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Wittenberg University: Director of M.S. in Analytics Program Named
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 5 -- Wittenberg University issued the following news release:
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New Director of M.S. in Analytics Program Named
Brian Heath, who has led analytics and AI teams across industries and taught in Wittenberg's program for nearly a decade, will position the degree around the judgment AI can't supply
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Wittenberg University has named Brian Heath, Ph.D., an analytics and AI executive who has taught in the program for nearly a decade, director of its graduate program in analytics, effective Aug. 1, 2026. Heath will also serve as a professor of practice. He succeeds Ross
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 5 -- Wittenberg University issued the following news release:
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New Director of M.S. in Analytics Program Named
Brian Heath, who has led analytics and AI teams across industries and taught in Wittenberg's program for nearly a decade, will position the degree around the judgment AI can't supply
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Wittenberg University has named Brian Heath, Ph.D., an analytics and AI executive who has taught in the program for nearly a decade, director of its graduate program in analytics, effective Aug. 1, 2026. Heath will also serve as a professor of practice. He succeeds RossJackson, associate professor of business, who was named inaugural dean of Wittenberg's new School of Business, Policy, and Ethics.
"Dr. Heath's depth of understanding of the program, commitment to the liberal arts, and strategic vision make him uniquely qualified to advance the program into the next era of applied analytics," Jackson said. "Along with his significant, practical experience, Dr. Heath has conducted varied analyses, managed analytic teams in a variety of industries, and has published extensively on AI, organizational decision-making, and agent-based simulations. I am excited to work with him as he assumes this leadership position."
Heath has spent more than 15 years building and leading analytics functions in defense, healthcare, information technology, industrial manufacturing, nonprofits, and medical technology startups, as well as in organizations ranging from Fortune 20 enterprises to venture-backed startups. He has run a 45-person analytics organization serving a multibillion-dollar business segment and built organizational AI functions from the ground up, putting AI and analytics systems into everyday operational use. He is the author of two books and more than 30 peer-reviewed works spanning analytics practice, organizational theory, and the philosophy of modeling.
"Managers, students, and organizations are all asking the same question right now: 'what does analytics actually mean when the software and AI can run the analysis?'" Heath said. "This program has never been about just the tools. It's about learning to ask the right question, test the answer, and own the decision that follows. AI can do the technical lifting, but only for the person wise enough to direct it well. That is what a liberal arts education forms, and it's why this work matters more now than it ever has."
The program's design predates the AI era but points directly at what Heath describes. Its courses are organized around framing messy, ill-defined problems rather than executing procedures, and the year-long program ends with a capstone on a real problem that students present to a panel of faculty and industry professionals. The degree takes 12 months: online coursework paired with monthly three-day residencies on campus, with one cohort starting each August.
"I've taught in this program for nearly a decade, and I've come to care about it the way you care about something you helped build," Heath continued. "What I'm looking forward to most is watching students grow. There's a threshold a student crosses when analytics stops being something they run and becomes a way they think. You can't hand that to anyone. You can open the door and be there when they walk through it. That's the part of this work I care about most."
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About the Master of Science in Analytics Program at Wittenberg:
Wittenberg's Master of Science in Analytics is a 12-month, cohort-based graduate program that prepares analytics professionals to direct AI-augmented analysis, audit it with real technical skill, and turn it into decisions organizations act on. Students complete three semesters combining online coursework with monthly three-day campus residencies in Springfield, Ohio, and finish with a year-long capstone project on a real, professionally relevant problem, presented to a panel of faculty and industry professionals. Applications for the August 2027 cohort are open now.
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Original text here: https://www.wittenberg.edu/news/08-4-26/new-director-ms-analytics-program-named
University of Oklahoma Health: Researchers Discover How Tumors Enlist Nerves to Keep Growing
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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Researchers Discover How Tumors Enlist Nerves to Keep Growing
New research from the University of Oklahoma demonstrates how an aggressive form of breast cancer co-opts the body's own immune system to attract nerves that fuel tumor growth.
