QS World University Rankings: l’Università di Parma in classifica in 5 ambiti

L’Università di Parma si piazza in 5 ambiti della QS World University Rankings by Subject, la prestigiosa classifica internazionale che prende in esame circa 1.600 Atenei di 161 Paesi in 54 discipline e ambiti. Nell’edizione 2023, appena pubblicata sul sito QS Top Universities, Parma figura negli ambiti Agriculture & Forestry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Medicine, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, e nell’area ampia Life Sciences & Medicine. Il miglior risultato è in Agriculture & Forestry, dove Unipr si colloca nella fascia tra il 151° e il 200° posto nel mondo e tra le prime 12 Università in Italia. Seguono Pharmacy & Pharmacology (fascia 201-250), Chemistry (401-450), Medicine (401-450), Biological Sciences (551-600). Nell’area ampia Life Sciences & Medicine l’Università di Parma si posiziona tra il 401° e il 450° posto. QS World University Rankings by Subject si basa su cinque indicatori: Academic Reputation, ovvero la reputazione degli Atenei nel mondo accademico; Employer Reputation, cioè le valutazioni dei datori di lavoro sulla preparazione dei laureati e delle laureate che vengono assunti/e; Citations per Paper, ovvero l’impatto scientifico della ricerca prodotta dagli Atenei nei diversi settori; H-index, un indicatore che considera sia l’impatto scientifico sia la produttività nella ricerca; IRN – International Reasearch Network, che valuta le collaborazioni di ricerca internazionali. Parma ottiene i migliori punteggi in Citations per Paper e H-Index, rispettivamente 88.1 e 85.2, entrambi per Pharmacy & Pharmacology.

Mynewsdesk and Oxford University Press to hold a live GLOBAL event

Mynewsdesk and Oxford University Press are bringing you a unique global event on the 2nd of March, 2023. Based on a study that explores fact-finding in today’s world, The Matter of Fact. This is a GLOBAL event with limited places. Please register early via this LINK to reserve your spot. The extensive OUP study, The Matter of Fact, takes a broad look at how people across the world seek out information and judge its accuracy, drawing on a pool of evidence bolstered by survey data collected from thousands of people across the world. modern concerns around misinformation and false claims, people around the world continue to believe that the information they read and share online and on social media is factually correct, with levels of trust highest in emerging economies. The study reveals that there is a clear geographical difference between regions. In addition, the younger demographic is also more likely to rely on social media as a source of factual information, with over 44% of those in the 25 to 44 age-bracket turning to the platforms compared to just 12% of over 55s. From a business perspective, the key is always to know your audience and how to best get their attention. But which source does your audience trust and find factual? Is it legacy media, social media, online media or print media? And how does this affect what, how and where you should communicate? This global event is to help realise and help make sense of the world around us, encouraging us to consult multiple sources, and question what is shared as fact. With organisations playing a valuable role in championing the importance of quality research and enabling access to accurate, trustworthy information. This event will give organisations an insight on improving their business and communication strategy.

