Grand Valley State University

Hundreds of students from several Grand Valley State University-authorized charter schools got to have a hands-on experience making whispering poetry tubes at ArtPrize education days, hosted by the Grand Valley Charter Schools Office.

See more at http://www.gvsu.edu/gvnow/

Alabama state university

A new academy at ASU will enhance security at nuclear, electric and green-energy power installations across the nation.

Alabama State University has teamed with industry leader Total Protection Services (TPS) to launch a nuclear protection academy (the Academy or NuclearPro) to train and educate nuclear and energy facility security professionals worldwide.

The ASU and TPS public/private sector partnership was announced today by ASU Board of Trustees chairman Elton N. Dean after the vote and approval of the Board. This is a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide comprehensive training for current and future security professionals who will offer infrastructure protection services to nuclear, electric and green-energy power installations.

See more at http://www.alasu.edu/news/news-details/index.aspx?nid=1374

Université de Sherbrooke

Découverte majeure : les protéines alternatives

Les protéines répertoriées chez l’humain sont largement sous-estiméesDes chercheurs de l’UdeS ajoutent un degré de profondeur à notre compréhension des mécanismes moléculaires et démontrent que le nombre de protéines répertoriées chez l’humain est largement sous-estimé. L’équipe du biochimiste Xavier Roucou, de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, a détecté de nouvelles protéines nommées «protéines alternatives» qui pourraient jouer un rôle dans de nombreuses maladies dont l’ataxie spinocérébelleuse de type 1, une maladie neurodégénérative.

See more at http://www.usherbrooke.ca/medias/communiques/2013/septembre/communiques-detail/c/22905/

Energy Supply Problem 2.0

A UA engineering professor hopes to swap rare-earth minerals withe more abundant substitutes.

For all the guff given traditional energy technology for relying on an ever-dwindling supply of oil and coal, emerging green energy technology faces a similar supply problem, just direr.

Efficient electric machines are looked to as crucial to emerging energy industries, powering green technology such as electric cars and helping wind turbines make electricity. Unfortunately, they are powered by a hard-to-process global supply of certain naturally-magnetic minerals that grow costlier as demand increases. In fact, the United States Department of Energy estimates usage of electric vehicles and offshore wind farms could create a shortage of these minerals as early as 2015.

A University of Alabama engineering professor hopes to swap these rare-earth minerals with more abundant substitutes to drive down costs and encourage swifter adoption.

See more at http://research.ua.edu/2013/07/energy-supply-problem-2-0/

Université de Sherbrooke

Le cancer du sein est le cancer le plus courant chez les femmes. L’équipe du biologiste Luc Gaudreau vient de mettre en évidence un mécanisme qui explique comment certains pesticides contribuent au développement de la maladie.

See more at :

http://www.usherbrooke.ca/medias/nouvelles/actualites/actualites-details/article/22809/

Alberta Canada, Cambridge United kingdom et USNW Australia

University of Alberta Canada

New class of drug targets heart disease

UAlberta researchers create drug that replaces key peptide linked with heart failure, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a synthetic peptide that could be the first in a new class of drugs to treat heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Researchers at the University of Alberta found that a deficiency in the peptide apelin is associated with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and diabetes. They also developed a synthetic version that targets pathways in the heart and promotes blood vessel growth.

Lead author Gavin Oudit, an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, said the synthetic form of apelin is far more stable and potent than the naturally occurring peptide, making drug therapies possible.

See more at http://news.ualberta.ca/newsarticles/2013/september/new-class-of-drug-targets-heart-disease

University of Cambridge

Silent killer

Many of us are infected with a virus we’ll never clear. While we’re healthy, it’s nothing to worry about, but when our immune system is suppressed it could kill us. -

To catch the herpes virus human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) you must be exposed to someone who has it. This isn’t difficult: it is carried by around 65% of the population. Once in the body, HCMV persists for life owing to its clever ability to avoid our immune system and to go into hiding inside our cells in a latent state. Now, research is identifying changes in these cells that could lead to a new route to eradicating the virus. - See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/silent-killer#sthash.z2WVJker.dpuf

See more at http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/silent-killer

UNSW Australia -University of New South Wales

Home and happiness: for some it’s about the neighbours

UNSW researcher and public policy consultant Dr Ioana Ramia says happiness really is in the eye of the beholder with people’s level of education changing what contributes to their satisfaction with life.

