Learning innovation and digital education leader Yakut Gazi shared insights on creating innovative online programs while aligning institutional mission business and instructional models to expand the impact of institutions  The challenges with the future of work and education are indeed issues of scale and inclusion especially in a technology-driven post-COVID world Higher education institutions have an opportunity to utilize effective digital learning and create partnerships for affordability and impact to reach all corners of the globe A variety of innovative business and learning models developed within the last decade have already changed the equation for many institutions and learners These institutions exemplify a relentless commitment to affordability and access that led to impact at scale What is the next impactful innovation that will enable our institutions to touch many more learners beyond those that walk on our campuses   Watch this BoulderTalks session is the Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education at Duke University she oversees the offices of Learning Innovation and Continuing Studies with responsibility for the development and execution of pedagogical innovation and digital education strategies and continuing education and lifelong learning offerings Her higher education experience spans almost 30 years in four countries Gazi has her PhD in Educational Psychology Be part of the conversation shaping the landscape of education Discover the future of online education with BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators Join visiting experts as they delve into quality online education at scale exploring current themes like learning excellence and ensuring success across various modalities Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)  the Office of Academic and Learning Innovation (ALI) the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Office of Digital Education (ODE) and the College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS) Norlin Library 1720 Pleasant St, Room S459 Boulder, Colorado 80309-0184ali@colorado.edu University of Colorado Boulder Privacy • Legal & Trademarks • Campus Map University of Colorado Boulder A conversation with the first vice provost for learning innovation and digital education You have /5 articles left.Sign up for a free account or log in In our book Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, we profile Duke’s learning innovation unit. That organization is now called Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education and is headed by higher education superstar Yakut Gazi Yakut graciously agreed to answer our questions about her work at Duke her career and her advice for those aspiring to leadership roles in the academic innovation space Q: Tell us about Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education And why is it important for those of us outside of Duke to understand the structure evidence-based teaching practices and learning opportunities to Duke’s faculty and community of learners across a wide variety of ages Our goal is to position Duke as a powerhouse for learning innovation and lifetime education Our new structure views education as a lifelong endeavor that is neither marginal nor siloed but rather an integrated activity central to the university’s mission and to every stage of life. Our organization is connected to and supports all five presidential priorities of Duke As a top-10 research-intensive institution our approach is centered on research-driven educational consulting and market-driven lifetime learning opportunities that serve all learners For example, last year, we held our inaugural Emerging Pedagogies Summit as a platform to bring together ideas technologies and people—and this October we’re inviting all educators to join us for these discussions about how we can all do more This fall we are launching a major new research initiative—stay tuned for big news coming out of Duke And within our lifetime education portfolio we are investing in market-driven insights for program development an important departure from traditional supply-based program creation you have been a champion of premier universities leveraging online and digital modalities to enhance access to higher education You are perhaps best known for your work on scaled low-cost ,high-quality degrees at your previous university Where does your current leadership role at Duke fit into that broader movement to bend the higher education cost curve A: This world needs more people to be touched by institutions like Harvard Institutions like ours not only have the resources and capacity but also a global social responsibility to expand access to learning opportunities and create impact at scale We need to move beyond the selectivity notions of the past and recognize them for what they are: capacity problems We now have successful examples of affordable and accessible educational programs from highly selective institutions that have solved these capacity issues through innovative educational delivery and financial/business models So why do we still cling to outdated notions about how people learn and limit our impact to our relatively small campuses I am committed to building upon the institution’s long and established history of micro-innovations and transforming them into mezzo innovations that will revolutionize teaching and learning at elite institutions This represents a significant cultural shift both within and outside of my unit I see this as the crowning challenge of my career and the team we are building has what it takes Q: What advice do you have for someone looking to build their career towards a leadership role in an academic innovation unit networks and communities should they invest in and nurture what advice do you have for others looking to follow a similar path to leadership my fellow