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- Vietnam Education Foundation Sponsors U.S. Faculty Scholars to Teach in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:10AMContact: In the United States: Dr. Lynne McNamara, Executive Director, +1-703-351-5053; In Vietnam, Dr. Phuong Nguyen, Country Director, 84-4-3936-3670
- At 60, she's out of the barracks and into the books Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:56PMDuring Army boot camp two years ago, Carol Haertlein Sells looked around at the other 180 officer recruits in her class and did the math: She was the oldest by at least a decade.
- Departing Fort Detrick commander recalls highlights Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:11AMDespite all the places around the world her Army career has taken her, Col Judith Robinson is still an Iowa farm girl at heart
- Barefoot running: It can be great, but not for everybody Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:29PMFans of ‘barefoot’ running — many sporting $100 footwear — say it’s better for the feet and legs.
- NC Project SEED Participants Receive Honors In International Competitions Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:17PMTriangle - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – North Carolina Project SEED (http://www.ncprojectseed.org), a statewide, year-round science enrichment program housed on the campus of The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (http://www.thehamner.org), has recognized program participants for their research efforts after competing and earning awards ...
- School of Social Work dean announces retirement Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 9:56PMWayne State School of Social Work Dean Phyllis Vroom has announced her retirement, which will take effect Sept. 30, after 42 years at the university.
- Winterthur’s Scientific Research And Analysis Laboratory Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 1:05PM:Most any old object provokes questions: What is it? Who made it? When and why? What is it made of? Is it authentic? Other questions arise as to condition and possible restoration.
- Local technology enhances DNA analysis Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:18PMIn a recent Berks County murder trial, state police analyzed a DNA mixture from a bloody sweatshirt a woman was wearing when she was stabbed 30 times. They calculated the presence of DNA from the suspect to be 42,000 times greater than coincidence.
- UNL prepared for historic marriage to Big Ten Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 10:50PMIt's been a nearly yearlong engagement -- nearly a year since university leaders confirmed the tabloid-like rumors of their betrothal to the Big Ten and impending divorce from the Big 12 Conference .
- Gazette.Net: FCC president is finalist for two jobs out of state Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:00AMFrederick Community College may soon have to look for a new president. Carol Eaton, who has been president at the community college since 2005, has been named among the finalists in two separate searches for college presidents one in Virginia and one in Florida.
- Thera-Pets gives children outlet to open up Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:47AMChildren with disabilities who visit Butternut Ridge Farm in Peru on Saturdays play and groom their furry friends; the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Parker encourages the kids to confide in the donkeys, too.
- New Reports Reveal Alarming Facts About the Educational Experiences of Young Men of Color Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 11:01PMNearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead. This jarring statistic is just one of many highlighted in two new reports that will be released today by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center at an event held in collaboration with the Harvard University's W. E. B.
- Monday Chat: Keiser University chief gives snapshot of Florida's education landscape Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 6:10PMPORT ST. LUCIE — Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Peter F. Crocitto Jr., has lived in Florida since childhood. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Fort Lauderdale College and a master's degree in business administration from the New York Institute of Technology. He is executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of Keiser University, a private, not-for-profit educational institution ...
- Does educating foreign students hurt America? Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:12PMThe University of Southern California enrolls more foreign students as both undergraduates and advanced graduate students than any campus in America. Stanford, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Berkeley are all among the top 15 in both categories, too. Which means that foreign student tuition, often paid at premium out-of-state levels by temporary legal immigrants from places as varied as Saudi Arabia ...
- Sunflower nourishes new crop of musicians Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 7:30PMAs it marks its 25th anniversary season, the Sunflower Music Festival is grooming musicians who could perform when the series turns 50. "We're preparing for the next generation," said Charles Stegeman, one of the festival's founders and its current concertmaster and artistic director. "That's why we have as many apprentices as we do," he said, referring to young players who have demonstrated ...
- Purdue garners national rankings Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:22AMThe U.S. News & World Report collects specific information each year as a base for their rankings, information from surveys sent to the schools, colleges’ websites and opinion surveys. Purdue is known for its top engineering program, explaining its high ranking, however, Purdue’s management school is another high ranking area of Purdue. Overall, Purdue ranks 56 with both private and public ...
- Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations Announces The 2010-2011 J. Robert Beyster Fellowships to Study ... Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 8:00AMNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) has announced the recipients of the 2011-2012 J. Robert Beyster Fellowships to support scholars in the field of employee ownership.
- Campus Notes, June 13 Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 2:15AMBYU
- NCKU Commencement Ceremony Honored Over 5200 Students Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 3:52AMTAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCKU Commencement Ceremony Honored Over 5200 Students
- Applied linguistics department closes admissions after failing to meet all of Academic Senate's demands, now in limbo ... Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 1:23AMCorrection: The original version of this story contained several errors. The current version of the article reflects the accurate timeline of requests from the Academic Senate and the nature of those requests and demands. Olga Yokoyama was misattributed.
- Local briefs: Visalia ice cream vendor is shot Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 12:56AMA 62-year-old ice cream vendor was shot in the upper torso Wednesday afternoon in Visalia, authoriti
- MMCC students named to Coca-Cola Community College academic team Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:49PMBeau Arlt and James Doub, two Mid Michigan Community College students, have been named Bronze Scholars on the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team. Only 150 community college scholars are recognized by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation each year. Award decisions are based on academic rigor, GPA, leadership and service by an independent panel of judges.
- Applications Due for Library Science Degree Scholarship Program Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 7:43PMRIVERSIDE, Calif.
