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Ada yang menarik dari pelaksanaan rutinitas upacara bendara kemarin di UPI Kampus Serang. Siswa baru Sekolah Dasar Laboratorium Percontohan (SDLP) UPI Kampus Serang ikut serta sebagai peserta dalam pelaksanaan upacara bendera. Mereka hadir ke lapangan bendera dengan berjalan rapih. Didampingi guru dan kepala sekolah, mereka berbaris dan berjalan mengikuti Ibu Guru yang mengarahkan dari depan. Dengan berpakaian khas seragam sekolah berwarna merah dilengkapi almamater yang berlogo SDLP, siswa-siswi datang bergabung membentuk barisan baru yang berbatasan dengan peserta upacara lainnya, seperti mahasiswa, dosen dan tenaga kependidikan.
Wajah siswa-siswi SDLP yang terlihat senang dan antusias, mengundang perhatian mahasiswa dan dosen. Siswa-siswi SDLP dipandu oleh guru-guru SDLP untuk mengikuti upacara bendera secara tertib dan saksama. “Ayo tangannya dikesampingkan, berdirinya tegak dan rapih seperti ini ya, ikuti orang yang didepannya” Seruan Ibu Erna Y. S.Pd.
Pada pelaksanaan upacara bendera kemarin, selain diikuti oleh siswa-siswi SDLP, turut dihadiri pula oleh para mahasiswa semester 7. Mereka memiliki agenda untuk mengikuti acara pelepasan Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) 2017 usai upacara bendera. Tak sedikit dari mereka yang berdatangan ke kampus dengan membawa segala perlengkapan dan peralatan sebagai persiapan kebutuhan hidup selama di lokasi KKN.
Wakil Direktur UPI Kampus Serang, Dr. H. Encep Supriatna, M.Pd bertugas sebagai Pembina Upacara mengatakan hari ini saya merasa bahagia, karena saya bisa melihat keluarga baru; putra-putri SDL, hadir mengikuti upacara bendera di tengah-tengah kita. Semoga SDLP UPI Kampus Serang semakin berkembang dan maju menjadi salah satu sekolah unggulan di bilangan Kota Serang. Saya yakin dengan memiliki sumber daya manusia yang cukup kita pasti berhasil mewujudkannya.
“Kita terus berupaya untuk menjawab tantangan masa depan, boleh jadi hari ini kita memiliki SDLP, tahun depan, tentu saja kita sudah harus bersiap membentuk tim pengembang Taman Kanak-kanak Labschool UPI Kampus Serang. Untuk itu, mohon dukungan dari civitas akademika UPI Kampus Serang,” tambah wakil direktur.
Selain acara upacara bendera, agenda lain pun digelar yaitu pelepasan peserta ...
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Dark matter is likely ‘cold,’ not ‘fuzzy,’ scientists report after new simulations
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July 24, 2017
Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate.
Scientists have never directly detected dark matter. But over decades, they have proposed a variety of theories about what type of material — from new particles to primordial black holes — could comprise dark matter and explain its many effects on normal matter. In a paper published July 20 in the journal Physical Review Letters, an international team of cosmologists uses data from the intergalactic medium — the vast, largely empty space between galaxies — to narrow down what dark matter could be.
The team’s findings cast doubt on a relatively new theory called “fuzzy dark matter,” and instead lend credence to a different model called “cold dark matter.” Their results could inform ongoing efforts to detect dark matter directly, especially if researchers have a clear idea of what sorts of properties they should be seeking.
“For decades, theoretical physicists have tried to understand the properties of the particles and forces that must make up dark matter,” said lead author Vid Iršič, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. “What we have done is place constraints on what dark matter could be — and ‘fuzzy dark matter,’ if it were to make up all of dark matter, is not consistent with our data.”
A depiction of hydrogen gas within the intergalactic medium, or IGM, with bright areas indicating high gas density.Vid Iršič
Scientists had drawn up both the “fuzzy” and “cold” dark-matter theories to explain the effects that dark matter appears to have on galaxies and the intergalactic medium between them.
Cold dark matter is the older of these two theories, dating back to the 1980s, and is currently the standard ...
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Tribe Set for CAA Football Media Day
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (July 24, 2017) - William & Mary football head coach Jimmye Laycock, as well as tight end Andrew Caskin and cornerback Aaron Swinton, will participate in the 2017 CAA Football Media Day at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday, July 25.Coverage of the event will be headlined by Media Day Live, which will be broadcast live via the CAA Football Facebook page at 10 a.m. EST. The two-hour show, hosted by Scott Klatzkin and Bobby Broyles, will include interviews with all 12 CAA Football head coaches, student-athletes from each school and CAA Commissioner Joe D'Antonio.
Media Day gets underway at 9 a.m., with opening remarks from D'Antonio and the announcement of the preseason all-conference team and predicted order of finish. The opening program can also be seen on Facebook Live.
There will be extensive coverage of CAA Football Media Day through the league's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Join the social conversation throughout the day using the official hashtag, #CAAFB. CAA Football Media Day Central at CAAFootball.com will provide a hub of news and information throughout the day and interview segments with coaches and student-athletes will also be available.W&M will open the 2017 season at Virginia on Sept. 2. Ticket information, as well as complete schedule information, is available at TribeAthletics.com.Print Friendly Version
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Photo of the Week – July 24
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A child from the kinesiology summer youth sports program works on his bowling technique. This program has been serving children in the Boise community for more than 30 years. This summer, the program served approximately 600 children who participated in a variety of activities including rock climbing, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and outdoor adventure.
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Bradford Annouced as Head Coach for Cross Country / Track & Field
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POMONA – Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Brian Swanson and Cal Poly Pomona have announced the hiring of head coach Chris Bradford to lead the Broncos' cross country and track & field programs.
"I am very excited about this opportunity at Cal Poly Pomona. CPP has a very strong tradition in Cross Country and Track & Field and my goal is to not only continue that tradition but build on it. I can't wait for my first day on campus and get started," said Bradford.