graduate students in engineering and science often teased me You bring an overhead projector to the classroom and there you have it.” Look at where we are now with ed tech and academic innovation Academic innovation units proved to be absolutely critical during the pandemic as well we are on the cusp of major changes in our schools and societies especially given the technological advances of our time We are in an interesting position to both help educators prepare students for this future as well as prepare ourselves for this future No one in our field should be operating solo If you are not connected to others and professional organizations keep up with the pace of change and upgrade yourself to remain relevant in the workforce We all need to be entrepreneurs of our careers even if that growth is not where you currently are we need to be “relentlessly restless” to be successful and A pre-orientation initiative helps pre-nursing students prepare for college and their overall persistence at the Univ How the roots of economic inequality help to explain the assault on higher education Applying Ethan Mollick’s four principles to our work designing Reading Nate Silver’s pre-election book through post-election higher ed eyes Subscribe for free to Inside Higher Ed’s newsletters opinion and great new careers in higher education — delivered to your inbox View Newsletters Copyright © 2025 Inside Higher Ed All rights reserved. | Website designed by nclud This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Gazi Jarin about working at Amazon when it introduced a "return to hub" policy Business Insider verified her employment at Amazon with documentation The following has been edited for length and clarity I studied computer science at college and wanted to aim high and work at a FAANG This policy required me to move to a different city to be in the office with more teammates I think employees should be able to choose where they work from and I didn't want a company to decide where I lived I went into the Toronto office a couple of times I visited the Vancouver office twice when the company flew me out for social events My time at Amazon was great I had good mentors and felt like I was learning something new every day I started as an entry-level software engineer and was promoted after the first year One downside was that every eight weeks or so If a service went down and customers couldn't access it I'd have to fix or mitigate the issue no matter the time I was initially concerned about Amazon's reputation for employees overworking Toronto and Vancouver are in different time zones but I never worried that someone was going to ask me to do something after I'd finished for the day I liked remote work and not having to waste time commuting When I started doing internships at college I didn't know what it was like to work in an office before joining Amazon Around August 2023, my manager told our team that the company was implementing a return-to-office policy and I didn't go into the office regularly for the first two months we were notified that the company would start monitoring how many times we came in and that we had to go in three times a week I remember some leniency around not coming in if you were sick or on vacation that week but my manager told me that consistently refusing to cooperate with the policy could lead to termination Around December 2023, my manager informed us that the company was now implementing a "return to hub" policy where employees would need to be in the same location as other members of their team He mentioned that it would help embody the collaborative values that Amazon has There were rumors floating around that this might happen because they'd already done it in the US the primary option was moving to Vancouver but members of our backend team were also in Seattle I'd get a pay bump because I'd be paid in USD and there would be a pathway to getting a green card I decided that Seattle would be a better option than Vancouver and they expected me to relocate before the end of 2024 I knew that Seattle would provide me with opportunities I wanted to keep my options in Toronto open so in early 2024 I started applying for other jobs here I didn't want to have to downgrade my career to stay so it took me a while to find a job that offered a comparable salary and perks and I wouldn't have to go through a major shift by leaving Toronto Interviewing with other companies made me realize that US companies are quite open to Canadian candidates I could choose to go to the US again if I wanted I'd rather go to the US on my own time than be forced to go there in a rush I'd also want the autonomy to choose where I'd move I didn't want Amazon to tell me the city or how often to be in the office I don't think the work I did at Amazon required me to come into the office or move I was mainly coding features on my computer many of my team members would still have been in Vancouver I think in-person work is valuable if your whole team is in the office together Employees should be able to choose where they work themselves Do you have an experience with RTO policies that you'd like to share with Business Insider Email ccheong@businessinsider.comEditor's note: When approached with the claims in this article for comment an Amazon spokesperson said it could not verify the author's account and did not have sufficient information to "separate the truth from fiction." However we asked employees to start coming into the office three or more days per week because we believe it would yield the best long-term results for our customers "The vast majority of employees are in the office more frequently" and claimed employees and businesses around the offices had said who recently reunited with his fellow MasterChef hosts for a charity event expressed his enthusiasm for bringing back Gazi describing it as a pivotal part of