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Bird Sightings: October 1993 Summary, Richard A. Forster, Marjorie W. Rines, Robert H. Stymeist Dec 2023

Bird Sightings: October 1993 Summary, Richard A. Forster, Marjorie W. Rines, Robert H. Stymeist

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


A Decade Of Snowy Owls At Logan Airport, Norman Smith Dec 2023

A Decade Of Snowy Owls At Logan Airport, Norman Smith

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


Field Notes From Here And There, Roger D. Applegate, Arnold Devine, Dwight G. Smith Dec 2023

Field Notes From Here And There, Roger D. Applegate, Arnold Devine, Dwight G. Smith

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Britain And Europe And Birds Of Europe With North Africa And The Middle East By Roger Tory Peterson, Mark Lynch Dec 2023

Book Review: Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Britain And Europe And Birds Of Europe With North Africa And The Middle East By Roger Tory Peterson, Mark Lynch

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


Birding The New Hampshire Seacoast, Steve Mirick Dec 2023

Birding The New Hampshire Seacoast, Steve Mirick

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


Hotlines And Birding Talk By Computer, Jane Lufkin Davis Dec 2023

Hotlines And Birding Talk By Computer, Jane Lufkin Davis

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.


Staff, Bird Observer Dec 2023

Staff, Bird Observer

Bird Observer

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Contents, Bird Observer Dec 2023

Contents, Bird Observer

Bird Observer

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Water Quality And Road Salt In New Jersey, Deborah Kratzer Dec 2023

Water Quality And Road Salt In New Jersey, Deborah Kratzer

Sustainability Seminar Series

Water quality monitoring data show a long-term trend of increasing chloride and total dissolved solids (TDS) concentrations in NJ surface waters and increasing exceedances of standards for aquatic life and drinking water. In this presentation, Debbie Kratzer will review the data linking road salt use with these trends, sustainability of winter deicing practices, and approaches to reverse these negative water quality trends.


Blue State Exodus?, Jon D. Michaels, David L. Noll Dec 2023

Blue State Exodus?, Jon D. Michaels, David L. Noll

Pepperdine Law Review

American businesses and families are leaving Blue states in record numbers for destinations like Texas, Florida, and Georgia. This migration of people, businesses, and tax dollars has prompted claims of a “Blue state exodus” prompted by “leftist politicians imposing leftist ideology.” As expressed by Utah’s Senator Mike Lee, the “exodus” proves that “the Left’s policies don’t work.” But does the movement of taxpayers from Blue to Red states really signal a rejection of progressive policies? This Essay argues that, before accepting that interpretation, we should consider another possibility. Perhaps Blue states aren’t overly progressive, but insufficiently so. Paralyzed by political …


Announcements, Feedback Session, Prize Winners, Conference Participants Dec 2023

Announcements, Feedback Session, Prize Winners, Conference Participants

School Library Symposium

No abstract provided.


Final Session. The Impact Of Storytelling: The Pass It On Project, Gloria Burgess, Karen Davidson-Smith, Cade Smith, Elizabeth Mitchell Prewitt Dec 2023

Final Session. The Impact Of Storytelling: The Pass It On Project, Gloria Burgess, Karen Davidson-Smith, Cade Smith, Elizabeth Mitchell Prewitt

School Library Symposium

Learn about this exciting act of kindness campaign through a guided conversation with author Dr. Gloria Burgess. Her book, Pass It On, has been used to support Mississippi Studies in 4th and 8th grades. Discover how this partnership between the UM Center for Community Engagement, UM School of Education, the University Museum, and the Lafayette County School District, led to the creation of an activity trunk participants can use at their schools. Participants will also hear from speakers Dr. Karen V. Davidson Smith, UM School of Education Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Clinical Associate Professor, and Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell Prewitt, …


Transcribing Letters To James Meredith (Concurrent Session, Block D), Adam Clemons, Abbie Norris-Davidson Dec 2023

Transcribing Letters To James Meredith (Concurrent Session, Block D), Adam Clemons, Abbie Norris-Davidson

School Library Symposium

On October 1, 1962, James Meredith made history as the first African-American student to be admitted to the then racially segregated University of Mississippi. In the weeks before and after his admission, Meredith received thousands of letters from around the world expressing support or condemnation of his actions. Today, many of these letters are housed at the University of Mississippi Archives and Special Collections and have been digitized and made publicly available on eGrove, the University’s institutional repository. Adam Clemons, UM Digital Humanities and Data Visualization Librarian and Assistant Professor, and Abbie Norris-Davidson, UM Digital Initiatives Librarian and Assistant Professor, …


Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block D), Sarah Katherine Glass Dec 2023

Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block D), Sarah Katherine Glass

School Library Symposium

Check out our makerspace and see why libraries are more than just books. Sarah Katherine Glass, UM Library Program Coordinator, will give you a tour of our wonderful creative facilities and participants can flex their creative skills and learn tips and tricks for thinking outside the box with students of all ages using technologies and equipment at public libraries, academic libraries, and school libraries.


