June 2015
30 June 2015, 4:37 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Safe Zone participated in the St. Louis LGBT PrideFest for the third year running, with its largest group yet of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends. The event was held June 26-28 at Soldiers Memorial in downtown St. Louis.
“Our participation in this event sends an important message about how involved, conne...
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30 June 2015, 1:35 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Luke Settles BA ’15 has been awarded a National Graduate Fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP). He is one of 51 recipients nationwide to receive the competitive $5,000 award that honors those entering their first year of graduate or professional study.
Local chapters across North America and the Phili...
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29 June 2015, 3:09 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe has resigned effective August 14. She has accepted the position of vice president of instruction at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) and will assume her new responsibilities on August 17.
“I greatly appreciated the opportunity to lead SIUE during the past three years,” Furst-Bowe s...
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29 June 2015, 11:30 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Ian Stewart BS ’14 has been hired as the first Health and Wellness Director at the growing Morris Community YMCA. Stewart, a native of Champaign, earned his bachelor’s in exercise science from SIUE in 2014.
His new position and educational and professional background are featured in an article written by Kyle Nowa...
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26 June 2015, 11:23 AM
The American Dental Partners Foundation and Premier Dental Partners have endowed a $15,000 scholarship at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM).
Dr. Michelle Pavlak-Hawkins, a partner at Premier Dental Partners, presented the SDM with the contribution on Tuesday, June 16. The Premier Dental Partners Scholarship Award will allow the School to...
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25 June 2015, 4:08 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Library & Information Services (LIS) has published a new digital collection featuring 19th century Illinois county atlases and illustrated histories.
Wesley Raymond Brink (1850-1902), entrepreneur and long-time resident of Edwardsville, compiled and published dozens of county atlases and county histories in the decades following t...
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25 June 2015, 4:05 PM
United Way has awarded the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation $25,440 to operate in partnership with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center. Through the partnership, the SIUE East St. Louis Center will provide its performing arts program to JJK’s summer camp participants.
Writer Carolyn Smith details the grant funding and partnership in an ...
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25 June 2015, 3:02 PM
Earl McDowell, Jr.’s company, GeoGraph LLC, is one of only two minority owned businesses within its market niche in Illinois. That niche is developing customized geographic profiles via a geographic information system (GIS).
A GIS is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of spatial or geographic data.
“Geograph...
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25 June 2015, 2:39 PM
With paper and pens in hand, high school students spent Thursday morning identifying various herbs. They later underwent hands-on CPR training during the fourth day of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp.
High school students from St. Louis, Madison and St. Clair counties have spent the past f...
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25 June 2015, 1:50 PM
Students in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Project Success program eagerly work on their pieces of fabric. Some are cutting the outlines of their hands, while others are helping secure the shapes on the fabric.
Sewing all the pieces together in a quilt will be Edna Patterson Petty of East St. Louis, no...
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25 June 2015, 8:50 AM
John Caupert, director of The NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will testify Thursday at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing being held in Kansas City, Kan. Caupert will voice his opposition to the proposed levels of Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO’s) under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
According to Caupert, if the propo...
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24 June 2015, 3:54 PM
High school students spent Wednesday at Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) as part of their weeklong SIUE Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp.
Some of the day’s topics and activities that the students participated in were: anatomy and physiology experience, a laboratory exercise and a SIU SDM campus tou...
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24 June 2015, 11:32 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s University Housing collected 2,310 pounds of used clothing during its end of the year textile drive in partnership with USAgain’s “Green Your Move Out” program.
“University Housing is committed to supporting sustainability, both through educating residents and by providing tangible opportunities for...
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23 June 2015, 4:55 PM
WSIE-FM, the 50,000-watt NPR affiliate radio station broadcasting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the recipient of a $5,000 grant from Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) to support the station’s ongoing drive to upgrade its audio equipment.
The grant was awarded to The Jazz Station in recognition of its 44-year commitment to surrounding communities in pro...
