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Keeping an Open Mind: The Opportunities of Remote Learning – Southern Newsroom

When you think about the phrase online learning, what pops into your head? Snore-inducing webinars with no opportunity to interact or even submit questions? A recorded lecture that keeps disconnecting midsentence (buffering buffering )? A narrated PowerPoint in which the slides are filled with far too much text in creative fonts against eye-straining background colors and a voiceover whose pace is way too fast or slow? A course that prevents you from proceeding past any single page until the snail-like timer runs down and then baffles you with a poorly written reading-comprehension question?

Many of us have experienced such frustratingly poor examples of remote courses. And most liberal-arts colleges, including Southwestern, have long resisted the sway of distance learning because they pride themselves on close bonds between professors and undergraduates, the residential experience, and immersive education. So when the COVID-19 pandemic forced universities large and small, public and private to transition rapidly to remote teaching and learning this past March, many faculty and students understandably balked.

Still, distance education, whether you love it or hate it, has existed for decades, and online learning has made significant strides forward since the Internet became public in 1991and even greater leaps in just the past 10 years. Well beyond stilted webinars and passively viewed presentations, the field has grown to encompass game-based courses, multimedia archives, interactive storytelling and branching scenarios (think Choose Your Own Adventure), virtual labs and studios, and robust real-time and asynchronous chat forums. For many populations, distance learning is their education format of choice: its often self-paced, it enables study from any location that has Internet access, it better accommodates the schedules of adult learners with families and/or jobs, it can broaden students technological skills, it prepares students for remote jobs (a growing trend even before COVID-19), and it can virtually connect students and faculty from across the globe.

Online learning offers an additional benefit: it opens up an experimental space for innovating their pedagogy.

And for many teachers and professors, including faculty at SU, online learning offers an additional benefit: it opens up an experimental space for innovating their pedagogy.

Theres a negative perception of online learning for multiple reasons: in the spring, we made the switch really quickly, and not everyone did a good job. [Students and faculty] had negative experiences at other universities and at larger schools where they dont connect with students as well, says Professor and Garey Endowed Chair in Chemistry Maha Zewail-Foote. Hybrid and online courses this fall at SU, however, will rise above expectations, she believes, in large part because of the close mentoring relationships faculty and students enjoy. At Southwestern, the in-person experience is who we are. But we can take what were good at and are able to transition that to the remote environment . I like the creativity. Im excited because its an opportunity!

Most Southwestern professors expressed deep skepticism of online learning back in March and April, but the mood for many has changed to cautious optimism six months later thanks to a summer filled with conversations and training workshops to improve their remote-teaching practices. By collaborating with the staff at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship and working independently, faculty have worked diligently to improve on the remote courses they were forced to create in only two weeks time last spring: they have revised their syllabi to prepare for all teaching formats, enhanced their online course development, and become more comfortable with learning technologies so that students will have even greater access to their instructors this fall, whether they are learning on campus or remotely. Their experiences mirror that of writing students who learn more about the conventions of different genres and the field of literature more broadly by being asked to re-present the same topic or theme in different forms, such as a short story, a poem, and a play. Similarly, professors are reassessing their approaches to teaching and enhancing student learning overall by translating their courses into the new context of online education.

But Zewail-Foote is one of the faculty members who approached even her spring classes with the enthusiastic spirit of taking on a challenge and adapting to new circumstances. While teaching Advanced Biochemistry Lab and The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids last semester, she made it her goal to develop online assignments that still achieved the original learning objectives of her classes. She also used digital resourcessuch as whiteboards, videos, video conferencing, real-time collaboration tools, and chat roomsto continue cultivating the sense of community that characterizes her in-person classes. Although mediated by screens rather than interacting face-to-face, she remarks, I was still able to connect with them, and it was still fun, she remarks. Her students, she says proudly, remained engaged, active, and motivated.

