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This summer, UNCG is partnering with LeBauer Park in downtown Greensboro to present “Spartan Cinema,” a series of Friday Night movie screenings that are free and open to the public.
The series kicks off Friday, July 21, with the newly released “Beauty and the Beast.” The movie nights continue through September and culminate with a showing of “Hidden Figures” on Friday, Sept. 22. All showings begin at sunset at the LeBauer Park lawn.
July 21: Beauty and the Beast
July 28: The Peanuts Movie
Aug. 4: The Lego Batman Movie
Aug. 11: Zootopia
Aug. 18: La La Land
Aug. 25: Jurassic World
Sept. 1: Captain America: Civil War
Sept. 15: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sept. 22: Hidden Figures
In addition to the movies, attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy musical performances by UNCG students, special appearances by Spartan athletes, music, games, UNCG giveaways and more.
For more information, visit the UNCG Facebook page and the LeBauer Park Facebook page.
Look for our special Snapchat filter each movie night, and share your event photos on Twitter and Instagram by tagging them #SpartanCinema and #UNCG125.
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Monday, July 17, 2017
Spartan Cinema: UNCG to sponsor summer movie nights at LeBauer Park
Examining variations in marriage rates across colleges
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Young adulthood is not only the time when most people attend college, but also a time when many marry. In fact, both attending college and marrying are linked and have important social and economic consequences for individuals, particularly women, and their families.
When–and if—people get married is an important topic due to the presence of assortative mating. This phenomenon, in which a person is likely to marry someone with similar characteristics such as education, is a contributing factor to increasing levels of income inequality. In some circles, there is pressure to marry someone with a similar pedigree, as evidenced by the high-profile Princeton alumna who urged women at the university to find a spouse while in college. For people attending less-selective colleges, having the possibility of a second household income represents a key buffer against economic shocks.
To explore this issue, I use a tremendous dataset compiled by The Equality of Opportunity Project that is based on de-identified tax records for 48 million Americans born between 1980-1991. This dataset has received a great deal of attention due to its social mobility index, which examines the percentage of students who move well up in the income distribution by young adulthood.
I use the publicly available dataset to examine marriage rates of traditional-age college students through age 34 based on their primary institution of attendance. Particular attention is focused on the extent to which institutional marriage rates seem to be affected by the institution itself versus the types of students who happen to enroll there. My analyses are based on 820 public and private nonprofit four-year colleges that had marriage rates and other characteristics available at the institutional level; this excludes a number of public universities that reported tax data as a system, such as all four-year institutions in Arizona and Wisconsin.
The first two figures below show the distribution of marriage rates ...
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COD Offers New Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Camp for High School Students Aug. 1
News at College of DuPage
By Mike McKissackThe Continuing Education program and the Homeland Security Training Institute at College
of DuPage are offering a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Camp for high school students
entering grades 9 through 12 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, on the College’s
Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd.During this camp, students will the learn basics of operating a small unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV). The camp will cover a variety of topics, including accuracy and business
uses, air traffic control (ATC) airspace, FAA rules, flight control, tactical operations
and dealing with weather conditions. During the final hour of class, students will
test their skills in a UAV challenge.Funding for this class is available on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying
families through the COD Continuing Education’s Youth Leadership Scholarship.Click here for more information and to register for this class.The High School Student program at College of DuPage offers a full range of options
to continue and enhance student academic progress and personal enrichment during the
summer. Click here for more information about the High School Student program.The Youth Academy at College of DuPage offers a wide variety of youth enrichment and
review courses for grades kindergarten through eight. Options include academic skill
builders, languages, arts, sciences and technology. Click here for more information about the Youth Academy.
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Lisa Fishbayn Joffe steps into leadership role at Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Brandeis University News
Listen to Lisa Fishbayn Joffe talk about her new job for just a few minutes and it’s clear how much she loves her work. Fishbayn Joffe is the next director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI). In her new role, she succeeds Shulamit Reinharz, founding director of HBI.
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In addition to her much-lauded Jewish feminist scholarly work, Fishbayn Joffe is also trained as a lawyer with three degrees that include a doctorate in the philosophy of law from Harvard. In recent years, Fishbayn Joffe has focused on gender equality issues in family law. She has published myriad articles, as well as written three books on the subject. She recently spoke to JewishBoston about her ongoing projects with HBI and her goals for the future.
When did you come to the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute?
I’ve been at HBI for 10 years. Before that I taught law at University College London. My own work had been on gender, multiculturalism and family law around women’s rights, particularly in family law, and the challenges of respecting cultural traditions and responding to women’s claims for gender equality in their communities.
How does HBI’s mission dovetail with your research and academic interests?
At HBI I realized that we could create something to explore gender issues in the context of Jewish law. This idea led me to create a project in 2007 called “Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law.” There is a related book series encompassing those topics, as well as the annual Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on gender and human rights. I also helped to create the Boston Agunah Taskforce three years ago, which grew out of my research on women’s rights around Jewish divorce rights. The taskforce provides advice, education and support for women going through the religious ...
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Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Athletics Program Now NCAA Member
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“Whether it is in the classroom or in athletic competition, our student athletes are held to the highest standards,” said Embry-Riddle President Dr. P. Barry Butler. “This inclusion in a nationally recognized organization such as the NCAA that shares this vision affirms our ongoing commitment as a university to student diversity, opportunity and success.”
Achieving full NCAA Division II membership is a three-year process and Embry-Riddle officially started the journey in 2014. After playing its final season of NAIA competition in 2014-15, the Eagles played the last two seasons against NCAA II competition, but as a provisional member, the program was not eligible for team/individual awards or postseason play. As a full member, the Eagles are now eligible for the postseason in both the Sunshine State Conference and the NCAA, as well as all NCAA and SSC individual and team awards.
“This is a major milestone in the history of Embry-Riddle and a crowning moment for years-worth of work from dozens of individuals on our campus,” Embry-Riddle Director of Athletics John Phillips said. “This is much, much more than just a transition for our athletic department, it’s transformational for the entire University. This transition has been a collaborative effort from numerous departments on campus and dozens of faculty and staff from across the campus.”
The Blue and Gold will look to continue a tradition of excellence as they begin the Division II era of the athletics program. Embry-Riddle enjoyed great success throughout its time as a member of the NAIA and The Sun Conference, winning 104 regular season Sun Conference championships, 32 Sun Conference tournament titles, 29 individual national championships, as well as the 2000 Men’s Basketball national championship and the 2013 Men’s Tennis title. Embry-Riddle also won 16 consecutive Sun Conference Commissioner’s Cup titles and finished in the top 10 in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup every year from 2008 to 2015.
