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Archives EPFL A review of Parisian newspaper archives by EPFL’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (LIA) has turned up some astonishing discoveries. Among them, we now know that reinforced concrete was developed in Lausanne by a previously unknown daughter of Gustave Eiffel – who also turned out to be EPFL’s first female student. Data mining can sometimes yield incredible surprises. By cross-referencing genealogical data, an archive of Parisian tabloids from the late 19th century and old ...

CV Karen C. Davis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University. Her research interests are centered in the domain of language and literacy for struggling learners. Dr. Davis has over 15 years of clinical experience as a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She has primarily worked in public schools, but also has worked in skilled nursing facilities, early intervention and private practice.   Language-Literacy Disorders

People around the world have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and those negative impacts may have altered their cognitive abilities, risk avoidance and civic-mindedness for the worse, new research suggests.

Rachel E. Stark Rachel Elizabeth “Betty” Stark was a member of the first team of women to climb the Himalayas. Later, she moved mountains in the scientific understanding of a baby’s babbling. Stark came to Purdue in 1987 to become head of the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, arriving with a portfolio of experiences.  Stark was born in Scotland and earned degrees from Jordanhill College of Education of Glasgow, Glasgow’s School of Speech Therapy, and the Royal Academy of Mus...

Music-based interventions can improve stroke, Parkinsons disease Music-based interventions have become a core ingredient of effective neurorehabilitation in the past 20 years thanks to the growing body of knowledge. In this theme issue of Neurorehabilitation, experts in the field highlight some of the current critical gaps in clinical applications that have been less thoroughly investigated, such as post-stroke cognition, traumatic brain injury, and autism and specific learning disabilities. N...

Date Time Young women and engineering: bridging gap EPFL is stepping up its efforts to dispel cultural misconceptions about the engineering profession. © Alain Herzog/EPFL 2019 Through education and science outreach initiatives, EPFL is stepping up its efforts to dispel cultural misconceptions about the engineering profession. Even though EPFL has plenty of students, not enough of them are women. There are many reasons why: because young girls lack self-confidence or don’t dare take up the c...

Lockdown and other restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic have had unseen negative effects on the cognitive capacity and mental health of the population.

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports, published by Nature, has gauged the impact of the measures taken during the first and second waves of the virus on citizens of three European Union countries (Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom). The study concludes that the shock produced by the situation has reduced peoples cognitive capacity, leading them to take more risks, despite the risk of contagion, and make poorer choices, including a tendency to be less altruistic and the desire to...

© 2021 EPFL International Women’s Day – Three female professors working in EPFL’s School of Computer and Communication Sciences talk equality, men’s role in changing the world and the need to rebrand this ‘field of the future’ to attract more diverse talent. As digital technology has become ubiquitous in our modern daily lives, does a continuous lack of women in the field have real world implications? What is the ‘numbers’ problem across computer science and technology? And how...

Middleboro student Hannah Thornton has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the NSHSS to follow her dreams of becoming a speech therapist. Thornton is currently attending Bridgewater State University, studying Communication Sciences and Disorders. After she completes her Bachelor’s degree, she hopes to continue her education at BSU in speech therapy.    “A short term goal is definitely just finishing college and getting out into the field and enjoying being a speech therapist,” Hannah...