Bradford comes to Cal Poly Pomona with 14 years of coaching experience, spending the last eight seasons and as the head track & field coach at Western State Colorado University where he was responsible for every aspect of the program. "We are looking forward to Chris joining the Broncos family," said Swanson. "He has led a dynamic and nationally-recognized program and in doing so has established a team culture that expects success. His clear vision is an excellent blueprint for moving our program forward." During his time with the Mountaineers, Bradford's teams compiled 11 top ten finishes in the NCAA DII Championships, he coached 18 NCAA DII individual champions and 111 DII All-Americans. In 2017, Bradford was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after leading his team to a conference outdoor championship. Bradford earned his first RMAC accolades in 2015, being named both the indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year after claiming both conference titles. Bradford's teams have found success both on the track and in the classroom, being named the USTFCCCA Men's Scholar Team of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Also in 2013, Bradford's women's team won the Brechler Award for the highest GPA in the RMAC at 3.53.
Prior to Western, Bradford was the assistant track & field and cross country coach at Augustana College in South Dakota. He coached eight DII All-Americans and assisted in ...
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Three from UW Named to Leadership Wyoming Class | News
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July 24, 2017
Three University of Wyoming employees are among 46 residents -- representing 13 Wyoming communities -- selected for the 18th Leadership Wyoming class.
They are Janelle Fletcher, Cultural Programs director; Steve Russell, College of Business marketing and external relations director; and Mary Katherine Scott, International Programs Office acting director.
An orientation session for new class members is scheduled Aug. 3-4 at UW. Since 2001, 712 class members from throughout the state have graduated from the program, including Gov. Matt Mead; former first lady and federal judge Nancy Freudenthal; U.S. Sen. John Barrasso; Adjutant General Luke Reiner; and nearly 20 state legislators.
Class members will attend other programs throughout the year: a retreat in Jackson Sept. 14-16; a “Natural Resources and the Environment” program in Gillette Oct. 19-21; the Nov. 30-Dec. 2 “Education, Technology and Change” session is in Rock Springs; Lander and Riverton will host the “Entrepreneurship and the Economy” program Jan. 11-13; “Government and Politics” is the theme for the Feb. 15-17 session in Cheyenne; Casper is the site for the March 22-24 session focusing on “Healthcare, Social Services and Quality of Life”; and graduation weekend is May 4-5 in Sheridan.
Leadership Wyoming provides opportunities for a diverse group of approximately 40 Wyoming citizens to participate in a challenging and thought-provoking nine-month educational experience. Beginning in early August and ending in May 2018, the group will participate in eight sessions.
Training sessions provide a practical, nonpartisan, hands-on understanding of a broad spectrum of public policy issues, and participants develop an appreciation for trusteeship, with lasting commitments to civic involvement at the state and local levels.
Leadership Wyoming gives participants an opportunity to better understand general public policy issues, economic and social diversity, and the challenges facing the state. The experience prepares them, through shared mutual interests and the leadership skills developed, to be active in building a better Wyoming, says Bill Schilling, Leadership Wyoming executive director.
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U of A Music Professor Publishes First Collection on Korean Art Song in United States
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Moon-Sook Park, an assistant professor of music, has just co-authored a two-volume work on Korean Art Song with her colleague and former student, You-Seong Kim of North Park University.
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American University’s Kumar Is a Power Player Says PR Week
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American University (AU) professor Pallavi Kumar was just named to the PRWeek Global Power Book 2017, which it calls a listing of the world's most influential PR professionals. Kumar, who directs the Public Communication division in the AU School of Communication is one of only two professors on the list.
In an interview with PRWeek, Kumar says she would love to launch an in-house communication agency within AU's School of Communication. “We would bring together all of our disciplines from strategic communication to digital storytelling, persuasive gaming, data-driven journalism and social media analytics to help solve communication challenges or identify new opportunities for the industry by tapping into the unique thinking of our Millennial and Gen Z students.”
Prior to teaching full time, Kumar gained more than 20 years experience in the public relations industry having worked as a vice president in Fleishman Hillard's social marketing practice in Washington, DC, a vice president/account supervisor in Ketchum's healthcare practice in New York as well as associate director of international public relations at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Philadelphia.
She began her career in environmental communication at Ruder-Finn in Washington, DC. Kumar co-authored the ninth edition of Public Relations Case Studies published by Cengage. Her articles and commentary have appeared in The Washington Post, USA TODAY and PRWeek.
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At the Pinnacle
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Joseph A. Brennan, Vice President of Communications and Marketing.
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 24, 2017) – The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has announced that University at Albany Vice President of Communications and Marketing and Clinical Professor of Business Joseph A. Brennan is one of 11 new members approved for induction into the organization’s prestigious College of Fellows.
PRSA’s College of Fellows is considered the pinnacle of a public relations professional’s career. Since its founding in 1989, fewer than 400 of PRSA’s 21,000 members have been admitted. Brennan is one of just three SUNY faculty and staff to ever earn this distinction.
“I am honored and humbled that my peers selected me for this distinction,” said Brennan. “I owe a great deal of my success to the amazing people I work with here at UAlbany. My staff, students and peers inspire and challenge me every day. Our senior leaders are great collaborators who support me at every turn. I also credit my success to my SUNY education and to the opportunities I have enjoyed through my teaching and administrative roles here and at the University at Buffalo. SUNY has supported my career development and allowed me to do the publishing, volunteering and mentoring that are required to become a Fellow.”
Just as the National Academies recognize the nation’s best scientists, engineers, physicians, artists and writers, the College of Fellows recognizes the nation’s most accomplished communicators. To be inducted, a practitioner or educator must have at least 20 years of experience, hold the Accredited in Public Relations credential and have demonstrated exceptional leadership and accomplishment in the practice or teaching of public relations.
Selections are made by a College of Fellows panel after rigorous review of a candidate’s experiences and character.
“Joe is the consummate public relations professional — very interested in measurement and evaluation of public relations programs, and in persuading ...
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Dogged genetics research identifies genes associated with skin disorder
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CLEMSON — With patches of exposed skin, large lesions across her face and dull, expressionless eyes, you might think Lorelei, a Shetland sheepdog, has been abused. But that would be far from the truth: Lorelei is loved and well cared-for. She suffers from a painful condition called dermatomyositis, a genetic skin disorder that affects dogs and humans.
