Promoting Refugee Law as a Means of Challenging the Status Quo at University Level Education In Europe: The Role of the Refugee Law Clinic

The purpose of this paper is to provide a look into the state of the art of clinical legal education at select European universities, using refugee law clinics as a model.In addition, this article will look into the work to date at refugee law clinics in the Central European and Baltic States (CEBS) and Western Europe and their prospects for the future.Finally, it is the purpose of this article to explore a number of the trans-Atlantic initiatives between legal-aid and legal clinic programs

NC Brown Center Annual Report 2010-2011

Over sixty researchers and clients used the microscopy services provided by the NC Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies this year. This included faculty and students as ESF, Syracuse University, Cornell, and Upstate Medical University. A new rate schedule for services was implemented this year. The schedule has varying rates for ESF, SU and other academic institutions, and industrial users. Several inquiries from industry were a direct result of the revised webpage for the center that includes our new rate schedule. Dr. Robert Hanna retired as Director and Professor at ESF in December 2010. Robert Smith visited FEI and Technical Sales Solutions, Portland, Oregon in March 2011. Susan Anagnost visited FEI and Technical Sales Solutions, Portland, Oregon in June 2011. The NC Brown Center recognizes Pfizer (formerly Wyeth Pharmaceuticals) for their donation of $350,000 in electron microscopy equipment. The donation received in 2009- 2010 includes a Balzers Freeze Fracture unit with glow discharge, Leica EM CPC plunge freeze system, 3 Liquid N2 tanks, Leica EM FC6 Cryo and resin ultramicrotome, Leica EM Grid Staining system, drying oven, light microscope, critical point drying system and 6 diamond knives. Robert P. Smith, MS, Assistant Director of the N.C. Brown Center at SUNYESF solicited this donation which will help modernizing the electron microscope lab at ESF. Robert P. Smith is the former Head of Electron Microscopy at Wyeth Vaccines

NC Brown Center Annual Report 2011-2012

Over sixty researchers and clients used the microscopy services provided by the NC Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies this year. This included faculty and students as ESF, Syracuse University, Oswego, and Upstate Medical University. The N.C. Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies is offering a new undergraduate Minor in Microscopy beginning fall 2012. Robert P. Smith, Assistant Director, along with Dr. Susan Anagnost, Director, will teach several new courses on electron microscopy, fundamentals of microscopy and industrial and medical applications of microscopy. The N.C. Brown Center will continue to offer graduate courses in microscopy to support research at ESF and Syracuse University. The NC Brown Center is pursuing certification of the Syracuse Asbestos Laboratory Testing Services (SALTS) Lab from NYS Department of Health. It is anticipated that revenue generated from asbestos analysis will help to upgrade and replace our microscopes and other equipment. In preparation, Robert P. Smith completed the NIOSH 582 Asbestos Fiber Counting Course, August 5-9, 2011 at the McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL. Dr. Susan Anagnost completed the NIOSH 582 Asbestos Fiber Counting Course Oct. 31- Nov.4, 2011 at the McCrone Research Institute, Chicago, IL. Hwa Sung Kim, graduate student in the SCME department, won first prize at the ESF Spotlight on Research for her poster “The modification of the distribution of xylans and lignins after hot water treatment in sugar maple wood chips”, authors, Hwa Sung Kim, Robert P. Smith, and Susan E. Anagnost. Dr. Wilfred A. Côté, Professor Emeritus in the Wood Products Engineering Department, former Dean, and former Director of the N.C. Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies, passed away on March 8, 2012. Upstate Freshwater Institute donated film for the TEM in the amount of $5000

NC Brown Center Annual Report 2012-2013

Highlights of the year July 1, 2012- June 30, 2013: • Syracuse Asbestos Testing Laboratory Testing Services (SALTS) lab accreditation, Nov 30, 2012 by NYSDOH ELAP program (NYS Lab ID No. 12002) • SALTS Fiber Counting Course- Robert P. Smith instructed and certified the first four graduates from ESF to complete the Phase Contrast Microscopy Fiber Analysis Course: Beth Ann Arthur, Tiffany Brookins-Little, Kaitlyn Smith and Jeremy Sullivan • A proposal was submitted February 2013 to the NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program for a new transmission electron microscope. The proposal MRI: Acquisition of a Cryo Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope seeks federal financial support for the acquisition of a cryo field emission scanning transmission electron microscope (FES/TEM) to replace the current 30 year old transmission electron microscope in the NC Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies at SUNY-ESF. • New Class offered: Medical and Industrial Applications of Electron Microscopy as part of the new Microscopy Minor • Offered NC Brown Ultrastructure Center expertise and services to the following businesses: United Corrstack, Lockheed Martin, Welch Allyn, Actuant Cortland Company, Ready Rubber Co, Syracuse Research Corporation, Upstate Freshwater Institute, Glantec Inspection Services, GYMO Engineering, JAG Corporation, Bronze Contracting, Watts Architecture and Engineering, Car-Freshner Corp., Winandy Associates, ABS; and more than 60 researchers (Appendix 1) from ESF, Syracuse University and Upstate Medical Hospital. • St. John’s University donated film for the transmission electron microscope in the amount of $2000. • Initiated FACES scheduling system for on-line log-in for ESF and outside users of the electron microscopes http://faces.ccrc.uga.edu/ • Thirty-two students, faculty and industrial clients used the TEM, while twenty-six used the Scanning EM. All users were multiple users. Users of the TEM recorded 1362 images. • Class demonstrations were provided for courses at ESF: EFB 440 Mycology, EFB 104 Intro Biology, FCH 381 Instrumental Analysis (10 lectures/demonstrations

