TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE DECISIONAL PARTICIPATION AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR.

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Interview of Joseph A. Alutto by Raimund Goerler

Interview conducted at The Ohio State University Archives, Columbus, Ohio on August 3 and 5, 2015.Joseph A. Alutto describes his career, both at The Ohio State University and at other academic institutions. After graduating from Manhattan College, Alutto earned his master’s degree in industrial relations at the University of Illinois. He then earned a doctorate from Cornell University, and he started teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo in the School of Management. While there, he agreed at one point to become interim dean, and that turned into a permanent position. He then describes the circumstances that led to his obtaining a position as Dean of the College of Business at OSU. Throughout the interview, Alutto describes various programs offered through each business school, the culture of both business schools and universities, and funding models of each. While discussing OSU, Alutto talks about the changes he implemented at the College of Business, his transition to Provost, and his service twice as interim President. Subjects that are discussed include a reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences, the change to semesters, changes to the criteria used to award faculty with tenure, the One University concept, shared governance and transparency, the medical center and medical school’s roles at the University, and changes to the undergraduate experience, including the requirement for sophomores to live on campus

On SIR epidemic models with feedback-controlled interactions and network effects

We study extensions of the classical SIR model of epidemic spread. First, we consider a single population modified SIR epidemics model in which the contact rate is allowed to be an arbitrary function of the fraction of susceptible and infected individuals. This allows one to model either the reaction of individuals to the information about the spread of the disease or the result of government restriction measures, imposed to limit social interactions and contain contagion. We study the effect of both smooth dependancies and discontinuities of the contact rate. In the first case, we prove the existence of a threshold phenomenon that generalizes the well-known dichotomy associated to the reproduction rate parameter in the classical SIR model. Then, we analyze discontinuous feedback terms using tools from sliding mode control. Finally, we consider network SIR models involving different subpopulations that interact on a contact graph and present some preliminary simulations of modified versions of the classic SIR network

Multiple peaks in network SIR epidemic models

We study network SIR (Susceptible - Infected - Recovered) epidemic models in the case of two interacting populations. We analyze the dynamics behavior of the fractions of infected individuals in the two populations. In contrast to the classical scalar SIR epidemic model, where the fraction of infected individuals is known to have an unimodal behavior (either decreasing throughout time or initially increasing, until reaching a peak and decreasing everafter), we show the possible occurrence of a novel multimodal behaviors in the network SIR model. Specifically, we show that the curve of the fraction of infected individuals in a population may incur in a change of monotonicity even when it starts with a decreasing trend. Our analysis focuses on a homogeneous mixing model, whereby all contacts have unitary frequency. We study the initial conditions and network characteristics sufficient for the aforementioned multimodal behavior to emerge and those that instead guarantee the classical unimodal behavior

Women’s Sports at Providence College

Katherine Barton ’23Marketing majorCommunications minor Eric Faia ’23Marketing major Daryl Veale ’23Marketing major Aileen Deegan ’23Marketing majorHistory minor Alexander Alutto ’23, MarketingFaculty Mentors: Dr. Kevin Newman and Dr. Mark DeFanti, Marketing For this project, our group studied how marketing strategies can promote higher attendance and viewership ratings for Providence College women’s sports teams among the student body. Research shows that women’s sports at both the professional and collegiate level have significantly lower viewership ratings, attendance, and profitability when compared to men’s sports. By conducting a survey and focus group, we were able to identify these main problems specific to the PC women’s sports programs. Using this data, research, and student feedback, we were able to come up with realistic solutions to this problem which focused on engagement, awareness, and experience at PC women’s sports games