Lorelei, a Shetland sheepdog living in France, became the poster dog for dermatomyositis. The disease caused painful lesions on her face, feet, ears and tail when she was a puppy, as seen in this photo.
The discovery, by Leigh Anne Clark, an associate professor of genetics at Clemson University, and her colleagues, could improve the future for dogs with dermatomyositis. The findings could also give scientists clues into the genetic variations of the 10 in 1 million people who have the disease.
“The results from our study can be used as a tool for dog breeders to prevent the disease from affecting puppies, while preserving desirable traits and genetic variation within the breed. Using this new resource, even a dog with dermatomysitis can produce healthy puppies with a mate having a compatible genotype,” said Clark.
Before their latest study, Clark and her colleagues were aware of several factors that indicated the disease is multifactorial, deriving from a combination of genetic and environmental effects.
Clark is developing a genetic test for breeders that will tell them the risk of a dame and a sire having puppies with dermatomyositis.
In dogs, dermatomyositis is seen almost exclusively in collie and Shetland breeds. A hereditary disorder will only affect certain breeds, whereas a non-genetic disorder should affect all dog breeds at the same frequency, so Clark knew the disease had a genetic basis.
Her team also recognized that the condition is a complex disorder involving several genetic components as opposed to a simple dominant or recessive disorder because of a ...
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Guiding Stars on Campus
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The Guiding Stars nutritional rating system, which educates consumers about food options, has had a positive effect on raising awareness of healthy food choices available at UNH, according to new research funded by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station.“Our work looked to examine the impact of Guiding Stars — a simplified nutrition rating system — on customers’ perceptions of the availability of healthy food options. We surveyed customers before and after the addition of Guiding Stars in two dining venues: food court and café-style,” says Jesse Stabile Morrell, principal lecturer and undergraduate program coordinator in nutrition at UNH. “Many of us are looking to make changes that will support health and well-being. Food selection — whether it be at a grocery store, vending machine, dining hall or restaurant — can be overwhelming to people. This work suggests that a simplified rating system like Guiding Stars influences people's perceptions of the availability of healthy foods and the factors that dictate their choice. Eating establishments may find this helpful when they design menus or display information to customers who are increasingly looking for food options that support their health goals."
Morrell, Gale Carey, professor emeritus of nutrition, and Rochelle L’Italien, dietitian with UNH Dining Services, conducted the research. Their results are presented in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior in Guiding Stars Influences Perception of Healthy Food Choices at a 4-Year University.
“Our work showed that the addition of Guiding Stars changed patrons’ perceptions over time regarding the availability of healthy food choices. In addition, in a food-court setting customers more often felt that Guiding Stars influenced their food selection vs. prior to the addition of the rating system,” Morrell says.
Specifically, the researchers found that after implementation of Guiding Stars at the centrally located Union Court, respondents more often reported that posted nutrition-information and specifically Guiding Stars had influenced their food selections. ...
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SIU researchers conducting pollinator insect inventory
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate student Casey Bryan is netting pollinators in a clover cover crop plot in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. She and other SIU researchers are participating in a three-part study with funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The study is testing flowering cover crops for efficient weed suppression, pollinator habitat and water quality enhancement. (Photo by Russell Bailey)
July 24, 2017
SIU researchers conducting pollinator insect inventory
by Andrea Hahn
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Armed with butterfly nets and pan traps, a team of researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale visits flowers in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and the Shawnee National Forest. Its members are stalking bees, butterflies, moths, flies and beetles – all known as pollinators.
The team is conducting a comprehensive pollinator inventory on federally owned lands in Southern Illinois. The survey is part of a larger study that includes flowering cover crops for weed management and water quality enhancement.
Sedonia Sipes, associate professor of plant biology, is heading up the pollinator insect survey. It’s a major undertaking. The team goal of visiting 50 sites in Crab Orchard and in the Shawnee National Forest. She and student researchers are collecting pollinators from different habitat types, and, because insect populations turn over by season, will return to some sites each season.
On any given day in the field, three to five teams of two to three students each are collecting pollinators -- bees, butterflies, moths, flies and beetles – using pan traps and netting. The pan traps, which catch a wider array of insects than is possible with hand netting, are small water-and-detergent-filled bowls in colors attractive to pollinators. Hand netting allows for precise recording of information, including the flower the pollinator was collected from and the GPS coordinates of its exact location.
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IUPUI diversity researcher to co-edit special journal issue focusing on Black Lives Matter: Newscenter: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEINDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis diversity researcher will co-edit a special edition of a journal that will examine through multiple disciplines the Black Lives Matter movement.
Among the project's goals, said Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, an associate professor of psychology in the School of Science, is to collect a volume of interdisciplinary manuscripts that seeks to:
Understand the reasons for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Deconstruct the resistance to it.
Identify strategies for effecting positive change that demonstrates the valuing of black lives.
Ashburn-Nardo will edit the special issue of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal with Kecia Thomas, a psychology professor and founding director of the Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.
"People are sharply divided in their opinions of the Black Lives Matter movement," Ashburn-Nardo said. "We think that is because it is something that is poorly understood.
"When they hear 'black lives matter,' a lot of people think that means at the exclusion of other lives. There seems to be a misunderstanding that by saying 'black lives matter' it implies that maybe white lives don't matter -- or blue lives, given that a lot of attention regarding the movement has centered around police interactions with African Americans, " she said.
"I don't think anyone in that movement feels that other lives don't matter, but that seems to be how a lot of folks are interpreting it and have a lot of strong emotional reaction to it," she said. "We are hoping this special issue can shed some light on that."
In a call for papers for the special journal edition, Ashburn-Nardo and Thomas write: "The Black Lives Matter movement came out of the Black community's chronic experience with overt and covert racism and its collective frustration with being silenced when ...
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Melding Art and Science while Engaging Students
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“Cal State San Marcos is a wonderful place to teach because the university creates a community of thinkers and creators without boundaries.”
