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The Santa Clara, 2017-11-16, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

The Santa Clara, 2017-11-09, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

The Santa Clara, 2017-11-02, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Oncolog, Volume 62, Number 11-12, November - December 2017, Joe Munch, Bryan Tutt

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy: Neuromodulation, pharmacological treatments show promise against peripheral neuropathy in cancer patients.
• Treating Tobacco Addiction: MD Anderson provides pharmacotherapy, counseling to help smokers quit plus cessation education, resources for community practitioners
• HOUSE CALL: Smoking-Related Cancers- Cancer risks from tobacco are not limited to the lungs, but quitting reduces these risks

Webinar: Ten Things: Providing An Inclusive & Affirmative Health Care Environment For Lgbt People, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations, Pcom Department Of Professional Development And Online Learning

Diversity and Inclusion

Hosted webinar providing targeted guidance on ten practices for delivering affirmative healthcare for LGBT people.

Trans Health Care: Beyond Just Transitioning (Anne L. Koch), Anne L. Koch, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations, Pcom Lgbtqa Council

Diversity and Inclusion

Featured speaker: Anne L. Koch, DMD

The Santa Clara, 2017-10-26, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

2017 Program, Office Of Academic Affairs

Programs

Scholarship, creativity, innovation, and the many forms of collaborative engagement that shape faculty life and student learning are central to the mission of Eastern Illinois University. For that reason, our faculty, department chairs, college deans, the Provost, and the entire campus community celebrate the achievements and outstanding contributions of our colleagues and students to their disciplines and professions every year. And, as the following pages illustrate, faculty engaged in continuing scholarly and creative activities that have provided outstanding mentoring experiences for our undergraduate and graduate students.

In addition to recognizing faculty performances, shows, publications, grants and other professional efforts, the …

Trans Health Care: Beyond Just Transitioning (Holiday Simmons), Holiday Simmons, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations, Pcom Lgbtqa Council

Diversity and Inclusion

Featured speaker: Holiday Simmons, MSW

The Santa Clara, 2017-10-19, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Webinar: Achieving Health Equity For Lgbt People, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations, Pcom Department Of Professional Development And Online Learning

Diversity and Inclusion

Hosted webinar up-to-date information about helping LGBT people access healthcare and highlighting the issues and disparities some LGBT people face.

The Santa Clara, 2017-10-12, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig

TSOS Interview Gallery

In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …

Layla, Layla, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …

The Santa Clara, 2017-10-05, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Ketevahi “Katja” is from Georgia. She’s in her late 40’s. She grew up on a farm in the country and became the financial support for her family after her mother died and her father became “emaciated.” When Putin came to power, diplomatic ties deteriorated between Georgia and Russia, which eventually led to war. She fled her country using forged documents and first worked in Turkey but has now lived in Naples for nine years and regularly sends money home to her brother, who cares for their father.

Katja expresses her feelings about war, government, liberty, and what it means to …

Fadel, Tsos, Fadel

TSOS Interview Gallery

Fadel's family was originally from Palestine. However, for reasons he couldn’t recall, they moved to Libya, where Fadel was born, and he grew up there. He recalled that life inLibya used to be good, but that it became dangerous. Fadel came to Italy alone. His parents died and left him nothing seven years ago. His siblings died as well. He came to Italy 6 months ago seeking asylum by way of Tripoli to Sabratha, and then to Sardinia and Calabria. He has been living on the streets, and because he couldn’t provide an address, he was denied asylum

Felix, Tsos, Felix

TSOS Interview Gallery

Felix is originally from Nigeria and has now been inItaly under a year. He came from a family with a polygamous father who “married” multiple wives illegally. After returning home from a service mission for his church, which his father supported, Felix began to study engineering. At some point conflict arose within the family that causedFelix to have to flee.He was smuggled through Niger to Libya, losing several friends along the way.There he was held for ransom, before taking a treacherous voyage across the sea in an overfilled boat, where he witnessed several drown. Now he lives in a camp …

Momo, Momo, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …

The Write Stuff - Autumn 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 4), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2017

• ICMJE member journals to begin requiring data sharing statements
• Online tools for researchers
• Changes to NIH forms for studies involving human subjects
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Text recycling

Regional Review: Reaching New Heights In The Region Fall 2017 (Vol.4, No.1), Heather Garcia , Editor

Regional Campuses Publications

Sections include:

Save the date Chat with the Chancellor, Campus News, and Awesome Achievements for each of the three regional campuses.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 4, Fall 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - TIME FOR A BIG SHIFT We work and save for decades. And then what? A behavioral finance expert writes about the tough transition many face. By Meir Statman. Illustrations by Hanna Barczyk.

