Education News - 23 Feb 2008

A committee has been named to recommend candidates to succeed UTMB President John D. Stobo. Stobo has announced plans to retire by Aug. 31. James R. Huffines, chairman of the board of regents, has set a goal of naming a new president of the University of Texas Medical Branch by May.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University contains more than 30,000 historical items, some dating to the 16th century. It includes Paul Robeson's sheet music, African Bibles, rare letters and manuscripts, slave narratives, correspondence ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

"And $200 million a year for five years would start to put us back in the game." By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida's universities exist for a reason: to provide a college education to all students in the state who are academically qualified. via WTLV
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Universities approach next hurdle for the 2008 research assessment exercise - the deadline for submissions.
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Education News - 23 Feb 2008

Washington, Feb 23 : A new study at the University of Porto Medical School and the Hospital S. Joao, Porto, Portugal has found that physical abuse during pregnancy may be linked to premature baby births.
Source: www.newkerala.com

Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University contains more than 30,000 historical items, some dating to the 16th century. It includes Paul Robeson's sheet music, African Bibles, rare letters and manuscripts, slave narratives, correspondence ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

"And $200 million a year for five years would start to put us back in the game." By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida's universities exist for a reason: to provide a college education to all students in the state who are academically qualified. via WTLV
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Universities approach next hurdle for the 2008 research assessment exercise - the deadline for submissions.
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Fix the primary system

So says Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, in an op-ed co-authored with his colleague Sean Wilentz in Sunday's Washington Post "Opinion" section. Zelizer is the co-editor of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s, a penetrating and provocative portrait of a critical decade in American history drawn by some of the foremost scholars of a period whose historical interpretation is taking shape before our eyes.

(Via harvardpress.typepad.com)

Education News - 22 Feb 2008

Researchers at the University of Regensburg in Germany and IBM's Almaden Research Labs in California have calculated for the first time exactly how much effort is needed to drag a single atom of cobalt across the surface of different metals.
Source: www.eetimes.com

"And $200 million a year for five years would start to put us back in the game." By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida's universities exist for a reason: to provide a college education to all students in the state who are academically qualified. via WTLV
Source: www.topix.com

An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Education News - 22 Feb 2008

Researchers at the University of Regensburg in Germany and IBM's Almaden Research Labs in California have calculated for the first time exactly how much effort is needed to drag a single atom of cobalt across the surface of different metals.
Source: www.eetimes.com

"And $200 million a year for five years would start to put us back in the game." By DAVID ROYSE Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida's universities exist for a reason: to provide a college education to all students in the state who are academically qualified. via WTLV
Source: www.topix.com

An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Bill Gates addresses students in University visit

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., spoke Wednesday afternoon to more than 400 students at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. Hundreds more students listened at remote locations on campus.
Source: news.uchicago.edu

Peace Crimes Press (from University of Minnesota Theatre and Dance News Feed)

"Peace Crimes: The Minnesota Eight vs. The War," which previews Thursday and opens on Friday, Feb. 22nd is hot in the press. Read about this exciting collaboration between the University of Minnesota Theatre and History Theatre: MinnPost.com: http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/02/21/942/peace_crimes_tells_minnesota_8s_war_story Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/15842477.html Minnesota Monthly
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/February-2008/Patriot-Acts/ City Pages
http://articles.citypages.com/2008-02-20/calendar/peace-crimes-the-minnesota-eight-vs-the-war/ Minnesota Daily
http:// ...(Via blog.lib.umn.edu)

Treatment at University of Minnesota Could Prevent More Strokes (from Bierschbach's Blog)

When blood thinners such as aspirin can delay or prevent strokes, many patients aren't helped by medication and continue to suffer symptoms that can lead to a major attack. However, a neurologist at the University of Minnesota is taking a more direct approach to preventing strokes, "recommending angioplasties to open clogged arteries in patients' brains," reported the Pioneer Press. Qureshi is presenting research this week at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. His studies make the case that opening ...
Link - blog.lib.umn.edu

