It's not rocket science: we must raise our game

Times Online, UK

We are the only country outside the US with several universities in the top international league, and excellent research is spread throughout Britain's higher education. The most readily measurable economic benefit of academic research is the transfer ...

University of Redlands professors receive Fulbright awards

Redlands Daily Facts, CA

"The teaching and research these two Fulbright recipients pursue connect our students as well as our university to the international community, enriching understanding and promoting collaborative research ," Nancy Carrick, UR vice president for academic ...

Leading business school to help open centre in Abu Dhabi

The National, United Arab Emirates

Academic staff from Wharton will visit for research projects. The centre , to be located at Cert's headquarters near Abu Dhabi Men's College, will be called the Wharton-Cert Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Centre . ...

Wharton School Announces Agreement with Abu Dhabi-Based Centre of ... Zawya

HCT, Wharton School sign agreement WAM - Emirates News Agency

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NC Research Campus could land federal research center

Salisbury Post, NC

"We decide the research questions." Three centers are fully federally owned and operated, and three are operated in cooperation with academic partners. The last center opened in the 1990s, and all have budgets of between $5 million and $20 million. ...

Just Another Online Fad--or the Biggest Revolution Since the Internet?

MIT Technology Review, MA

A number of key players are driving many of the industry's responses to these challenges, and open-source efforts and academic research consortiums are likely to play a role as well (see "Open-Source Projects and Research Consortiums"). ...

The Genetics of Complex Behaviors: It Really Isn't That Simple

Patent Docs, IL

This controversy illustrates one of the many pitfalls frequently faced by academic inventors motivated by the dual (and occasionally conflicting) needs of disseminating the results of their studies as rapidly as possible and protecting the intellectual ...

New science centre opens at The University of Reading

Reading Evening Post, UK

Vice-chancellor Professor Gordon Marshall said: We are thrilled by the completion of this new building, which forms part of The University of Reading's major investment in state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, to enhance the academic ...

Irfan Habib becomes member of AU Academic Council

Times of India, India

... director of Indian Institute of Education and Research Sushant Dutta Gupta, vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University BB Bhattacharya, vice-chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Veer Singh and Director of Centre for Research and ...

Golden Valley Mines Ltd.: Results of the 2009 Annual General ...

SYS-CON Media (press release), NJ

Dr. Porter subsequently assumed several senior positions in Canada, including that of Senior Specialist at the University of Alberta (1987), Chief of Radiation Oncology at the London Regional Cancer Centre (1988), and Chairman of Oncology (1990) at ...

Attorney to Serve on Duke Law School Board of Visitors; John Yates ...

Carolina Newswire (press release), NC

In 2008, the American Bar Association praised Duke as one of the strongest schools in the country, especially in the areas of professional culture, student and faculty quality, research centers and programs, facilities, clinical programs and ...

Marking 10 years of growth

Brantford Expositor, Canada

The economic impact of Laurier will be even greater now that the university is able to move forward with its planned research and academic centre in Brantford. Provincial and federal government officials agreed to contribute $13 million each to help ...

Viewpoint: The wrong tract

UT The Daily Texan, TX

Either plan will undoubtably limit the educational and research potential of While the Board of Regents must reevaluate their use of the Brackenridge Tract to ensure that it is being used to its fullest potential in furthering the academic mission of ...

Healthcare Costs for US Businesses Expected to Grow by 9 Percent ...

GlobeNewsWire (press release), CA

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 67 percent of all drugs were generic in 2007. Increase in wellness and disease management programs. Employers are more focused on wellness and disease management programs, ...

Leading stem cell scientists gather in Albany

WCAX, VT

The 1-day, intensive scientific meeting brought together researchers from academic medical centers , universities, and biomedical research centers . To date, the state's Stem Cell Board has committed $166 million in grants for research , ...

Access debate draws differing views on university

Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand

Laws went on to state that universities were past their prime , the academic standard of undergraduate degrees had been declining for decades and the effective (sic) full-time student funding model has devalued tertiary education . ...

New findings encourage more vigilant monitoring of seizure ...

EurekAlert (press release), DC

The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is one of the country's leading centers for evaluation and management of epilepsy, including advanced epilepsy surgery, and for cutting-edge research to ...

Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant

PR Newswire (press release), NY

In addition to their technology-development efforts, the Centers will coordinate research leading to commercial opportunities and sector development. The Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation supported by the NC General Assembly. ...

NC Biotech Center awards $2.5 million grant to nanobiotechnology ... Local Tech Wire

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Sleep your way to better academic performance

The Tech Herald, IN

Principal researcher Jennifer C. Cousins, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre though said students with more predictable sleep patterns were better prepared for the onslaught of sleep deficits. ...

Libraries, eBooks, and the Mobile Web: A Long Ways to Go

ReadWriteWeb, CA

... now would help these institutions to remain relevant in a future where those large buildings in the middle of campus are already turning more into places for study groups to meet up and grab a cup of coffee than centers of academic research . ...

Sustainable mineral exploration research centre gets nearly $1M ...

Laboratory Products News, Canada

The funding is intended to help strengthen research and industry collaborations and help maintain Canada's global leadership in environmentally responsible mineral exploration and mining, and address pending industry and academic labour shortages. ...