Scholarly Acknowledgement and the Mastery of Reference Management Software

 Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

Scholarly Acknowledgement and the Mastery of Reference Management Software was presented at the Workshop organised by the Department of Accounting, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria on April 30, 2024. Access the slides here.

Mastering Reference Management Software and Digital Information Sources for Enhanced Research Productivity

 Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

I facilitated a training workshop on Mastering Reference Management Software and Digital Information Sources for Enhanced Research Productivity organized by the Faculty of Education, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria on April 30, 2024. Download the presentation here. 

Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living and dealing with Behavioural Challenges in Children

 Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

I spoke at the Teens/Children Teachers’ Training Programme on the topic: Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living and dealing with Behavioural Challenges in Children, orgnaised by the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Provincial Headquarters, Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, July 20, 2024. Access the presentation here.

Open Science Infrastructures for Library and Information Professionals

Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

I presented the paper titled Open Science Infrastructures for Library and Information Professionals at the Mandatory Workshop on Data, Linked Data and Visualization organized by the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), July 22- 26, 2024 at the E-Library of the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Download the presentation here.

A Pitch for SPP's Generation Fund by a 2023 Fellow

Nigerian Morolake Omoya makes History as the first Black University of California Los Angeles Student to earn 3 Degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering

 According to a report by Matthew Chin for the UCLA Newsroom, Morolake Omoya, in March 2023, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, becoming the first Black student to receive bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Supervised by Professor Henry V Burton, her Ph.D. Dissertation on Bayesian Methods for Modeling Post-Earthquake Damage and Recovery of Infrastructure was based on the 2014 Napa earthquake. Omoya’s approach uses more data — including detailed building and site information, as well as sociodemographic data — than previous models. And it incorporates a type of statistical analysis called Bayesian inferencing for more robust and real-time modeling. Ultimately, the goal was to develop a better blueprint to help communities in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake and throughout their long-term recovery.

Congratulating her, Associate Adjunct Professor Audrey P. O'Neal, noted that Rolake, as she is fondly called, is "a brilliant scholar, leader, role model, and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion", who is "guided by faith and her supportive family in Nigeria to be the change she wants to see."

Rolake herself opined that she has through her history-making 3 degrees earning years at UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering learnt vital life lessons "that we rise by lifting others and others are lifted because we rise".

Congratulations to this trailblazing Nigerian lady, Dr. Morolake Omoya, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

How to Edit Sent Messages on WhatsApp

Did you make a mistake (spelling, context or what have you) in a sent WhatsApp message? Relax, don't delete. Just press and EDIT. Edit? Yes!

A new feature that lets users edit messages that have already been sent has been unveiled by WhatsApp according to Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.

“For this, within 15 minutes of sending the message, you have to tap and hold that message for a while and then select the option of ‘Edit’ from the menu.” Receivers of the messages would be aware of the correction without seeing the ‘edit’ history.

So, follow these four steps to edit sent messages on WhatsApp:

1. Open your WhatsApp chat

2. Long-press on a sent message

3. Click on ‘Edit’ located at the top of your right hand, from the menu for up to fifteen minutes after.

4. Edited messages will display ‘edited’ alongside them.