitters so special?
“There’s actually a need for them,” Wilking said. “Some of the organic molecules that are blue emitters are not stable enough to be useful. A lot of the molecules that we’ve been making are blue emitters and appear to be very stable at elevated temperatures.”
Both Janet Wilking (center) and Steven Skaggs (at right), along with a doctoral student and two undergraduate researchers in the lab, have served as mentors to Preston Willis (at left), who is gaining research experience through the STARS program the summer before his senior year of high school at Westminster Christian Academy.
Compared to other colors on the spectrum, blue requires higher energy emission that can result in blue OLEDs not lasting as long and being a lot pricier. Strong, stable blue emitters are a step toward solving ...
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UCSF Health Affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care
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UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in the GGUC’s six Bay Area locations. Through the agreement, the co-medical directors at UCSF Health’s Department of Emergency Medicine and GGUC will work together to provide convenient, local access to the latest technology and treatment options for a variety of urgent health concerns.
The affiliation with GGUC, which took effect July 1, is the latest in a series of recent agreements UCSF Health has made to improve patients’ access to the full range of integrated, high-quality health care – from primary or urgent care to subspecialty expertise – throughout the Bay Area.
“UCSF looks to partner with best-in-class providers across the continuum of care,” said Shelby Decosta, chief strategy officer at UCSF Health. “Dr. Kunzel shares our vision for the future and we look forward to this more formal collaboration with the Golden Gate Urgent Care team.”
“We are out in the community, where people live, so we are often the place they seek when they need a quick appointment or a walk-in visit,” said Kurt Kunzel, chief executive officer of Golden Gate Urgent Care. “By affiliating with UCSF, we can be part of a growing, integrated health care network and grow with that network, while coordinating care and improving quality that benefits from UCSF’s clinical expertise.”
The affiliation will address the increasing pressure to lower health care costs by improving capacity and efficiency, while ensuring that patients have access to the appropriate level of high-quality care they need in a timely manner.
GGUC has grown steadily since it was founded in 2012, reaching more than 63,400 patients in 2016. It currently has four clinics in San Francisco and one each in Oakland and Mill Valley. The GGUC clinics typically operate from small retail store fronts, with consumer-centric, electronic scheduling and a highly ...
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Former FIU Golfer MacLaren Tees Up in Her First U.S. Women's Open
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MIAMI (July 11, 2017) -- Former FIU golf star Meghan MacLaren earned a spot in the 2017 United States Women's Open, which starts this weekend. MacLaren has a 2:09 p.m. Eastern tee time off of the first hole, paired with American Kyung Kim and Australian amateur and current Colorado Buffalo Robyn Choi in one of the last threesomes to tee off in the opening day of play. The 156-player field will play at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in the 72-hole championship. MacLaren won one of six spots after a playoff from the qualifier in Buckinghamshire, England on June 5, 2017, by tying for third with a two-round 145. This was the only European qualifier for the U.S. Open."Qualifying was one of the most draining, but rewarding days I think I've ever had on the course," said MacLaren. "Conditions were seriously tough with the wind and the course set up. It was almost a strange situation for me because I got off to an awesome start, so I kind of knew from quite early on that I had a very good chance of qualifying, but with so few spots available, I could afford very few mistakes. I don't think I could keep the smile off my face as I realized what it actually meant. Having some of my family there, especially my sister, to celebrate that moment was really cool. Knowing that I wanted to eventually play in America was one of the reasons I decided to go to FIU in the first place, so it's nice to have that decision working in my favor now."
MacLaren captured two Conference Player of the Year awards and three medalist honors, and was named All-Conference four times and Player of the Week eight times in her four years at FIU. The Cambridge, England, native was the second player in Conference ...
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Seven Tigers Earn Spot on All-SEC Preseason Teams
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Brandon BerrioAssistant Communications Director
BATON ROUGE – Seven members of the LSU football team combined to earn eight spots on the 2017 Preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, the league office announced Friday following the 2017 SEC Media Days.
Seven Tigers were voted by the media with Derrius Guice leading the way at running back and all-purpose. Guice was ranked in the top-three of vote getters in the league. Linebacker Arden Key was also named to the All-SEC first team on the defensive side.
Offensive lineman K.J. Malone, defensive lineman Christian LaCouture and defensive back Donte Jackson were selected as second team members. Center Will Clapp and defensive lineman Rashard Lawrence rounded out the group of the Tigers on the third team.
In addition the preseason All-SEC teams, the media also predicted the order of finish for both divisions as well as the overall champion. LSU is predicted third in the SEC West with 1,262 points.
