Health – UConn Today
In light of a new study published last week, showing that artificial sweeteners do not help in weight management and may be associated with increased BMI and cardiometabolic risk, UConn Today consulted with physician assistant Bradley Biskup, leader of the Lifestyle Medicine Program at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health, to find out the latest health information about popular artificial sweeteners.
What are the most popular sugar substitutes used by Americans?
In the United States, there are seven sugar substitutes that have been approved for use. They are stevia, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), saccharin, and advantame. Even maltitol and sorbitol are used frequently in toothpaste, mouth wash, and in foods such as “no sugar added” ice cream.
With the use of sugar substitutes on the rise, what is the latest research showing?
Initially, it was felt that artificial sweetener use instead of regular sugar would help people lose weight, and decrease their risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. However, new research is showing just the opposite, as is shown by a recent study. The research findings published in the July issue of the journal CMAJ shows artificial sweeteners may actually be associated with weight gain and heart health risks.
What steps should Americans take to troubleshoot the potential health risks of artificial sweeteners?
The most important thing for Americans to do is to gradually reduce the amount of sugar and artificial sweeteners they are eating on a daily basis. By gradually having less, your taste buds will increase sensitivity for sugar over 20 to 25 days. If you have one quarter less sugar or artificial sweetener each month, you will allow your taste buds to adapt without noticing a significant change in perceived sweetness.
What are the downsides of consuming too much sugar?
The problem of consuming too much sugar isn’t just with the sugar. ...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
The Not-So-Sweet Side-Effects of Artificial Sugars
Gabrielle Rains Takes Bronze at Pan-Am U20 Championships in Peru
FIU Athletics
MIAMI (July 25, 2017) – FIU track and field standout Gabrielle Rains' "summer season" continues to be a tremendous success. The Sherwood Park, Alberta, native placed third, and took home the bronze medal, in the discus at the Pan-Am U20 Track and Field Championships on July 22, in Trujillo, Peru. Rains posted a throw of 53.06m to reach the medal stand. Her performance in Peru fell just short of breaking her Canadian U20 and FIU record of 53.10m that she set on March 18 at the Hurricane Invitational, a record stood for more than 31 years. Her record-setting throw is currently tied for the 19th-best U20 throw in the world this year, the second-best mark in Conference USA, and the 42nd-best in NCAA Division I during the 2017 campaign. Rains, who will be a sophomore in the fall, has already had a successful summer. On July 6, she won the Canadian U20 Track and Field Championship discus title at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa, Ontario. Rains set a new championships U20 record with her toss of 51.60m en route to the gold medal. Following the Pan-Am Championships, and before returning to Miami, Rains will take part in the 2017 Canada Summer Games at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, August 3-4. During her freshman season at FIU, Rains enjoyed a banner season. She took second-place at the Conference USA Championships in El Paso, Texas, with a throw of 50.95m, and advanced to the NCAA Division I East Region Prelims in Lexington, Kentucky. Fans are encouraged to follow the team on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUTrackXC) for all the latest FIU Track and Cross Country news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).##### About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses ( ...
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Football Home Opener will be a Night Game
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Michael Bonnette (@LSUBonnette)Sr. Assoc. Athletic Director/SID
BATON ROUGE – LSU’s 2017 home opener against Chattanooga on September 9 will be under the lights in the Tiger Stadium as the game will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT, the Southeastern Conference announced on Tuesday.
The LSU-Chattanooga game will be televised on the SEC Network Alternate channel. It’s the first meeting between LSU and Chattanooga in football. .
The only other two LSU games on the 2017 schedule currently with kickoff times are the season-opener against BYU in Houston, which starts at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN and the SEC opener against Mississippi State in Starkville, which carries a 6 p.m. start on ESPN or ESPN2.
Kickoff times along with television plans for the remainder of LSU’s schedule will be announced as the season progresses. Game times are typically announced two weeks ahead of time.
The Tigers are coming off an 8-4 season under head coach Ed Orgeron in 2016.