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23 June 2015, 10:55 AM
Congressman Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) joined Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe and Lewis and Clark Community College President Dale Chapman to celebrate the institutions’ ongoing partnership, the Building Illinois’ Bioeconomy (BIB) consortium Tuesday, June 23, at the NCERC at SIUE.
In October 2014, the Department of Labor awarde...
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23 June 2015, 10:05 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business Dean John C. Navin, PhD, is proud of the professional School’s accreditation and history of providing a quality education to thousands of students.
Navin has been part of the School since 1991. As his tenure as dean begins, Navin reflects on the successes of the School of Business and shares his vision for...
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23 June 2015, 9:40 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. McKenzie Ferguson has co-authored an update to a technical review on the topic of patient-controlled analgesia versus other methods of pain control after surgery. The review is part of the Cochrane Collaboration and will guide evidence-based decisions among clinicians.
“I had the pleasure of working with some of ...
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23 June 2015, 8:04 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start has partnered with the Greater East St. Louis Innovation Zone and other Metro East agencies to offer the first community-wide free developmental screening for children, ages one month through five years.
The screenings are offered from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday through J...
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23 June 2015, 7:46 AM
High school students were encouraged to learn as much as they can about professions that can change people’s lives during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp.
“The professions of pharmacy, nursing and dental medicine can relieve suffering and help ease the pain in people’s lives...
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19 June 2015, 11:50 AM
The assistant superintendent of grounds at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville believes firmly that an employer should support the military. It is because of this sentiment, in part, that Kert MacLaughlin received the Patriotic Employer Award on Tuesday, June 16.
“I think supporting service men and women is important,” said ...
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18 June 2015, 11:28 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students are piquing the curiosity of local elementary students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during the District 7 Summer Zone program. The seven-week program runs through July 17 at Woodland Elementary School in Edwardsville.
The undergraduate students are participating through the Rober...
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17 June 2015, 4:36 PM
The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare’s classic and shortest of his comedies, opens June 19 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Metcalf Theater.
SIUE Summer Showbiz presents a trimmed down, all-ages farce that features sock puppets, mamba music and area actors, including local stand-up comedian Josh Funneman.
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17 June 2015, 12:14 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy researchers have been awarded a five-year, $2.65 million grant from the National Institute of Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen their efforts in combating Alzheimer’s disease.
An estimated 5.3 million Americans are battling Alzheimer’s disease, identified as t...
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17 June 2015, 12:01 PM
In the span of just over a week, six Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering students expanded their practical knowledge of engineering software programs and added international travel and collaboration to their academic experience.
The mechanical engineering students, along with SIUE faculty members Soondo Kweon, assistant professor of mechanical ...
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17 June 2015, 11:25 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jianwei Huang, assistant professor of civil engineering, has been named a 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Reviewer. The achievement recognizes Huang’s service as a reviewer for the Journal of Bridge Engineering.
“I am proud of my services that allow me to contribute my expertise to t...
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17 June 2015, 10:25 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has received $150,000 from anonymous donors for the development of an Adaptive Learning Environment (ALe).
CAS will work cooperatively with the the Office of the Provost, Information Technology Services (ITS) and Facilities Management to create an innovative classroom that meets the needs of ...
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16 June 2015, 1:46 PM
Incoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students are learning about sustainability as part of their Springboard to Success orientation.
Dr. Connie Frey Spurlock, SIUE sustainability fellow and associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, defined sustainability for the group with a quote from Debra Rowe: “Sustaina...
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16 June 2015, 9:27 AM
Building water filters, robotics and making computer apps and games are just a few things students got to do at last week’s School of Engineering Summer Camp.
“The camp is designed to open up the world of engineering to students and also give them a taste of campus life at SIUE, said Chris Gordon, associate dean of the SIUE School...
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15 June 2015, 11:16 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Amy Heath has earned the High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year Award from the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society.
Heath earned her bachelor’s in chemistry from SIUE in 1991.
The society announced Heath’s award and detailed her career as an educator in this
release.
