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.
First-ever color movie found at Britainâs National Media Museum in Bradford. Cinematic pioneer Edward Turner is credited with making the worldâs first ever color films in 1901 and 1902. A British museum has found the world's first-ever color movie - a whopping 110 years after it was made. The stunning clips, unveiled Wednesday by the National Media Museum, were shot in 1901-1902 by Edward Turner, a British photographer who invented a complex three-color process well before Technicolor caught everyone's eye.