Education News - 21 Feb 2008

COLUMBUS (AP) -- Ohio State soon will write a seven-figure check to former coach Jim O'Brien. The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the fired coach's lawsuit against the university, signaling an end to a lengthy court battle.
Source: www.centralohio.com

Webb, a historian at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Last fall, another black man, Eric Powell, was elected to the Mississippi state senate from a district that is more than 92 percent white, and no one could find a modern precedent for that ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"We can't comply with (the board's) projection for August '08" UF ritual: Many apply, few chosen There was plenty of elation and heartbreak in the homes of high schoolers this weekend.The University of Florida, which has Did cheating spark poker killings? The man charged ... via Gainesville.com
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Education News - 21 Feb 2008

PISCATAWAY — NAMI MIDDLESEX, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will hold its general membership meeting and speaker series from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 3 at University Behavioral HealthCare, 671 Hoes Lane, Room D201/203, Piscataway.
Source: www.thnt.com

Webb, a historian at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Last fall, another black man, Eric Powell, was elected to the Mississippi state senate from a district that is more than 92 percent white, and no one could find a modern precedent for that ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"We can't comply with (the board's) projection for August '08" UF ritual: Many apply, few chosen There was plenty of elation and heartbreak in the homes of high schoolers this weekend.The University of Florida, which has Did cheating spark poker killings? The man charged ... via Gainesville.com
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Education News - 20 Feb 2008

CLEVELAND -- Sigma Pi Phi in collaboration with University Hospitals presented a $25,000 check to the students at Cleveland's Audubon School Wednesday.
Source: www.wkyc.com

On Feb. 14, a gunman killed five students and then himself at Northern Illinois University in the deadliest of several recent school shootings around the country. Explosive-detecting dogs were helping in the search, and students who live on campus ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

"We can't comply with (the board's) projection for August '08" UF ritual: Many apply, few chosen There was plenty of elation and heartbreak in the homes of high schoolers this weekend.The University of Florida, which has Did cheating spark poker killings? The man charged ... via Gainesville.com
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Education News - 19 Feb 2008

Dr Godwin Ovenseri-Ogbomo of the Department of Optometry in the University of Cape Coast, on Monday told parents to disabuse their minds that children who wear spectacles at an early age would become blind later in life, because the claim had no scientific proof.
Source: allafrica.com

Universities are in more debt than at any point in the past decade despite tuition fees
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Yet it seems to be a close relative of normal-sized frogs who today live half a world away in South America, challenging assumptions about ancient geography. The discovery, led by paleontologist David Krause at New York's Stony Brook University, was ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Education News - 19 Feb 2008

The Cornell University junior was in his dorm between classes when the text message came in from a friend. Check out juicycampus.com , it said. The student found his name on the website beside a rambling, filthy passage about his sexual exploits, posted by an anonymous student on campus.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Oxford and Cambridge universities are to overhaul their undergraduate recruitment strategies
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Education News - 18 Feb 2008

STATE COLLEGE — As a Syracuse University football player in the mid- 1980s, Shawn Garrity knew one stadium — just one — where he and his teammates could never hold a Friday practice.
Source: www.centredaily.com

Oxford and Cambridge universities are to overhaul their undergraduate recruitment strategies
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Education News - 18 Feb 2008

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Sheep management and health experts at South Dakota State University will host a lambing time open house Feb. 28.
Source: www.tristateneighbor.com

... the body’s ability to burn carbohydrates. “This can prevent the liver from using carbs as fuel and, instead, stored body fat and recently consumed fat are burned,” explains Janine Higgins, PhD, nutrition research director for the University of ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Oxford and Cambridge universities are to overhaul their undergraduate recruitment strategies
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: blogs.edweek.org

Education News - 17 Feb 2008

In DeKalb, Ill. and in the hometowns of the victims, churches held special services Sunday in the wake of the deadly shooting rampage on the Northern Illinois University campus.
Source: www.kwtx.com