In July, the chemistry professor published a paper describing her positive experiences, Pivoting an Upper-Level, Project-Based Biochemistry Laboratory Class to Online Learning during COVID-19: Enhancing Research Skills and Using Community Outreach to Engage Undergraduate Students. The publication appears in a recent issue of Journal of Chemical Education that focuses on online teaching.

Zewail-Foote, who is also a visiting scholar at the Dell Pediatric Research Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, reveals that the online environment can afford certain opportunities that she could not take advantage of in her brick-and-mortar classrooms, such as introducing her students to instruments or procedures that are not available on campus. There are limitations of the hands-on activities she would normally facilitate in a lab class, of course. But regardless of the venue, her focus remains on students learning how to think like scientists. I cant do in-person experiments, but I can help students learn about science and think about how to solve problems, report and describe the data, and present their findings, she says. And there are multiple ways to solve a problem, so they still get to learn through inquiry, creativity, and curiosity.

The online environment affords certain opportunities that [professors] could not take advantage of in [their] brick-and-mortar classrooms.

Zewail-Footes article also includes her insights on developing a community outreach project, Making a Difference, for the class. In the midst of the pandemic, the chemistry professor and her students switched gears by asking themselves, How can we help people? They then channeled what they had already learned into serving their local neighborhoods. The students could work alone or in groups and choose small or large projects; the primary requirement was that it had to relate to science. Because they were designing their projects remotely, Zewail-Foote notes, Everyone could do what they wanted to do. They could pursue their individual passions. And because they were studying remotely, the students could extend their volunteer engagement to the various communities they were living inacross Texas and across the nation.

While reflecting on her experiences with remote teaching and conversations with colleagues, Zewail-Foote praises her fellow STEM faculty especially, crediting their ability to move their classes online because of the interactive approach they take to teaching even during a traditional semester. In K12 and higher-ed circles, this is known as a flipped classroom, in which students explore introductory material on their own and class time is reserved for working through more challenging applications and problem-solving. Long lectures with professor-led demonstrations and limited discussion are no longer the norm. Chemistry and biology class is not the same as 20 years ago! she laughs.

Zewail-Foote herself has been using this more inquiry-based and active-learning approach for years: she creates short videos, five to eight minutes long apiece, for her students to view at home. She also assigns introductory readings and worksheets with questions. Then, in class, instead of monologuing while her students sit, listen, and take notes, Zewail-Footes students ask questions, work through problems together, and synthesize ideas so that they are prepared to engage in more challenging homework the next evening. Its a teaching model that trains students to be scientists by doing science the way that STEM scholars research and experimentand one that earned her recognition in a Chronicle of Higher Education article in 2013.

Zewail-Foote asserts that the implementation of flipped classrooms made the switch to hybrid or all-online learning more seamless. People picture webinars, but a remote class at Southwestern is good, Zewail-Foote asserts. The lab part is challenging because they dont do hands-on work, but SU does it well. The students preview [what theyre learning], they practice it, and they master it. The Southwestern Experience is engaging, and even when the students are online, theyre going to be creative, theyre going to be inquisitive, and theyre going to reach out to the community. None of that is taken away.

The Southwestern Experience is engaging, and even when the students are online, theyre going to be creative, theyre going to be inquisitive, and theyre going to reach out to the community.

That dedication to curiosity, inquiry, and public service will remain crucial as COVID-19 continues to make its rounds throughout the country and across the world. Cursory glances at social media, for example, underscore how learning science and scientific literacy (as well as information and media literacy) is more important than ever, not just as an intellectual passion among researchers but also for the health and safety of the public. Tackling the coronavirus is going to depend on science, and so we need sciencewe need to learn science, Zewail-Foote observes. Ive been teaching a long time, and I finished school many years ago, but does that mean Im done learning? No! Science is changing. The world is changing. While teaching last spring, she was able to model the very outcomes of a scientific education in the midst of a global health crisis, such as knowing how to evaluate the validity and quality of sources, read and understand scientific articles, develop questions, and find the right people or resources to consult. Those skills are learned and emulated by her undergraduates. Students dont always realize that Im trying to teach them how to learn so that they can learn forever, but that is what they are going to learn here, she says, and we can merge that Southwestern Experience with remote learning in a positive way.

