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Clinical research coordinator associate (onsite) -medicine, pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine.

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The Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine (PAACM) is seeking a full-time (100% FTE) Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (CRCA) to coordinate multicenter clinical trials investigating plasma and lung biomarkers, and emerging therapies for patients with sepsis, pneumonia, and lung injury. These studies are conducted at the Stanford Hospital and Clinics, often involving patients in the intensive care unit. The CRCA will work as part of a highly committed clinical trials research team and report to the Clinical Research Manager and various Principal Investigators conducting clinical research within the Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine Division. The position requires a desire to work in a fast-paced environment of an acute care setting as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes MDs, RNs, and RTs, and other research coordinators. The position will require superior organizational skills to ensure rigorous and timely compliance with multiple clinical trial protocols and adherence to regulatory standards. Responsibilities include screening and enrollment of subjects, and implementation of study protocols in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines, and collection and maintenance of complete data files in accordance with HIPAA regulations. This position will also be responsible for overseeing activities related to acquisition, processing, storage and organization of human materials, including serum. Experience in sample processing, some flexibility in work hours, and knowledge of computer programming/data analysis are preferred.

Duties include:

• Serve as primary contact with research participants, sponsors, and regulatory agencies. Coordinate studies from start-up through close-out.
• Determine eligibility of and gather consent from study participants according to protocol. Assist in developing recruitment strategies.
• Coordinate collection of study specimens and processing.
• Collect and manage patient and laboratory data for clinical research projects. Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms.
• Ensure compliance with research protocols, and review and audit case report forms for completion and accuracy with source documents. Prepare regulatory submissions and ensure Institutional Review Board renewals are completed.
• Assemble study kits for study visits, monitor scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinate documents, and attend monitoring meetings with sponsors, acting as primary contact.
• Monitor expenditures and adherence to study budgets and resolve billing issues in collaboration with finance and/or management staff.
• Interact with the principal investigator regularly, ensuring patient safety and adherence to proper study conduct.
• Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in monitor visits and regulatory audits.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Interest in learning about clinical study design/implementation and about the care of critically ill patients.
• Ability to coordinate research protocol activities in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment like the intensive care unit.
• Willingness to learn how to handle specimens for shipping and willingness to learn basic processing of biospecimens for storage.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with patients and their surrogates in the context of the patient’s critical illness, as well as interact with treating physicians, nurses, pharmacy and other health care providers.
• Willingness to learn about Institutional Review Board (IRB) policy and practice, including the informed consent process.
• Timely communication with IRB regarding Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reports protocol violations, and amendment reviews and revisions.
• Aptitude for medical record review.
• Responsible record keeping, including the retention of source documentation for all study data, including laboratory, pharmacy and medical records.
• Good computer skills (able to use Microsoft Word and Excel).
• Experience in all phases of industry-sponsored and NIH funded clinical trials.
• Experience with REDCap, EPIC and OpenSpecimen (or similar biospecimen management system)
• Experience in sample processing, and knowledge of computer programming/data analysis would be highly desirable but not required.
• Fluency in Spanish
• Preference for applicants who envision 2 years in the position.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

• Two-year college degree and two years related work experience or a bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of related education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

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• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

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The expected pay range for this position is $27.88 to $36.54 per hour.

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Durham, NC, US, 27710

HR Analyst responsibilities include:

We are looking for an HR Analyst to gather and process qualitative and quantitative data around jobs, compensation and employment trends.

HR Analyst responsibilities include measuring retention and turnover rates, helping create hiring plans and compensation and benefits packages. If you have a knack for identifying trends, drawing useful conclusions and recommending solutions

Ultimately, you will help ensure maximum efficiency for our HR functions, from hiring and payroll to employee training and development.

Management engineering - to include the productivity management system, labor budgeting and productivity/process analyses and improvement.

Operational Support - supporting Senior Operational leadership with focused analyses or improvement efforts and management of administrative projects and efforts.

Decision support - to include ongoing performance improvement support.

Performance Reporting - to include management of reporting and related performance metrics.

Performance Improvement - to include project management and support.

Developing SQL data extraction queries, analyzing data, creating queries from SAP derivative tables, developing visualizations, performing numerous analyses with Tableau and other engineering software applications to guide information discovery and deliver solutions to leadership.