Scientists have long known that many solid tumors contain networks of nerves, but they haven't understood how those nerves get there. This study, published in Cell Death & Differentiation, explains how that happens in triple-negative breast
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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Researchers Discover How Tumors Enlist Nerves to Keep Growing
New research from the University of Oklahoma demonstrates how an aggressive form of breast cancer co-opts the body's own immune system to attract nerves that fuel tumor growth.
Scientists have long known that many solid tumors contain networks of nerves, but they haven't understood how those nerves get there. This study, published in Cell Death & Differentiation, explains how that happens in triple-negative breastcancer, a type of cancer that is difficult to treat.
Researchers found that tumors recruit macrophages, immune cells that normally help fight infection and heal wounds. Once inside the tumor, the macrophages release a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which acts like a chemical beacon that encourages nearby nerves to grow into the tumor. Although BDNF is best known for helping nerve cells grow in the brain, the researchers found that breast tumors hijack this same signal to attract nerves that support tumor growth and treatment resistance.
"Macrophages are the critical source for drawing nerves into the tumor. Although macrophages typically play a positive role in the body, they are facilitating a negative function in this scenario of breast cancer," said Maureen Cox, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the OU College of Medicine and a research member of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center.
The findings are important because they point to a potential new treatment strategy: Rather than targeting cancer cells directly, future therapies could block the communication between macrophages and the nerves that help tumors grow.
Cox and her team tested such an approach in mice. When they used a drug to block BDNF signaling, the nerves didn't infiltrate the tumor and its growth was significantly reduced.
"It looks really promising that we can use this drug, which is already on the market, to target BDNF," Cox said. "We believe that the nerves are immunosuppressive, so if we can stop the nerves from growing in the first place, maybe we can boost the immune response to help fight the cancer."
To see whether these findings might apply to people, Cox's team analyzed data from patients with triple-negative breast cancer. They found that tumors with higher levels of macrophages and BDNF were associated with poorer survival, suggesting that what occurs in mice may also take place in humans.
Cox's next steps are to further understand how the nerves cause tumor growth. Some evidence suggests that the nerves encourage the growth of blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the tumor. Other studies suggest that tumor cells can crawl along the nerves to escape the original site and metastasize. She also plans to test the intervention in high-grade ovarian cancer, which is similarly difficult to treat.
"Ultimately, we want to turn the anti-tumor immunity back on in cancer patients so their own immune systems can reject the tumors," she said.
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About the project
The research was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH (award numbers P20GM103447 and P20GM103639). This project was also supported by Oklahoma's Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), a primary funder of the Stephenson Cancer Center and TSET Health Promotion Research Center at the University of Oklahoma and by the Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources through an Institutional Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (grant no. U54GM104938).
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About the University of Oklahoma
Founded in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a public research university with campuses in Norman, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. As the state's flagship university, OU serves the educational, cultural, economic and healthcare needs of the state, region and nation. In Oklahoma City, the OU Health Campus is one of the nation's few academic health centers with seven health profession colleges located on the same campus. The OU Health Campus serves approximately 4,000 students in more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs spanning Oklahoma City and Tulsa and is the leading research institution in Oklahoma. For more information about the OU Health Campus, visit www.ouhsc.edu.
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Original text here: https://inside.ouhsc.edu/news/article/researchers-discover-how-tumors-enlist-nerves-to-keep-growing
Syracuse University: How Physics Could Improve IVF Success
SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 5 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
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How Physics Could Improve IVF Success
Physics professor Colm Kelleher is the University's first recipient of a grant from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, supporting his research using imaging to assess egg quality and improve fertility outcomes.
Dan Bernardi
At the intersection of physics and human reproduction, Colm Kelleher is helping answer one of fertility medicine's most persistent questions: why do some human eggs fail to divide their chromosomes correctly? Errors in this process can mean
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SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 5 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
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How Physics Could Improve IVF Success
Physics professor Colm Kelleher is the University's first recipient of a grant from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, supporting his research using imaging to assess egg quality and improve fertility outcomes.
Dan Bernardi
At the intersection of physics and human reproduction, Colm Kelleher is helping answer one of fertility medicine's most persistent questions: why do some human eggs fail to divide their chromosomes correctly? Errors in this process can meana pregnancy that ends before it begins, or an IVF cycle that doesn't succeed.
