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Surge of interest in clinical trials to boost pay Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:03PMTHOUSANDS of people are volunteering to be guinea pigs in clinical drug trials because of the recession and rising unemployment.
Beyond the classroom Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:54PMTEWKSBURY - During a sunny hot summer week when many teens were on the beach or sleeping late, approximately 40 Tewksbury teens attended a grant-funded summer program that emphasized both MCAS improvement and community service.
Here in new england Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:13PMBOSTON - A lawyer from a well-known Worcester personal injury firm who was convicted of insurance fraud will be allowed to practice law again.
CA Schools Cheer As State Named Finalist For 'Race To The Top' Money Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:42PMFrom Sacramento to San Bernardino state and local education officials struggled to contain their enthusiasm Tuesday after learning California is a finalist in its second attempt to qualify for a big chunk of federal “Race to the Top” education reform...
St. Paul Manila’s College of Music and the Performing Arts: 70 years of playing beautiful music Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:36PMThe Fleur de Lis Theater, in the 1960s, was dubbed the ‘Broadway of Herran’ for its acclaimed musicals. (Photo courtesy of Sr. Anunciata Sta. Ana) St. Paul University Manila’s College of Music and the Performing Arts (CMPA) may not be as known as the UP College of Music and UST’s Conservatory of Music, but many times over in the past 70 years, it has taken steps ahead of the rest with its ...
Chicks We Love Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:31PMEvery year, the Jackson Free Press chooses a delightful slate of Chicks We Love to spotlight, and each year we host the JFP Chick Ball to raise money to fight domestic abuse in our community.
Letters: Perspectives on academy schools Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:24PMThe timetable provided for the committee stage of the Academies Bill in the Commons is four hours, totally inadequate for proper debate about such a controversial Bill which will change completely the state education system in this country.
Need-to-know news and views for UB faculty and staff Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:45PMUB Alert: Emergency text, e-mail messages. Sign up > The School of Nursing has received an $80,000 scholarship grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to expand enrollment and increase diversity among students seeking to receive a nursing degree through accelerated nursing programs.
Mixed AYP results for schools across the east Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:31PMGREENVILLE, N.C. - Schools across Eastern Carolina received progress reports this morning for their performance during the 2009-2010 school year.
Gourmet Trucks Roll To Help Teachers Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:29PMThis is not your standard meals on wheels. The Taste, Rock and Relax By the Shore: Long Beach Street Food Festival will host 20-plus gourmet food trucks, giving residents a chance to sample a growing trend in the restaurant and food industry, organizers said.
NJC receives $1.3 million grant for wind-tech program Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:59PMThe agreement has been signed, the i’s dotted and t’s crossed. Northeastern Junior College is indeed the recipient of a $1.323 million dollar federal grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, to be used for wind energy training.
Caddell assumes PSC Foundation presidency Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:25PMGulf Breeze resident Pam Hunt Caddell last week became President of the Pensacola State College Foundation Board of Governors. The non-profit PSC Foundation is the school’s fundraising arm. It maintains gifts and contributions to promote growth at the college on numerous levels including capital improvements, faculty and program development and scholarships. read more
Climbing toward success Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:19PMJENNIFER ALLEN
Our challenge: a fund to help our city’s poor Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 6:25AMWhen this newspaper published its groundbreaking investigation into the capital's dispossessed in March, it elicited a huge response. Policymakers declared their desire to tackle the problem.
Government Cuts Thousands of College Work-Study Jobs Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:22AMEnd of stimulus funding makes work-study jobs harder to get for college students
ASUMH deals with growth related cost Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:17AMArkansas State University Mountain Home is bigger and better than ever, and a bit more expensive.
Big money: School reform is target of grants Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:12AMIt's a math problem of significant proportions. Ten schools have three years and nearly $37 million to improve student achievement. Only time can answer whether the investment and intervention plans will be the answers for the perennially poor performing schools.
Fewer Americans Believe College Is a Good Investment Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:00AMRising tuition and an uncertain economy could be casting doubts over the value of investing in a college education, according to a COUNTRYÂ® Financial survey. The number of Americans who think college is a good financial investment plunged to 64 percent, down 16 points from last year and 17 points from 2008.
July 20: Letters to the editor Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:27AMToday’s topics: climate change, wage restraints, school boards ... and more
Bridging theory and reality Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 7:13PMUniversities must be allowed more leeway to experiment and to innovate if we are to produce well-balanced graduates with professionalism, idealism, wisdom and vision.
JPA scholarships: What will it be? Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 7:07PMThe status of Public Service Department scholarships has changed three times within a month, from one minister saying there were insufficient funds, to another saying it would not be a problem to source for additional funding. So what's the real deal with JPA scholarships?
Lansdowne Borough council deals with damage Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 5:51PMLANSDOWNE – Borough Council was taking it to the streets, as many of the items at their last meeting focused on storm cleanup and construction.
Pancake Breakfast to benefit Backpack Program Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 5:37PMA fundraising effort toward a local group’s ultimate goal — to ready students and their families for another school year — will be a pancake breakfast at Stoby’s Restaurant on July 25 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Pine Street Community Back to School Backpack Program.