Melbourne’s dining culture “We’re thrilled to recreate the nostalgia of Gazi’s heyday,” Calombaris remarked The month-long event will transform The Hellenic House Project’s downstairs kitchen and upstairs ‘good room’ offering weekly meal specials that cater to a variety of tastes without breaking the bank Guests can anticipate enticing offers such as $20 “all you can eat” souvas and lunch deals Gazi was not only delicious but also a lot of fun and we can’t wait to bring that spirit back this July,” Calombaris added Previously located on Flinders St next to Calombaris’s esteemed The Press Club Gazi bid farewell in 2019 after a successful five-year run its return promises to reignite fond memories while introducing new flavours to old fans and newcomers alike Visit The Hellenic House Project at 515 Highett Rd to indulge in this limited-time culinary experience starting next month Source Gazi Salah Uddin is a Senior Associate Professor of Financial Economics and Ph.D. programme director of the Economics division at the Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden. He is also a visiting Professor Trinity Business School, Ireland.  Before joining Linköping University for his doctoral studies, he worked with Financial Consumer Agency, Government of Canada; Carleton University; and on a project of IFC (World Bank), UNESCAP. He holds a successful history having completed projects funded by IFC (World Bank), UNESCAP, UPAR-United Arab Emirates University, UAE, NASDAQ-OMX foundation, 2019, Swedish Energy Agency 2019-2020, and the Asian Development Bank. As the US dollar and monetary policy continue to have a significant impact on global financial dynamics, some emerging markets are observed to be more resilient than others to the policy cycles. Analy... He played for SF Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf from 2021-2022 and has played for RB Leipzig since 2022 Faik Sakar has played one game in the 2024/25 season so far which he won with his club The player with the shirt number 31 played his last game on the 13th matchday of the 2024/25 season (7 December 2024) He was substituted in and played as a midfielder for a total of one minute in this game The 17-year-old has played one match throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga He has won all of his previously played matches He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of RB Leipzig friends and colleagues are mourning the passing of Costa Gazidis (90) fiercely independent anti-racist and socialist who found his political home in the Pan Africanist Congress He died in London last week after a long illness He had travelled from his Cape Town home in 2018 to visit family and friends in England Known throughout many areas of the Eastern Cape as “Doctor Gazi” he spent 22 years in exile before returning to South Africa in 1991 where he taught at the University of Transkei He was then appointed as the public health specialist at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane a position he held as the HIV/Aids epidemic struck amid official denials that it existed Gazidis responded by campaigning for the use of antiretroviral drugs that could prevent the spread of the virus to unborn children When the Health Department refused to respond he financed the drugs out of his own pocket and provided them to pregnant Daily Maverick reports that these actions saw him sacked from his post and charged with insubordination and a slew of alleged regulatory breaches was vindicated by the courts and the regulatory breaches were dropped Isolated by the official Health Department he was elected as a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) councillor in East London One of the few “white” members of the party the PAC had been his political home since he broke from the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the ANC and their two children went into exile in 1968 He had been issued with a banning order in 1966 and effectively blacklisted as a doctor in South Africa With hundreds of other activists he had been detained and interrogated in July 1964 under the “90-day law” who were found to have been members of the SACP were sentenced to various prison terms and The family arrived in England at the time Soviet troops were crushing the popular “Prague Spring” uprising in Czechoslovakia that demanded “socialism with a human face” It was an event that saw Gazidis leave the Soviet-supporting SACP and the ANC that decision also stemmed from disagreement with the “multi-racial” policy of the ANC that was in line with the SACP concept of “nationalities” What this meant was that the ANC alliance was organised on racial lines into “African” He had also come across the work of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe So it was that an exiled public health specialist in the English Midlands who claimed never to have been an ideologue which was categorised by most of the media as “anti-white” was very similar to how and why he had joined the SACP At university he had read the then illegal Communist Manifesto of 1848 It revealed to him the sort of democratic and egalitarian world he wanted for the future and he became a ready recruit to the SACP But when he felt principles were no longer being adhered to he left and sought a political home more amenable to what he thought was right It was a belief in humanity and a future world of peace and plenty that seemed to drive this son of Anatolian Greek immigrants Daily Maverick article – Costa Gazidis — tireless anti-apartheid activist driven by a belief in humanity and a future world of peace (Open access) Every week your advertisement will reach more than 48,000 South African health professionals, of whom around 37,000 are medical and dental practitioners in the state and private sectors. 