Marni Goldman Tribute: Contributions to Materials Science Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Wade ◽  
Curtis Frank
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Science Outreach ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Macromolecular Assemblies ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
The University

AbstractThis symposium is a memorial to Dr. Marni Goldman. Although she never walked and had only limited use of her arms, Marni's academic and professional accomplishments placed her in elite company. She obtained two bachelors degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Even with a heavy course load, she was involved in educational outreach during her studies. She started her career as a Research Associate (Education Director) in Stanford's NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies in 2000 and retained those responsibilities until her death in 2007. During this period she rapidly added the responsibilities as Education Director for Stanford's Nanofabrication Facility and was ultimately named Associate Director of Stanford's Office of Science Outreach. Marni was a dynamo whose activities at Stanford included a large summer undergraduate internship program, a Research Experiences for Teachers program (local and national activities), a program to bring community college students (especially minority students) to the campus, public science (San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, San Francisco Exploratorium), outreach to high schools with high minority populations, and a program with summer internships for students with disabilities. Marni's achievements are thanks in no small part to her extraordinary family, to her own intelligence and tenacity, and to a wide and loving circle of friends, drawn to her by the spirit of her determination and the unmistakable largeness of her heart.

Collaboration between the Exploratorium Museum (San Francisco) and the University of Chicago MRSEC in Educational Outreach Programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Sheu ◽  
Heinrich Jaeger ◽  
Sidney Nagel ◽  
Barry Kluger-Bell ◽  
Shawn Lani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
School Science ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
After School ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Science Clubs ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University

AbstractScience centers and museums have long been at the forefront of communicating the wonder of science to the general public and the K-12 school community. Interactions between the Exploratorium Museum (San Francisco, CA) and the University of Chicago MRSEC are described in this paper. The Exploratorium-organized NEO program—part of the NSF-sponsored NISE network—has greatly influenced the Univ. of Chicago's approach to its materials science course for teachers and helped them incorporate inquiry more deliberately into their after-school science clubs. Also, Exhibit Developers at the Exploratorium collaborate with scientists at the Univ. of Chicago to design exhibits that explain contemporary cutting-edge research in materials. These exhibits emphasize the wonder and beauty of common phenomena that one rarely stops to notice but which leads to deep scientific inquiry.

scholarly journals Research Experiences for Teachers in Materials Science: A Case Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Strand ◽  
Steve Wignall ◽  
Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
National Science Education Standards ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Research Experiences For Teachers ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Education Standards

ABSTRACTThe National Science Education Standards encourage teachers to become involved in research as ‘representatives of science in the classroom’. The Research Experiences for Teachers program affiliated with the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of Nebraska involves teachers in research on nanoscale magnetic and electronic structures over a summer. Two teachers and a sponsoring researcher share their experiences and what they believe are necessary elements for successful RET experiences.

The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Whitesides ◽  
Amy P. Wong
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Research Society ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Spring Meeting ◽  
Materials Research

AbstractThis article is based on the plenary address given by George M. Whitesides of Harvard University on March 30, 2005, at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Materials science and biomedicine are arguably two of the most exciting fields in science today. Research at the border between them will inevitably be a major focus, and the applications of materials science to problems in biomedicine—that is, biomaterials science—will bud into an important new branch of materials science. Accelerating the growth of this area requires an understanding of two very different fields, and being both thoughtful and entrepreneurial in considering “Why?” “How?” and “Where?” to put them together. In this fusion, biomedicine will, we believe, set the agenda; materials science will follow, and materials scientists must learn biology to be effective.

ERIC FONER'S “RECONSTRUCTION” AT TWENTY-FIVE

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27
Author(s):  
Eric Foner
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
List Type ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
City College ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Duke University ◽  
The University ◽  
Oral Presentations

What follows is a written reproduction of a forum held at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in San Francisco in April 2013. The forum commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877. Kate Masur (Northwestern University) organized and introduced the discussion, and the commentators in order of speaking were the following: •Heather Andrea Williams, The University of Pennsylvania•Gregory P. Downs, City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York•Thavolia Glymph, Duke University•Steven Hahn, The University of Pennsylvania•Eric Foner, Columbia University The written version on the following pages largely preserves the feel and tone of the original oral presentations by the contributors. However, given the opportunity for reflection inherent in the published word, the authors and editors have made some small changes to enhance readability.

scholarly journals A Deep Look at the Benefits of Behind-the-Scenes Content: A Scientific Investigation into Seeing the Producers of KQED's Nature Series at Work

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Othello Richards ◽  
Asheley R. Landrum
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Public Media ◽  
Professional Science ◽  
Texas Tech University ◽  
The University ◽  
Initial Research

This report describes the results of an ongoing research program aimed at promoting science-informed reporting of science media, news and insights. Project sponsors include the National Science Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The report was prepared for internal use by the project team members, who include both professional science communicators affiliated with KQED, a public media outlet located in San Francisco, California; and empirical researchers affiliated with Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication. The report is being publicly disseminated not only to share knowledge generated by the team’s initial research but also to improve comprehension of how collaborative exchange between researchers and practitioners can promote genuine evidence-based methods of science communication.

