TERRE HAUTE — Rose-Hulman faculty newsmakers:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Professor Jim Hanson and Humanities & Social Sciences Professor Pat Brophy were co-authors of a research paper that received the Best Zone Paper Award at the American Society of Engineering Education’s 2009 Annual Conference.
The paper examined the reasonableness of results, and asserted that engineering students can hone skills and replicate intentional practices that will improve their depth of understanding.
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Rose-Hulman Chemical Engineering Professor Hossein Hariri has been honored for his three years of service as director and executive committee member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering’s Fuels and Petrochemical Division.
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Rose-Hulman Mathematics Professors Yosi Shibberu and Allen Holder attended a workshop on “Network Biology: Understanding Metabolic and Protein Interactions” at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at The Ohio State University. Holder gave an invited talk on the role of operations research in the study of biological networks.
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Several members of Rose-Hulman’s Physics and Optical Engineering faculty have been featured in international, national and regional academic conferences, and media interviews. Assistant Professor Renat Letfullin has been invited to arrange and to chair the session on “Multidisciplinary Education in Nanoscience: from Nanophotonics to Nanomedicine” at the 2010 International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics this spring in Orlando.
He will also be a session chair at the 20th Argonne National Symposium later this fall.
Also, Letfullin was awarded a $49,832 grant from St. Louis University to examine “Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Curriculum in Nanomedicine,” and will join PHOE Advisory Board Member Thomas George in giving a radio interview for Radio Health Journal, an award-winning program broadcast on approximately 450 stations nationally. Letfullin and George will discuss the future of nanomedicine, covering topics related to how the characteristics of nano-sized particles make them valuable in medicine.
Assistant Professor Richard Lepkowicz attended a kickoff meeting in Washington, D.C., for the DARPA program on GRIN optics.
Professor Rob Bunch and Lepkowicz will be doing optical design in collaboration with University of Rochester, Naval Research laboratory and Case Western Reserve University to develop new lightweight optical systems for imaging systems and solar concentrators.
Professor Sudipa Kirtley has been requested by Wiley Publishing to prepare instructor’s PowerPoint files for 20 chapters in the latest edition of an Introductory Physics textbook, written by Halliday and Resnick. She also conducted two physics workshops at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College on “Expanding Your Horizons” for Wabash Valley middle school female students.
Professor Mike Moloney will give an invited talk at the Acoustical Society of America’s meeting, and Professor Rick Ditteon gave an invited talk on “How Astronomers Make Those Amazing Images” at the Terre Haute Swope Art Gallery brown bag series on Oct. 7.
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Rose-Hulman’s Department of Chemical Engineering has received a donation of surplus equipment from Eli Lilly and Company — thanks to the efforts of alumni Mike Markowski (a visiting part-time faculty member) and Steve Gillman (member of the department’s advisory board). Professors Atanas Serbezov and Ron Artigue worked with Lilly to obtain this donation, worth approximately $40,000.
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Rose-Hulman Visiting Assistant Mathematics Professor Alberto Condori was invited to give a talk at Indiana University’s Analysis Seminar. The title of the talk was “On the Sum of Superoptimal Singular Values.”
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Rose-Hulman Professor of American Literature Patricia Carlson attended a National Science Foundation Board of Advisors’ meeting for the Calibrated Peer Review Project. She gave a presentation on using the software to evaluate oral presentations for engineering education.
Professor Heinz Luegenbiehl presented a paper on “Autonomy Unbound: An Unanticipated Consequence of Biotechnology” at the Humanities & Technology Association Conference. Professor Andreas Michel presented a paper on “Democracy, Technology, Secularization” and was president of the conference.
Schools
Newsmakers: Oct. 21, 2009
- Schools
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Vigo schools see grad rate rise
The Vigo County School Corp. 2011 graduation rate improved nearly 4 percentage points and surpassed the state graduation rate, according to information from the state Department of Education.
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Rose-Hulman to help address need for advancing railroad technologies
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stepping back into its past and addressing a need to advance the nation’s transportation system by educating the next generation of railroad engineers.
Chauncey Rose, an entrepreneur and builder of railroads, came to western Indiana in 1817. -
Take the Plunge for Special Olympics on Feb. 11 at ISU
Join Mayor Duke Bennett, Indiana State University Police Chief Bill Mercier, Terre Haute and ISU Police departments, GFS Marketplace, Mix-FM, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha and the ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha at the Fourth Annual Terre Haute Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana on Feb. 11.
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Valley woman’s recipe featured by Taste of Home
Taste of Home magazine has honored a Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School Foods Services employee for her recipe.