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This surge comes as… [More] The ZaZiBoNa initiative to harmonise the regional registration of requirements for pharmaceutical products has saved time and costs for manufacturers and… [More] MedicalBrief is Africa’s authoritative weekly digest of medical matters both on the continent and around the world It brings you a succinct summary of the latest developments a second-year Alfred University student who plays clarinet in the Alfred University Symphony Orchestra and double-majors in Business Administration and Music has joined the MostArts Festival for a two-year appointment as the Dr Bruce Conroe ’53 MostArts Festival Business Major Intern Gazi’s appointment was announced by Alfred University Professor of Music Lisa Lantz founder and Director of the MostArts Festival says the MostArts internship is an opportunity to combine the skills she is learning through her majors in Business Administration and Music “I look forward to bringing my experiences in social media as well as my love and passion for music to ensuring that MostArts 2024 is a success.” The dates for the 2024 MostArts Festival are July 14-20 the festival will feature the international MostArts Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yuval Zaliouk grand prize winner of the 2023 MostArts Young Pianist Competition; jazz pianist and Alfred University Trustee David Miller ’66 Gazi’s own experience in both business and the classical music tradition has prepared her well for serving as the Dr “I have worked in various fields that have tested both my business and music capabilities,” she notes “And I look forward to integrating by experiences in both fields and being part of the team that makes MostArts’ magic come to light.” one of many members of his family to attend Alfred University graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics He earned a Master's degree in Education from Alfred in 1954 and his EdD from SUNY Albany in 1975 Conroe was employed as a math teacher and guidance counselor before transitioning into higher education at SUNY Potsdam where he worked as associate dean of students assistant vice president for academic affairs and together they raised four children and shared a love of music They celebrated 59 years of marriage prior to Barbara’s death in 2013 He has participated in community theater productions and church choirs his entire life always seeking opportunities to expand his repertoire in life and in performance Bruce Conroe ’53 MostArts Festival Business Major Internship he hopes to expand students’ experience and opportunities as well as their appreciation for the performing arts Focused on a professional education with an emphasis on APEX our applied and experiential learning program Alfred University has a long history of educating socially conscious students who make a difference in their professions and their communities Your gifts of time and financial support help transform student lives every day Copyright © 2025 Alfred University Managing Director and Chief Editor : Mahbub Morshed Share your own case study with us “Mikoko Pamoja is an innovative project that has shown that a local mangrove conservation scheme can have positive sustainable development impacts by way of protecting threatened ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of local community members.” – Eva Schoof Dozens of “blue carbon” projects are currently underway around the world But whether or not these projects live up to their potential as significant carbon sinks depends on both their ability to deliver real carbon reductions over a sustained period of time and their capacity to deliver real value to the local communities that own them This case study provides an overview of an early blue carbon project in Mikoko Pamoja seagrasses and saltmarshes are known for their beneficial role as nursery habitats for marine life and as natural barriers to extreme weather like flooding and storm surge But they are also important sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions presently storing an estimated 42 billion tons of CO2e (Siikamäki et al. These ecosystems are also quickly disappearing around the world, as they are converted to other uses such as agriculture, aquaculture and residential and commercial development. Globally, scientists estimate that up to half of all mangroves have been lost in the past 50 years.1 When mangroves are converted, nearly all of the CO2 they store is released into the atmosphere resulting in significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions One estimate puts annual emissions from the loss of these “blue carbon” ecosystems at 215 million tons of CO2e annually with the majority of these emissions coming from Southeast Asia western Africa and Mexico (Siikamäki et al. Efforts to slow the rate of global deforestation using carbon markets (i.e REDD) are now being applied to these marine ecosystems Projects that conserve coastal ecosystems (instead of converting them to other uses) can generate carbon credits (carbon offsets) for the GHG emissions they prevent which can be sold in carbon markets or to individuals thus providing a financial incentive for conservation With the highest rate of carbon stored per hectare and the largest global geographic coverage (as compared with seagrasses and salt marshes) mangroves represent the greatest opportunity for blue carbon projects particularly in Asia and Oceania (Siikamäki et al. There are now several dozen blue carbon projects in place around the world their capacity to deliver real value to local communities An early blue carbon project in Mikoko Pamoja Kenya has achieved both of these objectives after losing about 20 per cent of their mangrove forests to timber harvesting Kenya partnered with the UK charity Plan Vivo and the Scotland-based Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES) to launch a mangrove conservation and restoration project which