URAC Presenter: Researching individualized instuctional strategies
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Ashley Russell, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior project, ““How Can Teachers Individualize Intensive Reading Interventions to Ensure Successful Outcomes?”
Russell, a senior education major from Belle Vernon, Pa., worked with an 8-year-old dyslexic student, developing individualized reading intervention strategies to suit the student.
Using the Wilson Reading System, a literacy program for students with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, Russell assessed her student’s strengths and areas of growth to determine the best course of instruction. Russell met with her student twice we week to practice decoding, spelling, reading and writing.
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To support that research, and to strengthen the life-sciences curriculum, Penn State Behrend has hired two new faculty members: Ashley Russell and Jeremiah Keyes.
Russell, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, studies extracellular vesicles, which allow cells to communicate with one another. She also studies the effects of chronic stress during pregnancy.
“Research has shown that when women who are pregnant experience very high levels of stress, that can lead to adverse outcomes in regard to both the development of the fetus and the well-being of the mother,” she said. “We know these things happen, but we don’t know exactly why. We’re looking at different measures to identify specific biomolecules that might be up- or down-regulated during pregnancy in response to chronic stress.
Rick LaFountain hits 500 wins in his 53rd season Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 1:45pm
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J. Patrick Eaken
Oak Harbor’s tennis coaching staff is “all in the family.” At Baywinds Tennis Club after a New Year’s tournament, head coach Rick LaFountain and assistants Greg LaFountain, Jacqueline (McClune) LaFountain, Connor Russell and Ashley (LaFountain) Russell. Connor Russell is Rick’s son-in-law and not on the staff.
Oak Harbor senior Brenen Ish and junior Kyle Glaser are the Rockets’ only returning letter winners from the 2019 tennis season. “We have a bunch of athletic kids. I am hoping for continued improvement throughout the season,” Oak Harbor coach Rick LaFountain said.
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New faculty and labs boost life sciences at Behrend
Two new faculty members and two new labs on campus will support the college s $26 million partnership with MWRI-Erie.
A new minor in biochemistry and molecular biology and a new teaching lab in the Otto Behrend Science Building have expanded research and student opportunities at Penn State Behrend for the study of life sciences, including genetics.
The new resources also advance Penn State Behrend’s $26 million partnership with the Magee-Womens Research Institute of Erie – a women’s health initiative that will bring locally focused clinical medical trials to the region. Two faculty members have been hired to further that effort.