For Zewail-Foote, its important to remind ourselves that not all educational experiences are held equal: the student (and faculty) experience can differ wildly between K12 and higher education, between community colleges and four-year universities, between large state schools and private colleges, and even within individual institutions. Indeed, as those of us who have studied and taught in a variety of educational settings can say from experience, the quality of instruction and learning varies regardless of whether it takes place in a classroom, through distance learning, or in a hybrid format. Any classs success instead depends on such factors as careful course design, the instructors depth and breadth of knowledge, their ability to engage students, the students level of motivation and participation, the assignment of meaningful activities, and mutual respect among students and between students and their teacher.

Luckily, students can rely on their SU professors to fulfill their commitment to providing meaningful and memorable educational experiences regardless of whether classes take place in person, online, or both. Southwestern is now in its second week of offering mostly in-person courses, but more than 30% of courses are currently remote only, with many students having specifically requested the online option. Fortunately, Southwestern faculty have prepared for all formats. And, as Zewail-Footes publication and experience illustrate, those classes, even if online, will continue to be as dynamic, engaging, and interactive as the in-person courses the university is known for.

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Ineffective immune responses may be responsible for COVID-19 mortality rates in men and the elderly – News-Medical.Net

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Nicole Lieberman about the latest research from Dr. Alex Greninger's lab that discovered incompleteimmune responses to COVID-19 in patient populations with increased mortality.

Upon the emergence of the virus in China in December 2019, the University of Washington Virology Laboratory began preparing to perform both clinical testing of patient samples as well as sequencing of the virus itself to evaluate the way it spreads in the population and mutates over time.

When the outbreak in Washington state was first discovered in late February, the entire Division of Virology, including my lab, immediately mobilized to direct efforts to studying SARS-CoV-2.

I had previously studied the immune system, so right away I started looking at how COVID-19 affects the host immune response.

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Much of our understanding of how viruses affect different populations comes from controlled experiments on isolated cells or animals it is really difficult to make causal conclusions from the observations of the virus in the wild.

I think that our data showing that there are differences in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in older adults and males is compelling, but the direct causal relationship between immune system differences and poorer outcomes in these groups will need to be confirmed in controlled laboratory experiments. These experiments just take some time.

We used a technique called RNA sequencing, or RNAseq. When a diagnostic nasopharyngeal (NP) swab is taken, it collects both viral RNA and human RNA. In humans, RNA is transcribed from DNA genes and provides the instructions to a cell to make proteins, including the proteins used by the immune system to respond to and alert neighboring cells to a viral infection.

We isolated RNA from nasopharyngeal swabs and compared the relative levels of each RNA between SARS-CoV-2 infected and uninfected individuals. We found RNAs encoding many genes to be increased or decreased in virus-infected individuals relative to controls. In this way, we were able to get a global picture of how the immune system responds to the virus.

We found that classical antiviral pathways were activated in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, in people aged 60 and over, the genes that help to recruit immune effector cells the immune cells that can actually eliminate infected cells were much less activated than in their younger counterparts. This suggests that older individuals may not be as able to clear the viral infection.

Additionally, males had increased levels of genes that tell the immune system to dial back the antiviral response. We cannot say with certainty that these observations are responsible for the increased morbidity and mortality in elderly and male SARS-CoV-2 patients, but they could certainly be important contributing factors.

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We found that viral load was correlated with the degree to which the antiviral response was turned on patients with a larger amount of virus also had a larger amount of antiviral immune response genes.

We did not have access to the data on the clinical outcomes of the patients included in our study, but other investigators have demonstrated that larger amounts of the virus are correlated with more severe infection.

I think our study shows that some of the clinical trials of different types of interferons the bodys most potent antiviral mediators might be on the right track. I am looking forward to seeing those results.