“During our 25 ...
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Board of Trustees Officially Appoints Barry Mills Interim Chancellor of UMass Boston
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The UMass Board of Trustees today officially appointed Barry Mills interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, with board Chairman Robert J. Manning describing Mills as “a person of great skill and knowledge and integrity.”Mills succeeds former Chancellor J. Keith Motley, who stepped down on June 30.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity,” Mills said after his appointment was approved unanimously. Mills also thanked President Marty Meehan, Chairman Manning and the other members of the Board of Trustees “for the confidence you have shown in me.”
Mills joined UMass Boston in March, when he was appointed deputy chancellor and chief operating officer. He arrived at UMass Boston nearly two years after retiring from the presidency of Bowdoin College, where his accomplishments included increasing the college’s endowment by nearly $1 billion, replacing student loans with grants for all students receiving financial aid and completing a major curriculum reform.
In addition, minority enrollment more than doubled during the 14 years Mills served as Bowdoin’s president, rising from 14 percent of total enrollment in 2001 to 33 percent in 2015.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mills graduated from Bowdoin College cum laude in 1972 with a double major in biochemistry and government. He earned his doctorate in biology in 1976 at Syracuse University and a law degree in 1979 from the Columbia University School of Law.
Mills is married to Karen Gordon Mills, the former administrator of the Small Business Administration in the Obama administration, who is currently a senior fellow at the Harvard Business School, focusing on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Mills and his wife live in Boston. They have three sons.
About UMass BostonThe University of Massachusetts Boston is deeply rooted in the city's history, yet poised to address the challenges of the future. Recognized for innovative research, metropolitan Boston’s public university offers its diverse student population both an intimate learning environment and the ...
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Football's Matt Kelly Elevated to Offensive Coordinator
WPI News Archive
Matt Kelly (Credit: Johnny McLellan)
Jul 17, 2017
WORCESTER – WPI head coach football coach Chris Robertson has announced the promotion of Matt Kelly to offensive coordinator. Kelly replaces Neil Hitchen as a full-time member of Robertson's staff.
Kelly enters his fourth year with Engineers, beginning as the wide receiver coach and also serving as passing game coordinator a season ago. The wide receiving group boasted an All-Liberty League performer every season, including a three-time selection. Last season saw Brandon Eccher turn in a top 10 campaign and complete his career as one of the Engineers top 10 all-time receivers. In 2016 the squad's offensive efficiency topped the Liberty League while the passing game also ranked second in the league.
"Matt has been with our program over the past three seasons," remarked Robertson. "During this time, we have seen tremendous growth in the offense in every facet and it has been a direct correlation to winning games over that time. Matt has focused on the perimeter and the pass-game over the past several seasons and now has an opportunity to continue to grow as one of the best young minds in college football today."
Prior to joining the Engineers staff, Kelly earned college coaching experience at all three NCAA levels. In 2013 he served as the defensive backs coach at Division II Pace. Prior to that, he spent the season at Division I Rhode Island as an assistant defensive coach and the 2011 season at his alma mater as the running game coordinator, offensive line coach and academic coordinator.
"I am very gracious to Coach Chris Robertson and Dana Harmon our Athletic Director for the opportunity, to continue to work with the highly motivated and hard-working student-athletes here at WPI," stated Kelly, "I will continue to inspire and be inspired by the exceptional young men that are what makes this program."
Kelly graduated from Anna Maria where he ...
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Princeton renews strategic partnership with Humboldt University in Berlin
Princeton University News
Princeton University has signed a five-year renewal of its strategic partnership with Humboldt University in Berlin to support research and teaching collaboration spanning the disciplines.
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Three College Alumni Receive 2017 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Lynn Montgomery, Thomas Rimlinger and Nicholas Zube receive awards of up to $45,000 per yearThree alumni of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences have been awarded 2017 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships. The purpose of the fellowships is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA’s scientific goals.
Lynn Montgomery, Thomas Rimlinger and Nicholas Zube will each receive the award, which provides up to $45,000 a year toward a stipend and other expenses.
Lynn Montgomery (B.S. ’16, atmospheric and oceanic science), Ph.D. student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado BoulderAdvisor: Lora Koenig, research scientist in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Snow and Ice Data Center“Hidden Water: Investigating the Greenland firn aquifer and implication for sea level”
Melted water from Greenland’s ice sheet may increasingly contribute to sea level change in the future. As a result, scientists must accurately measure water freezing onto or melting off the Greenland ice sheet. Current calculations use NASA satellites and airborne radar to measure the sheet’s elevation and find surface water. However, water can also “hide” inside the sheet—especially in the firn, a thick layer of packed snow that coats ice sheets—and throw off estimates. To improve this methodology, Montgomery will investigate how changes in ice sheet density due to changes in hidden water can affect ice sheet height. She will use that information to find undiscovered subsurface water, investigate how subsurface water impacts ice sheet mass and improve understanding of the Greenland ice sheet’s hydrology.
Thomas Rimlinger (B.S. ’14, astronomy; B.S. ’14, mathematics), Ph.D. student in astronomy at the University of MarylandAdvisor: Douglas Hamilton, professor of astronomy“Formation and evolution of Titan and Hyperion”
Rimlinger will research the origins of Titan and Hyperion, two of ...
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IU researcher awarded grants to protect U.S. troops against mosquito-borne illness
IU
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Molly Duman Scheel, PhD, associate professor of medical and molecular genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, was awarded two multi-year grants from the Department of Defense (DOD) to aid her work in abetting mosquito-borne illnesses and keep field troops safe from diseases, such as Zika and dengue.Dr. Scheel received a $1.1 million, three-year Investigator Initiated Research award from DOD to address mosquito proliferation through larvicides. She shares the grant with University of Notre Dame research associate professor Nicole Achee of the Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Scheel received $750,000 from the Deployed War-Fighter Protection (DWFP) Program to address adult mosquito abatement. Partners on the project include David Severson of Notre Dame, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland and the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medicine Sciences in Thailand.
The Scheel lab, in conjunction with Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, has developed a larvicide based on interfering RNA pesticides, a novel class of environmentally safe insecticides. The effectiveness of the larvicide has been proven in the lab and is being tested in a tropical testing ground in Belize managed by Notre Dame. The larvicide is applied to naturally developing pockets of standing water that turn up in barrels, abandoned tires and other receptacles.
