Cal Poly Pomona
POMONA – Taking a new look into the 2017 season, the Cal Poly Pomona women's soccer team revealed their playing schedule for the upcoming season. Coming off a fourth-place finish a year ago, Head Coach Jay Mason will look to improve on his team's 7-7-3 record going into his second year at the helm. The Broncos start things out on the road as they travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, for two matchups against Westminster College and Davenport University. CPP closes out their first road stint at Point Loma a few days later. Opening up the home schedule, the Broncos enjoy six straight matches on Kellogg Field, facing Cal Baptist and Seattle Pacific before beginning California Collegiate Athletic Association play against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Sept. 15. One of the bigger games of the season will come on the road for CPP, traveling to UC San Diego, last year's conference champions, on Sept. 29. Other strong road games for the Broncos included fifth-place finisher Cal State San Marcos and Stanislaus State, who knocked the Broncos out of the CCAA tournament in 2016. At home, the Broncos will play host to two top finishers in the CCAA, welcoming in Sonoma State and Cal State San Bernardino, both teams defeating CPP at their respective homes last year. The game against San Bernardino will be the final home game as the Broncos close out the regular season on Oct. 27 The CCAA playoffs will begin on Oct. 31 and run through Nov. 5 while the NCAA West Region Tournament is slated for Nov. 10. Print Friendly Version
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2017 Schedule Announced for Women's Soccer
‘Preparing for Wildfire’ Sessions in Ten Sleep, Worland | News
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July 19, 2017
Heavy fuel loads and dry conditions in the Big Horn Basin have prompted two “Preparing for Wildfire” sessions for rural homeowners.
The sessions are 6 p.m. Friday, July 28, at the Ten Sleep Community Center and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the Washakie County Fairgrounds in Worland.
University of Wyoming Extension Educator Caitlin Youngquist is collaborating with Karen Fenton of the Washakie County Conservation District to help landowners develop evacuation plans for livestock and pets, and provide information to create defensible space.
The recent fuels and fire behavior advisory from the Wind River Bighorn Basin District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) specifically targeted areas below elevation of 5,000 feet.
“We encourage everyone to think about how and where they will move their animals should fire threaten their homes,” Youngquist says. “All of the spring moisture this year contributed to exceptional growth of annual grasses like cheatgrass. The fuel loads are very high, and we have already had four rapidly moving fires in Washakie County.”
The fires, one started by a chain dragging on a highway, burned over 3,500 acres.
Many rural residents have an assortment of animals and pets such as dogs, horses, 4-H animals, chickens and others, which increases the complexity and difficulty of evacuation, Fenton says.
“These workshops will provide residents with information on steps to help defend their property against wildfire and creating evacuation plans for not only family members, but also pets and livestock,” she says. “The bottom line is that no one else can make an evacuation plan for your property, and having a plan will save precious time, and maybe even lives, in the case of an evacuation. Don’t put it off.”
Eve Warren, fire ecologist with the BLM, in the fuels and fire advisory, called this year’s grass growth remarkable, with fine fuel loads more than 50 percent higher than average for ...
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Food Science's Morawicki Speaks on Sustainability, Food Waste at International Event
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Ruben Morawicki, an associate professor of food science in the U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and with the System Division of Agriculture, recently presented speeches on food sustainability and food waste in Japan.
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The UWI Aligns to Global Business Needs
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The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St. Augustine has entered in an historic agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre Management Company Limited (TTIFC) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The MOU will ensure that UWI graduates are better prepared to work with global businesses invited to invest in Trinidad and Tobago. The execution of the MOU will be piloted in the Department of Management Studies. TTIFC’s mandate is to help diversify the economy of Trinidad and Tobago by attracting foreign companies to set up operations locally and to hire individuals to work for foreign clients of those companies. It will help to create jobs while earning the country foreign exchange. A further area of focus is on developing a scalable industry by facilitating a continued flow of skilled employees for the benefit of local and international financial firms seeking to establish shared service centres, banking, financial services, and insurance business process outsourcing centres, as well as finance and accounting outsourcing operations in Trinidad and Tobago. At today’s signing, Campus Principal, Professor Brian Copeland reiterated his vision which forms part of The UWI’s new strategic focus on access, alignment and agility. He stressed the significance of this MOU as the Campus plans to ensure that what is taught engages with business and commerce in the country. Professor Copeland further emphasised The UWI’s commitment to creating an innovative and entrepreneurial University, a vital partner to industry and to governments in Caribbean development. The St. Augustine Campus, he said, can be a major catalyst in economic diversification through its teaching and outreach programmes. As a higher education institution established to contribute to national and regional development through the provision of relevant educational programmes producing industry-ready graduates, The UWI is industry’s ideal partner to achieve that objective. One ...
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The Trump Effect: Despite Increase in Political Activism, Few Women Seek Office
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A new study by AU School of Public Affairs Professor Jennifer Lawless, and Loyola Marymount University Professor Richard Fox, found an increase in political activism among women after the 2016 presidential election. However, the researchers also found that women continue to lag behind men in political ambition.
Lawless, who is the director of SPA's Women & Politics Institute, said they surveyed more than 2,000 employed, college-educated women and men of both political parties.
The survey findings were released by Politico and at a recent event held at the at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The survey assessed feelings about Trump's election, his policy goals, and his character. Overall, negative perceptions dominated, which have prompted an increase in political activism, particularly among female Democrats. In fact, the number of Democratic women who said they signed a petition or political letter more than tripled after the election - from 11 percent to 39 percent. Those who donated money to a Democratic candidate or cause also increased - from 6 to 24 percent. Prior to the election of Trump, only 4 percent of Democratic women had participated in a march or rally. Compare this to post election, when 19 percent reported attending the recent Women's March or a similar event.
When surveyed, 23 percent of women said they have "considered" seeking office, while 38 percent of men said the same. That 15-point gap is nearly identical to the 16-point difference Fox and Lawless found in similar surveys from 2001 and 2011.
"Is Donald Trump's presidency really pushing women everywhere to throw their hats into the political ring?" asked Lawless. "No. That would be quite a feat, as the gender gap in political ambition has gone on for decades. Women are significantly less likely than men to be interested in running for office."
The survey did reveal a small difference between political parties. Among Democratic women, 24 percent said they'd considered running for office, while 20 ...
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Getting Oriented
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Welcome to UAlbany, new freshmen and transfers!
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 17, 2017) – Matthew Martinez remembers the day his family dropped him off at UAlbany to begin his freshman year.
When it was time for them to leave, Matt turned around to see his little brother with his head down, crying.
“What’s the matter?” Matt asked.
“You’re leaving me,” said his brother.
It was a tough moment.
“I love my little brother more than anything in the whole world,” said Matt, a criminal justice and political science major from Brooklyn, N.Y. Matt reassured him that he would come home to visit, and that even though he was away at college, he would always be there for his brother.
