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Stevens Dr. Miasnikov Receives Marsden Fund Award
Dr. Alexei Miasnikov, Director of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens Institute of Technology, recently received the prestigious and competitive Marsden Fund Award as a Principal Investigator on the project, “From automatic groups to automatic structures and beyond,” an... - November 21, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Babington Group Targets Expansion in Stoke
Staff, employers and learners at Babington Business College are celebrating the opening of a new, modern, purpose-designed learning and administration centre in the city by post 16 learning provider Babington Business College. - November 21, 2010 - Babington Business College
Filmmakers of "Lost Nation: the Ioway" and "Villisca: Living with a Mystery" Turn Their Lens on the Life, Death and Rebirth of the One-Room School
World premiere celebration in Des Moines on November 19 at the State Historical Building. A searchlight will guide attendees to the festivities. - November 19, 2010 - Fourth Wall Films
Baroness Wilcox in Derby to Open New Facilities for National Training Group
The independent college, which specialises in vocational skills development and Apprenticeships, is relocating from Charnwood Street and upgrading its Corporate Office and training facilities to new, spacious premises at Pullman Business Park on Pride Park. Learners and staff will enjoy light and spacious accommodation and new, state-of-the-art IT and learning equipment. - November 19, 2010 - Babington Business College
Bentley University Improves Compliance and Awareness with MOAT
Bentley University successfully implemented Awareity’s award-winning MOAT (Managed Ongoing Awareness and Trust) tools to address obligations for security awareness, risk management, privacy, compliance and more. - November 18, 2010 - Awareity
Diego Comin of Harvard University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
An INET grant will fund Professor Comin to study the drivers and consequences of technology adoption. - November 17, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
MIT OpenCourseWare Named WISE Award Laureate
Qatar Foundation selects OCW as a winner of the 2010 World Innovation Summit for Education Award. - November 17, 2010 - MIT OpenCourseWare
Jayant Ganguli of Cambridge University and Scott Condie of Brigham Young University be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
An INET Grant will fund Professor Ganguli and Professor Condie’s project to examine the informational inefficiency of market prices in the presence of Knightian uncertainty or ambiguity. - November 17, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sophus Reinert and Francesca Viano of Cambridge University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
An INET Grant will fund Professor Reinert and Professor Viano’s project to make historically significant economics texts available in English for the first time. - November 17, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Facundo Alvaredo of the Paris School of Economics, Sir Tony Atkinson of Nuffield College and Salvatore Morelli of Oxford University to be Awarded a Grant from INET
The Institute for New Economic Thinking will fund professors Alvaredo, Atkinson and Morelli to Research the Long Run History of Economic Inequality: Income, Wealth, and Financial Crisis. - November 17, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Melissa Tartari of Yale University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Tartari’s project to conduct an explorative data collection project. - November 17, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
VERGO Interactive Introduces the New Redesigned UniversityDecisions.com
The educational resource offers a variety of new tools and features to choose a college degree. - November 17, 2010 - VERGO Interactive, Inc.
CFES School-College Partnerships Succeed in Rural Areas
A University of Michigan report found positive outcomes for rural students engaged in the school-college partnerships created by College For Every Student (CFES), a non-profit organization that prepares underrepresented students for academic success in college. - November 16, 2010 - College For Every Student
Coventry University, UK Partners Centum U for a Global MBA Degree Programme
Centum U, has announced the launch of a uniquely designed, global MBA programme in partnership with the Coventry University of UK. - November 16, 2010 - Centum Learning Ltd.