2017 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAMOFFENSEFirst-TeamQB Jalen Hurts, Alabama (196)RB Derrius Guice, LSU (223) RB Nick Chubb, Georgia (211) WR Calvin Ridley, Alabama (232) WR Christian Kirk, Texas A&M (197) TE Isaac Nauta, Georgia (134) OL Braden Smith, Auburn (201) OL Martez Ivey, Florida (198) OL Jonah Williams, Alabama (187) OL Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama (174) C Frank Ragnow, Arkansas (174) Second-TeamQB Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State (121) RB Bo Scarbrough, Alabama (151) RB Kamryn Pettway, Auburn (141) WR Antonio Callaway, Florida (152) WR J'Mon Moore, Missouri (91) TE Hayden Hurst, South Carolina (115) OL Isaiah Wynn, Georgia (116) OL Jashon Robertson, Tennessee (108) OL K.J. Malone, LSU (101) OL Martinas Rankin, Mississippi State (101) C Bradley Bozeman, Alabama (155) Third-TeamQB Austin Allen, Arkansas (102) RB Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt (105) RB Sony Michel, Georgia (30) WR Deebo Samuel, South Carolina (64) WR Jauan Jennings, Tennessee (42) TE DeAndre Goolsby, Florida (76) OL Lester Cotton, Alabama (96) OL Greg Little, Ole Miss (94) OL Javon Patterson, Ole Miss (87) OL Koda Martin, Texas A&M (69) C Will Clapp, LSU (66) DEFENSEFirst-TeamDL Da'Ron Payne, Alabama (196) DL Da'Shawn Hand, Alabama (180) DL Trenton Thompson, Georgia (172) ...
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Dateline Rice for July 14, 2017
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Scientists simplify the incorporation of nitrogen into molecules A Rice laboratory that specializes in synthesizing reagents and intermediate molecules for the design and manufacture of drugs and other fine chemicals has delivered on a promise to generalize the synthesis of electrophilic (electron-poor) aminating agents. László Kürti, associate professor of chemistry; postdoctoral researchers Padmanabha Kattamuri and Jun Yin; and McMurtry College senior Surached Siriwongsup are mentioned.Science 360 News (This is the top story on the Science 360 News home page.)http://bit.ly/2tQZM4oRice scientists simplify the incorporation of nitrogen into moleculesScience Newslinehttp://bit.ly/2tncapmUS university researchers simplify incorporation of nitrogen into moleculesAsia Pacific Daily (This also appeared in XinhuaNet.)http://bit.ly/2tb9TClSimple incorporation of nitrogen into moleculesChem Europehttp://bit.ly/2tb7ffZ
Democratic congressman raises $2M in bid against Sen. Ted CruzMark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.USA Todayhttps://usat.ly/2tQElAqUnderdog congressman emerges as serious contender for Ted Cruz’s Senate seat Metro UShttp://bit.ly/2tbeg0jAbbott to unveil re-election campaign in SAKTSAhttp://bit.ly/2uhpAI8KTSA-AM (San Antonio)http://bit.ly/2umLXeX (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) http://bit.ly/2urd6Os (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Countdown begins for Julie Payette’s new life as governor generalPresident John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.CBC News (This also appeared on Republish.)http://bit.ly/2vkI1s7
Beyond graphene: New nanomaterials for solar energy, computers, curing cancer and a lot moreAn article mentions research by Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore ...
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Fins al 16 d'octubre es pot sol·licitar el certificat MATRC per poder realitzar la matrícula com a becari condicional
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Fins al 16 d’octubre està obert el termini per sol·licitar l’acreditació de caràcter econòmic (MATRC) de l’AGAUR a través del portal de tràmits de la Generalitat de Catalunya; una acreditació que permet obtenir l'acreditació i formalitzar la matrícula per al curs 2017-2018 com a becari condicional del Ministeri d’Educació, Cultura i Esports (MECD). Aquesta condició permet, si es compleixen els requisits acadèmics de la convocatòria, no haver de pagar els crèdits matriculats per primera vegada. Cal tenir en compte que aquesta exempció de pagament està condicionada a la sol·licitud i la concessió de la beca MECD, convocatòria que encara no s’ha obert.Els estudiants que disposin d'una credencial de becari de la convocatòria general del curs 2016-2017, i que hagin estudiat a Catalunya, no han de sol·licitar aquesta acreditació ja que aquesta informació ja sortirà en el sistema de matrícula. Sí que caldrà, com en el cas anterior, sol·licitar i obtenir la beca de caràcter general del MECD, quan s’obri la convocatòria. La Generalitat de Catalunya ha anunciat novetats en les beques Equitat, unes beques que suposen la minoració dels preus dels crèdits dels estudis universitaris matriculats per primera vegada en funció del tram de renda familiar. Aquest tram es calcula a partir de la renda familiar i el patrimoni, així com del nombre de membres de la unitat familiar. Revisió dels trams de renda més baixos en els grausCom a novetat d’aquest any, es preveu que la convocatòria de les beques Equitat revisi els trams de renda més baixos, que pagaran un 20 % del preu de la matrícula dels estudis de grau. En concret, el nou decret de preus de la Generalitat de Catalunya establirà una rebaixa del 80 % en el total del cost que assumeixen els estudiants del ...
