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Madeline Janney ’16 Named 2020 Young Alumna of the Year   Madeline Janney ’16 has been named the 2020 Young Alumna of the Year for her service to the university through the Young Alumni Board and her service to the community as a volunteer and caring healthcare practitioner and advocate. A native New Orleanian, Janney was drawn to Loyola by its Jesuit education model and small campus community. A member of the university’s Honors Program, Janney majored in psychology with a minor in New ...

JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that in a group of first-year university students COVID-19 mitigation protocols, including remote learning and stay-at-home orders had a modest, but persistent, impact on mood and wellness behaviors. Students enrolled in the universitys wellness program, however, had improved mood levels and fewer attention problems. "Like other college and university students, those in our study were displaced from their dorms and peer groups-required to leave campus imm...

SPEAC-IT grant students pre-COVID-19. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) — Among December’s University of Kentucky College of Education graduates are three students who completed a program uniquely preparing school personnel who work with students with moderate and severe disabilities.   Though not typically trained together, a grant UK received from the U.S. Department of Education allows teachers in the special education field to study in a combined master’s level program with speec...

© 2020 EPFL The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of 4 professors at EPFL. © 2020 EPFL Professor Pascal Frossard, currently Associate Professor at EPFL,was named as Full Professor of Electrical Engineering and Electronics in the School of Engineering (STI) Pascal Frossard is an internationally recognized expert in signal and image processing. He is particularly interested in applying this expertise to intelligent systems and biomedicine. Through...

Dr. John McCarthy appointed interim CHSP dean Additional Information December 11, 2020 Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs has announced the appointment of Dr. John McCarthy as interim dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professions beginning Dec. 9, 2020. This appointment follows current dean Randy Leite’s announcement that he intends to step down later this month. McCarthy, who was recently elected Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Pract...

Covid 19 update: 11 December 2020 11 Dec 2020 A round-up of this weeks coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry. For Dr Mary-Anne Hartley, a medical doctor and researcher in EPFL’s Intelligent Global Health group (iGH), this past year has been relentless: “It’s not a relaxing time to study infectious diseases,” she said. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Hartley’s research team has been working with nearby Swiss universi...

Missouri State Honors Six with Citizen Scholar Award The winners, along with a bio provided by MSU, are: Jamie Cayley, graduate, Guatemala, Guatemala Alye Darter, graduate, Rogers, Arkansas Allison Garrett, senior, Nixa, Missouri Garrett is majoring in political science. She is applying to law school and plans to form her career in the higher education setting, with the goal of becoming general counsel for a college or university. Sarah Gray, graduate, Little Rock, Arkansas Gray is wo...

Citizen Scholars ready to contribute to a better world Six Missouri State students receive a prestigious award. They’ll lobby for social justice in America, provide food to local communities, boost the medical profession and enhance ethical law practices. In the years ahead, this group of exemplary Missouri State University students will make a positive difference in the world. The university’s Board of Governors acknowledged six students with the Citizen Scholar award today (Dec. 10). The ...

Dear UVM Faculty and Staff: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Noma Anderson as dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Most recently, Dr. Anderson was the special adviser to University of Tennessee System president on diversity and inclusion. Before that she served as dean of the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for six years. Under her leadership the college expanded its student body, developed a more student-centric c...