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Colleges and Universities RSS FeedsOnStage at Connecticut College to present Dorfman´s ´Disavowal´ - "Disavowal," the newest modern dance production by David Dorfman Dance, performs Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. inside Palmer Auditorium as part of the 2008 onStage at Connecticut College season. ...Feed Source: aspen.conncoll.edu Connecticut College panel to speak about implications of the election beyond our borders - Connecticut College professors will explore the international implications of the presidential election during an Oct. 16 panel discussion, sponsored by the college´s Department of Government. ... Connecticut College to conduct ´green´ audit - This fall, Connecticut College is putting its long-standing reputation as an environmental leader to the test with a third-party environmental sustainability audit that will assess everything from the amount of water flushing down the pipes to the post-consumer content of paper purchases. ... Connecticut College Department of Psychology hosts fall lecture series - Connecticut College´s Department of Psychology is hosting a series of four lectures this fall. All will be presented in the college´s Silfen Auditorium inside Bill Hall, at 4:30 p.m., and are free and open to the public. ... Former New York Times Shanghai Bureau Chief to discuss the ´new´ China at Connecticut College Oct. 6 - Howard W. French, an associate professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and former Shanghai Bureau Chief for The New York Times, will give a talk titled, "The Great Transformation: How China Is Changing and What It Means for the World," Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Shain Library at Connecticut College. ... Connecticut College to host arts performances in October - Connecticut College will be alive with music, theater and dance this October with performances that stretch boundaries and invite discussion. ... Connecticut College to host fall seminars in chemistry - The Connecticut College department of chemistry is hosting a series of six fall seminars. ... Connecticut College Arboretum to host botanical arrangement workshop - Connecticut College Arboretum will host a botanical arrangement workshop Oct. 11 with Carol King, garden writer and lecturer. ... Connecticut College dance professor resigns - Lan-Lan Wang, professor of dance and acting chair of the dance department, has resigned effective immediately, after it was confirmed she had misrepresented her academic degrees to Connecticut College. ... Connecticut College becomes host to national organization that works to prevent sexual assault - One in Four, Inc., a 10-year-old non-profit organization that provides rape prevention programming to colleges, military bases and community organizations, will now be headquartered on the Connecticut College campus. ... Teachers Sue Over Right to Politic - The New York City teachers? union claims that a policy banning political pins and signs in schools violates teachers? First Amendment rights by blocking them from political expression.
... National Briefing | South: Florida: Schools Head Is Approved - The Miami-Dade County School Board approved a contract for its new superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, despite protests of unethical selection procedures and accusations of an affair.
... Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds - While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S., because culture discourages girls ? and boys ? from excelling.
... Police Criticized for Student Arrests - New York City police officers wrongly arrested more than 300 students under the age of 16 for minor offenses over a three-year period in city schools, the New York Civil Liberties Union said.
... Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra - This fall, schools in the New York area will test video game prototypes focusing on math and science.
... Advertising: A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases - A public service campaign from the Advertising Council will focus for the first time ever on a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians, focusing on teenagers.
... A Dead Language That?s Very Much Alive - The resurgence of a language once rejected as outdated and irrelevant is reflected across the country as Latin is embraced by a new generation of students.
... Mayor?s Push for a 3rd Term Clouds Debate Over School Control - It is all but certain that a debate to renew a state law giving the mayor of New York City control of its public schools will become a referendum on Michael Bloomberg.
... High School Sports: Bill Would Further Anti-Drug Efforts - A legislative mandate to educate student athletes about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs will bolster New Jersey?s school steroid testing initiative.
... Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77 - Dr. Klima was an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages.
... Students Make Literacy Day One for the Books - Elementary school students on Thursday tried to set a record for the largest number of people reading the same book on the same day.
... Bank Limits Fund Access by Colleges, Inciting Fears - Wachovia Bank has limited the access of nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held for them, raising worries about meeting payrolls and other obligations.
... Crisis Puts Tax Moves Into Play - Several tax breaks and provisions aimed at families and businesses, but also rural schools, have been tacked onto the financial bailout legislation.
... Teachers to Be Measured Based on Students? Standardized Test Scores - New York City is beginning to measure the performance of thousands of elementary-school teachers based on how much their students improve on math and reading tests.
... N.Y.U. Names the Leader of Its Abu Dhabi Campus - New York University announced that Alfred H. Bloom will lead its new Abu Dhabi campus in the United Arab Emirates.
... French Muslims Find Haven in Catholic Schools - Spurning the secular state schools, some Muslim students have found religious accommodation at private ones.
... Study of Standardized Admissions Tests Is Big Draw at College Conference - William R. Fitzsimmons?s first public presentation of the findings of the Study of the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission drew a large audience at the Seattle convention.
... Marc Raeff, Russian History Scholar, Dies at 85 - Professor Raeff was a Russian émigré who became one of the country?s leading scholars of Russian history, writing the first study of the Russian diaspora.
... William Woodruff, 92, Dies; British Chronicler - Mr. Woodruff was an eminent historian who wrote two best-selling books that made him a celebrity in his native England and a living link to a vanished working-class Britain.
... An F School? Depends on How It?s Judged - Grades for New York City schools are determined, in part, by a series of subjective decisions about which factors to use and how to weigh them.
... Detroit Schools, Already in Dire Straits, Take Hit as the City?s Population Shrinks - The public school system in Detroit stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in state financing due to a large drop in the number of students it serves.
