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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 30, 2011

Better methods aim to use fewer animals for testing
Knoxville News Sentinel
"We started our own foundation to fund alternatives because that's where the real promise lies in ending animal studies. Technology can take us beyond that - and good riddance,'' said Sue Leary, president of the American Anti-Vivisection Society. ...
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ISIS Services Announces Deb Kaldunski as Director of Client Services
PR.com (press release)
Kaldunski has extensive expertise in laboratory animal science and biomedical technology, including project management, operations, marketing and client communications. She will oversee ISIS' sales and marketing strategies in the medical device and ...
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New fishing hook technology helps reduce accidental shark catches
DigitalJournal.com
New research continues being conducted which will make the technology available for use in all fisheries. Among species tested in ongoing repellent studies are the Carribean Reef shark, blacknose shark, lemon shark, nurse shark, bull shark and the...
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DigitalJournal.com

INLAND: Colleges, universities ready for graduation
Press-Enterprise
... Philosophy and Political Science, 8 am; College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Group 2, departments of: Psychology, Sociology, Religious Studies, Women's Studies, 6 pm, on Pierce lawn. Loma Linda University, School of Science & Technology, ...
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Post publication peer review – a new way of doing science?
Sciblogs (blog)
“Redfield and her colleagues are starting to carry out a new way of doing science, known as post-publication peer review. Rather than leaving the evaluation of new studies to a few anonymous scientists, researchers now debate the merit of papers after ...
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GLOBAL: Collaboration across divides - A way forward
University World News
The UK has recently seen the launch of an Inter-parliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa, designed to facilitate sustainable socio-economic development across the region. The opening meeting brought together 500 colleagues ...
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Western Nevada College Class of 2011
Nevada Appeal
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Networking Technology: Edward D. Meryhew, Arthur L. Redmon Jr., Jean Amos Robinson, Christopher J. Ziller Associate of Applied Science - General Business: Caitlin Castaneda, Teresa Chalmers, Melissa C. Chandler, ...
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Not far from stone tablets | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-05-29
Philadelphia Inquirer
If you've ever seen this picture, you've seen support for studies of how we use new media such as tablet computers (iPad, HP Slate, Motorola Xoom) and e-readers (Nook, Kindle, Sony Reader). In a study released in August, Forrester Research found that ...
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519 graduate from Drew University
Dailyrecord.com
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., a member of President Barack Obama's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, gives the commencement address. / unknown Mallory Bryant of Madison receives her degree. / unknown Caps and gowns were the ...
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What areas should schools emphasize?
Paragould Daily Press
The latest trend is the push for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Arkansas was one of the first states to recognize its importance. In fact, it was in Arkansas where I first heard about it. The most vocal supporters of STEM believe ...
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Education briefs
knox.VillageSoup.com
Lance Baldwin was named the 2010 Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Virginia Technology Education Association. He has taught for seven years, all at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va. Baldwin was also honored with a Teaching Excellence at ...
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knox.VillageSoup.com

The charter school solution: The best — or worst — idea ever?
Bangor Daily News
Even before the bill was endorsed by the Education Committee, he'd created a 12-member advisory board and an informational website for Baxter Academy, a proposed Portland-area science andtechnology high school. He believes the school can have 300 ...
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Heriot-Watt University launches interior design course
AME Info
As real estate developers move towards more sustainable, energy efficient and environmentally friendly buildings, Heriot-Watt University's unique incorporation of research and studies conducted by the University's own professors is incorporated into ...
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The only failure is the failure to persist, Class of 2011 told
Bates Magazine
Hammond, who is also a historian of science and professor of African Americanstudies at Harvard, was one of three honorary degree recipients who spoke at the college's 145th commencement. The others were Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown ...
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Bates Magazine

Plainview ISD honors retirees, top educators
Plainview Daily Herald
•Stephanie Baeza has taught for 17 years with the past six years spent teaching science at Houston School. She is a PHS graduate and received her bachelor's degree from Texas Tech. She is married to Raymond Baeza, and they have six children - Adrian, ...
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2011 Ada graduates honored for academic success
Ada Herald
Tiffani Decker has plans to further her studies in internet design technologies that she has worked on at Apollo Career Center by attending International Business College. She will receive an Ada Employees' Scholarship and Award of Merit. ...
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Area students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Spartanburg Herald Journal
This summer he will be working at the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney School of Medicine at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization in Sydney, Australia. McAbee's co-curricular activities include being a ...
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Middle class vulnerable to offshoring jobs
Arizona Republic
It's the middle class, studies have shown, that appears especially vulnerable to outsourcing or offshoring - and the ripple effects, which range from job losses to lower wages. A 2008 Harvard Business School study concluded that as many as 2 out of ...
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Govt shuts down El Dorado Youth Camp
The Trinidad Guardian
Cabinet Minute No 1137, which has been obtained by Sunday Guardian, confirmed the closure and transfer of the centre to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education. Cabinet ratified the decision on May 12, after it was considered on May ...
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"Intern Nation": Are we exploiting a generation of workers?
Salon
At under 300 pages it cannot compete with the comprehensive studies like Kevin Tierney's "Darrow: A Biography." Yet the book is a highly readable survey of Darrow's major cases and adventures, given from the perspective of a labor historian. ...
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Salon