Kelleher, an assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the University's BioInspired Institute, is trained as a biophysicist, but his work is poised to reshape how scientists assess egg and embryo quality.
A Cellular Machine Built to Move Chromosomes
As egg cells develop, they must physically move their chromosomes into position so that, if fertilized, the resulting embryo receives the correct number of chromosomes. To do this, egg cells build a specialized structure called the spindle, which attaches to chromosomes and exerts the forces needed to separate them properly.
"This research will develop a promising method to measure the spindle, and investigate whether the resulting data can tell us about the potential of individual egg cells to develop successfully," Kelleher says.
Chromosome segregation errors are a major cause of embryonic aneuploidy (a condition in which an embryo has too many or too few chromosomes), miscarriage and failed embryo development in in vitro fertilization (IVF). Kelleher's project, "Quantitative Links Between Cellular Energy Availability, Spindle Function and Chromosome Segregation in Human Oocytes," funded by a grant from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), aims to close a knowledge gap and get to the root cause of those segregation errors.
Partnering with Fertility Clinics
The Kelleher lab is developing non-invasive imaging techniques to measure spindle structure in living oocytes (immature egg cells). The technique relies on polarized light microscopy, which uses the way light passes through the spindle to reveal details about its structure without damaging the egg. This is similar to how X-rays allow doctors see bone structure without harming the patient.
Polarization microscopy of spindles isn't new; it's already used in IVF clinics.
"Our work builds on this by using computational image analysis and physics-based modeling to extract properties of the spindle that could not be measured previously," Kelleher says.
Prior work showed the technique can measure spindle properties in mouse egg cells, but mice are not a perfect stand-in for humans. Chromosome segregation fails far more often in human eggs, so testing the method in human eggs required a research partner.
"It is essential to directly test these methods in human eggs, which can only be obtained by partnering with IVF clinics such as CNY Fertility and Boston IVF," Kelleher says.
The eggs donated by those clinics and used in the research are ones that would not have been used for IVF treatment because they might be unsuitable for fertilization, he says.
Because the imaging technique is non-invasive and doesn't damage the egg, Kelleher envisions it eventually being used to directly assess individual eggs under consideration for fertilization in IVF clinics. Looking further ahead, he says similar methods could even be used to tailor growth conditions for each individual egg or embryo, improving the odds that at least one develops successfully. Together, those applications could raise IVF success rates and lower treatment costs.
What the Grant Makes Possible
As Syracuse's first recipient of an ASRM grant, Kelleher says the award carries meaning beyond the funding itself.
"It will fully fund a graduate student and a postdoc for several years, which will allow us to make progress much faster," he says. "I am somewhat of an outsider in the IVF field, so it is encouraging that the reproductive medicine community finds our work of interest, and great for my industry partners at CNY Fertility to see this external validation."
The lab has nearly finished setting up its microscopes and has already imaged spindles in mouse egg cells for practice. It recently received its first shipments of frozen human egg cells and expects to begin imaging them by the end of summer.
The ASRM Research Institute serves as a catalyst for groundbreaking discoveries in areas often overlooked by traditional funding sources. Kelleher's award reflects that mission, bringing a physicist's toolkit to bear on one of reproductive medicine's most consequential open questions.
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Original text here: https://news.syr.edu/2026/08/04/how-physics-could-improve-ivf-success/
New York Medical College: Late-Night Snacking May Affect Gut Health
VALHALLA, New York, Aug. 5 -- New York Medical College issued the following news:
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Late-Night Snacking May Affect Gut Health
New Study by Resident Physician Dr. Harika Dadigiri Illustrates Late-Night Eating and Chronic Stress May Double Gut Health Risks
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The combination of chronic stress and late-night eating appears to amplify the negative effect on gut health, according to a new study led by Harika Dadigiri, M.D., an internal medicine resident in New York Medical College's Internal Medicine Residency Program at Saint Mary's and St. Clare's Hospital, and presented at Digestive Disease
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VALHALLA, New York, Aug. 5 -- New York Medical College issued the following news:
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Late-Night Snacking May Affect Gut Health
New Study by Resident Physician Dr. Harika Dadigiri Illustrates Late-Night Eating and Chronic Stress May Double Gut Health Risks
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The combination of chronic stress and late-night eating appears to amplify the negative effect on gut health, according to a new study led by Harika Dadigiri, M.D., an internal medicine resident in New York Medical College's Internal Medicine Residency Program at Saint Mary's and St. Clare's Hospital, and presented at Digestive DiseaseWeek in May.