involves both the prevention of further mangrove deforestation and new reforestation efforts mangroves covering 117 ha of land in Gazi Bay are now protected from illegal deforestation by full-time guards nearly 500 members of the community participate in the regular planting of new mangroves The Mikoko Pamoja project also generates income for the Gazi and Makongeni communities through the sale of carbon credits which are created from the CO2 emissions avoided by the project These credits are generated through a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) agreement between Plan Vivo and the community Payments to the community resulting from the sale of these credits to date have totalled $58,591 (Mwamba et al. This funding has made it possible for the community to hire a full-time project manager and two full-time guards to prevent illegal deforestation Additional income has funded community projects such as the purchase of books and the installation of clean water pumps at local schools One of the keys to the success of the Mikoko Pamoja project is the high level of participation ownership and support from Gazi and Makongeni residents Plans for the use of the land and the revenues generated were agreed and are implemented in a transparent way so that participants understand the limits placed on the land participants in other blue carbon projects have subsequently expressed dissatisfaction with both their loss of access to the mangrove resources and the resulting payments from the project they got a lot… I don’t know what this carbon thing is about but this is our environment and these are our trees We planted them and we’re going to use them no matter what it costs us,” one participant of a blue carbon project in Senegal said (Wylie et al. the Mikoko Pamoja project also took the time to understand and address some of the negative impacts the project could have on the local community project partners planted pine trees outside of the mangrove project site to provide the community with an alternative source of building materials Unless blue carbon projects take these additional steps to ensure that the communities’ needs are met they may be unable to sustain the project and to prevent project “leakage” (i.e the movement of deforestation activity from one location to another) “The Mikoko Pamoja project’s success likely stems from several key aspects the local community has actively supported and participated in the project,” said Ariana E Visiting Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland The relatively small-scale of the Mikoko Pamoja project (117 ha) has prevented it from accessing global compliance carbon markets such as United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change mechanisms This has led to smaller markets for its carbon credits But its small size has also enabled the project to stay relatively simple avoiding the extra costs and administrative complexity of complying with complex global mechanisms This was also the case for a smaller blue carbon project in Vietnam (Wylie et al. and may be the most viable route for smaller projects The Mikoko Pamoja project does not account for the carbon stored within the protected land’s soil which is likely even larger than what is stored in the mangroves (Pendleton et al. Not accounting for this soil carbon prevents the project from achieving its full financial potential (Wylie et al. measuring soil carbon requires building capacity and technical expertise that would likely add costs and complexity Recent blue carbon projects in the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh include soil carbon in their carbon accounting methods and may provide useful lessons for future projects (ibid.) Fire at Bailey Road shopping mall doused Some banks hit by capital squeeze Air purifiers for Dhaka: hope or hype? Chinmoy shown arrested in Saiful murder case The Gazi factory fire tragedy represents a severe setback to the progressive transformation of Bangladesh. On a number of occasions, the country has faced failures within its intelligence services creating the impression that our intelligence agencies are not effective enough at preventing such tragedies Golam Dastagir Gazi's arrest was highly publicised making it reasonable to expect some form of untoward incident at his establishments—including subversive activities—in its aftermath our intelligence agencies failed to anticipate any such plot and did not provide law enforcement agencies with early warnings that could have enabled preventive actions There may have been coordination in the fact that miscreants first looted and vandalised the factory before setting it on fire It's possible that intelligence failed both in the surveillance of underground networks and in identifying any criminal group capable of planning an attack of this magnitude The speed at which the fire and violent looting occurred after Gazi's arrest suggests there may have been incitement to violence. Hours after the looting began, around 9pm at night, the miscreants set a fire inside the factory that this violent behaviour may have been prearranged rather than a spontaneous outburst this indicates that our intelligence services were not monitoring for any signs of violent provocation or mobilisation efforts by the miscreants The large group of individuals that stormed the factory suggesting that their actions were planned the deliberate targeting of a factory connected to a former minister could potentially be exploited by foreign groups to destabilise our new interim government Even if there is currently no concrete evidence of outside influence or diplomatic interference the intelligence agencies should not dismiss such a possibility the lack of detected factors or consideration of such possibilities indicates a gap in our intelligence efforts Intelligence agencies cannot rule out the possibility of