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Ruins In Reverse: Landscape Painting, Time, And The Galleria At Crystal Run | Srps Fall '26 10/21, Kristopher Benedict

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Kristopher Benedict, Art + Design, presents "Ruins in Reverse: Landscape Painting, Time, and the Galleria at Crystal Run".

Bridging The Gap: Patient Perspectives On Transition Of Care In Hirschsprung Disease, Stefanie F. Faucher

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

2026-10-21 Washington Midterm Ballots Now Available To Voters, Kean Mathis

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

Connors V. Kushner Cos., Llc

All Decisions

App Div 2nd affirms Supreme Court (Montelione, J.) denying tenants' motion to amend their complaint in this rent overcharge class action. Tenants sought to amend based on a change in the law, but the court holds that a change in law is grounds for a motion to renew, not amendment of the complaint. In any event, tenants' argument was "patently devoid of merit."

Educational Attainment Among Latinos In The New York Metropolitan Area 2000 - 2024., Laird W. Bergad

Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

This report shows that between 2000 and 2024 Latinos have experienced a substantial rise in the percentage of college graduates 25 years of age and older. In 2000, 12% of all adult Latinos in the entire New York metro area had achieved a B.A. degree or greater. This more than doubled to 26% in 2024.

These higher levels of educational attainment led to higher household incomes. In 2024, Latino household heads in the New York metro region who had achieved a B.A. or higher degree earned median household incomes ($125,000) which were twice the incomes of those who had only …

Fall 2026 Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, Bianca Lopez, Bianca Lopez

NRESS Seminars

Bianca has a PhD in ecology from UNC Chapel Hill and was a postdoc at the National Socio- Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), the New School, and UMass Amherst, studying plant community ecology, urban ecology, and invasive species. She has been a professional editor at Science for 5 years, handling papers in community and ecosystem ecology, biogeography, paleoecology, sustainability, and environmental economics. In this talk, Bianca will discuss her work at Science and the inner workings of publishing research in this journal.

China Maritime Report #59: Be Focused, Be Humble, Be Happy: Career Progression, Organization, And Training Of Plan Submariners, Phil Yu, Benjamin Rosen

CMSI China Maritime Reports

Main Findings

Led by the political commissar with the commanding officer serving as deputy, party committees are responsible for major decision-making, maintaining party control, training, and general leadership aboard People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) submarines. While Chinese sources extoll this collective leadership model, it is unclear how this command structure influences decision-making efficacy in practice.

PLAN political officers play a critical role in the leadership and decision making on PLAN submarines, but reportedly lack understanding of submarine operations. Despite attempts to improve the operational competency of political officers, this likely remains a problem for the PLAN submarine force.

The diverse …

Spectrum, Volume 57, Issue 5, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Students and Faculty on the Cornell Case -- ProjectConnect -- Master of Public Health Program -- Camaraderie, Chemistry and Consecutive Wins -- Women’s Rugby Makes a Comeback

10-21-26 Bor Hsc Committee Meeting Agenda, Patricia Serna

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

10-21-26 BOR HSC Committee Meeting Agenda

The Heart Must Yearn: But It Must Also Let Go., The Philosophical Discussion Group

The Philosopher's Stone

• The Heart Must Yearn: But it must also let go. 

Assessment Of The Potential Training Population Within Selected Neighborhoods In The City Of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kathleen Bolter, Gerrit Anderson, Kyle Huisman

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

This report provides a strategic analysis of the potential job training population of prime-age (25–54) “Recompete” residents within 14 identified census tracts in South and East Chattanooga, Tennessee. The data reveal a distinct population facing compounded physical and economic barriers that require a multisectoral approach beyond traditional skills training. The report offers neighborhood-specific strategies to improve stable employment through better access to training and other forms of transportation, childcare, and language assistance.

Specific Effects Of Pulsed Field Ablation On The Cardiac Tissue, The Nervous System And The Conduction System In Experimental And Clinical Studies, Josselin Duchateau, Iwanari Kawamura, Gurukripa N Kowlgi, Elad Maor, Moritz Nies, Christian W Zemlin, Tomás García-Sánchez, Samuel J Asirvatham

2020-Current year OA Pubs

AIMS: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a novel ablation modality for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and has rapidly reshaped contemporary electrophysiology practice. This article provides a comprehensive analysis on the mechanisms underlying the specific effects of PFA on myocardial, neural tissue structures, and the cardiac conduction system, integrating biophysical principles with preclinical and clinical evidence relevant to contemporary electrophysiology practice.