"It's not just what you eat, but when you eat it," says Dr. Dadigiri. "We already know stress can affect the digestive system. What was striking was that late-night eating seemed to magnify the effects of stress even further, suggesting a 'double hit' to gut health. This pattern was reflected not only in bowel symptoms but also in reduced microbiome diversity."
For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 15,000 adult participants from two long-term studies: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the American Gut Project. In the NHANES study, people with high allostatic load -- the cumulative physiological stress as reflected in body mass index (BMI), cholesterol level, and blood pressure -- who consumed more than 25 percent of daily calories after 9 p.m. were 1.7 times more likely to report constipation or diarrhea. In the American Gut Project, people with both high stress and late-night eating were 2.5 times more likely to report bowel problems and had lower gut microbiome diversity.
"Many people eat late due to work, long hours, or modern schedules. Our study adds a practical dimension: gut health may be influenced not only by what people eat, but also by when they eat and how stressed the body is at that time," says Dr. Dadigiri.
Based on these findings, Dr. Dadigiri suggests that clinicians may find it useful to ask patients with chronic bowel complaints about meal timing, not only diet quality, to add another counseling point beyond the standard evaluation, especially for patients with chronic stress or irregular schedules.
Because this was an observational study, showing associations but not proving cause and effect, important next questions for the researchers to explore include whether changing meal timing can actually improve bowel symptoms and microbiome diversity, and whether high-stress groups benefit the most. They also plan to conduct longitudinal studies and controlled trials testing whether meal-timing changes improve gut outcomes in high-stress individuals.
"The message is not that people should feel guilty for eating late," says Dr. Dadigiri. "A realistic takeaway is that small, consistent changes may help: maintaining a more structured meal routine, making late meals lighter when possible, shifting some calories earlier in the day, and finding practical ways to manage stress. Overall, our study reinforces that gut health is shaped by diet, timing, stress, sleep, and the microbiome together."
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Original text here: https://www.nymc.edu/newsroom/stories/late-night-snacking-and-gut-health-study--dadigiri.php
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering: Blake Wilson Elected to European Academy of Engineering
DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news:
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Blake Wilson Elected to European Academy of Engineering
Wilson was recognized for inventing most of the signal-processing strategies used by modern multichannel cochlear implants.
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Blake Wilson has been elected to the European Academy of Engineering in recognition of a career that has traversed multiple fields while restoring hearing to more than a million people worldwide through his foundational work on the cochlear implant.
The European Academy of Engineering is an independent,
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DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news:
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Blake Wilson Elected to European Academy of Engineering
Wilson was recognized for inventing most of the signal-processing strategies used by modern multichannel cochlear implants.
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Blake Wilson has been elected to the European Academy of Engineering in recognition of a career that has traversed multiple fields while restoring hearing to more than a million people worldwide through his foundational work on the cochlear implant.
The European Academy of Engineering is an independent,international organization that brings together many of Europe's most distinguished engineers to advance engineering excellence, provide evidence-based advice on major technological challenges and promote innovation for the benefit of society. Election to the academy recognizes engineers whose achievements have had a profound and lasting international impact on engineering research, practice and innovation.
While Wilson is currently the director of the Duke Hearing Center and an adjunct professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke University Medical School, his career has deep engineering roots. He earned both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Duke's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Throughout his career, he has maintained long-standing appointments in both Duke ECE and Duke's Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of his work and his commitment to translating engineering innovation into clinical impact.