– Lucy HG Solomon
Her interdisciplinary works have been exhibited in galleries ranging from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles to the Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre in Ireland. An art and science collective she founded, The League of Imaginary Scientists, has developed interactive content for more than 50 projects around the world. A recent crowdsourcing effort of theirs – The Social Cinema Machine – was featured at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
And since the fall of 2015, Lucy HG Solomon has been bringing her hybrid world of art and science to the School of Arts at Cal State San Marcos as an Assistant Professor of Media Design.
“Cal State San Marcos is a wonderful place to teach because the university creates a community of thinkers and creators without boundaries, in that ideas from students and professors intermingle, and students shape the outcome as much as their professors,” said Solomon, whose work focuses on the interaction between art and the environment and deftly melds scientific exploration with play.
Since arriving at CSUSM, Solomon has been honored by CYPHER International with a Changer Maker Award for integrating science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics in the classroom, along with an Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability Best Practices Award for Sustainability in Academics.
Solomon’s work can be irreverent. Take, for example, Piano for Roly-Polies, which incorporates a computer program to trigger musical notes as a pill millipede ambles across the keys.
“I often integrate a sense of play into the art that I make,” she said. “The most exciting bit is the coming together of viewers of all ages, including schoolchildren and university students, and seeing them explore new concepts through art.”
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New Location: Rockville Campus Student ID Office has Moved to the Mannakee Building
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The Rockville Campus ID Office has moved from Campus Center to the Mannakee Building, Room 105. Student ID cards are now being processed in the Mannakee Building. To obtain an ID card and a validation sticker, bring a paid receipt and a valid photo ID to MKE 105. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Savvy Spending: Cutting Back on Buying Coffee Could Lower Student Debt
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Students may be curious about how they can not only pay the interest on their student loans, but how they can also pay down their student loans faster. After a student loan’s grace period is over, it goes into a Standard Repayment Plan. This is the standard plan each student uses to pay their loan off in 10 years. The Standard Repayment Plan creates a fixed payment amount based off of your total amount of loan debt and repayment term for 10 years. Most people stick to the Standard Repayment Plan; however, there are many students interested in paying their loans off early. By paying a little more each month, you can cut down the total time you will be paying back your loan, and end up paying back less interest over time. Interested in seeing how much you will need to pay each month to pay off in a shorter time period? Try checking out a student loan calculator to estimate how much you could potentially save by paying off your loan in a shorter amount of time. For example, try using the calculator from CNN Money. This particular calculator allows you to put in your loan amount, desired monthly payment and your interest rate. The calculator then informs you how much your payoff period would be along with your interest paid over that time. So, how do you find the money to pay off your student loans faster? One way is to start by brewing your own coffee at home. It can save you hundreds of dollars, and according to a survey conducted by Braun Research on behalf of Accounting Principles; half of Americans choose to buy their coffee at work every day, which costs about $20 a week and nearly $1,000 a year. Think of the savings you’d have by simply brewing your own coffee. There are also many ...
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Miami team to compete in finals of AARP's Social Connection GameJam contest
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Tom Myers and Megan Linard will compete in a live pitch at the E3 Expo (photo by Angelo Gelfuso).
by Margo Kissell, university news and communications
A team of Miami University students will compete in the finals of the AARP/ESA Social Connection GameJam next Thursday in Los Angeles.
The three students — Christian Coppoletti, Megan Linard and Tom Myers — will take part in a “live pitch” event at the E3 Expo, delivering their idea for an innovative electronic game for people ages 50 and older to help foster positive social connection.
The students developed the idea during a 48-hour game jam in April, and it was chosen from 28 submissions from universities and colleges around the country.
George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and the UCSC Silicon Valley extension in Santa Clara, California, are the other semi-finalists. Each team received $1,500 per member to fund their travel to the expo for the final round of judging.
Christian Coppoletti will compete with Linard and Meyers.
The winning live pitch team will receive a $10,000 cash prize to be shared among the team members.
Coppoletti, a junior interactive media studies major with a computer science minor, called it “a colossal honor” to reach the finals. He has dreamed of visiting E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), but said he never expected to do so while in college, especially since it’s now an invitation-only event.
The GameJam is co-sponsored by AARP and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), with support from the Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA). HEVGA solicited participation from its membership representing student game designers and faculty at more than 100 institutions of higher learning.
The team is part of the Miami University Game Jam Club. Bob De Schutter, Miami’s C. Michael Armstrong Assistant Professor of Applied Game Design and the club’s adviser, will accompany the team to the expo.
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Transport pricing and accessibility
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A common criticism of urban transport strategies is that they are unduly concerned with mobility or the ability to move rather than accessibility in which a desired journey purpose can be satisfied. It is often further argued that a consequence of this focus on mobility, particularly motorized mobility, is that transport is not affordable to the poor, and that this exclusion justified the use of subsidies to remedy the situation. A key element of “Moving to Access” is thus concerned with increasing the affordability of transport for the poor. The objective of this paper is to explore the relationships between mobility, accessibility, affordability and transport prices and subsidies in more detail with a view to better reconciling the economic efficiency of the urban transport systems with the welfare of the poor. That generates three main areas of inquiry, namely:
The approach to accessibility
The approach to affordability through transport subsidy
The reconciliation of efficiency pricing with equityconsiderations.
While there is a long history of theoretical and practical discussion of transport pricing and subsidies, there are a number of factors that call for further review and reconsideration. Among those factors are the increasing use of cash transfers and conditional cash transfers as a redistributional mechanism and the advances in information technology that enhance targeting of subsidies. In addition, the uptake of pricing strategies to address congestion and environmental effects raises concerns regarding equity and the impact on accessibility of low-income households. This paper takes these factors into consideration in updating the theoretical as well as practical application of pricing instruments. It offers a framework for assessing alternative pricing strategies and indicates areas for further investigation. The policy conclusions may be briefly encapsulated. First, accessibility is preferable to mobility as a policy objective but it is not necessarily more pro-poor than focusing on mobility, unless accompanied by other measures such as land ...
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Help-a-Hawk 2017
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The Office of Campus Life needs student volunteers for Help-a-Hawk—a great opportunity to welcome new Illinois Tech community members to their on-campus living experience.
