Lone Star College North Harris News
Published on: June 26, 2017 CHI Lone Star College-North Harris School of Cosmetology is hosting an open house at its facility, located at 910 E. Richey Road in Houston. Designed to introduce prospective students to the schools offerings, the open house will take place on Monday, July 10 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The relationship between LSC-North Harris and Farouk Systems, makers of the famous CHI Ceramic Hairstyling Iron and ammonia-free CHI Ionic Hair Color, originally began in 2010 with professional development for instructors, access to more advanced CHI products for students, and expanded career opportunities for graduates.
The expanded partnership capitalizes on the world-renowned products and methods of Farouk Systems, along with the colleges expertise in education and training. Graduates are prepared to work in the most sought-after industry positions, and have an invaluable understanding of both client service and the manufacturing process.
The CHI LSC-North Harris School of Cosmetology offers programs leading to an AAS degree or certificates in cosmetology, esthetics, instruction, with both part-time and full-time options available. It also offers low-cost salon services to the community. Spring registration is now open and the program is currently taking applications for the upcoming semester. Prospective students can request additional information by calling 832.234.5600, or by visiting LoneStar.edu/CHIschool to begin the application process.
Students in the program will have an opportunity to develop cosmetology skills, including hair cutting, permanent waving, hair styling, manicuring, facials, hair coloring, hair-straightening and client consultation on hair care products.
The state-of-the-art space is also home to the LSC-North Harris massage therapy program, where students can complete their massage therapy certification in as little as nine months. Much like the cosmetology program, the massage program works closely with industry partners to ensure its graduates are prepared to succeed in the workplace.
Students impacted by the recent closing of the Regency Beauty Institute are encouraged to attend. College representatives will be ...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
CHI Lone Star College-North Harris School of Cosmetology hosts open house Jul. 10
5 Common Medications That Can Mess With Digestion And Damage Your Gut
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 7/10/2017
ByLine: Organic Life
URL Link: https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/wellbeing/medications-that-damage-gut-and-digestion/slide/1
Page Content: Features Kelly Lee, PharmD, and Christina Mnatzaganian, PharmD
News Type: National
News_Release_Date: July 14, 2017
NewsTags: Gastroenterology; UC San Diego Health Sciences
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Perry Research Scholars Institute brings talented high schoolers to the UI
Iowa Now - Research
Squeals of delight echo through the University of Iowa’s MacLean Hall, followed by the excited voices of young people testing the latest in virtual reality technology—in this case, a virtual bike ride through a virtual neighborhood with virtual moving cars.“Watch out for that car!”
“Oh my gosh! There’s another one coming.”
Inside the Hank Virtual Environments Lab, teenagers cluster near a stationary bicycle surrounded by video screens. As the teens take turns riding the bike, they listen to UI research assistant Pooya Rahimian explain how he uses behavioral and computer science techniques to study perception-action problems.
“This is so cool,” says Amy Liao, a 14-year-old from Iowa City, just seconds after jumping on the stationary bike for her turn.
Liao is one of 18 teens taking part in the first Perry Research Scholars Institute (PRSI), a two-week summer camp program for eighth-, ninth-, and 10th-graders organized by the College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center.
The camp runs through July 21 on the UI campus. Its purpose is to introduce teens to a variety of academic research—from work at UI Hospitals and Clinics to anthropological digs in a field near the Coralville Reservoir—and to provide quiet time to contemplate future career choices.
It also serves as a bridge between two existing and very popular summer academic programs offered by the UI’s Belin-Blank Center: the Blank Summer Institute for the Arts & Sciences for seventh- and eighth-graders from Iowa and the Secondary Student Training Program, for 10th- and 11th-graders from around the world.
“With this new program, our goal is to expand students’ conceptions of what it means to do research,” says Lori Ihrig, supervisor of curriculum and instruction at the Belin-Blank Center. “By working with partners across the UI campus, we can show students the variety of ways knowledge is created at a research-intensive institution.”
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Tamica Smith Jones Named To Division I-AAA ADA Executive Committee For 2017-18
gohighlanders.com
Cleveland, OH—UC Riverside Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tamica Smith Jones was recently named to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Executive Committee for 2017-18."I am excited to join this esteemed network of colleagues, many of whom I have met and engaged with over the years," said Smith Jones. "Serving on the D1-AAA executive committee will be an honor, and provide another set of applicable resources as a non-football campus to identify and enhance common initiatives. With the current climate of intercollegiate athletics, it's imperative to be connected and collaborate with colleagues across the industry as often as possible in an effort to advance the strategic vision and elevate our student-athletes in 17 sports."Tim Hall (Maryland Baltimore County) will serve as the DI-AAA ADA president, while Lynne Robinson (Mount St. Mary's) takes over as 1st Vice President, Mary Ellen Gillespie (Hartford) is the 2nd Vice President, and Carla Wilson (UMKC) is the 3rd Vice President. Scott Lazenby (Texas A&M Corpus Christi), will serve as Secretary, and Ken Kavanagh (Florida Gulf Coast) will serve as the Association's Treasurer.Rounding out the Executive Committee are Patrick Elliott (Binghamton), Phil Hutcheson (Lipscomb), Don DiJulia (St. Joseph's), Jean Lenti Ponsetto (DePaul), Jeff Konya (Oakland), John D'Argenio (Siena), Steve Watson (Loyola) Roderick Perry (IUPUI), Scott Leykam (Portland), Chris King (UTRGV), Kim Record (UNC Greensboro), Irma Garcia (St. Francis), Robert Lineburg (Radford), and Rich Ensor (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).Now in its 17th year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs.The association presents an All-Sports trophy each year to the top Division I-AAA institution in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings, as well as trophies for individual sports. The Highlanders took home trophies in 2015-16 ...
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Edelman, Team USA Take Home Gold at 2017 Maccabi Games
Santa Barbara Athletics News
Jul 18, 2017
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Behind a game-high 29 points and 19 rebounds from UC Santa Barbara redshirt senior forward Drew Edelman, the United States women's basketball team secured a 71-61 victory over Israel to claim the gold medal at the 2017 Maccabi Games.
The standout performance for Edelman capped off a dominant performance at the Maccabiah, as the Sunnyvale, Calif. native averaged 24.6 points per game en route to tournament Top Scorer and Most Valuable Player awards. Edelman especially raised her game in the semifinal and championship rounds, averaging 29.5 points per game and 18.5 rebounds per game. She had averaged a solid 21.4 points per game in preliminary play, best among Team USA players.
The victory in the championship game avenged a six-point loss to Israel in the preliminary round, which ultimately represented Team USA's only loss in the tournament.
Women's basketball's was the 31st gold medal won by Team USA, which accrued 106 total medals (44 silver, 36 bronze) to finish second behind Israel in the medal table.
The Maccabiah is the world's largest Jewish athletic competition in the tradition and values of Maccabi, emphasizing the centrality of the State of Israel in the life of the Jewish people. The Maccabi Games are often called "The Jewish Olympics."