It meant a lot to Matt that his family came to see him off and that they support him.
Matt, an Educational Opportunities Program student who is entering his sophomore year, told this story at a recent orientation session for families of incoming freshmen.
Speakers from various offices on campus covered topics including career development, keeping your laptop safe (lock your dorm room door when you’re not there) and homesickness. Matt and three other orientation leaders – Pam Mejia, Jaleen Fraser and Shelby Mack – talked about how they successfully made the transition from home to university life.
From left, Shelby Mack, Pam Mejia, Matthew Martinez and Jaleen Fraser welcome incoming freshmen and their families to UAlbany.
Approximately 2,300 freshmen and 1,300 transfer students are attending Orientation sessions through July 31. The sessions are run by the Office of Orientation and Transition Programs.
Jaleen, who will be a junior in the fall, responded to a question about tutoring. “First semester I got a 3.0. The next semester, I went to tutoring for every class and I made the Dean’s List,” she said. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Jaleen is a human biology major ...
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Clemson apps turn phones into personal assistants for people with intellectual disabilities
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CLEMSON — Students and faculty at Clemson University have developed two smartphone apps to provide practical, real-world assistance to help people with intellectual disabilities maintain employment and live independently.
The ClemsonLIFE Task Analysis app aids individuals in the completion of everyday tasks for home and work, while the ClemsonLIFE Meal Planner app helps users develop a weekly meal plan, manage inventory in a pantry and populate a grocery list that ensures they buy required food items each week.
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English professor remembers Jane Austen, 200 years later
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Susan Greenfield, Ph.D., professor of English, became taken with novelist Jane Austen as a teenager. And as she went on to become a scholar of 18th Century literature, and Jane Austen in particular, she was recently afforded the opportunity to discuss the author on WBUR, a Boston public radio station and NPR affiliate, on the centennial of Austen’s death.
Susan Greenfield
In the interview, which aired on July 18th, Greenfield talked about what drew her to study Austen.
“As I grew older, I really appreciated her humor and insight. As a scholar, I find myself fascinated by so many things—by her literary technique, her narrative perspective, by her use of irony, and, particularly, her satire of human greed and cruelty and her critique of the abusive power, what we might call the patriarchal power, but not only [that], but class power, colonial power … she’s more relevant than ever at this moment in history.”
As WBUR had just aired a segment on the current healthcare debate prior to the interview about Jane Austen, Greenfield said it was easy to see why the novelist’s work has such contemporary relevance.
“Jane Austen is extremely interested in the difference between people who care about other people’s lives, and those who don’t,” she said.
Listen to the entire interview, which runs about 20 minutes and also includes insight from Whit Stillman, director of Love and Friendship, an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Lady Susan, here.
Related:
Read about “Homelessness: Literary Representation and Historical Reality,” an undergraduate course Greenfield taught in 2015, using a literary approach to examine the complex issues surrounding homelessness.
In this piece from 2013, Greenfield wrote about the 200th anniversary of one of Austen’s most well-known novels, Pride and Prejudice.
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JOHN FLUETTE ELEVATED FROM VOLUNTEER TO ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH
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Jul 19, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento State head volleyball coach Ruben Volta announced today that John Fluette, who has spent the past two years as a volunteer assistant with the program, has been elevated to assistant coach for the upcoming indoor season.Fluette will join Volta and assistant Ed Jackson on the team's coaching staff. The Antelope, Calif., native also spent the past five years playing for the Sacramento State men's club volleyball team.Over the last two seasons as volunteer assistant with the Hornets, Fluette (pronounced Floo-ett) has run the video and statistical programs, helped facilitate drills at practice, and has been heavily involved with opponent scouting. During his two seasons, Sacramento State has combined for a 46-19 overall record and 25-7 mark in league play. That includes the Hornets' first Big Sky South Division championship last year. In fact, during that 2016 season, Sacramento State was the No. 2 seed at the eight-team Big Sky Tournament after finishing the year with a 13-3 conference record.The Hornets weren't far off from hosting the 2016 postseason tournament but North Dakota narrowly edged Sacramento State for the right to host the event. The Hornets have yet to lose a home match to a Big Sky opponent during Fluette's tenure, as the team will carry a 16-match home winning streak against conference competition into the 2017 season.In addition, Sacramento State received five all-Big Sky selections in 2016, the most of any of the conference's 12 teams. Moreover, the five selections tied for the most awarded to the program since Sacramento State joined the Big Sky in 1996."John has done a very good job the past couple seasons," Volta said. "He has helped immensely in the gym training our team and working with our scouting and video editing programs. We've been very happy with him as part of our staff, and he brings experience having enjoyed a very ...
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African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans : Newscenter : School of Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS – Patients who are activated--meaning they have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care--have better health outcomes. A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated as White veterans.In addition to demonstrating an association between race and lower patient activation, the study shows that the relationship between African-American veterans and their mental health providers is not as strong as the relationship between White veterans and their providers. This difference persisted after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and the study participants’ length of time with their providers. Stronger patient-provider relationships--known as working alliances--have been linked to higher treatment adherence. The study also reported that the African-American veterans had significantly lower medication adherence rates than White veterans."A clear implication from this study is that one size does not fit all. We need to tailor our efforts to meet the needs of African-American veterans--and meet them where they are," said VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research investigator Johanne Eliacin, PhD, the health services researcher who led the new study. "When it comes to being activated and engaged in their own health care, African-American veterans have more specific challenges that need to be better understood and addressed."There needs to be more research to develop strategies to motivate patients to be involved in their care and to work more effectively with their providers. And we need to learn how to help them sustain engagement over time." Dr. Eliacin is a clinical psychologist and psychological anthropologist. She also has an appointment as an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Her research focuses on sociocultural determinants of mental health and on reducing health disparities. ...
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Unlocking the Secrets of Developmental Physiology
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“Cal State San Marcos is providing a center for learning and discovery in North San Diego County while strongly serving the region.”
-- Dr. Casey Mueller
Dr. Casey Mueller has been intrigued with animals since she was a little girl growing up on a farm stocked with sheep and cattle in Australia. After being the first generation of her family to attend college, Mueller is now an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Cal State San Marcos, where her lab explores concepts in developmental physiology with a focus on environmental changes.
Since arriving at CSUSM two years ago, Mueller has provided research opportunities for five undergraduate students, organized symposia on developmental physiology, and been invited to conferences throughout the country and Europe.
“I am fascinated by how physiological systems develop and respond to the environment, and how developmental physiology influences animals later in life,” she said.
Mueller studies local species of frogs and fish.
“We are the first lab to study developmental physiology of the relatively abundant Baja California chorus frog,” she said. “Our research will help to understand how this frog continues to be successful, while so many other species of amphibians are in worldwide decline.”
