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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 better clinical tools for the evaluation of hearing loss. The students she mentored are now in academic p...

SPR's 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, not long after Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation allowing WSU to move ahead with the school. ...

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 members of our faculty exemplify everything we strive to achieve at this university," said University ...

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 component tissue replacements that support reconstruction of the larynx. The innovation team is led by S...

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 Music of London. She was a speech therapist within the public school system and worked in a hospital sy...