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Every morning at about 7 a.m., Orin Martin takes a slow stroll through the Alan Chadwick Garden, soaking up the quiet as he observes the verdant beauty around him."There's a saying that the best fertilizer is the footsteps of the farmer—or, as I like to say, the shadow of the gardener," says Martin, who this month celebrates his 40th anniversary with the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden.
At 68, Martin could retire, but he isn't remotely interested.
"When I'm here at first light, with the fog lifting, it's a transcendental moment," he says. "Like when you hear the first few notes of a John Coltrane saxophone solo, and the hair on the back of your neck stands up, and every cell in your body knows you're alive."
Thus speaks a man in love with his work. Martin remains fully engaged with all aspects of his job as manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden: planting, propagating, pruning—and passing on the knowledge he has acquired over four decades.
"I get to hang around really bright, motivated Gen X'ers and Millennials who go on to succeed at things I would never dare to try," Martin says of the students and apprentices with whom he shares his days. "I just love these kids. They are so intrinsically motivated. They want you to teach them, and they want to go out and do things. They're the light of the world."
If it sounds like Martin has the dream job, he'd be the first to tell you no one would have predicted it 40 years ago.
This snapshot of Orin Martin is pinned to a garden bulletin board that is crowded with yellowed newspaper clippings and faded notes.An unlikely gardener
"Growing up, gardening to me was an onerous chore my old man made me do when I messed up," Martin recalls.
That changed after ...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Master gardener Orin Martin celebrates 40 years at the Alan Chadwick Garden
UW Daily – July 24, 2017
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COL: Fond memories of a respected educator and friend, Baraboo News Republic, July 22
COL: Learning doesn’t stop for the summer at UW-Marshfield/Wood County, USA Today, July 24
EXT: More Beetles, Bigger Threat: Japanese Beetle Population On The Rise In Door County, Door County Daily News, July 22
EXT: UW-Extension: Flooding and its impact on agriculture, Kenosha News, July 21
EXT: Event celebrating Uptown builds community, Kenosha News, July 21
EXT: County reaches out to Cambria area after Didion explosion, Portage Daily Register, July 20
EXT: Marshfield’s 2017 growing season second wettest on record, Hub City Times, July 20
EXT: Unanimous Opposition to Back Forty Mine Goes to County Board, Door County Pulse, July 21
EAU: UW-Eau Claire students benefit from social worker immersion program, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, July 23
EAU: Air-conditioning malfunction closes UW-EC’s Nursing Building, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, July 21
EAU: Air-conditioning malfunction closes UW-EC’s Nursing Building, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, July 21
EAU: It Seems to Me: Climate change not partisan (commentary by UW-Eau Claire faculty member James Boulter), Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, July 23
EAU: UW-Eau Claire Nursing Building closed due to mechanical issues, WQOW News 18, July 21
EAU: UW-Eau Claire geology professor explains Antarctica iceberg break implications, WQOW News 18, July 21
EAU: UW-Eau Claire researchers head back to Lithuania to continue research, WQOW News 18, July 21
EAU: The New Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, July 21
GRB: UW-Green Bay ‘snaps’ at its students, AP via Washington Times, July 24
GRB: Tickets remain to see Brett Favre at Lee Remmel Sports Awards Banquet (to benefit UW-Green Bay and other institutions), Appleton Post-Crescent, July 21
GRB: Brass Differential’s (featuring Prof. Gaines) tuba, er, sousaphone steals the show, Appleton Post-Crescent, July 20
LAX: Sobieski lumberjack takes a swing at championship title, Green Bay Press Gazette, July 22
LAX: New Student Union at UW-La Crosse brims with new ...
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Fighting Tick-Borne Diseases on Multiple Fronts
UConn Today
UConn is on the front line in the fight to control the spread of tick-borne diseases. At the state testing lab on campus, UConn scientists are tracking established and emerging diseases carried by ticks from around the country.
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Wanted: Grolsch bottles
Wanted: Grolsch bottles, preferably 16oz and clear. Wanting to buy a few but the shipping is outrageous on everything I’ve found. If anyone’s got any extras sitting around in their garage in good condition, I’d love to talk! Thanks. Contact Laura at lezamborsky@alaska.edu
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Softball. 51 Spartans Receive MW Scholar-Athlete Recognition
San Jose State Spartans News -- www.sjsuspartans.com
Eight student-athletes received the honor each of their four years at San José State.
