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Colleges and Universities RSS FeedsChris O'Brien named head men's and women's tennis coach at Connecticut College - Chris O'Brien has been named the head coach of the men's and women's tennis program at Connecticut College. O'Brien will also serve as the assistant coach for men's and women's squash. ...Feed Source: aspen.conncoll.edu Connecticut College Art Professor receives Artist Fellowship Grant - Connecticut College Art Professor Andrea Wollensak, chair of the Art Department and co-associate director of events for the college's Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, has been awarded a $2,500 Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) Artist Fellowship Grant in New Media. ... Connecticut College science professor awarded $225K grant to continue cutting-edge bioluminescence research - Bruce Branchini, the Hans and Ella McCollum '21 Vahlteich Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College, has been awarded a $225,000 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to continue his cutting-edge research on bioluminescence, the emission of light by living organisms. ... Connecticut College awarded $25,000 to support Hoffman Scholars Fund - The Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc. has awarded a $25,000 grant to Connecticut College to support the Hoffman Scholars Fund. The fund was established in 2008 with a $50,000 grant and provides scholarships to students from Connecticut entering the college's Science Leaders Program. ... Connecticut College honors Boston businesswoman - Connecticut College's sweeping green, the central space on campus with breathtaking views of Long Island Sound, was dedicated May 22 to a woman whose leadership helped put Connecticut College among top liberal arts colleges today. ... Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism awards Connecticut College $101,500 for historic steel house - Connecticut College has received a matching grant of $101,500 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (CCT), a state agency. The grant was awarded through the Historic Restoration Fund Grant Program and completes the funding for the next phase of renovations to the college's notable steel house. ... Connecticut College senior wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - Senior Laura Frawley, a Biological Sciences major at Connecticut College, has been awarded a 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which will provide her with a $30,000 research stipend each year for up to three years. ... Connecticut College's Class of 2010 to graduate May 23 - Nearly 450 Connecticut College students will receive their diplomas this year at Connecticut College's 92nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23. ... Three Connecticut College professors honored with college's highest faculty awards - Connecticut College professors Timo Ovaska, Simon Feldman and Robert Askins have been honored with the institution's most prestigious faculty awards. The annual honors, presented at a May 3 award ceremony, recognize faculty excellence in research, teaching and leadership. ... Connecticut College economics professor challenges California Legislative Analyst's Office report; says plan to cut In-Home Supportive Services program could cost state more - In a study released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research and PHI, Connecticut College Professor Candace Howes refutes the findings of a January 2010 report from the California Legislative Analyst's Office on the fiscal impact on the state and counties of the In-Home Supportive Services program for seniors and people with disabilities. ... Obama Defends Education Program - President Obama on Thursday sought to deflect criticisms from some minority and teachers groups.
... Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences - A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.
... Confusion on Where New York School Performance Stands - Doubts arise as the benchmarks of proficiency change for New York City?s public school students.
... New York Students? Passing Rate Plummets - The results indicated a dismal performance statewide, after years of significant gains.
... Economic Scene: Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers - A new study found students with better teachers learned more in kindergarten ? and earned more as young adults.
... 18 States and D.C. Are Race to the Top Finalists - Eighteen states and the District of Columbia advanced to the second round of a national competition for federal financing to support education reform.
... On Education: Equity of Test Is Debated as Children Compete for Gifted Kindergarten - Because test prep ?boot camp? and $145-an-hour tutoring is available to those who can pay, children from wealthy families have an advantage, some parents say.
... School Chancellor Fires 241 Teachers in Washington - Most of them were fired under a system that held them accountable for students? standardized test scores.
... Empire State of Mind: N.Y.U., Marymount and Other Urban Colleges Try to Soften Life in the City - The New School ?campus? blends into the office and apartment buildings around it. Even New Yorkers aren?t sure exactly where it is.Over 64,000 freshmen are about to descend on New York City campuses, where a frat abuts a homeless shelter, and dorms are an island away.
... Empire State of Mind: The Accidental Giant of Higher Education - SUNY?s chancellor, Nancy L. Zimpher, on the University at Albany?s downtown campus.Two things define SUNY: it?s huge, and it?s weird. And now it?s at the heart of a battle over what public higher education should be.
... Sharing Spaces: College Roommates, Rich and Famous - Luis A. Ubin?as on Conan O?Brien, Peter Wolf on David Lynch, Luke Beatty on Tim Armstrong, Hakeem Jeffries on Victor Williams.
... Sharing Spaces: A Failure to Communicate Face-to-Face - Ryan Melson, left, and Matt Blumenreich in their room at Grinnell College in Iowa. Mr. Melson is the neat one.A masking tape line down the middle of the dorm room? Texting beats talking.
... Paul Smiths Journal: A New Summer School for Lumberjacks - A two-week program at Paul Smith?s College in the Adirondacks teaches skills like logrolling, felling trees with axes and making fires without matches.
... Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in College Degrees - The College Board warned a growing gap between the United States and other countries is threatening to undermine American economic competitiveness.
... Administration Releases Rules on For-Profit Colleges - The Obama administration released its controversial proposed regulations to end federal student aid to for-profit colleges whose graduates do not earn enough to repay their loans.
... No Visa, No School, Many New York Districts Say - Civil liberties advocates have been pushing the Education Department to stop localities from imposing barriers.
... Harvard Medical School Bans Pay From Drug or Device Makers - Professors will now be prohibited from giving paid speeches for the makers of medical devices or drugs or accepting gifts, travel or meals.
... Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools - States that accept the standards by Aug. 2 win points in the Obama administration?s Race to the Top competition for a share of the $3.4 billion to be awarded in September.
... At St. Ann?s, With Stability Comes Controversy - Some families and teachers from the private St. Ann?s School said that changing leadership changed its personality.
... New York Will Make Standardized Exams Tougher - Officials said that state standardized exams had become easier to pass and that they would recalibrate scoring.
... On Education: A Popular Principal, Wounded by Good Intentions - At Wheeler Elementary in Burlington, Vt., a highly regarded principal has been removed so the district can qualify for millions in stimulus dollars.
... A College Freshman's Proud Independence Melts in Summer - Having completed her first year at Northwestern, a student asks: "Is it possible to come home and live the same way you did at college?"
... Advice on the Transition From Applicant to College Student - News-you-can-use for those students about to go to college for the first time, and the parents who will get them there.
... A 'View' of Obama - 6 Q's About the News | Why do you think the president decided to appear on "The View"? A guest post by our college intern, Carrie Montgomery.
... News Quiz | July 30, 2010 - See what you know about the news of the day.
... Test Yourself | July 29, 2010 - This week we're providing math problems based on Times articles. Today: calculating Mariano Rivera's post-season earned run average.
... Poetry Pairing | July 29, 2010 - Our weekly series pairs a poem with a Times article and photo that somehow echo, extend or challenge that poem's themes. Today's themes: aging and attractiveness.
... Rochester Summer Camp Keeps Teens Interested in Science - Students Tackle Lake Ontario Beach Closings
The Get Real! Science Action Camp will keep Rochester-area middle school students learning about science through hands-on experiments of water quality issues during summer vacation. Wearing hip-waders, 45 middle school students from Roc... Students Praised for Civic Engagement during City Hall Ceremony - WHO: Area college students who participated in two civic engagement programs, the Rochester Urban Fellowship and Rochester Youth Year, will be honored for their commitment to the City of Rochester during a ceremony at City Hall. Students will hear remarks from Mayor Robert J. Duffy, as wel... Two University of Rochester Biologists Win Glenn Awards - Two University of Rochester biologists, associate professors Vera Gorbunova and Heinrich Jasper, have won Glenn Awards for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging.
The $60,000 awards given by the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are unsolicited, meaning that the researchers who w... Behavior Problems in School Linked to Two Types of Families - Contrary to Leo Tolstoy\'s famous observation that \"happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,\" a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ways. And these dual patterns of unhealthy family relationships ... Summer of Opportunity Brings Students to University -
WHO: Students participating in the City of Rochester and Monroe County\'s Summer of Opportunity job placement program will spend the afternoon at the University of Rochester learning about the benefits of a college education.
TIME, DATE, PLACE: 12:30 p.m. on Friday, J... Rochester Scholars Introduces Students to a World of Career Options - WHAT: From studying the intricacies of the human brain to learning about the Italian culture, students in the Rochester Scholars program at the University of Rochester engage in hands-on classroom activities during their summer vacation. The Rochester Scholars academic enrichment program p... Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's? - University of Rochester Biologist Documents a Novel Form of Adaptation through Natural Selection in the Journal \'Science\'
It has been a basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them b... Program Advances Development of Renewable Energy Sources - A new program to advance the development of practical solar energy technology worldwide has begun at the University this month thanks to a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Program director Philippe Fauchet, chairman of Computer and Electrical Engineering in the Hajim Schoo... Lecture Addresses the Role of Religion and Diversity in the Military - WHO: The community is invited to attend a lecture by Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr.) Abuhena Saifulislam, as he discusses the role that religion and diversity play in the military.
TIME, DATE, PLACE: 6 p.m. on Friday, July 9, at Sloan Auditorium in the Robert B. Goergen Hall on the U... Two Members Join University of Rochester Trustees - Laurence Kessler, a Rochester entrepreneur and owner of restaurant development companies, and Kathleen McMorran Murray, owner and founder of a consulting firm that specializes in driving complex business improvement initiatives, have been elected to five-year terms on the University of Rochester ... Copyright © 2010, Selling on Ebay, Make Money on Ebay. All Rights Reserved. |