Cadets enrolled in Genetics (CH388) completed a three-part seminar on cancer from clinical diagnosis to bench research. Cadets gained experience with several resources maintained by the National Cancer Institute to assess cancer incidence, mortality, and clinical trials available for site specific tumors. The cadets, working in groups, prepared presentations on a selected type of cancer which detailed the genetic basis and macro to molecular deregulation observed in patients. These culminating presentations allowed cadets to contextualize genetic techniques discussed in class to generate their own research questions to explore their cancer of interest. This sequence was led by returning faculty member, LTC Melissa Eslinger, who recently completed doctoral studies in cancer biology.
CLS Special Focus Seminar
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CLS Cadets Collaborate with Weill Cornell Medical College
MAJ Joseph Kobes and Cadets Edric Zhan and Jacob Deem from the Chemistry and Life Sciences Department conducted MRI imaging at the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Ballon, Dr. Voss, and Eric Aronowitz at Cornell assisted Cadets Zhan and Deem to create high resolution MRI images of their re-seeded tissue on a Bruker 7T small animal MRI. They are tracking cells with nanoparticles detectable by MRI. The cadets also toured the medical school as well as interviewed doctors and scientists at Cornell.
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Latinos on Fast Track STEM Symposium
Approximately 100 high school students from The Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria, Queens; Information Technology High School in Queens; and Robert Goddard High School of Ozone Park, New York, attended the inaugural LOFT (Latino’s on Fast Track) STEM Leadership Symposium at Arnold Auditorium in Mahan Hall. Cadets and faculty from the Departments of Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Civil & Mechanical Engineering, as well as staff from the Department of Admissions provided presentation and display support to this outreach event. The symposium intent was to promote STEM careers and provide career path and leadership guidance, educational opportunities and connectivity for students and young professionals interested in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields. BG Trainor addressed the students during this event, which included a leadership symposium, STEM panel, and tour of West Point.
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Habitat for Humanity Trip to Yonkers, NY
MAJ Brewer took 13 cadets from Company I3 to Yonkers to help finalize construction of a Habitat for Humanity home. Led by CDT Brendan Ward ’18, the cadets dug trenches for piping, dug window wells, painted frames and railings, shoveled gravel for filling, constructed a porch foundation, and worked under the house in crawl spaces. We were all honored to work at this site over the weekend as this house was being finished for a veteran, Ivan Arroyo. Over Veterans’ Day, the home was dedicated to Ivan and his family members who also helped work on this home. The cadets left the site feeling proud that they not only served the greater community, but they also helped to ensure the home was finished by Veterans Day.
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Mgmt Prgm Visits Cornell Univ Johnson Grad School of Mgmt
13 cadets and 2 management instructors visited Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management to participate in an annual leadership exchange. At Cornell, cadets attended MBA classes (managerial finance, strategy, or data driven marketing) and participated in a faculty-led finance case with renowned Professor Drew Pascarella. Cadets also enjoyed an opportunity to meet with Cornell Army ROTC cadets and former military officers now studying at Cornell to discuss the Army/military profession. The visiting cadets and faculty accomplished the Management Program’s goal of stimulating intellectual curiosity and increasing a desire to learn about management-related topics as well as furthering their knowledge of the Army profession. This visit is one half of a reciprocal exchange with Cornell’s MBA program; 34 Cornell MBA candidates visited West Point in September to learn more about leadership and management as well as USMA’s mission.
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BS&L Cadets visit Sing Sing Correctional Facility
30 students in PL393 Criminology and the Criminal Justice System and two sociology faculty members visited Sing Sing Correctional Facility for an all-day tour of the facility. This educational trip provided myriad insights into life in a maximum security prison, bringing the concept of a pure total institution to life. From conversations with correctional officers and the Deputy, to a briefing from an inmate about a new program at the facility, to walking tours throughout the organization, students learned about numerous features of life inside Sing Sing. Additionally, the Superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Mr. Mike Capra, visited PL393 classes on Tuesday, November 10, to provide a short lecture and exchange in a question and answer session with cadets and faculty about Sing Sing and other timely topics about the US Criminal Justice System.