Apprentices Celebrate Graduation at Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park in Derby hosted the first of this season’s celebrations as over 50 young people from Derby-based learning provider Babington Business College received hard earned Apprenticeship qualifications. - November 14, 2010 - Babington Business College
Klohn Crippen Berger Co-Hosts Opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the University of Alberta
Members of the government, public and private sectors came together to celebrate the opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the Centennial Centre for or Interdisciplinary Science on Monday, November 8th, 2010. Klohn Crippen Berger co-hosted the event which included a cocktail reception and a... - November 13, 2010 - Klohn Crippen Berger
Antonine University Purchases the Complete UniversiTools SIS & Scheduling Software Solution by White Mountain Technologies
Université des Pères Antonins (UPA), known as Antonine University, purchased UniversiTools Student Information System (SIS) developed by White Mountain Technologies. - November 13, 2010 - White Mountain Technologies
Lori Duggan Gold Joins the Board of Directors of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls
Adelphi University is pleased to announce that its Vice President for Communications, Lori Duggan Gold, has become a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls (LIFWG). As a member of the Board of Directors, Ms. Duggan Gold will serve on the Development Committee... - November 12, 2010 - Adelphi University
33 Colleges, Universities Using CAMS Enterprise™ ERP Now Ranked in Washington Monthly 2010 College Guide
North Country Community College is ranked tops in New York state, No. 22 nationally - November 12, 2010 - Three Rivers Systems Inc.
Adelphi University Featured on Colleges of Distinction™ a Leader in Educational Excellence
Adelphi University is featured on CollegesofDistinction.com, an online guide that takes a fresh look at colleges and universities appealing to students’ unique and varied interests. Based on the opinions of guidance counselors, educators, and admissions professionals, Colleges of... - November 12, 2010 - Adelphi University
Speakers Share Experience with EMT Students
Usually emergency medical technicians are pressed for time. But for the EMTs speaking at one conference, they were pressed for information. - November 11, 2010 - UniversalCareers.org
Innovativ Consulting Partners Announces New Options for Evaluating Kuali Software
Innovativ Consulting Partners, a leading open source consultant and service provider for online solutions, has announced new alternatives for institutions interested in evaluating Kuali solutions. - November 10, 2010 - Innovativ Consulting Partners, LLC
National-Louis University Receives $2.5 Million Innovation Grant
National-Louis is the Only Illinois University to be Awarded $2.5 Million Innovation Grant. National-LouisUniversity has received a $2.5 million investing in innovation (i3) grant through the U.S. Department of Education to expand Reading Recovery, an early literacy intervention education... - November 10, 2010 - National Louis University
National Awards for The Roundhouse, Derby College
Derby College’s £48 million vocational campus has been hailed as the Education Project of the Year at the 2010 LABC National Building Excellence Awards held at The Brewery in London. The awards, presented by Local Authority Building Control celebrate the excellence of building quality... - November 10, 2010 - Derby College
Katharina Pistor of Columbia Law School to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Pistor’s multidisciplinary research to perform a series of case studies that would construct a new theory of the relationship between laws and markets. - November 08, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Steven Medema of University of Colorado Denver to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Medema’s project to write an intellectual history of the Coase theorem - November 08, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Cosma Shalizi, Mark Schervish and Daniel Mcdonald of Carnegie Mellon University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund a project to extend proven techniques in statistical learning theory - November 08, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
James Robinson of Harvard University and Steven Pincus of Yale University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Robinson and Professor Pincus’ research project relating to a new interpretation of the events causing the British Industrial Revolution - November 08, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Margaret Levenstein of the University of Michigan and Naomi Lamoreaux of Yale University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Levenstein and Professor Lamoreaux’s project to examine historically the long-term costs of macroeconomic instability in a major metropolitan area. - November 06, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Adelphi University Launches New Advertising Campaign: Success
Adelphi University's new marketing campaign, “Success,” takes a bold direction that departs from traditional collegiate advertising. With it, Adelphi establishes itself as a world-class, modern university, transforming the lives of its students. - November 06, 2010 - Adelphi University
Edward J Kane of Boston College, Armen Hovakimian, and Luc Laeven to be Awarded a Grant from Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Kane’s project to conduct a macroeconomics research project relating to systemic risk. - November 05, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Leanne Ussher of Queens College City University of New York, Sorin Solomon and Marco Lamieri to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Ussher’s project to simulate how distress and growth propagate through the real economy. - November 05, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