Help-a-Hawk is Illinois Tech’s volunteer move-in team for incoming students on Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12. The typical duties of a Help-a-Hawk team member include, but are not limited to: directing traffic to designated unloading areas and parking lots, physically lifting and moving personal items, and collecting and relocating moving carts to the community desk.
Sign up here by Saturday, July 22. You can select multiple days and volunteer shifts according to your schedule. You will receive detailed information after July 22. If your availability changes, please notify Patrick Fina at pfina@iit.edu.
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COD Students Participate in Prestigious Summer Internships
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By Mike McKissackCollege of DuPage students Ray Addi (Westmont), Xinjie Wu (Bolingbrook) and Tony Yang
(Streamwood) are participating in prestigious summer research internships made possible
through a National Science Foundation grant.Addi is at Argonne National Laboratory, while both Wu and Yang are at Northwestern
University.The internships were made possible through the College’s S-STEM Student Success program. The S-STEM program’s funding is provided by a National Science Foundation grant
promoting STEM Student Success through Individualized Coaching and Interdisciplinary
Community, through the Division of Undergraduate Education.Addi is spending the summer working within a research team from the Material Science
Division at Argonne under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Petford-Long. The team is
studying the behavior of magnetic lattices consisting of micron size magnetic bars
arranged in a quasicrystal pattern. His task at the lab is to calculate and analyze
the energy at different nodes of the lattice using Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework
(OOMMF) software to see how that energy changes under different external energy.“This internship is giving me the opportunity to apply what I have studied so far
at COD, keeping me curious in learning more scientific topics and craving more advanced
studies,” he said. “I’m trying to learn everything I can about this specific project
by reading related books and scientific articles. I’m also exploring different scientific
research projects here at Argonne Lab by attending conferences and seminars.”Addi said he developed a passion for electronics while still a teenager. He plans
to transfer to the University of Illinois at Chicago and study electrical engineering.“Since I started my studies at COD, my primary goal was to eventually earn a bachelor’s
degree in engineering,” he said. “COD is offering me all the elements to achieve that.
If you want a quality education at an affordable cost, College of DuPage is the best
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Embry-Riddle Hosts Drone Cage Obstacle and Speed Course at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 80 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus with more than
125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit
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WPI Athletics Mourns The Passing of Byron Menides
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Jul 24, 2017
Worcester - Long-time WPI professor and assistant coach Byron Menides died peacefully at age 85 from complications of pneumonia at Dodge Park Rest Home. He leaves his wife of 55 years, Laura Jehn-Menides, his son John and daughter Georgia, and many nieces and nephews.
From 1978 through 2007, he was an associate adjunct professor and instructor at WPI. In the meantime he was a familiar face on the WPI football sidelines for 10 seasons. He was also spotted frequently at Crimson and Gray basketball games.
"Byron was one of the most lovable people I've ever met during my time here at WPI," remarked head football coach Chris Robertson. "He supported WPI in so many ways and loved our football program and all the players he met and interacted with over the years. He was a gentle soul with a big heart and he will be missed dearly."
Menides has had careers in both business and higher education. He has been senior vice president and chief financial officer of Global Power Networks, Ltd. and was a CEO and CFO of a number of public companies.
A 1953 graduate of Dartmouth, Menides earned his bachelor's degree in International Relations. He was a defensive and offensive tackle at Lynn English High School, where he later was line coach for the junior varsity.
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Behind the scenes: Making 'Into the Woods'
Princeton University News
Director Ethan Heard describes how the Lewis Center for the Arts' production of the musical "Into the Woods" came together through a spring course in theater and music theater.
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Receptors for Neuron Communication in Humans Vital for Reproduction in Mosses
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Study shows plant version of human glutamate receptor helps moss sperm find eggs, controls spore developmentGlutamate receptors play a central role in the human nervous system. Scientists estimate 90 percent of the human brain’s synapses, or connections between neurons, send signals using glutamate. The role of similar receptors in plants, which do not have a nervous system, is not fully understood.
A new study led by José Feijó, professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland, revealed two previously unknown roles for glutamate receptor-like proteins in plants: controlling the navigation of sperm to locate eggs and regulating the development of fertilized eggs. This work was published in the journal Nature on July 24, 2017.
“Scientists have shown that plants’ glutamate receptor-like proteins play a role in pollen tube growth and defense against pathogens, but we discovered completely novel functionalities for these receptors that no one has ever observed before,” Feijó said. “Since glutamate receptors were thought to act in neural transmission and essentially nothing else, no one knows why plants would have so many copies of these genes. It is very exciting to find that such genes may have been conserved during plant evolution to mediate cell-to-cell communication in sexual reproduction.”
Feijó and his collaborators tested the function of glutamate receptor-like proteins in the moss Physcomitrella patens because it contains only two genes that encode for these proteins. The popular plant model Arabidopsis thaliana, on the other hand, contains 20 glutamate receptor-like genes.
After the researchers removed the two glutamate receptor-like genes from P. patens by mutation, the mosses grew normally, but did not reproduce. The reason: the mutant plants’ sperm did not reach the archegonia, the female organ that contains eggs for fertilization and secretes a chemical signal to attract sperm.
While normal sperm twisted and tumbled and took sharp turns to find the archegonia entrance, mutant sperm ...
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Column: Freshmen do's and don'ts
State News Opinions
It's your freshman year. You've been waiting for this brand new chapter of your life for weeks, months or maybe even years. Now that it’s finally here, know that there are some things you definitely should and shouldn’t do during your first year of college.
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First 'Research Horizons' event to welcome Pinterest CEO, NSF leader to IU
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IUB Newsroom »First 'Research Horizons' event to welcome Pinterest CEO, NSF leader to IUFirst 'Research Horizons' event to welcome Pinterest CEO, NSF leader to IUSept. 6, 2016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing will welcome leaders from the public and private global technology sectors to IU on Sept. 8 and 9.
Ben Silbermann, CEO of Pinterest, and Jim Kurose, assistant director at the National Science Foundation, will visit campus for "Research Horizons." The event will spotlight faculty efforts at the school and spark conversations about how research drives innovation.
Kurose, assistant director of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at NSF, and Silbermann, co-founder of the social media platform recently valued at $11 billion, will deliver keynote addresses from 9 to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon, respectively, Sept. 9.