Pubblicato il QS World University Ranking

L’agenzia britannica Quacquarelli Symonds ha pubblicato il QS World University Ranking, forse il più noto e prestigioso ranking internazionale. L’edizione 2022-2023 vede un netto miglioramento in classifica dell’Università di Torino nonostante l’ulteriore allargamento della graduatoria con 124 nuove entrate per un totale di 1422 atenei classificati. UniTo è risalita di 10 posizioni rispetto all’edizione precedente e si colloca al 475° posto al mondo, quindi entro le prime 500 cui è data evidenza singola nella classifica (dopo le università sono presenti in classifica per fasce) risultando 12° in Italia su 41 atenei. I parametri valutativi di QS prendono in considerazione la reputazione accademica (che pesa il 40%), la reputazione delle aziende (10%), il rapporto studenti per docente (20%), le citazioni per docente (20%), l’internazionalizzazione dell’ateneo nel suo corpo docente (5%) e studentesco (5%). L’indicatore che registra la performance migliore è la reputazione accademica. L’Ateneo si colloca al 225° posto a livello mondiale, in risalita di 20 posizioni rispetto all’anno scorso. Nella nuova edizione sono stati calcolati due ulteriori indicatori, al momento non considerati nel ranking globale: l’occupazione dei laureati e la rete di ricerca internazionale, in cui UniTo eccelle collocandosi al 220° posto al mondo. L’Università di Torino inoltre ottiene punteggi nettamente superiori ai valori mediani anche nei parametri delle citazioni per docente e dei risultati occupazionali. Il livello di performance di UniTo in questo ranking molto competitivo è ulteriormente migliorato e raggiunge ora il top 33% delle migliori università del mondo secondo i parametri valutativi di QS, facendo registrare la sua migliore performance di sempre in questa classifica. Per quanto riguarda, invece, le classifiche disciplinari, pubblicate ad aprile 2022, l’Università di Torino si è ben posizionata anche in 20 subject ranking: 51-100° posto per Filosofia e Scienze delle Religioni (prima in Italia e tra le top 100 al mondo); 151-200° per Agraria e Scienze dell’Educazione; 201-250° per Lingue Moderne, Farmacia, Medicina, Fisica, Sociologia e Storia (dove compare per la prima volta); 251-300° per Letteratura Inglese, Diritto, Chimica e Matematica (queste ultime due discipline migliorano la loro performance rispetto al 2021); 301-350° per Informatica, Biologia, Psicologia, Economia e Scienze dei Materiali (disciplina che migliora la sua classifica rispetto all’anno precedente) e 401-450° per Scienze dell’Ambiente.

University of Toulon: International Proclamation of the Charter on the Law of the Living

As the culmination of the university’s trilogy about the legal personhood of animal, the Charter on the Law of the Living aims, like the Declaration of Toulon, to inspire institutional reforms in France and abroad. Faced with Nature’s unprecedented decline and the accelerating rate of species extinction, experts from the UN’s Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) are calling for “transformative changes” that could act as “New Paradigms, goals and values.» The Charter on the Law of the Living fits into this perspective by recalling certain forms of solidarity and the need to maintain a balance between the interests of human beings, Animals and Nature. It thus offers different keys to interpretation, facilitating the transition from a law “about” the living to a law “of” the living.The coordinator of the HwN Program, Maria Mercedes Sanchez, will deliver a keynote speech before the proclamation of the Charter (simultaneously translated into French, English and Spanish) broadcast on the University’s YouTube channel, as well as on its Facebook page. The Charter is the culmination of a scientific trilogy on the legal personhood of animals – a French research program started by Caroline Regad and Cédric Riot, lawyers at the University of Toulon – that calls for a reformulation of the category of legal personhood to include non-human persons. The trilogy is intended to inspire national and international discourse on the legal personhood of animals.The first chapter gave rise to a proposal to draft a text of law aimed at integrating the concept of non-human natural personhood in the French legal system.The second was marked by the proclamation, on 29 March2019, of the Toulon Declaration issued in response to the Cambridge Declaration of July 7, 2012.It has since been spread around the world by actors who want to change the legal status of animals.The third chapter of the trilogy will conclude with the proclamation of the Charter on the Law of the Living, with the objective to inspire reforms and incorporate the legal personhood of animals into the legal systems of more states.