Highland Park earns grant to help boost test scores Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 5:13PMHighland Park High School will receive grant money to transform the school.
Society Trying To Save Fluvanna School Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 4:15PMThe Fluvanna County Historical Society wants to turn the one-room New Fork High School into a museum.
State education agency retools after student loan overhaul Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:26AMAll student loans made through the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority since July 1, 2008, are now in the hands of the...
Libby High School vandalized again Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:13AMCanda Harbaugh/The Western News Extensive damage to student lab computers at the high school was discovered Monday.
Program furthers family literacy, life skills Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:55AMRocio Garcia could only speak a few words of English nine years ago, did not have a high school education and had two children and another on the way.
It’s official — Lake George will get a new school Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:29AMLake George Charter School Principal Pat Lewis is a happy camper.
Online vote: Raising funds for equipment Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:03AMCHERYL BURKE MOREHEAD CITY — Morehead City Elementary School teacher Renee Gilpin has started her own get-out-the vote campaign to raise money to replace outdated playground equipment at her school.
Jeffrey Sauger's Where Furrows Run Deep at Jack Hanley Gallery Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:19PMJeffrey Sauger, Where Furrows Run Deep. Photo: Courtesy Jack Hanley Gallery. NEW YORK, NY.- The existence of yet another population of our nation’s landscape has begun to fade.
Connecticut Land Dug Up for Items from Tribe-Settler War Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:18PMKevin McBride, University of Connecticut professor and researcher, holds up an artifact to be photographed at the Pequot Museum in Ledyard, Conn. Researchers are fanning out in southeastern Connecticut and part of Rhode Island to map out specific sites of storied conflict to better understand the Pequot War in an effort to have it listed as a historically significant American battlefield region.
Wedded to keeping history alive Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:16PMALLAIRE — Little has changed during the past 175 years at Allaire Village.
Conn. land dug up for items from tribe-settler war Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:30PMArtifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children's swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood. A project to map the battlefields of the Pequot War is bringing those musket balls, gunflints and arrowheads into the sunlight for the first time in centuries.
School board at-large candidates respond Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:05PMMurray County Board of Educaiton candidates for at-large seat answer questions
In tight budget times, Albemarle seeks more grants Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 7:02PMSchool officials hope to find out by September whether Albemarle will receive the human capital management system federal grant.
Conn. land dug up for items from tribe-settler war Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 5:41PMMYSTIC, Conn. - Artifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children's swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood.
Morris School District receives grants for repairs Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 5:14PMMORRISTOWN - The Morris School District received a grant of $623,872 for various school building improvements from New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) through the SDA’s Regular Operating Districts (ROD) grant program.
Search The Daily Targum Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:13PMBy: Chris Zawistowski With the state budget signed and passed last week, the University is bracing for what several administrators are calling one of the most challenging fiscal years in school history. “As you can imagine, it is with much sadness that I present this ...
Canada's Government Encourages Young Canadians to Discover Careers in Science and Engineering Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:08PMBURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 7, 2010) - Young Canadians will have greater opportunities to learn about science and engineering, thanks to a new federal investment. Speaking at Science Alive at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced funding for 51 organizations across Canada to encourage the next ...
Area nurses ask why nursing program at Kutztown University is on chopping block Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:05PMBudget cuts at area schools have been making headlines recently. Kutztown University was no exception.
New Senate Bill Gives Cities Green Technologies to Clean Water, Lower Costs Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:58AMWASHINGTON----The American Society of Landscape Architects today announced support for new Senate legislation designed to encourage green infrastructure – a novel, sustainable approach that uses natural systems of trees, plants and soils to manage rainwater instead of the overburdened and outdated infrastructure that currently exists in cities.
International group digs Pig Point Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:38AMPig Point, the county archaeological dig in south county awash in ancient Native American artifacts, drew the interest of an international group of antiquities-minded officials Friday.
Farmers on defensive on social sites Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:34AMFarmers are fighting back on the internet - blogging, tweeting, uploading their own videos and chatting on Facebook to defend their industry.
This year's Lower Merion Township Scholarship Fund winners Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:28AMSince 1964 the Lower Merion Township Scholarship Fund has awarded 3,410 grants to graduates of the school district. This year’s grants cover 116 graduating seniors and renewing recipients pursuing further education.
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din: Kashmir: Bullets for Books and Stones, Continued Crimes Against Humanity By The World's Largest ... Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:45AMKashmiris believe in democracy and civil society and that is why they continue to carry out civil protests amidst the bullets and batons of brutal of state security apparatuses.
Zane's World Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:31AMName Game How do you pronounce CSF's new name? Is it sfoo-ad or is it sfwad?
Dozens of Dana students attend MLC meetings Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:09AMStudents who had attended or were going to attend Dana Collegethis fall got a chance to get some questions answeredTuesday.
Will Arizona Law Help Dems With Hispanics? Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 1:06AMFor a Latino surge in November, Democrats would need to ratchet up their outreach and make a serious effort to pass immigration reform.
Community invited to Friday's 90th birthday Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 1:06AMWilliam C. "Bill" Friday, the man whose name is synonymous with North Carolina higher education during much of the 20th century, marks his 90th birthday this month.