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Oct 8, 2011

SPORTS, Athletics News, Oct 08, 2011


Concussions are the norm — Girls soccer second only to football in high ...
PNW Local News
Nationally, girls soccer ranks just below boys football in high school sports, according to a 2007 study of injuries in high school and college sports by researchers from Ohio State University and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ...
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Roundup: MSAC soccer title games today at Schoenbaum
Charleston Gazette
WVU SPORTS: West Virginia University will hold its 21st annual Sports Hall of Fame induction today prior to the WVU-Connecticut football game. Induction ceremonies begin at 9:30 am in the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility and the public is welcome to ...
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College notes: Hope to play first MIAA football game under the lights
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
"We are excited to have a night football game," said Hope athletic director Tim Schoonveld, of the 7 pm game against Kalamazoo College. "We have seen a tremendous increase in attendance at oursoccer matches with our night games and believe the same ...
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More kids with head injuries go to ER
Tbo.com
Bicycling, football, playground activities, basketball and soccer were the primary sports involved, the study said. "We believe that one reason for the increase in emergency department visits among children and adolescents may be a result of the ...
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Aggie Spotlight With Senior Soccer Player Shantel Flanary
Utah State Aggies
Check back to UtahStateAggies.com for more videos of USU soccer as well as other Aggie sports throughout the 2011-12 seasons. Each week throughout the academic year , Utah State Athletics will interview a student - athlete.
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Utah State Aggies
Activity, Ticket Information For Saturday's USU Football Game Against Wyoming
Utah State Aggies
USU Athletics action starts Friday afternoon with the Aggie women's soccer team taking on New Mexico State at 3 pm at Chuck & Gloria Bell Field. Utah State also hosts Louisiana Tech on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 pm Game day tickets are available to buy...
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Utah State Aggies
Women's Soccer Blanks Oglethorpe 3-0
Hendrix College Athletics
by Cody Usher CONWAY, Ark. - The Hendrix College women's soccer team blanked Oglethorpe University 3-0 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference action at Warrior Field on Friday night. The host Warriors (5-7, 1-2) picked up their first league victory ...
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Hendrix College Athletics
Former Director of Athletics Nick Rodis, dead at 87
Brandeis University
In addition, Rodis helped introduce seven women's intercollegiate sports in his tenure. Rodis hired Brandeis Hall of Fame coaches Bob Brannum (basketball) and Tom O'Connell (baseball), as well as current Judge coaches Mike Coven (men's soccer), ...
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Brandeis University
CWU women's soccer loses to Seattle Pacific, 5-2
KNDO/KNDU
by Sammy Henderson (Athletic Media Relations Assistant) ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- The Central Washington University women's soccer team surrendered four second-half goals in span of 13-plus minutes, losing 5-2 against 15th-ranked Seattle Pacific University ...
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NJCU ATHLETICS CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING ...
NJCU Athletics
At 10 am, the NJCU women's volleyball team will host Hunter College in the opening match of three at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center, located on Culver Avenue. At 12 pm, the men'ssoccer team will host Montclair State University at the ...
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Sports briefs: Western hires ex-KSU exec
Topeka Capital Journal
By The Capital-Journal Kurt McGuffin, a former associate athletic director at Kansas State, has been hired as director of athletics at Missouri Western. McGuffin comes to Missouri Western, a member of the MIAA located in St. Joseph, from Colorado where ...
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Ithaca College's big new Athletics and Events Center brings endless possibilities
Ithaca Journal
The swimming and diving teams are not the only ones benefitting from the new Athletics and Events Center. The track and field center doubles as a practice facility for lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, baseball, tennis, softball and football. ...
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Athletic fans set up supporters club in Alabama
EITB
"If we could get university soccer to triumph in the US as much as American football has, we're certain that in Europe they would begin to question the current economic situation of professionalfootball," they add.
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Crusaders top Glen again in boys soccer
Elmira Star-Gazette
SOUTHPORT -- Colin Mclaughlin's first-half goal was all Elmira Notre Dame needed to upend Watkins Glen 1-0 Friday in an Interscholastic Athletic Conference South boys soccer match among Large School Division rivals at Brewer Memorial stadium. ...
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Former Duke, Princeton recruit brings toughness to Wolverines
UVU Review
These are just two traits Utah Valley redshirt sophomore Natalie Young has utilized in order to advance her collegiate athletic career and put her in a position of leadership on this year's Wolverines soccer team. Growing up, Young found herself amid a ...