Also delivering a keynote is Thomas Sterling, director of the IU Center for Research in Extreme Scale Technologies, who will speak from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Sept. 8.
The school's research will be represented with over 35, five-minute, lightning-round-style presentations from IU School of Informatics and Computing faculty.
Talks are closed to the public, but a livestream will be available. All lectures are open to the media.
"This event is designed to celebrate our school’s research and to facilitate new collaborations," said Martina Barnas, assistant dean for research and director of research collaborations at the IU School of Informatics and Computing. "Research Horizons will be a showcase for a plethora of exciting projects, and it will give a snapshot of the broad spectrum of work being done at our school."
The event also marks the start of another year of remarkable growth at the school, with a record enrollment of 2,878 total students and 14 new tenure-track faculty positions in the 2016-17 academic year. The school also boasts the largest master’s degree program at IU, with 580 students enrolled in ...
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Why deliberative democracy makes better citizens
Northwestern Now: Summaries
To create policies that reflect “the will of the people,” schools need to begin teaching how to engage in public deliberation, Northwestern University professor Matt Easterday wrote in “Why Deliberative Democracy Makes Better Citizens.”After the 2016 presidential election, Easterday noticed his students were struggling to understand the perspective of those on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
But morality can both “bind and blind” us, he wrote. “Unfortunately, when we make calls for greater empathy, we are typically asking for others to understand our perspective or those whose perspectives we share,” he wrote.
Easterday believes it may help to engage in the kind of deliberative democracy practices that our country was designed to support.
Though there are many variations, “deliberate democratic practices such as deliberative polls, citizens' assemblies, and citizen juries bring citizens together to discuss the common challenges we face and to decide what should be done,” he wrote. “Deliberative democracy makes dialogue, and thus, a deeper understanding of key issues, central.”
Easterday wants schools to begin teaching deliberation as part of a broad civic education. Supporting the non-partisan Jefferson Center, which works to advance democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues, and electing local officials that use deliberate input when making policy decisions can also help.
“To be sure, deliberation alone is insufficient if it does not lead to policy change,” he wrote. “But neither can we have good policy if we cannot fully grasp the issues and policies and deliberate their nuances.”
Easterday, a Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project, is assistant professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern where he has developed online deliberation platforms for the Roosevelt Institute Network, Jefferson Center, and the Joyce Foundation.
His research focuses on technology for the new civics – producing scientifically supported educational technology to create informed and engaged citizens who can solve ...
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Bird songs provide insight into how developing brain forms memories
UChicago News
Researchers at the University of Chicago have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key protein complex in the brain is linked to the ability of young animals to learn behavioral patterns from adults.The findings, published July 24 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that a specific neural signal—the mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) cascade—regulates the ability of juvenile zebra finches to form accurate memories of songs taught to them by adult birds. The research suggests mTOR’s function in regulating protein synthesis may be involved, since protein synthesis is known to be a key feature of long-term memory formation.
The results have implications for efforts to understand how early-life experiences affect brain function and behavior, including potentially providing new insight into children affected by neurodevelopmental disorders. Disruptions related to mTOR have been associated with autism spectrum disorders in humans.
“In the last five to 10 years, there seems to be a convergence on the mTOR cascade as a common disrupted process in autism spectrum disorders. We are not investigating autism per se, but what got our attention was that the zebra finches model a similar kind of situation, where there’s a developmental event that requires social interactions, and a communication behavior that is hard to study in rodents who don’t typically learn vocalizations,” said Sarah London, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology.
London, whose lab emphasizes research on zebra finch neural development and learning behaviors, co-authored the study with Somayeh Ahmadiantehrani, a postdoctoral fellow at UChicago.
Some unusual features of zebra finches are particularly helpful in linking developmental traits with learning ability. Only the male birds can learn to sing, and juvenile zebra finches learn one song from an adult during a specific period of their development. They then use the memory of that song to guide production of the unique ...
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SED Student Helps Bring Israeli, Palestinian Youth Together
BU Today
Just about everyone has tossed around a Frisbee for fun. Dana Dunwoody is doing it for peace. At a summer camp in an Israeli desert, she is using the flying discs to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth—and maybe change the world, one toss at time.
“As youths, we get inundated with information about who we are and what our cultures are, and when there’s a lot of violence and hostility going on, there’s a lot of misinterpretation,” says Dunwoody (SED’19), a doctoral candidate in applied human development. “To be able to come together and realize, I can have a say in changing that narrative, is a very empowering experience.”
This is Dunwoody’s second stint as a volunteer counselor at the Ultimate Peace camp. Using the grounds of an Israeli boarding school for a week each summer since 2007, the organization strives to build ties between Israeli and West Bank youths. It does that with Ultimate, a game that’s extremely competitive, but depends heavily on teamwork and sportsmanship. The 200 or so 10-to-16-year-old campers come for the hours of practice and games each day. They have some fun away from the burdens of daily life in that conflict-wracked corner of the world, and if things go the way they are supposed to go, they begin to see one another differently.
“We encourage conversation and sharing of culture,” says Dunwoody, who has a bachelor’s in psychology from Temple University and a master’s in athletic counseling from Springfield College. “We have a lot of different activities the kids do together to create safe spaces to share their identities and explore other cultures.”
Dunwoody uses her skills as an educator and athletic coach to help campers find ways to get along.
Mostly, though, there is ultimate.
Flying-disc sports are a lot more organized than they were in ...
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Bobcat Volleyball earns third-consecutive AVCA Team Academic Honor
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The Georgia College Volleyball program and head coach Gretchen Krumdieck pulled in their third-straight American Volleyball Coaches (AVCA) Team Academic Award, the organization announced Monday.The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
Georgia College was one of two teams from the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) on the list, joining the University of Montevallo.
The Bobcats posted a 3.42 GPA for 2016-17, well over the minimum requirement. The AVCA broke a record set last year with over 822 recipients of this honor, including 119 in Division II Women's Volleyball.
"2016-17 was such a huge year for us in the classroom and on the court," said Krumdieck. "All of the accolades this team has received this past year are phenomenal and I am so proud of this award. I'm so grateful to the AVCA for recognizing programs that achieve their high academic standards. This is award is something the team strives for each year."