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Baker Institute expert: Heroin-assisted treatment programs can help in fight against opioid deaths
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Baker Institute expert: Heroin-assisted treatment programs can help in fight against opioid deaths
HOUSTON — (July 25, 2017) — Establishing heroin-assisted treatment programs, which provide severely addicted individuals with controlled access to pharmaceutical-grade heroin, could make a significant dent in the number of U.S. deaths from opioid use, according to an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy, outlined her insights and recommendations in a new Baker Institute blog, “Want Fewer People To Die From an Opioid Overdose? Give Them Heroin (Assisted Treatment).” She is available to discuss the issue with media.
Of the 52,404 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2015, roughly 63 percent involved an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prescription painkillers, the most widely used opioids, still accounted for the largest share of opioid overdose deaths — nearly half — in 2015. But over the last few years, the rise in overdose deaths has been driven primarily by a spike in deaths related to heroin and synthetic opioids. From 2014 to 2015, there was a 20.6 percent increase in deaths involving heroin and a 72.2 percent increase in deaths from synthetic opioids other than methadone, particularly fentanyl and its analogues, according to the CDC.
“If current trends continue, we will see an increase in the share of the heroin supply that is not heroin at all but much more powerful opioids like fentanyl,” Neill Harris wrote. “This poses a life-threatening risk to users who, unable to determine the content of drugs they purchase off the street or the internet, are more likely to consume a lethal dose, incorrectly assuming that they are taking an appropriate amount.”
Neill Harris said heroin-assisted treatment, or HAT, is a well-established ...
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L’ETSAB, menció d’honor del Tongji International Construction Festival 2017
Actualitat UPC
El projecte ‘One Meter Eighty’, realitzat pels estudiants Raquel Andreu, Anna Badia, Meritxell Padrós, Ana Teodora i Marc Solà, de primer curs del grau en Estudis d’Arquitectura de l’ETSAB, liderat pel professor Nacho López, ha rebut la menció d’honor del Tongji International Construction Festival and Fengyuzhu Plastic Polypropylene Sheet Design and Construction Competition del 2017, que ha tingut lloc del 5 a 10 de juny, a la Universitat de Tongji, a Xangai. Coordinat pel College of Architecture and Urban Planning de la universitat xinesa, el Festival ha consistit a dissenyar i construir un pavelló exterior a base de planxes de polipropilè cel·lular, per protegir-se de la intempèrie i per ser instal·lat en una àrea de 3x5 m. Amb l'objectiu d'inspirar el potencial creatiu dels estudiants, descobrir joves talents i fomentar l’esperit innovador, el concurs s’ha centrat enguany en el concepte de les micro-comunitats i els estudiants han hagut d’idear el pavelló, pensant en una comunitat temporal i espacial, i construir-lo amb el material aportat pels organitzadors.L’equip de l’ETSAB, que ha fet el projecte en el marc dels tallers internacionals de l’Escola, ha estat l’únic grup espanyol que ha participat en el Festival, juntament amb 35 grups de la Universitat de Tongji, 14 grups d’altres escoles d'arquitectura xineses i altres 11 d'escoles d'arquitectura internacionals. Cada grup disposava de set dies per dissenyar i muntar la seva estructura constructiva de plàstic a la plaça del College of Architecture and Urban Planning de la Universitat de Tongji, i en total se n’han construït 60.Mitjançant aquesta pràctica, el Tongji International Construction Festival busca fomentar el coneixement perceptiu i racional de les propietats dels materials constructius, així com del procés i la tecnologia de construcció, la funció de l’arquitectura, la dimensió de la figura humana, l’espai arquitectò ...
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UC Research Examines Lung Cell Turnover in Influenza Pneumonia
UC Health News
Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World
Health Organization, is responsible for as many as 500,000 deaths every year,
most due to influenza.
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Interactive Morning Nature and Art Walk set Nov. 7
Lone Star College CyFair News
Published on: October 05, 2015
Bring the family Nov. 7 to the Lone Star College-CyFair Center for the Arts for a lively and interactive morning Nature and Art Walk for Scholarships before joining in the annual Cy-Fest fun at the 9191 Barker Cypress campus.
Come at 8 a.m. for some hot chocolate, tea and coffee, then choose an 8:30 a.m. or 9 a.m. guided tour. The walk begins and ends at the Art building and finishes in time to enjoy the free family festivities from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. at Cy-Fest.