Mueller moved to CSUSM in the fall of 2015 to teach physiology after earning her Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and completing postdoctoral work at the University of North Texas and McMaster University in Canada. She couldn’t be happier.
“CSUSM is providing a center for learning and discovery in North San Diego County,” she said. “Most of the students are local, and for dedicated students, CSUSM can serve as a platform to go on to even greater things. Helping them in this process, is very rewarding.”
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Save the Date! Collegewide Fall Opening Meeting Aug. 21
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Please mark your calendars and join Dr. Pollard and your colleagues for the Collegewide Fall Opening Meeting at The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center (PAC) on the Rockville Campus, Monday, August 21. A continental breakfast reception will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the PAC Lobby, with the President's Meeting taking place at 9 a.m. The meeting will be followed by vice president/provost unit meetings and deans' area meetings on their home campus. More information regarding the Opening Meeting and Professional Week is available on the Fall Opening Meeting website at http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department.aspx?id=81727
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Campus Teaches Soft Skills to Students
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As Rasmussen College’s learning center coordinator, my role involves providing students with academic support and learning experiences outside of the classroom. As a champion of academic success and a facilitator of lifelong learning, I stand tall by the importance of classroom/curriculum intelligence and am a firm believer in (the often more important) soft skills set. As our students graduate and enter their careers it is vital that they are well versed in their respective field of study and are fluent in soft skills. The term soft skill can be ambiguous; however, I will define it as preferential qualities for employment that do not depend on acquired/learned knowledge. Soft skills can be viewed as personal attributes that benefit interaction, performance and communication. Examples of soft skills can include but are not limited to: integrity, dependability, self-supervising and willingness to learn. Soft skills are indispensable because they play a vital role in career success; these skills help one to shine in the workplace and the importance of soft skills surely cannot be denied in this day and age of knowledge and information. Understanding the importance of both hard and soft skills and its role in student holistic development, I have created a Soft Skills Set Series to be held in our New Port Richey West Pasco Campus Learning Center. This series will focus on six soft skills; each of which will be presented to new-start and returning students with the assistance of our program coordinators. The Soft Skills Set Series is a great opportunity for our students to have conversations and to learn about real world work expectations and demands. The series will address the following skills: Work Ethic – Do you have motivation & dedication to getting the job done? Positive Attitude – Are you optimistic and upbeat? Communication Skills – Do you have good verbal & listening skills? Self-confidence – Do you believe ...
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Miami among top producers of Fortune 500 CEOs
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Beyond Fortune 500 companies, Miami boasts corporate and agency leaders both with business and non-business degrees.
Money magazine asked, “What sort of education does it take to climb to the top of America’s largest companies?” The answer: The sort of well-rounded education Miami University provides.
Miami made Money’s Top 10 list for CEOs of Fortune 500 companies – and the magazine points out that Miami is the only school in the top 10 with two female Fortune 500 CEOs to its credit.
The magazine analyzed the recently released Fortune 500 list of companies representing two-thirds of the U.S. gross domestic product.
They created a list of the top 10 schools with the most alumni in the Fortune 500’s top seat, ordering the list by the number of undergraduate degrees each school confers.
The editors found elite schools in the mix, but also liberal arts schools and public universities. Miami is both — a public, liberal arts university.
The editors write, “You might be surprised that just as many Fortune 500 CEOs went to this small Midwestern liberal arts school as such big-name schools as MIT, Yale, and Vanderbilt. But Miami U’s alumni and current students aren’t. They say the university offers a rigorous liberal arts curriculum that prepares its students for all kinds of challenges. Miami is also the only school in the top 10 with more than one female CEO to its credit.”
Money lists these Miami graduates who lead Fortune 500 companies:
Beyond Fortune 500 companies, Miami boasts corporate and agency leaders both with business and non-business degrees.
A sampling of Farmer School of Business grads who are corporate leaders:
Mitch Barns - Nielsen
David Dauch - American Axle
Scott Farmer - Cintas
Michelle Imler - JPMorgan Chase
Brian Niccol –Taco Bell
Jeff Osterfeld - Penn Station East Coast Subs
Scott White - New Avon
A sampling of CEOs, COOs and VPs from Miami’s College ...
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UNCG research: birds, bees and barbershops
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African American barbershops have long been places for the black community to open up, to speak freely.
And Dr. Tanya Coakley is looking to them in her attempt to help foster better health communication between fathers and sons.
A professor in the Department of Social Work, Coakley recently received a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study how African American fathers talk to their sons about sexual health. One of the study goals is to reduce sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) and teen pregnancy.
She has enlisted a network of barbershops in Greensboro, Charlotte and Reidsville to help recruit participants.
“Barbershops are pillars in the African American community. People respect them,” Coakley says. “So that seemed like a natural resource to tap into.”
The research, which includes collaborators at NC A&T State University and Duke University, focuses on pre-adolescent sons.
“We would like to reach boys before they engage in sexual activity,” she says. “We’re helping fathers think about what to say to their sons and when to say it.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African American males between the ages of 13 and 24 account for half of HIV infections among all youth. They are also disproportionately affected by other STDs.
Coakley is determining the frequency of the conversations taking place and examining the content of those conversations.
“We’ll talk to fathers and sons,” she says. “Because sometimes the father’s report will be different from the son’s. They may think they said something or covered a topic, but the son heard something different.”
What fathers should not do, Coakley has found, is glorify sex in sharing their own experience or, for that matter, solely talk about the negative aspects of sex, which might cause sons to dismiss anything else they have to say.
Many fathers, Coakley says, don’ ...
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Six steps to start changing how Africa does development
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The current pace of globalization gives no choice to small developing countries: they must integrate into world markets if they wish to succeed. Africa has more than its fair share of small poor economies because of fragmentation that it inherited from European colonizers, making Africa the continent most prone to ethnic-based conflicts. Yet, African countries impose the heaviest artificial barriers around their borders on top of this. It’s time to change this.
Go sub-continental
Except for the two dominant economies––South Africa and Nigeria––the continent is made up of countries that have small domestic markets, limited economic diversification, and generally poor connectivity with neighboring countries, reducing proximity between economic agents within Africa, and between Africa and the rest of the world. Yet, the approach of the international community (specifically, developed countries and international financial institutions) to help Africa has so far been essentially country-specific, and putting out regional fires that threaten to become global: genocides, pandemics, religious conflicts, etc.
This approach has merits, but a continent suffering on a permanent basis from the triple disadvantages of low economic density, long distance to markets, and deep divisions needs a different strategy. My research indicates that it would benefit enormously from a regional approach, as argued by the World Development Report 2009.
One way to do this is by granting preferential access to leading world markets to the region, as intended by the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Everything But Arms (EBA), two preferential agreements extended by the United States and the European Union, respectfully, since 2001. But not all African countries have benefited from this access, among which are West African countries. Paradoxically, West Africa hosts two of the most advanced regional economic communities. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) shares a common monetary policy that has held inflation down and constitutes a customs union with a compensation ...