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UVU Review
The Demographics of College Athletics
Bacon's Rebellion
The most Hispanic of sports is NOT baseball (only 4.1% of male college baseball players are Hispanic). Nope. The big sports for Hispanic men in college athletics are volleyball (14.4%), water polo (5.8%) and soccer (5.5%). How about Asians? ...
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Bacon's Rebellion
A Celebration Of Today, Yesterday
University of Wisconsin- Superior
"It's such a special weekend for our department, to have the chance to celebrate the careers some great alumni, both athletic and away from sports," athletics director Steve Nelson said. "We've been fortunate in that even though we're a smaller campus,...
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University of Wisconsin- Superior
M. soccer barely aloat
Drexel University The Triangle Online
Fyalkowski on October 7, 2011 in Men's Soccer, Sports With the Drexel men's soccer team struggling to score goals so far this season, strong defense and excellent goalkeeping are keeping the Dragons afloat. As they move forward in Colonial Athletic ...
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Laval's secret
Queen's Journal
At that point, they didn't even have a football team. The Athletics program decided community sponsorship was the only way to keep their varsity teams. “We told the community 'if you want to have these sports, you have to put money on the table. ...
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Queen's Journal
$1 million price tag to repair WHS athletic fields
Willits News
WHS Principal Gordon Oslund called the varsity and junior varsity football teams over from practice, and members of the girls' soccer team were also on hand. Also attending were two members of the 1958 WHS football team, which had the only undefeated ...
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WHAC men's soccer report: Cornerstone, Davenport tied for first; Joe Veal tops ...
MLive.com
Afterwards all the teams in the conference will play in the conference tournament that will determine who gets the league's automatic bid to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athleticstournament, with the league winner receiving a bye to the ...
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Middle school soccer regular season finishes, playoffs on-deck
knox.VillageSoup.com
The following are final standings and playoff pairings for boys, girls and coed soccer, according to Camden-Rockport Middle School athletic director Matt Smith, who is the director of that sport this fall. In playoff games set for Oct. 11, No. ...
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Women's soccer struggles in UAA opener
The Brandeis Hoot
By Alex Bernstein The Brandeis women's soccer team lost its University Athletic Association (UAA) season opener, 2-0, to the University of Rochester on Saturday, after defeating Wellesley College 2-0 last Tuesday. Brandeis started off 2-0, however, ...
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Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board Tackles Athletic Field ...
Patch.com
Lambert pointed out that there are still no bleachers at Kennedy for the soccer team, the scoreboards for both the football and soccer teams at Kennedy are broken and the scoreboard at Grand Avenue hasn't worked in some time. ...
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Get Out: LIU Soccer Doubleheader to Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
New York Times (blog)
For more information about these or upcoming men's or women's matches contact LIU AssociateAthletics Director, Greg Fox. Michael Randazzo is a Community Roots Charter School parent and community advocate focusing on education and sports for children.
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In the Limelight
SU The Crusader Online
Hotaling was named team captain of the Selinsgrove Seals' boys' soccer team his senior season, becoming a two-sport standout after joining the football team during his sophomore year and sharing placekicking duties. Hotaling also played basketball and ...
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SU The Crusader Online
DOE spreading the word about dangers of concussions
KHON2
The DOE says last year there were 446 reported concussions in Hawaii athletics, this year there have been 350... 70-percent were football related. But experts say it can happen in any sport. A lot of our girl athletes have concussions, girls soccer is ...
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SU Goes South to Face National Runner-Up
SUAthletics.com
On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Orange men's soccer team will travel to Kentucky to play 2010 national runner-up No. 11 Louisville. Kickoff is set for 7 pm at Cardinal Park. Junior Ted Cribley is tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in assists with three. ...
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Shepherd, Christiano, Miller, Manlove named to Oakcrest Athletic Hall of Fame
Shore News Today
Christiano was active in sports since he was 4 and played on many travel soccer and hockey teams, winning several championships. While at Oakcrest, he played soccer and tennis and was an honor student. At the University of Delaware, he played hockey ...
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Fundraisers to Save Our Sports Scheduled This Weekend
First Coast News
Slow pitch softball, wrestling, lacrosse and boys and girls soccer are the final programs that still need to raise money to save their seasons this school year. County Athletic Director Jon Fox said earlier this week that those programs needed $20000 ...