The Bobcats are just over a month away from the 2017 season, starting in early September. The coaching staff is putting the finishing touches on the schedule, which will be released at GCBobcats.com.
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Touring Season in Full Swing during Summer
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Touring Season in Full Swing during Summer
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Julia Faherty | July 24, 2017
• Atlanta, GA
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Emeritus Morris, an industrial engineering major from Lawrenceville, Georgia, gives a campus tour
With summer in full swing, the Georgia Tech Tour Guides are busier than ever. These students are passionate about Tech, excited to assist prospective students, and always ready to lead a group.
Learn more about Georgia Tech Tour Guides — a volunteer group of current Tech students recruited and trained to present campus and their experiences to prospective students and guests.
Fourth-year civil engineering major Grant Davidson serves as the president of Georgia Tech Tour Guides. Davidson began touring the fall semester of his second year and has never looked back — except when a tour member occasionally strays from the group.
“I love being able to stroll through campus and show prospective students what it’s actually like to work, play, and live at Georgia Tech,” Davidson said. “I tailor my tours to who’s in the group and try to make a connection with each attendee based on major, interests, or personality.”
Fourth-year mechanical engineering majors Ana Jafarinia and Amy McAlister serve as vice president of marketing and tour captain, respectively. Both have two years of touring experience.
Each student has a unique reason for touring, but all share a common love of presenting Georgia Tech to others.
“I enjoy being the ‘first impression’ for prospective students,” McAlister said. “I like interacting with them and being a friendly face in an unfamiliar environment. I try to keep my energy high during the tour and throw in a few ‘dad jokes’ to get the group relaxed and comfortable together.”
Nyle Malik is newer to the organization. He’s a second-year computer engineering major and is working as a first-semester guide.
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July 24-28, 2017
OSU Today
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
Why do dogs love us? Geneticists search for DNA clues (The Verge)
The genetic blueprint underlying this personality shift is still a mystery, however. So Bridgett vonHoldt, an evolutionary geneticist at Princeton University, and Monique Udell, at Oregon State University, led a team of scientists to find out what sets dogs apart from wolves. Using a combination of genetic sequencing and behavioral tests, they pinpointed a couple genetic differences that seem to track with friendliness, according to a study published today in the journal Science Advances. (see also New York Times, Heritage Daily, Smithsonian)
Why teenagers should never get drunk (Daily Mail)
Researchers believe drinking large quantities of alcohol while the brain is still maturing may permanently damage a person’s nervous system and increase their risk of alcoholism. Study author Professor Anita Cservenka from Oregon State University, said: ‘Adolescence is a time when the brain still matures including not only biological development but also maturation of psychosocial behaviors. (see also Psych Central, Consumer Affairs)
The false promise of home ownership (Washington Post)
Marisa Chappell is associate professor of history at Oregon State University. She is the author of “The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America.”
OSU professors find gun violence prevention groups are more moderate than portrayed (Gazette-Times)
A group of Oregon State University researchers recently concluded gun violence prevention groups in the United States are “middle-of-the-ground” in ideology. This surprised the professors as it contradicts some depictions of gun violence prevention groups as “anti-gun,” they said.
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Infected Insects Cause a Stink
UCR Today
UCR research showing how nematodes use smell to select new insect hosts could improve biological control of crop pests
By Sarah Nightingale on July 24, 2017
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Tiny eel-like creatures called nematodes are surrounding us. While they can be free-living (a cup of soil or seawater contains thousands), the most well-known nematodes are the parasitic kind that wreak havoc in people, animals and plants.
Despite their reputation, scientists at the University of California, Riverside are studying nematodes as a force for good: to kill insects that infect crops and trees.
In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, a team led by Adler Dillman, assistant professor of parasitology in UCR’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, has shown how nematodes use smell to seek out uninfected insects, which they then enter and kill. The findings support the group’s long-term goal of improving how gardeners and the agricultural industry use nematodes in biological pest management.
Nematodes, which are transparent or milky white unsegmented worms between 0.1 and 2.5 millimeters long, represent a whopping 80 percent of all animal life on earth. The varieties that infect insects, such as the Steinernema carpocapsae species studied at UCR, enter their hosts through natural body openings, replicate, and secrete a deadly cocktail of proteins. These nematodes show promise as biological insecticides for more than 250 pests that attack plants such as corn, oranges, tomatoes, peaches, and pine trees.
Insects (like the larva shown in this figure) that have been infested with nematodes emit an odor called prenol that repels other nematodes seeking a host.
While previous research has shown that nematodes can differentiate between insects that have already been infected and those that have not, the mechanism by which this occurs has remained a mystery. In the current study, the researchers discovered that infected insects emit an odor called prenol ...
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Confessions of a serial entrepreneur
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Ten years ago, Matt Kulig walked into a big box home improvement store. After 20 minutes of fruitless searching for a surge protector, asking three employees for help, and being led to three incorrect locations, his patience was spent and he was on the verge of retail rage.
Fortunately, Kulig was able to channel his frustration into innovation by co-founding Aisle411, a mobile indoor mapping and location platform. The serial entrepreneur (he’s now working on his 10th startup) recently shared his story with Executive MBA (EMBA) students at Olin.
The Aisle411 app allows retailers to offer their guests accurate navigation throughout a store. In addition to navigation, it shares information on specials and other helpful data to enhance a customer’s experience. The app also tracks customers’ behavior to provide store owners with valuable insights on shopping patterns.
Today, St. Louis-based Aisle411 serves over 14,000 stores across the globe including Walgreens, Supervalu and Schnucks. They are able to do this thanks to partnerships with key businesses such as Google and Philips.
The EMBA students were all ears when Kulig said, “one can start a company from anywhere – yes, even the Midwest.” Aisle411’s mission is to “Uber-fy” the shopping experience.
Kulig shared 8 entrepreneurial lessons with WashU’s EMBA students:
People Matter. You should like the people you work with.
Networking Matters. Even for the extroverts, you “gotta do it.”
Serendipity Happens. There is no such thing as good luck. There is such thing as opportunity which generally occurs after ideas and people collide.
