Student innovations have no takers in India The Times Of India AHMEDABAD: Around six lakh students graduate from technical institutes every year in our country and none of their 'innovative' project works is considered worthy of a patent. There exists no arrangement in our education system to recognise these efforts. | In fact, the much-touted 'black box' being...
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Wayne State University science, health, and technology news for the year 2009, part 5 The Examiner | Last fall, the Recovery Act funded several research projects at WSU in health and energy. (Recovery.gov) If you like this ... Wayne State University science, health, and technology news for the year 2009, part 4 Wayne State University science, health, and technology news for the year 2009, part 3 ...
Sir Kenneth Dover: Greek scholar and Chancellor of the University of St Andrews The Times | Sir Kenneth Dover was one of the finest and most widely respected Greek scholars of the 20th century, and held many high positions in the academic world. He became better known to a wider public in 1994 through his remarkable autobiography Marginal...
Sir Kenneth Dover obituary The Guardian | Distinguished classical scholar and academic who broke new ground with his book Greek Homosexuality | Sir Kenneth Dover was a towering academic figure. Photograph: St Andrews | Sir Kenneth Dover, who has died aged 89, was a towering figure in the s...
Students in race for state's college financial aid funds Chicago Sun-Times | The race for college financial aid is on. | Applications for state financial aid grants are being filed at a record pace. Students who don't complete applications soon could risk being shut out from state aid. » | STUDENT AID APPLICATIONS | A...
Applications invited for CSIR-UGC test The Hindu | The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has invited applications for the Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) to be held on June 20 for determining the eligibility for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and for...
Japanese researcher showcases invention at RTP The News & Observer | RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- Going outside his field of expertise earned a Japanese professor a scientific discovery and a trip to North Carolina. | Shuhei Nakamura teaches at Mie University near Nagoya, Japan, and studies materials to build ever smal...
Schools chief sees innovation, challenge Star Tribune | Jeff Ronneberg, 42, took over as superintendent of Spring Lake Park schools beginning Jan. 1. In succeeding Don Helmstetter, who retired at the end of last year, Ronneberg takes the helm of a north suburban district with 4,600 students. | It's a di...
China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal The Star | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States. A chimney billows smoke as the sun shines through haze on a cold winter's day in Beijing in this December 24, 2009 file photo. (REU...
How the biggies around here hired and fired; supersize me, Starbucks Seattle Times | Many of the region's biggest public companies recently filed their year-end regulatory reports, revealing among other things a data point that some of them don't otherwise discuss - jobs. | The numbers provide a sobering look at how sharply many of them shrank during the Great Recession. A few, though, powered right through the downturn with hiri...