For the grant with Dr. Achee, Dr. Scheel will introduce ovitraps, or traps designed to be attractive environments for mosquitoes to lay eggs. While the concept of ovitraps has been developed and tested, Scheel’s project will introduce new larvicides that are environmentally safe and to which mosquitoes have not developed resistance. Besides Scheel and Achee, the research team will include Notre Dame researchers John Grieco, Dave Severson and Na Wei, of the Eck Center, as well as Kathleen Eggleson, a researcher at IU School of Medicine-South Bend.
For the DWFP-funded study, Scheel, Severson and their military ...
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A conversation with Professor James Pfander on 'Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror'
Northwestern Now: Summaries
In his new book, James E. Pfander, Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, examines the judicial response to human rights claims arising from the Bush Administration’s war on terror. Despite widespread agreement that the program of extraordinary rendition, prolonged detention, and “enhanced” interrogation was torture by another name, not a single federal appellate court has confirmed an award of damages to the program’s victims.
Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2017) traces the history of common law accountability, the rise of claims based on the landmark 1971 Supreme Court decision in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the post-Bivens history of constitutional tort litigation, and what the Supreme Court could do to rethink its Bivens jurisprudence.
What inspired you to write this book?
I have long been interested in the history of the federal court system and the role of courts in ensuring government accountability. I’ve written about the use of the officer suit as a way to secure accountability in the face of government’s sovereign immunity claims and the historic practice of Congress in indemnifying officials held responsible for violations of individual rights. I’ve also written about the special role the Bivens action plays in our modern scheme of constitutional remedies. With that background, it seemed natural to ask—as I do in the book—why the federal courts have so far entirely failed to offer civil redress to those who were victimized by the Bush administration’s use of torture as an instrument of official policy in the war on terror.
You argue that despite current law seemingly prohibiting the extraordinary rendition and enhanced interrogation techniques used during the war on terror, the federal courts have not granted proper relief when hearing these cases. Instead of additional legislation, you argue the federal courts “should fundamentally ...
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Christopher Woods
UChicago News
Woods began serving as director of the Oriental Institute on July 1, 2017. His research and writings focus on Sumerian language as well as early Mesopotamian religion, literature, mathematics and administration. Woods serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies.His publications include The Grammar of Perspective: The Sumerian Conjugation Prefixes as a System of Voice and the forthcoming Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 18. Woods is editor of Visible Language: The Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond.
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What Antarctica’s Massive Iceberg Could Mean for the Future
BU Today
Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday of last week, an iceberg the size of Delaware broke off from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf and floated into the sea. This isn’t the first time that a chunk of the Larsen shelf has severed, and it may not even be the biggest iceberg ever, but the massive break, and dramatic photos of the 120-mile-long crack that formed it, has captured the public’s imagination and made headlines worldwide. The event appears to many to be an awesome—and terrifying—warning of climate change.
Sean Mackay (GRS’15), a College of Arts & Sciences postdoctoral research associate and a member of BU’s Antarctic Research Group, has an intimate relationship with Antarctica and its ice, having traveled to the continent six times over the past nine years to collect information on ancient climate change from buried glaciers and other sources of old ice. He spoke to BU Today about what the iceberg calving could mean for the future, and what role it might play in rising sea levels. “Sometimes it takes the giant events to get people’s attention,” he says.
The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
“It’s not hyperbole to say that some maps of Antarctica will need to be redrawn,” says glaciologist Sean Mackay, a member of BU’s Antarctic Research Group. Photo by David Marchant
BU Today: What happens to the iceberg now? Is it going to float up to Boston?
Mackay: We don’t really know for sure, but Antarctica has this huge circumpolar sea current, and if the iceberg can reach that current, it will most likely break up into smaller chunks and start flowing north and east. Some estimates say it could reach the Falkland Islands. But when I say it, I mean a piece of it, not the whole shebang. So it’s ...
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Mānoa: Graduate of UH Manoa Academy for Creative Media's animation program lands Pixar internship
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University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Jul 14, 2017Jen MigitaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Academy for Creative Media (ACM) animation graduate Jennifer Migita was selected as 1 of 8 Pixar animation interns from more than 2,000 national applicants. Migita is currently in Emeryville, California, at the headquarters of Pixar Animation Studio, creator of classic animated films including The Incredibles, Toy Story and Finding Nemo.Migita graduated from the ACM Mānoa Animation Program in 2013. When Pixar Animation Studio visited the campus in November 2016, Migita was introduced to the studio recruiters and its head of animation. She specializes in character animation, one of the most difficult to master among the 3D animation career paths.Pixar Animation Studio has the highest qualitative standards for animation interns and a very low acceptance rate. The internship is highly competitive and is targeted by animation students from across the country. Each year 25 interns across various production disciplines are accepted for a paid summer internship at the Emeryville studio.Migita’s substantial accomplishment has inspired local students to pursue their dreams of animating for the feature film industry.For more information about the animation program at UH Mānoa, please visit the ACM department website or email Chair Dan Boulos.
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Kids' University After School
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Kids' University After School is a program offered through Continuing and Professional Education at Georgia College and has been designed as a service for the faculty and staff members of Georgia College who have children in kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a daily program held Monday through Friday from 3-5:30 p.m. and allows children time to come in after school and work on their homework with assistance from a teacher (if needed). It is also a program that will allow for registration to be done on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis and follows the Baldwin County School system calendar. Please note that this is exclusively for Georgia College faculty and staff members who must contact the Continuing and Professional Education registration office at 478-445-5277 to sign up for the program. The registration fee is $6 per child, per day.
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Don’t Get ‘BUMPed,’ Secure Your Bike
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Don’t Get ‘BUMPed,’ Secure Your Bike
July 17, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Georgia Tech Public Safety Officer Justin Conerly puts a U-lock on an unsecured bike as a part of Operation BUMP. By forcing the owner to contact GTPD to get the lock removed, GTPD is raising awareness of bicycle theft.
The Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) has launched a new program this summer aimed at helping bicycle owners remember to secure their bikes.
Called “Operation BUMP,” the moniker for “Bicycles Unsecure Management Program,” this is the latest initiative to deal with a rise in bike thefts on campus.
As a part of Operation BUMP, when GTPD sees an unsecured bicycle, they will lock it with one of the department’s U-locks and apply an adhesive “Gotcha” tag to the seat, indicating that the owner should contact GTPD to have the bicycle unlocked.
Not only does this protect the bike, it helps motivate the owner to have a functional lock in place before leaving the bike unattended.