METHODS AND RESULTS: This document provides an exhaustive mechanistic explanation for the preferential effects of PFA on myocardium and the limits of the 'tissue-selectivity' concept. The complex interplay between cellular and tissue-level biophysics, biological responses, and tissue …

Transcatheter Sinus Venosus Asd Closure In Severe Pulmonary Hypertension, Hadeel Allam, Eli Fredman, Daisuke Kobayashi, Manish Aggarwal, Ronald Grady, David Balzer

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

Healing Trauma Through Art Therapy: From The Perspectives Of Human Trafficking Survivors And Licensed Art Therapists, Adalyn Ober, Alycha Boehm, Heather Evans

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

Linguistic Intervention Unlocks The Economic Gains Of Diversity, Sheen S. Levine, Simon Siegenthaler, Bart J. Wilson

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Significance

2026-10-21 A Day In The Life: First-Year Influencers At Su, Theodore O’Harra

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

2026-10-21 Seattle U Students Support Immigration Detainees Through Legal Aid And Advocacy, Maya Deguzman

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

From Linguistic Domination To Counter-Power: The Weaponisation And Reappropriation Of Language In Shakespeare's Drama, Md. Abu Bakkar

Journal of Language, Literature, and Arts

Studies of language and power in Shakespeare usually treat colonial, psychological, political, and familial domination as separate problems belonging to separate plays. This article asks what happens when the target of linguistic domination takes up, repeats, or withholds the discourse through which domination is exercised. It proposes linguistic counter-power as a comparative analytical concept: a change in who can define, command, or be believed within the dramatic world that outlasts and exceeds the speaker’s own act of resistance. The concept is distinguished from discursive resistance, linguistic agency, counter-discourse, and resignification, and is operationalised through three tests: uptake, durability, and structural …

Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2020s

This issue of the Winonan, the Winona State University student newspaper, was published on October 21, 2026.

Detroit Bird City: Transforming Underutilized Open Space Into Native Meadow Through A Cross-Sector Partnership, Kate Gmyrek

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

The City of Detroit’s population has decreased by roughly two-thirds since the 1950s, resulting in many areas with high vacancies. Within the park system, many parks and acres of parkland have little to no amenities and are classified by the city as “Community Open Space.” A partnership between the City of Detroit Landscape Design Unit (LDU), Detroit Bird Alliance (DBA, formerly Detroit Audubon), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (USFWS), along with other community organizations, is transforming underutilized park space into native meadows. This partnership allows for the strategic sharing of resources to …

Crime Prevention With Nature-Based Solutions: Leveraging Diverse Partnerships To Restore An Urban Natural Area, Stephen L. Harris, Karina M. Freeland, Stephanie M. Heil, Kate L. Littlefield, Deborah R. Hilbert

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

Schiller Park is a 60-acre park with many amenities, including a 10-acre forest. The park is surrounded by densely populated neighborhoods (a mix of canopy and income levels). Over three decades of passive management, it became overgrown, creating enclosed spaces with poor visibility, which are ideal conditions for unsheltered settlements, illegal dumping, and other unsafe activities. The City directed the Parks Department to intervene, which led to partnerships that found innovative ways to deploy nature-based solutions and safe natural areas for residents to enjoy.

Structured Education To Strengthen Nurse-Led Delirium Prevention And Management In The Emergency Department, Alicia Brianna Mitchell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

I designed this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project to strengthen emergency department (ED) nurses’ ability to identify delirium in older patients. The ED is a high-risk environment for delirium, particularly among older adults and those with complex medical conditions. However, nurses often lack structured education on delirium prevention and management. I aimed to close that gap by providing targeted evidence-based education to improve prevention, early recognition, and intervention, ultimately enhancing care quality and patient outcomes. The guiding practice-focused question for this project was: In a community hospital emergency department, what is the impact of a targeted educational …

American Samoa’S Finite Sand Extraction Policies And Consequences On Local Reef Resources, Christianera Eleitino Tuitele