We are excited to offer this walk event as an opportunity to showcase our beautiful campus as well as the talent of our students in conjunction with the 11th annual Cy-Fest the community knows so well, said Heidi Scanio, Fine Arts Coordinator.
The nature walk encompasses a roughly 1.5 mile route through the Barker Cypress campus, lakes and nature trails. Along the way, walkers can not only learn about the colleges Katy Prairie Restoration Area and performing arts venues, but they can hear several performance ensembles and young walkers can enjoy a scavenger hunt. In addition, all walkers can participate in creating a community art mobile installation made of 1,000 paper cranes.
The Scholarship Nature and Art Walk is also a fund-raising effort to support visual and performing arts students nurture their talents and succeed in their academic and career goals, said Scanio. All proceeds are earmarked for student scholarships.
Tickets for the nature walk are $5 per person and walkers can also buy a string of paper cranes for $5 to hang on the art installation. Walk tickets and paper cranes can be purchased in advance online at LoneStar.edu/BoxOffice or at the box office Saturday morning.
For event information, call 281.290.3956.
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Lone Star College-North Harris student selected to attend Clinton Global Initiative University Conference
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Published on: May 08, 2014 Lone Star College-North Harris student Tara Alcera, recently attended the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University Conference (CGI U) at Arizona State University, where she represented a health education project that she and her high school classmates created in the southern Philippines.
The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), a program of the Clinton Global Initiative, brings together college students to address global challenges with practical, creative solutions. CGI U participants do more than simply discuss problems they take concrete steps to solve them by creating action plans, building relationships, participating in hands-on workshops, and following up with CGI U as they complete their projects. Since 2008, students have made more than 4,000 Commitments to Action.
Alcera represented The Berchmans Initiative. Named after the Jesuit St. John Berchmans, who preached philanthropy and good deeds, the initiative started when Alcera and her high school classmates saw a need to bring health education and medical attention to impoverished areas of southern Philippines.
Our project, The Berchmans Initiative, is important to me because through it, in my own little way, I am able to be of service to others, said Alcera. I am able to impart what I know, and what I have, to others who, sadly, might never even have such things. When you help someone, you get this great sense of accomplishment. I've never felt anything like it. It's a wonderful feeling.
Alcera and her classmates founded the group in 2012, recruited volunteers and sought partnerships with medical professionals and health agencies in the Philippines. Their almost-quarterly projects have included health seminars, hygiene packet distributions, medical treatment and disbursement of nutritious food for more than 200 women and children in the towns of Lunzuran, San Jose Gusu and Mercedes of Zamboanga City.
This project was something my high school classmates and I came up with, said Alcera. Basically, we all grew up in ...
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Bike&Place: New tool helps planners create cyclist-friendly networks
Washington Street, Houston, Mississippi: Streetscape rendering after implementing downtown, trail-oriented growth. (Image courtesy of Brian Morton.)You’d like to bike downtown for your job, to go shopping or to attend an event. Those first few blocks near home seem safe enough, but you get a bit worried when traffic gets heavier. It turns out, you’re not alone in how traffic stress affects your willingness to bicycle. Center for Urban and Regional Studies researcher Brian J. Morton has developed a tool that will help town planners design more cyclist-friendly networks around signature places in their community.
In a recent study for the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), Morton used an open-source software package to create an easy-to-use travel demand model for use by planners working in towns and small cities. Morton’s goal was to build a product that predicts demand for bicycle travel by “interested but concerned” cyclists. Called Bike&Place, Morton’s tool helps planners increase bicycle accessibility.
Roger Geller, bicycle coordinator for Portland, Oregon, created a typology of four kinds of cyclists: strong and fearless; enthused and confident; interested but concerned; and “no way no how.” In a national survey, participants were categorized into those four types in the following percentages: 7 percent; 5 percent; 51 percent; and 37 percent. The 51 percent of “interested but concerned” noted that they “like riding a bicycle…and they would like to ride more. But, they are afraid to ride….Very few of these people regularly ride bicycles… [and they] will not venture out onto the arterials to the major commercial and employment destinations they frequent.…They would ride if they felt safer on the roadways — if cars were slower and less frequent, and if there were more quiet streets with few cars and paths without any cars at all.”