From an engineering perspective, Wilson's contributions fundamentally changed the design and performance of cochlear implants. His work addressed one of the field's central engineering challenges: how to encode complex acoustic information into electrical stimulation patterns that the brain can interpret as meaningful sound.
Wilson developed most of the signal-processing strategies that underpin modern cochlear implant systems, while also advancing multichannel stimulation techniques, device miniaturization and system optimization. These innovations moved cochlear implants from experimental devices into the mainstream of clinical practice worldwide.
As a student, researcher, faculty member and administrator, Wilson's work exemplifies many of Duke Engineering's strengths. His early work on signal processing paved the way for many others in technologies such as computer vision, wireless communications and remote sensing across many frequency domains. His longtime collaborations reflect Duke's interdisciplinary nature through the integration of signal processing, electronics, computational modeling, neuroscience and clinical translation to solve an extraordinarily complex systems problem. His work established design principles that continue to guide the development of implantable neural interfaces still being developed at Duke and elsewhere today.
His election to the European Academy of Engineering adds to an extraordinary list of honors recognizing his engineering achievements, including election to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the 2024 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology, the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, the 2013 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, and, most recently, the 2026 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology. Together, these distinctions underscore the enduring global impact of Wilson's engineering innovations and their remarkable ability to improve human lives through technology.
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Original text here: https://pratt.duke.edu/news/blake-wilson-elected-to-european-academy-of-engineering/
Campbell University: Physicians Group Honors Campbell Med School for Exceptional Contributions
BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Campbell University issued the following news:
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Physicians group honors Campbell med school for exceptional contributions
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has honored Campbell medical school with "Excellence in Professional Development," part of the organization's 2026 Program of Excellence Awards, announced July 31.
The AAFP recognized 21 Family Medicine Interest Groups (FMIGs) and one outstanding faculty adviser for their exceptional contributions, a news release says.
FMIGs are student-led organizations, supported by faculty advisers
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BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Campbell University issued the following news:
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Physicians group honors Campbell med school for exceptional contributions
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has honored Campbell medical school with "Excellence in Professional Development," part of the organization's 2026 Program of Excellence Awards, announced July 31.
The AAFP recognized 21 Family Medicine Interest Groups (FMIGs) and one outstanding faculty adviser for their exceptional contributions, a news release says.
FMIGs are student-led organizations, supported by faculty advisersand their medical schools. Through hands-on learning experiences, volunteer service, clinical exposure and leadership opportunities, FMIGs help students explore the specialty and prepare for careers in family medicine, according to the release.
"It is an honor to see our students recognized by the AAFP for their outstanding work," said Dr. Robert Agnello, Family Medicine chair and assistant professor of Campbell medical school.
"The FMIG embodies the core values of family medicine through leadership, service, advocacy and a commitment to caring for rural and underserved populations," he said. "This award is a testament to the exceptional students and faculty who make our program strong."
These interest groups were selected for the meaningful impact they have on their medical school communities through innovative efforts to inspire and recruit more students to pursue careers in family medicine, AAFP says.
"This recognition is a wonderful reflection of our mission and the importance of primary care at the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine," said Dean Dr. David Tolentino. "Our students have built a Family Medicine Interest Group that not only promotes the specialty but also creates meaningful opportunities for professional growth, service and mentorship."
Tolentino said he is grateful to Agnello and Dr. Tiffany Lowe Clayton, Family Medicine vice chair, for their leadership and encouragement offered to students each day.
"Family medicine is at the heart of our mission to serve rural and underserved communities, and we are honored to see our students and faculty recognized nationally by the AAFP," he added.
The Program of Excellence Awards honors the FMIGs for their overall contributions to family medicine and for inspiring the future family physician workforce, the AAFP release says. Winners were recognized at FUTURE, the national conference for family medicine students and residents, where medical students and residents come together to connect, learn and advance their careers. The conference was held in Kansas City, Missouri, from July 29 to Aug.1.
"FMIGs play a crucial role in developing the next generation of family physicians," said Dr. Sarah C. Nosal, AAFP president. "So much of what family physicians do is in relationship building, and that same spirit of community is what brings more students to the specialty. Molding the future of primary care is a big role, but FMIGs show the rest of us what is possible when we commit to our communities."