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15 June 2015, 11:03 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Edward Hightower has announced his retirement after serving as the superintendent of the Edwardsville School District for the past 19 years.
Hightower earned both a bachelor’s in physical education in 1974 and a master’s in education administration in 1977 from SIUE. He later earned a specialist degree from the SI...
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15 June 2015, 9:37 AM
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine’s Multidisciplinary Laboratory has met green building leadership standards, which has earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) distinction from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The newly updated laboratory, with its energy and environmentally efficient design, has received a LEED Silve...
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15 June 2015, 9:10 AM
SIUE freshman Laura Wilmes provided a positive view of her experiences with Dining Services in the Morris University Center with this piece in thedailymeal.com.
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15 June 2015, 9:00 AM
Charlie Kimball, the first licensed driver with diabetes to win a race in the Verizon IndyCar Series, will speak about his experiences September 19 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Kimball will be on Parking Lot A at SIUE for The Metro East Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. The walk begins at 10 a.m. a...
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12 June 2015, 2:23 PM
The message for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s summer Cougar Theater Camp this summer is: “There is no ‘I’ in theater.”
“Overall our students should take away the skill of collaboration,” said Ashley Melton, Cougar Theater Camp director. “Without collaboration, we could not put toge...
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11 June 2015, 3:08 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Library & Information Services (LIS) has published a new digital tribute to Dr. John Cushman Abbott (1921-2005).
Abbott, an academic librarian and scholar, joined SIUE in 1960 and guided the establishment of library services until 1981. He then became the head of special collections until he retired from the University in 1986.
A...
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11 June 2015, 2:40 PM
Because David Hagedorn – assistant director of Campus Recreation at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville – was part of a military family, it seemed only natural for him to show concern for a coworker whose husband is in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
Hagedorn received the Patriotic Employer Award Tuesday from the Employer Support of ...
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11 June 2015, 2:08 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alum Sachin Lawande has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Visteon Corporation, a leading global automotive supplier, effective June 29. Lawande will also serve on the company’s board of directors.
Lawande earned a master’s in electrical engineering from SIUE in 1992.
CNN Money detailed Lawande...
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11 June 2015, 8:10 AM
SIUE track and field's La'Derrick Ward repeated as an All-American in the long jump Wednesday at the NCAA Championships.
Ward, competing in his third NCAA Championship, finished sixth to cap off his illustrious career as a Cougar.
Ward completed his first jump with a mark of 25-8, his third-best mark of the year. Despite fouling his next attempts, he remained i...
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10 June 2015, 4:25 PM
John Caupert, director of The NCERC at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville received the Patriotic Employer Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) today in his NCERC office. The Office of the Secretary of Defense authorized the award.
The Patriotic Employer Award is dedicated to individuals, who through their employer, support members of the ...
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10 June 2015, 4:24 PM
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, announced today a first of-its-kind AmeriCorps project, and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center will be a principal partner.
Operation AmeriCorps East St. Louis will assist schools and prepare students for academic and career suc...
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10 June 2015, 4:24 PM
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, announced today a first of-its-kind AmeriCorps project, and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center will be a principal partner.
Operation AmeriCorps East St. Louis will assist schools and prepare students for academic and career suc...
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10 June 2015, 9:50 AM
SIUE men’s track and field senior La'Derrick Ward will compete in the long jump in his third NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships today in Eugene, Oregon, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Ward will compete this evening at 7:15 p.m. (CT). The event will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN3.
This year’s Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of ...
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10 June 2015, 9:22 AM
A partnership between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) aims to diversify the workforce at MSD. MSD is offering scholarships to minority students who receive their training through the SIUE Environmental Resource Training Center (ERTC) Water Quality Control Operations program.
Details on the scholarship opportuni...
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10 June 2015, 8:00 AM
Middle and high school students gazed through homemade telescopes and learned about “Life in the Universe” at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s two-day astronomy camp held June 4-5 in Mascoutah. The SIUE Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach hosted the camp at the Leu Civic Center.
