Lincoln, Neb. – A dry bean breeder based in western Nebraska and a bean breeder from Tanzania, Africa met in Scottsbluff this week to get to know each other, discuss their breeding work and tour the labs and plots of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and the CEnter extension to Scottsbluff. The new connection could open a channel for ...
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Fueled by her own trauma, a doctoral student fights to break the cycle of sexual violence | UMM News
Contact: Erin FlynnSeptember 7, 2021 Tabitha Mpamira established the EDJA Foundation, now known as the Mutera Healing Foundation, to break the cycle of sexual and gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa. KALAMAZOO, Michigan — Trauma manifests itself in several ways. Tabitha mpamira became fascinated by its intricacies while working in psychology labs as an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University. But ...
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Noele Certain, fifth-year doctoral candidate in the PhD program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University, received the NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and AVC from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH D-SPAN Award will support up to six years of funding ...
Read More »Every Biennial Louisville Photo Event You May Attend This Year
The Photo Biennale has been around since 1999. What was once a dream of former Artemisia owner Erin Devine was almost lost until Paul Paletti stepped in and took the helm. Today, despite the setbacks of the pandemic, Paletti has found a way to move the Biennale forward – with the cooperation of many people and organizations. This year, the ...
Read More »Westfield special education student wins college scholarship
New Jersey Alliance of Private Special Education Schools press release: August 27, 2021 Rory Scialabba, a Westfield resident and a graduate of Calais School in Whippany, is one of two recipients of the Joe Gorga Fellowship, awarded by the Alliance of Private Special Education Schools of New Jersey. The Alliance is a nonprofit group of 40 state-approved private special education ...
Read More »The Big Ten, Pac 12, and the ACC Alliance are official (sort of)
On Tuesday, the Big Ten, Pac 12 and ACC conferences officially formed an alliance in hopes of shaping the future of college football. The announcement follows the departure of two historic Big 12 Conference programs, the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, to join the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The trio of commissioners held a joint press conference after ...
Read More »Laura Crossey of UNM promoted to Distinguished Professor
Professor Laura Crossey’s interest in planetary science at the University of New Mexico dates back to her childhood memory of watching the first steps on the moon on her grandmother’s black and white television in Illinois. Today, she has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is a Distinguished Professor – the highest title the faculty can have – in the Department ...
Read More »USM Museum of Art Call for entries: Little Things Matter Sculpture Exhibition – Picayune Item
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Museum of Art has announced a call for nominations for Little Things Matter: National Juried Small-Scale Sculpture Exhibition, with a jury by George Beasley. This exhibition features small-scale sculptures made by artists from across the United States. Artists 18 years of age or older are invited to submit nominations of original works created within ...
Read More »Arkansas Arts Council Presents Individual Artist Scholarships
CBCO The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will partner with the Gravette First Responders to host the second annual Boot and Badge Blood Drive from 10 am to 4 pm on August 27 at Gravette Civic Center, 401 Charlotte St. SE. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of the Ozarks Community Hospital in Gravette, 1101 ...
Read More »Calls from college professors for mask and vaccination warrants are getting louder and louder.
Only a few weeks before the start of the school year, professors and students from several universities are … [+] insisting that their campuses impose stricter protections against the spread of the coronavirus. getty In the past two weeks alone, professors at a number of colleges and universities have started to rally and call on their institutions to institute stricter ...
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