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ArcGIS Pro upgraded to version 2.7 in [U]Tech Software Center
The University Technology ([U]Tech) Software Center has upgraded ArcGIS Pro to version 2.7. This upgrade is available to all students, faculty and staff free of charge through the Software Center. ArcGIS is a system that allows users to easily author data, maps, globes and models on the desktop…
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PeopleSoft HCM to be unavailable early Saturday
Due to scheduled maintenance, PeopleSoft HCM will be unavailable Saturday, Jan. 30, from  midnight to 8 a.m. EST. During this time, employees will be unable to view or update employee information, including entering updated personal information, entering time, approving time and viewing paychecks,…
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Engineering’s Olabimpe Olayiwola receives NIH Diversity Award
Olabimpe A. Olayiwola, a research assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in support of…
Student Spotlight: Isabel Ballard
Program/Major: Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) CandidateClass Year: 2021 After seven years in education working with K-12 students as a teaching assistant, tutor and coach, Isabel Ballard decided to switch careers and apply to the Mandel School’s Master of Science in Social…
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Applications to join CLARION Virtual Interprofessional Case Competition due by Jan. 31
The Office of Interprofessional Education, Research and Collaborative Practice will sponsor the registration fee for a team to compete in the 2021 CLARION Interprofessional Healthcare Case Competition, which will be held virtually April 9–10. The case topic is racial disparities in infant and…
Enter white board motivational messaging contest by Feb. 12
Take a study break and doodle some motivational quotes and images on the whiteboards within the Health Education Campus or on your own whiteboard at home. Submit a picture to the physician assistant program’s wellness committee by Feb. 12 for judging by the faculty and staff of the graduate…
Alumna Ramona Hood is steering her FedEx division in the midst of the pandemic and global protests over racial injustice
Ramona Hood (MGT '16) was seven weeks into her job as president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical—a subsidiary that ships the most fragile and urgently needed goods across North America—when COVID-19 started interrupting business operations throughout the country.
A Series of Firsts
The School of Nursing’s earliest male graduate credits his BSN with launching career success. Russell C. Swansburg got his first nursing job by mail—sight unseen, voice unheard. It was shortly after World War II, and nurses were in high demand in the United…
Taking Flight
Thirty years ago, D. Todd Smith, PhD, loaded a crash victim into a medical helicopter and helped the flight nurse manage the patient’s airway with an endotracheal tube. It was at that moment—thousands of feet above the ground—that Smith found his footing in flight nursing.  Throughout his career,…
Paying It Forward
Double alumna and associate professor Valerie Boebel Toly’s successful career started with a scholarship. Many Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing students know Valerie Boebel Toly, PhD, RN, CPNP, for her impact in the classroom, where the associate professor…