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Former Governor Sean Parnell Selected as Next UAA Chancellor
University of Alaska
University of Alaska President Pat Pitney has selected former Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Parnell succeeds UAA Interim Chancellor Bruce Schultz and will assume his new position on June 12, 2021.
“Sean brings passion for our mission, a deep commitment to Alaska and a desire for all Alaskans to have access to higher education,” Pitney says. “My decision was driven by these qualities and by the support he received from the search committee and the UAA community, especially from our students. I also recognize Sean’s ability to bring people together and work collaboratively in combination with his knowledge of Alaska leaders, businesses, and economy. I believe he is uniquely positioned to lead UAA in providing the programs that support Anchorage and Alaska’s workforce needs and economic growth.”
The Washington Apple Education Foundation held its annual meeting to elect and recognize officers and board members.
Laurie Knebusch was elected chairman of WAEF, replacing outgoing chairman Chris Willett. Knebusch was elected to the board of directors in 2017. At that time, she was the general manager at Cowiche Growers. She has served in an officer capacity at WAEF for the last two years.
A year into COVID-19, two Tacoma families still cheer first responders every night
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/1/2021 Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 1 In Hannah O Leary s house, it s come to be known simply as the 8 p.m. clap.
Every night, like clockwork, it happens. Her neighbors next door, and the family across the street emerge from their homes. Then they cheer wildly and yes clap for one full minute, on the dot. Like similar gestures that originated in Europe during the burgeoning days of the COVID-19 pandemic and spread to the United States in the heyday of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, it started as a way for two families to show respect and gratitude for first-line responders and essential workers.
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Some materials, including metals, consist of atoms densely packed in a lattice or crystal. These structures can be very good at conducting electricity, and their behavior is often relatively easy to predict. Other materials, such as plastics and other polymers, have a great deal of disorder to their structures.
Adam Willard, an associate professor of chemistry at MIT, wants to illuminate those disordered structures. Using theoretical models and high-powered supercomputers, he is developing ways to simulate the properties of these disordered materials and predict their behavior. This kind of modeling could help researchers replace heavy and brittle silicon-based photovoltaic cells with light and flexible alternatives made entirely of plastic.