• UW-Stout seeks computer engineering degree (Leader-Telegram)

    MENOMONIE - With the goal of increased economic development in western Wisconsin, UW-Stout is seeking approval from the Board of Regents to add a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering.
    2008-08-17 10:14:41
  • Malay/Muslims monthly contribution to go up to fund progress—building initiatives (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)

    SINGAPORE: A monthly contribution by Malay/Muslim workers will be raised to fund three initiatives to help the community build on its achievements.
    2008-08-17 08:32:25
  • Schools in N.O. compete to draw students (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

    When Alex Hochron arrived in New Orleans last month to head a new freshman academy at Cohen High School, he saw hundreds of signs lining neutral grounds promoting charter schools.
    2008-08-17 08:28:33
  • Terence Sanger: A childhood love, a love of kids (Scientific American)

    FINALIST YEAR: 1981  [More]
    2008-08-17 09:37:19
  • 3 high schools offer engineering (Lancaster Online)

    Three Lancaster County high schools are adding college-caliber engineering programs to their curricula to spur students' interest in science, mathematics, technology and engineering.Beginning this fall, freshmen at Hempfield, McCaskey East and Manheim Township high schools can get a ta...
    2008-08-17 09:19:02
  • Robert N. Beck, 80, Leader in Advancing Scanning for Medical Diagnoses, Dies (New York Times)

    Mr. Beck, who had studied mathematics and physics, did incisive early work on using radioactive materials for medical imaging.
    2008-08-17 09:34:07
  • Madares Al Ghad schools to focus on English, computers - Khaleej Times

    DUBAI - At the helm of a new academic year, principals, teachers and mentors of the 50 Madares Al Ghad (MAG) or Future Schools in the UAE pledged on Sunday for a renewed thrust on English language and making its pupils more Internet savvy ...
    2008-08-17 12:54:00
  • Biondi could serve as role model for Phelps - Guardian Unlimited

    BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - When Michael Phelps decides to hang up his bodysuit, he might care to choose Matt Biondi as his role model. For Biondi, the three-times Olympian who racked up 11 Olympic medals and 12 world records, cheering crowds are a ...
    2008-08-17 01:01:00
  • St Stephen’s new rules put students in a spot - Hindustan Times

    The student’s union poll scenario at St. Stephen’s College this year bears an uncanny resemblance to the confusion and chaos of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) election in 2007. The recommendations of the JM Lyngdoh Committee, which St ...
    2008-08-17 12:32:00
  • Madares Al Ghad schools to focus on English, computers (Khaleej Times)

    DUBAI - At the helm of a new academic year, principals, teachers and mentors of the 50 Madares Al Ghad (MAG) or Future Schools in the UAE pledged on Sunday for a renewed thrust on English language and making its pupils more Internet savvy.
    2008-08-17 01:15:41
  • St Stephen's new rules put students in a spot (HT via Yahoo! India News)

    The student's union poll scenario at St. Stephen's College this year bears an uncanny resemblance to the confusion and chaos of Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election in 2007.
    2008-08-17 12:45:01
  • Retired math teacher never stopped giving lessons (Everett Herald)

    Royal Penewell taught math. When he wasn't in class, he still taught. Even when math wasn't the subject, he'd make it so. Better yet, Penewell took math and made it fun.
    2008-08-17 04:25:36
  • Study: PSD students fail to meet board expectations - Coloradoan

    Poudre School District failed to meet any of the expectations set forth by a new district achievement monitoring study, but board members and PSD officials say they are not disappointed. The expectations, set under Board of Education’s District ...
    2008-08-17 10:59:00
  • Continued: For Aveda, the problem with common scents - Minneapolis Star Tribune

    For years, "the nose" of Aveda has traveled the Amazon River in Brazil, the flower fields of Corsica and the banks of the Nile in Egypt in search of his aromatic holy grail: a lone, elusive ingredient that just might defy mother nature. But more ...
    2008-08-17 09:40:00
  • For Aveda, the problem with common scents - Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Ko-ichi Shiozawa, chief perfumer at Aveda, smelled a scent sample containing 15 essential oils that will be featured in a new Aveda shampoo and conditioner, available next year. Behind him are samples of hundreds of essential oils. Chief perfumer Ko ...
    2008-08-17 10:38:00
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