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Juarez and Minh Groups Discover New Structural Motif in Essential Vibrio Cholerae Enzyme
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The research groups of Oscar Juarez, assistant professor of biology, and David Minh, assistant professor of chemistry, have discovered a new structural motif in an essential Vibrio cholerae enzyme that could lead to important drug development.
The increasing threat from multi-drug-resistant strains of disease-causing bacteria means that we need to develop novel antibiotics that target essential structures and mechanisms of these microorganisms. The main research focus of Juarez and his group is an essential protein for cell proliferation and pathogenicity of infectious bacterial species such as Vibrio cholerae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and numerous others. This enzyme is the sodium-dependent NADH dehydrogenase (Na+-NQR), a cell membrane protein that couples the transport of electrons to the pumping of sodium ions (Na+) across and outside of the membrane, establishing a Na+ gradient that can be used by the bacterium to power essential metabolic processes.
One analogy for Na+-NQR is a watermill. Energy is generated as water flows through the wheel. For Na+-NQR, electrons act as the water, moving within the enzyme through a series of non-protein chemical molecules called cofactors, from a high to subsequent lower energy states, generating energy that the enzyme can use to pump sodium ions. Without the cofactors within the enzyme, electrons could not be transported and thus they are vitally important to the operation of the enzyme.
In a recent scientific article published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, [1] Juarez’s research group detailed its discovery involving the precise location of the final electron-accepting cofactor, ubiquinone, within the enzyme. A previous publication [2] by the Juarez lab identified HQNO (N-oxo-2-heptyl-4-Hydroxyquinoline), based on enzyme kinetics data, to be an inhibitor competing for the ubiquinone binding site within Na+-NQR, disrupting its function. However, the location of ubiquinone binding site has been highly debated. In collaboration with Minh, computer simulations and molecular docking models were ...
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College of DuPage Announces Scholars Award Recipients
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By Brian KleemannCollege of DuPage has announced 196 incoming students as Scholars Award recipients
for fall 2017.The awards fall into three categories: Presidential, a 64-semester hour full tuition
scholarship; Board of Trustees, which is $2,500 per year; and Deans, which is $1,000
per year.This year’s Presidential Scholars are as follows (listed by hometown and then with
high school attended):Aurora: Angello DiMonte, Metea Valley; Marianne Duran, Waubonsie Valley; Tejaswi Kandula,
Metea Valley; Bartlomiej Kubiak, Metea ValleyBensenville: Evan Ripperger, FentonBloomingdale: Ridas Jagelavicius, Glenbard East; Joseph Pusateri, Lake ParkBolingbrook: Rachel Irwin, Downers Grove North; Jacqueline Pawl, Downers Grove SouthBrookfield: Hunter Jasinski, Lyons TownshipCarol Stream: Sean Fisher, Glenbard North; Nauman Khan, Wheaton North; Gina Maggiore, West ChicagoCountryside: Stephen Romero, Lyons TownshipDowners Grove: David Campbell III, Downers Grove South; David Cimbalista, Homeschooled; Audrey Staron,
Downers Grove North; Tiffany Wang, Downers Grove SouthElmhurst: Kevin Brownlie, YorkGlendale Heights: Austin Novak, Glenbard East; Retaj Omar, Islamic Foundation; Brandon Quigley, Glenbard
EastGlen Ellyn: Yusuf Baggia, Glenbard South; Maryam Ghouse, Islamic Foundation; Maxwell Gobleder,
Glenbard South; Scott Lupa, Glenbard South; Ethan Moon, Glenbard West; Michael Santana,
Glenbard South; Grace Wagner, Glenbard WestHanover Park: James Firme, Lake ParkLemont: Adam Popper, LemontLisle: Rachel Chapman, Homeschooled; Collin Leger, Downers Grove NorthLombard: Amanda Chapman, Glenbard East; Sophia Flicek, Willowbrook; Dylan Goodale, Glenbard
East; Christopher Latelle, Glenbard East; Samantha Leide, Timothy Christian; Lauren
Martin, Willowbrook; Daisy Mendez, Glenbard East; Paul Zaccone, Glenbard EastNaperville: Gabrielle Canlas, Naperville Central; Olivia Celinski, Metea Valley; Andrew Ehrler,
Metea Valley; Abir Khan, Metea Valley; Cory Lhotka, Naperville Central; Brittany Schloderback,
Neuqua Valley; Gracie Wajda, Metea Valley; Alexander Warner, Neuqua ValleyRoselle: Alyssa Kuman, Lake ParkWarrenville: Wade Ammons, Wheaton Warrenville South; Michelle Campos, Wheaton Warrenville South;
Benjamin Cavanaugh, Wheaton Warrenville South; Michael Muzik, HomeschooledWest Chicago: Garrett Hosticka, West ChicagoWheaton: Patrick McNally, Wheaton North; Lynn Nguyen, Wheaton Warrenville South; Gabriella
Zaffer, Glenbard WestWillow Springs: Alexandra Manaves, Lyons TownshipWoodridge: Mason Monen, Downers Grove NorthThis ...
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At Tufts Medical Center, pressure to cut costs in a city rich with hospitals
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In many cities, for patients needing complex medical care, Tufts Medical Center would be the only destination in town.But in Boston, a city rich with big hospitals, Tufts has long been overshadowed by larger competitors with more prestigious names and deeper pockets.
The disparities between Tufts and its competitors have been thrown into sharp relief by an ugly labor dispute. On Wednesday, more than 1,200 members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association went on strike after the union and the hospital failed to come to terms on staffing levels, wages, and retirement benefits.Like all care providers, Tufts says it’s under pressure to control costs, especially as uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act continues to loom.
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But even as it has grown its network of doctors and formed new partnerships with other hospitals, the Tufts University-affiliated medical center lacks the market clout to demand the same level of payments from insurers as rivals such as Brigham and Women’s receive.
Nurses demonstrated Wednesday
Nurses flooded the streets outside Tufts Medical Center Wednesday in the first strike of its kind at a major Boston hospital in 31 years.
Tufts says it simply has less money to spend, and that’s why it can’t and won’t meet its nurses’ financial demands. The nonprofit hospital, along with its doctors network, ended its last fiscal year with a small operating loss of $2.6 million. It collected $974.5 million in revenue in the year ending Sept. 30, 2016.
“I think the root cause is that Tufts has to compete with the other academic medical centers in the city, and they don’t get the same level of reimbursement,” said David E. Williams, a consultant at Health Business Group in Boston. “The disparities of the payments ...
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Air Transport Research Society, Embry-Riddle Announce Results of Global Airport Performance
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has been named the most efficient airport in the world. This marks the 14th year ATL, the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, has received the Efficiency Excellence Award from ATRS, a worldwide research network guided by a 16-member task force of leading academics from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.