Design and code of data visualizations regarding HR work cycles and process productivity

Development of maintenance of labor standards used to develop departmental staffing requirements.  These standards are also used a procedural level labor standards by the HR Budget office.

Support of University leadership with productivity improvement efforts to include analyses of departments and processes that may include work study and industrial engineering methodology.

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• Researches and analyzes various HR related issues and participates in problem resolution.
• Represents the department in various internal committees, task forces, and cross functional meetings within the University.
• Consults with internal customers regarding various transactions; trouble shoots HR related issues and identifies client's business needs.
• Participate in HR investigations, job audits and/or negotiations, as appropriate to the individual position; follows up with appropriate parties on findings.
• Develops and conducts or participates in specialized presentations and training, as appropriate, covering operational and/or technical HR related information for specified area of expertise.
• Provides day-to-day advice, interpretation, and support to client departments regarding the application of human resources policies, guidelines, procedures, and best practices.
• Creates and presents complex ad hoc data analyses and reports, as appropriate to the area of expertise; identifies errors and deficiencies and makes process improvement recommendations. Assist in the development and modification of operating policies, guidelines, procedures, systems, and documentation, as appropriate to the development of best practices within the unit.
• Enters and reviews routine employee/applicant data into various human resources data bases and ensures data integrity.
• May supervise, lead, train, provide coverage and coordinate the activities of staff performing related work.
• Develops and maintains labor analysis for University workforce.
• Supports productivity improvement efforts to include the analysis of school processes. 
• Perform labor variance analysis in cooperation with departmental leadership to improve university labor cost models.
• May serve as Campus Security Authority as outlined by the Clery Act.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
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Education/Training:       Bachelors or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, experience. University / University Healthcare experience preferred.

Experience:                    Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in successful completion of projects with varying size and complexity, from start-to-finish.

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NSF Awards $12.5M to Duke Researchers and Colleagues to Explore Polyploidy

A new $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant was awarded to Duke University School of Medicine researchers and colleagues to investigate biology common to cancer, agriculture, biodiversity and more.  

It's called polyploidy, and only within the last few years have biologists begun to recognize its significance across the tree of life.  

“Polyploidy packs cells and organisms with extra sets of genetic material. It’s found in organisms all over the planet and in the cells of essentially every human organ system,” said Don Fox, PhD , professor of pharmacology & cancer biology and cell biology who leads Duke’s effort in the multi-institution project. 

Fox is one of 18 scientists working to establish the Polyploidy Integration and Innovation Institute. The grant is part of a broader initiative by the NSF to bring together scientists from disparate areas of expertise to work on pressing problems in biology.  

The University of Florida and the Florida Museum will lead the project, collaborating with institutions including Duke, Cornell University, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota, University of Mississippi, University of Pittsburgh, and the Ghent University and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. 

Fox’s laboratory will study polyploidy in an animal model -- the fruit fly.   

“We don’t know much about how polyploidy impacts biological processes. To answer this fundamental question, we needed a team approach,” Fox said.  

This NSF award enables Fox to combine his efforts in flies with colleagues in the U.S. and Europe, who will add studies in plants, algae, and fungi to the collaborative effort. “Polyploidy is a perfect topic for this sort of integration,” said plant biologist Pam Soltis, PhD, a curator at the Florida Museum and lead investigator on the project. Researchers with the institute will study the effects of polyploidy in plants and animals, from entire ecosystems down to organs and cells.  

“We want to conduct a set of experiments that is consistent across organisms,” said Doug Soltis, PhD, professor at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biology at the University of Florida. “This is the first time we’ll be able to determine whether there are consistent rules that govern polyploidy.” 

The institute will use new and unique data management tools and prioritize community engagement to gain as much insight as possible, with eventual applications to agriculture, medicine, and conservation.  

“The institute will guide high school curriculum development and teacher training, provide research experiences for undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers and offer training in science communication, while hosting local and international research conferences,” said Pam Soltis. 

Tip of the Iceberg  

At its most basic, polyploidy just means having more than the normal pair of matching chromosomes. Typically, when plants and animals undergo sexual reproduction, two sets of chromosomes — one from each parent — combine to create a new organism.  