July 18, 2017
Colorado Springs, Colo.— A school-record 51 San José State University student-athletes have received a 2016-17 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award for their performance in the classroom during their athletic career.The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must have completed two semesters at the institution, have a 3.5 or better grade point average and have participated in a competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.The Spartan student-athletes represent 13 sports, led by women’s swimming and diving with 13 honorees and followed by women’s track and field with seven.Eight San José State student-athletes have earned an award each of their four years – Jack Veasey (BASE); Karina Nunes (WXC/T&F); Tim Crawley (FB); Chelsea Jenner and Katelyn Linford (SB); Taylor Solorio (WSW); and Marie Klocker and Gaelle Rey (WTN).“Our student-athletes continue to make us proud by showing us that academic excellence is indeed achievable. I am impressed that we continue to set records each year with the number of student-athletes recognized by the Mountain West. Our coaches and academic team work diligently to ensure that every Spartan is successful in the classroom,” said Eileen Daley, senior associate athletics director for academics and student services.The Spartan Scholar-Athletes helped the Mountain West to a new league-record 756 student-athletes recognized.2016-17 San José State University MW Scholar-Athletes# # #
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Play tries to move beyond reform-school girls cliches
KU News Headlines
LAWRENCE — Can an adult male who’s never been incarcerated relate well enough to the experiences of young minority women sentenced to reform school to write something true and moving about that experience?
Well, if the tears of audience members who saw a staged reading of Darren Canady’s “Black Butterflies” this spring are any indication, the answer is “yes.”
The University of Kansas associate professor of English seems likely to receive further validation when the San Francisco-based American Conservatory Theater stages the world premiere of his latest work July 25-29.
In January, Canady received a commission to write a play for a collaboration among ACT's Education & Community Programs, its Young Conservatory and the Destiny Arts Center in Oakland, California. The show moves to Destiny Arts Center for performances Aug. 4-5.
Canady has written so many things, from short monologues to full-length plays, that he’s lost count, although he’s quick to recall some of the renowned stages his works have graced, from London’s Old Vic to Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.
A native of Topeka, Canady said that when he began his career as a playwright, he wrote what he knew.
“I wrote from personal and family experience,” he said. “I realized that stories from my family members — black people who lived and died in the Midwest — were largely an empty space in dramatic literature. Over the past couple of years, I have found myself writing more about things that make me angry; people and situations that have been silenced in the larger cultural conversation.
“But it’s tricky writing outside yourself. It’s a harder, slower process. It requires you to lay down your ego, for instance, if someone tells me what I have written is not right or true to the situation. The reward is it has allowed me to stretch the possibilities of what I ...
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14th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival Announces Winners: For My Father Takes Grand Prize
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14th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival Announces Winners: For My Father Takes Grand Prize
STONY BROOK, N.Y., August 5, 2009
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The Stony Brook Film Festival closed with the New York premiere of The Little Traitor, with writer and director Lynn Roth hosting a Q&A after the film, followed by an Awards Reception on the Staller Center Main Stage. John Anderson, film critic, who was master of ceremonies for the evening, announced Stony Brook’s Audience and Jury awards for best features and shorts.
(L-R) John Anderson, film critic and master of ceremonies at Stony Brook Film Festival’s Closing Night Awards; Mary Stuart Masterson, producer of Tickling Leo, Best Feature-Jury Award; Chris Morrow, executive producer of Like Dandelion Dust, Best Feature-Audience Choice Award; and Alan Inkles, founder and director of the Stony Brook Film Festival.
Alan Inkles, founder and director of the Festival, heard from both filmmakers and audience alike, who praised the diversity of the Stony Brook Film Festival. “It has been an amazing year for us both artistically and in terms of attendance. We had the largest crowds in our 14 year history and the audience voting gave some of the highest scores we have ever seen,” said Mr. Inkles.
Grand Prize
For My Father
Directed by Dror Zahavi. Written by Ido Dror and Yonaton Dror. Produced by Avi Spielmann, Shlomo Mograbi and Heike Wiehle-Timm. With Hili Yalon, Shredi Gabrin and Shlomo Vishinsky. A riveting film from Israel about a young Jewish girl cut off from her Orthodox roots, a shopkeeper who has lost his soldier son, and a young Palestinian man on a desperate mission. An Israeli-German co-production by Israfilm (Tel Aviv) and Relevant Film (Hamburg).