Santa Clara University Sends Early Admission Decisions After Record Number of Applications

Prospective Class of 2024 students showed Santa Clara University a record-breaking amount of love this fall by sending 8,280 early applications—the first time the university has broken the 8,000 mark. Most notably, Early Decision I applicants, those students who are committing to a binding admission process, were up 28 percent. Santa Clara expects about another 9,000 applications to come in for the final two admission tracks, Early Decision II and Regular Decision, due January 7. It is the second year that Santa Clara will offer Early Decision II, a second binding admission plan to give students time after November 1 to decide if SCU is their number-one choice. This is an option for any new applicants as well as those who were deferred in the Early Action round.”Students beginning their college journey at Santa Clara in 2020 will be witness to new facilities and a growth of the student body: from the construction of the new campus for engineering and sciences to the new center for athletic excellence, our Mission Campus will allow incoming students to stretch their intellectual abilities and enliven their imaginations in the heart of Silicon Valley,” said Blanco Masias.The Class of 2024 will be arriving at an exciting time on the Mission Campus:
Kevin O’Brien, S.J., took the helm July 1 as Santa Clara University’s 29th president. His key priorities for his first year in office include accessibility, transparency, fundraising, and outreach in Silicon Valley.In its first-ever showing in U.S. News & World Report’s National Universities category, SCU ranked No. 54 among nearly 400 national-level universities in the publication’s 2020 “Best Colleges” edition.
The Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, scheduled to open fall 2021, will be the new home for the Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics. Built to foster convergence across traditional disciplines, and inspired by our Jesuit ideals and Silicon Valley’s culture of collaboration and innovation, the campus will allow students to forge breakthroughs and help build a more humane, just, and sustainable world.The 50,000-square-foot Athletic Excellence Center, expected to open summer 2020, will help the next generation of Olympians, All-Americans, World Champions and Hall of Fame athletes from SCU.Finn Residence Hall, which opened in the fall, constructs its communal life around the theme of well-being in the physical, emotional, and spiritual sense.Students admitted through Early Action have until May 1 to accept Santa Clara’s admission offer, while students admitted through Early Decision I must deposit by January 7.

Australian University Looks to Growing Chinese Market

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), the first international university and highest ranked Australian university in the UAE, today announced the launch of a new Masters’ degree – Global Executive Master in Luxury Management (GEMLux). Created in partnership with the prestigious Italian business school, Politecnico di Milano’s Graduate School of Business (MIP), the degree is designed to help meet the growing demand for highly-skilled professionals in the luxury sector, and focuses on implementing best-in-class managerial practices in the luxury goods and services segments.The luxury goods and services market is valued at US$1.35 trillion globally, and is predicted to expand by up to 5 percent annually in the coming years, according to Bain & Company. China, in particular, is one of the biggest contributors to this market, with Chinese consumers accounting for about 33 percent of all luxury purchases in the world last year. This figure is expected to rise to 44 percent by 2025, and is further boosted by Chinese luxury spending while abroad.According to the China Tourism Academy, affluent Chinese tourists are the world’s top luxury consumers, taking 130 million trips per year and spending upwards of US$274 billion – signaling a lucrative opportunity for qualified Chinese professionals in the luxury goods, services and experiences space to leverage, both within the Chinese mainland and across international markets.To be offered in UOWD’s campus in Dubai from March 2020, the dual-degree is designed to empower professionals to evolve as luxury brand managers, fashion retail buyers, PR specialists, creative directors, brand ambassadors and visual merchandising executives.As part of the four-semester curriculum, students will travel to prominent luxury shopping and fashion capitals including Dubai, Milan, Geneva and Paris to participate in factory tours, as well as visit the headquarters of luxury brands, exhibitions and industry fairs while gaining exposure to game changers in the luxury retail industry.

California Southern University Selects Ellucian Cloud

Ellucian, the leading provider of software and services built to power higher education, today announced a new engagement with California Southern University (CalSouthern). CalSouthern has selected cloud-based Ellucian Colleague, Ellucian CRM Recruit, Ellucian Analytics, and Ellucian Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP) to power its digital transformation and enable campus-wide innovation.
By moving from its homegrown enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to a Software as a Service (SaaS)-based ERP from Ellucian, CalSouthern will modernize outdated manual processes and the overall constituent experience. Ellucian Colleague SaaS is built for flexibility and will enable the university to provide a more secure and digitally connected campus, enhancing the overall experience for both students and staff. It will also provide the university with continual access to the latest updates and innovative capabilities, letting technical staff shift focus from maintenance to more valuable business process improvements and strategic initiatives.The unified technology framework created by this suite of cloud solutions will enable CalSouthern to provide an enhanced experience for its constituents. Ellucian Analytics and ILP will enable data-informed decision making that will drive student success and increase operational efficiency, while the integration between Colleague and CRM Recruit will help ensure that students are enrolled in the right courses and supported until graduation.