scholarly journals Deserted Villages: Perspectives from the Eastern Mediterranean

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Rural Landscapes ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University

Deserted Villages: Perspectives from the Eastern Mediterranean is a collection of case studies examining the abandonment of rural settlements over the past millennium and a half, focusing on modern-day Greece with contributions from Turkey and the United States. Unlike other parts of the world, where deserted villages have benefited from decades of meticulous archaeological research, in the eastern Mediterranean better-known ancient sites have often overshadowed the nearby remains of more recently abandoned settlements. Yet as the papers in this volume show, the tide is finally turning toward a more engaged, multidisciplinary, and anthropologically informed archaeology of medieval and post-medieval rural landscapes. The inspiration for this volume was a two-part colloquium organized for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Francisco. The sessions were sponsored by the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology Interest Group, a rag-tag team of archaeologists who set out in 2005 with the dual goals of promoting the study of later material and cultural heritage and opening publication venues to the fruits of this research. The introduction to the volume reviews the state of the field and contextualizes the archaeological understanding of abandonment and post-abandonment as ongoing processes. The nine, peer reviewed chapters, which have been substantially revised and expanded since the colloquium, offer unparalleled glimpses into how this process has played out in different places. In the first half, the studies focus on long-abandoned sites that have now entered the archaeological record. In the second half, the studies incorporate archival analysis and ethnographic interviews—alongside the archaeologists’ hyper-attention to material culture—to examine the processes of abandonment and post-abandonment in real time. Edited by Rebecca M. Seifried and Deborah E. Brown Stewart. With contributions from Ioanna Antoniadou, Todd Brenningmeyer, William R. Caraher, Marica Cassis, Timothy E. Gregory, Miltiadis Katsaros, Kostis Kourelis, Anthony Lauricella, Dimitri Nakassis, David K. Pettegrew, Richard Rothaus, Guy D. R. Sanders, Isabel Sanders, Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory, Olga Vassi, Bret Weber, and Miyon Yoo. Rebecca M. Seifried is the Geospatial Information Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Deborah E. Brown Stewart is Head of the Penn Museum Library at the University of Pennsylvania.

Abstract 17030: Multi-Center Prevalent and Incident Cohorts Replicate ST2 as a Biomarker of Disease Progression in PAH and is Associated With Right Heart Failure

Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A Mazurek ◽  
Jeremy Boxer ◽  
Dana P McGlothlin ◽  
Paul R Forfia ◽  
Alan H Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Right Heart Failure ◽  
Right Atrial ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Pulmonary Arterial ◽  
The University ◽  
Rv Function

Introduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined by elevation in PA pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) resulting in right ventricular (RV) failure and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Prior studies have evaluated invasive hemodynamic and biomarker parameters of PAH progression and prognostication, including the prognostic role of ST2, a member of the IL-1 receptor family, which is upregulated in cardiopulmonary disease, including PAH. Hypothesis: Serum ST2 (sST2), is upregulated and prognostic of transplant free survival in PAH in 2 independent cohorts and is associated with parameters of RV function. Methods: The primary cohort comprised 191 largely prevalent PAH patients from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) with 41 largely incident PAH patients from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in the validation cohort. The primary outcome was transplant free survival. The Presage high sensitivity ELISA was used to measure sST2. Results: The UCSF cohort was 72% female, mean age 50±15 years, 25% idiopathic & 25% connective tissue disease-PAH (CTD-PAH). Those with sST2 > median (32.5 (21.9, 53.0) U/ml) had decreased semi-quantitative RV function (p=0.0003) by echo and increased right atrial pressure ([RAP]; 11.5 vs. 8.0 mmHg, p=0.003) and decreased cardiac index ([CI]; 2.23 vs. 2.45 L/min/m2, p=0.04), vs. sST2 ≤ median. Patients with sST2 ≤ median had significantly increased survival compared to those with sST2 > median (figure). The Penn cohort was 70% female, mean age 56±11 years, 54% idiopathic & 26% CTD-PAH. Median sT2 was 34 (21.7, 45.5) U/ml with those > median having significantly increased RAP (10.5 vs. 6.2 mmHg), mean PAP (53.3 vs. 39.8 mmHg) and PVR (12.7 vs. 6.0 WU), and lower CI (2.21 vs. 3.05 L/min/m2) (all p-values<0.05). Transplant free survival was significantly higher in those with sST2 ≤ median vs. > median (figure). Conclusions: In 2 independent PAH cohorts, sST2 is predictive of survival and serves as a marker of invasive parameters of RV failure. That sST2 is associated with differences in mean PAP and PVR in the largely incident Penn cohort, as compared to the prevalent UCSF cohort, warrants further study, as does the mechanism behind the robust association of ST2 and PAH.

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