“When you don’t lock your bike, you are creating the potential for a crime of opportunity,” said GTPD Sgt. Gary Cook, who heads up the department’s bicycle unit. “The vast majority of bicycles that are stolen on campus are unsecured.”
The first “participant” in Operation BUMP was mechanical engineering student Leo Prinzi. The GTPD U-lock and “Gotcha” tag were a little confusing when he first saw them.
“When I arrived at the Ford building, ready to lock my bike, I realized I didn't have my key,” Prinzi said. “I was in a hurry to be at a meeting, so I just left my bike at the bike rack unlocked. I figured no one would take it in the hour I was in the meeting. When I got back from the meeting, I saw my bike had ...
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July 17-21, 2017
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
OSU to build nation’s newest research vessel (KOIN)
Oregon State received $122M from National Science Foundation. (see also KTVZ, Statesman Journal, Oregonian)
World’s largest carnivores being pushed off the map (BBC News)
The Ethiopian wolf, red wolf, tiger, lion, African wild dog and cheetah have all been squeezed out as land is lost to human settlements and farming. Reintroduction of carnivores into areas where they once roamed is vital in conservation, say scientists. This relies on human willingness to share the landscape with the likes of the wolf. The research, published in Royal Society Open Science, was carried out by Christopher Wolf and William Ripple of Oregon State University. (see also MSN)
To save endangered whales, look at the poop (Popular Science)
And because collecting poop doesn’t bother the whale, scientists can harvest dung from the same animal repeatedly. “You can collect samples over and over again…without invasively harming them,” says Leigh Torres, a marine ecologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis. “It’s a biological goldmine.”
OSU names new species of fish after Irish singer Enya (KATU)
What does Irish singer Enya’s 1988 hit “Orinoco Flow” have to do with fish? There is the obvious lure of the catchy chorus she repeats (“sail away, sail away”) but now there’s a new line connecting the two. (see also IFL Science, Irish Sun, RTE)
Money matters (Inside Higher Ed)
Students are more likely to graduate from colleges that are more expensive and have larger budgets, a new study out of Oregon State University shows.
Climate change turns Puget ...
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EMBA 48 Postcard from China: Days 5-7
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Learning in the Executive MBA program extends far beyond classroom walls—in this case, to the other side of the world. As part of the curriculum’s four required residencies, EMBA 48 traveled to Shanghai this week for the last half of their International Management Residency, where they explore global economies, markets, and leadership.
Executive MBA Student Services Manager Cory Barron sends this update from the cohort’s last days in China (be sure to check out part one):
The last three days in China for EMBA 48 were a flurry of educational activities. Starting with a tour of the new Johnson & Johnson headquarters building in Shanghai, Dr. Hong Xin, Sr. Director of New Ventures, explained that a major focus of J&J innovation in China is developing drugs to combat China’s top health issue, lung cancer. But she says J&J embraces the non-pharma solution to lower the number of cases with prevention and interception.
EMBA 48 toured Johnson & Johnson’s new headquarters in Shanghai, China.
The class’ next assignment was to travel on their own from J&J to the afternoon business panel discussion on the other side of Shanghai. With maps and a little instruction at the subway station, all successfully traversed the city with little problem.
The afternoon business panel discussion consisted of several WashU Olin alumni, who covered major business topics in China like IP protection and joint ventures, along with expiate adjustments, making for an energetic Q&A with the class.
(Left to right): Jacklin Zeng, DeLage Landen, Shanghai Olin EMBA Class 11; Patty Sun Tsau, Windeson Enterprise, Olin Shanghai EMBA Class 12; and Gloria Rong Gao, Novartis Pharma, Olin Shangai EMBA Class13, listen to Flemming Mahs, Novus International, Olin MBA 1993, talk about life as an expat in China.
EMBA 48 in front of the Pearl Tower in the Pudong Financial District of Shanghai.
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Stoffolano Studying Whether Flies Can Transmit ORF Virus from Sheep to Humans
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Stockbridge School of Agriculture entomologist John Stoffolano spent a week this summer in Puglia, Italy, as part of an ongoing study of the role of common house flies and their connection to the spread of the ORF virus to sheep and goats worldwide.The Institute Zooprofilattico of Puglia and Basilicata, division of Viral Diagnostics and Medical Entomology in Foggia, Italy, has received a grant funded by the Ministry of Health with the objective of studying the role of the adult house fly in carrying and spreading the ORF virus to sheep and goats in Italy.
The ORF virus, or Parapoxvirus, causes sore mouth and creates lesions on various parts of the body, including the muzzle and mouth of animals, and can spread to the fingers, hands, arms and face on humans. The disease is spread to humans most commonly by handling infected animals, such as in slaughterhouses. There are reported cases of humans carrying the virus in Massachusetts.
Stoffolano is assisting the Italian researchers in determining the role of the common house fly in transmitting the virus across species by teaching them how to infect the flies, dissect the flies, and how to investigate the presence of the virus in various fly tissues.
His week-long research trip included observing adult house flies feeding on saliva secretions of infected sheep, an unusual behavior in adult house flies. Normally, house flies do not pester sheep, he said.
“What may be happening with global climate warming,” Stoffolano posits, “is that in various parts of the world where it will become warmer, house fly adults will respond to a lack of water by now feeding on the eye and mouth secretions of both sheep and goats.”
He believes and seeks to prove that behavioral changes associated with global warming could put various insect vectors into contact with new hosts, which could increase the spread ...
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Alumni at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Funding Unique New Scholarship
Headlines – Tennessee Today
It’s not uncommon for alumni to give back to UT by establishing endowed scholarships.What makes the new Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc. (BWSC) Endowed Scholarship within UT’s Tickle College of Engineering so different is that it wasn’t just one person giving back, but 25 alumni representing seven colleges, who all now work for the company.
“We have a strong relationship with the company and with 42 of their employees who have degrees from UT,” said Wayne Davis, dean of the college. “This scholarship is a testament of our relationship and their investment in the university.”
University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, right, stands with Barge Waggoner Chief Operating Officer Randy Ferguson.
The idea came about during a 2016 meeting between Barge Waggoner Chief Operating Officer Randy Ferguson and former executive Jim Downing, both UT graduates who earned their bachelor and master degrees in civil engineering in 1980 and ’84 and 1969 and ’74, respectively.
Ferguson took the idea to a committee of UT alumni, who thought that endowing a scholarship would be a great way to give back to their alma mater while at the same time raising the company’s profile in recruiting new UT graduates. The Board of Directors agreed, and chose the Tickle College of Engineering as the home for the new scholarship.