sectarian motives fuelling the unrest we have no concrete information from published sources on this issue This suggests that our intelligence organisations are not fully engaged in their professional duties It should be the task of intelligence agencies to monitor how political events might trigger or intensify underlying social divisions A large number of individuals were involved in the looting and arson There may have been political patronage networks that mobilised people in response to the arrest An army team arrived at the scene but did not stay long The individuals rescued from the site of looting and arson were not factory workers but looters, indicating they were likely misled by rumours of easy gain The ideal role of an intelligence agency would be to counter the spread of harmful information or disinformation that could provoke violence were part of a larger criminal organisation exploiting the situation The emerging stories suggest that looting was their primary motive possibly linking criminals with political actors Given the current state of law enforcement gaps in Bangladesh intelligence services should have been proactive in detecting and disrupting these connections The failures exposed by the Gazi tragedy are not just lapses in operational efficiency they paint a very concerning picture of our intelligence effectiveness these agencies were misused to threaten lives through forced disappearances serving the interests of political regimes rather than the people The time has come for a profound transformation We need to build a patriotic and proactive intelligence and security apparatus capable of preventing and addressing crises before they escalate Views expressed in this article are the author's own Follow The Daily Star Opinion on Facebook for the latest opinions, commentaries and analyses by experts and professionals. 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To contribute your article or letter to The Daily Star Opinion, see our guidelines for submission. |বাংলাদেশঈদুল আজহার ছুটি ১০ দিন: প্রেস সচিবউপদেষ্টা পরিষদের সভায় সাইবার সুরক্ষা অধ্যাদেশ ২০২৫-এর খসড়া অনুমোদন দেওয়া হয়েছে। 2024 | The Fred Smith Auditorium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became a classroom for neurosurgeons presented a lecture on cerebrovascular and skull base surgery as part of the M Using videos of surgeries performed by himself and others who is president-elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) discussed nuances of the two types of cerebrovascular surgeries which he referred to as “the inseparable twins,” for those in the auditorium and others who attended virtually Morcos narrates videos depicting microsurgical techniques Before he began narrating the videos to focus attention on the microsurgical techniques used and the reasons behind them Smith Department of Neurosurgery at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston said he was particularly pleased to be part of the Yasargil lecture series Morcos said he had long admired the former UAMS professor from Turkey who took emeritus status in 2013 with staff and in July will celebrate his 99th birthday “I was attracted to neurosurgery because of the magic he can do,” Morcos said “Little did we know he would become the neurosurgeon of the last half of the 20th century.” The Yasargil lectureship began at UAMS in 2008 to honor the man who is considered the father of microneurosurgery and his wife a nurse who developed a method of organizing surgical instruments for different types of neurosurgeries and founded the European Association of Neurosciences Nurses “Man of the Century” was bestowed upon Yasargil by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons for his extraordinary body of work between 1950 and 1999 Turkey issued a postage stamp bearing a photograph of Yasargil and the words Morcos called Yasargil “truly an artist — an artist in his fingers and in his thinking,” observing that “he of course loved art Visitors are welcomed to the Fred Smith Auditorium for the lecture Morcos’ lecture touched repeatedly on the similarities between neurosurgery and art and the similarities between the two types of surgeries and how a surgeon’s knowledge of one can help when problems arise with another During one video depicting a complex skull-base surgery “I couldn’t have done this surgery without a certain level of comfortability” with cerebrovascular surgery as “a wonderful marriage of skull base and cerebrovascular surgeries.” Morcos compared “mastering the art” of neurosurgery to mastering the skills of a renowned artist at one point comparing neurosurgery to the work of the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonard da Vinci who are aspiring to be masters,” he quickly added Morcos pauses for a picture with Pait and UAMS neurosurgeon Deanna M Displaying earlier and final versions on the large video screen of da Vinci’s well-known drawing before you can produce something like what you see on your right.” earned his medical degree at the American University of Beirut and completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics He completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine and a fellowship in skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix © 2025 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Little Rock Northwestern Men’s Golf Inks Mark Gazi11/9/2023 6:25:00 PM | Men's Golf Ireland native to join ‘Cats in fall of 2024 The Anti-Corruption Commission today filed a case against Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku, former assistant private secretary of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on charges of amassing wealth beyond known income sources. The case was filed at the ACC's integrated district office in Dhaka, confirmed by Akhtar Hossain, director general of ACC. The case alleges that Liku has acquired ownership of