Bringing Family Voice to Determinants of Health

The Family Leadership Training Institute (FLTI) is a program that can respond to data documenting the health of the nation. Participants engage in individual civic projects that align with social determinants of health and seek to ameliorate health inequities. They also discover and/or increase their civic engagement skills to more effectively take part in policy and implementation discussions and decisions. With roots in Colorado, FLTI continues to expand into rural and urban communities throughout the state. The curriculum has been translated into Spanish, and a two-generation pilot implementation has indicated promise for including youths in a parallel program. Documentation regarding program effectiveness suggests that others in Extension may benefit interested communities by assisting them in replicating FLTI

Keeping Data Science Broad: Negotiating the Digital and Data Divide Among Higher Education Institutions

The goal of the “Keeping Data Science Broad” series of webinars and workshops was to garner community input into pathways for keeping data science education broadly inclusive across sectors, institutions, and populations. Input was collected from data science programs across the nation, either traditional or alternative, and from a range of institution types including community colleges, minority-led and minority-serving institutions, liberal arts colleges, tribal colleges, universities, and industry partners. The series consisted of two webinars (August 2017 and September 2017) leading up to a workshop (November 2017) exploring the future of data science education and workforce at institutions of higher learning that are primarily teaching-focused. A third follow-up webinar was held after the workshop (January 2018) to report on outcomes and next steps. Program committee members were chosen to represent a broad spectrum of communities with a diversity of geography (West, Northeast, Midwest, and South), discipline (Computer Science, Math, Statistics, and Domains), as well as institution type (Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI’s), other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI\u27s), Community College\u27s (CC’s), 4-year colleges, Tribal Colleges, R1 Universities, Government and Industry Partners)

Keeping Data Science Broad: Negotiating the Digital and Data Divide Among Higher Education Institutions

The goal of the “Keeping Data Science Broad” series of webinars and workshops was to garner community input into pathways for keeping data science education broadly inclusive across sectors, institutions, and populations. Input was collected from data science programs across the nation, either traditional or alternative, and from a range of institution types including community colleges, minority-led and minority-serving institutions, liberal arts colleges, tribal colleges, universities, and industry partners. The series consisted of two webinars (August 2017 and September 2017) leading up to a workshop (November 2017) exploring the future of data science education and workforce at institutions of higher learning that are primarily teaching-focused. A third follow-up webinar was held after the workshop (January 2018) to report on outcomes and next steps. Program committee members were chosen to represent a broad spectrum of communities with a diversity of geography (West, Northeast, Midwest, and South), discipline (Computer Science, Math, Statistics, and Domains), as well as institution type (Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI’s), other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI\u27s), Community College\u27s (CC’s), 4-year colleges, Tribal Colleges, R1 Universities, Government and Industry Partners)

Marine Insects of the Genera Halobates and Hermatobates (Heteroptera) from Neuston Tows around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Two species of Halobates and one species of Hermatobates were found in neuston tows taken at seven locations around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The open-ocean Halobates sericeus Eschscholtz was much more abundant than the nearshore Halobatesprinceps White. Hermatobates weddi China was mainly found in one location, Watson's Bay, and was more frequently caught at night than during the day. Neither Halobates specles was caught in any of the tows taken at night

Marine Insects of the Genera Halobates and Hermatobates (Heteroptera) from Neuston Tows around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Two species of Halobates and one species of Hermatobates were found in neuston tows taken at seven locations around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The open-ocean Halobates sericeus Eschscholtz was much more abundant than the nearshore Halobatesprinceps White. Hermatobates weddi China was mainly found in one location, Watson's Bay, and was more frequently caught at night than during the day. Neither Halobates specles was caught in any of the tows taken at night