I think at this stage of the pandemic, any carefully conducted, peer-reviewed research is helpful there is still so much to understand about this virus and how it affects its human hosts.

I am very hopeful that our study provides important information to other scientists and clinicians working more directly on treatments.

The same things the rest of us can wear a mask, keep plenty of distance during social interactions, and regular handwashing. And although that is difficult, I hope they can take heart in the fact that there is a massive collaborative effort by tens of thousands of scientists across the world to understand this virus and develop treatments.

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I think that at this point, the data from clinical studies of patient outcomes is extremely clear that older age and male sex are important risk factors for more severe COVID-19. Understanding the mechanisms behind these differences in outcomes will require studies in a wide array of animal models, efforts that are already underway.

Additionally, more studies the patient immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection combined with detailed demographic and clinical outcome data will likely also be an important piece of the puzzle.

Swabs from the nasopharynx are fantastic. In many ways, they are still the gold standard for sampling. SARS-CoV-2 can infect the lungs and it is hard to get samples from the lower respiratory tract, so nasopharyngeal swabs may not capture those cases, but there is not necessarily a better alternative.

Saliva has shown some promise though sample-to-sample variability can be quite high. And then nasal swabs generally work well as well.

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I am looking forward to studying the interplay between SARS-CoV-2 infection, the immune response, and how those factors may influence the development of secondary bacterial infections such as pneumonia, complications that are responsible for a large percentage of SARS-CoV-2-related deaths.

Nicole Lieberman completed her BSc in biochemistry at the University of Calgary, an MS in structural biology at North Carolina State University, and a Ph.D. in molecular biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Following her Ph.D., she joined Seattle Childrens Research Institute as a postdoctoral fellow, studying the anti-tumor immune response in pediatric and adult brain tumors, and developed a novel macrophage-based immunotherapy for solid tumors, on which she holds a US patent.

In December 2019, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Alex Greninger at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she studies the host response to viral infection, as well as genomic determinants of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (syphilis) pathogenesis.

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Biochemistry and Biophysics Faculty at The University of Chicago | – Nature.com

Biochemistry and Biophysics Faculty at The University of Chicago

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago invites applications for a faculty position, preferably at the assistant professor rank. We seek scientists studying macromolecular dynamics and structure,mechanisms ofmolecularfunction and related areas. Appropriate topics include proteins, nucleic acids and their assemblies; membrane proteins; cellular processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes (for example, proteostasis, condensates and immunology); biomolecular design; chemical biology, and computational analysis, among others. Resources include cryoEM and cryoET capabilities(Titan Krios/K3). The University is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory and the Marine Biological Laboratory.Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications.

Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent. To be considered, those interested must apply through the University of Chicagos Academic Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to accept applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/78680. This web page includes a different link for applying for a tenured position.Qualifications, required materials, and procedures for applying, which differ for the two postings, are described at these links. Review of applications will begin 15 Oct 2020 (we encourage application as soon as possible thereafter) and end when the position is filled.

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We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.The Universitys Statements on Diversity are athttps://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the UniversitysNotice of Nondiscrimination.

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-1032 or emailequalopportunity@uchicago.eduwith their request.

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Heuck’s Lab Honored with NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Award – UMass News and Media Relations

Associate professor AlejandroHeucks biochemistry lab,in collaboration with Worcester-basedMicrobiotix, Inc., has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 NIH Small Business Technology Transfer award to develop a high-throughput screening method to identify inhibitors of a bacterial secretion system that attacks human cells by injecting toxins.Atreatment based on the inhibitorscouldact by a new mechanismtoenhancethe hosts innate immune response to infection, Heucksays.

His co-principal investigator on the project isDonaldMoir,chiefscientificofficer atMicrobiotix,who has many years of experience in anti-infective drug discovery and inhibitors of Type 3-mediatedsecretion.Heuck himself is an expert in Type 3 secretion-mediated translocation, the assembly of thetransloconand its function.

