From: LASER PULSE <laserpulse@purdue.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 3:44 AM To: Harbison, Diana Beck Rossi <dbharbis@purdue.edu> Subject: News from LASER PULSE Top stories from the LASER PULSE Network [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/spacer.gif]<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/80194456/0/1005347/?72f79f7f=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsbGlua3MucHVyZHVlLmVkdQ&01f4f553=MTYxODM3NTcxNQ&b77777bc=NDI1ODkwNjg&e4eaa8c3=MTAwNTM0Nw&x=fc9a1ae4> View as a Web page<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753035/0/1005347/?b44ed14b=MjY3ZDUxYTYtYWVmZi00Yzc1LTg3YTQtOGE1ZjYzYjBjMzQ2&9bc9e11f=MTAwNTM0Nw&bcd98c89=MjExNjE3MzQyNjc&x=50f508a2> ________________________________ The latest news and information from the LASER PULSE Network [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/image-6.png] Project Success Stories Leveraging Blockchain to Transform the African Indigenous Vegetable (AIV) Value Chain in Western Kenya Over the past two years, a team from Virginia Tech, Egerton University, and the Australian startup AgUnity have been studying the AIV value chain in Kakamega county, to determine if a new blockchain-based smartphone app could help improve livelihoods, nutrition, and value chain efficiency for last-mile agricultural communities. [YouTube video] [cid:image001.png@01D816B6.AD312E10] <https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753014/0/1005347/?x=22f395e9> [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/readmore.png] [Watershed] A Visit to Nairobi and the Sasumua River Watershed Despite the travel related challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Margaret Gitau (PI) and Victoria Garibay made a successful field trip to Kenya as part of the LASER PULSE East Africa Water Security (LPEAWS) Project. The team’s first stop was the Kenya Water Resources Authority (WRA), the entity that regulates water resources management and use in Kenya. [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/readmore-lt.png] ________________________________ Project Applies Embedded Research Translation Toward Air Pollution in Vietnam The Avoid the TRAP project is a multi-sector collaboration among health, education, and environment representations to minimize the impact of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [TRAP Team] [cid:image002.png@01D816B6.AD312E10] <https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753027/0/1005347/?x=018dcd9e> [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/moreinfo.png] ________________________________ [South Sudan] JEiE Publication Addresses PSS Intervention in South Sudan A new article in The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) explores Creating a Tool to Measure Children’s Wellbeing: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan. The publication is part of LASER PULSE's Impact Evaluation of Psychosocial Support on Children’s Well-being, Literacy, and Math Outcomes in the Integrated Essential Emergency Education Program<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753024/0/1005347/?x=d4f89218>. [cid:image003.png@01D816B6.AD312E10] <https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753028/0/1005347/?x=038a14d0> [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/readmore.png] ________________________________ Internal Developments New Course Announcement 21st Century Development Research Leadership for Low Income Country Higher Education Institutions. 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[AMPATH] <https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/88589909/0/1005347/?x=20ee3285> [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/moreinfo-lt.png] [https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/tribesh-kayastha-zgdhwK1UT3U-u...] Global Research Challenge in Development (GRCD) RFA Three teams – two from Nepal and one from Rwanda – ultimately received awards totaling approximately $580,000. [cid:image005.png@01D816B6.AD312E10]<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89753031/0/1005347/?x=57c7e0b5>[https://mailimages.purdue.edu/eng-laser-pulse/moreinfo-rd.png] Featured Question for the Network ________________________________ Building off the release of our short course on Storytelling in Research Translation<https://maillinks.purdue.edu/t/42589068/1618375715/89761127/0/1005347/?x=7486971b>, how have you used storytelling in research translation or how do you plan to use it in 2022? 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