Best Feature
Audience Choice
Like Dandelion Dust
Directed by Jon Gunn. Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele and Michael Lachance, based on the novel by Karen Kingsbury. Produced by Kevin Downes and Bobby ...
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Open New Career Doors As A Certified EMT: SBU School Of Health Technology And Management Runs Spring 2011 Course
Open New Career Doors As A Certified EMT: SBU School Of Health Technology And Management Runs Spring 2011 Course
STONY BROOK, N.Y
., December 29, 2010 – The School of Health Technology and Management (SHTM) at Stony Brook University will hold a certification course for anyone interested in becoming a certified emergency medical technician (EMT). The weekend program runs from February 5, 2011, to May 19, 2011. The program includes education, training, and exams for New York State EMT certification completion. The 120-hour course costs $800.
“Being EMT certified is a great way to pursue new volunteer opportunities, and EMT certification is an important foundation toward pursuing careers in the growing healthcare field,” says Malcolm Devine, Associate Director of the Paramedic Training Program at SBU.
This Basic EMT course is divided into 31 topical chapters that provide education and training in all the areas necessary for EMTs. These include: The Human Body; Lifting and Moving Patients; Airway; Patient Assessment, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Emergencies; Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues; General Pharmacology, and many other topics.
Fire departments, hospitals, universities, state parks and day camps are some of the many places that employ EMTs. Successful EMT students will be eligible to apply to the SBU Paramedic Program. In addition, Mr. Devine says that those who take the course, including volunteers for local fire department and ambulance corps, may be eligible for reimbursement. SBU has offered an EMT Paramedic program for nearly 20 years. Seating will be limited and acceptance to the class will be based on the receipt date of the tuition fee
Applicants to the program need only be 18 years of age at the time the State test is offered (December 18, 2010). For more information on the Basic EMT course or on the paramedic program at Stony Brook University, go to sites.google.com/site/sbuemt/ or contact Malcolm Devine at
malcolm.devine@stonybrook.edu
or at 631-240-4271.
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Lone Star College recognized for achievements in communications
Lone Star College System News
Published on: April 15, 2015 Lone Star College received four national Paragon Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR).
The awards, announced March 24 at the groups national conference held in Portland, Oregon, recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges.
Lone Star College believes effective communication with its students is critical to their success, said Emily deMilliano, LSC executive director of marketing. We are thrilled to have our work recognized by such a prestigious organization.
In all, LSC won awards in the following categories:
Original Photography-Unmanipulated:
LSC-North Harris (Gold)
Student Handbook:
Lone Star College System (Silver)
Magazine Style Video Program:
LSC-Kingwood (Bronze)
Computer-Generated Illustration:
LSC-Kingwood (Bronze).
The NCMPR Paragon Awards is the only national competition of its kind that honors excellence exclusively among marketing and PR professionals at two-year colleges. The NCMPR has more than 1,550 members from more than 650 colleges across the United States, Canada and other countries.
The NCMPR also provides professional development opportunities, advocates on behalf of the profession and the institutions it serves, and recognizes professional excellence.
Lone Star College has been opening doors to a better community for more than 40 years. Founded in 1973, LSC remains steadfast in its commitment to student success and credential completion. Today, with almost 83,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 95,000, Lone Star College is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., is the chancellor of LSC, which consists of six colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, seven centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online.
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Entries Welcomed for Annual Art Show
Lone Star College Kingwood News
Published on: April 20, 2015
Lone Star College-Kingwoods Fine Arts Gallery is now accepting entries for the annual Juried Student Art Show July 20 Aug. 26. The show is sponsored by the Durdin family, owners of Parkway Family Mazda and Kia.
We are very grateful for the generosity and support of the student show sponsors, the Durdin Family and Parkway Family Mazda and Kia, said Kris Larson, gallery director. They are longstanding supporters of the Humble Independent School District and education. They also sponsor higher education and the arts by providing additional financial assistance and services to students and families throughout the Humble, Atascocita, and Kingwood communities.