22 - WHAT WE OWE At the very least: stories that capture the contour of a life. A Pulitzer Prize– winning reporter on tales of human strife and resilience. By Tatiana Sanchez ’10.

28 - THE MOST IMPORTANT Lawsuit on the Planet It was first filed against the Obama administration and draws on decades of government records. It seeks no monetary damages. But advocates and critics …

Graduate Studies Newsletter, Graduate Studies Office

Newsletters

Pg. 2 & 3 - Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Marisol Cortes Rincon

Pg. 5 - Important Dates and Deadlines

Pg. 6 - Graduate Student Orientation Recap

Pg. 7 - Thesis & Project Submission Process Guide

Pg. 8 - Graduate Student & Alumni Profiles

Oncolog, Volume 62, Number 10, October 2017, Sarah Bronson, Bryan Tutt

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Organ-Sparing Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Endoscopic surgery, ablation treat early-stage cancer, dysplasia while avoiding esophagectomy.
• INBRIEF: Surgeons Perform Unique Allogeneic Soft Tissue Transplant Between Identical Twins
• Advances in Breast Reconstruction: New reconstruction techniques increase breast cancer surgical options, improve cosmetic outcomes.
• HOUSE CALL: Facing the Financial Burden of Cancer Treatment-Talking to care team, seeking out resources are important steps in managing cancer-related financial stress
• INBRIEF: Proton Therapy plus Chemotherapy Shows Promise in Lung Cancer Trial

The Santa Clara, 2017-09-28, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Transcript: The Boy Who Lived, Suzie Asha Park

Video and Documents - The Boy Who Lived: Harry Potter and the Culture of Death

No abstract provided.

Solar Stove, Julia Strange (Interior Design), Alaina Mcihenney (Physicians Assistant), Zachary Quain (Industrial Design), Adam Beauchner (Industrial Design), Irene Ghattas (Occupational Therapy)

Nexus Maximus

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER!

We designed a solar powered hot plate that also functions as a light source. This allows refugees to cook food without burning wood or using toxic fuels and provides a portable light source.

Nexus Maximus IV

The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations

One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, and how to prevent the causes in the first place. Every minute, 24 people around the world are forced to flee their homes. That’s 34,000 people a day who leave everything behind in the hope of …

The Trade Exchange, Emily Monath (Industrial Design), Caroline Whittemore (Occupational Therapy), Wa’Ed Ibrahim (International Design Business Management), Michael Taffe (Finance), Bridget Sax (Interior Design)

Nexus Maximus

The Trade Exchange program changes the meaning of "refugee" from burden to asset. This job placement organization reduces depression and other mental health factors by capitalizing on refugees skills by placing them in countries with labor shortages.

Nexus Maximus IV

The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations

One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, and how to prevent the causes in the first place. Every minute, 24 people around the world are forced to flee their homes. That’s 34,000 people a day who leave everything behind in the hope of …

Amicus: Communication Across Languages, Brian Cipperly (Industrial Design), Rosario Herrera (Graphic Design), Mike Savarie (Sustainable Design)

Nexus Maximus

MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTION AWARD

Our project is designed to serve as a means for speakers of different languages to communicate using pictorial icons, particularly to serve basic needs such as food and water. At a refugee camp or other first point of contact, a volunteer or aid worker can be wearing a t-shirt, giving away blankets, or using flash cards with the symbols printed on them and the refugee can communicate their needs.

Nexus Maximus IV

The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations

One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, …

Intgrt, John Cecil (Industrial Design), Veronica Reguero Cadilla (Industrial Design), Keaghan Caldwell (Sustainability Design), Emmalee Vansciver (Interior Design)

Nexus Maximus

We are a non-profit organization with the goal to resettle refugees into a small-scale community with opportunities of education, employment, and housing. With the focus on cities between a 5,000 to 60,000 population, refugees have the chance to utilize their skill sets to improve and evolve a current community without being strongly labeled as a “refugee.”

Nexus Maximus IV

The Challenge: Innovation for Refugees and Displaced Populations

One of the great challenges of our time is how to help refugees and displaced populations, and how to prevent the causes in the first place. Every minute, 24 people around the world …