Edelman is coming off a standout debut season at UCSB. The USC transfer, who redshirted in 2015-16, led the Gauchos in both scoring (11.7 points per game) and rebounding (7.7 per game). Edelman was rewarded for her strong campaign with Second Team All-Big West and All-Big West Tournament honors.
With her holding down the frontcourt, UCSB earned a No. 4 seed in the Big West Tournament and came within inches of a league title, storming back from a 19-point deficit in an eventual 56-55 heartbreaking loss in the championship game to Long Beach State.
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Entrepreneurial program adds to Vanderbilt student-athlete experience
Vanderbilt News
Jul. 19, 2017, 9:30 AM
Ten rising sophomore student-athletes are presenting business ideas this summer as part of Pre-Flight, an entrepreneurial experience and pitch workshop held at the Wond’ry.
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UM Board and System officials announce plans for alternative funding for UMKC Conservatory
University of Missouri System
June 28, 2017
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Board of Curators and System officials announced today that they will develop plans for an alternative funding match for the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Downtown Campus for the Arts (Conservatory) rather than seek funding from the state under the 50-50 matching program for capital projects.
“This approach will allow construction to begin sooner and save money by avoiding construction cost inflation on a project that will benefit the students of UMKC, the people of Kansas City and the state of Missouri,” UM System President Mun Choi said. “This is a strategic investment to support our key goals in academics and scholarship. That makes it a priority for the UM System and UMKC.”
Choi said that details of the financial plans for the $96-million construction project and the $2M operating costs are being developed without reliance on state funding. These plans will be presented for approval to the Board of Curators at the September meeting.
The UM System has designated UMKC as Missouri’s Campus for the Performing Arts. The Conservatory, founded in 1906, has been praised by The New York Times as “one of the country’s liveliest academies.” It has a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and four Guggenheim Fellows among its faculty. The Conservatory also trains vocal, instrumental and dance professionals, educators, and music therapists who live, work and teach across the state of Missouri and the nation.
UMKC Chancellor Leo E. Morton said the decision demonstrates that Choi and the Board of Curators recognize how critical the downtown campus is to the future of UMKC, the city and the state.
“The performing arts are a $1 billion industry for the state of Missouri, and the national and international renown of UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and Dance is a significant piece of the foundation for that industry,” Morton said. “UMKC’s Downtown Campus ...
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FIEA Student Video Game Playtest
Events at UCF
Farming robots and sword-fighting soldiers are among the characters who will visit the University of Central Florida on July 19 as part of an on-campus video game playtest by UCF graduate students. Four student teams from UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) will be seeking public input on their latest in-progress video games.
The playtest will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on July 19, 2017 in the Tech Commons building. The students will be on UCF’s concourse recruiting players the day of the playtest and the event is free and open to the public.
These games serve as the students’ theses for the FIEA program, which was ranked the #2 graduate video game development program this year by the Princeton Review. The public will have a chance to play the games, meet the developers and shape the games with their feedback. The games will be finished on August 4, 2017.
The games being tested are “Hollowed,” “The Draft,” “Master Key” and “The Logician.” “The Draft” is a virtual reality game where you play as a soldier in a gladiator sport. “Logician” is a farming game with robots that aims to inspire an interest in programming. In “Master Key” players use a tether gun and wall running to escape an alien planet. In “Hollowed” players solve physical puzzles in the underworld using cooperation between two characters that they control.
For more information about the games or the playtest, please contact polish.fiea@gmail.com.
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NIH grants $1 million to RIT Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates
RIT News Releases - Top Stories
Goal is to increase the number of underrepresented students who enter Ph.D. program in the biomedical and behavioral sciences
July 14, 2017 by Susan Murad Follow RITNEWS on TwitterMark Benjamin/NTID
RIT/NTID has received $1 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to Rochester Institute of Technology that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates. The award is funded through the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program, which is designed to increase the number of underrepresented students who enter Ph.D. programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The establishment of the RIT-RISE program is a groundbreaking achievement because it is the first RISE program to specifically serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
The RIT-RISE program consists of two components: one is open to the entire university and a second offers additional support to selected RIT-RISE Scholars. The RIT-RISE program will offer a suite of scientific enrichment workshops, presentations, and activities that are tailored to the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists and open to the entire university. These events are expected to attract students who, for example, wish to enrich their research skills, stay abreast of hot topics in biomedical and behavioral fields, sharpen their presentation skills, or get help applying to graduate schools. RIT-RISE will also provide faculty workshops to share best practices for promoting effective communication between hearing and deaf researchers in the lab.
Selected RISE scholars will also receive intensive training and wage support for working in research laboratories with RIT researchers and, eventually, in the laboratory of a mentor from another institution. The RIT-RISE leadership team will help match supported scholars with participating research mentors in their fields of interest. ...
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UW Daily – July 18, 2017
UW Daily
UW System / Top Stories
On Campus
EXT: Reactivating Uptown through the arts, Kenosha News, July 17
EXT: UW-Extension holds online class geared toward modern parenting, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, July 18
GRB: UWGB grad’s big idea? No more dishwashing, Green Bay Press-Gazette, July 17
GRB: Aaron Rodgers, Randall Cobb to greet fans at Prevea wellness event (at UWGB), WBAY, July 18
LAX: Fundraiser to be held for resident battling cancer, Janesville Gazette, July 18
LAX: UWL installs new artificial turf on multi-purpose athletic field, WKBT, July 17
MAD: Energy jolt: UW-Madison to get funding for bioenergy center, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 18
MAD: New grant will shift focus of UW-Madison alternative fuel research center away from ethanol, Wisconsin State Journal, July 18
MAD: Hearing is believing: Speech may be a clue to mental decline, AP via Wisconsin State Journal, July 18
MAD: Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans, NPR News, July 17
MAD: UW Warns Anti-Abortion Bill Could Worsen OB-GYN Shortage, WPR, July 17
MAD: Minneapolis shooting sparks conversations about police body camera policies (mentions UW Police Department), WMTV, July 17
MAD: Worried about dementia? Hearing and language problems could be forerunners of cognitive decline, Los Angeles Times, July 17
MAD: UPDATE: Camp counselors move dorms after gas leak at Sellery Hall, WKOW-TV 27, July 17
MAD: Downtown streets reopened after gas leak discovered in UW-Madison’s Sellery Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, July 17
MAD: Mosquito capable of transmitting Zika virus found in Dane County, officials say, WISC-TV 3, July 17
MIL: UWM’s Innovative Weather manager explains forecasting challenges, WUWM, July 14
MIL: UWM sustainability officer says bike trail extensions need input from surrounding community, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 16
MIL: UWM researchers find that quagga mussels change lake ecosystems, Marine Technology News, July 17
PLT: UW-Platteville welcomes goat grazing, AgriView, July 18
STO: Professor explains Ayn Rand’s cult of personality (UW-Stout’s Tim Shiell presents program on 20th century writer), Dunn County News, July 17
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UConn Reads 2017-18: ‘Nation of Immigrants or Land of Refugees?’