The deadline for entering art work is at midnight on May 8. More information about the registration process is available both in class and on the gallery website. All gallery events are free and open to the public.
This years Juried Student Art Show will include art work produced in studio art classes during the 2014-2015 academic year at LSC-Kingwood. The students art work will be judged in three categories: photography, 2-D (design I, design III and drawing) and 3-D (ceramics). This show is a part of the studio art class curriculum. Credit students who enter work may be eligible to win cash scholarships, thanks to the Durdin family.
The guest juror will be Natasha Bowdoin. Bowdoin earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Tyler School of Art in Rome in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA in 2003. She has presented solo exhibitions of her work nationally and internationally at Monya Rowe Gallery in New York, Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas, The Visual Arts Center in Austin, the Roswell Museum of Art in New Mexico, and Extraspazio in Rome. Bowdoin has been included in various group shows such as the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary ...
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LSC-Montgomery’s “Healthier U” Event for Community, Students is April 8-10
Lone Star College Montgomery News
Published on: March 25, 2015
Lace up your sneakers and get out to Lone Star College-Montgomerys annual heart pumping Healthier U wellness expo and job fair, to be held Wednesday, April 8 through Friday, April 10.The three-day series of events aims to increase health awareness while raising scholarship money for LSC-Montgomery students. All events are open to the community and no registration is required, except for the golf tournament.Heres the line-up of events:
Wednesday, April 8Healthier U Cook Off
Dont miss Lone Star College-Montgomery's annual Healthier U wellness expo and job fair, held Wednesday, April 8 through Friday, April 10. The three-day series of events aims to increase health awareness while raising scholarship money for LSC-Montgomery students.
Sampler Sale: $3 per person, includes food, drink, and dessertAll sale proceeds go toward student scholarships11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Commons Building Atrium, Bldg. A)Lockup for HealthKnow someone that needs a time-out? 30 minutes in lockup should do the trick! $1 to lockup a student. $5 to lockup faculty. $10 to lockup an administrator. Detainees may post bail for the same amount, or wait for their release. A 48-hour lockup prevention certificate can be purchased for $20. All proceeds go toward student scholarships. 12 p.m.-1 p.m. (Commons Building Atrium, Bldg. A)Wellness Expo & Job FairEnjoy demonstrations, exhibits, products, and presentations from a variety of vendors. Plus, several businesses will seek candidates, so bring your resume and be ready for informal interviews. There is no cost to attend.10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Health Science Center Atrium, Bldg. B)T-Shirt SalesWant a Healthier U souvenir to remember the fun? Purchase shirts for $5 each. All sale proceeds go toward student scholarships.10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Commons Building Atrium, Bldg. A; Health Science Center Atrium, Bldg. B)Silent Auction Bid on items from a variety of local merchants, restaurants, and organizations.All sale proceeds go toward student scholarships.10 a.m.-2 ...
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OTA Students to Host Carnival for Children with Special Needs
Lone Star College Tomball News
Published on: October 19, 2012
For a fun night of treats and games this October, Lone Star College-Tomball Occupational Therapy Assistant students will be hosting a Halloween carnival for children with special needs on Friday, October 26, from 5-7:30 p.m., at the LSC-Tomball Health Science Building, located at 700 Graham Drive across the street from the Tomball Regional Medical Center.
Families are welcome to the event at which all activities will be wheelchair accessible. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This is the second year the carnival event will be held in the new LSC-Tomball Health Science Building which opened last fall.
For more information or to R.S.V.P. contact Rani Halliday: halliday.ot@gmail.com or call 281.826.3634.
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A Push with Purpose
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When Cheryl Silverbrook, MD ’13, RESD ’17, BS ’09, heard that her residency director, Jennifer Keller, MD, MPH ’07, was moving to a new position — director of the Division of Education at the George Washington University (GW) Medical Faculty Associates Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology — she wanted to do something special. What she didn’t expect was how successful that something special would be.“In talking with my co-residents, we decided that we wanted to recognize [Dr. Keller’s] service to the residency program over the last 10 years,” Silverbrook recalled. “We [kept asking], ‘What would she want?’ She’s such a giving person, we didn’t think she would really want a gift or anything like that, and we started thinking, ‘What’s something we could contribute to that would be meaningful for her?’”