Humans have been aware of this concept since the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel established the foundation of genetic inheritance by conducting experiments with pea plants. But occasionally, this process goes awry, and instead of a pair of chromosomes, offspring are endowed with additional chromosome sets in a process called genome duplication.  

This happens frequently in plants, and for several decades, botanists were the only ones who took a significant interest in the subject. The process can be so prevalent that some plants carry around eight or more chromosome pairs packed tightly in their cells. What is the utility of all this extra genetic material? Scientists once thought it didn’thave much use at all. Then they discovered it was one of the most common ways new species are formed. 

According to Soltis, they’re still learning this. “My own view is there are hundreds of thousands of cryptic polyploid species that we have never recognized or scientifically named.” 

For reasons that remain unclear, polyploidy also seems to be stratified on a global scale. There are fewer known polyploid species in the tropics than there are in colder regions, and the incidence of genome duplication appears to be higher at increased elevations.  

It may also have serious implications for how well plants are able to cope with rapid climate change.  

Biologists later discovered that polyploidy wasn’t just restricted to plants. Animals had it too. Nearly everything with a backbone can trace its origin to double genome duplication events that took place more than 450 million years ago. Similar duplications have occurred in fish, worms, insects, arachnids and mollusks.  

“Polyploidy is everywhere,” Soltis said. “It’s a giant iceberg, and we’re at the very tip.” 

Biomedical Implications 

Scientists next discovered that polyploidy did much more than increase biodiversity. It’s also an important part of the way many plants and animals function — or malfunction. Polyploidy is present in roughly 37% of cancer types in humans. In other types, scientists think induced polyploidy may even provide a cure. 

Polyploidy pops up in various organs as well, where it plays a significant role. “We’ve contributed to the finding that polyploidy promotes significant organ regeneration” said Fox, who co-directs Duke’s Regeneration Center. “And recently we collaborated with Dawn Bowles, PhD, in the Duke Department of Surgery and Nenad Bursac, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering to show that polyploidy shapes the chambers of the heart in both flies and humans. This means that polyploidy may play a critical role in sculpting not only the heart but many other organs.”  

The medical community began realizing the importance of polyploidy in the early 2000s, but they were largely unaware that other biologists had been intently focused on the topic for many decades. A series of scientific conferences devoted entirely to polyploidy helped bring everyone together.  

“It’s a case of not seeing what you don’t look for. We were all siloed, and there was a lot of surprise when people learned about what others were doing,” Soltis said.  

Just as genetics became its own field of study that transcended biological boundaries after Mendel laid out the laws of inheritance, polyploidy is poised to become a new specialty, one ripe for discovery and innovation. The Polyploidy Integration and Innovation Institute will help make this happen. 

In addition to Duke, the University of Florida, and the Florida Museum, other collaborating institutions are Cornell University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, the University of Mississippi, the University of Pittsburgh, Ghent University and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. 

Content adapted from University of Florida.  

• Chemical Insights Research Institute Partners With Duke University and The East-West Center To Examine Dust and Ash From Devastating Hawaiian Wildfires

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The East-West Center (EWC) together with Chemical Insights Research Institute (CIRI) and research partners from Duke University collaborated on the Lahaina Environmental Assessment Project (LEAP) . This study will analyze enduring environmental samples from areas affected by the fire. Exposure to the fires has led to varying degrees of health concerns, negative impacts on local ecosystems, and water contamination.

During this study, samples from over 60 affected lands were collected. That information will contribute to the research on health risks based on the aftermath of wild land urban interface (WUI) fires. Information is limited about such fires, yet they are increasing Dr. Marilyn Black, VP and Senior Technical Advisor for CIRI, stated that further research and understanding such risks are crucial in order to move forward with land reuse strategies.

East-West Center Senior Fellow, Dr. Sumeet Saksena, emphasizes the combination of soil, water, and air is key in the rebuilding process of the displaced households. Dr. Saksena also highlights identifying the sources on the affected lands that resulted in unique contamination. Possible sources include vehicles, solar panels, and home appliances.

Samples taken for the study will be taken to Marietta, Georgia, in CIRI's Center for Advanced Measurements for analysis. Exploratory analyses show the presence of arsenic, lead, chromium, and lithium in the samples. More information about CIRI's research plan can be reviewed here .

