Green Ambassadors Program
Last modified on 2012-02-15 22:06:38 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Jacqueline Jacot, is leading the Green Ambassadors Program in the student residence halls.
The program aims to :
- Educate students about sustainability, especially sustainability initiatives on-campus.
- Empower students with information about the various ways to achieve a sustainable lifestyle.
- Prepare students to become information disseminators and role models to others who wish to live more sustainably.
You are invited to participate in the program. Students from every residence hall are needed. Students interested in this exciting initiative, should contact Jacqueline at jjacot@stedwards.edu by this Friday, Feb. 17 so that she can move forward with the program.
More about the program :
- Green Ambassadors Tentative Meeting Format
- About 30 minutes depending on discussion and activities
- Meetings held every other week
- Location : TBD
Topics for discussion:
- How can I be more sustainable?
- How can SEU be more sustainable?
- Off-campus meetings at local and sustainable businesses
- Sustainable changes to residence halls
- Movies, Music, and Art about environmentalism
- Spreading word about on-campus and local green initiatives
Promotion of the Program :
- Sustainability Blog
- Students for Sustainability Facebook page
- Networking with RDs and RAs
Got textbook?
Last modified on 2012-02-07 17:54:45 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Peck Phillips at the campus bookstore has announced that the inventory of unsold textbooks will be returned to the publishers soon.
If you still in need of a textbook, act accordingly!
The Blackawton Bees
Last modified on 2012-02-06 01:35:57 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Science, as I have told you, is but another of Life’s many games. Like all games, there is an element of fun if you will simply permit yourself to enjoy it.
I suggest that y’all read the following brief article (if for no other reason than your own self-advancement) :
P.S. Blackawton et al. 2011. Blackawton Bees. Biol. Lett. 7(): 168-172
(first published online 22 December 2010)
There is also an accompanying video podcast that you might enjoy.
Thanks to Jim over at the Confusion Research Center for bringing this article to my attention!
Gravitational lensing
Last modified on 2012-02-02 18:43:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Gravitational lensing : NASA image
Source :
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_575.html
This image, from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the gravitational lensing resulting from the massive cluster of galaxies in the center of the image. The light from one galaxy behind the cluster is bent to create the three objects outlined in red. The light from an even more-distant quasar is bent to create the five objects outlined in blue.
FYI : SEU Society for a Human Right to Water
Last modified on 2012-02-02 18:44:46 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
The Society for a Human Right to Water (SHRW) is having its first meeting of the semester:
Thursday (Today)
February 2nd
*BAIN BOARDROOM*
Room 330 in Ragsdale
7:30 PM
(FOOD!)
MEETING WILL COVER:
• General SHRW Information
• Our Definition of a “Human Right” – (VOTE?)
• SHRW 2012 Goals
• SHRW Future Goals
• Collaborating with other Organizations
• Upcoming Spring 2012 Events
• Charity Water Fundraiser “Q Drum Race”
• Service Project Ideas (Water Well Testing)
• SHRW Social Media (SHRW.org, Hilltop Views, etc.)
• T-Shirts (as seen at the involvement fair), Buttons, Bumper Stickers
• Speakers, Visitors (Clean Water Action/Fund)
A Society for a Human Right to Water helps raise money for international non-profit groups, broadens student’s knowledge about crucial water issues, allows students to meet various water experts and make new friends.
***Facebook page***
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-for-a-Human-Right-to-Water-SHRW/193500630693065
^ This is the best way to keep updated and stay in contact.
Feel free to ask me any questions!
Thanks!
Sabrina Trudeau
President
“We hope to promote education about water responsibility, water conservation, and reasonable and responsible water use. Our goal is making a human right to water a ‘vested’ right globally.”
For science, bad data are worse than bad theory
Last modified on 2012-01-30 20:42:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
You can read a synopsis of the Karen Ruggiero saga by using the university library’s online newspaper database. Mark Lisheron penned two articles in the Austin American-Statesman on the subject on 2001-11-18 (page A1) and 2002-01-03 (page B1).
A decade later, her influence continues.
Jan Hendrik Schön’s career train derailed at roughly the same time as Ruggiero’s. At one point in 2001, Schön’s name was appearing as an author (or coauthor) on a new publication once every eight days!
In the aftermath of his scientific misconduct, three dozen peer-reviewed publications were retracted in major (“name brand”) scientific journals.
Test post SCIE 2320
Last modified on 2012-01-30 03:29:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This is a test of the emergency blogging system. This is only a test.
This has been a test of the emergency blogging system. Had this been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where to tune for official news and information.
We repeat. This has been a test … only a test.