MONDAY: ACHIEVEMENTS

Monitoring wastewater to predict COVID-19 prevalence; helping international researchers write conference proposals; entertaining gamers of all ages; and more

inset head-and-shoulders photo from the mid-1940s of Dorothy Ramale in her US Navy uniform on top of a detail of the Vigenère square

Code Cracker: How ’43 Grad Helped US War Effort

Dorothy Ramale ’43, who will turn 100 next month, was well-known as a math teacher and an IUP Alumni Association president. Until recently, many didn’t know she cracked enemy codes for the US military during World War II. In honor of Women’s History Month, here is her story.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Cao Paper, App Focus on COVID-19 Detection

Yongtao Cao, Mathematical and Computer Sciences, has written a paper on monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater and has created an app to predict the number of COVID-19 cases for a given SARS-CoV-2 concentration level in the wastewater.

PhD Student Selected for English Language Specialist Project

The US Department of State has selected Jimalee Sowell, PhD candidate in the Composition and Applied Linguistics program, to assist with a project that prepares English language teachers from Central Asian countries to present their research at international conferences.

detail of winged boy from Diego Velázquez’s “Rokeby Venus” painting

Art History Minor to Present Research at SUNY Conference

Gwen Himes has been invited to present her research, which examines the role of putti—small, naked boys, sometimes with wings—in Baroque art, at the SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference in April.

Eberly Profiles Senior Wolfe

Featured in the #EberlyAmazingStudents series, Allison Wolfe says the Management Department has prepared her well for a career in human resources.

Waltman Creates Video Game

Jeremy Waltman, Communications Media, recently published Weatherworn, an adventure game for players of all ages, to the Steam platform. He is also producing a full-color prequel comic book.

Poole Publishes on Refugee Education

Amanda Poole, Anthropology, coauthored “Why Eritrean Refugees Choose Risky Migration to Europe” for the Conversation. The article addresses why so many refugees engage in irregular onward movement despite grave risks and the presence of programs intended to stop them from migrating.

Huhn Moderates Language Association Panel

During Lead with Languages Advocacy Month in February, Christina Huhn, Foreign Languages, moderated a Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association panel discussion on advocating for extended study and world language teachers.

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