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The Academic Leadership Group Welcomes Karen Kashmanian Oates to its Higher Education Consulting Practice

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The Academic Leadership Group (ALG), an industry-leading consultancy for leadership excellence and innovation in academia, is delighted to welcome Karen Kashmanian Oates, a nationally recognized higher education leader, to its higher education consulting practice.

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  • The Academic Leadership Group (ALG), an industry-leading consultancy for leadership excellence and innovation in academia, is delighted to welcome Karen Kashmanian Oates, a nationally recognized higher education leader, to its higher education consulting practice.
  • “Karen’s direct experience in leading university-wide initiatives at both the dean and provost level is a tremendous resource for our clients,” explained Jennifer Stine, the co-founder of ALG and lead of the higher education consulting practice.
  • To learn more about the Academic Leadership Group and the services it offers, visit: www.academicleadershipgroup.com
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  • The Academic Leadership Group (ALG), founded in 2019, is a woman-owned consulting firm focused on providing award-winning coaching and higher education consulting services to universities.

Anima Anandkumar Earns WTF Innovators Award

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QuHarrison Terry presents Anima Anandkumar, Sr. Director of AI Research at NVIDIA and Bren Professor at Caltech , with the WTF Innovators Award for her extensive impact in the field of AI at the research and commercial levels.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QuHarrison Terry presents Anima Anandkumar, Sr. Director of AI Research at NVIDIA and Bren Professor at Caltech , with the WTF Innovators Award for her extensive impact in the field of AI at the research and commercial levels.
  • The WTF Innovators Award recognizes excellence at the precipice of societal change, with the inaugural class focusing on AI innovators.
  • We present "FourCast", produced by Nimso , to Anima Anandkumar.
  • Anima Anandkumar has received several honors such as the IEEE Fellowship, ACM Fellowship, Alfred.

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) Announces New CEO

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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SEATTLE, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) today announced Ali Farhadi will become its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 31.

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  • SEATTLE, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) today announced Ali Farhadi will become its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 31.
  • Founded in 2014, AI2 is the research institute created by the late philanthropist Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, to drive high-impact AI research and engineering.
  • The 501(c)3 nonprofit organization has been responsible for a number of groundbreaking advancements in AI and continues to be a leader in generative and foundational AI research.
  • “As the premier AI research and engineering nonprofit, AI2’s work to advance the science and impact of artificial intelligence on a global scale has never been more critical.

Clarkson University Biology Professor Susan Bailey Awarded Nearly $800,000 NSF CAREER Grant

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Potsdam, NY, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Susan Bailey, an assistant professor of Biology at Clarkson University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her research aimed at understanding how microbes evolve in complex environments.

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  • Potsdam, NY, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Susan Bailey, an assistant professor of Biology at Clarkson University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her research aimed at understanding how microbes evolve in complex environments.
  • The $798,662 grant, which began on May 1, will last five years.
  • Bailey’s award is the first of its kind to be awarded in Clarkson’s Biology Department.
  • I look forward to growing my research program, while supporting students at Clarkson and within the community over the next five years,” Bailey said.

Allurion Announces Appointment of MIT Distinguished Professor for AI and Health and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Regina Barzilay, Ph.D. to Scientific Advisory Board

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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Allurion , a company dedicated to ending obesity, announced today it has appointed Regina Barzilay, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Bob Langer.

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  • Allurion , a company dedicated to ending obesity, announced today it has appointed Regina Barzilay, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Bob Langer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230405005082/en/
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    “It is an honor to welcome Dr. Barzilay to Allurion, especially as we are building a digital-native healthcare business,” said Dr. Shantanu Gaur, Founder and CEO of Allurion.
  • She is also an AI Faculty Lead for the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (J-Clinic) at MIT.
  • “Allurion generates millions of data points on consumers from over 60 countries who use the company’s platform to lose weight.

CCPI-STEM Selects 6 Community College Educators for Fellowships

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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LARGO, Md., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CCPI-STEM has selected six community college educators for its fellowship program.

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  • CCPI-STEM has selected six community college educators for its fellowship program.
  • LARGO, Md., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CCPI-STEM has selected six community college educators for its fellowship program.
  • The fellowship program is a facet of the Community College Presidents' Initiative in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (CCPI-STEM), which aims to strengthen community college faculty and administrators and nurture their leadership skills in order to grow and diversify the STEM technician workforce.
  • All the individuals in this first cohort of CCPI-STEM Fellows are pursuing graduate degrees and conducting research related to STEM education and workforce development at community colleges.