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Athletic Director's Update
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Balance Keys Women’s Basketball’s Win Over Rider
WEST POINT, NY - Five players scored at least five points to send the Army West Point women's basketball team to a 57-42 win over Rider on Sunday afternoon at Christl Arena. Senior Jean Parker finished with a game-high 18 points for the Black Knights. Army, which is receiving votes in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll, improves to 4-1 on the season, while Rider falls to 2-3. Parker shot 7-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-7 from deep, while adding six rebounds and a pair of steals. Sunday's contest was Parker's second straight game hitting four three-pointers after she did so at Duke on Nov. 22. Click here to watch the video.
Senior Kelsey Minato finished with 11 points and three assists, while sophomore Lena' Hicks contributed eight points and four rebounds off the bench. Minato raised her career point total to 1,924 and now needs 18 points to pass Katie Macfarlane's (USMA '04) Academy record of 1,941 points. Senior Aimee Oertner scored five points to go along with a career-high-tying 12 rebounds and five assists, and a season-best five blocks. Freshman Izzy McMahon netted five points in a reserve role for the first points of her career. Read More
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Plomb Leads Men’s Basketball To Tournament Crown
WEST POINT, NY - After a furious Gardner-Webb rally sent the game to overtime, the Army West Point men's basketball team made the critical plays in the extra session to claim the 2015 Barclays Center Classic championship crown on Saturday night at Christl Arena. The 103-98 triumph for Army improved it to 5-2 on the season. Click here to watch the video.
Tanner Plomb garnered most-valuable player honors and Kyle Wilson was also selected to the all-tournament team. The 6-7 senior forward poured in a career-high 31 points on an 11-for-17 shooting performance, with seven three-pointers, while Wilson added 20 points. Classmate Kevin Ferguson recorded hissecond straight double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds and Dylan Cox contributed 10 points and nine assists. Read More
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Jazz Forum Improvisation Workshop
The Jazz Forum held an improvisation workshop in Lincoln Hall. Two of the USMA band’s finest jazz musicians facilitated the workshop. SSG Geoffrey Vidal and SSG Bryan Ponton are both professional jazz musicians who spent time playing in New York City prior to joining the Army. The workshop was attended by six Cadet musicians and members of the Department of English and Philosophy. Story
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Plomb Named Patriot League Player of the Week
WEST POINT, NY - After being named the most valuable player of the 2015 Barclays Center Classic, Tanner Plomb has been honored as the Patriot League men's basketball player of the week. Plomb averaged 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists as the Black Knights went 2-1 last week, including victories over Arkansas — Pine Bluff and Gardner-Webb in the weekend tournament at West Point. The senior forward nearly recorded a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in Friday's win over the Golden Lions, before erupting for a career-high 31 points in the win over Gardner-Webb.
Plomb hit 7-of-9 three-pointers, including his first six attempts against the Runnin' Bulldogs, to set a new career high in threes and help Army capture the tournament crown. The Mukwonago, Wis., native leads the Patriot League and ranks in the top-25 nationally with 21.4 points per game and is tied for second in the conference with 8.6 rebounds per contest. Plomb has scored in double figures in every game this year, with three performances of 20 points or more. Read More
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Gahagen Named Athlete of the Week
WEST POINT, NY - Junior goaltender Parker Gahagen was named the Army West Point Athletics Athlete of the Week after leading the hockey team to a three-point weekend on the road at Canisius. Gahagen stopped 57-of-60 shots faced against the Golden Griffins, including a 37-save effort on Friday night in a 3-1 win. He returned to the net the next night as stopped 20 shots in a 2-2 tie. Click here to watch the video.
Gahagen is 2-3-4 on the year and earns his second Athlete of the Week honor this season. He has a .915 save percentage and a 2.89 goals against average, which are among Atlantic Hockey's best. The Black Knights return to the ice this weekend with a home-and-home series with Sacred Heart, beginning on Friday night in Milford, Conn., and finishing up at West Point on Saturday night. Both faceoffs are set for 7:05 p.m. Read More
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Sprint Football Earns 17 Honors; Choi Named Co-MVP
WEST POINT, NY - For the first time in the Collegiate Sprint Football League's history that dates back prior to World War II, there are co-recipients of the Jim Kay Award. Army West Point's Philip Choi and Penn's Mike McCurdy were pegged as the league's MVPs, announced Tuesday. The Black Knights earned 17 total league honors, including seven players garnering first-team nods coming off the program's 17th perfect season and 34th CSFL Championship. Additionally, seven members of the program's winningest class earned recognition for the effort put forth in their senior campaigns.