Campus Life – UConn Today
Though we are widely recognized as a nation of immigrants, the migration of peoples to the United States has consistently occupied a vexed place in U.S. politics, not least in the current political climate. This year’s UConn Reads selection, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s short story collection ‘The Refugees,’ affords an opportunity for the University community to reflect upon and debate the hot-button issue of immigration.
We often hear that the United States is a “nation of immigrants,” but it may be more accurate to say the country is a “land of refugees.” Refugees – individuals who are the involuntary inheritors of wartime displacements, natural disasters, and state-authorized subjection – have played a key role in American history. From the forced migration of enslaved peoples to the urgent movement of Puritans seeking freedom from religious persecution; from the involuntary relocation of Native subjects during the 19th century to the post-World War II resettlement of Holocaust survivors in the 20th; from those impacted by Cold War conflicts (in Asia and Latin America) to those escaping the realities of the ongoing War on Terror, the line between immigrant and refugee is more often than not blurred.
We often hear that the United States is a ‘nation of immigrants,’ but it may be more accurate to say the country is a ‘land of refugees.’
Although immigrants and refugees are often considered marginal in mainstream discussions of who is and is not a “true” American, their – our – stories of migration, acculturation, and assimilation are central. Many of us have in common an ancestor who traveled from “over there” to “over here,” and the histories that brought us into being as Americans, whether as refugees or immigrants, are inextricably tied to the desire to seek (voluntarily or involuntarily) a better life. Our language and literature are replete with references to “cities upon a hill,” “promised lands,” “ ...
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Kitchen Aid Mixer – New, $250. Details and contact information available: https://anchorage.craigslist.org/app/6206475576.html
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General News. 51 Spartans Receive MW Scholar-Athlete Recognition
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
Eight student-athletes received the honor each of their four years at San José State.
July 18, 2017
Colorado Springs, Colo.-- A school-record 51 San José State University student-athletes have received a 2016-17 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award for their performance in the classroom during their athletic career.The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must have completed two semesters at the institution, have a 3.5 or better grade point average and have participated in a competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.The Spartan student-athletes represent 13 sports, led by women's swimming and diving with 13 honorees and followed by women's track and field with seven.Eight San José State student-athletes have earned an award each of their four years -- Jack Veasey (BASE); Karina Nunes (WXC/T&F); Tim Crawley (FB); Chelsea Jenner and Katelyn Linford (SB); Taylor Solorio (WSW); and Marie Klocker and Gaelle Rey (WTN)."Our student-athletes continue to make us proud by showing us that academic excellence is indeed achievable. I am impressed that we continue to set records each year with the number of student-athletes recognized by the Mountain West. Our coaches and academic team work diligently to ensure that every Spartan is successful in the classroom," said Eileen Daley, senior associate athletics director for academics and student services.The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West to a new league-record 756 student-athletes recognized.2016-17 San José State University MW Scholar-Athletes
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Rice’s Baker Institute receives $3M gift from Alfred C. Glassell III to endow fellow in drug policy
Katharine Neill Harris named first Glassell Fellow in Drug Policy
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has received a $3 million gift from the Glassell Family Foundation led by Houston philanthropist Alfred C. Glassell III to endow a fellow in drug policy and advance the research of the institute’s Drug Policy Program.
From left, William Martin, Katharine Neill Harris, Edjward Djerejian, Alfred C. Glassell III and Pam Lindberg. Credit: Michael Stravato/Rice’s Baker Institute
Katharine Neill Harris, who currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship in drug policy at the Baker Institute, has been named the first Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy.
The Drug Policy Program, led by William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the institute, provides policymakers, scholars and the public with comprehensive and objective analyses of issues and trends with important implications for state, national and international drug policy.
The Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy will build research capacity, work with local and international institutions to exchange knowledge and ideas, produce policy recommendations and evaluate the effectiveness of research.
“Drug policy is a critical issue at the federal, state and local levels,” said Baker Institute Director Edward Djerejian. “The Baker Institute is providing policymakers and the public with insightful, nonpartisan policy analysis and recommendations on how to deal with this challenge. With the Glassell Family Foundation’s generous support, the Drug Policy Program will expand its research on issues related to crime, addiction, rehabilitation and other key issues.”
The fellowship is an expansion of a postdoctoral fellowship in drug policy supported by the Glassell Family Foundation for the past five years and now held by Harris. Martin said that Harris, who earned her Ph.D. in public administration and urban policy at Old Dominion University, has significantly enhanced the Baker Institute’s ...
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Study shows language development starts in the womb
KU News Headlines
LAWRENCE — A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone speaking to them in English and Japanese.
Using noninvasive sensing technology from the University of Kansas Medical Center for the first time for this purpose, a group of researchers from KU’s Department of Linguistics has shown this in utero language discrimination. Their study, published in the journal NeuroReport, has implications for fetal research in other fields, the lead author says.
“Research suggests that human language development may start really early — a few days after birth,” said Utako Minai, associate professor of linguistics and team leader for the study. “Babies a few days old have been shown to be sensitive to the rhythmic differences between languages. Previous studies have demonstrated this by measuring changes in babies’ behavior; for example, by measuring whether babies change the rate of sucking on a pacifier when the speech changes from one language to a different language with different rhythmic properties.
“This early discrimination led us to wonder when children’s sensitivity to the rhythmic properties of language emerges, including whether it may, in fact, emerge before birth,” Minai said. “Fetuses can hear things, including speech, in the womb. It’s muffled, like the adults talking in a ‘Peanuts’ cartoon, but the rhythm of the language should be preserved and available for the fetus to hear, even though the speech is muffled.”
Minai said there was already a study that suggested fetuses could discriminate between different types of language, based on rhythmic patterns, but none using the more accurate device available at the Hoglund Brain Imaging Center at KU Medical Center called a magnetocardiogram (MCG).
“The previous study used ultrasound to see whether fetuses recognized changes in language by measuring changes in fetal heart rate,” Minai said. “The speech sounds that were presented to the fetus in the two ...
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Study Reveals Origin of Modern Dog Has a Single Geographic Origin
University News
Study Reveals Origin of Modern Dog Has a Single Geographic Origin
Reported in Nature Communications, the finding counters previous research that suggested two domestication events led to the modern dog
STONY BROOK, N.Y., July 18, 2017 – By analyzing the DNA of two prehistoric dogs from Germany, an international research team led by Krishna R. Veeramah, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolution in the College of Arts & Sciences at Stony Brook University, has determined that their genomes were the probable ancestors of modern European dogs. The finding, to be published in Nature Communications, suggests a single domestication event of modern dogs from a population of gray wolves that occurred between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Dogs were the first animal to be domesticated by humans. The oldest dog fossils that can be clearly distinguished from wolves are from the region of what is now Germany from around 15,000 years ago. However, the archeological record is ambiguous, with claims of ancient domesticated dog bones as far east as Siberia. Recent analysis of genetic data from modern dogs adds to mystery, with some scientists suggesting many areas of Europe, Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East as possible origins of dog domestication.
