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The University of Richmond has announced curriculum changes that will provide new academic opportunities for students and faculty in the 202223 academic year. These changes include launching the Africana Studies program and adding minors in sustainability and data science and statistics.

Africana Studies

The Africana Studies program will launch this fall with a variety of courses and programming in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The program explores the complex socio-political landscapes, economic structures, and cultural traditions that shape, impact, and stem from the African diaspora.

The push for this program was strong, and students will now be able to major, minor, and receive degrees in Africana Studies, said Ernest McGowen, Africana Studies program coordinator. It is a great opportunity to direct ones studies towards their interests and fulfill our liberal arts mission.

Africana Studies courses during the fall semester include Introduction to Africana Studies and a Rumors of War seminar, which will examine the history of slavery and colonization before and after 1492 and how they shape the African diaspora. The program is housed in the School of Arts & Sciences, but students may take elective courses across disciplines in A&S, the Robins School of Business, and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, and Statistics

This summer, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science became two separate departments Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The change is a result of growing interest in the fields of statistics, mathematical economics, and computer science. Students can now minor in data science and statistics, which focuses on collecting, understanding, and presenting data from a variety of different domains and contexts.

Within this minor, students explore everything from data-oriented programming to the ability to identify and address the ethical and privacy concerns regarding data analysis, said statistics professor Taylor Arnold, data science program coordinator.

Geography, Environment, and Sustainability

Starting this academic year, the Department of Geography and the Environment will become the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability. Sustainability will also be offered as a minor, allowing students to explore sustainability through the lens of acting for positive change.

We have seen a surge of deep interest over the past few years with students interested in topics related to sustainability and the climate crisis, said Todd Lookingbill, department chair. So many of our students want to work toward improving conditions that foster the well-being of people and the environment, and this new minor will allow more of our students to explore this critical area.

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Jacobs University is a private, state-accredited, English-language university in Bremen. We offer Bachelor, Master and PhD programs in three schools: School of Science, School of Computer Science and Engineering, and School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences. Our principles are first-class teaching and research, international diversity and transdisciplinary cooperation. According to the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, Jacobs University is considered to be among the top 30 percent out of more than 1,600 universities worldwide and is ranked as the most international university in Germany. As an international university, we attract highly talented and open-minded students from all over the world. Currently, over 1,500 students from 110 nations live and study on our residential campus.

Among several other strategic interventions, the university is currently driving an ambitious expansion of digital sciences across its academic and scientific programs and activities, underpinned by significant new investments in personnel, research and relevant scientific equipment. This initiative is intended to improve integration and interdisciplinarity across the three schools in teaching, learning and research, and to give rise to a wide range of new knowledge-based products and services generating income, enhancing the universitys sustainability.

To help lead this re-positioning of the university, a new post for a third academic dean has been established.

The Executive Board invites interested candidates to apply for the next possible date as a

Dean (m-f-d): Computer Science and Engineering(Full-time; initially limited for 5 years)Job ID 22-73

Your responsibilities:Deans are individually responsible to oversee and manage the performance of their respective schools, and share leadership in the transverse areas of undergraduate and graduate programs, research, library and laboratory services, innovation, and knowledge transfer. They work in an integrated manner with relevant university divisions, under the overall supervision of the Provost. The exact allocation of transverse responsibilities to the three incumbents is clarified in consultation with the Provost.

At present, because of the emerging strategic orientation, the university needs to strengthen especially its internal competence in digital education, technology transfer and executive education. A more detailed job description can be obtained on request.

Your qualifications:Deans should radiate academic and intellectual gravitas and display obvious leadership qualities. Their academic and scientific experience and insight should be at the level where they are respected as accomplished academics both within Jacobs University and in the broader academic community. In particular, as senior academics and managers at Jacobs University Bremen, deans must

The following could be advantageous to applicants:

What you can expect:Jacobs University consistently achieves top results in national and international university rankings.

In the CHE Ranking, the most comprehensive and detailed ranking of the German-speaking higher education landscape, Jacobs University has achieved top placements every year since its first participation in 2005.

In addition to an exciting and varied range of tasks, we offer flexible working hours, individual training opportunities, sports activities, and participation in language courses on our campus.

The incumbent is granted up to 20% time for research activities.

Jacobs University is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications that would improve the universitys senior leadership profile with reference to gender and national origin.

Your application:If you have any questions about the position, please contact Dr. Svenja Frischholz (Human Resources) via Mail (S.Frischholz@jacobs-university.de) or send an e-mail to job-application@jacobs-university.de.

Please upload your documents in a single PDF document, including a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, teaching portfolio and publication record, copies of certificates and diplomas, certification of English proficiency (optional), up to two letters of referral, and other relevant documents in our application management system.

The deadline for submission of applications is 18.00 CET on September 16, 2022. This is a five-year contract.

The review of incoming applications begins immediately.

Short-listed applicants are likely to be interviewed mid-November 2022, and will also be required to make a presentation to the university at that time. From this point onwards, the university cannot guarantee the confidentiality of the applications.

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xinteza API Ltd., an innovative biosynthesis technology company, announced today that it has expanded its IP portfolio with a breakthrough discovery of a novel, non-cannabis plant-derived production system, which is capable of highly efficient and flawless end-to-end cannabinoid synthesis. The company's IP portfolio is based on a license signed with Yeda, the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Unlike Cannabis Sativa, which only produces cannabinoids in its female flowering parts, the novel expression system contains cannabinoid enzymatic machinery throughout its entire botanical tissue mass, and thus has the potential to yield a higher active-ingredient-to-biomass ratio than cannabis plants.

