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Chancellor's report covers KU research
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Focused on growth and the plethora of research taking place at the University level, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little released her 2015 Chancellor's Report on Monday. Gray-Little focused a portion of her two-minute introduction on the ongoing high-quality research at the University that is propelling the University onto the national stage. She continued to say the research happening here is prompting research companies to flock to the University, looking for a place to stay and graduates to recruit.
One of the first featured students was Ryan Limbocker, a senior from Overland Park. Limbocker was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship last year for his research on the mechanisms in the neurodegeneration progress in post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment and Huntington's disease. He is working to learn how neurotransmission is affected by these diseases and how to repair the transmissions or reverse them.
"It validates how hard I've been working." Limbocker said. "It definitely helped me get the Gates Cambridge scholarship, which is the end goal."
The Goldwater Scholarship awards $7,500 per year to the recipient. Limbocker said it is aimed at students who've done exceptionally in the classroom and who've done significant research in the U.S. with the ultimate goal of attending graduate school. Limbocker will attend Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.
"My ultimate reason for studying all these is because I have personal connections with these types of diseases," he said. "It's something that needs to be studied and better understood so we can one day try and prevent these ailments."
In addition to the focus on scientific research, the chancellor's report touched on ways to learn better and how the University will implement these plans. Interactive classrooms are working to create more interaction between classmates and professors. Ngina Nzwilli, a junior from Topeka, said she enjoyed her class that used the new interactive approach because it allowed her to better understand difficult concepts.
"You get to know your classmates more and hear everyone's different ideas," she said. "It gives you a better idea of what is going on in the classroom instead of just listening to your teacher talk and not necessarily knowing what is going on."
"My ultimate reason for studying all these is because I have personal connections with these types diseases."
RYAN LIMBOCKER Senior from Overland Park
Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas is also doing its part in generating funds for the University. According to the report, more than 530 scholarships and 30 new professorships have been created, and this is only the beginning.
Twenty-three of the 27 individuals who received funding from Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research are affiliated with the University, according to the report. This institute awards
pilot grants of $20,000 to individuals studying early-stage research projects.
The report goes on to explain how KU investigators are working to fight disease, create vaccinations and customize molecules with therapeutic promise. The Drug and Vaccine Discovery Institute here will work to save lives and boost the economy.
The report also tells the stories of the four individuals awarded with the Wounded Warrior scholarship. Timothy Hornick lost his sight while serving Iraq and is now pursuing a doctoral degree in therapeutic sciences and has a master's degree in social work from the University. Alex Cataudella is an undeclared freshman who was award the scholarship for her father who was killed in Iraq. Third is Carol Meza who has a master's in social work. She survived a roadside bomb in Iraq and the report says she plans to help veterans reintegrate into society. The final award recipient is Jennifer Thornton, the caregiver to her husband who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury he sustained after two tours in Iraq. She is working toward her graduate degree in social work.
Gray-Little focused on the impact the University has on the state and the impact the students, professors and other university associates are having on the University. From the possibility of algae fueling cars, tomatillos fighting cancer and a bioschip detecting cancer to doctoral student Chan Kin Onn discovering a new species of frog, it seems the University has some enormous breakthroughs coming from its students and researchers.
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A computer user sit near a monitor display with a message from the Chinese police on the proper use of the Internet at a cafe in Beijing, China.
China's online control points to wider clampdown
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BEIJING — Working out of a Beijing office full of video game designers from around the world, Chinese-born Pin Wang and his startup Substantial Games should be the face of the innovative, forward-looking China that the country's leaders say they want to build.
Pin and his team are attracting investors from across China while launching online games they hope will dazzle global eyeballs. But for several weeks, Pin's team has struggled with a decidedly down-to-earth problem that's hit countless companies nationwide: They're unable to access their email, shared documents and other online services blocked by China's Internet censors.
"Something that should take 15 seconds takes three or five minutes, and it screws with the way you flow or you work," Pin said. "We don't have the resources to move because we're a startup."
Chinese controls on information have tightened and loosened over the years, but Pin and others are feeling
Companies that have depended for years on virtual private networks, or VPNs, to get around Chinese online censors and access business tools have seen those channels squeezed or shut down since the start of the year.
