Featured Speakers

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Kevin Spencer performed a show at the Lied Center April 19th. His passion is working with children with disabilities and teaching them magic tricks. Kevin visited Barkley Memorial Center to talk about his work with children with disabilities.

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Matthew Klare, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, provided an overview of dropout prevention, intervention, and recovery, particularly for students with disabilities. He described a risk calculator and explained how it can be used to intervene with high risk students. He also addressed strategies for preventing dropouts and recovering students who have dropped out.

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Robert Mislevy, Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics at Educational Testing Service, presented a talk, "Some Conceptions about Evidence-Centered Assessment Design." Mislevy's talk focused on concepts of assessment as evidentiary argument and layers in assessment. He also addresed common misconceptions related to ECD.

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Lutfi Abu-Elheiga, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, presented “A New Mechanism for Treating Obesity: Targeting a Master Regulator for Lipid Synthesis by a Small Molecule.” Abu-Elheiga’s research interests focus on the hormonal and dietary regulation of fatty acid metabolism in diseases and adverse health conditions, particularly the contemporary epidemic of obesity and related complications such as diabetes. Abu-Elheiga’s talk was part of the NGN Seminar Series.

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Robert Coplan, professor Carleton University presented, "Speaking Up for the Quiet Ones: Shy Children at School." About 15% of young children are considered extremely shy, routinely experiencing fear and anxiety in social contexts, especially in school settings. Coplan highlighted results from an ongoing program of research.

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Qiaozhu Su, assistant professor Department of Nutrition and Health Science, presnted, "Cellular Stress Signaling in Hepatic Very Low Density Lipoprotein Metabolism and Insulin Resistance." Su's talk was part of the NGN Seminar Series.

Su's research background has focused on energy metabolism, pathophysiology of molecular and cellular stress singling on the onset of obesity and type-2 diabetes.

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Robert Lewis, professor, Eppley Cancer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, presented, “Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Programming.” Lewis' talk was part of the NGN Seminar Series. 
 
Lewis' lab seeks to define intracellular mechanisms regulating cell fate. 

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Vernon Miller, member of the Thunder Clan, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, is the business teacher at Umonhon (Omaha) Nation Public Schools on the Omaha Tribal Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. Miller was named Teacher of the Year by the National Indian Education Association in 2010, was appointed chairman of the Omaha Tribal Election Commission in 2011, and was named to Indian Country's top 40 under 40 this year. He is a 2006 graduate of the College of Education and Human Sciences, which hosted him during Masters Week.

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Laura Hanish, professor T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, University of Chicago, addressed school bullying as a social phenomenon deeply embedded in the peer culture, a culture that has its roots in gendered patterns of interactions. 

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Oreus Jr. Pierre, a community leader and education liaison from the La Montagne region of Haiti, presented an informal talk about education in Haiti along with local efforts to empower La Montagne’s children by supporting educational improvements there. The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools hosted Pierre.