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Taylor University Catalog 2020-2021, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2020-2021 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Office Of Student Research Newsletter (Fall 2020), Csusb - Office Of Student Research

Office of Student Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Fall 2020, Seattle University

Seattle University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Macalester Today Fall 2020, Macalester College

Macalester Today

No abstract provided.

The Ursinus College Investment Management Company Newsletter, Fall 2020, Scott Deacle, George Psaradakis

Investment Management Company Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Letter from Jacob Kang '21

Letter from Maureen Cumpstone '79

Letter from Johnny Myers '19

At a Glance

Investment Strategies

Endowment at Work

New at UCIMCO

Women's Fund

Investment Performance

Endowment Outlook

Stock Selection Picks

Women's Fund Picks

Our Team

Supporters

How to Contribute

The Ecological Avant-Garde: Arkady Fiedler’S The River Of Singing Fish, Ida Day

Modern Languages Faculty Research

Even among his extraordinary generation of Polish avant-garde literary and artistic figures, Arkady Fiedler (1894–1985) stands out as one of the most original and creative authors. His travel reportage from the experimental inter-war period of the 1920s and 1930 is an example of an avant-garde production—ahead of its time, eclectic, and exploring new ideas. As avantgarde is a very broad term referring to a variety of experimental literary and artistic techniques, I focus on Fiedler’s innovative and ethical approach to the natural world. This essay explores how the historical changes of the early twentieth century, affecting literature, theater, and art, …

Taylor University Graduate Catalog 2020-21, Taylor University

Graduate Catalogs

The 2020-2021 graduate catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Increasing Concurrence Of Wildfire Drivers Tripled Megafire Critical Danger Days In Southern California Between 1982 And 2018, Mohammad Sadegh Khorshidi, Philip E. Dennison, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Amir Aghakouchak, Charles H. Luce, Mojtaba Sadegh

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Wildfire danger is often ascribed to increased temperature, decreased humidity, drier fuels, or higher wind speed. However, the concurrence of drivers—defined as climate, meteorological and biophysical factors that enable fire growth—is rarely tested for commonly used fire danger indices or climate change studies. Treating causal factors as independent additive influences can lead to inaccurate inferences about shifting hazards if the factors interact as a series of switches that collectively modulate fire growth. As evidence, we show that in Southern California very large fires and 'megafires' are more strongly associated with multiple drivers exceeding moderate thresholds concurrently, rather than direct relationships …

The Coastal Monitor Winter/Spring 2020 (Volume 6, No 2), John Tanacredi Ph.D.

The Coastal Monitor

It is a distinct pleasure to welcome our new President, Dr. James Lentini, who epitomizes the STEAM connection between Art and Science at Molloy College. Dr. Lentini has been a leader in higher education for more than 30 years and has had stellar academic training in the arts which include his passion for music. From composer, to classical guitarist, to music technology on an international level, receiving countless awards, honors, and praise from the most prestigious entities in the Arts. His transition to Molloy College was at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and his leadership, under these most difficult …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 61 Number 3, Fall 2020 [Print Issue V.61:2], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - THE GIFT Is sacrifice, given willingly and with love, what makes us human? Leslie Griffy.

20 - NOT A MOMENT, BUT A MOVEMENT From protests in Benson in 1969 to a multi-decade movement called Unity, students of color have consistently pushed SCU to progress. Matt Morgan.

28 - ON BEING BETTER Discover the ways we can better support each other, particularly as white people seek to become allies to people of color. Lauren Loftus.

