Building Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations

Offers a capacity building model that is based on a review of civil society, sustainable development, and organizational management literature. Reviews effective capacity building programs sponsored or operated by foundations. Includes recommendations

The mPower Study, Parkinson Disease Mobile Data Collected Using Researchkit

Current measures of health and disease are often insensitive, episodic, and subjective. Further, these measures generally are not designed to provide meaningful feedback to individuals. The impact of high-resolution activity data collected from mobile phones is only beginning to be explored. Here we present data from mPower, a clinical observational study about Parkinson disease conducted purely through an iPhone app interface. The study interrogated aspects of this movement disorder through surveys and frequent sensor-based recordings from participants with and without Parkinson disease. Benefitting from large enrollment and repeated measurements on many individuals, these data may help establish baseline variability of real-world activity measurement collected via mobile phones, and ultimately may lead to quantification of the ebbs-and-flows of Parkinson symptoms. App source code for these data collection modules are available through an open source license for use in studies of other conditions. We hope that releasing data contributed by engaged research participants will seed a new community of analysts working collaboratively on understanding mobile health data to advance human health

The Ursinus Weekly, April 18, 1949

Council adopts petitions for \u2749 coed elections • Junior men to elect annual prom queen • Black-faced belles plan initial debut for minstrel frolic • Organizations seek support of students in worthy projects • Y commission lists letters, trip, talk in year\u27s activities • Sororities plan party for frosh; Movie, social to highlight affair • FTA elects Heist to presidency for \u2749-\u2750 schedule of activities • What do you demand of your ideal man? • Bruins drop 4-3 decision in ten inning ball game • Five sports events fill week\u27s roster • Sixteen get awards for winter sports • Students find appeal in Curtain Club actshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1614/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 21, 1949

Dorm champs to be decided tonight: Intramural contests scheduled for 6:30 in T-G gymnasium • Editorial: Wanted, a student government • Debate team to be host for Ben Franklin tourney • Junior class picks Lanin for annual spring prom • Is our student government satisfactory? • Music, languages, coeds please Brazilian student • Med students hear talk by radiologist • Coeds battle to 25-18 win over Chestnut Hill squad • Jay Vees succumb to Chestnut Hillers in final home tilt • Baseball team starts practice sessions • Intramural season to end tomorrow; several teams tied • Quartet of cagers to finish careers in Bryn Mawr tilt • Baseball, soccer star begins tennis duties • Swimmers drop pair in week; Ellis, Borkey, Pattison get points • Sophomores choose Woody Leigh combo for April 4 dance • Clarke, Mattson thrill operetta audiencehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1612/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 6, 1948

Who\u27s Who honors thirteen seniors • Seniors to present year\u27s first formal at local ballroom • Students picked to represent Ursinus in annual edition of campus leaders • Outstanding artists featured Thursday in annual Messiah • Sociology studies confirm results of CORE racial poll • Students of Ursinus place small value on peace of world • Four IRC members visit State College • Annex gets number one stooper rating • Performance of Uncle Harry outstanding • Ursinus students selected to appear in annual Who\u27s Who • Don Young tops bruins in all statistics; prize back selected Player of the year • Frosh grid squad mangles sophs 13-0 on two long runs • JVs extend streak; Penn defeated 3-0 • Last period tally gives Penn lassies victory over belles • U.C. football squad gains easy victory in battle on court • Grunt and groaners show much talent as practice begins • Court campaign to open Wednesday • Temple pathologist to discuss cancer • Omwake assists in preparation of University Business Administration manual • Dr. Armstrong completes book as part of church history serieshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1603/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, November 15, 1948

Seniors to feature Bud Williams\u27 band at December ball • Philip to produce Handel\u27s Messiah for eleventh year • Wallick to leave in December; Will study at Edinburgh • WSSF starts campaign with goal set at $1,000 • Wallace claims UN is success despite Russian difficulties • Pre-meds offered much for money • Juniors to sponsor tux raffle as part of money-raising drive • What do you like best about Ursinus? • Applications due for grad exam • Y to conduct prejudice poll • Pettit appointed assistant registrar • Editorials: Varsity letters; Passing fancies • Letters to the editor • Alumni-society notes • Life of sea calls energetic students for vacation trips • Critic rings bell on Curtain Club\u27s local talent show • Curtain Club stages varied talent show • Don\u27t look now but here\u27s a fan of college males • Coed in top bunk describes 3 ways of making a bed • Haverford thumps Bruin booters 8-1 • Inside on intramurals • Loss of four stars from soccer squad to hurt \u2749 plans • Bruins to face Susquehanna as grid campaign concludes • Cadets wallop Grizzlies 31-0 for sixth triumph of season • Beaver bows 6-2 to Snell\u27s belles • Player of the week • Harriers place 12th in Allentown meet • Lehigh beaten 3-2 in 2nd soccer win • Jay-vees trip Beaver coeds 5-1 to maintain undefeated record • MacWilliams star of hockey win • Campus briefs: International Relations Club; Curtain Club; Phys Ed Club; Canterbury Club; Cub and Key; English Club; Beardwood Chemical Society; Glee Club; WSGA; French Club; German Club; Business Administration Clubhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/3127/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, December 13, 1948

Coeds in customary dazzle and dither at Christmas week • Galaxy of events highlights Christmas week at Ursinus • Men students view yuletide festivities with unawareness • Lovely dispositions of staff triumph to present faculty with season\u27s token • What gift would you give to the world? • Messiah\u27s largest audience enjoys superb interpretation • Bud Williams\u27 band applauded • January 3 date set for junior jubilee • Bruin soccer star honored by Mules • Pharmacy bows 66-36 in court opener • Strong team looms as coed hoopsters click in practice • Host of veteran grapplers certain of winning season • F&M rallies in last period to trip bear quintet 52-44 • John Logue boosts world federalism at meeting of IRC • Exams to be given for civil service • Scholarship to Yale awarded Dillinger • Club 49 opening slated for Jan. 7 in T-G gymnasium • Communion service to be held Thursday in Bomberger chapel • Authority on international law speaks to class in geopoliticshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1604/thumbnail.jp