To support the effort, Barge Waggoner authorized a matching contribution of up to $1,250 a year for every employee who participates with a gift or multi-year pledge.
Initially the goal was to begin offering the scholarship a few years from now. Due to the overwhelming response from its employees, however, the inaugural scholarship can be awarded beginning in the fall of 2018, far ahead of schedule.
“We are always seeking talented engineers and the competition for talent is only going to increase in the foreseeable future,” said Ferguson. “We hope that over time the ...
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UPMC Northwest to Honor Cancer Survivors
UPMC Northwest to Honor Cancer Survivors
Order Commemorative Ornaments Now
SENECA, Pa., July 5, 2017 – UPMC Northwest and Northwest Hospital Foundation are sponsoring a picnic on Wednesday, August 16 for all cancer survivors and their families. Commemorative ornaments are for sale and can be purchased in memory or honor of a loved one who is fighting or has fought a battle with cancer.
“We would like to invite all cancer survivors and their loved ones to celebrate life and join us for food, entertainment and our 17th annual commemorative ceremony,” said UPMC Northwest President Brian Durniok.
The picnic and ceremony will be held at the UPMC Northwest Pavilion at 100 Fairfield Drive in Seneca, Pa., beginning at 4:30 p.m. on August 16.
Ornaments, which include the year on them, are $7 each and include an ornament card with the honoree’s name printed on the card. The Wendell August commemorative ornaments can be ordered calling 814-677-1463 or 814-676-7992. Orders must be received by July 21.
Reservations for the August 16 picnic can be made by calling the UPMC Northwest Community Relations Department at 814-677-1463. The registration deadline for the event is August 11.
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Els Vespres fascinen un públic àvid de bona música a l'aire lliure
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
L’afluència de públic a cada actuació ha superat les quatre-centes persones. . Foto: Cesc Maymó.
L'artista Pol Fuentes va obrir el cicle d'Els Vespres d'enguany, dimarts 4 de juliol. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
El grup Tronco va actuar dimarts 11 de juliol. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
Calvin Love és el primer artista internacional que participa al cicle. Foto: Cesc Maymó.
17/07/2017
Cultura
Ja han tingut lloc quatre dels sis concerts que inclou el cartell d’enguany d’Els Vespres de la Universitat de Barcelona. La proposta està tan consolidada que l’afluència de públic a cada actuació ha superat les quatre-centes persones. El fet que els concerts siguin gratuïts, es facin a l’aire lliure en un entorn privilegiat com és el jardí de l’Edifici Històric, i que el cartell no decebi mai és el que més valora el públic, tant el veterà com el nou. Encara hi ha dues propostes més: El Pèsol Feréstec, que actua dimarts, 18, i la traca final, Outer Space, que clourà el cicle aquest dijous, dia 20.
Els assistents valoren sobretot el bon ambient
«Gairebé cada any venim a Els Vespres perquè l’atmosfera que s’hi crea és molt especial. De fet, enguany no em sona ningú del cartell, però tenim moltes expectatives. La gràcia és aquesta: descobrir grups nous», assegurava Òscar Sitges dimarts passat a la nit. Com ell, la majoria d’assistents a Els Vespres formen part d’un públic fidel que coneix bé el cicle de concerts i que hi assisteix fins i tot sense saber quin artista hi actua, «perquè sempre són una aposta segura per deixar-se endur i sorprendre’s».
En aquesta dotzena edició, encara hi ha, també, persones que venen per primera vegada. Alguns per recomanació dels amics o convençuts per la parella, d’altres perquè han trobat la informació a Internet o en un ...
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Triton Globetrotters: Students share stories from semester abroad
UMSL Daily
Carly Vogel is one of 37 UMSL students who studied abroad this spring. “I chose to study abroad to give myself the opportunity to grow on my own, become more independent and discover more of the world and the different cultures that exist,” she said. “It is a fantastic opportunity that I did not want to let pass me by.” (Photo courtesy of Carly Vogel)
Changed perceptions. It’s a common theme among University of Missouri–St. Louis students who study abroad. For the international travelers, viewpoints shift not just of the world and other cultures but also of their own capabilities.
Nearly 40 students studied abroad during the spring semester, and UMSL Daily recently caught up with three of these Tritons to discuss their experiences.
Impactful lessons
Brendan McCoy (at left) took his mom and brother to visit The Temple Bar in Dublin. The stop was just one of McCoy’s many excursions while studying in Limerick, Ireland. (Photo courtesy of Brendan McCoy)
Hesitancy nearly caused Brendan McCoy to miss out on the “best adventure of [his] life.”
The senior electrical engineering major and Pierre Laclede Honors College student had known for a while that he wanted to study abroad – particularly in England or Ireland. He debated the idea for so long, though, that he nearly missed the opportunity.
“One of the only reasons I took the jump was because of a friend of mine who studied abroad before I did,” McCoy said. “She made me realize it was an opportunity I would never get again and to put fear aside and chase my dreams.”
The leap paid off as he returned from the University of Limerick in Ireland, with an affinity for adventure and a comfort with total independence.
“I became an all-around more mature and better person from my experience,” McCoy said. “When traveling across the world, maturity becomes ...
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Physics Team Makes Breakthrough on Abrupt Aging Soft Materials
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June 26, 2017 — Georgetown College physics professor Emanuela Del Gado landed a paper in the prestigious journal Nature Communications last week.
“Elastically driven intermittent microscopic dynamics in soft solids,” the culmination of years of research at Georgetown’s Institute of Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, found fascinating new properties in the aging of soft materials. Del Gado and her coauthors discovered a “snapping back” reaction that occurs when incredibly soft materials — gelatin or yogurt, for example — rupture at a microscopic level.
Some background: Molecules in soft materials, even seemingly solid ones, “wiggle” at a level imperceptible to the human eye. As time passes, this wiggling can change the material, frequently rupturing or consolidating its structure. Del Gado’s paper noted an interesting reaction to this process.
“Over those very small length scales, these materials can act as a micro rubber-band that snaps back when a microscopic rupture happens, Del Gado said. “The weaker the wiggling motion is, the stronger the rubber band snapping.”
To conduct these studies, Del Gado’s team used coarse grained Molecular Dynamics (MD), an advanced technique that uses computational physics to investigate material properties at the microscopic level. This technique had been used in this context before, but this specific study involved a new simulation strategy — one in which the MD data was combined with understanding of forces at work at different points in the structure to guess where ruptures would happen.
