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Sullivan Endowment Provides Unrestricted Dollars to Winthrop
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Sullivan, of Lancaster, S.C., who died in 2010, spent much of her working career as a home economics teacher and librarian at Buford High School in Lancaster. Three of Sullivan's four sisters also attended Winthrop. They are...
Published by: Winthrop University
Usage and User Experience in an Academic Law Library
AbstractThis article, written by Josephine Bailey and Kate Faulkner, discusses the collection of library usage data at the Squire Law Library, an academic law library embedded in the Faculty of...
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Seasoned Antisemitism: Cannibalism in The Destruction of Jerusalem
Bailey Ludwig
Jan 01, 0001
My project examines an episode of maternal cannibalism within the medieval poem The Destruction of Jerusalem. Several variations of the story of the 70 AD Roman siege of Jerusalem that include this particular episode exist; the...
Published by: Ursinus College
A Sample of Understudied Works in Aberdeen MS 123
Bailey Ludwig
Jan 01, 0001
This project examines and transcribes various understudied texts from the University of Aberdeen's MS 123 in order to create a more complete picture of this manuscript. Chapter one looks at the "Sultan Letters" and "List of...
Published by: Ursinus College
Modeling human embryo development with embryonic and extra-embryonic stem cells
Early human post-implantation development involves extensive growth combined with a series of complex morphogenetic events. The lack of precise spatial and temporal control over these processes leads to pregnancy loss. Given the...
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Integrating Mobile Mixed Reality to Enhance Learning Before, During, and After Physical Field Trips
Physical field trips have long been used in education, but virtual field trips are increasingly being used to enhance them. This article focuses on the use of mixed reality to enhance a physical field trip before, during, and...
Dream Lucidity
In this paper, the authors examine digital environments as a learning spaces and site of extended cognition by demonstrating the presence of active learning in both video games and their linked online collaborative communities....
Investigating the Classroom Environment With Physical Computing
To integrate digital technologies into the curriculum, teachers must support learners to use digital tools in authentic contexts. Physical computing, which involves the use of small portable electronic devices, provides an...
Interview with Naomi Banks Bridges
Naomi Banks Bridges
Jan 01, 0001
In her December 6, 1980 interview with her daughter Kathryn Bridges, Naomi Banks Bridges describes her schooling, time at Winthrop, and the effects of World War II on her family. Bridges concludes her interview describing...
Published by: Winthrop University
Science Educators Will Be on Campus This Weekend Discussing Teaching Strategies
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Called "Connecting Core Concepts and Best Teaching Practices in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology," the workshop will help attendees develop new assessment tools for core concepts in biochemistry and molecular biology. ...
Published by: Winthrop University
Reconstructing aspects of human embryogenesis with pluripotent stem cells
Abstract: Understanding human development is of fundamental biological and clinical importance. Despite its significance, mechanisms behind human embryogenesis remain largely unknown. Here, we attempt to model human early embryo...
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Four President's Award Recipients Recognized at May 7 Undergraduate Commencement
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
President Dan Mahony announced that John W. Barrera, Lauren A. Goodwin, Zane M. Repp and Kathryn V. Steverson earned the President's Award. Both Barrera and Steverson will pursue medical degrees - Barrera at the University of...
Published by: Winthrop University
Five Seniors Earn President's Award on May 5 for Academic Excellence
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Quick Facts President Dan Mahony recognized Kathryn Taylor Burt of Wilmington, North Carolina, in the morning ceremony, held for the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Arts and Sciences. In the afternoon...
Published by: Winthrop University
The Ursinus Weekly, March 14, 1927
Ursinus beats Delaware in last game of season; Bucknell defeats bears Kathryn Reimert elected queen of May by co-eds Baseball squad holds first workout; bright prospects for season W.W. Harrison bequeaths the college large...
Published by: Ursinus College
Resilience in Crisis
Teacher action research serves as a framework that can transform practice while supporting inquiry, investigation, and problem-solving. This chapter provides a research report on the challenges experienced, strategies used, and...
An in vitro stem cell model of human epiblast and yolk sac interaction.
Human embryogenesis entails complex signalling interactions between embryonic and extra-embryonic cells. However, how extra-embryonic cells direct morphogenesis within the human embryo remains largely unknown due to a lack of...
Published by: eLife
Investigating the roles of kappa opioid receptors in neurochemical changes caused by stress and drugs of abuse
Introduction: Kappa opioid receptors (KOPrs) are involved in both stress responses and addiction-related behaviour (1). We are using an immunohistochemical approach to investigate brain regions that are activated by stress and...
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Self-Directed/Community-Supported Learning
MOOC designers seeking to address evolving ambitions of MOOCs to support workforce development confront a fundamental design dilemma: on the one hand, the self-paced nature of online learning is efficient for busy learners...

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