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New Athletic Center to Be Built in McDonough Parking Lot
Georgetown University The Hoya
In addition, the IAC will house a new student-athlete academic center, auditorium and team meeting facilities for all varsity sports programs. The Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame, currently located in the Leavey Center, will be moved to the new ...
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Longwood Falls To North Carolina State 4-1
Longwood Athletics
Longwood University dropped a 4-1 women's soccer decision to visiting North Carolina State University of the Atlantic Coast Conference Friday night at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. Sophomore Kelsey Pardue |Henrico (Hermitage) scored the only goal ...
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Sports Medicine with Jill Bruder
Pincher Creek Echo
... with Mustangs football players, minor soccer and the midget AA Rockies hockey team. She said many people believe they could never afford her, but that they don't realize many minor sportsassociations have insurance that cover athletic therapy. ...
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Sports Briefs
Daily Herald
"I am extremely disappointed with the NCAA's decision regarding Devier Posey," Ohio State athleticdirector Gene Smith said in a statement. "This penalty is harsh considering the nature of the violation and the five-game suspension already served by ...
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Soccer mania grips Omani students Down Under
Oman Daily Observer
SOCCER may be slightly less followed sport in Australia compared to rugby and cricket but ask any Omani supporter staying Down Under what is running in their minds and the instant reply will be the Oman-Australia tie on October 11. ...
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Oman Daily Observer
No. 3 California blanks Mansfield in women's soccer
Elmira Star-Gazette
in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference women's soccer game. Wilhelm had 12 saves in 70 minutes of play; Krieger picked up four saves over the final 20 minutes. Breeanna Robinson, Kelsey Russo and Chelsea Crockett scored for California (8-0-2, ...
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Charlie Ward will honor Bobby Bowden at Westbury Christian fundraiser next Sunday
Your Houston News
The Thomasville, Georgia native arrived at Westbury Christian with a vision for the athletic program, which currently has a basketball gymnasium and a practice field on its campus. The school leases fields at a nearby park to host football, soccer, ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Oct 08, 2011


Expanding Danforth Plant Science Center hires scientists
STLtoday.com
The scientists, who recently received $16 million in grant funding from federal research organizations and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will work in next-generation biofuels, computational biology and new technologies. ...
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LCWU approves Rs 830m budget
The Nation, Pakistan
Reconstitution of six-member search committee, nomination of members of Academic Council, Advanced Studies, Research Board and all recommendations forwarded by the selection boards were also approved. The 43rd meeting of LCWU syndicate was held under ...
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GLOBAL: How to create a world-class university
University World News
For example, the authors show that in late 2007, Saudi Arabia announced plans for a new US$10 billion graduate research university; Pakistan plans to spend $750 million for each of its new universities of engineering, science, and technology during the ...
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University World News
Behind a visionary: The science of Steve Jobs
msnbc.com
People who sign up for her research group's studies on psilocybin, the hallucinogen in mushrooms, tend to be more open than the general population already. Young Jobs was likely the same way. "I think he's a classic example of someone who was very high ...
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msnbc.com
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
Scientific American (blog)
As a result, she is regarded as the World's First Computer Programmer and an inspiration to women interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, an Mathematics (STEM). Ada Lovelace Day is a worldwide celebration of her contribution to STEM and society ...
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Scientific American (blog)
CSUCI, Oxnard College grants to encourage math, science studies
Ventura County Star
A research class and summer internship also helped Afausto Astillero, 47, decide he wanted tostudy chemical engineering after changing his focus several times in three years at Oxnard College. "It helped me decide on a hard science major instead of ...
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Beat the Traffic to Participate in $1.2 Million 'Eco-Driving' Research Project
PR Web (press release)
Beat the Traffic®, a leading provider of real-time traffic information for broadcast media and mobile devices, is pleased to announce its participation in a $1.2 million research project to study and evaluate technologies that help people drive smarter ...
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NASA finds 'unprecedented' ozone loss in North Pole
GMANews.TV
Other institutions participating in the study included Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and MarineResearch, Potsdam, Germany; NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De BiltThe Netherlands; ...
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Newly deployed wind-assessment buoy in Muskegon Lake joins advancements for ...
MLive.com
The $3.3 million project called for construction of the buoy, installation of the wind-testing technology, financial support for three years of research and other lake-relatedstudies. Initially, most of the funding was set to come from a $1.4 million ...
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MLive.com
Science & Tech: Researchers study link between diesel fumes and destruction of ...
