Former Syracuse guard Faith Blackstone transfers to North Carolina A&T
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Blackstone, a 6-foot freshman guard, announced her new school Tuesday afternoon in a post on Instagram.
“I would like to say thank you to all the Syracuse coaches and fans for the love and support. Thank you for challenging me to be a better player on and off the court. I wish nothing but the best for the Syracuse program. With that being said, I would like to announce that I will be transferring to North Carolina A&T State University. I am excited for the road ahead of me and most importantly, I am excited to become an Aggie!” Blackstone wrote.
Two FSU faculty earn Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor honor
Two Florida State University faculty members, one a scholar of Shakespeare and the other a nuclear astrophysicist, will be given the highest honor that the faculty bestow upon their own – they will each be named a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor.
Professor of Physics Jorge Piekarewicz and Professor of English Gary Taylor have been selected to receive the honor for 2021-2022. Both professors are from the College of Arts and Sciences, FSU’s largest and most academically diverse college.
The Lawton Distinguished Professor Award was first presented in 1957 as the Distinguished Professor Award. It was renamed in honor of the late Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert O. Lawton in 1981.
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Safety first
While you might not know what EHS means, the profession and its functions in the workplace have been front-and-center for the past year.Â
The acronym stands for Environment, Health and Safety and covers everything from slip-and-falls to forklift accidents, carpal tunnel to workplace violence.Â
Before the COVID-19 crisis, The Florida Chamber had created a group designed to help propel the state to become one of the safest, healthiest, and most sustainable in the nation. The pandemic and its impact on every business in Florida highlight the critical importance of EHSâs purpose.
âThe Florida Chamber Safety Council tapped into Floridaâs leading companies and their safety leaders to create an Advisory Board that is an incubator of research, leadership and education, and provides resources, tools and best practices for small to mid-sized businesses that often do not have full-time safety, health and susta
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University of Chicago Converts All Undergraduate Courses to Online
April 9, 6:16 a.m. The University of Chicago is converting all in-person undergraduate classes to online courses for a week and ordered students living in residence halls to stay there for a week. Tests in recent days have detected more than 50 cases of COVID-19 involving students in the college, including many living in residence halls, and we expect this number to increase, said a memo on the changes from Michele Rasmussen, dean of students, and Eric Heath, associate vice president for safety and security. Those who have tested positive are in isolation, following university protocols. Many of these cases may have been connected to one or more parties held by off-campus fraternities over the last week. We are particularly concerned because of the high likelihood that these cases involve the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which is currently widesp
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