Dr. Michael Williams, professor and dean of the College of Business at Embry-Riddle presented the worldwide Efficiency Excellence Award to Balram Bheodari, Deputy General Manager of Atlanta Airport.
“This award is a testament to the forefathers who designed the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport so efficiently,” said Bheodari. “This efficiency allows ATL to be cost competitive and operationally efficient to maximize operations, all of which contributes to the continuous growth of the airport.”
The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Project measures and compares the performance of several important aspects of airport operations: Productivity and efficiency, unit costs and cost competitiveness, financial results and airport charges. The report also examines the relationships between various performance measures and airport characteristics as well as management strategies in order to provide a better understanding of observed differences in airport performance. The 2017 report includes 206 airports and 24 airport groups of various sizes and ownership forms in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.
The ATRS Annual Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Project was initiated in 2000 and is currently hosted at Embry-Riddle’s College of Business in Daytona Beach, Florida. Students in the College of Business collect and compile data, conduct analysis and generate the annual report under the supervision of Benchmarking Task Force Project Manager Dr. Chunyan Yu, Professor of Air Transport Management.
Other winners across the globe include:
North America:Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport – 25-40 million-passengersVancouver International Airport - 10-25 million-passengersKahului Airport – under 10 million-passengers
Europe: Overall Winner: Athens International Airport – also the 10-25 million-passengersAmsterdam Airport – over 40 million-passengersCopenhagen Airport – 25-40 million-passengersEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse ...
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Researchers identify a common underlying genetic basis for social behavior in dogs and humans
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Dogs' ability to communicate and interact with humans is one the most astonishing differences between them and their wild cousins, wolves. A new study identifies genetic changes that are linked to dogs' human-directed social behaviors and suggests there is a common underlying genetic basis for hyper-social behavior in both dogs and their human companions.
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Allie Janoch (B.S. '09, Computer Science) Brings Stormwater Management to Silicon Valley
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
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Column: Internet must remain open for everyone
State News Opinions
With the Federal Communication Commission’s public comment period on net neutrality officially closed, the world now waits to see how the Trump administration will react to millions of people, as well as tech giants and digital rights advocates, demanding the internet remain open and free.
The internet, with all of its unlimited, nearly unfathomable potential, is far too powerful and vital to trust in the hands of a few corporations that already control so much of how information is accessed and used.
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Raghu Mirmira named director of Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
IU
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana University School of Medicine will continue its nationally recognized work in the scientific discovery of innovative medical treatments and care for children with the appointment of Raghu G. Mirmira, MD, PhD, as director of the school’s Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, which is associated with Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.Dr. Mirmira is an international leader in Type 1 diabetes research—specifically the biology of islet cells, which include the beta cells that produce insulin in the pancreases of healthy people, but are attacked by one’s own immune system in people who develop Type 1 diabetes. Amongst his many achievements, Dr. Mirmira’s research studies have led to the discovery and characterization of fast-acting insulin analogues, which are widely used by patients with diabetes today. He first came to IU in 2008, after Eli Lilly and Co. made a philanthropic gift to Riley Children’s Foundation in 2006 to establish the Eli Lilly and Co. Pediatric Diabetes Research Laboratories at Riley Hospital.
As director of the Wells Center, Dr. Mirmira will lead efforts to increase research collaboration amongst scientists and physicians to accelerate the development of new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases, as well as providing an outstanding training environment for students, residents and fellows. Seven interdisciplinary working groups within the center focus on research related to asthma and allergic diseases, basic diabetes research, cardiovascular genetics, developmental cardiology, hematologic malignancies and stem cells, infectious diseases and global health, and molecular oncology and experimental therapeutics.
The new position will be an addition to Dr. Mirmira’s current roles as Eli Lilly and Co. Professor of Pediatric Diseases, director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, professor of pediatrics and medicine, and adjunct professor of physiology and biochemistry at IU School of Medicine.
Dr. Mirmira said he is looking forward to leading such ...
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Screening method reveals glioblastoma drug target
Northwestern Now: Summaries
Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD, associate professor of Pathology and Neurological Surgery, was a co-author of the Nature paper.
A team of scientists has developed a new method for identifying drug targets in the aggressive brain tumor glioblastoma and discovered that a key gene — previously overlooked by traditional approaches — may represent a promising new target for therapy.
The study, published in the journal Nature, was co-authored by Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD, associate professor of Pathology and Neurological Surgery.
Glioblastoma, the most common form of adult brain tumor, is a lethal cancer with a median survival of just 15 months. There is no cure, and current treatment options tend to extend patients’ lifespan only modestly.
Previously, most laboratory research in the area has focused on in vitro cellular models. But drug therapies based on targets discovered in vitro have had limited clinical success for glioblastoma patients, in part because such cell models poorly match how the cancer behaves in humans.
“What works against cancer cells in a dish doesn’t necessarily work when the same cells are grown in mice. Something that works very well in mice is more likely to work in patients, but it is far too expensive and laborious to test every new drug in mice without first testing it in a dish,” Horbinski said. “It’s very frustrating for everyone, including scientists, doctors and especially patients.”
In the current study, Horbinski and collaborators demonstrated a new, more efficient method to screen for potential drug targets in glioblastoma.
The team developed an in vivo functional screening strategy — using models of mice implanted with human glioblastoma cells, which closely mirrored the natural tumor environment — to identify changes in cancer gene regulation. They then compared those results with screening results from cells in a dish. The scientists discovered that many of the genes necessary for cancer cell growth in the brain were ...
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Adrian Talbott appointed executive director of UChicago Institute of Politics
UChicago News
Adrian Talbott, a leader in civic engagement at the University of Chicago, has been appointed executive director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.Talbott, who serves as director of strategy, research initiatives and development in the Office of Civic Engagement, will join the Institute of Politics on Aug. 1. Talbott’s experience prior to joining the University in 2014 includes co-founding and serving as executive director of Generation Engage, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing civic participation among college-age youth.
“Adrian has devoted his life to encouraging young people of all political persuasions to become active, engaged citizens; for him, this work is not a job but a mission,” said David Axelrod, the founder and director of the Institute of Politics. “He has the experience, energy and commitment to help build on the tremendous momentum the IOP has established in five short years on campus. We are thrilled to welcome him.”
The nonpartisan Institute of Politics is a leader on campus and across the country in igniting a passion for politics and public service among young people, through speakers and visiting fellows, career development programs, and opportunities for civic engagement and community service. Talbott will oversee the institute’s extracurricular programs and staff, while advancing new initiatives and building and strengthening partnerships with other units of the University and outside organizations.
Axelrod thanked the institute’s outgoing executive director, Steve Edwards, who was instrumental in growing institute programing and building its strong staff. Edwards was recently appointed vice president and chief content officer at WBEZ, Chicago’s public radio station.