"This discovery is a major milestone in the path to uncover and exploit rare and new cannabinoid molecules with potentially novel pharmacological activities," said Prof. Asaph Aharoni, Xinteza's Scientific Co-Founder and Head of the Weizmann Institute of Science Plant Metabolomics Lab and of the Institute's Plant and Environmental Sciences Department. "Moreover, this alternative non-Cannabaceae production system is significantly more amenable than cannabis to genetic engineering and cellular transformation, allowing greater flexibility in a range of biosynthesis enhancement and optimization processes," added Prof. Aharoni.

Biosynthesis technologies have the potential to revolutionize cultivation-and-extraction-based production methods of cannabinoid compounds for CPG and pharma. However, the development of these long-awaited cannabinoid biosynthesis processes has been slowed down and challenged by several enzymatic and genetic modification-related bottlenecks arising from the introduction of cannabis genes into microorganism-based fermentation systems. The discovery of a non-Cannabaceae cannabinoid-producing botanical expression system has the potential to solve and mitigate some of these problems by initiating a novel toolkit of genes and enzymatic machinery. By utilizing this new toolkit, Xinteza aims to design novel pathways for cannabinoid biosynthesis, in order to achieve higher yields and efficiencies, better consistency, purity, and cost effectiveness.

"This revolutionary discovery places Xinteza at the forefront of cannabinoid sourcing and synthesis and is creating excitement in the field" says Alon Gal, CEO of Xinteza API. "The flexibility and efficacy of this extraordinary patent-pending alternative genetic system offers solutions to some of the burning delivery issues currently plaguing our industry. We will continue to advance our research and development of the most innovative and powerful biosynthesis of an array of high-value cannabinoids and to leverage our fast-growing library of genes, enzymes, and novel molecules, while advancing collaborations with leading players in the biosynthesis arena."

About Xinteza API

Xinteza API Ltd. is engaged in the research and discovery of a wide array of new genes and ultra-novel genetic pathways for the biosynthesis of cannabinoids and psychoactive ingredients, and the development of their bio-production methods. Xinteza holds an exclusive license for both cannabinoids and psychoactives from the Weizmann Institute of Science with research led by Prof. Asaph Aharoni and is diligently building an unprecedented portfolio of dozens of related IP assets and patents.

Founded in 2019 and led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, Xinteza's strategic partners include industry players such as IM Cannabis (NASDAQ: IMCC)(CSE: IMCC)

Xinteza's goal is to produce a large array of natural lab made minor and modified cannabinoids, and the most sought-after psychoactive ingredients. It focuses on making the production of innovative APIs and AIs for high end CPG and pharma more accessible by implementing its disruptive discoveries of novel genes, genetic pathways, and molecules, and by removing bottlenecks and boosting natural production processes.

About Yeda

Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. is the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Yeda currently manages approximately 500 unique patent families and has generated the highest income per researcher compared to any other academic technology transfer operation worldwide. Through the years, Yeda has contributed the commercialization of a number of groundbreaking therapies, such as Copaxone, Rebif, Tookad, Erbitux, Vectibix, Protrazza, Humira, and recently the CAR-T cancer therapy Yescarta.

About the Weizmann Institute of Science

TheWeizmann Institute of Science in Israel is one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions. Noted for its wide-ranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences, Weizmann Institute's scientists are advancing research on the human brain, artificial intelligence, computer science and encryption, astrophysics and particle physics, and are tackling diseases such as cancer, while also addressing climate change through environmental, ocean, and plant sciences.

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Winners of the 2022 Qatar Collegiate Programming Competition.

Teams from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) and Qatar University took the top two spots at the 2022 Qatar Collegiate Programming Competition (QCPC). Both teams will advance to the regional competition in Egypt in December. The competition was hosted by CMU-Q, a Qatar Foundation partner university.

The students on the winning teamThang Bui, Andrey Genze and Ulan Seitkaliyevare studying computer science at CMU-Q. All three students placed in the top two of last years competition as well. The silver medallist team members were Ahmed Ashraf, Youssef Elshahawy, and Faisal Abughazaleh from Qatar University.

Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, spoke at the closing ceremony of the competition: Programming competitions are about building a community around creative problem solving. The more opportunities that young programmers in Qatar have to come together and solve problems, the more the computing ecosystem in Qatar will thrive.

The competition was organized by CMU-Qs Giselle Reis, associate area head and associate teaching professor of computer science, and Eduardo Feo Flushing, visiting assistant teaching professor of computer science.

Reis noted how much the teams improved since last years competition. We could see how the teams were more confident, and it was a much more competitive environment this year. At CMU-Q, Reis and Feo Flushing hold several practice sessions each year for students to hone their competitive programming skills.

The event was organized in collaboration with Qatar Computing Research Institute and the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for K-12 Computer Science Education. Two representatives from the Africa and Arab Collegiate Programming Championship attended to oversee the competition: Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelwahab is the ACPC scientific committee head and Marie Belle Alhabr is an ACPC event coordinator.

The event was generously sponsored by Nestle, Rimads and Snoonu.

The International Collegiate Programming Competition is the oldest and most prestigious of its kind, with national competitions held each year worldwide. Winners at the national level advance to regional competitions, and ultimately the ICPC World Finals. For this competition, students tackled a set of 13 programming problems over five hours.

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Carnegie Mellon and Qatar University win national programming competition - The Peninsula