Academics who have long helped Chinese authorities distill foreign ideas into public policy have been told to watch what they say, especially about so-called Western ideas that clash with party doctrine. And many foreign companies that were welcomed into China's booming economy have seen their offices raided by investigators and been forced to pay record fines in antitrust investigations.
what many say is China's most severe crackdown in decades on how people learn about the world around them, talk to each other and do business.
On the Internet, in college classrooms and in corporate offices, the Chinese Communist Party has raised the virtual wall separating the most populous country from the rest of the globe. Experts say it reflects a distrust of outside influences that the party thinks could threaten its control on society.
meet these criteria. I felt that we provided a safe and happy home for our children."
Fite is also concerned that the bill will lower funding for families that don't meet the specific criteria. Forrest Knox (R-Altoona), the author of the bill, originally included a provision to pay CARE families more, but told KCUR last week that wouldn't be the case. Knox
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"Creating two different classes of foster families is a bad idea, and would make for a terrible policy," Lieberman said.
was unavailable for comment. Alice Lieberman, a professor in the School of Social Welfare, is also not in favor of the bill.
She said there is a shortage of families willing to become foster parents, and the bill is too restrictive.
"There is absolutely no evidence that children do better in extremely religious families.
or families that homeschool, or families in which parents abstain completely from alcohol," Lieberman said. "They do well in families where there is support and acceptance, regardless of religion or religiosity, sexual orientation, race and so on."
Fite didn't say if any foster children are currently enrolled at Hilltop, but he said there have been some at different points in time.
"I'm unsure of how this
would affect them due to the fact that this bill doesn't fully address how current families will be affected," Fite said.
As far as the future for foster children, Fite said he believes that good foster parents don't adopt for the money.
"They do it because it's something they're passionate about," Fite said. "They want to give a child a good home, no matter how short-lived that stay may be."
the bill could create another barrier for some children to find good homes.
"There may be problems in child welfare, but this bill doesn't solve any of them, that's for sure, and would exacerbate some that we already have." Lieberman said.
Lieberman said she thinks
The Senate is expected to consider the bill this week.
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sues and I was probably 15 the first time I realized I had an anxiety disorder," she said. "There weren't the resources or the information I needed to help with that."
Today, Hagan's anxiety results in her taking what she feels is longer-than-average-time to reply to emails and complete her homework. She said she puts a lot of pressure on herself to make sure every little thing is right.
In those ways, Hagan is not unlike many students who struggle with mental health issues.
"Active Minds is very actively creating the resources that would have helped me a few years ago," she said. "I'm also very glad I became president because I want to help people know it's okay to talk about mental health."
Emily Lenherr, a junior from Windom and vice president of Active Minds, said that Hagan has helped spread the reach of the organization across campus by opening the door for more discussion.
"Rachel has been someone that has taken the reins and made [Active Minds] her own." Lenherr said. "She inspires me to be a great leader. Just the openness she has of getting this talk started about the stigmas of mental health and overcoming them is amazing. I think that's very indicative of being a great leader. She's really increased our awareness on campus and what we're doing on campus in our involvement."
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The next Active Minds meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
However, this is considered an unofficial petition and it cannot actually be used to initiate an official recall, according to Ballotpedia.com.
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In order to become an official recall, the movement would have to have 1,000 approved sponsors and about 347,800 signatures from registered voters in
"The goal of Piazza's petition is to show opposition to Brownback rather than initiate a recall as an online petition cannot be used to force a recall election," Ballotedia.com states.
sophomore Travis Kesinger said. "I want to see protection for all individuals and for Kansas to become a state that recognizes people for who they are entirely."
I would love to see [Paul] Davis as governor over him, ideally, but that's not going to happen," Berger said. "At most, I could possibly see Brownback seeing this negative backlash and hopefully he'll rethink some of these actions, or he'll be deterred from doing similar things in the future."
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"We are at a pivotal point in our lives where educating ourselves on issues like this is so crucial to the progress of our state and nation," Kesinger said. "I would encourage students to be an ally and sign this petition."
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Kesinger also stressed the importance of signing this petition, as a student, to help protect the environment of the LGBTQ+ community.
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