32 - THE SACRIFICIAL TWEET Social media missteps are costly, perhaps now more than ever. Just what are we willing to give up to …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 1, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 30 July 2020 and 3 September 2020 Minutes

Program Proposals

College of Engineering

• Offer a Master of Science in Engineering Education

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Change center name to Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research
• Create a Certificate
• Create a Minor in Intersectional Gender Studies
• Create a Minor in Sexuality Studies

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other Business

• T-Grade Option
• Revised EPC/Curriculum Handbook
• Course Objectives (email-minutes)

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday, October 1, 2020, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee

Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Racial & Environmental Justice: A Primer, Corrie Grosse

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 1, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 30 July 2020 and 3 September 2020 Minutes

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2020, Caitlin Paynich Stanowick

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

This fall 2020 issue of Wooster magazine acts as the President’s Annual Report showcasing how undeterred by challenges of pandemic, College of Wooster faculty and staff came together to ensure innovative learning experiences and a strong engaging community endured for students. In addition to the annual financial summary and giving report, the magazine features stories that reflect on the 2019-20 academic year including new learning opportunities for students and innovative academic experiences that open students’ eyes to new perspectives. Featured student stories included Dhwani Parsana ’21 who completed research for her Independent Study with Laura Sirot, associate professor of biology, …

Low-Cost Adsorbents For Urban Stormwater Pollution Control, Yang Deng

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Stormwater represents a major non-point pollution source at an urban environment. To improve the treatment efficacy of stormwater infrastructure, low-cost adsorbents have increasingly gained attention over the past decades. This article aims to briefly discuss several key aspects and principles for utilization of low-cost adsorbents for urban stormwater treatment. To determine whether a low-cost adsorbent is suitable for stormwater treatment, two aspects should be carefully assessed, including: 1) its adsorption mechanisms and behaviors that can influence the binding strength, adsorption kinetics, and treatment capacity; and 2) unwanted chemical leaching patterns that can affect the extent of water quality degradation. Furthermore, …

Trace Metals And The Environment: Studying The Behaviour Of Iceland’S Glacially Sourced Trace Metals, Owen Bailey

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Trace metal contamination in marine ecosystems is a problem for every trophic level, from zooplankton up to humans. The mobility and uptake availability of these metals depend on such environmental parameters as salinity, temperature, and pH, among others. To explore the effects of varying parameters on dissolved metal behaviour, I studied the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, into which the Breidamerkurjökull glacier deposits trace metals from volcanic ash through glacial melt. In this study I develop and follow a sampling procedure to analyze trace metal concentrations in the lagoon, while additionally discussing the behaviour and impact of trace metals, focusing on cadmium, …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 1, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 30 July 2020 and 3 September 2020 Minutes

Program Proposals

College of Engineering

Offer a Master of Science in Engineering Education

College of Humanities and Social Science

• Center name change to Center of Intersectional Gender Studies and Research
• Creation of Certificate
• Create a Minor in Intersectional Gender Studies
• Create a Minor in Sexuality Studies

Semester Course Approval Reviews

Other Business

• T-Grade Option
• Revised EPC/Curriculum Handbook
• Course Objectives

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 1, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Approval of 30 July 2020 and 3 September 2020 Minutes

Subcommittee Reports

• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Other Business

The Osprey, Fall 2020, The Osprey Staff

Osprey

The student magazine of Cal Poly Humboldt.

Burden Of Injury Along The Development Spectrum: Associations Between The Socio-Demographic Index And Disability-Adjusted Life Year Estimates From The Global Burden Of Disease Study 2017, Juanita A. Haagsma, Spencer L. James, Chris D. Castle, Zachary V. Dingels, Jack T. Fox, Erin B. Hamilton, Zichen Liu, Lydia R. Lucchesi, Nicholas L S. Roberts, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Woman and Child Health

Background: The epidemiological transition of non-communicable diseases replacing infectious diseases as the main contributors to disease burden has been well documented in global health literature. Less focus, however, has been given to the relationship between sociodemographic changes and injury. The aim of this study was to examine the association between disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from injury for 195 countries and territories at different levels along the development spectrum between 1990 and 2017 based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 estimates.
Methods: Injury mortality was estimated using the GBD mortality database, corrections for garbage coding and CODEm-the cause of …

Fall 2020 Catalog, Lsu Press

LSU Press Seasonal Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Make Yourselves Gods: Mormons And The Unfinished Business Of American Secularism, Michael Hubbard Mackay

BYU Studies

Borrowing its title from Joseph Smith’s far-reaching Nauvoo theology, Make Yourselves Gods is somehow even more provocative than its title. The average Latter-day Saint reader will chafe under its vocabulary, struggle through its detailed contributions to the study of secularism, and be at odds with its use of queer critique. Furthermore, to the average reader’s disdain, this book will be chewed and discussed for a generation to come. It is not likely to be forgotten.