Three small towns in Mississippi were used to develop and ...
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UC San Diego plans to build new hospital in Hillcrest
Newsroom: InTheNews
Publication Date: 7/18/2017
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URL Link: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/sd-me-ucsd-hillcrest-20170718-story.html
Page Content: Features UC San Diego Health
News Type: Regional
News_Release_Date: July 21, 2017
NewsTags: AIDS/HIV; Burn; Corporate - Quality, Awards, Diversity, Leadership; Emergency/Trauma; Surgery; Primary Care/Family Medicine
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Brain tumor expert Dr. Daniela Bota battles the recurrence of glioblastomas
UC Irvine Health News
July 20, 2017
In the News: UC Irvine Health brain tumor expert Dr. Daniela Bota tells CBS Los Angeles about research underway that raise hope for treatments to combat glioblastomas, the aggressive type of brain tumor that has been diagnosed in Arizona's Sen. John McCain.
In most cases, glioblastoma patients see a recurrence of the tumor within six to seven months after surgery.
"There is not any surgical procedure to remove the whole tumor out of the patient’s brain,” Bota, a neuro-oncologist and co-director of the UC Irvine Health Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program, tells CBS Los Angeles. "This tumor is very infiltrative, this tumor tries to regrow and reform in the brain."
That is why Bota has clinical trials underway that seek to use patients' immune systems and other drug regimens to stop those tumor cells from reforming.
View the CBS Los Angeles report ›
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Curtan Shares On Experience Of Playing Against USA Softball Team
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Riverside, CA–UC Riverside Softball outfielder Jenna Curtan had the opportunity to play against the USA Softball team in an exhibition game on July 13 in Sacramento, CA.The First Team All-Conference honoree and Roseville, CA native competed as a member of the Sacramento Rush All-Star team, which was comprised of the area's present and past college players."I had so much fun getting to know other extremely talented softball players in the Sacramento area, as well as playing in front of a 7,000 person crowd at Raley Field." said Curtan.In the game, Curtan went 0-2, and the Rush were held scoreless, however that had little impact on her outlook."Playing in an exhibition game against Team USA was an experience that was one of a kind. Representing my community and UCR in this event was extremely humbling. I am grateful for the opportunity to play against a team that I never would have had the chance to otherwise."In addition to the Softball games, the event also included a youth clinic before play began, as well as a meet and greet after the games."This opportunity helped me learn so much more about the game, and how important it is to continue to share my love of this sport with young girls.""Softball being put back in the 2020 Olympics is a huge stepping stone for our sport and getting the opportunity to play against the team that will represent our country was an honor, and one that I will remember for the rest of my life."Curtan prepares for her senior season at UC Riverside after hitting a team-leading .351 last season.
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Caltech Store Reopens in Millikan Library
The Caltech Store reopened on Monday, July 24, after moving to its new (albeit temporary) location on campus—in the lobby of Millikan Library. The move was made to allow for the demolition of the existing Winnett Student Center and the subsequent construction of a new campus hub, the Hameetman Center, on that same site.Current plans are for the Caltech Store to be part of the Hameetman Center's retail space when the building opens in the fall of 2018."Student Affairs would like to thank the offices of the president and provost, Development and Institute Relations, and the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering for allowing us to use their respective spaces during this transition period as well as for their patience during the construction phase," says Joe Shepherd, Caltech's vice president for student affairs.The Caltech Store's new operating hours will be 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Summer Update: Pair of Gauchos Named NECBL All-Stars
Santa Barbara Athletics News
Jul 24, 2017
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara baseball players Tommy Jew and Kevin Chandler have both been named New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars, it was announced over the weekend.
Jew, a redshirt freshman outfielder, and Chandler, a sophomore right-handed pitcher, are both playing for the Mystic Schooners this summer in the NECBL.
Named a starting outfielder for the South Division squad, Jew has been tearing the cover off the ball, ranking in the top-10 league-wide with a .354 batting average (sixth) and eight home runs (fourth). The San Ramon, Calif. native has accrued a .636 slugging percentage and was named the NECBL Player of the Week on Jul. 10 after hitting .571 and clubbing three home runs in a six-game span.
