The Volkswagen Scandal

Volkswagen is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world. For years the company has focused on producing attractive and environmentally friendly automobiles, and recent initiatives have included a project to reduce CO2 production, along with advertisements claiming lower emission of greenhouse gases. The world was shocked to hear that Volkswagen had been producing diesel engines for its cars that were able to trick emissions testing equipment. The engines were producing many times the EPA standards for emissions, yet they passed emission tests. This case provides detailed information about the scandal as well as information about the history, operations, and stated values of Volkswagen, as well as some of the early actions of the company to deal with the scandal

Sensory Communication

Contains table of contents for Section 2, an introduction and reports on twelve research projects.National Institutes of Health Grant 5 R01 DC00117National Institutes of Health Contract 2 P01 DC00361National Institutes of Health Grant 5 R01 DC00126National Institutes of Health Grant R01-DC00270U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research Contract AFOSR-90-0200National Institutes of Health Grant R29-DC00625U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-88-K-0604U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-91-J-1454U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-92-J-1814U.S. Navy - Naval Training Systems Center Contract N61339-93-M-1213U.S. Navy - Naval Training Systems Center Contract N61339-93-C-0055U.S. Navy - Naval Training Systems Center Contract N61339-93-C-0083U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-92-J-4005U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-93-1-119

Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is observing hundreds of thousands of Milky Way stars at high resolution and high signal-to-noise ratios in the near-infrared. The Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey is obtaining spatially resolved spectroscopy for thousands of nearby galaxies (median $z\sim 0.03$). The extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) is mapping the galaxy, quasar, and neutral gas distributions between $z\sim 0.6$ and 3.5 to constrain cosmology using baryon acoustic oscillations, redshift space distortions, and the shape of the power spectrum. Within eBOSS, we are conducting two major subprograms: the SPectroscopic IDentification of eROSITA Sources (SPIDERS), investigating X-ray AGNs and galaxies in X-ray clusters, and the Time Domain Spectroscopic Survey (TDSS), obtaining spectra of variable sources. All programs use the 2.5 m Sloan Foundation Telescope at the Apache Point Observatory; observations there began in Summer 2014. APOGEE-2 also operates a second near-infrared spectrograph at the 2.5 m du Pont Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, with observations beginning in early 2017. Observations at both facilities are scheduled to continue through 2020. In keeping with previous SDSS policy, SDSS-IV provides regularly scheduled public data releases; the first one, Data Release 13, was made available in 2016 July

A first update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19

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Twentieth century ideals: The construction of U.S. foster motherhood

This research explores motherhood in late twentieth-century America through an ethnography of Connecticut foster mothers. Data are contextualized within the gender, social, personal, political, and historical relations that shape and condition women\u27s experiences. Themes of foster mothering work women identified as important are: (1) the construction and experience of foster mothering relationships; (2) the construction of kinship relationships through affective claims of belonging; (3) mothering and labor: the political economy of fostering; (4) foster relationships and the presence of the state; (5) foster mothering work, knowledge, and expertise; (6) the social and familial context of fostering; and (7) the experience of loss and bereavement.^ This research contributes to feminist discourses on the politics of motherhood by examining the tensions that exist between individuals and state institutions around contested definitions of motherhood. On a theoretical level, this tension has implications for changing constructions of gender, gender relations, and kinship. Foster mothers construct an identity of mother, child, and family based on affective claims of belonging which do not dichotomize mothering and wage labor. Kinship networks created by women through their experiences contest the patriarchal, nuclear family ideals on which state-sponsored foster care programs in the U.S. rest, in which families must be constituted solely from legal and biological determinants and foster mothers-foster children must necessarily constitute a commodified relationship.^ On a practical level, this research has implications for the revision of social and child welfare policy. Nationally, the number of children entering the foster care system is rapidly outpacing the number of available foster parents. This places the foster care system in a state of crisis. Effective child welfare reform requires that the experiences of foster parents be well understood. Prior research has excluded foster mothers from the official discourse on fostering; thus foster mothers\u27 identities and experiences have been constructed for them and not by them. This research provides the experiences and perspectives of women who provide a critical social service and thereby corrects this lapse.

Post-Traumatic Growth And Healing Through Art

Explores the trajectory of healing and self-reclamation that occurs following post-traumatic stress that may come from domestic violence. Danielle highlights how arts can expedite the healing process. Participants were given the opportunity to interact with art supplies during this 1-hour sessionhttps://dune.une.edu/ssw_artisttalks/1004/thumbnail.jp

The Mosquito In The Room: An Exploration Of Racial Microaggressions

So what is a racial mocroaggression? It\u27s like the elephant in the room except, well, it’s micro. Like a mosquito, it can\u27t be ignored. And it really, really bothers. This event presented tales about microaggressions from those who have received them and those who have spoken them. Through our telling, we hear about their effects in a supportive and fun environment, allowing ourselves to listen, grow, learn, and transform ourselves and the world.https://dune.une.edu/ssw_events/1000/thumbnail.jp