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2024 ncaa softball bracket: women's college world series scores, schedule.

The 2024 NCAA DI softball Women's College World Series is complete. What started as an eight-team field ended with Oklahoma winning its fourth title in a row, beating Texas in the championship series.  The initial championship bracket was announced on Sunday, May 12 in a selection show.

Below you can find all the information about the 2024 DI softball tournament.

2024 NCAA DI softball tournament bracket

👉  Click or tap here for the full 2024 bracket  |  See the WCWS bracket

2024 Women's College World Series schedule (May 30-June 6)

• Game 1 : (6) UCLA 4 , (14) Alabama 1  | Highlights
• Game 2 : (2) Oklahoma 9, (10) Duke 1  | Highlights
• Game 3 : (1) Texas 4, (8) Stanford 0  | Highlights
• Game 4 : (4) Florida 1, (5) Oklahoma State 0  | Highlights

May 31 - Loser's bracket (elimination games)

• Game 5 : Alabama 2,  Duke 1  | Highlights
• Game 6 : Stanford 8,  Oklahoma State 0  | Highlights

June 1 - Winner's bracket

• Game 7 : Oklahoma 1, UCLA 0  | Highlights
• Game 8 : Texas 10,  Florida 0  | Highlights
• Game 9 : Florida 6,  Alabama 4  | Highlights
• Game 10 : Stanford 3, UCLA 1  | Highlights
• Game 11 : Florida 9,  Oklahoma 3  | Highlights
• Game 13 : Texas 1, Stanford 0  | Highlights
• Game 12 (if necessary) : Oklahoma 6, Florida 5  | Highlights
• WCWS Final Game 1 : Oklahoma 8 , Texas 3  | Highlights
• WCWS Final Game 2 : Oklahoma 8 , Texas 4  | Highlights

🏆 Oklahoma wins the 2024 WCWS

2024 DI softball regionals  (May 17-19)

Austin regional – austin, texas.

• Game 1:   No. 1 Texas (host) 5,  Siena 0 
• Game 2:  Northwestern 7, Saint Francis (Pennsylvania) 2
• Game 3: No. 1 Texas 14 , Northwestern 2
• Game 4: Saint Francis 1, Siena vs. 0
• Game 5: Northwestern 5, Saint Francis 1
• Game 6: No. 1 Texas 7,  Northwestern 0

🏆  Texas advances

Norman Regional – Norman, Oklahoma

• Game 1:  Oregon 8,  Boston University 0
• Game 2:   No. 2 Oklahoma (host) 9, Cleveland State 0 
• Game 3: No. 2 Oklahoma 6, Oregon 3
• Game 4: Boston University 8, Cleveland State 0
• Game 5: Oregon 8, Boston University 2
• Game 6: No. 2 Oklahoma 3, Oregon 2

🏆 Oklahoma advances

Knoxville Regional – Knoxville, Tennessee

• Game 1:  Virginia 7 , Miami (Ohio) 0
• Game 2:  No. 3 Tennessee (host) 3, Dayton 0 
• Game 3: No. 3 Tennessee 12, Virginia 0
• Game 4: Miami (Ohio) 4, Dayton 0
• Game 5: Virginia 6, Miami (Ohio) 0 
• Game 6: No. 3 Tennessee 6, Virginia 0

🏆 Tennessee advances

Gainesville Regional – Gainesville, Florida

• Game 1:  No. 4 Florida (host) 6 , Florida Gulf Coast 0
• Game 2:  South Alabama 1, Florida Atlantic 0
• Game 3: No. 4 Florida 9, South Alabama 1 
• Game 4: Florida Gulf Coast 3, Florida Atlantic 2
• Game 5: South Alabama 5, Florida Gulf Coast 1
• Game 6: No. 4 Florida 9, South Alabama 1

🏆 Florida advances

Stillwater Regional – Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Game 1:  Kentucky 4, Michigan 3
• Game 2:  No. 5 Oklahoma State (host) 6, Northern Colorado 0
• Game 3: No. 5 Oklahoma State 6 , Kentucky 2
• Game 4: Michigan 4, Northern Colorado 2
• Game 5: Michigan 4,  Kentucky 2 
• Game 6: No. 5 Oklahoma State 4 , Michigan 1