“The IOP would not be what it is today without Steve Edwards,” Axelrod said. “His brilliant, sensitive leadership has earned him the love and respect of IOP students and staff and my undying gratitude. We borrowed him from journalism five years ago and return him today, trailed by a litany ...
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Music for a Summer Evening
BU Today
There may be no finer place to be this evening than the Hatch Shell on Boston’s Charles River Esplanade. Oh, you’ll have to share space with a couple of thousand fellow citizens. But it will be worth it. For tonight marks the start of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s 2017 season of free summer concerts.
Comprising some of the Boston area’s finest professional musicians, the BLO has earned a reputation for presenting eclectic classical music concerts on the Hatch Shell, as well as for performing in city neighborhoods, youth centers, and public parks. Since its founding in 2001, the orchestra has played classical music from a range of composers in a fun, approachable way.
Tonight’s opening concert, titled Music for a Summer Evening, includes, appropriately, Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a work for voice and orchestra that nostalgically recalls a child’s memories of summer. The lush piece is based on a largely autobiographical prose poem by Pulitzer-winner James Agee. First performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1948, Barber’s composition has become a staple of 20th-century classical music.
Led by musical director Christopher Wilkins, the orchestra will also perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite, one of the British composer’s most famous pieces, originally written for a military band; Frederick Delius’ Summer Evening, one of three tone poems created between 1888 and 1890; The Blue Planet, a 10-minute orchestral work by Peggy Stuart Coolidge that later became the official theme song for the World Wildlife Fund (Coolidge was the first female American composer to have a recording made of her symphonic works); excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s five-act opera I vespri siciliani; and Edward Elgar’s moving Enigma Variations, composed in 1899. The composition features 14 variations on a single theme—each said to be a musical sketch of various friends of the composer’s. Elgar’s most ...
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Mānoa: UH researchers available to discuss July king tides
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MEDIA ADVISORYUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaContact:Posted: Jul 18, 2017Link to video of June 2017 low tide and king tide (details below): http://bit.ly/2u6Z5EZWhat: The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa can provide researchers and experts in the days leading up to, and the day of, the July king tides.Where:Location 1 - Duke Kahanamoku statue at Waikīkī BeachLocation 2 - lifeguard station 1C in Ala Moana Regional Park (map)When: July 21, 2:00 p.m. at both locations (tide is expected to peak at about 3:08 p.m.)Who: Experts and researchers from the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology’s Department of Geology and Geophysics and the UH Sea Level Center, and State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural ResourcesWhy: The last of the upcoming peak astronomic tides of the summer, known as king tides, are occurring on July 21 and July 22. The tides are expected to be among the highest recorded since record keeping started 112 years ago. The king tides may produce flooding events and will provide a glimpse of what will eventually become routine with continued global warming and sea-level rise. The next king tides will occur in November.VIDEO:Low tide and the June king tide comparison b-roll (1 minute, 30 seconds):- (00) Māpunapuna at Āhua and Kilihau Streets (1 shot low tide and 2 shots king tide)- (:30) Ala Wai Canal from McCully Street Bridge (1 shot low and 2 shots king tide)- (1:00) Waikīkī Beach (1 shot low and 2 shots king tide)Photo resource: Hawai‘i Sea Grant Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/156807380@N03/albums###
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Graduate Program Assistant
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The Graduate Program Assistant position is posted in an attempt to locate additional applicants. The position is posted on the external site http://www.gcsujobs.com. It is open to all applicants and will remain open until filled. The link to the position is: https://www.gcsujobs.com/postings/4909.If you know of someone who will be a good fit, please provide the posting information. Questions may be directed to Human Resources at 478-445-5596.
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Delta Officially Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Facility at Georgia Tech
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Delta Officially Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Facility at Georgia Tech
July 19, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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From left, Don McConnell, Georgia Tech vice president of Industry Collaboration; Steve Cross, Georgia Tech executive vice president for Research, Gil West, Delta’s senior executive vice president and chief operating officer, David Garrison, senior vice president for Engineering, Quality, Planning and Logistics for Delta; Tad Hutcheson, senior vice president of the Delta Air Lines Foundation; and Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson cut the ribbon on the new Delta Air Lines Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility at Georgia Tech.
Nearly three months after opening its Global Innovation Center in Tech Square, Delta Air Lines cut the ribbon on its new Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility on 14th Street in a special ceremony July 19.
“We’re really excited about the partnership with Delta,” said Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson. “This facility is a little different. Our students, faculty, staff and researchers will be able to develop products, and it provides Delta an opportunity to collaborate with its partners.”
Made possible by a $3 million gift from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, the facility was designed to be an integrated physical and cyber manufacturing technology testbed as well as a demonstration and teaching facility. The Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility (AMPF) will be a flagship component of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute as a location where early-stage concepts can go from idea to reality.
“Over the last two years, inspired by insights gained from our close collaboration in manufacturing research with industry partners, faculty members from the schools of Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Interactive Computing came together to define the requirements for a learning and research facility that will provide the foundation for future innovations in digital manufacturing,” said Don McConnell, Georgia ...
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Report on Trump budget focuses on regulatory spending
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While President Donald Trump has pledged an all-out effort to do away with wasteful regulations, his proposed 2018 budget would increase federal spending on regulatory agencies by 3.5 percent, according to a new report issued July 18, 2017 by the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis and the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University.
“President Trump’s proposed budget calls for more staff and resources for agencies responsible for immigration and border protection, while reducing staff and resources at other agencies, particularly those focused on the environment,” concluded the authors, whose annual reports track shifts in regulatory spending across nearly six decades.
The current budget analysis, conducted by Melinda Warren of the Weidenbaum Center and Susan Dudley of the Regulatory Studies Center, reveals that the president’s requested 3.4-percent increase in expenditures for federal regulatory departments and agencies is two times the increase President Obama got for those same regulators in 2017.
Highlights:
Although President Trump has made reducing regulatory burdens a priority, he proposes to increase the regulators’ budget in FY 2018.
The proposed 2018 regulators’ budget reflects a 3.4% real increase in expenditures.
The proposed increase is twice the 1.7% increase estimated in 2017.
Proposed outlays are $69.4B for 2018 compared to $65.9B in 2017 and $63.7B in 2016.
Proposed staffing levels would decline by 0.5%—from 281,300 full-time personnel in 2017 to 279,992 in 2018. In 2017, regulatory agency staffing increased 1.5%.
Some agencies are budgeted for significant increases in both expenditures and staff, while others face dramatic cuts.
Agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) focused on immigration are the big budgetary winners, including:
Coast Guard,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Customs and Border Control, and
Transportation Security Administration.
Overall, DHS regulatory agencies would increase expenditures by 13.7% (an additional $4.1B) in 2018, after a 5.9% increase ($1.7B) in 2017.
DHS staffing is also budgeted to grow by 2.3% (3,294 additional people) in 2018 following a 1.3% increase (1,896 people) in 2017.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeted for sharp reductions in ...