(L to R) Shyamalika Gopalan, PhD Candidate,
Dean Bobo, Bioinformatics Scientist, and Krishna Veermah, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolution. (F) Four-legged friend, Joci
In 2016, research by scientists using emerging paleogenomics techniques proved effective for sequencing the genome of a 5,000-year-old ancient dog from Ireland. The results of the study led the research team to suggest dogs were domesticated not once but twice. The team from Oxford University also hypothesized that an indigenous dog population domesticated in Europe was replaced by incoming migrants domesticated independently in East Asia sometime during the Neolithic era.
“Contrary to the results of this previous analysis, we found that our ancient dogs from the same time period were very similar ...
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Cancer Drug Shows Increased Risk of Death When Used In Combination With Other Therapies
Cancer Drug Shows Increased Risk of Death When Used In Combination With Other Therapies
Dr. Shenhong Wu and Stony Brook Team Analyze Data 0n 10,000 Patients, Reported in JAMA
STONY BROOK, N.Y., January 31, 2011 – Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of treatment-related death when the drug is used in combination with other therapies. This conclusion is based on a study of more than 10,000 patients by Shenhong Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues. Their findings are reported in the February 2 issue of JAMA.The study, “Treatment-Related Mortality With Bevacizumab in Cancer Patients,” is a review and meta-analysis of 16 published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the clinical use of the widely used bevacizumab. The drug, which blocks a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor, thus inhibiting the production of new blood vessels around tumors, has been shown to have some increased adverse effects in previous studies.In this study, Dr. Wu and Stony Brook colleagues and co-authors Vishal Ranpura, M.D., and Sanjaykumar Hapani, M.D., completed a meta-analysis of adverse effects and mortality rates of 10, 217 patients with a variety of tumors, including colorectal, breast, and lung cancers.“We discovered the use of bevacizumab in combination with other chemotherapy or biological therapy increased the risk of treatment-related mortality by 46 percent,” says Dr. Wu. “Because of this significant risk in a large population of cancer patients, it is important for physicians and patients to recognize the risk when considering therapy, as well as closely monitor serious side effects to prevent fatal events,” he emphasizes.The SBUMC team conducted the study to determine whether bevacizumab is associated with increased rates of what is termed fatal adverse events (FAEs) in patients with cancer. An FAE is defined in ...
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Lone Star College named 2017 Great Colleges To Work For®
Lone Star College System News
Published on: July 18, 2017 The Chronicle for Higher Education in partnership with ModernThink, LLC has named Lone Star College a 2017 Great Colleges To Work For®.
I am extremely proud of this recognition, said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC chancellor. Lone Star College has worked very hard to nurture a culture that values and respects all employees and this philosophy helps us focus on student success.
The program gathers data directly from employees about what makes their institution a great place to work and provides senior-level administrators and academic leaders with insights on the quality of the workplace experience and the competitiveness of their policies and benefits.
Ten years in, the Great Colleges to Work For distinction is well-known by academic jobseekers as a sign that an institutions employees are valued and given opportunities for growth even when they face financial constraints, said Liz McMillen, the Chronicle editor. Any college or university thats on the list is showing that they emphasize one of their most valuable assets: their faculty and staff.
LSC was recognized in five categories: Confidence in Senior Leadership; Diversity; Facilities, Workspace and Security; Job Satisfaction; and Work/Life Balance. A total of 232 institutions, including 77 two-year colleges, participated in the 2017 survey. Of the 77 two-year institutions, 22 were recognized as a Great Colleges to Work For®.
LSC began its LSC 20|20 initiative in 2015 to create a culture of accountability and achieve its key organizational results. LSC 20|20 empowers stakeholders to develop cultural beliefs and provides tools to create experiences that result in actions leading to key results.
This acknowledgment from the Chronicle of Higher Education is a direct result of the culture we have built, said Head.
This is the second significant recognition that LSC has received this year related to its culture. LSC also received the prestigious 2017 Ozzie Award for Excellence in Education from Partners in Leadership, a leading global consulting firm ...
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Community Invited to 2015 Kingwood Kabaret
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: May 07, 2015
Toe-tapping performances and quality entertainment are sure to draw a big crowd to Lone Star College-Kingwoods sixth annual Kingwood Kabaret May 28-30.
A scholarship fundraiser for the colleges Theatre Department, the Kingwood Kabaret is an intimate evening of entertainment that will feature many Jazz standards and Broadway show tunes presented in a cabaret setting.
The community is invited to attend. The Kingwood Kabaret is designed as an evening in which they can enjoy their friends company and listen to great music, said Eric Skiles, artistic director of theatre at LSC-Kingwood.
The 2015 Kingwood Kabaret is at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Black Box. Tickets are $20 per person and reservations are required. In addition to enjoying hours of top-quality vocal entertainment, the evening also includes beverages and dessert.
This event is something very unique for the Kingwood area and has consistently been a sell-out event, Skiles said. We are very pleased to offer this event because it helps our students achieve their dreams by providing financial support for their theatre studies.
To purchase tickets online, visit www.lonestar.edu/seasons. For more information, call 281-312-1532.
Register now for credit classes online through myLoneStar. Classes are offered days, evenings, or weekends in traditional, Internet, video, TV and independent study formats. For more information on how to register online, visit www.lonestar.edu/registration.
For general information about Lone Star College-Kingwood, call 281.312.1600 or visit http://lonestar.edu/kingwood.htm.
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 System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and the fastest-growing community college system in the nation. Dr. Stephen C. Head ...
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Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Class of 2015 Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 8
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: April 13, 2015
Lone Star College-Montgomery graduates will be recognized at the college's commencement ceremony on Friday, May 8, and will hear from class of 2015 graduate guest speaker Gabriela Ramos-Mata.
Congratulations to Lone Star College-Montgomerys Class of 2015, who will be recognized for their achievements at the colleges commencement ceremony on Friday, May 8, at 6 p.m., at The Woodlands Church-Fellowship Campus.LSC-Montgomery has more than 850 students earning their associates degree or a certificate this year, and approximately 350 of those students are expected to attend the commencement ceremony.Graduates at the ceremony will hear from Dr. Mark Marotto, associate professor and director of choral activities at LSC-Montgomery, and Gabriela Ramos-Mata, a class of 2015 graduate. Dr. Marotto currently heads the choral-vocal area of LSC-Montgomery, conducts the chamber singers and concert choir, and teaches musicianship. Dr. Marotto has lived and worked in five countries throughout Europe and North America. He has served as artistic director for a summer choral festival in Switzerland, conducted a number of ensembles, directed musical theatre productions, and founded the Voices of Hope concert charity. Dr. Marotto completed his doctorate in choral conducting at the University of Michigan, holds a masters degree from the National Music University of Bucharest, Romania, a bachelors degree in music, summa cum laude, from Duke University and has worked with a number of prominent conductors.Mata, a native of Bend, Oregon, and a 2013 graduate of The Woodlands High School, served as a member or officer in nine different student organizations while attending LSC-Montgomery, including the Student Government Association, Transfer Student Organization, Womens Awareness Safety and Prevention Club, tennis team and the Lone Star Right to Life Organization. She attributes her accomplishments to Christ, who gave her the strength and motivation to succeed and help her embrace the little things in her life. Mata plans to pursue her bachelors degree in public relations and advertising at Abilene ...