Asheexplains,Bacterial Type 3 secretion systems act like weapons to kill our white blood cells. When our immune system macrophage cells attempt to destroy the intruders, the bacteria use these weapons like syringes to inject toxins to kill the macrophages. Were trying to identify small molecules that block the injection of the bacterial toxins to prevent them from killing macrophages.

The new molecules would be used in combination with antibiotics, he adds.With this method, after the antibiotics wipe out as many of the bacteria as possible, the small molecules would be in place toprotectthebodys ownimmunecells against the injected bacterial toxins. The macrophages would kill the remaining antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Heuck explains,Sometimes antibiotics dont kill all the bacteria, some of them survive because of resistance. But when we protect the macrophages from the bacterial attack, the immune system can kill the few bacteria that survive the antibiotics.

The researchers plan to first design the new approach to better control thepathogenPseudomonas aeruginosa,which is classified as a serious threat by the Centers for Disease Control. Nearly 30% of pathogens isolated in hospitals are resistant to three classes of antibiotics.

The Heuck labs collaboration withMicrobiotixbegan two years ago afterHeuckand colleagues published a manuscript that triggered thenewidea. The lab won initial support in a translationalmidigrantfrom thecampussInstitute for Life Sciences Models to Medicine (M2M) Center, funds fromthe College of Natural SciencesBridge and Seed Funding program and,more recently, a UMass Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant. Theseallowed theresearchersto collect the preliminary data required to move the idea forwardtoward the NIH grant.

Heuck says,Basic researchus alone in the labsometimes leads to an idea that could benefit thepublicbut we dont have the tools or expertise to go to the next step like a company has. I really appreciate that the university has so many mechanisms to help us reach out and make these connections. When university researchers join forces with local small companies, we accelerate the creation of life-saving technologies and stimulate the economic growth of the local industry.

He adds that discovery of a lead inhibitor chemical series will providea compelling basis to obtain additional funding to develop such lead series into a preclinical candidate, and ultimately obtain a novel drug against multi-drug resistantP. aeruginosa.

At a more advanced stage,heplans toseek research partnerships or venture financing to develop the product through clinical proof-of-concept, or Phase 2.Once the clinical proof-of-concept is demonstrated, a corporate partner will be sought for expanded clinical trials and eventual commercialization,Heucksays.

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Fulbright College Announces 2020 Annual Faculty Teaching and Research Awards – University of Arkansas Newswire

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TheFulbright College of Arts and Sciencesat the University of Arkansas has named the 2020 winners of its annual teaching and research faculty awards. The recipients were each selected for their demonstrated excellence in these areas.

"Selecting our awardees is always a difficult thing to do each year," said Todd Shields, dean of Fulbright College. "But this year, honoring our amazing educators and researchers took on an even greater sense of importance as all our faculty have been working so hard during this unprecedented and unusual COVID-19 pandemic time."

"We could not be prouder of all our inspiring faculty members, and especially this year's awardees who have gone above and beyond to demonstrate the highest levels of dedication, professionalism and passion to their fields, research and above all their students."

The college honors up to three outstanding teachers annually, and selection is based on a letter of nomination, teaching evaluations and documentation about the nominee's teaching activities.

The 2020 recipients include:

Todd Cleveland, associate professor, associate chair and director of graduate studies in the Department of History, whom his chair Jim Gigantino II describes as "among [our] strongest instructors and advisors." Gigantino said Cleveland is the department's sole African historian and that he integrates African voices into his curriculum using newspapers, oral histories, and his own firsthand experiences. Additionally, Gigantino said he has "been consistently impressed with [Cleveland's] impassioned engagement with graduate students," adding that Cleveland spearheaded a history graduate student Teaching Boot Camp and has created a new Digital Humanities Bootcamp that will debut in May 2020. "This type of engagement is above and beyond," Gigantino said. "He is by far a worthy candidate for this high honor."