Coaching class over college
Hindustan Times
“I cannot imagine clearing IIT-JEE (the entrance exam to the Indian Institutes of Technology) without joining a coaching class,” said Jain, an aspiring IITian wh With results coming out one after the other — ICSE and ISC results were declared on May ...
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Gaston County School Notes
Charlotte Observer
Fourth-graders at Southwest Elementary School recently participated in the annual "Bluegrass, Basketball and Barbecue" program of hands-on experiences related to their social studiescurriculum. Students enjoyed a concert by The Possum Holler Mountain ...
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Reporter's Notebook: Bellaire students rise to reading challenge
Carlisle Sentinel
... family and consumer science; Emilee Rehm, health and physical education; Meghan Cook, math and computer; Katelyn Chamberlain, music; Joanne Drawbaugh, science; Paige Snyder, socialstudies; Kyle Frady, technology education; and Hannah Bossert, ...
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Underwood Counters Critics in Controversy Over of UOG's Award of a Degree to ...
Pacific News Center
Your University continues to grow as we anticipate a new School of Engineering; growth in programs like environmental science, increased regional vitality through our outstanding research units like MARC, WERI and the Marine Lab and through our service ...
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VIDEO: Manalapan-Englishtown BOE Recognizes National History Day Winners
Patch.com
CSI Forensic Science Teacher at MEMS, Donna Falk, has been accepted into the SiemensScience Technology Engineering and Math (STAM) Institute for this summer. According to the district website, this process was highly selective, as the institute ...
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NEIGHBORS NEWS - CAMPUS CORNER
The Newark Advocate
Smeltzer, a freshment majoring in computer technology, graduated in 2010 from Licking Valley High School. Mike Smeltzer, a 2006 graduate of Licking Valley High School, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Akron University. ...
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College News & Notes
Fond du Lac Reporter
Schubert earned a liberal arts degree in political science. She is the daughter of Keith and Jean Schubert of Fond du Lac. n Martin Brent of Fond du Lac was named to the dean's list for the spring 2011 semester at the College of St. Scholastica in ...
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Opponents of PG&E 'smart meters' stand firm
Los Angeles Times
At these levels, radio signals from smart meters are unlikely to produce harmful thermal effects, according to a recent study by the nonpartisan, nonprofit California Council on Science andTechnology, which advises state government on technology ...
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The last class of Schenley represents bittersweet chapter in a proud history
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The closing of Schenley helped launch a massive realignment of East End middle and high schools, including the new Science and Technology Academy for grades six-12, the new 6-12 Barack Obama Academy for International Studies, University Prep 6-12 at ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette

On campus - May 29, 2011
Bismarck Tribune
She is a graduate of CHS and plans to major in radiologic technology and participate in track and field and cross country. The college has awarded her a Dean's Scholarship, Alumni Referral Award, Women's Cross Country Award and Women's Track and Field ...
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NEWARK CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
The Newark Advocate
The school's librarian/technology coordinator is retiring at the end of the school year after 29 years of service. She has also been a kindergarten teacher, was instrumental in coordinating Licking County's first Interactive Video Distance Learning Lab ...
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The Law: The Socialists
Big Government
Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, whose district happens to be home to General Dynamics Electric Boat, a major supplier of submarines and other technologies to the US Navy. And the $19 million for "Navy ship preliminary design and feasibility studies"? Rep. ...
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Academic Achievers
Times Daily
She received the Alex Shipley Jr. Award for excellence in political science her senior year, the EG Richmond Prize in social studies and the Eugene Mark Kayden Prize in economics. She is the daughter of Cynthia and David Albert Ferson. ...
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CSCC moves forward with CCTA initiatives
Cleveland Daily Banner
Cleveland State's Math Department received a grant from the TBR to redesign the developmentalstudies program. CSCC was one of six schools out of 28 that submitted proposals and received the grant. The Developmental Studies Program Redesign Grant ...
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Dan Krieger: We've engineered some marvels
San Luis Obispo Tribune
The Achievers: The Art of Engineering (Making Stuff that Works), a new exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, demonstrates the link between technology and beauty. The exhibit, co-curated by Tod Rafferty and Cal Poly graphic communication ...
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San Luis Obispo Tribune

msnbc.com technology & science - NASA studies damage on ...
Sheild to protect the shuttle when it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.
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The IDB and technological innovation in Argentina - Inter-American ...
IDB Home > News. Comment Tool Comment. Comment Tool Comment ... Between 2005 and 2010, the Science and Technology Research Fund (FONCYT), which has received IDB ... and more than 300 are carrying out studies at the doctoral level. ...
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Universiti Malaya | Science and Technology Studies - Academia.edu
There is 1 member of the Science and Technology Studies Department at ... status updates; newpapers; new research interests. and other research updates. ...
universitimalaya.academia.edu/.../Science_and_Technology_S...


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