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College Goal Sunday set for Feb. 12 at Ivy Tech
Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute and 39 other Indiana sites to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday, set for 2 p.m. Feb. 12.
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College to offer aeronautics classes at Robinson airport
Lincoln Trail College is flying high this spring with two aeronautics classes taught at the Robinson (Ill.) Community Airport.
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Agreement to further college’s international initiatives
Harrison College, a private sector college serving 6,000 students at 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio as well as online, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Siva Sivani Institute of Management in Hyderabad, India.
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Otter Creek Middle School to celebrate 50 years
Otter Creek Middle School turns 50 years old this year. In 1962, the newly formed Vigo County School Corp. opened the current Otter Creek Middle School as Otter Creek Junior High School.
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College savings campaign kicks off statewide
Students in Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties are joining students across Indiana to launch Learn More Indiana’s 2012 Cash for College campaign this week.
Eighty percent of students who attend college receive financial aid.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 2, 2012
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: Freedom of religion — beliefs and actions
Because religious faith is, arguably, the quintessential example of our right to privacy, to say nothing of its prominent place in our First Amendment, throughout our history court cases involving the free exercise of religion have been handled with great trepidation and with particular care. One of the milestone “free exercise” religion cases, Davis v. Beason, was decided by the Supreme Court this week (Feb. 3) in 1890.
- Across the Wabash Valley: Feb. 2, 2012
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IU students benefit from eTexts savings
This spring semester, 130 class sections encompassing 5,300 Indiana University students are participating in IU’s eTexts initiative, taking advantage of IU’s cost-saving deals with publishers. Those agreements provided students an average savings of $25 per book or online supplement, and total savings of nearly $100,000 when compared to similar offerings.
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Inspirational author to speak at Four-Star Series
Inspirational Muslim speaker, author and life coach, Zohra Sarwari, will transform your perceptions about diversity, drawing from her own unique personal experiences with a charming sense of humor.
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSONS: Krueger’s takes a chance on canned beer
This week in 1935 the world changed forever. That is when the Krueger Brewing Company, partnering with the American Can Company, delivered the first canned beer to thirsty beer drinkers in Richmond, Va.
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Host blood drive, win scholarship
Roche Diagnostics and the Indiana Blood Center have teamed up to create a $70,000 scholarship program for seniors in 174 high schools throughout the state who host blood drives at their school.
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Architectural honors: Indiana State renovations garner national recognition
Two recently renovated Indiana State University buildings garnered national recognition for creatively utilizing the existing structures in the renovations.
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Prom dress sale Saturday at Parke Co. Fairgrounds
To help families cut the cost of formal dances, the Parke County 4-H Fair Board will be hosting a prom dress sale.
- Riverton Parke Honor Roll: First semester 2011-12
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College offers help to public in computer lab
The public computer lab at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill., is announcing new hours.
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Vera Bradley Bingo to benefit Catholic high school
Tickets for the annual Vera Bradley Bingo at St. Patrick Catholic Church are on sale now..
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Riverton Parke junior to travel to Great Britain
Riverton Parke Junior High School student Adam Livers will travel to the British Isles this summer for a 19-day experience through the People to People Student Ambassador Program.
- ACROSS THE WABASH VALLEY: Jan. 26, 2012
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Daycare grant helps needy Vigo children
Through a $9,000 grant to the Vigo County CASA Kids program, the Terre Haute Day Nursery has given needy children in Vigo County the opportunity to benefit from daycare services throughout the year.
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GOALS, PRIDE & ACHIEVEMENTS: Jan. 26, 2012
Greenville College has released the names of 284 students who qualified for honors at the conclusion of the fall semester. The list includes sophomore Joshua Andrew Lynch of Center Point, son of Mark and Pamela Lynch.
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Hospital Foundation offers scholarships
Students seeking careers in health care such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and respiratory therapy may currently apply for Union Hospital Foundation academic scholarships. Now, through March 1, scholarships are available through the Foundation’s application process and will be reviewed by the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee.
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Riverton Parke student Voice of Democracy finalist
Riverton Parke junior Heath Rohr became the school’s first state finalist in the Voice of Democracy contest, sponsored each year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rohr, the son of Jodi and Anthony Rohr of Montezuma, finished fourth in the Indiana contest and was honored at a banquet in Indianapolis on Jan. 14.
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Indiana State University's fall dean's list
Indiana State University has announced its dean’s list for the fall semester.
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Summit aimed at afterschool, summer programs
The Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana Afterschool Network are joining together to host the state’s second annual summit designed specifically for afterschool and summer program providers.
- Reunions: Jan. 26, 2012
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