🏆 Oklahoma State advances

Los Angeles Regional – Los Angeles, California

• Game 1:  Virginia Tech 5,  San Diego State 1
•  Game 2:  No. 6 UCLA (host) 9,  Grand Canyon 0
• Game 3: No. 6 UCLA 7,  Virginia Tech 6
• Game 4: Grand Canyon 9,  San Diego State 7
• Game 5: Grand Canyon 4, Virginia Tech 1  
• Game 6: No. 6 UCLA 9 , Grand Canyon 1

🏆 UCLA advances

Columbia Regional – Columbia, Missouri

• Game 1:  Washington 8, Indiana 7
• Game 2:  Omaha 3, No. 7 Missouri (host) 1
• Game 3: Omaha 3, Washington 2
• Game 4: No. 7 Missouri 5, Indiana 1
• Game 5:   No. 7 Missouri 4,   Washington 1
• Game 6: No. 7 Missouri 5, Omaha 1
• Game 7: No. 7 Missouri 1, Omaha 0

🏆 Missouri advances

Stanford Regional – Stanford, California

• Game 1:   Mississippi State 1, Cal State Fullerton 0
• Game 2:  No. 8 Stanford (host) 8,   Saint Mary’s (California) 6 
• Game 3: No. 8 Stanford 2, Mississippi State 1
• Game 4: Cal State Fullerton 6, Saint Mary's (California) 1
• Game 5: Cal State Fullerton 7 , Mississippi State 0
• Game 6:   Cal State Fullerton 8, No. 8 Stanford 1
• Game 7: No. 8 Stanford 4, Cal State Fullerton 2

🏆 Stanford advances

Baton Rouge Regional – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Game 1:  Southern Illinois 5 , California 4
• Game 2:  No. 9 LSU (host) 5 , Jackson State 0
• Game 3: No. 9 LSU 4, Southern Illinois 1
• Game 4: California 15, Jackson State 0
• Game 5: Southern Illinois 3, California 2
• Game 6: No. 9 LSU 9, Southern Illinois 0

🏆 LSU advances

Durham Regional – Durham, North Carolina

• Game 1:  South Carolina 2, Utah 1
• Game 2:  No. 10 Duke (host) 6, Morgan State 1
• Game 3: No. 10 Duke 8 , South Carolina 0
• Game 4: Utah 1, Morgan State 0 
• Game 5: South Carolina 5,  Utah 1 
• Game 6: No. 10 Duke 10,  South Carolina 1

🏆 Duke advances

Athens Regional – Athens, Georgia

• Game 1:  Liberty 6 , Charlotte 3
• Game 2:  No. 11 Georgia (host) 8, UNCW 0
• Game 3: Liberty 7, No. 11 Georgia 3
• Game 4: Charlotte 5 , UNCW 0
• Game 5: No. 11 Georgia 5,  Charlotte 0
• Game 6: No. 11 Georgia 14, Liberty 5
• Game 7: No. 11 Georgia 3, Liberty 2

🏆 Georgia advances

Fayetteville Regional – Fayetteville, Arkansas

• Game 1:  Arizona 14,  Villanova 3
• Game 2:  No. 12 Arkansas (host) 3 , Southeast Missouri State 2
• Game 3: Arizona 2, No. 12 Arkansas 1
• Game 4: Villanova 4, Southeast Missouri 1
• Game 5: Villanova 7,  No. 12 Arkansas 2
• Game 6: Arizona 9 , Villanova 4

🏆 Arizona advances

Lafayette Regional – Lafayette, Louisiana

• Game 1:  No. 13 Louisiana (host) 8, Princeton 0 (5)* *Louisiana gained a  run-rule win  — closing out Game 1 after the fifth inning
• Game 2:  Baylor 3, Ole Miss 1
• Game 3: Baylor 8, No. 13 Louisiana 0
• Game 4: Princeton 4, Ole Miss 2
• Game 5: No. 13 Louisiana 2, Princeton 1 
• Game 6: No. 13 Louisiana 13, Baylor 0
• Game 7: Baylor 4, No. 13 Louisiana 3

🏆 Baylor advances

Tuscaloosa Regional – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Game 1:  Southeastern Louisiana 6 , Clemson 2
• Game 2:  No. 14 Alabama (host) 1 , USC Upstate 0
• Game 3: No. 14 Alabama 6, Southeastern Louisiana 3 (OT)
• Game 4: Clemson 8, USC Upstate 0
• Game 5: Southeastern Louisiana 6, Clemson 2
• Game 6: No. 14 Alabama 12 , Southeastern Louisiana  2
• Game 7  if necessary  | 3:30 p.m.