Factors That Lead To The Decline Of Mental Health Among Collegiate Athletes And Tools Administrators Can Use To Better Support Them, Abreanna Lake Dec 2023

Factors That Lead To The Decline Of Mental Health Among Collegiate Athletes And Tools Administrators Can Use To Better Support Them, Abreanna Lake

Counseling Psychology | Master's Theses

This paper is an exploration of the athletic community that uncovers how stigma, pressure to perform well, and external factors all contribute to the stagnant relationship between athletes and mental health. With stigma being a major influence in inhibiting athletes from feeling comfortable; it has led to college athletes navigating their emotional distress by themselves in order to maintain their image of being indestructible and indomitable. This vulnerable population having to struggle in silence has led to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, disordered eating, and suicidality in some college athletes. Luckily, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and a few college …


Censorship Issues Impacting School Libraries (Concurrent Session, Block C), Elizabeth Simmons Dec 2023

Censorship Issues Impacting School Libraries (Concurrent Session, Block C), Elizabeth Simmons

School Library Symposium

With current legislation, Mississippi school librarians face new challenges with managing their library collections, resources, and services. Elizabeth Simmons, Instructional Materials and Library Media Director from the Office of Elementary Education and Reading at the Mississippi Department of Education, will lead this important discussion on censorship issues impacting school librarians with suggestions for moving forward.


Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block C), Sarah Katherine Glass Dec 2023

Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block C), Sarah Katherine Glass

School Library Symposium

Check out our makerspace and see why libraries are more than just books. Sarah Katherine Glass, UM Library Program Coordinator, will give you a tour of our wonderful creative facilities and participants can flex their creative skills and learn tips and tricks for thinking outside the box with students of all ages using technologies and equipment at public libraries, academic libraries, and school libraries.


"Waiting By The Shores", Emily Suh Dec 2023

"Waiting By The Shores", Emily Suh

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Out Of Season, Chloe Dobbins Dec 2023

Out Of Season, Chloe Dobbins

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Sunday Nights, Chloe Dobbins Dec 2023

Sunday Nights, Chloe Dobbins

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Amelie, August, Elisabeth A. Bailey Dec 2023

Amelie, August, Elisabeth A. Bailey

Landshark Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Analyzing The Shark Paleoecology Of Coastal Georgia From The Miocene And Pliocene Epochs, Joshua Lee Clark, Benjamin Angalet Dec 2023

Analyzing The Shark Paleoecology Of Coastal Georgia From The Miocene And Pliocene Epochs, Joshua Lee Clark, Benjamin Angalet

Georgia Journal of Science

The field of shark paleoecology often yields indecisive conclusions based on the limited fossilization of their anatomical structures, with the exception of their teeth. The majority of the Atlantic coast has been studied regarding the presence of certain prehistoric shark species from the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs. However, information pertaining to the Georgia coast and understanding its potential community structure is relatively understudied. This study was conducted in which thousands of fossil shark specimens and subsequent marine fauna were collected from dredge spoils created by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): Savannah District. A total of 5,127 fossil …


Magnolia Resources (Concurrent Session, Block B), Melody Dale, Kristen Hillman Dec 2023

Magnolia Resources (Concurrent Session, Block B), Melody Dale, Kristen Hillman

School Library Symposium

Find out how to make the most of databases in MAGNOLIA, available for free from the Mississippi Library Commission and funded by the MS State Legislature. Kristen Hillman, MAGNOLIA Outreach Coordinator, and Melody Dale, MSU Associate Professor/Education and Business Librarian, will demonstrate new features from the databases, including Explora by EBSCO, Britannica Fundamentals and Britannica School (Elementary and Middle), and LearningExpress Library for test prep and career readiness tools. Learn about these game-changing resources and discuss tried-and-true tips and tricks for using MAGNOLIA with your fellow educators.


