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We truly appreciate your gifts in this time of great need. December 18, 2020
Robert Gallo, MD, The Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, co-founder and director of the
Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and co-founder and international scientific advisor of the
Global Virus Network, was awarded Italy’s Magna Graecia International Prize, an award created in 1997 by the Magna Graecia Foundation that is bestowed to the most influential Italians and Italians of origin who have embodied and symbolized, in the most diverse sectors, the best qualities of Italy by extending Italian cultu
UM School of Medicine Institute of Human Virologyâs Robert Gallo Awarded Italyâs Magna Graecia International Prize
Maryland, USA, December 18, 2020:
Robert Gallo, MD, The Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, co-founder and director of the Institute Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and co-founder and international scientific advisor of the Global Virus Network, was awarded Italy’s “Magna Graecia International Prize,” an award created in 1997 by the Magna Graecia Foundation that is bestowed to the most influential Italians and Italians of origin who have embodied and symbolized, in the most diverse sectors, the best qualities of Italy by extending Italian culture beyond national borders.
I Promise teacher Melissa Beitko and intervention specialist Kelsey Kent are online with their 4th grade students.
Learning isn’t easy for students or parents during a pandemic, with classrooms closed and lessons delivered remotely.
It’s not easy for teachers, either. In front of a computer screen instead of a classroom, they work to keep their often distracted students engaged, but not overwhelmed. They miss the interaction in-person schooling affords – the chance to help with emotional issues or simply to give and receive a reassuring hug.
And many teachers are parents themselves, teaching their students while also supervising their own children’s learning. It’s a lot.
December 17th, 11am-12:30pm
December 17, 2020 12:30 PM Virtual Meeting
Talk Abstract: Research in programming methodology led to the development of the principles and methods that underlie how the implementations of modern software systems are designed and organized. At the center of this work are the notions of abstraction and modularity. These ideas are related: design is the process of inventing and identifying abstractions, which become the modules that make up the implementation. This talk will discuss our current understanding of abstraction and modularity and the research that got us to where we are today.
Bio: Barbara Liskov is an Institute Professor at MIT. Her research interests include distributed and parallel systems, programming methodology, and programming languages. Liskov is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences. She is