🏆 Alabama advances

Tallahassee Regional – Tallahassee, Florida

• Game 1:  UCF 11, Auburn 6
• Game 2:  No. 15 Florida State (host) 3, Chattanooga 2
• Game 3: No. 15 Florida State 5,  UCF 1
• Game 4: Auburn 9, Chattanooga 0
• Game 5: Auburn 2, UCF 1
• Game 6: No. 15 Florida State 10,  Auburn 4

🏆 Florida State advances

Bryan-College Station Regional – Bryan-College Station, Texas

• Game 1:  Texas State 4,  Penn State 2 
• Game 2:  No. 16 Texas A&M (host) 6, UAlbany 2
• Game 3: No. 16 Texas A&M 1, Texas State 0
• Game 4: Penn State 9,  UAlbany 3
• Game 5:   Texas State 8, Penn State 4
• Game 6: No. 16 Texas A&M 8, Texas State 0

🏆 Texas A&M advances

2024 DI softball Super Regionals schedule  (May 23-25)

*All times Eastern

Austin Super Regional

• Game 1:  (16) Texas A&M 6, (1) Texas 5
• Game 2: (1) Texas 9,  (16) Texas A&M 8
• Game 3  if necessary : (1) Texas 6, (16) Texas A&M 5

Norman Super Regional 

• Game 1: (2) Oklahoma 11,  (15) Florida State 3
• Game 2: (2) Oklahoma 4, (15) Florida State 2

🏆  Oklahoma advances

Knoxville Super Regional

• Game 1: (3) Tennessee 3, (14) Alabama 2
• Game 2: (14) Alabama 3, (3) Tennessee 2 (14th)  
• Rewatch the full bottom of the 14th inning
• Game 3  if necessary :  (14) Alabama 4, (3) Tennesse 1

🏆  Alabama advances

Gainesville Super Regional

• Game 1: (4) Florida 4 , Baylor 2
• Game 2: Baylor 5 , (4) Florida 2
• Game 3  if necessary : (4) Florida 5, Baylor 3

Stillwater Super Regional

• Game 1: (5) Oklahoma State 8, Arizona 0
• Game 2: (5) Oklahoma State 10,  Arizona 4

Los Angeles Super Regional

• Game 1: (6) UCLA 8,  (11) Georgia 0
• Game 2: (6) UCLA 6, (11) Georgia 1

🏆  UCLA advances

Columbia Super Regional

• Game 1:  (10) Duke 6, (7) Missouri 3
• Game 2: (7) Missouri 3 , (10) Duke 1
• Game 3  if necessary :  (10) Duke 4,   (7) Missouri 3

🏆  Duke advances

Stanford Super Regional

• Game 1: (9) LSU 11, (8) Stanford 1
• Game 2: (8) Stanford 3, (9) LSU 0
• Game 3  if necessary : (8) Stanford 8, (9) LSU 0

🏆  Stanford advances

2024 NCAA DI softball tournament schedule

Here are the key dates for the 2024 NCAA DI softball tournament: 

• Selection show:   See the full selections release here
• Regionals: May 16/17-19
• Super Regionals: May 23-25
• Women's College World Series: May 30-June 6/7 in Oklahoma City 

How the championship works: Regionals — at 16 sites — are double-elimination and scheduled for May 16/17-19. The 16 winners advance to super regionals and play a two-team, best-out-of-three series either May 23-25 or May 24-26. The eight winners earn spots in the 2024 Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The WCWS begins May 30 in double-elimination format. The final two teams play a best-of-three series for the national championship beginning June 5.

How to get tickets for the Women's College World Series

You can  purchase tickets for the 2024 WCWS here.  The Women's College World Series is played at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Women's College World Series championship history

Below is the complete, year-by-year NCAA DI softball national championship history since 1982.

*Indicates undefeated teams in final series. 

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• States with the most Women's College World Series titles

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