According to Del Gado, this represents a major development for a question that had stumped researchers for years.
“Why does this abrupt aging happen in certain materials and not in others? How do we explain apparently contradictory observations in different materials that are all, in some sense, soft? These are questions that have been around for more than 10 years — and our work managed to answer the questions and address all contradictions,” she said.
Del Gado has ...
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UCSF Medical Center, Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco Named Among 2017’s ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals
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Therese Moran (left), RN, and Judith Bishop, RN, a certified nurse midwife, use handhled devices to monitor patients at the Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital at Mission Bay. Photo by Susan MerrellIn recognition of their use of technologies that make it easier for patients and medical providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient care, UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have been named among HealthCare’s “Most Wired®” for 2017, the third straight year for the hospitals to receive the award.
Hospitals with this designation are utilizing smartphones, telehealth, remote patient monitoring technologies, secure messaging and other tools to increase patients’ access to health care providers, and recording valuable health data for improving safety and quality.
The tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care and maintaining their health, and enabling health care workers to better support their patients, according to results of the 19th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired® survey, released July 10, 2017, by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum.
“This award recognizes UCSF’s commitment to continuously working to improve the way we provide medical care, in terms of communication with our patients and the quality of the experience for them,” said Sheila Antrum, president of UCSF Medical Center and senior vice president of adult services at UCSF Health.
The 2017 Most Wired survey and benchmarking study is a leading, nationwide industry barometer. The survey of 698 participants, representing an estimated 2,158 hospitals – more than 39 percent of all U.S. hospitals – examines how organizations are leveraging information technology (IT) to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business and administrative management; quality and safety; and clinical integration.
“We are honored to be a recipient of this prestigious award from the AHA recognizing us as among the nation’s most wired hospitals,” said Russ Cucina, MD, MS, chief ...
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FIU’s Anthony Wint Named Preseason All-Conference USA Selection
FIU Athletics
MIAMI (July 17, 2017) – Conference USA released its preseason honors on Monday, and FIU's Anthony Wint was recognized as an all-league honoree on defense. The C-USA preseason honors were selected by the conference's 14 head coaches. Wint, who is entering his senior year, started in all 12 games for the Panthers, earning Second-Team All-C-USA honors last season. He finished the year with 108 total tackles (57 solo), 6.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. The 108 tackles on the year were the sixth-most in school history, while his career total of 244 ranks ninth all-time at FIU. The native of Homestead, Florida, registered 10-or-more tackles six times, including a career-high 13 at Charlotte (10/ 15). A two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Week, Wint ranked No. 7 in the conference and No. 36 in the nation in total tackles. Wint was also named a Preseason Second-Team All-C-USA selection by Athlon Sports. Below is a complete listing of this year's preseason awards.
2017 C-USA Football Coaches Preseason AwardsOffensive Player of the Year
Mike White, Sr., QB, WKU
Defensive Player of the Year
Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., LB, Rice
Special Teams Players of the Year
Kylen Towner, Sr., KR, WKU
Offense
QB Mike White, Sr., WKURB Ray Lawry, Sr., Old DominionRB Ito Smith, Sr., Southern MissOL O'Shea Dugas, Jr., Louisiana TechOL Will Hernandez, Sr., UTEPOL Trey Martin, Sr., RiceOL Austin Pratt, Sr., UTSAOL Brandon Ray, Sr., WKUTE Ryan Yurachek, Sr., MarshallWR Richie James, Jr., Middle TennesseeWR Jonathan Duhart, Sr., Old DominionWR Allenzae Staggers, Sr., Southern Miss
Defense
DL Marcus Davenport, Sr., UTSADL Jaylon Ferguson, So., Louisiana TechDL Chris Johnson, Sr., WKUDL Oshane Ximines, Jr., Old DominionLB Emmanuel Ellerbee, Sr., RiceLB Alvin Jones, Sr., UTEPLB Josiah Tauaefa, So., UTSALB Anthony Wint, Sr., FIUDB Brandon Addison, Sr., Old DominionDB Nate Brooks, Jr., North TexasDB Joe Brown, Sr., WKUDB Kishawn McClain, Sr., North Texas
Special Teams
K Canon Rooker, Sr., Middle TennesseeP Jake Collins, Jr., WKUKR Kylen ...
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Track & Field Dominates LSWA Awards for 2017
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Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate
BATON ROUGE – LSU seniors Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Rebekah Wales, junior Mikiah Brisco and freshman Ruby Stauber joined head coach Dennis Shaver as major award winners for 2017 as the Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced its postseason track and field awards over the weekend.
Shaver, whose Tigers finished in the top 10 nationally both indoors and outdoors, was named the LSWA Men’s Coach of the Year, while Xavier’s Joseph’s Moses, whose young team won the conference title and scored in NAIA championships, was the women’s selection as coach of the year.
The team consists of a best times list based on the three best state times and distances from a national qualifying list, while the special awards are voted on by the state track and field media relations personnel. The voters cannot vote for athletes or coaches from their own school.
Mitchell-Blake led the men's award winners as the LSWA Men's Track Athlete of the Year, while Southeastern's Alex Young (field athlete), Tulane's Raymond Kibet (freshman) and McNeese State's Christoph Graf (newcomer) were also honored for their performance in 2017.
The Lady Tigers nearly swept the women's awards as Brisco, the NCAA 100-meter champion in 2017, was voted the LSWA Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Wales earned the title of Women's Field Athlete of the Year and Stauber took home the honor as Women's Freshman of the Year. Rounding out the women's award winners was Tulane's Alyssa Applebee as the Women's Newcomer of the Year.
The men’s team of Shaver finished sixth indoors and seventh outdoors, coaching his athletes to nine All-Americans honors in 2017. The Tigers had 30 points indoors and another 20 points at the outdoor championships.
Moses was named the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year as Xavier won the women’s team championship for the fourth time in five year. ...
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More children living in high-poverty neighborhoods following Great Recession
More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession – a troubling shift because children in these neighborhoods are a year behind academically, according to new research from researchers at Rice University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin.
Rice sociologist Rachel Kimbro co-authored “Family Poverty and Neighborhood Poverty: Links With Children’s School Readiness Before and After the Great Recession.”
“Family Poverty and Neighborhood Poverty: Links With Children’s School Readiness Before and After the Great Recession” examines how neighborhood and family poverty predict children’s academic skills and classroom behavior when they start school, and whether associations have changed over a period of 12 years that included the 2008 recession. The researchers used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and examined cohorts of kindergarteners from across the U.S. in 1998 and 2010.