Her study shows tertiary-educated people place more importance on satisfaction with their home and free time when assessing their wellbeing. However non-degree-qualified people place more value on the neighbourhood in which they live and satisfaction with finances and employment opportunities when ranking their overall happiness with life.

See more at http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/social-affairs/home-and-happiness-some-it%E2%80%99s-about-neighbours

SAU, UW, UA

SAU mascot to be carried by two mules this season

This Saturday will be the first Mulerider home football game in more than 20 years at Southern Arkansas University that the beloved mule, Molly B, will not be carrying the mascot. It is going to take two mules to fill her shoes.

The loyal and gentle Molly B passed away on March 5, 2013, at the SAU farm. More than 100 members of the Mulerider family, including students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, attended a memorial service at SAU this spring in honor of the iconic mule.

See more at

http://web.saumag.edu/news/2013/09/12/sau-mascot-to-be-carried-by-two-mules-this-season/

SAU Southern Arkansas University

UW :Initial positive results reported on vaccine to treat genital herpes

Initial, positive results have been reported for a therapeutic vaccine candidate for treating patients with genital herpes. This first-in-class, investigational, protein subunit vaccine, GEN-003, is under development by Genocea Biosciences Inc.

See more at

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/09/12/initial-positive-results-reported-on-vaccine-to-treat-genital-herpes/

University de Washington, État de Washington.

New UA Lab Allows Students to Explore Science Behind Food

It’s all about food, says one University of Alabama professor. “Food is the core of nutrition, and it’s an integral part of the hospitality industry,” said Dr. Mary Kay Meyer, professor and chair of the human nutrition and hospitality management program in UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences.

“We talk about what food does to the body, but if you can’t get the food into the body, you’ve lost the battle,” Meyer said. “I want students to be excited about food and really appreciate what you can do with food, if you have the right equipment.”

Students enrolled in food and nutrition courses should have no problem garnering some enthusiasm this semester, thanks to the recently completed $1.5 million state-of-the-art foods lab located on the ground floor of Doster Hall.

See more at
http://uanews.ua.edu/2013/09/new-ua-food-science-lab-allows-students-to-explore-science-behind-food/

University of Alabama

Most women don't understand their breast cancer risk: survey

White women overestimated their odds while other groups underestimated, researcher found

Most women do not have an accurate idea of their personal risk of breast cancer, according to a new survey that polled more than 9,000 women.

"Only 9.4 percent of the women surveyed were accurately able to tell you their lifetime breast cancer risk," said study researcher Dr. Jonathan Herman.

Four in 10 women had never discussed their personal breast cancer risk with a doctor, according to Herman, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School in New Hyde Park, N.Y.

See more at :

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_140356.html

LC hosts Choral Leadership Workshop

About 70 area high school students will participate in a Choral Leadership Workshop conducted by Dr. Jong Kim, LC professor of music and director of graduate studies in music, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The workshops provide students with musical tools to prepare them to become leaders in their choirs and include proper breathing techniques, tone placement/resonance, whole-body singing, stylistic awareness, and sight singing.

Workshop participants also have the opportunity to sing and interact with members of the Lynchburg College Concert Choir. The workshop will conclude with a concert which participants’ parents and friends are invited to attend. The concert will be held in Sydnor Performance Hall at 5 p.m.

This workshop supported by the LC Music Department, LC's enrollment office, and the Lynchburg College Choral Union.

See more at :

http://www.lynchburg.edu/content/lc-hosts-choral-leadership-workshop#.Uijz3MYVOSo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynchburg_College

An art faculty exhibition, {creative process}, and Gropper: The American Folklore Series will be featured in the Daura Gallery through October 9.

The art faculty show features new work by Ursula Bryant, Siobhan Byrns, Kristin Harris, Richard Pumphrey, Beverly Rhoads, and Mona Williams.

The American Folklore Series features the work of William Gropper (1897-1977), who was fascinated with legendary figures such as Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, and Davy Crockett.

See more at

http://www.lynchburg.edu/content/faculty-exhibition-opens-daura

http://www.lynchburg.edu/daura-gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynchburg_College