assets worth Tk 52.32 lakh, inconsistent with his known sources of income, and conducted transactions amounting to Tk 144.59 crore in his 33 bank accounts. The fire at the Gazi Tyres factory in Rupganj of Narayanganj was completely doused around 5:00am today, after burning for nearly 32 hours, according to fire service personnel. Assistant Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence Anwarul Haque said that despite the fire was extinguished, rescue operations have yet to begun due to the fragile condition of the building, our local correspondent reports from the spot. He warned that there is still a risk of the fire reigniting due to the residual heat inside the structure. "After a long effort, we managed to turn down the flame for now, but there is still significant heat inside the building," Anwarul Haque said. He added that no casualties were found on the roof after a search conducted using a turntable ladder (TTL).Fire Service Director Lt Col Rezaul Karim said the fire was brought under control around 7:05pm yesterday. However, while flames were no longer visible this morning, thick smoke continued to billow from the area. Relatives of the missing were seen gathering in front of the factory, anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones who are still missing. Criminals set fire to the factory, owned by former Awami League minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, around 9:00pm Sunday, hours after the arrest of Gazi. Factory officials claimed that hundreds of people in two groups stormed the six-storey building in the Rupshi area beside Dhaka-Sylhet highway and resorted to vandalism and looting Sunday afternoon. Saiful Islam, assistant general manager at Gazi Tyres, said the criminals set fire to the ground floor around 9:00pm. Lt Col Rezaul Karim told The Daily Star earlier that relatives were claiming that their family members, who were in the factory during the fire, were missing. "We are noting down the names and addresses provided by the relatives. So far, we have 174 names." However, the fire service in a text message sent to the media around 5:50pm yesterday said they were not officially maintaining any list of the missing. Some locals gave their phone numbers and requested them to inform them if any victim was found. Elsaiey is from Egypt where he completed medical school and a clinical internship He immigrated to the US and spent 4 years as a research fellow at Harvard Beth-Israel Deaconess followed by two years of clinical research work in transplant medicine at Houston Medical he has received numerous first author peer-reviewed publications and additional online publications “It is an honor and privilege to pursue this path and bring my unique experiences and passion to my future internal medicine residency training program.” Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Virginia Campus Gazi is a Virginian who did her medical school clinical rotations at Augusta Health so we are thrilled to train one of our medical students as a resident physician She completed a BS in biology at the University of Richmond and is a 4th year student at VCOM she was chosen for the prestigious “Gold Humanism Honor Society” because of her dedication to service She has served in a free clinic in Richmond with FeedMore to provide outreach on hunger in the community and on an overdose prevention task force Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina Monterrey Hernandez Gonzalez completed medical school in Mexico and also studied abroad in Lille She currently lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and has done clinical rotations and research in Charlottesville at UVA Hernandez Gonzalez has a special interest in public health and received an altruism award in medical school as recognition serving an underserved population of patients and she has volunteered in multiple clinics including the Charlottesville Free Clinic Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine Huckabay is from Louisiana where she did her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe she received numerous recognitions for leadership and service including the “Servant’s Heart Award,” “Model Mentor Award,” “Effective Leader Award,” and “Dean’s Distinguished Student Award.” She had been a hospice volunteer and she served with the rural medicine interest group Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine Kyei is completing her medical school education in Indiana but looks forward to moving home to Virginia for internal medicine residency Virginia and attended Christopher Newport University where she received a BS in biochemistry She has a passion for service and has volunteered in the free clinic and with the Student National Medical Association during medical school she has worked with the International Justice Mission to raise awareness about social injustice She is interested in a career in general outpatient medicine or allergy and immunology Nahar graduated from medical school in Bangladesh where she received recognition for her excellent academic achievements She had extensive experience practicing medicine She currently holds a license to practice medicine in New York State and has decided to obtain additional internal medicine residency training to advance her career continually enriched by experiences and narratives that rekindle my passion for internal medicine symbolizing the day I began practicing medicine in the USA.” Dr Nguyen is a Virginian who grew up in Falls Church attended UVA where he received a BA in Biology and Psychology and is completing medical school in Lynchburg at Liberty He has served as a Compassionate Service Society youth group leader and mentor and has completed and organized humanitarian missions to Vietnam and domestically to Texas and California He has completed clinical research at Georgetown in prostate cancer and at the University of Texas on psychiatric disease he received the “Servant’s Heart Award,” “Model Mentor Award,” “Effective Leader Award,” “Class Steward Award,” and “Dean’s Distinguished Student Doctor Award.” Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Opoku is also a Virginian from Stafford VA who completed his BS in biomedical engineering at VCU before pursuing medical school at VCOM He has dedicated time during medical school to supporting the Student National Medical Association and has worked as a mentor within the organization and with the Ghanaian Physician and Surgeon Foundation He has been a member of the Diversity and Inclusive committee at VCOM and “believes in the power inclusion and the pursuit of equity.” He loves soccer and is described by his teachers as “exceptional Virginia and considers the Shenandoah Valley to be his home but chose to join his father in Iraq as a teenager to help the community and pursue new experiences he has participated in many clinical rotations and volunteered with the Harrisonburg EMS “I value my diverse experiences and skills to improve health and I have taken any and all opportunities to care for people… My experiences both locally in the US and within Kurdistan completed medical education and practices medicine He spent extensive time in 2023 pursuing clinical rotations in the US and returned home to Pakistan to continue his practice of medicine Shaikh is constantly finding ways to serve his community and help humanity He volunteers in Tabeer which he describes as a “slum school” where he teaches and provides hope to impoverished children he and colleagues immediately traveled to the area and created health camps to help Tyre makers in Bangladesh are ramping up production in a bid to expand their market share by catering to a potential supply shortage that may arise from the recent destruction of the Gazi Tyres factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj. Gazi Tyres met up to 70 percent of the country's overall demand for tyres used by rickshaws, three-wheelers and small commercial vehicles. It had also captured between 15 percent to 20 percent of the market for bus and truck tyres, and 65 percent in the minibus segment. However, its production unit faced repeated attacks from looters and arsonists since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5 because the company is owned by former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi. With the factory now reduced to a pile of rubble, other tyre makers are looking to fill any supply shortages that may materialise within the next three months. Industry people said their collective production capacity is capable of catering to more than double the country's annual demand. Heavyweights in the sector include the Meghna Group of Industries, Pran-RFL Group, Apex Hussain Tyre, Rupsha Tyres and Chemicals Ltd, and Alam Tyre. "We will utilise our maximum capacity to increase our market share in different tyre segments. We will be able to cater to about 70-80 percent of the total demand for small tyres," said Luthful Bari, director of operations at Meghna Group. As such, they can easily cover the supply gap left by Gazi Tyres, he said, especially since MTF Tyres, a concern of Meghna Group, has been running below capacity. "We previously used just 50-60 percent of our production capacity. Now, we will utilise 100 percent as it is the perfect time considering current market conditions," he added, informing that they can produce about 30 lakh rickshaw tyres each year at full capacity. According to him, MTF Tyre already caters to 60 percent of the demand for motorcycle tubes and tyres. But now, the company's market share in this segment could expand to 80 percent. Bari further said MTF Tyre alone is enough to meet most of the demand in the market. Market insiders said Bangladesh needs roughly 1.20 lakh CNG tyres and 35,000 motorcycle tyres each year, with demand consistently on the rise due to the increasing use of two and three-wheelers. Bari believes that like MTF Tyre, all other manufacturers in the industry will increase their production to capitalise on Gazi Tyres' absence. Shafiqur Rahman, managing director of Rupsha Tyres, also said they would increase production capacity for the next three months to offset any supply shortage. As a part of their efforts, he will soon open a letter of credit to import machinery to this end. "After that, I will import the necessary raw materials as well," he added. Rahman said they can cater to about 40 percent of the demand for CNG, motorcycle and easy bike tyres, with the company capable of meeting roughly 20 percent of the market's overall demand, excluding bus and truck tyres. Rahman also said local manufacturers can now produce international standard tyres for two and three-wheelers. However, they have to import some raw materials to ensure the quality of those products. "We import high-quality rubber sheets for motorcycle tyres to ensure their quality," he added. Regarding the price of locally made tyres, he said domestic products are cheaper than imported ones, but they are of similar quality. Kamruzzamn Kamal, marketing director of Pran-RFL group, said they entered the tyre industry just three years ago, which is why their market share is very low. He explained that a vacuum is created in the market whenever any major player suddenly suffers a shock, providing others with the scope to expand their business. "However, we are yet to make any decision about increasing production as a crisis is yet to emerge. It will take at least three months for a supply shortage to affect the market," he said. "If we see that more products are required in the market, then we will increase production as we have unused capacity." Kamal also said they are capable of catering to about 50 percent of the total demand for tyres with their existing production capacity.