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Massachusetts Teachers Show Off Their Homemade Mobile Apps
UMass Amherst: News Archive
*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***DATE: Friday, July 21TIME: Media opportunity 12:30-2 p.m.WHAT: Showcase Mobile Computer Science Principles professional developmentWHERE: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow St., Holyoke
High school teachers from 12 Massachusetts schools will show off their projects on the last afternoon of a four-week course where they have been learning how to make their own mobile apps. The summer professional development course prepares teachers to bring new skills to their students who are taking the advanced placement high school class “Mobile Computer Science Principles” in the fall.
Designed to help teachers boost computer science participation among high school girls and underrepresented minorities, the course teaches how to create socially relevant applications for mobile phones and other devices. It is project-based and emphasizes writing, communication, collaboration and creativity.
Examples of mobile apps created in past classes include one that helps to prepare high school students for college, one that assists in medical emergencies, another that lets restaurant diners donate money for local needy people, one that helps shoppers find the lowest price, an app designed to remind people to take their medication and one to help immigrants prepare for citizenship.
Media can interview facilitator Beryl Hoffman, associate professor of computer information technology at Elms College in Chicopee, computer science teacher Deddie Quillen from Westborough High School and coordinator Renee Fall of the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) at UMass Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences.
CAITE helped secure funding through Google’s CS4HS program and collaborated with Trinity College, the Green High Performance Computing Center, CSTA-Greater Boston and CSTA-Western Massachusetts to offer the workshop. Funding also supports a professional learning community of about 50 educators in Massachusetts that includes this group. This year’s 12 teachers now join 13 who took the course last year.
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Mariea Hoy Awarded Inaugural DeForrest Jackson Professorship
Headlines – Tennessee Today
Mariea Hoy, a professor in the School of Advertising and Public Relations, is the inaugural recipient of the DeForrest Jackson Professorship.The school’s first named professorship, the DeForrest Jackson Professorship was created earlier this year with a $500,000 gift from Suzanne Sackleh Masters of Atlanta, who received her bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations in 1989. Masters made the gift in honor of her favorite professor, DeForrest Jackson.
Jackson came to UT after retiring as communications director for Coca-Cola in Atlanta. He earned his master’s degree in communications from UT and went on to serve as an associate professor of advertising until he retired in 1996. He died in 2013.
The Jackson Professorship will be held by tenured faculty members on a three-year rotating basis. It rewards and recognizes an outstanding School of Advertising and Public Relations faculty member whose research, teaching, and academic and professional service have uniquely contributed to the mission of the school, the College of Communication and Information, and the university.
Hoy has been at UT since 1989. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master’s and doctorate in business administration, both from Oklahoma State University. She teaches advertising research, advertising and society, and advertising campaigns. Her research focuses on public policy areas such as advertising disclosures, advertising to children, online privacy, and covert advertising.
To date, CCI has raised $11.92 million of its $15 million Journey to the Top 25 campaign goal.
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Neuroethics Symposium Set for September 25
Neuroethics of Implanted Brain Stimulation DevicesMonday, September 25, 20178:30 am - 3:00 pmUniversity Club123 University PlacePittsburgh, PA 15213
Keynote lecture:Implanted Brain Stimulation Devices: Ethical,Legal, and Practical IssuesHank Greely, JDDirector, Stanford Center for Law and the BiosciencesDirector, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and SocietyCo-Chair, Neuroethics Division of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group
Abstract: Invasive brain stimulation devices have great, and to some extent, already demonstrated potential, but, like all technologies, they come with a set of challenges. This talk will talk about ethical challenges arising from the relationship between the patients, doctors, and companies; the impact such technology may have on our sense of being human and being the source of our individuality; the legal issues arising from possible unintended effects of invasive brain stimulation; and practical issues, ranging from FDA and reimbursement considerations to public fears. It will also try to situate this technology, and the issues it raises, in relation to similar emerging neurotechnologies.
This activity has been approved for 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM. This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for (3) hours of substantive credit. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.
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A Plastic Planet
Science and Technology @ UCSB
More than 8 billion metric tons. That’s the amount of plastic humans have created since the large-scale production of synthetic materials began in the early 1950s. It’s enough to cover the entire country of Argentina, and most of the material now resides in landfills or in the natural environment.Such are the findings of a new study led by UC Santa Barbara industrial ecologist Roland Geyer. The research, which appears in the journal Science Advances, provides the first global analysis of the production, use and fate of all plastics ever made, including synthetic fibers.
“We cannot continue with business as usual unless we want a planet that is literally covered in plastic,” said lead author Geyer, an associate professor at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. “This paper delivers hard data not only for how much plastic we’ve made over the years but also its composition and the amount and kind of additives that plastic contains. I hope this information will be used by policymakers to improve end-of-life management strategies for plastics.”
Geyer and his team compiled production statistics for resins, fibers and additives from a variety of industry sources and synthesized them according to type and consuming sector. They found that global production of plastic resins and fibers increased from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to more than 400 million metric tons in 2015, outgrowing most other man-made materials. Notable exceptions are steel and cement. While these materials are used primarily for construction, the largest market for plastics is packaging, which is used once and then discarded.
“Roughly half of all the steel we make goes into construction, so it will have decades of use; plastic is the opposite,” Geyer said. “Half of all plastics become waste after four or fewer years of use.”
And the pace of plastic production shows no signs of slowing. Of the total ...
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Cinc investigadors presenten els seus projectes de recerca en el I Simposi Postdoctoral UB - la Caixa
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Participants en el simposi.
19/07/2017
Recerca
Aquest dimecres, 19 de juliol, té lloc el I Simposi Postdoctoral UB - la Caixa, a l’Edifici Històric de la Universitat de Barcelona. Durant la jornada, s'han presentat recerques que duen a terme diversos investigadors contractats per la UB amb l'impuls de la Fundació Bancària la Caixa.
Concretament, s’han explicat els projectes postdoctorals d’Òscar Capdeferro, expert en mecanismes jurídics per lluitar contra la corrupció i promoure la bona administració; Eveline Chagas, que ha presentat la seva recerca sobre menors immigrants i les tasques i intervencions en inserció social; Irene Garcia, que ha parlat de l’efecte de nivells elevats d’olis vegetals en la dieta de l’orada per millorar el cultiu d’aquesta espècie i contribuir a innovar en els pinsos destinats a aquests peixos; Alba Guimerà, que ha fet una exposició sobre la sociologia de la literatura i el producte cultural, i Pablo Rivera, que ha explicat la seva recerca sobre l’impacte de la inserció de les tecnologies digitals als centres escolars catalans.
Ha presidit l’acte el rector de la UB, Joan Elias, i també hi han intervingut la vicerectora de Personal Docent i Investigador, Mercè Pallàs, i Ignasi López, director de Ciència de l’Àrea de Recerca i Estratègia de la Fundació Bancària la Caixa.