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The vulnerability of American Samoa and the life it sustains is uncertain when the government fails to enforce sand-mining regulations. The environment suffers adverse effects from sand mining, necessitating residents’ awareness of its impacts. The problem this general qualitative study addressed was American Samoa’s finite sand extraction policies and their consequences on local reef resources. The purpose was to explore the implementation and enforcement of current environmental policies that protect recreational beaches in American Samoa and address its sand-mining problems to inform policy improvements in these areas. The research question addressed the elements of existing environmental policies in American Samoa …

Provider And Clinical Staff Knowledge And Confidence In Recognizing, Screening For, And Managing Diabetes Distress, Hermanda Robinson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was a staff education project addressing inconsistent recognition and response to diabetes distress among adults with type 2 diabetes at a primary care/endocrinology office in Virginia. Diabetes distress can interfere with self-management and quality of life, but nurses and advanced practice nurses can address this gap by assessing treatment barriers, providing education, and coordinating referrals. The practice-focused question asked whether evidence-based staff education would improve provider and clinical staff knowledge and confidence in recognizing, screening for, and managing diabetes distress. The purpose was to implement and evaluate education on diabetes distress, the Diabetes …

Grandparents' Changing Life Plans While Raising Grandchildren, Gwendolyn Jacques Hibbler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Grandparents’ Changing Life Plans While Raising Grandchildren by Gwendolyn Jacques Hibbler MS, Walden University, 2021 MS, Capella University, 2011 BS, Miles College, 1992 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Human Services Walden University November 2026

Project Proposal To Integrate A Mobile Health Clinic To Improve Access To Care: County Health Department Health Equity Initiative, Santana Maria Robinson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The facility faces common challenges that include funding shortages, uninsured or public versus private insurance, limited or no transportation, and increased utilization of emergency or urgent care services versus preventive, primary care treatment, thus creating a widespread practice problem. The practice-focused question is: “in vulnerable or marginalized populations, how does mobilized access to care increase compliance for preventive medicine, screenings, and primary care services to improve health outcomes and quality of care over a 3-month period?” The summary of literature from peer reviewed journal articles within the last 5 years supports the implementation of a mobile clinic van to improve …

Teachers’ Perception Of Work Conditions That Influence Retention, Latoya Boyd

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teachers’ Perception of Work Conditions That Influence Retention by LaToya W. Boyd EdS, Georgia State University, 2015 MA, Piedmont University, 2005 BA, Clemson University, 2000 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Educational Administration and Leadership Walden University November 2026

Nurse-Led Intervention To Improve The Inpatient Stroke Rapid Response Process, Ariel V. Woodward

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There are several differences in how hospitalized patients who have had an acute ischemic stroke receive the timely services they need to be treated for their condition as opposed to those receiving treatment from the Emergency Department. For example, it is common that there is delay in recognizing that a patient has experienced an acute ischemic stroke; delaying activation of the Rapid Response Team (RRT); transporting them to CT scans; and making decisions about treating them. Data collected by our organization showed on average when RRT was activated, it took approximately 31 minutes to get the patient transported to CT …

Examining The Relationships Between Racial Microaggressions, Sense Of Belonging, And Academic Achievement For Black Graduate Counseling Students, Carnesha E. Ben

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Black graduate counseling students may experience racial microaggressions and diminished belonging that can affect their academic experiences; however, limited research has examined how these factors relate to academic achievement. The purpose of this nonexperimental, cross-sectional quantitative study was to examine the extent to which racial microaggressions, sense of belonging, and degree level predicted academic achievement among Black graduate counseling and counselor education students. Guided by critical race theory and microaggressions theory, the study addressed whether these variables predicted students’ grade point averages. Survey data were collected from 102 Black master's and doctoral students who had completed at least one year …

Strategies That U.S. Healthcare Leaders Use To Maximize Nurse Retention, Kristie Lynn Carmichael

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing home nurses’ intent to leave their organization can contribute to negative organizational and patient outcomes. Nursing home leaders are concerned that nurse turnover can negatively affect patient care, productivity, and organizational performance. The purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to identify successful strategies nursing home leaders use to improve nurse retention. Herzberg’s two-factor theory provided the conceptual foundation, and the guiding research question focused on successful nurse retention strategies used by nursing home leaders. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with six senior nursing home leaders who had at least 5 years of leadership experience and had …