Chandler was one of nine hurlers selected to the South Division roster. A reliever so far during his time at UCSB, he has authored a 2.63 ERA in six appearances (four starts) spanning 27 1/3 innings for the Schooners. Averaging just over a strikeout per inning (28 in 27.1 IP), Chandler was unscored upon in four of his first five outings, including a seven-inning, three-hit performance on Jun. 29 at Plymouth.
Jew and Chandler are not the only Gauchos putting together strong summers so far.
Playing for the Medford Rogues in the Great West League, freshman catcher Eric Yang has put together a .402/.505/.552 slash line over 24 games. The West Hills, Calif. native has reached base in all but two contests and has recorded multiple hits in 11 of his appearances.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Noah Davis had a solid debut in the Cape Cod League, regarded as the top collegiate summer league in the country. In five appearances (four starts), Davis went 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA for the Cotuit Kettleers. A weekend starter for UCSB the past two seasons, he allowed two earned runs or fewer in every one of his Cape outings.
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New Staff Orientation to extend hours effective August 2017
Vanderbilt News
Jul. 24, 2017, 4:45 PM
(Vanderbilt University)
New Staff Orientation plays a key role in onboarding new staff and welcoming them to the Vanderbilt community. In an ongoing effort to improve the experience and make a lasting impression on our new colleagues, HR has decided to extend the orientation program.
Currently, New Staff Orientation runs from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Effective August 2017, the orientation program will begin at 8 a.m. and close at 3 p.m., with one hour allocated for lunch. The increased duration will allow more time for valuable benefits information to be communicated as well as promote greater interaction and improve information retention.
Please feel free to email clair.brigman@vanderbilt.edu or call 615-322-8320 if you have any questions. You can also visit the orientation page on the Human Resources website.
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The Bee Nutritionist
Tufts Now All Stories
Rachael Bonoan and I approach nine honey bee hives on Cummings School’s Grafton campus, covered from head to toe in heavy bee suits. One bee after another begins to buzz the mesh veil protecting our faces. I break into a sweat, not from being encased in canvas on a hot summer afternoon, but rather from a bit of bee-induced panic.But Bonoan, a Tufts Ph.D. candidate in biology, is unperturbed, as she goes about gently taking the top off the hive and filling it with smoke she pours from a kettle. She leisurely begins removing the frames inside the hive, one by one, to inspect each rectangle’s wax comb for signs of healthy reproduction: bee eggs, just-hatched larvae that look like tiny grubs, velvet-looking little hexagons (cells in the comb where the grubs have been capped over in wax to incubate until they’re ready for prime time), and fuzzy young bees that have just chewed their way out of the wax to make room for the next round of babies. “It’s all about knowing the bees, really,” says Bonoan. “I didn’t get stung at all last year.”
Though certainly savvy about working at “bee speed,” Bonoan, G18, tells me that there’s much she still wants to learn about how nutrition affects these highly social insects.
She hopes her research may help honey bees and other bees, which are responsible for pollinating a third of the crops consumed by Americans. Their numbers have declined at an alarming rate—half of all honey bee colonies, which should exist in perpetuity, have been wiped out since the 1950s. Possible causes include chemicals and pesticides, diseases caused by fungi, viruses and bacteria, stress from being trucked all over the country to pollinate crops, and—Bonoan’s special area of interest—nutritional deficiencies caused by pollinating large amounts ...
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Winning the Contract: Marketing & Selling to the Government
Events at UCF
This seminar will provide you with suggestions on how to market your products/services to Government agencies and we’ll provide links to a current list of government purchasing activities. We’ll commence with a brief overview of selling to and doing business with the federal government including registration, and principles and practices of contracting. Then will transition and provide you with suggestions on how to market your products/services to the government including market targeting (who are the agencies and what do they buy), what to say, capabilities statements, the use of social media and specific recommendations on who do I contact/visit and what to say.
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Master gardener Orin Martin celebrates 40 years at the Alan Chadwick Garden
Student News
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.
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UW Daily – July 24, 2017
UW Daily
UW System / Top Stories
On Campus
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
CSUSB News
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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