D. Wade Hands of University of Puget Sound to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Hands’ project to conduct the initial research and archiving work at Duke University’s Paul Samuelson archives. - November 05, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Steven Fazzari of Washington University Receives Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Fazzari’s project to develop an original model of Keynesian demand-led growth in developed economies and activities to communicate basic principles of Keynesian macroeconomics to a wide audience - November 05, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Weinstein of Columbia University to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund Professor Weinstein’s project to research how the output of firms outside of the financial sector are affected by the health of the banks and other financial institutions. - November 05, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Military Times Edge Ranks AIU in the Top 100 Colleges for Vets
American InterContinental University (AIU), a leading provider of career-focused education, has been selected as a Best College for Vets according to a list published by Military Times Edge magazine. - November 04, 2010 - American InterContinental University - AIU
Olalah Njenga, Award Winning CEO and Author, Named to Wake Technical Community College Advisory Board
Award winning CEO, Marketing Strategist and Author Olalah Njenga named as Business and Industry Services advisory committee member at Wake Tech for third year in a row. - November 03, 2010 - YellowWood Group, LLC
Maud Edgren-Schori to Lecture on Gender in Conflict-Affected Populations on November 11, 2010
To conclude the fall 2010 lecture series, researcher and humanitarian Maud Edgren-Schori will speak at Adelphi University about her data and conclusions from a needs assessment report she wrote while deployed in the Republic of Georgia. - November 03, 2010 - Adelphi University
Nigerian Ambassador Joy Ogwu to Address Adelphi on November 17, 2010
Adelphi University is pleased to host Joy Ogwu, former foreign minister of Nigeria and current Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations. The lecture is part of the Ambassador Series, which is sponsored by Adelphi’s International Initiatives Committee, and is free and open to the public. - November 03, 2010 - Adelphi University
Mechdyne CAVE to be Featured on Discovery Science Channel Episode
The CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment integrated by Mechdyne Corporation in March 2009, at Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey, will be featured in an episode of Sci Fi Science—Physics of the Impossible airing on the Discovery Science Channel beginning November 3, 2010, at 9 p.m. - November 03, 2010 - Mechdyne Corporation
University of California, Berkeley Economic History Lab to be Awarded a Grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Institute will fund expansion of Berkeley Economic History Laboratory Programs - November 01, 2010 - Institute for New Economic Thinking
Adelphi University Will Host the MWE Long Island “College Accounting Challenge” and Its Accounting Students Will Compete in a Quiz-Show-Style Event
Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP, a leading accounting and business advisory firm, knows what it takes to be a great CPA, and has set the stage for local college seniors majoring in accounting to demonstrate that they do, too. On November 10, 2010, MWE will be sponsoring the third Margolin, Winer... - October 31, 2010 - Adelphi University
The African Virtual University Joins Leading Global Universities to Support OpenCourseWare's Future
AVU pledges funds to support OpenCourseWare Consortium. - October 31, 2010 - MIT OpenCourseWare
Ashland University Students Rank High on National Assessment Test
Students at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, ranked well above the national average on student learning outcomes assessment testing, scoring in the 84th percentile of schools on the Collegiate Learning Assessment Test. - October 30, 2010 - Ashland University
Over $100,000 in Elevator Grants Awarded by Coleman Foundation at 8th Annual NACCE Conference
Nine community colleges received Elevator Grants from the Coleman Foundation at the 8th Annual NACCE Conference earlier this month. - October 30, 2010 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
NC State Jenkins MBA Professor Discusses the Importance of Having an MBA in Supply Chain Management
Podcast Features Cecil Bozarth, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management - October 30, 2010 - Jenkins MBA
Recognition Awards Presented in 10 Categories at 8th Annual NACCE Conference
Community college professionals from across the country were honored at the recent 8th Annual Conference of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship - October 29, 2010 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin to Lecture at Adelphi
Adelphi University is pleased to host former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin. Mr. Rubin will give a lecture entitled, “The Global Economic Outlook: Risks and Opportunities,” on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 12:15 p.m. in the Ruth S. Hurley University Center’s Thomas Dixon... - October 29, 2010 - Adelphi University
The Intern Queen, Lauren Berger, Comes to Adelphi University on November 3, 2010
Adelphi University and the Center for Career Development are excited to present the innovative and savvy Lauren Berger, The Intern Queen, as a speaker for high school and college students. - October 29, 2010 - Adelphi University
Ashland University Education Professor Selected as Distinguished Scholar
Ashland University Trustees’ Professor of Education Dr. Jane Piirto has been selected as the 2010 NAGC Distinguished Scholar by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). - October 28, 2010 - Ashland University