Samantha Robinson, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, whom her chair Mark Johnson describes as "a very dedicated instructor, one of the finest I have known." Johnson said Robinson primarily teaches the introductory statistics course for non-science majors, adding "With a contagious enthusiasm, positive attitude and a healthy dose of humor, she creates a friendly and relaxed classroom environment makes the learning of statistics fun, very accessible, while also maintaining [high] academic standards." Additionally, Robinson was recently awarded the 2020 OK-AR Mathematical Association of America'sSection Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, and led a group of student researchersat the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium 2020 where several students received top awards.

Bret Schulte, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, whom his chair Larry Foley describes as a passionate teacher who inspires his students to "give it their all." Foley added, "His students are competitive because Schulte sets a very high bar for them. Once they leap over one bar, he motivates them to continue raising the bar to new heights of excellence." Additionally, Schulte founded the university's award-winning Hill magazine, and serves as advisor for the student newspaper, The Arkansas Traveler. Foley said Schulte's students have been winning numerous regional and national awards for years, from such noteworthy organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program.

The honor is awarded to up to three outstanding researchers. Awardees are chosen based on a nomination letter, the nominee's research accomplishments documented in a one-page summary of his or her research outlining its importance, a list of 10 publications, supporting evidence of exceptional performance in research, his or her curriculum vitae and an evaluation by the departmental chairperson.

The 2020 recipients include:

Lindsey Aloia, associate professor in the Department of Communication, whom her chair Stephanie Schulte describes as "an innovative scholar" with a prolific publication record that is both award-winning and nationally recognized, and that has "made a positive difference not only to our department and the students in it, but also our institution as a whole." Schulte said Aloia's research on the causes and consequences of verbal aggression and interpersonal associations has been called sophisticated, original, systematic, prolific, of utmost quality, and that it "addresses questions that are unique and theoretically driven" and "advances an under-identified area of research." Aloia has published 28 manuscripts, has seven currently under review, and recently secured a book contract with Oxford University Press.

Susanne Striegler, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, whom her nominating colleague Francis Millet describes as "epitomizing what it means to be an outstanding teacher-scholar," adding, "she has complemented her excellent teaching career with the establishment of an outstanding, nationally recognized research program." Chair Matt McIntosh said Striegler's carbohydrate chemistry research on components of antibiotics has been supported by National Science Foundation grants totaling more than $1 million, commercialized through the NSF I-Corp program, and received two Chancellor's Commercialization grants. Striegler has also had 10 publications on this research in the last 5 years alone. Millet added, "Her most recent entries into antibiotics is most impressive and a sign of her creativity and continuing intellectual curiosity."

This award recognizes a faculty member's exceptional contributions to the departmental or college advising program. Awardees are chosen based on a letter of recommendation from someone who is acquainted with the candidate's work as an adviser along with letters of support from colleagues and former students.

The 2020 recipient is:

Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam, professor and Cooper Chair of Bioinformatics Research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, whom his nominating colleague Francis Millet describes as embodying the "three aspects of student advising that are critical to the core mission of our department" including advising undergraduate chemistry majors, advising undergraduate honors students, and advising graduate students. Thallapuranam is currently directing the research of 43 honors thesis students and 18 senior thesis students and working with nine graduate students and two postdoctoral students. He has also published over 154 peer-reviewed papers, brought in five federal research grants, and been awarded two patents. He "has received numerous awards for his teaching and research" and is "an outstanding advisor, teacher and scientist."

This award is given to a Fulbright College graduate assistant in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the college and university. Awardees are chosen based on a letter of nomination, a recommendation by the departmental chairperson, assessments of classroom visitations and other types of departmental review, his or her curriculum vitae, letters of support from faculty and peers as well as current and former students, a list of courses taught at the university and a summary of student evaluations for each course.