Tech Talk On A Budget (Concurrent Session, Block B), Melissa Dennis, Angie Wells Dec 2023

Tech Talk On A Budget (Concurrent Session, Block B), Melissa Dennis, Angie Wells

School Library Symposium

Getting your students engaged can be tough! Join Angie Wells, Green Hill Intermediate School Librarian, and Melissa Dennis, UM Head of Research and Instruction, for a discussion on technologies to enhance your classes. Presenters will demonstrate best practices with several digital tools (NOVEL Effect, Blooket, Breakoutedu, Kahoot, Code Monkey, Mackinvia) that meet a variety of budgets for staff with very little time to plan!


Selective Production Of Levoglucosan (Lg) From Pyrolysis Of Date Pits And Its Catalytic Transformation Into Transportation Fuels, Ala Hamid Higazi Dec 2023

Selective Production Of Levoglucosan (Lg) From Pyrolysis Of Date Pits And Its Catalytic Transformation Into Transportation Fuels, Ala Hamid Higazi

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Levoglucosan (LG) or (1,6-anhydro-β-D-glucopyranose) signifies an important sugar derivative that is produced in appreciable quantities from thermochemical and biochemical degradation of biomass. It is often regarded as an important platform chemical for the synthesis of value-added products, most notably styrene and furans. The work in this thesis entails two broad aims; to produce LG from pyrolysis of date pits; and then convert the LG into transportation fuels through a hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reaction. The particular choice of date pits stems from its local relative abundance as a waste biomass. Aiming to further improve the yield of levoglucosan yields from pyrolysis of …


Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block A), Sarah Katherine Glass Dec 2023

Idealab Tour (Concurrent Session, Block A), Sarah Katherine Glass

School Library Symposium

Check out our makerspace and see why libraries are more than just books. Sarah Katherine Glass, UM Library Program Coordinator, will give you a tour of our wonderful creative facilities and participants can flex their creative skills and learn tips and tricks for thinking outside the box with students of all ages using technologies and equipment at public libraries, academic libraries, and school libraries.


Artificial Intelligence (Concurrent Session, Block A), Alex Watson Dec 2023

Artificial Intelligence (Concurrent Session, Block A), Alex Watson

School Library Symposium

UM Research & Instruction Librarian and Associate Professor Alex Watson, will lead a conversation about issues regarding generative AI, like ChatGPT, for school library discussions.


Weeding Do's And Don'ts (Concurrent Session, Block A), Erica Jones, Elizabeth Simmons Dec 2023

Weeding Do's And Don'ts (Concurrent Session, Block A), Erica Jones, Elizabeth Simmons

School Library Symposium

Learn how to tackle your next weeding project with suggestions for “do’s and don’ts” in a time of censorship with Elizabeth Simmons, Instructional Materials and Library Media Director from the Office of Elementary Education and Reading at the Mississippi Department of Education, and Erica Jones, Oxford Early Childhood Center Librarian.


Magnolia Resources (Concurrent Session, Block A), Melody Dale, Kristen Hillman Dec 2023

Magnolia Resources (Concurrent Session, Block A), Melody Dale, Kristen Hillman

School Library Symposium

Find out how to make the most of databases in MAGNOLIA, available for free from the Mississippi Library Commission and funded by the MS State Legislature. Kristen Hillman, MAGNOLIA Outreach Coordinator, and Melody Dale, MSU Associate Professor/Education and Business Librarian, will demonstrate new features from the databases, including Explora by EBSCO, Britannica Fundamentals and Britannica School (Elementary and Middle), and LearningExpress Library for test prep and career readiness tools. Learn about these game-changing resources and discuss tried-and-true tips and tricks for using MAGNOLIA with your fellow educators.


Investigation Of Small-Scale Aerospike Nozzles For Cold Thrust Applications, Mohamed Hassan Almansoor Dec 2023

Investigation Of Small-Scale Aerospike Nozzles For Cold Thrust Applications, Mohamed Hassan Almansoor

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The aerospike engine appears to be a vision for engineers who are constantly seeking to better rockets in a world where one percent improvement is considered a massive growth. Aerospike nozzles are a very promising option and a near-term alternative of the conventional de Laval nozzles in the world of propulsion systems. Up to date there have been a few aerospikes that have advanced to this point at time. However, none have been used or utilized on a rocket nor any application to date. The aerospike nozzle capabilities are relatively more advanced than the conventional de Laval nozzle due to …