Scottish Daily Record
Chemical ecologist Dr Robbie Girling said: "The diesel fumes may have a dual affect in that they may be mopping up flower smells in the air, making it harder for the bees to find their food sources." Recent research has revealed more about the effects ...
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$42M in a month: Researchers show OSU the money
KVAL
The funding is vital to pushing the boundaries of research forward, and OSU plays an integral role in that regard. Faculty in some of its most prominent areas – the College of Agricultural Science, for instance – find their work cited by other ...
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Czech Republic Launches $267M Life Sciences and Materials Research Center
GenomeWeb Daily News
The research will involve a wide range of studies of human molecular medicine, plant biology, and animal health and diseases. "Our ambition is to become a European Silicon Valley in the fields ofscience and research and the CEITEC center surely ...
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Movial Rides Embedded Systems Wave, Sees Increase in Demand for its Experience ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This increase in demand is in line with today's findings on embedded software use as announced by ETLA,The Research Insititute of the Finnish Economy as well as other recent studies showing that embedded systems are being used to enable exciting, ...
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Don't forget the combustion engine
Washington Post
So now might be a good time to remember an advanced technology that is often forgotten, the combustion engine, and the promise it still holds for helping the United States meet its short-term objectives regarding oil consumption. Studies have ...
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Santa Monica College Awarded $5.8 Million Federal Grant
Classes2Careers News
by Sandra Kelly on October 7, 2011 Santa Monica College, along with UCLA, has been awarded a $5.8 million federal grant to help the school recruit, educate, and give guidance to underrepresented minority students into the fields of science, technology,...
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Classes2Careers News
Lok Virsa educates youth about cultural heritage
Pakistan Daily Times
... Sialkot, Hussain Public School, Sialkot, National University of Science & Technology (NUST),Lahore, Fauji Foundation School, Rawalpindi, NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research,Faisalabad, Gift Education System, Gujranwala, ...
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The business of cooling the planet
Fortune
In 2004, Comer agreed to finance a startup called Global Research Technologies to study air capture. GRT set up shop in Tucson, hired a CEO, and developed a device called an air extractor after testing various materials to see which would most ...
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NCCU gets final approval for new Ph.D. program
Durham Herald Sun
The program, housed in the College of Science and Technology, will draw also on the resources of NCCU's Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, the BiomanufacturingResearch Institute and Technology Enterprise and the School of ...
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Danforth Center Announces Five New Investigators, New Director of the ...
CisionWire (press release)
Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. Research at the Danforth Center will feed the hungry and improve human health, ...
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Studies Suggest Brain Stem Cells Could Represent Autologous Transplant Therapy ...
Genetic Engineering News
Reporting in EMBO Molecular Medicine, the team, led by Makoto Asashima, Ph.D., and Tomoko Kuwabara, at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology (AIST), claim the technique didn't need the introduction of any inductive ...
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Genetic Engineering News
Raising "Good" Cholesterol Levels Reduces Heart Attack & Stroke Risk in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our study adds to the growing body of evidence that raising HDL levels may be an important strategy for reducing heart attack risk," said study lead author Gregory Nichols, PhD, senior investigator with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research ...
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Possible contraception link to HIV spread in Africa
Catholic News Agency
Green, an anthropologist and former director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, said the New Paradigm Fund grew out of the Harvard project. His organization has “strong views” on AIDS ...
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Catholic News Agency
Tulane alum, entrepreneur returns with unconventional style
The Hullabaloo Online
Ivey now works as an adjunct professor at the university, teaching a class with Professor Thomas Langston called "Science, Technology and Public Policy." Though Ivey was interested in computerscience and knew how to program computers, he did not study ...
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TLR7 Implicated as Potential Target for Enhancing Immunity to Retroviruses
Genetic Engineering News
A series of experiments by Edward P. Browne, Ph.D., at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, indicates that the vertebrate immune system detects retroviruses in vivo via TLR7 and that this ...
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Name change reflects focus on future technology
Northside Sun
As a student at Harvard in 1976, I was one of 50 students chosen to be in a special honors program, called Social Studies - “Soc Stud” in the Harvard vernacular. One of the rewards of being in Soc Stud was the privilege of getting to read every single ...
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Scholarships: PTDF Scholarship 2012/2013 For MSc, PhD and Undergraduates
Information Nigeria
Our mission is to train Nigerians to qualify as graduates, professionals, technicians and craftsmen in the field of engineering, geology, science and management in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria or abroad. We have a vision to serve not only as a ...
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