Silverbrook reached out to Nancy Gaba, MD ’93, RESD ’97, Oscar I. and Mildred S. Dodek and Joan B. and Oscar I. Dodek Jr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), and the two brainstormed, eventually settling on the idea of a gift to the OB/GYN Resident Education Fund in Keller’s honor. The fund, Gaba explained, enhances the education experience for residents; it supports educational tools, such as simulators for rarer clinical conditions, as well as research projects, online resources, and travel for conferences or international medicine missions.
“I said, ‘I tell you what. If you can get all the residents in your class to make a donation, I’ll match it,’” Gaba said. “Cheryl and I are both competitive people, and [the idea] started taking on steam, and then I said, ‘I’ll try to get all of the faculty to donate.’”
Gaba turned to Sheetal Sheth, MD, RESD ’10, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at SMHS, to get faculty support, while Silverbrook called on her ...
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Positive experiences turn campers into students at WVU
Stories | WVU Today | West Virginia University
Not only are West Virginia
University’s Engineering
Challenge Camps a great way to introduce students to the possibilities in
STEM-related fields, they also serve as a great recruiting tool for the Statler College.
“The camps act as a recruitment tool because campers have
the opportunity to spend a week on campus learning about all the exciting things
happening at WVU engineering,” said Cate
Schlobohm, Statler College outreach program coordinator. “For many campers,
this is their first time on a college campus, so the camps help take away some
of the mystery of what it’s like to go away to college.”
Before attending the College’s Growing Roots in STEM Camp in
2014, and the Engineering in Action Camp in 2015, neither Heather Joyce of
Wadestown, or Abigail Osborne of Hurricane, had ever stepped foot on the WVU campus.
“I’ve always been interested in the University and even
though I lived close to Morgantown I hadn’t really toured the campus or any of the
buildings,” Joyce said. “Attending the camp really allowed me to see that the
people that go to school here and work for the University are all extremely encouraging
and it gave me a feel for what WVU was all about.”
The campers spent a week on campus being immersed in
engineering activities. They constructed planes, created cardboard canoes and learned
about the variety of jobs that engineers do. The experience inspired both women
to pursue engineering degrees at WVU.
“My camping experience definitely influenced my college
decision,” Osborne said. “At first I thought I really did not want to attend
WVU but after such a positive camp experience and an inviting campus tour WVU
seemed like the place for me.”
After enrolling in the fall of 2016, the campers were connected
through a roommate matching portal that the University offers to incoming freshmen.
They discovered that ...
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UTA ranked among best for Native American students
The University of Texas at Arlington News Releases
The premier publication for prospective Native American college students has again ranked The University of Texas at Arlington among the nation’s best universities for Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students to study science, technology, engineering and math. The Winds of Change magazine’s annual “Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans” list includes UTA for the third consecutive year.
A publication of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the list considers steady increases in enrollment, graduation rates and degrees awarded in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math; strong academic support available on campus and substantial community support for the Native population in the surrounding region.
“Recognition by Winds of Change validates our work in recruiting Native American students to our campus and then delivering excellent academic pathways for success in these important professional fields of science and engineering,” said Ken Roemer, Distinguished Teaching and Scholar Professor in UTA’s College of Liberal Arts and an expert in American Indian literature. “As a nation, and particularly as a public university, we owe our Native American youth the best possible education, and clearly, Winds of Change agrees it can be achieved at UTA.”
The annual Powwow at UTA celebrates American Indian culture. Photo courtesy of Les Riding-In.
Roemer is a longtime faculty advisor to UTA’s Native American Student Association, which is the longest, continuously running Native student college group in Texas.
Now in its 23rd year, NASA has awarded 32 scholarships and hosts an annual Powwow that attracts Native American tribes from across Texas and the Southwest to campus to celebrate culture and heritage. By hosting lectures, films and workshops, and advocating for Native American issues, NASA frequently engages with the surrounding community and draws them to campus.
NASA has helped sponsor the annual Native Re-Vision All-Star Football Classic, a summer football game for rising high school junior ...