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LSC-Tomball’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Receives Reaccreditation
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: July 06, 2017
TOMBALL, Texas Lone Star College-Tomballs Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Program has been reaccredited through 2027.
Were very excited about this, said Dr. Terra Ruppert, director of LSC-Tomballs OTA program. We had our onsite reaccreditation visit by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) in February where we received a 10-year reaccreditation status. We had numerous areas of strength that were identified during that process. ACOTE currently accredits 397 occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant educational programs in the United States and its territories.
Our OTA graduates have a 100 percent pass rate on their national board exam (National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy), which has happened for the past several years, Stephanie Johnston, Fieldwork coordinator/professor pointed out.
Tom Lescarbeau, the interim dean who oversaw LSC-Tomballs OTA program during their reaccreditation visit, stressed that LSC-Tomball is proud to provide the community with this outstanding programs.
As evidenced by the recent reaccreditation of our Occupational Therapy Assistant program, the faculty and staff work tirelessly to deliver the very best instruction and practical experiences the profession has to offer, Lescarbeau said, before adding, Our state-of-the-art facilities ensure each student is well prepared for real-world experiences. The Occupational Therapy Assistant program went through the reaccreditation process without any areas of noncompliance.
Being reaccredited without having any areas of noncompliance wasnt a surprise to LSC-Tomballs Vice President of Instruction Dr. Quentin Wright.
"In all of my years of observing and working on reaccreditation processes, I have never seen a program as prepared for reaccreditation as the occupational therapy team, Wright said. The self-study report submitted was thorough and well-structured and the accommodations for the reviewers were well planned. As noted by the reviewers, the reaccreditation process only proved what we already know---the LSC-Tomball Occupational Therapy Assistant Program is top notch."
Lone Star College-Tomball is located at 35000 Tomball Parkway, at the intersection of ...
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NBC4 - 'Half-Match' Transplant Helps Teen with Sickle Cell Disease
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Allistair Abraham, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by NBC4 for a segment about a "half match" bone marrow transplant procedure for sickle cell patients.
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WVU initiatives receive $500K in grants from Benedum Foundation
Stories | WVU Today | West Virginia University
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation recently
awarded five grants to West Virginia University,
through the WVU Foundation, totaling
$540,000.
The grants will benefit various programs and
initiatives at WVU and across the state including:
• Office of the Provost – $325,000 – The
West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and the WVU Energy Institute will
benefit from this grant, receiving $225,000 and $100,000, respectively. Over
the course of a three-year project, the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative
will hire an executive director, conduct oversight of pilot projects between different
academic divisions of WVU and Pre-K12 schools, and manage other initiatives and
studies in order to form educational partnerships and shape nonpartisan
education policy. Funding for the WVU Energy
Institute will be used for detailed research and analyzing efforts for the
development of the Appalachian Storage Hub. The project will help plan the infrastructure
underpinning of a natural gas liquid storage and trading hub, serving West
Virginia, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
• West Virginia Northern Brownfields–
$100,000 – Funding to the Strategic Teardown of Properties Brownfields,
Abandoned, Dilapidated Buildings 2.0 initiative will leverage the work
completed by BAD Buildings communities in the first phase of the project. A new
Demolition Grant Fund will be used to demolish designated BAD Buildings
properties in communities statewide.
• WVU School of Medicine – $90,000 –
Funding will support Phase II of the West Virginia Coordinated Action,
Response, Education and Support about Families Living with Dementia project.
Phase I of the project previously received funding from the Benedum Foundation.
Phase II will include the development of a website to connect patients and
caregivers to resources in the state, partnering with the Alzheimer’s
Association, AARP, and the Bureau of Senior Services, conducting training
sessions with law enforcement officers and first responders, and working with
the West Virginia Bankers Association to develop training and resources for
banks related to signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related
dementias. This initiative is ...
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UTA researcher’s book looks at quality-of-life concerns associated with urban sprawl
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other quality-of-life outcomes.
The Costs of Sprawl, written by Shima Hamidi, executive director of The University of Texas at Arlington’s Institute of Urban Studies and an assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, and Reid Ewing, professor at the University of Utah, originates in studies that were funded from National Institutes of Health and Ford Foundation.
Hamidi and Ewing used 21 criteria in evaluating quality-of-life issues among residents who live in major metropolitan statistical areas. This book shows that life expectancy, economic mobility, transportation choices, and personal health and safety all improve in less sprawling areas (See the table below).
Quality-of-Life Outcome
Relationship to Sprawl
Housing affordability
Positive and significant
Transportation affordability
Negative and significant
Upward mobility (probability a child born to a family in the bottom income quintile reaches the top quintile by age 30)
Negative and significant
Average household vehicle ownership
Positive and significant
Vehicle miles traveled
Positive and significant
Percentage of commuters walking to work
Negative and significant
Percentage of commuters using public transit
Negative and significant
Average journey-to-work drive time
Positive and significant
Traffic crash rate per 100,000 population
Negative and significant
Injury crash rate per 100,000 population
Negative and significant
Fatal crash rate per 100,000 population
Positive and significant
Body mass index
Positive and significant
Obesity
Positive and significant
Any physical activity
Not significant
Diagnosed high blood pressure
Positive and significant
Diagnosed heart disease
Positive and significant
Diagnosed diabetes
Positive and significant
Average life expectancy
Negative and significant
Shima Hamidi, executive director of The University of Texas at Arlington’s Institute of Urban Studies and an assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs
Dallas, Plano and Irving were lumped into one MSA while Arlington and Fort Worth made up another metropolitan statistical area.
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Stay up-to-date with the latest updates on UTA baseball standouts playing in collegiate summer leagues.
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Oklahoma State University named regional winner, vies for national community engagement honor
Oklahoma State University - News and Communications
Recognizing extraordinary community outreach, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) announced today that Oklahoma State University is a regional winner of the 2017 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award.
OSU now competes with three other regional winners -- East Carolina University, the University of New Hampshire and Purdue University -- for the national C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award, which will be announced during the APLU Annual Meeting November 12-14 in Washington, D.C.
The C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award includes a sculpture and $20,000 prize. The three other regional winners will each receive a cash prize of $5,000.