The research revealed that more children whose parents were not already poor were living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession. In 1998, 36 percent of children lived in moderate-low, moderate-high and high-poverty neighborhoods. In 2010, the number rose to 43.9 percent.
The researchers defined a high-poverty neighborhood as one where 40 percent or more of residents live below the poverty line. A moderate-high-poverty neighborhood was defined as having poverty rates of 20-39.9 percent; moderate-low, 14-19.9 percent; and low, 13.9 percent or less.
When broken down by race, non-Hispanic white children had the largest change in terms of living in high-poverty neighborhoods. In 2010 they were 13.2 percentage points more likely to live in moderate-low-, moderate-high- and high-poverty neighborhoods than in 1998. In contrast, in 2010 non-Hispanic black children were only 4.1 percentage points more likely to live in a moderate-high-poverty neighborhood. Hispanic children were 5 percentage points more likely to live in a high-poverty neighborhood in 2010.
Rachel Kimbro, a co-author on the paper and a professor of sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences and founding director of the Kinder Institute’s Urban Health Program, ...
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Estudiants de l'EPSEB proposen nous usos per a antigues naus industrials de Can Ricart i Can Tiana, al Poblenou
Actualitat UPC
Han invertit tot un quadrimestre en conèixer a fons l’edifici: els sistemes constructius, els materials amb què es va construir, les seves lesions, les seves fissures. I també a entendre’l des del punt de vista històric, per comprendre el context en què es va construir i l’ús a què estava destinat, per reconèixer-li el seu valor patrimonial i per donar-li un nou ús que s’adapti a les necessitats de l’entorn en què s’ubica. Aquest és l’objectiu del conjunt d’assignatures que, englobades en el nom de ‘DAC en Rehabilitació’, han portat a una cinquantena d’estudiants d’Arquitectura Tècnica i Edificació de l'EPSEB a conèixer i realitzar propostes per a espais en desús del barri del Poblenou de Barcelona. La iniciativa ha comptat amb la col·laboració del Districte de Sant Martí de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona i la plataforma veïnal Taula Eix Pere IV.La nau industrial Can Tiana ha estat el primer edifici objecte d’estudi d’aquest grup d’estudiants aquest curs. Es tracta d’una nau que forma part d’un conjunt de tres edificis que van ser construïts en diferents etapes, entre el 1898 – 1914, en plena expansió de la indústria tèxtil a Barcelona. La resta dels edificis han estat rehabilitats excepte la nau central, objecte d’estudi, que està reconegut com a bé d’interès urbanístic. Després del treball de camp realitzat, un primer grup d’estudiants, en constatar la importància que mostra el barri en crear espais socials i de lleure, han proposat ubicar-hi un restaurant i una cocteleria amb una oferta gastronòmica variada on destaqui la carta especialitzada del xef convidat. Un segon grup ha plantejat transformar l’espai en una sèrie de tallers amb mestres artesans (vidre fumat, cera, tèxtil) amb una sala ...
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Outpatient Plaque Therapy for Eye Cancer Now Offered at UC
UC Health News
Recently, UC specialists have been offering brachytherapy as an outpatient
procedure for uveal melanoma with the same, effective results as inpatient
radiation.
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Honors College Grad Receives Prestigious Euro Scholarship to Complete Master’s Degree in France
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: June 20, 2017 Lone Star College-CyFairs Daniela Markovic is headed to France in July as the only student in the United States selected to participate in an all-expense paid program to complete her bachelors and masters degrees in engineering.
Washington, D.C. attaché Jean-Pierre Trotignon, President of the N+1 NETWORK, a network of French engineering schools, names this four-year associate to masters degree program as Frances most prestigious degree. The degree program is offered through the French Embassy in partnership with the N+1 NETWORK of Frances top engineering schools and Community Colleges for International Development (CCID.)
I am incredibly excited and honored to have received this wonderful opportunity to further my education and my aspirations, said Markovic, who plans to be an environmental engineer.
Markovic was born in Germany and raised in Houston after her parents, refugees from Bosnia, moved the family to the United States in 1998. She graduated from Langham Creek High School in 2015 and was accepted to Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin, but chose to accept the Honors College Chancellors Fellows Award that she was offered by LSC-CyFair.
We are so proud of Daniela and what she has been able to accomplish while here at LSC-CyFair, said President Dr. Seelpa Keshvala. Through her dedication and perseverance, she has earned an experience of a lifetime that will positively impact her life, her family, and her community.
Through my participation on campus, I have come to understand that there are opportunities everywhere, Markovic said. And succeeding at Lone Star really depends on your persistence and ambition.
LSC-CyFair Honors College Director Esther Robinson describes Markovic as a motivated scholar who made the most of the opportunities that she has been offered as an Honors College Chancellors Fellow. Daniela has been an exceptional role model representing the best that we have to offer to our students on ...
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Lone Star College-North Harris awarded $2.7 million for Upward Bound program
Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: July 11, 2017 Lone Star College-North Harris has been awarded two Upward Bound grants for a combined total of $2.7 million dollars.
The Upward Bound Program (UB) at LSC-North Harris is a federally funded grant program designed to assist first-generation, economically disadvantaged high school students in developing the skills and the motivation to succeed in college. Upward Bound participants receive academic advising, standardized test preparation, tutoring, scholarship and financial aid assistance, cultural enrichment, career exploration assistance and college campus tours.
The grant to the Upward Bound program will greatly impact individuals in this community from disadvantaged backgrounds. UB will help students overcome obstacles through the use of college resources leading to an increase in academic performance and providing a smooth transition to college, said U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.Since 1999, LSC-North Harris Upward Bound program has collaborated with Aldine ISD. The program currently serves high school students at MacArthur High School, Nimitz High School, Aldine High School and Eisenhower High School.At LSC-North Harris, students in the program can participate in after-school tutorials and academic programs that build academic skills and improve scholastic performance. In addition to tutoring, students also have the opportunity to enroll in college-preparatory courses throughout high school. The six-week summer program also provides additional instruction in mathematics, English, science and a foreign language. There are a variety of elective courses for students to take advantage of as well.
Although preparing students academically is the main goal of Upward Bound, it is not the only component of the program. Students also participate in cultural enrichment activities, community service events, and college campus visits. Additionally, Upward Bound offers developmental workshops in college success skills such as time management, study skills, and career exploration.
Creating opportunities for disadvantaged students and providing them with the knowledge and tools to excel in academics has always been one of my major priorities. ...