Fourth Annual 2019 Hawaii Payments University

ACH Alert, an award-winning provider of electronic payments fraud prevention technology for financial institutions of all sizes, announced it is attending the 2019 Hawaii Payments University & Fraud Day for the second year, taking place November 5-7 in Honolulu. The conference is hosted by PacPay, Federal Reserve Bank and PAR/WACHA.Payments University is an intense, collegiate-style learning environment structured to provide holistic, concentrated payments education. The multi-track agenda provides targeted education through fundamental and advanced courses for both new and seasoned industry veterans, designed to allow participants to choose which sessions to attend based on desired topics. During the conference, Deborah Peace, CEO of ACH Alert, will participate in Fraud Day by leading the session, Combatting Fraud: The Role of Voice Biometrics in Your Layered Security Program. Peace will also help moderate the interactive session, Advanced Exception Handling and Case Studies, to focus on challenges facing the employees and call centers managing ACH processing. Lastly, Peace will take part in the Payments Risk Management session to explore different kinds of risk each payment channel presents and offer solutions for managing those risks.

Dublin City University (DCU) Becomes the First European University to Partner With Global Learning Services Enterprise InStride

Dublin City University (DCU) today announced its partnership with global online learning services enterprise InStride. InStride enables employees of multinational companies to access educational opportunities and earn degrees from prestigious universities around the world. DCU is InStride’s first European partner.
This partnership reflects the changing nature of education, in particular a shift towards online study and the university’s commitment to lifelong learning. DCU is joining InStride’s rapidly expanding network of university partners in the United States, Mexico and Australia.Employees of companies that partner with InStride can access online degree programmes from their network of universities. An important catalyst for launching InStride was the success of corporate partnerships such as the Starbucks College Achievement Plan with Arizona State University (ASU), as well as similar partnerships with Adidas and Uber. InStride has initiated additional partnerships with companies such as Aramark (owner of Irish retailer Avoca) and others to design strategic education programs that help companies better address their human capital needs.Prof. Brian MacCraith, President of DCU, said, “In a rapidly changing world, the need for in-work upskilling has never been clearer. DCU has a proven track record of providing industry-responsive programmes that address emerging skills gaps. We are also leaders in the online learning space, making DCU an ideal partner for InStride.”Vivek Sharma, CEO of InStride, said, “InStride is proud to establish a relationship with Dublin City University and President MacCraith as our first university in Europe. Our corporate partners have global workforces who need additional education at high-quality institutions such as DCU. To lead a global transformative education movement focused on achieving social impact, it’s essential to have an innovative university like DCU as an integral part of our university network.”