“This is a wonderful honor and exciting recognition of Oklahoma State’s health initiative with the Chickasaw Nation,” said OSU President Burns Hargis. “It also is a recognition of OSU’s long-standing commitment to serve and engage in our communities. I want to thank and congratulate the many OSU employees and students who carry out our land-grant mission in countless ways.”
OSU’s Solutions-based Health Innovations and Nutrition Excellence (SHINE) was created in 2006 as a collaboration with the Chickasaw Nation to study nutrition and public health issues identified by Chickasaw citizens – combining cultural, historical and programming knowledge with nutrition and public health expertise. The partnership developed the Eagle Adventure program for children in the first through third grades.
Since 2007, APLU and the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, have partnered to honor the engagement, scholarship, and partnerships of four-year public universities. The award recognizes programs that demonstrate how colleges and universities have redesigned their learning, discovery and engagement missions to become even more involved with their communities. The national award is named for C. Peter Magrath, APLU president from 1992 to 2005.
“This year’s Magrath Awards have demonstrated exceptional cultural, civic and economic contributions to their communities, states and regions,” said APLU President ...
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HERRICK, STRINGS AND STUTEVILLE RECEIVE ACADEMIC ACCOLADES FROM THE NABC
Athletics News
Jul 18, 2017
NABC Honors Court Announcement (pdf)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento State men's basketball players James Herrick, Justin Strings and Eric Stuteville were each honored on the 2016-17 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
Herrick and Strings will enter their senior seasons for the Hornets in 2017-18 while Stuteville recently graduated from Sacramento State with a sociology degree. Recipients of the award must have been academically a junior or senior last season while earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better. If the award wasn't limited to just juniors and seniors, two additional Hornets would have earned the award.
A two-time NABC Honors Court and three-time Big Sky all-academic selection, Stuteville played four season for the Hornets (2013-17) and recently played in the NBA Summer League for the Sacramento Kings. The Orangevale native started all 31 games in 2016-17 and was a team tri-captain, averaging 11.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 blocked shots and 26.8 minutes per game. He shot .632 (141-223) from the field, the best mark in Sacramento State single-season history. He leaves the Hornets as the program's all-time leader in career games played (125) while also becoming the only center in school history to score 1,000 points.
Also a three-time Big Sky all-academic question, Strings will enter the 2017-18 season as the team's top returning scorer. Last season, the Carson, Calif., native was a second team all-Big Sky Conference selection after appearing in all 31 games, including 30 starts. He averaged a team-best 15.9 points per game, scored in double figures in all but two games and had eight contests with 20-plus points. He posted season averages of 15.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 32.9 minutes per game while shooting .422 (179-424) from the field and .350 (55-157) from the 3-point line. He bumped his scoring average to 17.0 points in Big Sky play, and scored in double figures in all 18 league games.
Herrick, who will enter his fourth year with the program in 2017-18, played in 10 games a year ago, including both of the Hornets' games during the Big Sky Tournament. The Minden, Nev., native posted totals of six points, a rebound and 11 minutes while converting all three of his field goal attempts during the season.
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Pre-sale tickets for Joe Biden's tour available to DePaul community
DePaul Newsline
On Dec. 11, 2017, Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States, will visit the Chicago Theatre as part of his American Promise tour. Though tickets go on sale to the general public on July 28, the Office of Student Involvement has worked to provide members of the DePaul community the opportunity to purchase pre-sale tickets. From 10 a.m. on July 18 to 10 p.m. on July 27, DePaul members can gain early access to ticket purchase on Ticketmaster using the password DEPAUL.
During the tour, Biden will share a series of conversations that go beyond the 24-hour news cycle and 140-character arguments to connect friends and neighbors around the topics that matter most. Each ticket also includes a copy of his forthcoming memoir, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose," that reveals insight to his most momentous year in the more than 45 years he has spent in public life.
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Duckett, Lavis & Zucker Named to NABC Honors Court
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Jul 18, 2017
Three members of the Case Western Reserve University men's basketball team – juniors T.J. Duckett, Jake Lavis and Colin Zucker – were named to the 2016-17 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court, which recognizes men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.The NABC awards Honors Court recognition to junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the academic year. This was the first time that each of the three players has received the award.
The Spartans will open their 2017-18 season on Friday, November 17, when the team hosts the annual Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Tournament.
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Stargazing
Academic Calendar
Saturday, August 12, 7-10:30 p.m.Rochelle Municipal Airport1207 W. Gurler Road, Rochelle, IL 61068 Join NIU STEM Outreach for a dazzling evening of star gazing and viewing
of the annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks mid-August. These brilliant
meteors radiate from the Perseus constellation and appear throughout the sky.
Beginning at 7:15 p.m., experts will discuss the night sky and hot astrophysics
topics. After dark, guests can watch for the meteor shower and view the night
sky through their own telescopes or those provided by NIU. A $15 all-inclusive
Build Your Own Burger & Cash Bar will be available for purchase, which will
include Juicy Beef Burger, Veggie Burgers, OR Chicken Breast with Fresh
Tomatoes, Red Onions, Crisp Lettuce, Assorted Cheeses, Dill Pickle Spears,
Pasta Salad and House-made Potato Chips.
Speakers for the evening include
· Jeremy Benson, STEM
Educator—The Sky Tonight: What’s Visible and What Causes a Meteor
Shower?
· Paul Stoddard, Associate Professor, Geology and Environmental Geosciences— Why Are Scientists So Excited about the Solar Eclipse?
· Joel Knapper, NASA
Solar System Ambassador—NASA’s Future Missions
This event
is rain or shine!
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Michigan Tech Joins Louisiana State, 4 Others in Coastal Marshes Research
A good thing has come from the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Some of the proceeds from the penalties assessed are being used to fund environmental research, including a project involving Michigan Technological University and five other universities.
Louisiana State University (LSU) is leading the research to study how coastal land loss restoration practices impact ecosystems in coastal marshes. The project just received a $2.1 million competitive grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s(NOAA) RESTORE science program.
The overall goal of the research is to understand how river diversions and the salt-water concentration changes that result affect plants, animals and their interactions with each other in natural and man-made coastal marshes.
In addition to LSU and Michigan Tech, collaborating universities are Rutgers, University of Florida, University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
Coastal Marshlands
Michigan Tech’s principal investigator on the project is Jill Olin, a research scientist at Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center. She has a background in community ecology of marine and coastal ecosystems.
She aims to use naturally occurring markers or ‘ecological tracers’ to help understand the responses of aquatic and terrestrial species that inhabit coastal marsh habitats to efforts aimed at reducing land erosion along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
Olin has worked in coastal Louisiana for a number of years. Her role in the research will be to evaluate the presence of fish at various concentrations of salinity or saltiness, to determine whether or not fish are using restored or natural marshes. One of her research interests is developing ecosystem models to evaluate the effects of environmental change
“The Gulf Coast of Louisiana has lost more than 4,800 kilometers of coastal land area since the 1930’s and, without preventative action, it is predicted that an additional 4,500 kilometers may be lost in the next 50 years,” she says. "Remediation activities ...