The 2020 recipient is:

Kathleen Doody, public policy, political science and Middle East studies doctoral student and graduate assistant, whom her nominating professor Janine Parry describes as "one of the finest teaching assistants I have observed in 25 years of classroom experience." Doody started as a teaching assistant in the M.A. program in 2014 after teaching English as a second language, tutoring deaf and blind students, and supplying aviation instruction in France, Jordan, and Florida. Since spring 2018, she has taught five sections of Politics of the Middle East and Introduction to Comparative Politics. "Her performance as a teacher and mentor has been exceptional again and again she is described as knowledgeable, clear, and well-prepared, but also responsive, empathetic, and approachable."

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Growing together: Young Singles Community celebrates one year – ND Newswire

Rev. Frank Murphy, C.S.C., faculty chaplain

Rev. Frank Murphy, C.S.C., faculty chaplain, had been pondering a simple truth: South Bend is a very family-oriented community. While a welcome situation for faculty and staff who come to Notre Dame with families, or who start families once here, it can prove to be challenging for young single faculty and professional staff members who want to find and build community, a deeply-held value of Notre Dame.

At a faculty gathering in the spring of 2019, Father Frank asked colleagues if a young singles community would be a good idea. He found plenty of interest and an advocate in biochemistry faculty member Jessica Brown. From those discussions, the Young Singles Community (YSC) for faculty and professional staff began to develop. A newly-formed planning team organized the inaugural event a happy hour held at Seven on 9 in Corbett Family Hall, at the start of the fall 2019 semester.

Attendance was robust.Nearly 40 people ranging in age from 20 to 50 seemed glad to have found each other and the promise of future opportunities to socialize and build community. At the next social hour, at the Wind Family Fireside Terrace in the Morris Inn, new friends gathered with an even wider circle of newcomers for drinks, food and lawn games. They began making plans for a diverse range of activities: Ninja golf the next month, more happy hours and, with fall just around the corner, movie nights, apple picking and hayrides.

The end of the semester brought an off-campus Christmas dinner party that drew more than 30 people for good food, catered by Aladdins, and good company. In February, Tuesday Trivia and dinner at Taphouse on the Edge was a distinct success, with the YSC team taking first place and the jackpot. Eight months in, the groups events were drawing strong attendance and an engaged, lively community had formed, just as Father Frank and the planning team had hoped.

In the face of the pandemic and the Universitys move to remote learning in March, the YSC team yearned all the more to keep connecting and building this community, which meant pivoting to online gatherings. Virtual happy hours have been monthly events since April. On a Friday evening each month, YSCers catch up over drinks before moving to games. Trivia and Scattergories are in frequent rotation, but Pictionary has become the standout favorite and the cause of a lot of flat-out laughs; Imagine trying to draw lichen on a Zoom whiteboard!

With the return to campus, and wanting to take advantage of the outdoors, the group held a kickoff social at St. Patricks Park on the last Friday evening in August. A favorable break in the weather meant blue skies and a pleasant breeze for the first in-person gathering since spring, and the spaciousness of the Hurwich Shelter and its picnic tables made physical distancing easy. Music, food, drinks, laughter and seeing friends and meeting new ones refreshed minds, bodies and spirits and deepened group ties.

The planning team continues its work enthusiastically, whatever the semester may hold, and YSC members are looking forward to more gatherings, in person or virtually as safety and weather direct. Were all glad to be here on the journey together, making and building friendships and feeling at home at Notre Dame and Michiana.

Anchored in the ministry of the Notre Dame Faculty and Staff Chaplaincies and promoting community life and connection, the YSC welcomes any young, single faculty or professional staff member at Notre Dame wishing to connect. If youre interested in participating, contact Father Frank (574-631-5242; fmurphy4@nd.edu) or any of the planning team: Jessica Brown (Chemistry & Biochemistry),Megan J. Hall (Medieval Institute),Jennifer Hames (Psychology), Liz Loughran (Graduate Career Services) and Joe Nugent (Research Librarian).

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Biochemistry

Rutgers Welcomes the Class of 2024, Full of Hope in Uncertain Times – Rutgers Today

An Optimistic Mindset Ayoko Kessouagni is a member of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark.