Università di Parma e Hiroshima University più vicine

Parma. Nei giorni scorsi una delegazione dell’Ateneo giapponese è infatti stata a Parma per la firma di un importante accordo di collaborazione internazionale.La delegazione della Hiroshima University era formata dal Rettore Mitsuo Ochi, dal Pro Rettore per l’Internazionalizzazione Toshiyuki Sato e dalla Responsabile dell’Ufficio Relazioni Internazionali Yuriko Kawakubo.Durante l’incontro Istituzionale, presieduto dal Rettore Paolo Andrei e dalla Pro Rettrice all’Internazionalizzazione Simonetta Anna Valenti, sono state approfondite le opportunità di scambio e ricerca tra le due Università con l’intensificazione dei rapporti di scambio tra docenti. Si è discussa inoltre la possibilità di ospitare un docente giapponese per l’attivazione di un corso di lingua e cultura nipponica all’interno del Dipartimento di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e delle Imprese Culturali – DUSIC già dal prossimo a.a. 2020-2021. All’incontro hanno partecipato anche il Delegato per i Programmi Overworld e Erasmus+ Roberto Montanari, il Responsabile della U.O. Internazionalizzazione Alessandro Bernazzoli e Giovanna Colangelo della U.O. Internazionalizzazione.La visita si è conclusa con il saluto agli ospiti stranieri anche da parte dei Pro Rettori Sara Rainieri, Roberto Fornari e Fabrizio Storti.La sottoscrizione dell’accordo è stata facilitata dalla presenza di Yoshinaka Nobuhito, Visiting Professor al Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Studî Politici e Internazionali, dove ha tenuto il corso di “Recent Development of Japanese Criminal Law” nell’anno accademico 2018-2019.

BostonGene Announces Cancer Research Collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis

BostonGene Corporation (BostonGene), a Boston, Mass-based biomedical software company, today announced a master agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to collaborate on multiple research projects.
BostonGene’s solution will provide Washington University oncologists at Siteman Cancer Center with detailed analysis, interpretation and visualization of big data obtained from cancer patient’s genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and imaging tests. The solution identifies all significant somatic alterations, evaluates protein expression, computes tumor clonality, tumor heterogeneity, tumor microenvironment cell type composition, hereditary predisposition, viral infestation, pharmacogenomics and predicts neoantigens for personalized vaccine development among other molecular features. BostonGene generates a visually-appealing and self-explanatory tumor schematics, called MF PortraitTM, elegantly depicting tumor activity, tumor cellular composition, activity of immune-microenvironment and other tumor-associated processes.“We’re collaborating with BostonGene to evaluate how its technology can help us identify the best treatments for patients based on the underlying characteristics of their cancers, with the goal of increasing survival. The company’s analytics and integration of scientific and clinical knowledge is aimed at complementing and empowering the precision medicine approach for individual cancer patients,” said Todd Fehniger, MD/PhD, a Washington University medical oncologist who treats patients at Siteman Cancer Center.

Engineering Technology Award of Distinction from University of Cincinnati

Steve Kuhn, a founding member of Sevan Multi-Site Solutions and Executive Vice President, was presented with the 2019 Engineering Technology Award of Distinction of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences from the University of Cincinnati.
Along with the Executive Vice President role, Kuhn is also currently a member of Sevan’s Board of Directors. In his roles, he focuses on advancing Sevan’s Business Partner relationships. He also works to support the Co-Op student and University recruiting efforts and is assuming leadership of the Sevan Charitable Foundation. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management.Kuhn’s family—including his wife, three sons and two daughters in law – joined him for the awards ceremony. Sevan team members also celebrated Steve’s accomplishment by cheering him on. Sevan attendees included President and CEO Jim Evans, Chief Operations Officer Tom Glatz, Vice President of People Solutions Chris Galazka, Senior Vice President of Operations Roy Blessing, Senior People Relations Coordinator Morgan Ehemann, Project Executive Randy Barnhill, Project Engineer Cris Groh, and current Co-Op students Chandler Berlinger and Greta Antonetz.The Engineering Technology Award of Distinction recognizes an individual who has not only made significant contributions in their professional field but also has a proven personal commitment to the mission and vision of the programs in what was formerly the College of Applied ScienceTo learn more about the awards, visit the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science website.In October 2018, Sevan was named one of the 100 Best Medium Workplaces by Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE, ranking #29 on the list. Sevan has been recognized as an Employee Rated Great Place to Work for six consecutive years. Sevan is ranked #713 on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Sevan is a 500-person project management firm that delivers design, construction, facility assessment and data analytics services in North America and Europe. Sevan is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois and recently opened an international office in London.

