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Credit: RIT The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) has named two Rochester Institute of Technology engineering innovators as Fellows, an honor that recognizes outstanding leaders of the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial and systems engineering. Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of RIT's Golisano Institute of Sustainability, and Iris Rivero, head of RIT's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, will be recognized with the organization's highest award during IISE's virtual Conference & Expo on Ma...

    This event is free and open to the public, and community members are welcome to attend. Register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ycBwE6xmQbSJ9TbaNEE6_w.    Moderated by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Papa, who also directs The Mind's Eye, a research and praxis initiative at MCLA, featured speakers include professors from the College's English & Communications, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, and Philosophy departments.     Featured speakers:  Caren Beilin, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and author of Blackfishing the I...

D2L has g2g   Instead, PSU is switching to an LMS called Canvas, after deciding that it would serve the university better than its current online course hub, Brightspace—better known as D2L, the company that owns the Brightspace LMS. The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) made the announcement Feb. 19.   The migration process from one system to another will take awhile—about a year. All classes will be in Canvas by winter 2022.   The Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) will host weekly Canvas information sessions in the spring term. Course migration from D2L into Canvas will start in the...

The BoZone Friday Forum discusses history, future of Native Sovereignty as part of OBOB February 7, 2021 From MSU News Service The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Montana State University, formerly MSU Wonderlust, is collaborating with the Bozeman Public Library’s One Book One Bozeman program to present a talk on “A History and Future of Native Sovereignty: Controversies and Perspectives” at a Feb. 12 Friday Forum. The event will be presented online via Webex from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Alex Harmon, an assistant professor of English and Ameri...

OLLI at MSU, Belgrade Library to host Jan. 21 presentation on honey bee colony health From MSU News Service The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at