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9 June 2015, 1:05 PM
Two Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) students have been awarded $2,500 grants respectively from Delta Dental of Illinois for their commitment to improve oral health in Illinois.
The non-profit dental service corporation honored Sarah Tien, of Darien, and Ashley McNealy, of Alton, through its 2015 student grants program. Tien and McNealy ear...
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9 June 2015, 8:49 AM
Dr. Venessa Brown, associate chancellor for the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, joined others last week at a conference dealing with removing obstacles for African American Youth Child Welfare.
Brown presented at the 23rd Annual African American Advisory Council Institute symposium...
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8 June 2015, 5:35 PM
The SIUE Police Department today joined in a 34-year-old tradition of Law Enforcement agencies serving as Guardians of the Flame, carrying the torch and delivering the Flame of Hope to state and local Special Olympics.
Five SIUE Police Department representatives supported the Special Olympics by helping deliver the Flame of Hope part of the way to Los Angeles for th...
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8 June 2015, 4:16 PM
The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) celebrated its 40th class of graduates at its commencement Saturday, June 6. Doctor of dental medicine degrees were bestowed upon 46 graduates during the hooding ceremony held in SIUE’s Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.
“While higher education is promoted in today’s economy, a...
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8 June 2015, 10:13 AM
From STEM to STEAM, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Odyssey Science Camps will offer an optional art lab during the summer sessions being held July 20-July 31.
In addition to the camp’s exciting science programming made possible by the SIUE Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research, Education and Outreach, particip...
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5 June 2015, 3:12 PM
John Caupert, director of the NCERC at SIUE, was presented with the industry esteemed Award of Excellence at the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo held June 1-4 in Minneapolis. The award, established by BBI International, honors the significant contributions Caupert has made to the fuel ethanol industry through his leadership of the NCERC.
“I was stunned an...
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5 June 2015, 11:17 AM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center is reintroducing the East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts (ESLCPA) program, to the delight of its Metro East supporters.
The highly acclaimed ESLCPA will resume its programming this summer at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus (ESLHEC), 601 James R. Thompson ...
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4 June 2015, 11:57 AM
Whether or not students become or want to become great musicians, the Jazz Camp at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is designed to teach self-esteem, imagination and music appreciation.
The Jazz Camp will conclude Friday with a concert from Noon-2 p.m. in Dunham Hall room 1109. The concert is free and o...
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4 June 2015, 10:02 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Dr. Huaibo Xin, assistant professor of kinesiology and health education, has been presented the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award for FY16. The award recognizes individual programs of research or creative activities at SIUE.
Xin will receive a combined $12,500 from the SIUE Graduate School and School of Education, He...
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4 June 2015, 10:00 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Mitsuru Shimizu, assistant professor of psychology in the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, has collaborated with researchers from Cornell University to study how participation in high school sports affects career opportunities and late-in-life leadership skills and behavior.
An article posted in The Atlantic...
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2 June 2015, 4:06 PM
Thousands of children in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Head Start/Early Head Start Program are enjoying new reading materials thanks to the generosity of SIUE and the surrounding community.
SIUE Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 203 partnered with Dr. Stephen Hupp, professor of psychology in SIUE’s School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, to gather ne...
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1 June 2015, 12:24 PM
Through its master’s in healthcare informatics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville partners with BJC Health Care to expand the knowledge of clinical professionals to include expertise in computer technology. As hospitals and health care organizations convert to electronic medical records, the need for Health Care informatics professionals has grown.
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1 June 2015, 11:22 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy students and faculty traveled to businesses in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon Friday offering blood pressure checks to employees. The group, comprised of 12 faculty members and 32 students, conducted screenings on 426 individuals during the four-hour community service event.
“We reached people who don’...
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1 June 2015, 8:34 AM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering researchers are receiving national praise for their work to reduce fatalities and injuries involving roadside incident responders through the creation of safety training materials. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has named their project, “Development of a H...
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