Choi led the CSFL with 15.0 tackles for loss for 87 yards and 11.5 sacks for 73 yards, while also tying Army's team lead in solo tackles with 27. The senior defensive lineman from Fountain Valley, Calif., also finished tied for second on the team in fumbles forced and recovered with one of each.After receiving CSFL Honorable Mention last season, Choi set single-season personal bests in tackles (37), solo tackles, assisted tackles (10), tackles for loss, tackle for loss yards, sacks, sack yards, fumbles forced, fumbles recovered and blocks (2). He also set single-game career highs with 12 tackles, six assisted, versus Navy on Oct. 31, as well as seven solo tackles and five sacks at Mansfield on Oct. 10. Read More
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Edwards Shoots Men’s Basketball Past Maine
BANGOR, MD - A hot-shooting first 20 minutes gave the Army West Point men's basketball team a 21-point halftime lead and it never looked back in an 84-71 victory over Maine on Wednesday evening at the Cross Insurance Center. The Black Knights' third consecutive win improved them to 6-2 on the season, while Maine dropped to 2-4 overall. Kennedy Edwards registered a career-high 21 points to pace the Army offense, Kyle Wilson (17) and Tanner Plomb (13) joined him in double digits, while Kevin Ferguson tied a career-high with six blocked shots. Army drained 12-of-34 three-point field goals, while limiting Maine to 2-for-16 from distance in the game. The Black Knights won the turnover battle (16-12) and outscored Maine in that department 21-8. The Black Bears outrebounded Army 50-42 and were plus-13 in second-chance points. Read More
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Athletic Director's Update
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Women’s Basketball Beats Yale - Minato Sets Record
NEW HAVEN, CT - Senior Kelsey Minato scored 20 points in the second half to finish with a game-high 27 and help the Army West Point women's basketball team erase an 11-point deficit to come away with a 65-61 win over Yale on Thursday night at the Lee Amphitheater. Minato became the program's all-time leading scorer, finishing the evening with 1,951 career points. Army picks up its first road win to improve to 5-1 on the season, while Yale drops to 5-4.
Minato surpassed the previous standard of 1,941 points set by Army Hall-of-Famer Katie Macfarlane (USMA '04) in 2004. Minato shot 16-of-18 from the foul line and added a season-best six assists, while sophomore Janae McNeal totaled career bests of 11 points and six boards. Senior Aimee Oertner finished with her second double-double of the year, totaling 10 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Daizjah Morris chipped in eight points off the bench. Read More
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Combat Weapons Sends Three to Joint Academy Clinic
The Army West Point Combat Weapons Team sent three team members to Texas A&M in College Station, TX, to participate in a Joint Academy Shooting Clinic. Members of the team, along with cadets form Texas A&M and Navy Midshipmen, participated in the clinic which concluded with a “friendly” three gun match. Cadet Mike Okorn placed second, with all of the Army West Point team members surpassing Navy. The clinic concluded with a march on with the Corps as part of Texas A&M’s football game on Saturday.
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Jazz Forum Goes to The Mingus Big Band Performance
Ten cadets from the West Point Jazz Forum travelled to New York City, to see the Mingus Big Band perform live at the Jazz Standard. The Jazz Standard is one of New York City’s premiere Jazz venues. The Mingus Big Band carries on the living music of Charles Mingus, one of America’s most prolific and most celebrated composers of the 20th Century, featuring New York City’s best Jazz Musicians and brightest talents. This event tied together the entire semester for the Jazz Forum, as the very first meeting of the group featured a DVD viewing of Charles Mingus’ Sextet from 1964.
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German Club Members Enjoy a Stammtisch
Ten members of the USMA German Club travelled to Yorkville, in NYC, for a German ‘Stammtisch’ (social event) at Café D’Alsace. Yorkville is the traditional German borough of New York City, where many German-style businesses and churches are still active. Cadets also walked about in the section of Yorkville, visiting several German establishments.
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Debate Competes in the Brad Smith Debate Tournament
The West Point Debate team travelled to Rochester University in Rochester, NY, to compete in the 2015 Brad Smith Debate Tournament. All four of the Army Debaters took home Speaker Awards in the Open Division, which included: CDT Seamus Matlack ’18, CDT TJ Collin ’18, CDT Gus Watts ’18, and CDT James Hickey ’17. The Army CW team broke into Quarter Finals in their first Open Tournament ever. The Army HM advanced to Semi-Finals in their first Open Tournament as well. The next major event will be the 3rd Annual Army-Navy Debate on 11 Dec.
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