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To vape or not to vape? No - Risky products lure teens
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 7/10/2017
ByLine: San Diego Union Tribune
URL Link: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-utbg-vaping-electronic-cigarettes-risks-20170706-story.html
Page Content: Authored by Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
News Type: Regional
News_Release_Date: July 14, 2017
NewsTags: Cancer; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Pulmonology (Lung)
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2017 Cross Country Schedule Features Three Home Meets, Highlighted By Big West Championships
gohighlanders.com
Riverside–Earlier this week Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Nate Browne released the UC Riverside 2017 Cross Country meet schedule.The Highlanders host three events, and will see the Big West Championships return to the AgOps course after a one-year absence. The conference event is scheduled for Saturday, October 28."Coach Hansen and I are excited about our schedule this year." said Browne.UC Riverside heads to Mammoth Lakes for high-altitude training in mid-August, before gun officially goes off on the 2017 season in Nevada at the Nature's Bakery Twilight Classic on Friday night, September 1. Following the Twilight Classic, both teams return to Mammoth to complete their high-altitude training. See the 2016 Facebook albumOn Saturday, September 16, the blue and gold welcomes runners to the Inland Empire for the 37th annual UC Riverside Invitational.Two weeks later, Coach Browne takes his squad to Fayetteville, AR for the Chili Pepper Festival on Saturday, September 30. "With Stanford forgoing their large invite for a year, it created an opportunity to do something different. The Chili Pepper meet in Arkansas, gives our kids have a great chance to run against some teams they've never seen and on a course that's brand new to them."The 6th annual Highlander Invitational on October 14 serves as the final tune-up on the AgOps course before the Big West Championships. "We're always happy to see the Big West meet return to our place. This is a great meet schedule for this XC group in Coach Hansen's second season.", Browne added.See the full 2017 Cross Country schedule
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Bell to retire from Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group July 31
Vanderbilt News
Roberta Bell (Vanderbilt University)Roberta Bell, who has led Vanderbilt’s institutional research arm since 2003, will retire from the university July 31. As executive director of the Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group (VIRG), Bell has overseen the data-gathering and analysis efforts that help inform critical campus decision-making and planning in areas such as admissions, financial aid, curriculum, enrollment management, staffing, student life, finance, facilities, athletics and alumni relations.
VIRG was established in January 2001 to coordinate institutional research at Vanderbilt and to facilitate the collection, integration and distribution of strategic information. Since then—and largely due to Bell’s leadership—VIRG has grown beyond traditional institutional research to include data governance, operational reporting, business intelligence, data integrity and warehousing efforts.
In addition, Vanderbilt was named the host institution for the Association of American Universities Data Exchange in 2012. AAUDE is a public service organization comprising more than 60 public and private research universities in the United States and Canada whose purpose is to improve the quality and usability of information about higher education. AAUDE collects a wide range of institutional data to allow its member institutions to better understand how they compare to their peers. Bell was honored in May 2017 with the AAUDE’s Distinguished Service Award.
“In the dynamic and rapidly evolving environment of higher education, academic vision and strategic planning must be grounded in reliable information,” Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente said. “VIRG has played a vital role in the creation and implementation of Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan and continues to offer critical support to the university’s vision for the future.
“I am deeply grateful for Roberta’s 14 years of service at Vanderbilt,” Wente said. “She has built and led one of the nation’s leading institutional research groups, as reflected by her recent award from the AAUDE. She will leave us in a tremendously strong ...
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Moody’s Investors Service affirms UM System’s credit rating
University of Missouri System
June 30, 2017
Lowers outlook to negative; University leadership continues to address challenges with bold action plans
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Moody’s Investors Service, one of the nation’s premier credit rating services, announced an affirmation of the University of Missouri System’s high-grade Aa1 credit rating, keeping the University among an elite group of institutions. At the same time, Moody’s revised the rating outlook to negative from stable, reflecting the already known challenges of enrollment and state funding.
“We are pleased with the Aa1 rating from Moody’s but also recognize the financial challenges that need to be addressed with respect to enrollment declines and cuts in state funding,” UM System President Mun Choi said. “The University of Missouri is already putting effective plans into action to increase revenues and lower costs throughout the UM System. Strategic investments in student and faculty success are top priorities on each of our four campuses as we remain focused on our mission of teaching, research and engagement.”
Aa1 is the second highest long-term credit rating an institution can receive from Moody’s; only 10 percent of the higher education institutions rated by Moody’s fall within their top two rating categories. The affirmation by Moody’s of the Aa1 rating follows Standard & Poor’s affirmation of the University’s AA+ rating in March.
UM System strengths noted by Moody’s include:
New leadership with clearly identified plan to address enrollment and state funding challenges;
Essential provider of education and health care services for State of Missouri;
Broad diversification of revenues;
Strong liquidity profile;
Strong UM Health Care performance; and
Continued successful fundraising efforts.
Moody's Investors Service is a leading provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis. Moody's commitment and expertise contributes to transparent and integrated financial markets. The firm's ratings and analysis track debt covering more than 120 sovereign nations, approximately 11,000 corporate issuers, 21,000 public finance ...
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Nursing Information Session, B.S.N. (UCF Cocoa)
Events at UCF
Register for this Information Session Online HERE This information session is designed to help nurse-pending students understand the process and steps for applying to UCF's limited-access B.S.N. program. Attendees will also learn about unique application requirements to practice and learn in clinical sites, prerequisite courses and grade requirements, and other helpful information. This information session is open to anyone interested in applying to the College of Nursing's B.S.N. program. Attendance is not required of applicants, but is encouraged. Attendees should plan to arrive early and stay for the entire presentation. Please Note: Children are not permitted to attend these information sessions. Please plan accordingly. Thank you and we look forward to meeting you.
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Detour information for July 15–17 UAA Drive and Providence Drive closure
Beginning the weekend of July 15, UAA Drive will be closed between Alumni Drive and Providence Drive. In addition, the westbound lanes of Providence Drive will be closed between Spirit Drive and Alumni Drive. See the map below. The intersection and westbound lanes between UAA Drive and Alumni Drive will reopen the morning of July 17.From July 17 to Aug. 7, the westbound lanes of Providence Drive between Spirit Drive and UAA Drive will be closed.
Eastbound lanes will remain open. UAA’s internal detour route is Alumni Drive and Mallard Lane.
For up-to-date information on summer construction and maintenance, please follow the Facilities blog at uaafacilities.blogspot.com.
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