Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Education News - 22 Jan 2008

A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch. About 20 cows will participate in the project run by the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, about 40 miles north of Stockholm, officials said Monday.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

There's no hope with the current political parties, because none are committed to public service" but instead are based on personalities, dynasties and profit, said Rasul Bakhsh Rais, a political scientist at Lahore University of Management Sciences ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Twenty years ago, no Negev bedouin women went to university, but now hundreds are there. Jessica Shepherd reports
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Entrance requirements at six University of North Carolina campuses are getting tougher. via Charlotte Channel 9
Source: www.topix.com

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org



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