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Q&A: Yale Library Aims Both To Serve And Preserve, Says Gibbons

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2012Education, Generalanthropologist, atmosphere, beinecke, freshman, kianti roman, knowledge, nancy foster, North America, river campus, sterling, sterling memorial library, susan gibbons, university librarian, university of rochester, yale, yale library

Susan Gibbons began a five-year term as University librarian in July 2011. In that role, she oversees one of the largest university libraries in North America, which includes over 12.5 million volumes housed in 18 different libraries.

Before coming to Yale, Gibbons worked at the University of Rochester, where she began as digital initiatives librarian in 2000. In 2008, she was appointed vice provost and dean of the River Campus Libraries.

Gibbons took time out of her hectic schedule to meet with YaleNews. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. (more…)

Research Focuses on Youth, Chronic Illness and Employment

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2012Economy, General, Healthadulthood, arif jetha, arthritis, canada, canadian economy, canadians, chronic diseases, disabling health conditions, employment, fatigue, flexible work schedules, gender, health status, juvenile arthritis, kelly rankin, lupus, major limb trauma, musculoskeletal disorders, osteoporosis, phd candidate, post doctoral work, public health agency, social determinant, spinal cord injuries, spinal disorders, university of toronto, yhes, young adulthood

*PhD candidate explores their interconnection*

Like any 28 year old, Arif Jetha, a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is worrying about his future. Once he completes his PhD, should he remain at home with his parents and pursue post-doctoral work or move on to full-time employment and begin establishing his career?

Then, he thinks about the participants in his Young Adult, Health and Employment Study (YHES) ) and realizes his own challenges pale in comparison to theirs. They are 18- to 30-year-olds who live with disabling health conditions such as lupus, juvenile arthritis and spinal cord injuries, and the transition to adulthood and employment is often exacerbated by their health status. (more…)

At UChicago, Many Have Dreams and Many Voiced Them in Honor of MLK’s Legacy

By Guest PostJanuary 10, 2012Culture, Generalcampus visitors, commemoration, dream, dream wall, fear and doubt, generations of americans, geoffrey canada, harlem, harlem area, hopes for humanity, keynote speaker, laurie davis, marcus board, marianna manzanares, martin luther king, martin luther king jr, mlk celebration, mlk facebook page, new york, potential, reynolds club, rockefeller memorial chapel, Twitter, uchicago community, world affairs

New York teacher Geoffrey Canada’s dream is for a stronger Harlem, with better educational opportunities for its children. Marianna Manzanares hopes that more of her fellow college students pay attention to issues affecting their communities and the world at large. Marcus Board dreams of a world where fear and doubt don’t hold people back from achieving their potential.

Hundreds of people from the UChicago community have voiced such dreams over the past two months as part of the preparations for the University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 12. Community members and campus visitors were invited to share their dreams for a better life or a better world, by writing them on sticky notes and placing them on a mobile “Dream Wall” that traveled across campus. (more…)

Use of Out-of-Network Services May Explain Higher Health Care Costs For Women

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2012Generalanesthesiologists, balance billing, co payments, daniel jones, economic downturn, health care costs, health insurance, insurance, kelly kyanko, mental health, network, new york university, out of network services, pediatric, scholar at yale, susan busch, women

Women generally have been paying higher health care costs than men for many years, and this trend appears to be continuing or worsening since the major economic downturn began in 2008, according to Susan Busch, associate professor of health policy in the Yale School of Public Health.

Busch believes women’s use of out-of-network services might explain, at least in part, this discrepancy. (more…)

Bringing Passito to America

By Guest PostJanuary 5, 2012Culture, Generalamerica, cold climate viticulture, dessert wines, fickle winter, frozen grapes, grapes, italian wine, michigan state university, native italian, northern united states, old italian technique, paolo sabbatini, passito, percentage of market share, straw wine, united states, vintners, winter storm

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher is working with vintners to introduce passito, an age-old Italian wine to the United States.

Passito, traced to 800 B.C. in Italy, is also known as straw wine. The grapes for passito are typically hand-picked and allowed to dry on cellar racks or, more traditionally, on mats of straw. (more…)

UChicago Chemist Helps Craft Message For World Leaders

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2011General, ScienceBangladesh, burundi, dmitri talapin, energy and environment, food and population, future development, Germany, global necessity, global warming, Health, Japan, kyoto, kyoto protocol, mass media, megacities, nigeria, nobel laureates, North America, nuclear safety, positive and negative aspects, reverse osmosis membrane, science and technology, scientific information, scientific research, singapore, social media, steve koppes, sts forum, sustainability, the netherlands, water shortage, young scientists

Dmitri Talapin, associate professor in chemistry, was one of 10 young scientists from around the world who delivered a message that “Scientific Research is a Global Necessity” to political, scientific and business leaders participating in the 2011 Science and Technology in Society forum last October in Kyoto, Japan.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences selected Talapin to represent the young scientists of North America at the STS Forum, which meets at the same venue were the Kyoto Protocol to alleviate global warming was signed in 1997. (more…)

Got Mo-tivation?

By Guest PostDecember 21, 2011Generalbones, canada, championships, commercial airline, curmudgeon, death sentence, disease, electric wheelchair hockey, inactivity, Mantra, michigan state university, mitch albom, mo gerhardt, motivational speaker, negativity, pelvis, positive attitude, positive energy, symptoms of muscular dystrophy, vocabulary, wheelchair

EAST LANSING, Mich. — To help keep the symptoms of muscular dystrophy at bay, doctors say patients should maintain a positive attitude and be as active as possible; complete inactivity can make the disease worse. Lucky for Mo Gerhardt, negativity and inactivity aren’t in his vocabulary.

Gerhardt, who exudes positive energy, is an academic adviser at Michigan State University, color commentator for the MSU women’s basketball team, motivational speaker, a multiple medal winner in international powerhockey (electric wheelchair hockey) and author of the new book, “Perspective from an Electric Chair.” (more…)

A Playbook for Fitness

By Guest PostDecember 16, 2011Generalaaron kelly, epidemic of childhood obesity, financial benevolence, fruits and vegetables, juice, kinesiology, lorenzo booker, minnesota vikings, nfl, playbook, radar, soda, team, university of minnesota, vikings fitness playbook, viktor the viking, water

*University-Vikings partnership helps children lead healthier lives*

Even if you’re not a football fan, you’ve probably noticed the Minnesota Vikings in the news a lot, whether it’s in regard to the 2011 season or their push for a new stadium.

What often goes unnoticed is the team’s record of community engagement and financial benevolence. Over the years the Vikings have given millions to the local community. (more…)

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