... Town Green | New Haven: Whole Grains, Fresh Corn: School Menu on a Mission - Led by Timothy Cipriano, the New Haven school lunch program has been rebuilt from the ground up ? and the cooking taken in-house.
... Budget Bind Turns Spotlight on Reserve Teacher Policy - The announcement that the school system must cut its budget has renewed a push to convince the teachers? union to end the policy of keeping reserve teachers on the payroll.
... Advertising: Today?s Lesson: Selling Teenagers on Benefits of Milk - Classes at three high schools in California will be spending the next six or seven weeks developing ideas for the ?Got milk?? campaign.
... Joel Bloom, Science Exhibit Innovator, Is Dead at 83 - Mr. Bloom was the director of the science museum and planetarium at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
... Joseph Shenker, a Pacesetter at CUNY, Is Dead at 68 - Dr. Shenker was the first president of La Guardia Community College in New York and a leader in having students combine on-the-job experience with studies.
... Gamble on Gambling? Or Stay Safe in Cash? - Students at N.Y.U.?s Stern School of Business are charged with investing nearly $2 million of the university?s $2.2 billion endowment over the course of the semester.
... New Effort Aims to Test Theories of Education - A $44 million program called the Educational Innovation Laboratory is intended to infuse education with the data-driven approach that is common in science and business
... West Point Gives Cadets a New Hall of Learning - The new library on the campus of the United States Military Academy is meant to show a commitment to modernization.
... Bonuses Given at Schools That Failed - Teachers and principals at five failed schools earned cash bonuses for their successes on standardized tests, which officials explained largely as a question of short-term versus long-term goals.
... Vital Signs: Nutrition: Soda Ban in Schools Has Little Impact - A new study suggests that banning soft drink sales in elementary schools only slightly reduces how much soda children drink.
... Art and Science, Virtual and Real, Under One Big Roof - Eight years and $200 million in the making, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center aims to be a technological pleasure dome for the mind and senses.
... Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses - Donors are financing initiatives to restore what some see as the casualties of the culture wars of the ?80s and ?90s.
... College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs - A panel of influential officials is recommending a move away from SAT and ACT scores in admissions decisions.
... A School?s Grade Plummets, and Parents Are Confused - The parents at Public School 363 in the East Village were stumped by the D on its report card. How had the school fallen so far, so fast?
... The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers - Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.
... Big City: Practicing Politics Just Like the Big Boys (and Girls) - A new documentary tracked the campaign for student union president at Stuyvesant High School, and found some seeming similarities with national politics.
... Meliora Weekend Brings Headliners, Compelling Issues to Audiences - Linking Meliora and Eastman Weekends Spreads the Wealth of Programs
Political satirist Stephen Colbert and journalist Anderson Cooper will deliver the star power for the University of Rochester\'s classic reunion and family weekend on Oct. 16 to 19.
... Sally Roche Earns Second Annual Messinger Award - To make way for the new Gleason Library, more than half of all Rush Rhees Library staff had to be relocated, yet the library hardly missed a beat.
The credit for that seamless transition, said Stanley Wilder, associate dean of River Campus Libraries, goes in large part to Sally Roche. A... Kenneth Arnold, University of Rochester Adjunct Professor, Dies - Kenneth Arnold, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Rochester, died suddenly on Oct. 1 at age 51.
Bringing into the classroom 26 years of professional experience with Eastman Kodak, Arnold taught undergraduate courses as an adjunct instructor. \"Pr... International Theatre Program Presents You Can't Take It With You - Classic Play Celebrates Key American Family Value: Individualism
Snakes, illegal fireworks, and impulsive wrestling are just a few of the Sycamore family\'s eccentric passions in Moss Hart\'s and George S. Kaufman\'s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy You Can\'t... 'Be the Change Day' Gives Rochester Children Taste of College Life - Rochester area children will come to the University of Rochester\'s River Campus to participate in national \"Be the Change Day\" activities on Saturday, Oct. 4, from noon to 4 p.m. The volunteer event is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi\'s famous words, \"be the change you wish to see in t... Actor, Director Jerzy Stuhr Opens Polish Film Festival - Five of the Famed Thespian\'s Films to Be Screened Nov. 15 to 19
The Polish Film Festival is hitting the big time.
This year, the five-day festival will not only showcase some of Poland\'s best cinematic treasures as it has for the past dozen ye... Local 14-Year-Old Social Entrepreneur's Story Featured in Success Magazine - YEA! Student Gains National Recognition
Ani Patel, a 14-year-old freshman at Mendon High School, is spotlighted in the November issue of Success magazine for his efforts to bring English lessons to students in a rural district in Southwestern India. The issu... Novel Anti-Cancer Mechanism Found in Long-Lived Rodents - Biologists at the University of Rochester have found that small-bodied rodents with long lifespans have evolved a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism that appears to be different from any anticancer mechanisms employed by humans or other large mammals. The findings are published in today\'s ... Nobel Laureate Tony Leggett will give a public talk on the nature of time - Everything we know about science says that physics should work just as well backwards as forwards, so why is it that time always moves forward? Why is it so easy to scramble an egg but impossible to unscramble it?
Nobel Laureate Anthony J. Leggett will give a public talk titled &quo... University Health Service Building Opens With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - The University Health Services opened their new building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18. Formerly, UHS had offices in five different locations throughout the University campus, now the new facility, which is located next to Susan B. Anthony Residence Halls, brings together UHS med... Copyright © 2008, The Veggie Lady - Free Organic Gardening Advice. All Rights Reserved. |