University Hospitals Health System Selects NextGen Population Health to Improve Quality of Patient Care

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXGN), a leading provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions, today announced that University Hospitals Health System—a leading health system with 18 hospitals, more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities and over 200 physician offices throughout northern Ohio—has selected NextGen® Population Health to help them enhance patient care. The NextGen solution integrates with most Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) while ingesting claims feeds from a wide range of payers. For providers who participate in value-based care arrangements or focus on population health management, NextGen provides powerful patient analytics, identifies gaps in care or practice pattern variations, and helps improve outcomes by seamlessly integrating these insights into the provider workflow to enable proactive point of care discussions.
Managing one of the nation’s largest accountable care organizations representing more than 575,000 lives, UH’s goal is to change the health care industry narrative by emphasizing efforts that help people “stay healthy at home” versus only “healing patients in a hospital.” The NextGen Healthcare solution looks at claims data from payers as well as information contained in patients’ medical records to identify health care gaps that should be addressed such as obtaining a mammogram for women over 40.
Annually, $192 billion is spent on healthcare overtreatment and approximately $200 billion is wasted on unnecessary medical tests and treatments. NextGen Population Health tackles these issues through the aggregation and analysis of patient data, which drives meaningful insights across clinical, financial and administrative data. Ultimately, ACOs can more effectively engage patients, reduce costs and improve the health care value proposition that patients deserve.

GeneCentric and Collaborators at Washington University Advance Academic-Industry Head and Neck Cancer Partnership under NCI Grant

GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has entered the second phase of an academic-industry collaboration with Jose Zevallos MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.This collaboration is funded by a National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01 grant, awarded in August 2017 to Dr. Zevallos. The grant supports the investigation of novel approaches to improve outcomes for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Titled “Development of a Four-Class, Molecular Subtyping Diagnostic for HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer,” the grant is focused on the development of a clinic-ready tumor subtyping diagnostic test, in collaboration with GeneCentric Therapeutics, that will guide treatment decisions for patients with HPV-negative HNSCC.The HPV-negative subtyper being applied under this NCI grant is a modified version of GeneCentric’s previously-developed Head and Neck Cancer Subtype Profiler (HNSP™). Following successful completion of phase 1 development of a reduced gene-set signature, GeneCentric is poised to commence phase 2 validation studies with Dr. Zevallos and his team. The last stage of the NCI grant, phase 3, entails final confirmation of the HNSCC diagnostic test and commercialization.“This research has the potential to impact treatment for a broad range of patients with head and neck cancer. Our aim is to better identify cancers that are resistant to radiation therapy. We also hope the test will more accurately identify patients with occult lymph node metastasis and help surgeons make more informed decisions on when surgery to remove neck tumors should be offered to patients,” said Dr. Zevallos of the NCI sponsored partnership with GeneCentric.

Layton Construction Successfully Implodes Vanderbilt University Residence Hall

Construction demolished one of the tallest buildings on the campus of Vanderbilt University, Carmichael West Tower 3 residence hall, today. The removal of Carmichael Tower 3 makes way for the second of three new collegiate residences in the West End Neighborhood of Vanderbilt.The controlled implosion of the 14-story Tower was approximately an 11-second process overseen by Layton Construction, LLC, acting Construction Manager of Vanderbilt’s West End Neighborhood and Residential Colleges, and Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), a national leader in large-structure controlled demolition. The implosion was triggered by a series of dynamite explosives placed into the structural elements of the building, creating the strategic “fall” of the tower.
Patterson says the key to success was teamwork in building preparation. “There was an immense amount of work and coordination performed by multiple parties to ensure that this critical implosion date was met on schedule.”Located on West End Avenue between 24th and 25th avenues, Carmichael Towers 3 and 4 have been home to tens of thousands of students since their opening in 1970. Named in memory of the university’s third Chancellor, Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, the residence halls served undergraduate students.Prior to the July 27 implosion, Carmichael Tower 4 served as the site for a unique training exercise for more than 800 Nashville firefighters. The Carmichael Towers 1&2 on West End Avenue will remain open to residents through the 2019-20 academic year.

