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Monday, March 11, 2013
CHEA: Your Source for Information on Accreditation
8th Institute for New Faculty Developers
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DILLARD UNIVERSITY Center for Teaching Learning and Academic Technology Presents: A Lecture Series on Multiculturalism – Greece - Featuring Scholar: Mr. Raymond Vrazel, Jr.,
Center
for Teaching Learning and Academic Technology
CTLAT
CTLAT
Presents:
A Lecture Series on
Multiculturalism – Greece
Featuring Scholar: Mr. Raymond Vrazel, Jr., Assistant Professor of Theater Arts
Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom
Monday’s Session: FLCs Review, Reconnect and Reflect
Featuring Scholar: Mr. Raymond Vrazel, Jr., Assistant Professor of Theater Arts
Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom
Monday’s Session: FLCs Review, Reconnect and Reflect
Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
Will W. Alexander Library ~ Second Floor ~ Foyer and
Media Room
Monday, March 11, 2013 ~ 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Executive Assistant
Office of Academic Affairs
(504) 816-4216 (office)
(504) 816-4144 (fax)
DU ANNUAL HONORS CONVOCATION MARCH 26 2013 11AM
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AND SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Faculty and Staff
FROM: Phyllis W.
Dawkins, Ph.D.
Provost
and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
RE: ANNUAL HONORS CONVOCATION
DATE: 07 March 2013
The 2013 Annual Honors Convocation will be held Tuesday, March 26th at
11:00 a.m. in the Alfred K. Lawless Memorial Chapel. The
speaker for this occasion will be Representative Patrick O. Jefferson.
Your participation in the Honors
Convocation is one of the primary obligations of a full-time faculty and is,
thereby, listed on the academic calendar and contract as one of the many events
you are required to attend. Classes will be cancelled from 11:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m. Should a personal emergency
arise that would interfere with attendance at this ceremony, faculty should
contact the respective Dean and the Provost, immediately.
LINE-UP
The faculty and staff must
assemble in academic regalia by 10:45 a.m., in front of Rosenwald Hall.
The Faculty Marshals will arrange the order of the procession and will lead
faculty and staff members to their reserved seats. The procession will
begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. Faculty and staff members not in academic
regalia will not be permitted to march into the Chapel with the faculty.
In the processional, the
Faculty Marshals will seat the students, followed by the student processional
which is directed by the Student Marshals. When the students are seated, the
University Marshals will lead the platform guests into the Chapel.
In the recessional, the
platform party will proceed followed by the faculty, staff, and then the
students.
ATTIRE
Academic
regalia and dark colors are required for all participants in the academic
procession. Males should remove their
caps prior to the invocation and place them on their heads just before marching
out, after the benediction.
For rental of academic regalia please order
from Ms. Lucy Green in the Campus Bookstore.
Your
participation is central to the continued success and reverence of this
ceremony. I hope to see each of you there.
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2013-03-10
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data
archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:
New Additions
·
34361 Washington University Comparative Effectiveness
Administrative Data Repository
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34361.v1
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34361.v1
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34373 State Investments in Successful Transitions to Adulthood,
1970-2000
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34373.v1
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34373.v1
·
34542 North Carolina Integrated Data for Researchers (NCIDR):
Merged Behavioral Health Data from Four Publicly-Funded Sources in North
Carolina, July 2007-June 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34542.v1
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34542.v1
·
34544 Expansion Research Capability to Study Comparative Effectiveness
in Complex Patients, 2007-2010 [Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, Florida]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34544.v1
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34544.v1
·
34554 Enhancing Analytic Abilities to Identify Complex Patients
in 225 Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) Practices in 42 states: July
2010-July 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34554.v1
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34554.v1
Updates
·
21600 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add
Health), 1994-2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21600.v12
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21600.v12
·
27542 Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2000-2010 --
Concatenated Data [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27542.v2
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27542.v2
·
27543 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Juvenile
Residential Facility Census, 1997-2010 -- Concatenated Matched Data [United
States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27543.v2
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27543.v2
·
27544 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Juvenile
Residential Facility Census, 1997-2010 -- Concatenated Matched Facility-Level
Data [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27544.v2
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27544.v2
·
27545 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Juvenile
Residential Facility Census, 1997-2010 -- Concatenated Matched State-Level Data
[United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27545.v2
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27545.v2
·
27546 Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2000-2010 --
Concatenated State-Level Data [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27546.v2
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27546.v2
·
28421 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES):
2006 Cohort [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28421.v3
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28421.v3
·
33443 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add
Health), 1994-2008: Wave IV Biomarker Data [Restricted Use]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33443.v4
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33443.v4
Note: Additional SAMHDA studies may be available though they are
not listed in this email/web site announcement.
--
Lynn Strong
Director, Undergraduate Research
Human Subjects Research Protection/IRB
Dillard University
Ensuring students more than a degree.
PSB 250
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122
T: 504-816-4446
HBCU BOARD ELECTIONS 2013
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MakeUseOf: 5 Tech Myths Debunked: Cell Phones Don't Cause Cancer & More
5 Tech Myths Debunked: Cell Phones Don't Cause Cancer & More
by Matt Smith
Myths are more common than most people will admit. They perpetuate
because they sound
like they could be true - and nobody has time to fact-check every last detail.