- Princeton University Graduates Urged to Serve Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:31AMPrinceton University’s 264th Commencement Exercises concluded on Tuesday with the awarding of degrees to 1,202 undergraduate members of the Class of 2011, and 815 graduate students.
- Center for Wildlife welcomes new director Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 1:09AMYORK, Maine — Susan Hansen's education in her new role as executive director for the Center for Wildlife began with some interesting lessons her first day on the job.
- Basha student recognized as a top young scientist in Arizona Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:36PMA high school student in Chandler is among the top two most promising young scientific leaders in Arizona, a national youth science competition has found.
- Turlock-area educators finish their education Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:28AMAmong those awarded degrees at Friday's California State University, Stanislaus, commencement will be roughly 20 students who have earned their doctorates in education.
- Four finalists named for Thomas Nelson Community College presidency Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 9:51AMFour finalists for the presidency at Thomas Nelson Community College have been certified by the State Board for Community Colleges, the board announced Friday.
- Playing Grown-Up at KidZania Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 7:08AMWhen Antonio Ribeiro found himself with two restless children in a Portuguese beach town, he did what any desperate parent would do: He went for the leaflet rack in the hotel lobby. There he found a brochure advertising something called KidZania -- a sprawling indoor theme park, attached to a Lisbon mall, where children could pretend to be nurses, dentists, runway models, photographers, radio ...
- Nova Southeastern University 2010 - 2011Commencement Schedule Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 3:55PMNova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce its Spring Commencement schedule for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- A day in the life of a nurse Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 5:34AMDebra James, of Linden, is a registered nurse in surgery recovery at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc Township. She said the most rewarding part of her job is seeing the patients vulnerable after a surgery, and then start making progress toward health.
- Veteran Astronaut Crew at Helm of Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flight Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 12:06PMThis story was updated on Monday, May 16, at 9 a.m. EDT.
- Kauffman Foundation Accepting Proposals for Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowship Grants Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 7:52AMProgram Will Award Grants of $20,000 Each to 15 Doctoral Scholars
- Degree of difficulty: really almost nil Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 4:04AMFor more than five years, Erika Reynoso toiled nights and weekends in a lab, her life dictated by the breeding cycle of mice. This month, having successfully defended her dissertation on autoimmunity, she will finally collect the Harvard doctorate that she worked so hard for.
- The 10 Cities With the Greatest and Least Sex Equality Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 3:08PMBig cities, state capitals rank highly; Utah, Texas at bottom.
- 'Hardball' job advice for Temple graduates Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:05PMPHILADELPHIA — Temple University graduates can take TV newsman Chris Matthews' job advice to heart — and with them wherever they go.
- 15 months after shooting, Inskip educators get doctorates Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:00PMIn an orange folder by her hospital bed, Inskip Elementary School Principal Elisa Luna kept her doctoral dissertation.
- Where the Engineering Jobs Are Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 8:12AMJobs in the biomedical field are expected to jump 72 percent by 2018.
- NAU to graduate 3,700 students in 5 ceremonies Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 12:56AMThe finish line is near for more than 3,700 soon-to-be graduates of Northern Arizona University.
- EDITORIAL: Valuable assets Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 12:00AMMany of the Tri-State economy's most valuble products turned out each year are the hundreds of graduates of the University of Southern Indiana, University of Evansville, Ivy Tech and other schools.
- Would you risk your life to take business classes? Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 10:16AMMany Afghan college students who attend the American University in Afghanistan do. They represent the vanguard of a movement to restore Afghanistan’s intellectual capital – and peace. While militaries come and go, universities are enduring investments, at a fraction of the cost.
- More than 4,100 graduate from the University of Kentucky Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 2:50AMLoading Photo Galleries ... Doctoral candidates wait to enter the arena before commencement ceremonies at Rupp Arena in Lexington. (By James Crisp, Special to the Courier-Journal) May 8, 2011 / James Crisp
- Shuttle pioneer to address graduates Saturday, May 7, 2011 @ 1:35AMMaps listing homicides or suspected homicides in EBR Parish for 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007. Current gas prices in BR area.
- NRC changes boost Yale rankings Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 3:35PMThe accuracy of a controversial set of rankings of doctoral programs by the National Research Council has been questioned since their release in September 2010. Now, two waves of corrections issued last month in response to criticism have boosted the ranks of several of Yale’s graduate programs.
- Commencement Celebrations Continue Through Monday Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 11:28AMTwo events Thursday highlight USF commencement celebrations being held at multiple locations this year.
- University and City Honor Those Who Have Strengthened Town-Gown Ties Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 3:23PMYale University President Richard C. Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. honored 12 individuals and one group with Yale University Seton Elm-Ivy Awards at a ceremony on campus on April 27.
- Morand, Milstein, Byrne Among Elm-Ivy Honorees Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 1:52PMNew Haven Reads founder Christine Alexander, longtime Yale-New Haven bridgetender Michael Morand, and Arts & Ideas and LEAP co-founder Roslyn Milstein Meyer were among this year’s batch of Yale-deemed good New Haveners.
- Spriestersbach remembered as tireless UI, arts supporter Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 8:01AMDuane Spriestersbach was a respected cleft palate researcher, a longtime University of Iowa administrator, a community theater lover and a song and dance man, friends and colleagues said Tuesday. “He just really did it all, and did it with a lot of pizazz,” June Braverman, of University Heights, said. Braverman and Spriestersbach were members of the [...]
- Time to reform curriculum adoption Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 9:56AMBills pending in the Senate and the House would restore order and inject an element of academic discipline into a convoluted, politically charged process.
- Christian University Sends Students to Peru for Month of Service. Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 9:00AMNow in its 22nd year, George Fox University’s May Serve program has offered humanitarian aid to countries all over the globe.