NCAA approves Davenport University for active Division II membership

Davenport University announced today that it has received approval from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for active Division II (DII) membership. The private four-year university completed the membership process over the past three years.
The NCAA DII philosophy, which places emphasis on finding balance between academic and athletic achievement while taking time to build relationships and participate in the wider community, is directly in-line with the university’s values. This alignment, combined with consistent growth, financial stability, notability in athletics and academic honors, positioned Davenport to successfully pursue NCAA DII active membership.The university started the membership process in February 2016 and began competing as a provisional member in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2017-18 academic year. The GLIAC includes 11 other member institutions that span across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin.Today’s decision by the NCAA moves Davenport from a provisional member to an active member, making the university’s 22 NCAA-sponsored teams eligible to compete in NCAA DII postseason championships. As an active member of NCAA DII, Davenport’s student-athletes, coaches and teams will also be eligible to receive national NCAA awards, honors and other association benefits. The university’s active membership status goes into effect on September 1. Since joining the GLIAC, Davenport’s men’s basketball team won a GLIAC regular season title (2018-19) and its men’s soccer team won a GLIAC Tournament title (2017). In the last two seasons, seven of Davenport’s student-athletes received All-GLIAC top honors and 467 student-athletes received All-Academic honors.

University of Chicago Researchers Conduct Study of Unique Device to Lower High Blood Pressure

The University of Chicago Medicine’s Comprehensive Hypertension Center is participating in an FDA-approved pivotal trial of a novel catheter-based, non-surgical procedure to treat patients with drug-resistant hypertension. This study, called CALM-2 (Controlling And Lowering blood pressure with MobiusHD®), continues the study of the investigational MobiusHD device which was evaluated in an earlier proof-of-concept CALM-FIM which showed significant reductions in blood pressure through six months.The new, larger, multi-center CALM-2 clinical trial has been designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of this unique device as a possible solution for patients whose blood pressure is not controlled with prescribed medications.The research team at the Comprehensive Hypertension Center, led by world-renowned hypertension expert, professor of medicine and Center Director George Bakris, MD, specializes in the assessment and treatment of hard-to-treat hypertension. This includes the assessment of studies examining innovations in resistant hypertension.Specialized stretch-sensitive nerves called baroreceptors are located in the walls of the carotid arteries and play an essential role in the body’s natural blood pressure regulation. The MobiusHD system is used in the first minimally invasive procedure to utilize the baroreceptor mechanism to address uncontrolled hypertension.
The CALM-2 clinical trial, sponsored by Vascular Dynamics Inc., is targeting up to 300 drug-resistant hypertension patients at select medical centers around the U.S. and in the UK and Europe, including UChicago Medicine.

William Jessup University Adds Master of Accountancy and Digital Communication Programs

William Jessup University, the first WASC-accredited private, four-year residential university in the greater Sacramento region, will add two new programs this fall, an accelerated Master of Accountancy degree and a Digital Communication and Design major.
William Jessup, which will celebrate its 80th anniversary and 15th year in Rocklin this fall, now has more than 70 academic programs, from Business Administration to Visual and Fine Arts. The university has enjoyed fast-paced growth since relocating from San Jose in 2004, with more than 1,750 on-campus and online students“We’re always looking at how to improve existing programs and expand our degree offerings to help meet the academic and career needs of our students,” said Dennis Jameson, Provost and Chief Academic Officer of William Jessup University.The School of Business’ accelerated Master of Accountancy degree program will prepare students for a career in accounting and enable them to be prepared for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam in less than a year.The unique program exceeds the academic requirements to become a CPA – including at least 30 units in accounting, auditing and tax courses – and allows students to continue working full-time in the industry with on-campus courses on Saturdays. The 11-month program also includes an embedded CPA exam prep course, saving students time and money. Learn more at the William Jessup University MAcc website.The Digital Communication and Design bachelor of arts degree is a Communication Studies program for the 21st Century, teaching students to design messages and deliver them to a digital world. Social media and journalism will combine with digital imaging and interactive media to produce skills that are as essential as IT in today’s competitive marketplace.Paul Robins, an Emmy Award-winning TV and radio journalist with 35 years of experience, recently joined William Jessup University and will oversee the Digital Communication and Design program.Almost 400 students graduated with bachelor’s or master’s degrees during the 2018-19 school year, the largest-ever for William Jessup University.