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Athletic Director Retires
SSU News
Bill Fusco, senior director of intercollegiate athletics at Sonoma State University, has announced that he will officially retire from his position on December 31 following 20 years at the helm of the Seawolves.Fusco was named Director of Athletics at Sonoma State University in May of 1997 and guided the program into the era of athletic scholarships and the California Collegiate Athletic Association. During his tenure, the Seawolves earned two NCAA Division II national championships (men's soccer 2002 and men's golf 2009), eight regional championships and 20 conference championships. Seventy-six student-athletes earned All-American honors the past 20 years.
"During Bill Fusco's 20 year service as Sonoma State's Athletic Director, our intercollegiate athletics program has grown in both size and reputation" says Stan Nosek, interim vice president for Administration and Finance. "Bill has been a strong advocate for a student centered athletic program that focuses on success in the classroom as well as in competition. He led a program that has resulted in SSU being at or near the top of our league in student-athlete grade point average and graduation rates. His commitment to both academic and athletic excellence has been unwavering over his tenure and is a legacy for which he can be very proud."
"I am most fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend the last 20 years at Sonoma State University," says Fusco. "It has been an honor to work alongside our exceptional student-athletes, coaches and administrative staff. I am looking forward to completing several projects that will help stabilize and enhance the intercollegiate athletics program for the future before I leave."
Under Fusco's leadership, the department, as part of the Administration and Finance Division, acquired funding for many on-campus sports facility upgrades including tennis, soccer, baseball, softball, a women's sports team room and most recently $1.1 million for new seating in basketball gym, known as the Wolves' Den. The new Gordon Smith Training Center, an indoor ...
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CSUCI will welcome first Engineering majors in fall 2018
CSU Chanel Islands News
July 18, 2017 — It’s official. CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) will launch its Mechatronics Engineering program in fall 2018.The program will accept 24 students for fall 2018, increasing that number by 24 each year until the total number of Mechatronics majors admitted each year is just under 100.With about 300 engineering jobs available in Ventura County each year, University administrators, faculty, lawmakers and the community saw the need for qualified engineers and began working toward adding the major at CSUCI years ago.“We are all delighted to move from the planning to the implementation stage,” said Professor and Chair of the Computer Science program Michael Soltys, Ph.D. “We feel like the community has trusted us with this initiative, and we want to mount a superb program.”The program comes to the University during newly invested President Erika Beck’s tenure. Once the engineering major is launched, CSUCI will be one of less than a dozen universities in the nation that offers a Mechatronics degree.“We are so enthusiastic about the addition of Mechatronics at CSUCI,” Beck said. “This new engineering major is an example of the deep and wide-ranging skill set that will prepare our graduates for a 21st century job market. We have a talented faculty, state-of-the-art laboratories and an excellent curriculum ready for our first cohort of engineering majors.”Mechatronics is a quickly-growing area of engineering that includes aspects of control theory, computer science, electronics, and mechanics.Plans are already in the works to apply for accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), a nonprofit, non-governmental accrediting agency for programs in applied science, computing, engineering technology and related fields.ABET accreditation provides assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards of the profession each graduate intends to enter.“We have a strong offering in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics, and with some effort we could have a ...
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Campus-Wide Safety Alert Test Set for July 20
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Cal Poly Pomona will conduct a campus-wide test of its Safety Alert System on Thursday, July 20, at 11 a.m.
Students, faculty and staff should expect a brief Safety Alert test message on their cell, home and office phones, as well as an email.
The test will include the Alertus Desktop notification system, which sends safety messages to university-owned computers equipped with Alertus software. The Alertus system Desktop Alert can reach a larger audience virtually instantaneously, often faster than calls to campus phones or email.
A test of the InformaCast system, which delivers emergency communications through campus telephones in offices and classrooms, also is planned.
During an emergency or urgent situation, the Safety Alert System sends messages to phones, email, text/SMS, TTY/TDD devices and campus computers. Messages also will be posted on the university’s Facebook and Twitter accounts and the university home page.
To receive the messages, faculty, staff and students need to provide current contact information in BroncoDirect.
The university tests the Safety Alert System once each quarter to familiarize the campus community with this important communication vehicle, as well as to train the staff in using the system. The alerts are sent only during emergencies and scheduled tests, and never for routine messages.
For questions, visit the Emergency Communications webpage.
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Statewide education summit takes place at CSUSB Palm Desert Campus
CSUSB News
From CSUSB Palm Desert: The third annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit is a free day of learning by teachers, for teachers, open to all California educators on July 28 at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus, and dozens of other locations across the state. Registration is now open and can be done online at: http://cateacherssummit.com/register.“The Better Together: California Teachers Summit provides teachers the opportunity to meet and discuss the best practices for teaching, practices that have been tested in the experiences of teachers in our region,” said Todd Jennings, an assistant dean in CSUSB’s College of Education, which is hosting the event at the university. “The daily demands of teaching often leave teachers unable to share ideas and strategies with teachers not in their districts or schools. Better Together provides that opportunity to learn from each other in ways that benefit the region’s youth, and indeed our collective future.”Biden, wife of former Vice President Joe Biden, is a lifelong educator who has taught at community colleges, a public high school and a psychiatric hospital for adolescents over her 30-year teaching career.
As Second Lady, she worked to highlight the importance of community colleges to America’s future while continuing to teach as a full-time English professor at a community college in Northern Virginia. With the February 2017 launch of the Biden Foundation, Biden and her husband will continue their commitment to public education.
“Dr. Biden is an inspiration for all California teachers,” said Leslee Milch of Carl E. Gilbert Elementary School in the Buena Park School District. “We can’t wait to hear her insights from the classroom and her vision to better support all of our students.”
The theme of this year’s summit is “Now More Than Ever,” which reflects the importance of bringing teachers together to listen and learn ...
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Mahasiswa UPI Dapat Dipercaya
Kabar UPI
Tasikmalaya, UPI
Sebanyak 243 mahasiswa UPI diterima oleh Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Tasikmalaya Drs. H. Kundang Sodikin M.Si., mewakili Bupati H. Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, SE., di Pendopo Kabupaten Tasikmalaya, kawasan pusat Pemerintahan Kabupaten Tasikmalaya Jl. Bojongkoneng By Pass Nomor 254 Desa Sukaasih Kecamatan Singaparna, Senin (17/7/2017).
Menurut Drs.H.Kundang Sodikin M.Si., mahasiswa KKN UPI disebar di 20 desa, dan kehadirannya sangat dinantikan oleh masyarakat, dikatakannya,”Dalam pandangan masyarakat, mahasiswa UPI itu dianggap serba bisa, mereka dianggap mampu mengakomodasi dan menyelesaikan permasalahan yang ada di masyarakat, dan yang paling penting adalah mahasiswa UPI dapat dipercaya.”