NC Brown Center Annual Report 2015-2016

Highlights of the year July 1, 2015- June 30, 2016: • A proposal was awarded by the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program for a new transmission electron microscope, Principal Investigator, Susan Anagnost. The proposal MRI: Acquisition of a Cryo Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope sought financial support for the acquisition of a cryo field emission scanning transmission electron microscope (FES/TEM) to replace the current 30 year old transmission electron microscope in the NC Brown Center for Ultrastructure Studies at SUNY-ESF. The award of $1.12M funds 70$1.6M. • Teaching: Microscopy course offered were: MCR 484, MCR 783, MCR 480, MCR 570, MCR 683, MCR 685, MCR 785. • Offered NC Brown Ultrastructure Center expertise and services to the following businesses: Car-Freshner Corp., CSArch, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Schoder Rivers Engineers. • Class demonstrations of the scanning electron microscope were provided by Dr. Anagnost for ENS 132. • Changes in management of microscopes. Provost Bruce Bongarten made the decision that Analytical and Technical Services would manage the use and maintenance of the electron microscopes

Looking Back in Time: Sixteenth Century Wherefores and Therefores As Part of the Continuum of Western Legal Thought

Surrounded with the conveniences of a word processor, form book, and facsimile machine, the modern-day attorney might be tempted to equate the advent of sophisticated commercial transactions with the advent of the electronic age. Just as form follows function, it seems only logical to assume that the use of lengthy, carefully-drafted agreements is reflective of successive generations of sharper, more knowledgeable business clients. Curiously, however, the lesson that history teaches us is different. Looking back in time to the year 1511 at a proposal for the sale of alum between the City of Venice and a banker from Rome, one observes much of the same commercial awareness as encountered in today\u27s marketplace. Although the Renaissance merchant and his legal advisor are centuries removed from today\u27s high-tech, fast-paced business environment, their thought processes show the same business acumen of their twentieth-century counterparts. To accomplish this glimpse back in time, Part I of this Essay will examine the historical setting and the events that were taking place. Next, Part II and III will describe the parties to the alum agreement, in particular the deal maker, Agostino Chigi, and the leaders of the city of Venice.\u27 Some of the details of the agreement itself will then be presented through Professor Jensen\u27s translation of a Venetian manuscript containing the proposal. Next, Part IV will outline the course of events that followed Chigi\u27s initial proposal. The Essay concludes by discussing the benefit that pre-modern legal documents can provide the contemporary practitioner. For the attorney, the wording of the Venetian manuscript is noteworthy because of its similarity to modern-day agreements. For the legal scholar, the political and economic events surrounding the manuscript illustrate the interplay of social history and Western legal thought

Hygroscopicity of Decayed Wood: Implications for Weight Loss Determinations

Hygroscopicity changes were observed in red maple blocks subjected to brown rot, white rot, and soft rot. Brown rot reduced hygroscopicity, soft rot increased hygroscopicity, and white rot showed no change in hygroscopicity. The effect of these changes on weight loss tests when using moisture-conditioned block weights is a slight overestimation of weight loss for brown rot, a slight underestimation for soft rot, and no apparent change for white rot. When comparing changes in hygroscopicity prior to oven-drying with those observed after oven-drying, there were no differences for white rot and soft rot, while for brown rot, the reduction in hygroscopicity was enhanced by oven-drying

Review: Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class

What happens when creative people are not financially secure enough to create? When consumers do not have sufficient income to purchase their work? Or when financialization depresses wages, the government no longer supports the arts, and the consumers react against it? Scott Timberg’s great warning is that, under these conditions, we will lose our ability to reflect as individuals and as a culture. We will cease to communicate through human values and instead only communicate through monetary value. Timberg posits this ominous warning through anecdotes and personal encounters with characters ranging from record store clerks to graphic designers as well as architects, authors, and musicians