{"id":10758,"date":"2023-10-19T10:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=10758"},"modified":"2023-11-09T16:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:03:45","slug":"in-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2023\/in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"News: In Brief, News Ticker, Media Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nanoparticles Target Hard-to-Treat Liver Disease<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 30 percent of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, the fastest-growing cause of cancer-related death in the world, have been attributed to chronic alcohol liver disease. Heavy alcohol consumption leads to fatty liver, hepatitis, and eventually cirrhosis, increasing cancer risk. But treatments for alcohol liver disease and associated fibrosis have proven largely unsuccessful due, in part, to the difficulty of targeting therapies to specific liver cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor Jyothi Menon (biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and chemical engineering) is researching the use of nanoparticles as a carrier system to deliver anti-fibrotic and anti-cancer therapies to the liver. Menon received grants from the National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Cancer Institute and the Biden Cancer Moonshot, a program \u201cto support early-career researchers and help build a cancer research workforce that better represents the diversity of America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 School of Education Is Now the College of Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s former School of Education is now the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education. The college will expand programs for students and professionals, offer new degree programs, and continue a three-year trend of graduating the most teacher candidates in Rhode Island. The college\u2019s new degree offerings include a Bachelor of Science in environmental education, to give students immersive, hands-on learning experiences to lead a new generation to a more sustainable future, while exploring the interconnectivity of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur children deserve the best equipped educators that we can provide. There\u2019s such a joy to that hard work because when you watch children learn and grow, you are participating in the trajectory of the rest of their lives,\u201d said Danielle Dennis, dean of the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Study Seeks Insights to Help Understand, Treat, and Prevent Dementia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor William Van Nostrand (biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and neuroscience), co-executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, is part of a team awarded a five-year, $8 million grant from the Leducq Foundation.  The international team will study brain clearance\u2014the brain\u2019s process for flushing out toxins and harmful waste\u2014as a contributor to cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a disorder that causes brain bleeds and commonly occurs with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe this collaboration will lead to important breakthroughs \u2026 and reveal key insights as to why cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other dementias occur and how we can treat and prevent them,\u201d said Van Nostrand, who has studied cerebral amyloid angiopathy for nearly 30 years and recently co-authored key findings on the role of brain clearance in the disorder with investigators at Yale University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 Board of Trustees Welcomes New Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Board of Trustees welcomed eight new members in spring 2023. Among them is former U.S. Congressman Robert A. Weygand, a former vice president and chief financial officer at 溏心vlog免费B站. Additional new voting members are Maria Ducharme, president of The Miriam Hospital; Joseph G. Formicola Jr., developer and co-owner of the Coast Guard House restaurant; Monica Garnes, a division president in the Kroger Family of Companies supermarket chain; and Joseph F. Matthews, president of a 111-year-old Westerly machinery manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revaa Goyal, a junior pharmacy major, and Melissa Sutherland, professor of nursing, join the board as nonvoting members, and Michael Grey, chair of the Rhode Island Board of Education, joins as an ex officio member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milestones<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Happy Birthday to the College of Arts and Sciences!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences celebrates 75 years of putting knowledge into practice. Founded in 1948, it is 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s largest college, with more than 4,000 students in its 58 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News Ticker<\/h1>\n
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OFFSHORE WIND IMPACTS<\/h3>\n

NOAA\u2019s Northeast Fisheries Science Center and 溏心vlog免费B站 signed a five-year partnership to research how offshore wind energy development will affect marine ecosystems and the people who live near, or work on, the ocean.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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RECOGNITION FOR WATERSHED WATCH<\/h3>\n

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Watershed Watch program received the 2023 National Water Quality Monitoring Council’s Vision Award, recognizing its long contributions to improving local water quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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TOP GRADE FOR 溏心vlog免费B站 TEACHER PREP<\/h3>\n

The National Council on Teacher Quality gave 溏心vlog免费B站 undergraduate and graduate teaching preparation programs an \u201cA\u201d for their rigorous reading instruction program. Nationally, only 23 percent of programs earned the top grade. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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PLASTICS POLLUTION FORUM<\/h3>\n

Scientists, policymakers, advocates, and business leaders from the European Union, Canada, France, Ghana, and the U.S. participated in a two-day Global Plastics Forum at 溏心vlog免费B站 in May. Focused on the growing problem of plastics pollution, the forum is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Plastics: Land to Sea research initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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PARTNERSHIP BACKS AUKUS PACT<\/h3>\n

溏心vlog免费B站 and Flinders University formalized a research and education partnership that advances the AUKUS security pact signed by the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. The agreement bolsters Australia\u2019s efforts to produce skilled workers needed to build up the country\u2019s undersea capability through the acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

Media Spotlight<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

You Can Quote Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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On the premise behind LK-99, a possible superconductor material that scientists in South Korea say they have devised:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe holy grail would be to get something that was superconducting at room temperature.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Leonard Kahn, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of physics
Business Insider<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the difficulty of accurately assessing the prevalence of child labor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChild labor is hard to measure, and most estimates are terrible and should not be taken at face value. Governments don\u2019t want to report how bad child labor is because it makes them look bad.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Skip Mark, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of political science
The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On her recently published study looking at microplastics and their impact on the body:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe brain blood barrier is supposed to be very difficult to permeate. It is a protective mechanism against viruses and bacteria, yet these particles were able to get in there. It was actually deep in the brain tissue.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Jaime Ross, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant professor of neuroscience and biomedical
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On the discovery, during the Ocean Race, of \nmicroplastics in waters across the globe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really concerning that we are finding microplastics in every sample, from coastal areas to the most remote regions of the ocean.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Victoria Fulfer, 溏心vlog免费B站 doctoral student in oceanography,
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On the increasing spread of ticks to urban and suburban areas:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause white-tailed deer increasingly are living and even thriving in populated urban and suburban areas, it allows for a high rate of tick reproduction. Places like Staten Island, N.Y., are completely infested with ticks.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Tom Mather, director, 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Vector-Borne Disease
National Geographic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photos: Jason Jaacks; iStock; Sarah Koska
Icons: Murmur & Iconixar from Noun Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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