Lebih lanjut dikatakan, Pemkab Tasikmalaya memandang Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia sebagai universitas yang konsisten terhadap perkembangan pendidikan. UPI dianggap mempunyai kompetensi untuk mengelola masyarakat untuk menjadi tenaga pendidik, dan dengan berbagai potensi yang dimilikinya dianggap mampu menyelesaikan berbagai persoalan di masyarakat. Animo masyarakat Kabupaten Tasikmalaya terhadap pendidikan sangat tinggi, diharapkan mahasiswa KKN dapat mencerdaskan kehidupan masyarakat desa. Tenaga pendidik di wilayah kami sangat minim, kehadiran mahasiswa UPI dirasakan sangat membantu.
“Jika adik-adik mahasiswa KKN UPI mendapatkan kesulitan, hendaknya selalu konsultasi dengan pemerintah setempat seperti Kades, Camat dan unsur lainnya. Cepatlah beradaptasi, dan selalu menjaga adat istiadat masyarakat setempat. Bulan Juli ini bertepatan dengan hari jadi Kabupaten Tasikmalaya, dan nantinya mahasiswa akan banyak terlibat,” terangnya.
Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada UPI atas perhatiannya untuk melakansankan KKN di Kabupaten Tasikmalaya. Diharapkan kegiatan ini terus berlanjut. Jika diperlukan, kami siap melakukan MoU untuk memajukan pendidikan masyarakat Kabupaten Tasikmalaya.
Sementara itu, dalam kesempatan yang sama Camat Pager Ageung Enceng Muhtar menegaskan,”Secara garis besar, dengan hadirnya mahasiswa KKN UPI di wilayah kami, kami sangat bersyukur. Adanya mereka diharapkan dapat menyerap aspirasi masyarakat terutama dalam bidang pendidikan, dengan demikian Indeks Pembangunan Manusia (IPM) meningkat.”
Mahasiswa UPI diharapkan mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat melalui Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat (PKBM), lanjutnya, kemudian jangan memberikan contoh yang negatif. Ajaklah masyarakat dalam komunitas pengajian, lakukan pembinaan terhadap anak-anak ...
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Material from shellfish delivers a boost to bioassays and medical tests
UW News » Science
Engineering | News releases | Research | Science
July 17, 2017
Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered a simple way to raise the accuracy of diagnostic tests for medicine and common assays for laboratory research. By adding polydopamine — a material that was first isolated from shellfish — to these tests at a key step, the team could increase the sensitivity of these common bioassays by as many as 100 to 1,000 times.
More sensitive tests would allow scientists to identify pathogens, diseases and specific cellular proteins even when these “biomarkers” are present at levels far below the detection threshold of today’s standard tests. Initial results show polydopamine boosted the accuracy and resolution of these tests for biomarkers of HIV, Zika virus and proteins on cancerous tumors.
“Common bioassays are the real workhorses of laboratory experiments and medical tests,” said Xiaohu Gao, a UW professor of bioengineering. “By boosting the sensitivity of these tests, we can enable more accurate medical diagnoses earlier in a disease or condition, and enable more certainty and less waste in the research process.”
Gao led the team that developed this simple modification for many common medical and laboratory assays. They recently published their approach — known as enzyme-accelerated signal enhancement, or EASE — in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
An artistic rendering of a virus particle (light blue, foreground) bound by brightly-colored reporter molecules in a common laboratory assay.Junwei Li/Xiaohu Gao
EASE centers on the simple addition of two biochemical components, dopamine and horseradish peroxidase, or HRP, at a key step. HRP is a common protein enzyme used to speed up the rate of reactions in biomedical research. Gao and his team discovered that HRP can connect dopamine molecules together to form the polymer chain polydopamine. Polydopamine, in turn, accumulates on the surfaces of reaction vessels, such as small Petri dishes. Once the polydopamine is present, scientists can continue the traditional steps of ...
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Lee Hogge Joins Tribe Men’s Soccer Program
7/18/2017 4:43:00 PM
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary head men's soccer coach Chris Norris announced the addition of transfer Lee Hogge (Norfolk, Va./Maury) to the Tribe's 2017 roster. Hogge joins the Green and Gold after spending his first two collegiate seasons at South Carolina. "We are excited to be able to add Lee to our program," Norris said. "Lee had a very good youth career with Beach FC in Virginia Beach. He is extremely hard-working and conscientious. Lee possesses excellent technical ability, highlighted by a cultured left foot. He also exhibits a high soccer IQ. Lee is physically strong and has outstanding endurance. We anticipate Lee featuring primarily as a wide midfielder or winger, and expect him to challenge right away for playing time." In each of his two seasons at South Carolina, the Gamecocks posted 11 wins and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Hogge earned the Conference USA Academic Medal in each of his two seasons, maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher. He was also selected to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll during both campaigns. Hogge was a two-time First Team All-State selection playing for Maury High School in Norfolk. During his senior campaign in 2015, he tallied 12 goals and 12 assists on his way to being named a Second Team All-American by TopDrawerSoccer.com. Hogge was the Atlantic Conference and Group 5A South Region Player of the Year in 2015 as well. He played for the Beach FC 96 Red and helped his team win a number of titles, including the 2012 Virginia State Cup and the 2014 ASL U17 Boys title.
Hogge joins a Green and Gold squad that welcomes back 20 players for the 2017 campaign, including four of the top five scorers from a season ago. W&M won 12 games last season on its way to a berth to the CAA Championship match. The Tribe also put together a pair of ...
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Scholarship Campaign Doubles Goal, Expanding Opportunities for Boise State Students
UPDATE
Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, Boise State University has concluded its Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Opportunities scholarship campaign with gifts and pledges totaling more than $52 million, more than doubling the campaign’s original goal.
The four-and-a-half-year campaign was central to Boise State’s mission of providing affordable education to talented and committed students, easing the financial burden of the costs of earning an academic degree.
“Scholarships ensure that students from around Idaho and beyond have access to the high-quality education we provide at Boise State,” President Bob Kustra said. “Our scholarship students today are more engaged, more thoughtful and more passionate than ever before. They understand the value of a college education, and they work hard to get everything possible from it.”
Since the beginning of the campaign, nearly 18,000 donors provided gifts and pledges, resulting in a 34 percent increase in funds available to be awarded to students from privately funded scholarships in fall 2017. Gifts contributed toward the campaign include immediate-use funds, as well as scholarship endowment, providing investments for future scholarship growth and support.
“We are grateful to Boise State donors who overwhelmingly recognized the powerful impact scholarships have on the lives of our students. Every gift is important. Each one made a difference and helped to take this campaign over the top,” said Vice President of University Advancement Laura Simic.
About three-quarters of the nearly 24,000 Boise State students rely on some form of financial aid during their academic careers.
“Scholarships help motivate students in their studies, allow them time to focus on academics and demonstrate to them that they are coveted, lifelong members of the Bronco family. This investment ensures that great potential is not left unrealized because of an inability to bear the cost of a university education,” Simic said.
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