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Navajo Nation, NAU researchers study implementation of groundbreaking ‘unhealthy food’ tax
NAU NewsNAU News
By Kerry BennettOffice of the Vice President for ResearchHigh rates of overweight and obesity—as well as related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes—are serious public health concerns for the Navajo Nation. With more than 300,000 enrolled members in 110 chapters spread across 27,000 square miles in northeastern Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, it is one of the largest American Indian tribes in the U.S. The Indian Health Service estimates that 25,000 members of the Navajo have Type 2 diabetes and 75,000 are pre-diabetic.
To combat these problems, which health experts associate with overconsumption of soda, fat and processed foods and inadequate physical activity, Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly signed the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) into law in 2014, mandating a 2 percent tax on “unhealthy foods” purchased in the Navajo Nation.
The HDNA was designed to help change health behaviors by discouraging tribal members from purchasing high-fat and high-sugar food items with little or no nutritional value, including sweetened beverages, chips, candy, frozen desserts, pastries and fried foods. The law also was designed to promote the consumption of fresh produce and increased physical activity. It mandates that revenues generated by the sales tax be set aside for projects that improve community wellness, such as vegetable gardens, farmers markets, exercise equipment, health classes and walking trails.
Navajo Nation officials Del Yazzie, director of the Navajo Epidemiology Center (NEC), and Shirleen Jumbo-Rintila, legislative associate for the Navajo Division of Community Development (DCD), are working in a collaboration with faculty members of NAU’s Department of Health Sciences—professor Tim Behrens, associate professor Dirk de Heer and associate professor Priscilla Sanderson, who is director of NAU’s Center for American Indian Resilience—to study the implementation of the tax.
“Our understanding of the factors related to implementation of taxes such as these are crucial to developing policies that work,” Behrens said.
Although several cities have enacted sales taxes ...
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CWRU Volleyball Receives AVCA Team Academic Award
Case Western Reserve Athletic News
Jul 24, 2017
The 2016 Case Western Reserve University volleyball team was selected as a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, based on the squad's outstanding grade point average during the 2016-17 academic year.
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 GPA on a 5.0 scale.
A total of 822 teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2016-17 season, breaking the previous year's total of 762 to set an all-time high. 150 of the teams honored were NCAA Division III programs, the most honored among college divisions.
The Spartans finished the 2016 season with a 21-10 overall record, while posting a 2-5 mark in the University Athletic Association and finishing in sixth place at the UAA Championships.
Case Western Reserve will kick off its 2017 campaign on Friday, September 1st against Ohio Northern University, as part of the Ohio Northern Tournament.
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FSYSS Kick-off
Academic Calendar
Tuesday, September 5, 20179:00 AM - 3:00 PM (CT)
MLK Commons
Event Type
Academic
Contact
Lauren Napolitano8157530028
Department
First- and Second-Year Experience
Event Url
Link
https://calendar.niu.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=31645
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Monday, July 24, 2017
A Special Summer Camp: Preparing African American Males for Energy and Education (PAAMEE)
The PAAMEE program recruits promising high school students to study renewable and conventional energy.
If someone says, "When life hands you lemons…" most people respond with lemonade. Not engineers; they'd say batteries.
Likewise, not all teenagers would be willing to give up their Saturdays. But for young men interested in engineering careers, PAAMEE takes a rather sour proposal—Saturday classes for three semesters—and turns it into a powerhouse of opportunity.
Michigan Tech’s Summer Youth Program is hosting two groups of PAAMEE students from the Detroit area for week-long, hands-on summer camps on clean energy. One group was at Tech last week; the other is on campus this week.
The PAAMEE program, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), runs 1.5 years for each group. It is a collaboration among the Detroit Area PreCollege Engineering Program (DAPCEP), Lawrence Technological University, Michigan State University, Oakland University and Michigan Tech.
A group of PAAMEE students work on building small solar-powered lights.
Diversity in STEM
On the students' first day at Michigan Tech, they learned to make batteries from lemons. Two of the participants, Jamyl Washington and Ari Smith, explain that they used copper and zinc electrodes—attached to the lemon with little alligator clips—to power a small LED light. A simple chemical reaction pulls electrons from the zinc to the copper through the lemon. Simple, but not easy.
"It can be frustrating because you're constantly refining the process," Smith says, though he thinks that holding a volt meter to a lemon battery and similar hands-on lessons are the best way to learn science. "I know the gist of the topics we're learning about, but now I'm getting into topics in-depth."
