SB36-17/18: Resolution Amending Fiscal Policy

This resolution passed unanimously on a roll call vote during the February 28, 2018 senate meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

Prospectus, April 23, 2014

COBRA RAISES ISSUES AT PARKLAND, Diet Tips for a Healthy Student Lifestyle, Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action in State Universities, Parkland Fitness Center Helps Beat Winter Blues, Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor: My Best Days are Ones Others Take for Granted, When a Wave and a Smile are Magic, Lovett Receives Award of Excellence, Heartbleed Virus Affects Internet Securityhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2014/1010/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, April 16, 2014

PARKLAND STUDENTS ATTEND PLANET INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE COMPETITION; Parkland College and Urbana High School perform together; Craft a Greener Home; Take study breaks with fun Parkland activities; In college, choose to thrive; Whether it\u27s bikes or bytes, teens are teens; Women s Basketball bring home gold; Oder generation loses nostalgic feelings for new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2014/1036/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, April 30, 2014

PARKLAND\u27S WIRELESS ISSUES, Parkland Planetarium Presents The Planets, Being an International Student is no Small Feat, Don\u27t Count the Humanities Out, Improving Graduation Rates, Golf Stays Hot Going Into Post-Season, Change in Game of Thrones Episode Sparks Controversy Among Viewershttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2014/1011/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, April 9, 2014

ON TIME REGISTRATION PROGRAM URGES STUDENTS TO PLAN EARLY, New Student Services Center Building Nearing Completion, Tips for Preparing for Parkland\u27s Job Fair, Sleep Deprevation\u27s Effect on Students, Supreme Court was Wrong to Lift Limits on Campaign Contributions, How the Fast-Food Corportations Pickpocket Their Workers, Here\u27s the Scoop, Parkland Softball Heats up the Spring, Sony Introduces Virtual Reality Headset for PS4https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2014/1009/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, May 7, 2014

FINAL EXAMS MADE ME DO IT.; Tips for getting through finals week; Not your typical Summer Camp: A guide to summer music festivals; Fun summer activities around C-U; With Net Neutrality gone, effects are already felt; Universities\u27 customer service problem; Farewell to several staff members; Clutts earns win number 600; Spamalot a hit for the Parkland Theatre; ILLIAC music festival will debut in Urbanahttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_2014/1021/thumbnail.jp

Trace incorporation of heavy water reveals slow and heterogeneous pathogen growth rates in cystic fibrosis sputum

Effective treatment for chronic infections is undermined by a significant gap in understanding of the physiological state of pathogens at the site of infection. Chronic pulmonary infections are responsible for the morbidity and mortality of millions of immunocompromised individuals worldwide, yet drugs that are successful in laboratory culture are far less effective against pathogen populations persisting in vivo. Laboratory models, upon which preclinical development of new drugs is based, can only replicate host conditions when we understand the metabolic state of the pathogens and the degree of heterogeneity within the population. In this study, we measured the anabolic activity of the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus directly in the sputum of pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), by combining the high sensitivity of isotope ratio mass spectrometry with a heavy water labeling approach to capture the full range of in situ growth rates. Our results reveal S. aureus generation times with a median of 2.1 d, with extensive growth rate heterogeneity at the single-cell level. These growth rates are far below the detection limit of previous estimates of CF pathogen growth rates, and the rates are slowest in acutely sick patients undergoing pulmonary exacerbations; nevertheless, they are accessible to experimental replication within laboratory models. Treatment regimens that include specific antibiotics (vancomycin, piperacillin/tazobactam, tobramycin) further appear to correlate with slow growth of S. aureus on average, but follow-up longitudinal studies must be performed to determine whether this effect holds for individual patients

The Keck Cosmic Web Imager: a capable new integral field spectrograph for the W. M. Keck Observatory

The Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) is a new facility instrument being developed for the W. M. Keck Observatory and funded for construction by the Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). KCWI is a bench-mounted spectrograph for the Keck II right Nasmyth focal station, providing integral field spectroscopy over a seeing-limited field up to 20"x33" in extent. Selectable Volume Phase Holographic (VPH) gratings provide high efficiency and spectral resolution in the range of 1000 to 20000. The dual-beam design of KCWI passed a Preliminary Design Review in summer 2011. The detailed design of the KCWI blue channel (350 to 700 nm) is now nearly complete, with the red channel (530 to 1050 nm) planned for a phased implementation contingent upon additional funding. KCWI builds on the experience of the Caltech team in implementing the Cosmic Web Imager (CWI), in operation since 2009 at Palomar Observatory. KCWI adds considerable flexibility to the CWI design, and will take full advantage of the excellent seeing and dark sky above Mauna Kea with a selectable nod-and-shuffle observing mode. In this paper, models of the expected KCWI sensitivity and background subtraction capability are presented, along with a detailed description of the instrument design. The KCWI team is lead by Caltech (project management, design and implementation) in partnership with the University of California at Santa Cruz (camera optical and mechanical design) and the W. M. Keck Observatory (program oversight and observatory interfaces)