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  In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long Glenis R. Long (fourth from left) at commencement The Graduate Center mourns the passing of Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long (Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences), who died on July 16, 2021.   A prolific scholar, Long specialized in otoacoustic emissions or sounds generated by the human cochlea (inner ear) and was known for combining mathematical modeling with laboratory research, which was rare. She was also involved in the development of bette...

SPRs Doug Nadvornick reports. Washington State University today [Thursday] graduated its first-ever medical school class during a virtual ceremony, part of a three-day university-wide festival of commencements. The first WSU College of Medicine commencement ceremony probably wasn’t what President Elson Floyd had in mind when he announced six years ago that the university would create its own medical school. First, it was online and he wasn’t there to celebrate it. Floyd passed away in 2015,...

Ian Pepper as Regents Professors. The designation of Regents Professor is an honored position reserved for faculty scholars of exceptional ability who have achieved national or international distinction. The Regents Professor title serves as recognition of the highest academic merit and is awarded to faculty members who have made a unique contribution to the quality of the university through distinguished accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, research or creative work. "These outstanding me...

A collaborative team consisting of Purdue biomedical engineers and clinicians from IU has tissue-engineered component tissue replacements that support reconstruction of the larynx. (Stock image) New technology from innovators at Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine may one day help patients who suffer devastating vocal injuries from surgery on the larynx.  A collaborative team consisting of Purdue biomedical engineers and clinicians from IU has tissue-engineered comp...

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...

Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic Noel Nyquist and her daughter, Elle, complete a language learning activity using SPEAKall! (Purdue Research Foundation image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University technology to assist nonverbal children on the autism spectrum is helping families around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced schools and clinics to rely more on remote options. The award-winning SPEAKall! application functio...

New technology from Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine innovators may one day help patients who suffer devastating vocal injuries from surgery on the larynx. A collaborative team consisting of Purdue biomedical engineers and clinicians from IU has tissue-engineered component tissue replacements that support reconstruction of the larynx.

  The Pandemic Wrenched Their Dissertation Plans. Catalyst Grants Are Easing the Challenges Jessica Fletcher, Dean Schafer, Megan Henriquez, and Kristena Newman Understanding how infections spread is especially important in light of a pandemic, and Ph.D. student Megan Henriquez (Anthropology) intends to do that with her dissertation on parasitic infections in capuchin monkeys. Ironically, though, the pandemic is wrenching her plans to travel to Costa Rica to collect samples. She had to cha...

January 7, 2021 Not all WSU programs are observing the revised Jan. 19 start date for the Spring 2021 semester. Students at WSU Health Sciences and some students in the Carson College of Business and the College of Veterinary Medicine all will start earlier for various reasons, such as clinical contracts and commitments. Students in the College of Nursing and College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will begin the semester on Jan. 11. That applies to students on any campus, so even thoug...

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive? Is your body perfectly toned? Are your workdays marathons of effortless achievement? Do your relationships proceed from a place of maximal openness/empathy? Have you, through therapy or nootropics, trained your brain away from thoughts of sadness/despair? If you’ve answered yes to all of these questions—and frankly I can’t imagine a person who wouldn’t—you might be wondering: what’s next? What is left, at this point, to optimize? To ...