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Pop Singers, Glee Club and Dance Club Concert Set
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: November 03, 2015
Enjoy a variety of popular music genres and dance performance at Lone Star College-CyFairs Pop Singers Concert Dec. 1.
Dont miss this years Pop Singers Concert, featuring performers from the Pop Singers class, the Glee Club, and the Diverse Dance Club in a one-night-only show, said Dr. Aaron Alon, Associate Professor of Music, who is directing the show with Irene Ko and Heather Brown. Enjoy an evening of live performances of pop, rock, R&B, musical theatre, and more.
The 7:30 p.m. concert, which contains mature language and themes, 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 presents “Little Shop of Horrors”
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Published on: June 05, 2014
The Lone Star College-North Harris Division of Fine Arts presents Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman. Performances are scheduled for June 24 through June 29.
A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theater-goers for more than 30 years.
In the show, the meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn, as long as he keeps feeding it blood. Over time though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and its plans for global domination!
Nightly performances will take place Tuesday, June 24 through Saturday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, June 29, the play will conclude with a 2 p.m. matinee show.
Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students, faculty and seniors. Group discounts are available. Reservations are recommended. The performances will take place in the LSC-North Harris Performing Arts Theater located in the Fine Arts Building at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, Houston, Texas.
Call 281.765.7963 for reservations, or visit LoneStar.edu/arts-nharris for more information and a complete listing of the colleges upcoming fine arts events. The LSC-North Harris Division of Fine Arts offers a variety of concerts, theatrical productions, art exhibitions and lectures, workshops and more throughout the year.
Lone Star College-North Harris is located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, one-half mile south of FM 1960 East, between Aldine-Westfield and Hardy Roads. For more information about the college, call 281.618.5400 or visit LoneStar.edu/NorthHarris.
Lone Star College System has been opening doors to a better community for 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, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College ...
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Medical Marijuana and the Role of the Physician
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Publication Date: 7/12/2017
ByLine: Anesthesiology News
URL Link: http://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Web-Only/Article/06-17/Medical-Marijuana-and-the-Role-of-the-Physician/41721
Page Content: Features Mark Wallace, MD
News Type: National
News_Release_Date: July 14, 2017
NewsTags: Surgery; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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L'Equipe Masculine de l'université de UC Riverside se rend au Québec pendant 6 jours au mois Août
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Quebec City, Quebec, Canada—The UC Riverside Men's Basketball Team makes its way to Quebec City, Canada from August 1-6 as the Highlanders take part in a preseason foreign tour prior to the start of the 2017-18 season.Learn Ten Facts About Quebec City, Canada.Division I athletics programs are permitted to participate in foreign tours once every four years. They must be scheduled during the summer vacation between spring and fall terms."This trip comes at a great time for our program," allowed Cutts. "The ten days of practice and three games will allow us to get better from a basketball standpoint, but the trip will also create a bonding experience that will put the program ahead come fall."The Highlanders have three games on their schedule during the trip: August 2 vs. Laval University (4:30 pm PT); August 3 vs. Qc United Basketball (5:00 pm); and August 5 vs. Royal de Quebec.On August 4, the team's off day, the Highlanders will take a boat cruise on the St. Lawrence River.Four years ago, the UC Riverside Men's Basketball Team made its way north to Vancouver for three games against collegiate competition. gohighlanders.com was there to bring the entire experience to Highlanders' nation, but in case you missed it, here are the links to the stories, photos and videos.Canadian Trivia with Austin Quick, Colin Gruber and Terence Morales.Photo GalleryJim Alexander, Press Enterprise ColumnGame Story: 81-61 Win OverCoach Cutts Prior To Game ThreeMen's Basketball Conquers Grouse MountainGame Story: 98-76 WinCoach Cutts Prior To Game TwoGame Story: 88-77 WinCoach Cutts On Day Of Arrival
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Caltech Artists' Works Go on Display in Pasadena