Don’t Wait For Things To Happen. Make them happen.
It’s All About Selling. When you are an entrepreneur, whether you like it or not, you are in sales. Everyone you talk to is a potential investor, customer or storyteller.
Manage Risk. Do not fear it.
Everything is Negotiable.
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Cheung, Wu Awarded $1.35 Million to Support Work in Plant Male-Female Interactions
UMass Amherst: News Archive
Molecular biologists Alice Cheung and Hen-Ming Wu, biochemistry and molecular biology, recently were awarded a combined $1.35 million from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Integrative and Organismal Systems and Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences to support their continued work in plant male-female interactions, which lead to fertilization and seed production, and in exploring basic mechanisms in plant signal transduction pathways.In a series of papers published between 2010 and 2015 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and eLife, the Cheung and Wu group advanced the mechanistic understanding of a plant cell surface regulator called FERONIA receptor kinase, which was once thought to be involved only in reproduction. They showed that in fact it is required to be present at all times and places for plant growth and survival. Their new research will build upon these findings and other work showing that FERONIA receptor kinase plays critical roles in plant growth, reproduction and coping with environmental stresses.
As department head Jennifer Normanly explains, “Besides advancing their own research, their findings also spurred an active international community to explore FERONIA and related regulators in a large variety of model and crop plants and to identify its role in a broad range of processes, in particular responses to biotic and abiotic stresses that have important agricultural implications.”
Because FERONIA is a member of a considerably larger receptor family whose functions were mostly unknown, the researchers say new understanding the mechanisms of how FERONIA functions may open many research avenues, not only in basic plant biology, but in new methods of improving plant growth, especially in plants under stress, and improving seed yields and crop production.
Cheung adds that in addition to their appreciation of NSF’s recognizing the intellectual merits of their work in dissecting fundamental mechanisms, she and Wu are “very gratified” that proposal review panels cited the ...
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Haslam College of Business Increases Fundraising Goal to $200 Million
Headlines – Tennessee Today
UT’s Haslam College of Business is increasing its goal for the Join the Journey: Investing in the Journey to the Top 25 Campaign from $175 million to $200 million.“The overwhelming support of our alumni and friends here at the Haslam College of Business will allow us to continue pushing forward with our ambitious goals,” said Stephen Mangum, dean and Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair for the college. “The increased fundraising goal will support us as we seek to attract and retain internationally regarded faculty and expand our access mission by providing more support for students from low-income households.”
This fundraising goal is one of the most ambitious business school campaigns in the nation. The college began raising funds in recognition of its centennial anniversary in 2014. Approximately $170 million has been raised to date. The campaign ends December 31, 2020.
Plans associated with the campaign also include expanding the college’s living and learning communities for undergraduates and growing its graduate programs by providing more funds to attract top master’s and doctoral students.
The college enrolls more than 4,200 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. The college became UT’s first named college in 2014 after a historic $50 million gift from the James A. Haslam II (’52) family. Haslam is a former vice chair of the UT Board of Trustees and a founding member of the UT Foundation Board of Directors. He founded the company now known as Pilot Flying J.
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Undetected Infection
Science and Technology @ UCSB
The raccoon that topples your trashcan and pillages your garden may leave more than just a mess. More likely than not, it also contaminates your yard with parasites — most notably, raccoon roundworms (Baylisascaris procyonis).“If you see a raccoon in Santa Barbara, chances are that it’s full of roundworms,” said Sara Weinstein, a former UCSB doctoral student now at the University of Utah. That is true in varying degrees throughout North America, where urban raccoons may infect people more than previously assumed.
Led by Weinstein, the UCSB researchers wondered if most human infections went undetected. In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they screened blood samples from 150 healthy Santa Barbara residents. Their study, appearing in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that 7 percent of surveyed individuals tested positive for raccoon roundworm antibodies. That was news to Weinstein, who said the researchers wouldn’t have been surprised if they’d found no evidence of human infection.
According to collaborator Kevin Lafferty, a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey, “These common — but undetected — infections have unknown health effects in people.”
Over 90 percent of raccoons in Santa Barbara play host to this parasite, which grows to about the size of a No. 2 pencil and can produce over 100,000 eggs per day. “These eggs are really small — about 400 of them can fit on the head of a pin,” Weinstein said. “And soap, alcohol, even bleach won’t kill them.”
These microscopic eggs can survive over a year in the environment, creating a disease risk for hundreds of other animals, including humans. If accidently consumed by a bird, a rodent or a person, the parasite’s eggs can hatch. But, said Weinstein, “they don’t just stay in the gut like they would in a raccoon — instead they migrate through the body.” Sometimes they reach the brain, with potentially ...
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La Universitat de Barcelona lidera la citació científica espanyola a Google Scholar
Universitat de Barcelona - Notícies
Transparent Ranking: Top Universities by Google Scholar.
24/07/2017
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La Universitat de Barcelona és la primera institució d’educació superior de l’Estat en nombre de citacions científiques, segons es desprèn de la quarta edició del Transparent Ranking: Top Universities by Google Scholar, elaborat pel Cybermetrics Lab del Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (CSIC). La Universitat de Barcelona acumula 276.287 citacions, xifra que la col·loca al lloc 160 del món. La Universitat de Granada, amb 250.454 citacions, és l’altra institució estatal que tanca el top 200, en la posició 197.
Completen les cinc primeres posicions la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (lloc 302), amb 182.719 citacions; la Universitat de València (339), amb 164.056 citacions, i la Universitat Complutense de Madrid (346), amb 161.148 citacions.
A escala mundial, la Universitat de Harvard lidera indiscutiblement el rànquing, amb 1.734.533 citacions, seguida a gran distància de Stanford (1.197.114) i de la Universitat Johns Hopkins (1.152.185). En el top ten, vuit institucions són nord-americanes i dues, britàniques.
Aquesta classificació mesura l’impacte i la visibilitat de Google Scholar. El rànquing, que analitza més de 4.000 universitats de tot el món, es basa en la utilització dels perfils professionals dels investigadors a Google Scholar. A través d’ells s’ha calculat el nombre total de citacions de les universitats.
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