Eventually, as the myths are repeated time and time again, they sound more
factual than the truth.
Technology is as susceptible to myths as any other niche. The
complexity of the subject, combined with the rapid introduction of new,
unfamiliar innovations, creates a perfect breeding ground for misunderstanding.
Let's set these tech myths straight.
RAM Usage Is Bad
MakeUseOf will occasionally receive a question from a reader that
asks about how to reduce RAM
usage on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Their alarm is understandable. A
user browsing the web in Windows 7 might open their task manager to find over
six gigabytes of RAM used. "Ack!" they think, "no wonder my computer is so
slow!"
In truth, this relationship should be flipped on its head. RAM is
very, very quick. Mechanical hard drives and some forms of flash storage (like
most SD cards) are slow. By storing data that might be needed in RAM, a
computer can increase the load speed of frequently accessed software. If RAM is
not full of data, it's effectively doing nothing, so why have it sit
empty?
Smartphone users shouldn't worry for the same reason.
Background apps can negatively impact performance on an Android phone, but this
usually isn't because of memory. Instead, the culprit is usually an
app that's running in the background. Clearing memory appears to improve
performance only because the offending app is closed to free up space.
Improperly Unmounting A
USB Drive Will Delete Data
Windows has long sounded the alarm about improperly unmounting
disk drives. To this day, you may still receive warning messages when you
remove a drive that you haven't properly disabled through the operating system.
Given the alarm, you'd think that the consequences of disobeying would be
disastrous.
Not true. USB drives can be freely removed from a computer without
issue in most situations. I can attest to this personally. As part of my work,
I often have to move flash drives from one PC to the next, and I've never lost data from a
drive because of it.
So why the warning? Microsoft is playing it safe. Data corruption can occur, but only if
a USB drive is actively in use at the moment it is unplugged. Most users don't
do this. Still, Microsoft doesn't want to be on the hook for the 1-in-1000th time
it does occur.
And that's why the alarm is raised even when there's no fire.
You Don't Need An
Antivirus If You're Careful
Whenever I write an antivirus article I inevitably
receive a reply from some smart-alec who claims that you don't need an
antivirus if you're careful. Viruses come from infected files, right? So just
don't download them! You'll be fine.
Well, actually, that tech myths couldn't be more wrong.
A decade and a half ago, most viruses were distributed through infected files,
but they've become far more sophisticated since then. Worms, a
specific class of virus, can infect any vulnerable computer through networking
exploits. Other viruses spread using browser vulnerabilities. And still more
are designed to spread via USB drives or local networks.
Clever users might respond by claiming people don't have to worry
if their software is up to date. This too is no guarantee. Zero-day exploits
are common and even a patched system is a sitting duck. An antivirus may be
able to stop such an attack (even though it's unknown) by using heuristic
detection to raise the alarm when a file behaves suspiciously. Those without
antivirus, however, have no defense.
Cell Phones Cause Cancer
Many consumer technologies rely on energy and therefor emit or use
some form of radiation. Even radio waves are a form of radiation, and since
cell phones use them, there's been concern that having a source of radiation
close to our heads could cause cancer. This has been backed up by an alarming
report from the World Health Organization which
labeled cell phones a "Class B Carcinogen".
You'd expect that to be based on some fairly hefty evidence,
right? Actually, the WHO report is less damning than it sounds in headlines.
Class B simply means that a study has indicated that there might be a link, but the
link is too weak to be definitive. Meanwhile, numerous other studies have found
no link. This includes
a massive Danish study involving 350,000 people that was released in late
2011.
Further evidence against the risk of cancer can be found in what
we know of physics. Radiation comes in multiple forms, and humans only
need to worry about radiation energetic enough to damage DNA. Ultraviolet
rays from the sun, which can cause skin cancer, are over 400,000 times more
energetic than those emitted from cell phones. Low energy waves like radio
can't hurt DNA, and that means they can't cause cancer.
Everything Electronic
Causes Cancer
This means that what holds true for cell phones should hold true
for other wireless devices, as well. The rise of wireless networks has caused
distress about what all those waves bouncing through the atmosphere might do to
our cells. The answer is simple - nothing. Sleeping on a bed made of
wireless routers would be uncomfortable, but it's not going cause cancer.
Some users become concerned because of another alarming effect.
Heat. As electronics are used, they put out heat, and that heat is absorbed by
our bodies. That's why your thighs are warm after using a laptop.
Computers can be harmful if they're too hot, but the
problem isn't limited to electronics. Dermatologists have long known
that constant exposure to heat can cause scaly, discolored skin which is often
permanent. A hot computer can cause this - as can a heating blanket, seat
warmer, fireplace or oven.
While skin discoloration and minor burns can be a problem to a
handful of people, there's no evidence that normal, intermediate use of a
computer will cause cancer. The lesson from dermatology is simple. If something
is hot, don't hang around it too long.
Conclusion
This is merely a handful of tech myths. There are plenty more out
there, ranging from the believable to the utterly outrageous. Have you heard a
tech myth that you later found out wasn't true? Tell us about it in the
comments.
Image Credits: Laura
Billings, Unknown,
Arthur,
Ed
Yourdon
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