Matthew Neal '13, '14 is a recipient of a 2014 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Teaching Fellowship. The Greenville, South Carolina, native will begin his first year of teaching this fall.
Discussion as part of Nason, G. P., Powell, B., Elliott, D. and Smith, P. A. (2017), Should we sample a time series more frequently?: decision support via multirate spectrum estimation. J. R. Stat. Soc. A, 180: 353–407....
Discussion as part of Nason, G. P., Powell, B., Elliott, D. and Smith, P. A. (2017), Should we sample a time series more frequently?: decision support via multirate spectrum estimation. J. R. Stat. Soc. A, 180: 353–407....
Pianist Matthew Manwarren, a professor of music at Winthrop University, will present a free solo piano recital on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. This concert is being presented as a celebration of the artist's 50th birthday. The...
"The Laramie Project" tells the story of the after-effects of the Matthew Shepard tragedy through real-life interviews. Show times are Oct 24-27 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. showing Oct. 28.
Social media is an important avenue for information dissemination and public communication in emergency management. Through social media content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study explores how county level emergency...
In this paper, we explore methods for learning local image descriptors from training data. We describe a set of building blocks for constructing descriptors which can be combined together and jointly optimized so as to minimize...
This paper starts by investigating the idea of reasonable disagreement. It then considers Matthew Kramer’s argument that there is no neutral solution available to the disagreement over abortion. The paper argues that Kramer’s...
In this paper, we explore methods for learning local image descriptors from training data. We describe a set of building blocks for constructing descriptors which can be combined together and jointly optimized so as to minimize...
The 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech brought back into public debate one of the most controversial figures in modern British political his- tory. Powell remains indelibly linked to the stances he...
The 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech brought back into public debate one of the most controversial figures in modern British political his- tory. Powell remains indelibly linked to the stances he...
Matthew Manwarren, associate professor of music, will perform his first faculty recital on Oct. 24. The free 8 p.m. recital will be held in Barnes Recital Hall.
Ashley Crossland is a special education major from West Columbia, South Carolina. Lauren Gabauer is a Spanish major from Fort Mill, South Carolina. Matthew Neal '13 is a secondary math major from Rock Hill.
BACKGROUND: A third of deaths in the UK from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are in women. In men, national screening programmes reduce deaths from AAA and are cost-effective. The benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness...
Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, will deliver the fall 2011 Post Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.
BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programmes have been established for men in the UK to reduce deaths from AAA rupture. Whether or not screening should be extended to women is uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To...
Designing an intervention that can effectively develop critical thinking skills is challenging because of the problems of transfer and domain specificity. The authors describe the design and development of a text-based game that...
For the first time in its history, higher education is having to prove its value. Being able to communicate a learner's holistic set of experiences and competencies when they leave an institution is critical both now and in the...
Current comment: In memoriam, Matthew Beardwood President's page On the campus: Founder's Day; Temple University confers LL.D. upon President McClure; Former Metropolitan soprano added to Ursinus faculty; Speakers; State...
Ursinus Faculty Land $30,000 NEH Grant UC Students Gather for Hong and Powell Reading Main Street Nutrition Hosts Healthy Happy Hour for Ursinus Students Alumna Returns to Campus to Talk About Self-Publishing Celebration of...