Ross University School of Medicine and Tuskegee University Partner to Address Physician Diversity in the U.S.

The United States is facing a critical absence of diversity in medicine, and the disproportionately low numbers of African-American doctors is causing negative health outcomes in communities across the country. Reflecting its commitment to improve diversity among the nation’s doctors, Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) has entered into an agreement with Tuskegee University in Alabama to increase the number of African-American students who enter medical school at RUSM, and ultimately become physicians. This educational pathway allows qualified Tuskegee students who earn full acceptance into the medical school to receive a scholarship covering full tuition for the first semester. These students will spend the first two years of medical school at the RUSM campus in Barbados.
RUSM has a diverse student population with 51 percent of students being persons of color. With more than 14,000 alumni, RUSM graduates practice in direct patient care in all 50 states, including a high percentage of graduates who are in the essential field of primary care. African Americans make up only six percent1 of U.S. physicians. While most U.S. medical schools had an average of eight African-American graduates this past year, RUSM had more than 80.
RUSM recently announced similar agreements with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. As part of its continued commitment to addressing diversity in medicine, RUSM’s parent company, Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), signed on to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge created by the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus, pledging to invest in creating strategic collaborations with HBCUs and working to increase diversity in key workforce sectors. Having recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, RUSM is part of Adtalem Global Education’s medical and healthcare education vertical, which also includes American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Sint Maarten, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts, and Chamberlain University, the largest provider of nursing education in the United States. Adtalem is a mission-driven educator and workforce solutions provider with institutions and companies around the world, including the U.S., Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Brazil.

The University Impact Ranking 2019

Ottimo piazzamento per l’Università di Parma nel THE University Impact Ranking 2019, una nuova classifica sviluppata da Times Higher Education che punta a misurare il successo degli atenei negli Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile (Sustainable Development Goals) delle Nazioni Unite. Più di 450, da 76 paesi, gli Atenei che hanno partecipato al ranking, sottoponendosi all’analisi di Times Higher Education. L’Università di Parma si colloca a livello complessivo nella fascia 101-200, quarta tra gli Atenei italiani in classifica: dopo Bologna, Padova, L’Aquila e a pari merito con Firenze. I 17 Sustainable Development Goals delle Nazioni Unite – che includono tra l’altro un’istruzione di qualità inclusiva ed equa, l’uguaglianza di genere e la promozione dell’innovazione – sono stati adottati dall’ONU nel 2016 e forniscono un quadro per lo sviluppo sostenibile del pianeta. Times Higher Education ne ha scelti 11 per valutare le performance delle Università:
•SDG 3 – Good health and well-being
•SDG 4 – Quality education
•SDG 5 – Gender equality
•SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth
•SDG 9 – Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
•SDG 10 – Reduced inequalities
•SDG 11 – Sustainable cities and communities
•SDG 12 – Responsible consumption and production
•SDG 13 – Climate action
•SDG 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions
•SDG 17 – Partnerships for the goals
L’Università di Parma ha ottenuto i risultati migliori su due obiettivi specifici:
SDG16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, dove è al 94° posto, e SDG3 – Good Health and Wellbeing, dove è al 100° posto. Buoni riscontri anche su Gender Equality e Partnership for the Goals, dove si colloca nella fascia 101-200.