Convocation and Rockypalooza. Aug. 19, Move-In Day for first-year students, is also the day for Convocation, the ceremony for students, faculty and staff that opens the academic year, followed by an all-campus picnic and Rockypalooza. Read More>.
A genetic condition that only affects girls and discovered by Dr. Henry H. Turner, a pioneer endocrinologist, who first described the physical display of Turners disease in 1938. He presented his findings at the 1938 annual meeting of the e Association for the Study of Internal Secretions. It affects 1 in 2500 women. Over his career, Dr. Turner wrote 30 papers and reviews concerning his studies pertaining to endocrinology, which is the study of physiology related to the endocrine glades and hormones. Turner Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that only affects females. It is the result of the absence of a part of all of a second chromosome in some or all cells and occurs at or shortly after conception. The normal number of chromosomes is 46, two of which determine gender.
Clyde William Tombaugh (/ËtÉmbaÊ/; February 4, 1906 â January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet but was later reclassified as a dwarf planet. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids. He also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.