Equity In Sustainable Development: Community Responses To Environmental Gentrification, Amy Krings, Tania Schusler

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

Sustainable development aims to address economic, social, and environmental imperatives; yet, in practice, it often embodies a neoliberal market logic that reinforces inequalities. Thus, as the social work profession grapples with its role in advancing environmental sustainability, practice models must explicitly attend to social and economic justice. For example, environmental gentrification refers to situations in which the cleanup of contaminated land or the installation of environmental amenities intentionally or unintentionally catalyzes increased housing costs, thereby contributing to the displacement of vulnerable residents. With the goal of contributing to practice knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of peer‐reviewed articles (1997−2017) to …

Chancellor's Cabinet Updates 2020-10-01, Karen Carey

Chancellor's Cabinet Updates

No abstract provided.

Fish-Derived Nutrients In California Kelp Forest Ecosystems, June Shrestha

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

In marine systems, fishes excrete dissolved nutrients rich in nitrogen, which is a biolimiting nutrient essential for regulating primary production and macroalgal growth in the ocean. Often overlooked in attempts to explain variability in kelp forest productivity, relatively little is known about the magnitude of nutrients excreted by fishes and what factors may influence nutrient excretion rates. I investigated the supply of nutrients excreted by the dominant fishes (30 species representing ~85% of total fish biomass) on nearshore rocky reefs in central and southern California. Using rapid field incubations, I measured the amount of dissolved ammonium (NH4+) released per individual …

West Chester University Green Legacy Project - Collections Management Plan, Office Of Sustainability

WCU Campus Sustainability Initiatives

The Green Legacy Project (GLP) was developed in 2009 to understand the value of the trees on the West Chester University campus. The overall goal of the GLP is to maintain a database of the current state of the university’s trees. This survey includes the collection of the field data of the trees (common name, Latin name, native status, Global Positioning System (GPS) location, diameter at breast height (DBH), height, ground cover, die back, and condition). These data are also analyzed using CITYgreen by American Forests as well as the i-Tree ECO model of the United States Department of Agriculture …

Book Review: Blue Infrastructures: Natural History, Political Ecology And Urban Development In Kolkata, Dana E. Hellman, Melissa Haeffner

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

What role does a river play in shaping urban justice and resilience? Jenia Mukherjee tackles this provocative question with an equally provocative answer: rivers are critical infrastructures with biophysical and social histories, both of which inform their physical condition and socio-ecological assets. In Blue Infrastructures, Mukherjee masterfully illuminates the intersection of materiality and history in the urban environment, exploring its implications for a just and resilient future city. Tracing the uses and evolution of Kolkata's “blue infrastructures”—rivers, wetlands, seas, etc.—from the colonial period to the present, Mukherjee's analysis addresses a pressing question in this era of the Urbanocene: How …

Trail Impact Monitoring In Forest Park, James Mitchell

Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports

Forest Park is an appropriately named 5,200 acre natural area located in northwest Portland, Oregon. A recent study estimated park usage near half a million annual visits and found "trails" to be the park’s most highly valued feature. Unfortunately, many trails were not designed for such traffic as evidenced by slipping hazards, erosion and other ecological impacts. In response to these observations, I partnered with Portland Parks & Recreation to conduct an objective trail impact assessment prescribed by the Forest Park Natural Resource Management Plan. I modified methods from past studies to expand on a recently completed trail condition class …

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Fall 2020, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

No abstract provided.