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Ayoko Kessouagni never thought of herself as a business person. But after she realized her passion in life is fashion, and that she wants a career in the fashion industry, a business degree started to make sense.

I was trying to integrate having a set goal in terms of a career path, but also following my passion for what I want to do with my life, said Kessouagni, a member of the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark who is enrolled in Rutgers Business SchoolNewark and New Brunswick. I found out I could integrate being a marketing student with having a concentration in the business of fashion.

Kessouagnis business school experience got started earlier in the summer through the B-STAR program, which brings a select group of business students together ahead of the fall semester. Through her growing network and guidance from the group, she has already landed aninternship opportunity with a local fashion brand.

When asked if she could describe her outlook as she starts her Rutgers experience, Kessouagni said if she could use one word, it would be hopeful.

These days I try to keep an optimistic mindset, and so all I can feel is hopeful for the next coming years that I do well in school, meet more people, and delve into my career choice even more, and that somehow the world works its way into understanding Black Lives Matter and the issues people of color face, Kessouagni said.

Photo courtesy of Jaisuan Martinez

Jaisuan Martinez could always be found in the nurses room at school, even if he wasnt sick. By his senior year of high school, the Plainfield native was shadowing nurses at JFK Medical Center.

That made me realize that nurses are so important in the health care field, because they have such a good connection with patients. They are advocating for everyone, he said. Nurses are always there for their patients and can create bonds and create change in a lot of situations in hospitals for patients.

Martinez, who is enrolled in the School of Nursing, part of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, said hes excited to work hard and become the first person in his family to get a college degree, with a long-term goal of practicing nursing abroad in a developing country.

After graduating high school in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, family members and teachers asked him if he was sure he still wanted to go into nursing. He didnt hesitate at all with his answer.

It makes me want to do nursing even more. Were in need of more nurses. Any help that hospitals can get with anything is very important, he said. Since nursing is something Ive wanted to do for a while, I would never second guess it. Its part of the job description. Thats what Im signing up for and I want to make a difference.

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John Crespo is taking full advantage of the research opportunities provided to Rutgers undergraduate students. The aspiring medical researcher, who came to New Jersey from Puerto Rico in 2010, participated in a nine-week summer virtual research project run by professor Nathan Fried at Rutgers University-Camden. Crespo who also participated in the Rutgers Future Scholars program for first-generation and economically disadvantaged students received a lab in a box to set up a research station at home to study the common fruit fly to gain a better understanding of chronic pain, cancerand the coronavirus.

Its been a blessing to take a research program like this, he said. I get to come up with my own hypothesis and find my own results. Being able to do this before entering my first year is honestly amazing. He said the program has helped him refine his ability to think critically and get a better understanding of the research path he may take in the future.

Crespo, a biochemistry major enrolled in the Camden College of Arts and Sciences, is entering his first semester with 35 academic credits under his belt. Hes off to a head start, and said he wants to start researching cancer because he has lost several family members to the disease.

Working from themakeshift lab at his home in Willingboro was Crespos first experience with medical research. He said the experience makes him excited to keep on researching and hes hopeful that Rutgers will give him the opportunities and the personal and professional networks to reach his goal of earning a Ph.D. in biochemistry and becoming a research scientist.

Photo courtesy of Deena Jahama

Deena Jahama, born in America, raised in Jordanand living in New Jersey since 2011, is joining Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. An expressive paint handler who uses visual art to explore identity and myths, Jahamas passion is making art that tells the stories of Middle Eastern women and other underrepresented groups.

Finding myths from different stories helps me connect my narrative with stories of the past and prove to myself and to other people through my art that women are not confined by the mainstream, Jahama said. There are stories out there that work to add a dialogue about the things that are not talked about for Middle Eastern women, or women of any kind.

Jahama said shes disappointed that she wont be able to be on campus and in the studio to start the semester, but after its safe to return to campus shes looking forward to living, learningand creating with a community of artists.

Im hoping to test my boundaries and also the boundaries of art and how far it can go, she said.

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