Ari Smith (right) says learning about energy has opened his eyes to many career options and interesting science.
During his Saturday classes downstate, Smith took on a project about biofuels; Washington ...
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CSU Trustees Appoint Gayle E. Hutchinson as President of CSU, Chico
CSU Chanel Islands News
(March 9, 2016) – The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Gayle E. Hutchinson, Ed.D., as president of California State University, Chico. Hutchinson is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at California State University Channel Islands. Hutchinson succeeds President Paul Zingg, who is retiring in June and has served as president since 2004.“I am honored and humbled that the CSU Trustees have appointed me as the next president of Chico State. I am thrilled to return to a university I adore and serve its vibrant campus community,” said Hutchinson. “I join the CSU community in recognizing President Paul Zingg for his many years of service and contributions within the CSU and at Chico State. I truly look forward to working with faculty, staff, students and the broader Chico community as we partner together and set direction for the future of the university.” CSU Trustee Douglas Faigin, Ph.D., chair of the Trustees’ Committee for the Selection of the President, praised Hutchinson’s achievements. “Dr. Hutchinson has built her academic career at Chico State and has tremendous support on campus. She has a solid track record as a faculty and administrative leader and decades of successful experience in working with the broader campus community. Her passion for student success, shared governance, academic excellence and her knowledge and experience in the CSU and at Chico State make her the ideal choice for president. All of us on the Search Committee and Board of Trustees have no doubt she will lead the campus to new levels of success.”In her current role as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at CSU Channel Islands, Hutchinson provides the academic leadership for the campus, directing and coordinating all academic programs and activities, and co-chairs the university’s Strategic Resource Planning Committee, which aligns fiscal resources with the strategic plan. Prior to that ...
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Cliff Stover Awarded Mentor’s Cup by SAE International and Sports Car Club of America
PolyCentric
Cliff Stover, a former professor of mechanical engineering who advised Cal Poly Pomona’s Baja SAE and Formula SAE teams for 22 years, was awarded the Carroll Smith Mentor’s Cup by SAE International and the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).
The cup is the highest honor awarded to any SAE advisor and “recognizes extraordinary levels of personal time and expertise given to engineering education, and the ability to serve as an exceptional role model for students.”
During the award ceremony, Darshan Bagivalu, a junior majoring in industrial engineering and leader of this year’s Formula SAE team noted that, “Stover really did master the fine line between micro-managing and giving too much liberty…he would push for items that proved to be very important and then give us enough slack to make our own mistakes and learn from them.”
Over the years, Stover has advised Cal Poly Pomona Baja SAE and Formula SAE teams that participated in 71 national and international competitions. He has also mentored teams participating in SAE Supermileage, SAE Aerodesign, ASME Human Powered Vehicle (HPV), and HPSS Human Powered Submarine events.
“It’s all been fun,” said Stover, “and the travel has been great: Italy, England, Germany, Montreal, and in the U.S., California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and maybe more.
Engineering students have always excelled in project related environments where classroom theory is put into practice. Team projects and international multidisciplinary design competitions showcase our future, our engineers, and our next generation of great young minds.”
Stover began his involvement in racing at age 14, racing motocross at Corona Raceway in 1974 and later racing 750 super sport motorcycles and shifter karts. He began offering advice to Cal Poly Pomona’s Formula SAE team while attending classes as a graduate student.
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CSUSB to hold workshop for veterans interested in working for state government
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A workshop for veterans interested in working for the state of California will be held on Tuesday, July 25, at Cal State San Bernardino, sponsored by the university’s Veteran’s Success Center in partnership with the California Department of Veteran Affairs (CalVet).The Help Shape California Future Appointment Workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the John M. Pfau Library, Room 5005. The event is free to all veterans. Registration is still open, but seating is limited.
The workshop will teach the application process, while laying the path to state leadership. Session topics include: Gubernatorial Appointments, How to Get a State Job, Claims Filing and CalVet Overview.
Registration may be done online at the “State Appointments Workshop/San Bernardino” web page.
Also visit the CSUSB Veteran’s Success Center website to learn more about its programs.
For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.
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Gelar Upacara Bendera Rutin, Siswa SDLP UPI Kampus Serang Berbaris Rapi
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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.
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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
Cal Poly Pomona
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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