L’any passat la Fundació Bancària la Caixa va donar suport financer, mitjançant un conveni amb la Universitat de Barcelona, a la contractació de disset investigadors postdoctorals, entre els quals hi ha els cinc que presenten les seves recerques en el simposi. Per al curs vinent, està prevista la signatura d’un nou conveni i la renovació dels ajuts.
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Heather Castelli: world traveler, mechanical engineer
News and Events
Up until last summer, Heather Castelli had visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
“I follow in my grandfather’s footsteps,” says Castelli, a 2017 mechanical engineering graduate of Missouri S&T. “He left Hungary in 1956 at the start of the revolution. My grandmother is from there as well. It all comes back to them.”
Heather Castelli sits at the rim of Quilotoa, a volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains. After its last eruption 800 years ago, the crater has accumulated an 820-foot-deep lake.
Castelli first traveled with Engineers Without Borders to Honduras. The next year she returned to Honduras with EWB, visited Panama for a conference and went to Nicaragua with Miner Challenge Alternative Spring Break. She chose Hong Kong for her study abroad trip as a senior because she wanted something different.
“I was looking for a culture shock,” Castelli says. “I had never really experienced a culture shock. I was raised in a multicultural household. I’m the first generation not to speak Hungarian. It’s very normal for me to sit at a dinner table and have no idea what anyone is saying.”
Starting this fall, she will begin a full-time job for Accenture as a business analyst. The prospect of frequent business travel isn’t a problem.
“I’ve known a lot of people who have done a lot of different types of work for Accenture and every pro or con they mention is a pro for me,” Castelli says.
“I lived out of a 46-liter backpack during my entire six months in Hong Kong, so living out of a suitcase isn’t an issue,” she says. “I’ve learned how to travel light because I don’t like to carry things.”
This past spring break Castelli and six friends road-tripped in an old, red wood-paneled van nicknamed “Clifford” to hike through sites like the Grand ...
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Communication alumnus Pasha Zalutski gaining attention as Russia’s first openly gay comedian
UMSL Daily
Pasha Zalutski, a native of Belarus and 2003 UMSL graduate, performs earlier this year at the Kiev Independent Standup Festival. He was chosen “Best Male Comedian.” (Images courtesy of Pasha Zalutski)
Pasha Zalutski walked determinedly onto the stage and shook hands with host Andrew Beburishvili as the spotlights flashed in all directions in the background.
Then he turned to the audience and the judges, pulled the microphone from its stand and launched into his set.
Zalutski, a 35-year-old native of Belarus who graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 2003 with a degree in communication, was debuting on the Russian television show “Otkryti Mikrofon,” which translates to “Open Mic” and has similarities to the former NBC show “Last Comic Standing.”
His first bit was about the importance of how people carry themselves, and he began with an observation that, because he looks nervous about getting his bag checked by security while riding the subway, he’s the one who always gets stopped.
“There’s a different way,” he told the crowd in Russian.
Then he deepened his voice and continued toward the punch line: “I should be like, ‘Sir, sir, you! The one in the uniform. You, you, you. I’m talking to you! Get over here right now and get to work! Don’t forget to pat me down. I ain’t paying taxes for nothing.’”
Zalutski paused briefly to soak in the laughter of the audience. He had their attention.
He was about to leave them in disbelief.
“See?” Zalutski said. “You gotta carry yourself right. Especially when you’re gay. Which I am.”
There was momentary silence, and the camera panned to judge Yuliya Akhmedova, whose jaw had dropped. She let out a low groan and began clapping her hands together slowly.
“But it’s not important. It’s not important,” said Zalutski, breaking the tension. “Let’ ...
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Lecturer Eric Canin to return to CSUF following investigation into misconduct
Daily Titan
Anthropology lecturer Eric Canin will return to teach at Cal State Fullerton this fall after Arbitrator Jan Stiglitz concluded that his actions during an altercation that occurred Feb. 8 warranted a two-month suspension.
Canin was put on paid leave after the university’s internal investigation concluded that “a campus employee struck a student and that as a consequence, the speech of the student group was stopped.”
The university will consider two months of Canin’s paid leave last semester following the incident toward fulfilling the two-month suspension if he reimburses what he was paid during that time, said CSUF Chief Communications Officer Jeffrey Cook in an email.
“In his decision, Arbitrator Stiglitz agreed with the University’s factual conclusions regarding Dr. Canin’s misconduct, finding that ‘based on the sworn testimony of the percipient witnesses, I do conclude that Dr. Canin attempted to grab a sign’ being held by a student and ‘I also conclude that Dr. Canin did at some point, in some way, use his hand to make physical contact’ with a student’s face,” Cook said in an email.
Canin was served a notice of termination following the conclusion of the internal investigation, Cook said in an email. The decision was appealed in accordance with the California State University system’s collective bargaining agreement with the California Faculty Association.
This appeal led to the case being assigned to Stiglitz as a means of settling the dispute.
“Arbitrator Stiglitz then focused on Canin’s ‘intentions’ to opine that ‘there was a momentary but most unfortunate and inappropriate loss of control’ and while ‘(Canin’s) actions did, in a limited way, interfere with the rights of the College Republicans,’ that since he has worked at the campus for 20 years without incident the disciplinary penalty for his conduct should be a two-month suspension instead of termination,” Cook said in an email.
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Big-Data Analysis Points Toward New Drug Discovery Method
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A research team led by scientists at UC San Francisco has developed a computational method to systematically probe massive amounts of open-access data to discover new ways to use drugs, including some that have already been approved for other uses.
The method enables scientists to bypass the usual experiments in biological specimens and to instead do computational analyses, using open-access data to match FDA-approved drugs and other existing compounds to the molecular fingerprints of diseases like cancer. The specificity of the links between these drugs and the diseases they are predicted to be able to treat holds the potential to target drugs in ways that minimize side effects, overcome resistance and reveal more clearly how both the drugs and the diseases are working.
“This points toward a day when doctors may treat their patients with drugs that have been individually tailored to the idiosyncracies of their own disease,” said first author Bin Chen, PhD, assistant professor with the Institute for Computational Health Sciences (ICHS) and the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF.
In a paper published online on July 12 in Nature Communications, the UCSF team used the method to identify four drugs with cancer-fighting potential, demonstrating that one of them – an FDA-approved drug called pyrvinium pamoate, which is used to treat pinworms – could shrink hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer, in mice. This cancer, which is associated with underlying liver disease and cirrhosis, is the second-largest cause of cancer deaths around the world – with a very high incidence in China – yet it has no effective treatment.
Large-Scale Analyses Without Need For Biological Experiments
The researchers first looked in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a comprehensive map of genomic changes in nearly three dozen types of cancer that contains more than two petabytes of data, and compared the gene expression signatures in 14 different cancers to the gene expression signatures for normal ...
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