Gunman opens fire at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and injuring 16 others, some critically, before turning the weapon on himself
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

"But it seems like there's a lot more competition this year." As many as 60,000 Florida students could get shut out of state universities during the next few years because of enrollment caps and budget cuts, a state education group predicts.ENLACE Florida, or Engaging Latino Communities for Education, painted the gloomy picture in a report released this month called 'Higher Education in Florida on the Brink.'While ENLACE specializes in Hispanic education issues, the report studies the potential effects on all college-bound students.The report warns there may not even be space for all community college graduates or Bright Futures scholarship recipients, two groups traditionally guaranteed spots in the state university system. Read more
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Universities approach next hurdle for the 2008 research assessment exercise - the deadline for submissions.
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Education News - 17 Feb 2008

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan tried to smooth worries about secularism after the law lifting the ban on headscarf in universities and repeated his criticism against the media on Sunday.
Source: www.hurriyet.com.tr

... park was Brianna Denison and that she died of strangulation, Reno Deputy Police Chief Jim Johns said. Her body had been in the field for more than a week about 8 miles from the house where she last was seen early Jan. 20 at the edge of the University ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Gunman opens fire at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and injuring 16 others, some critically, before turning the weapon on himself
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

"But it seems like there's a lot more competition this year." As many as 60,000 Florida students could get shut out of state universities during the next few years because of enrollment caps and budget cuts, a state education group predicts.ENLACE Florida, or Engaging Latino Communities for Education, painted the gloomy picture in a report released this month called 'Higher Education in Florida on the Brink.'While ENLACE specializes in Hispanic education issues, the report studies the potential effects on all college-bound students.The report warns there may not even be space for all community college graduates or Bright Futures scholarship recipients, two groups traditionally guaranteed spots in the state university system. Read more
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Education News - 17 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — The prescription to lower your blood pressure may be as simple as this: Don’t worry. Be happy. A study by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty members links positive emotions to lower blood pressure.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

MADISON, Wisconsin - The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold handgun accessories to the man who killed five students at Northern Illinois University. Eric Thompson ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Gunman opens fire at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and injuring 16 others, some critically, before turning the weapon on himself
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

"But it seems like there's a lot more competition this year." As many as 60,000 Florida students could get shut out of state universities during the next few years because of enrollment caps and budget cuts, a state education group predicts.ENLACE Florida, or Engaging Latino Communities for Education, painted the gloomy picture in a report released this month called 'Higher Education in Florida on the Brink.'While ENLACE specializes in Hispanic education issues, the report studies the potential effects on all college-bound students.The report warns there may not even be space for all community college graduates or Bright Futures scholarship recipients, two groups traditionally guaranteed spots in the state university system. Read more
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org

Education News - 17 Feb 2008

GALVESTON — The prescription to lower your blood pressure may be as simple as this: Don’t worry. Be happy. A study by University of Texas Medical Branch faculty members links positive emotions to lower blood pressure.
Source: galvestondailynews.com

MADISON, Wisconsin - The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold handgun accessories to the man who killed five students at Northern Illinois University. Eric Thompson ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Gunman opens fire at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and injuring 16 others, some critically, before turning the weapon on himself
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

"But it seems like there's a lot more competition this year." As many as 60,000 Florida students could get shut out of state universities during the next few years because of enrollment caps and budget cuts, a state education group predicts.ENLACE Florida, or Engaging Latino Communities for Education, painted the gloomy picture in a report released this month called 'Higher Education in Florida on the Brink.'While ENLACE specializes in Hispanic education issues, the report studies the potential effects on all college-bound students.The report warns there may not even be space for all community college graduates or Bright Futures scholarship recipients, two groups traditionally guaranteed spots in the state university system. Read more
Source: www.topix.com

The site offers free video, audio, and print lectures and course material taken straight from the university's classes.
Source: www.edweek.org