Artworks created by members of the Caltech community will go on display Friday, July 21, at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena to accompany a summer chamber music concert celebrating the nation's immigrants.Fifteen pieces of art, selected from the 75 pieces displayed in Chandler Café as part of this year's Caltech Art Competition, will be featured on stage during the concert—and in the lobby before and after the performance. They will be displayed for limited periods of time over the weekend before returning to Chandler on July 24.The artworks—large pieces that include photographs, paintings, and a collage—were created by a diverse group of students, staff, and faculty from countries across the world and echo the theme of the concert, which focuses on inclusiveness and the nation's immigrant community.The concert highlights European immigrants coming through Ellis Island in the early 1900s and will include performances of chamber music those immigrants would have heard on both sides of their journey, including pieces by Johannes Brahms and American immigrants George Gershwin, Curt Weill, and Irving Berlin.The event marks the first of several off-campus displays of Caltech art that are being coordinated by the Graduate Student Council's Arts Committee and Caltech Dining, with the aim of building additional support on campus for the arts and better integrating Caltech into the local Pasadena community.The free concert (donations will be accepted) will take place at Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Ave. in Pasadena. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. performance; the exhibit will be on view Friday, July 21 from 7–7:30 p.m. and 9–9:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 22 from 6:15–6:45 p.m.; and Sunday, July 23 from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
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Club Jazz in July- Week Two
UMass Amherst: Events Calendar
UMass Fine Arts Center's signature summer program features world-class faculty and students from around the globe. Jazz in July is a concentrated two-week program, where jazz vocalists and instrumentalists study improvisation with some of the nation’s best jazz artists and educators. Billy Taylor, Sheila Jordan, and Max Roach helped develop Jazz in July’s strong foundation in the traditions of jazz.
The program includes master classes, group clinics, jazz theory and improvisation training, ensemble coaching, jam sessions, and style explorations. Live performance is critical to our program and students perform before a live audience in community settings. Jazz in July is a multi-generational program with participants 15 and over.
Jazz in July is a program of the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, in cooperation with the Department of Music & Dance.
Club Jazz in July happens on Wednesday nights and showcases the best of student and faculty combos in a relaxed, club environment. Come see and hear our student combos perform. Place: UMass Campus Center, Marriott Center, 11th Floor
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Parking Services enforces ‘pull-in only’ policy for campus drivers
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Vanderbilt University Parking Services is enforcing its “pull-in only” policy for registered vehicles on campus. Faculty, staff and student drivers are asked to pull in to spaces in their designated parking areas rather than back in.
University drivers have long been instructed to pull in to spaces, but the policy is being enforced more strictly as Parking Services begins using a License Plate Recognition system to monitor campus vehicles. License plates must face the drive isle of parking lots and garages in order to be scanned by the LPR system. Campus drivers accustomed to backing in to spaces were reminded of the pull-in policy with a note left on their vehicles beginning in May.
Parking Services is piloting the LPR system during the 2017-18 academic year in addition to issuing parking permits, with the goal of eliminating physical permits in the future. The LPR system will allow Parking Services to monitor campus vehicles more efficiently, saving fuel and idling time by patrol vehicles and resulting in cost savings for the university. The LPR system also will gather valuable data about parking on campus.
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Statement from university leaders to set the record straight: Response to the New York Times story
University of Missouri System
July 11, 2017
COLUMBIA, Mo. – On Monday, July 10, The New York Times attempted to summarize the challenges and opportunities facing the University of Missouri in the wake of protests and subsequent institutional changes during the past two years. While the university facilitated interviews with several leaders and provided detailed background information to the reporter, key aspects of our story were omitted. We are writing to set the record straight.
During the events of fall of 2015 classes were held. Staff and faculty members went to work. The education, research and business of the university continued.
We are learning from our past while serving as a model for a new engaged university to the nation. That’s not the story you read on Monday, but it’s one you will hear often from the Missouri family. Their tremendous pride in University of Missouri motivates and sustains us to take on the difficult challenges head-on and to become a stronger and more resilient university. Consider these accomplishments:
Safe Campus Ranking: One recent recognition of our progress is the University of Missouri being ranked No. 6 on a list of 50 U.S. colleges and universities with the best safety resources in a new report released by CollegeStats.org. The safety of our students is a primary concern.
Best Buy: Just today, the University of Missouri was recognized as a “Best Buy” university in the 2018 Fiske Guide to Colleges. We were one of only 20 public universities included in the guide. In 2016, University of Missouri provided more than $476M in financial aid.
Good Stewards: Recent high ratings from Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s keep Mizzou among an elite group of institutions.
Economic Development: The University of Missouri serves as an engine for economic and workforce development. It is estimated that Mizzou contributes more than $3.5B in economic benefit through its research, education and outreach programs. The University ...
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Painting and Photography Student Exhibition
Events at UCF
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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Position opening: Test Proctor
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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