The AAFP is the largest national association of family physicians, representing 124,500 physicians and medical students. The AAFP supports every stage of a family physician's career and provides evidence-based resources, advocacy and community to empower family medicine.
-- By John Francis Trump, Health Sciences writer
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Original text here: https://news.campbell.edu/articles/physicians-group-honors-campbell-med-school-for-exceptional-contributions/
Butler University Giving Circle Grant to Fund Interactive Well-Being Platform for Founder's College Students
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 5 -- Butler University issued the following news:
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Butler Giving Circle Grant to Fund Interactive Well-Being Platform for Founder's College Students
By: Jennifer Gunnels
During its June 10 annual shareholder meeting, the Butler Giving Circle selected Founder's College as the recipient of this year's $10,740 community partnership grant. The grant will provide funding for Founder's College to acquire and implement the Building Dreams platform, an evidence-based software designed by the Fight for Life Foundation to empower students to monitor and manage their emotional
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 5 -- Butler University issued the following news:
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Butler Giving Circle Grant to Fund Interactive Well-Being Platform for Founder's College Students
By: Jennifer Gunnels
During its June 10 annual shareholder meeting, the Butler Giving Circle selected Founder's College as the recipient of this year's $10,740 community partnership grant. The grant will provide funding for Founder's College to acquire and implement the Building Dreams platform, an evidence-based software designed by the Fight for Life Foundation to empower students to monitor and manage their emotionalwell-being, address life challenges, and support their peers, while fostering personal agency and resilience.
Founder's College welcomed its inaugural class of students last August, and the Building Dreams software will build upon the high-touch support services already provided, enhancing support for the students' social and emotional well-being as they pursue their academic goals at Butler. The platform helps students monitor emotions, report concerns, set goals, and build healthy habits using gamified incentives. It also allows anonymous reporting of safety or behavioral issues, and provides faculty and staff with actionable insights to identify patterns, tailor support, and respond to needs in real time.
As students use the platform to access specific and consistent services, faculty and staff will become more familiar with their needs and learn what works for them. This information will allow faculty and staff to more effectively engage the Butler community in delivering interventions that are relevant and effective in fueling student success.
In addition to this year's community partnership grant, the Butler Giving Circle also awarded $5,370 to its priority partner, the Fund to Support Student Mental Health, and $10,740 to the Butler Fund for Student Scholarship. Since its inception in 2019, the Butler Giving Circle has awarded more than $235,122 to support community partnerships and student access and success, two mission-critical elements of the University's vision for the future.
Following the launch of the Butler Ambassador program earlier this year, the Butler Giving Circle will come to a close as future opportunities for engagement and philanthropic partnership will be structured through the Ambassador program. In alignment with the University's Boldly Butler strategic direction and comprehensive fundraising campaign, Butler alumni and friends are invited to continue the Butler Giving Circle's legacy of support by making gifts to the Butler Fund for Student Scholarship or the Fund to Support Student Mental Health. Building on the strong foundation laid by the Butler Giving Circle, the Butler Ambassador program will also provide additional pathways for connection and involvement for the global Butler community.
"Since 2019, Butler Giving Circle shareholders have had an incredible impact on Butler students and our broader Indianapolis community," Vice President for University Advancement and Marketing Jonathan Purvis says. "Over the years, these shareholders funded a wide variety of important community projects and initiatives, several of which continue to this day. We are deeply grateful for the legacy of the Butler Giving Circle and are excited to welcome even more Butler alumni and friends to experience the power of philanthropy through our Butler Ambassador program in the years ahead."
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Boldly Butler is our commitment to setting the standard for delivering a transformative education with local impact and global reach. To achieve this strategic vision, we've launched the Boldly Butler comprehensive fundraising campaign, the largest in Butler's history, with a goal of raising $325 million by May 31, 2030. Learn more or make a gift today at boldly.butler.edu.
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Original text here: https://stories.butler.edu/butler-giving-circle-grant-to-fund-interactive-well-being-platform-for-founders-college-students/
