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Obituary: Sue K. Young, Wife of UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Young.
Oct 01, 2001 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (AScribe News) -- Sue K. Young, wife of former UCLA Chancellor and current University of Florida President Charles E. Young and a prominent member of the university community for four decades, died on September 28 at her home in Thousand Oaks, ...
Remembrance Events Planned at Cal State Hayward.
Oct 01, 2001 ... Byline: Calif. State University, Hayward HAYWARD, Calif., Oct. 1 (AScribe News) -- Faculty, staff and students will gather at a campus remembrance event of "healing, hope and renewal" scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 2 at California State University, Hayward, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd. ...
Purdue Forestry Department Receives $21 Million in Timberland.
Oct 01, 2001 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe News) -- A man who never set foot on the Purdue campus has given the university land and timber valued at more than $21.2 million, university officials announced. "Fred van Eck's generosity will elevate ...
Help for Social Studies Teachers: Top Journal Focuses on 'Teaching about Tragedy'; Key Articles Now Available Online.
Oct 01, 2001 ... Byline: National Council for the Social Studies WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AScribe News) -- Responding to the immediate need by teachers for information to help deal with the events and consequences of Sept. 11 in their classrooms, the theme of the October issue of SOCIAL EDUCATION is ...
Spontaneity, Access in Use of Internet Are Key to Fulfilling Potential of e-Learning, Says Expert.
Oct 02, 2001 ... Byline: Penn State, Smeal College of Business Administration UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- E-learning's real potential as a tool for developing leaders is around interactivity and networking, but accomplishing its potential is going to take dynamic e-platforms ....
When Julia Child Comes to Smith College, Students Plan to Turn Tables and Cook for Her.
Oct 02, 2001 ... Byline: Smith College NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- Students at Smith College, alma mater of famed television chef and cookbook author Julia Child, will have the chance to trade stories of undergraduate life with Child when she visits the campus Oct. 10 - 12 as an ...
Weed Scientist Rob Wilson Hired as Farm Advisor for California Northern Sierra.
Oct 02, 2001 ... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture SUSANVILLE, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- Weeds have fascinated Rob Wilson since he was an undergraduate at Colorado State University (CSU). Hired this summer as a University of California Cooperative Extension farm ...
New York University School of Medicine Honors School Faculty Legends in 'Firm' Naming Ceremony.
Oct 02, 2001 ... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- On Wednesday, October 3, the Department of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine will pay tribute to eight legendary figures from the department's history by naming its "Firms" in their honor. Students in ...
Cal State Hayward to Host Forum 'Terrorism and America'.
Oct 02, 2001 ... Byline: Calif. State University, Hayward HAYWARD, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- Following the recent terrorist attacks on the United States, a panel of political science and communications faculty members for California State University, Hayward will lead a forum, "Terrorism ...
International Fulbright Team Will Explore Key Global Public Health Issues.
Oct 03, 2001 ... Byline: Council for International Exchange of Scholars WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe News) -- A team of 30 top researchers and professionals from 19 countries around the world will unite under the banner of the Fulbright Program to explore key global public health issues. ...
Basketball Star Rebecca Lobo and Mother Establish Lobo Scholarship to Assist UConn Hispanic Allied Health Students.
Oct 03, 2001 ... Byline: University of Connecticut STORRS, Conn., Oct. 3 (AScribe News) -- Rebecca Lobo, one of the nation's best known women's basketball players, and her mother, RuthAnn, today announced they are establishing an endowed scholarship at the University of Connecticut School of ...
Fisher College Offers Leadership Program for Athletics Directors, Sports Administrators.
Oct 03, 2001 ... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 3 (AScribe News) -- The business of sports is, unmistakably, big business. And attending to the administrative details requires the same level of leadership and teamwork as is demanded on the playing field. ...
Euro RSCG DSW Partners Tapped to Brand Upcoming Merger of Two of World's Oldest and Largest Literacy Organizations.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: Laubach Literacy SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (LVA), two of the oldest and largest volunteer literacy organizations in the world, have selected Euro RSCG DSW Partners to develop a ...
National Association for College Admission Counseling Launches Free Online Fairs for Students, Parents, Counselors.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Thousands of students, parents and counselors from around the world will to log on to www.OnlineCollegeFair.com on Oct. 9, 2001 to participate in the first Online College Fair of ...
UCLA Creates 50 New Courses in Response to Sept. 11 Attack; Undergraduate Seminars Span UCLA Fields of Study.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Responding to the events of Sept. 11, the College of Letters & Science at UCLA has created 50 new courses that explore the scope of issues emerging from the terrorist attacks. Offered in the fall quarter, the courses ...
Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business Establishes Sept. 11 Memorial Endowment.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University has established a Sept. 11 Memorial Endowment to support student programs at the college. The endowment was established in memory ...
California Digital Library, Berkeley Electronic Press Announce Partnership for Scholarly Communication Initiatives.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: University of California BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- The California Digital Library and Berkeley Electronic Press today announced a partnership to advance innovations in scholarly communication. Through the partnership, the California Digital ...
Jacqueline Kennedy Awards Dinner To Be Hosted by John F. Kennedy University.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- John F. Kennedy University is hosting the Jacqueline Kennedy Awards Dinner to honor four Bay Area women who are community service leaders. The honorees are Laura Arrillaga, Julie Packard, Dolores Santa ...
California Whistleblower Law Expanded to Help Community College Employees.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: Faculty Association of California Community Colleges SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Gov. Gray Davis announced Tuesday that he has signed legislation to expand provisions of a whistleblower law for community college employees. FACCC co-sponsored ...
University of Connecticut Receives Country's First UNESCO Human Rights Chair.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: University of Connecticut STORRS, Conn., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- The University of Connecticut has received the first and only UNESCO chair in human rights in the United States. Amii Omara-Otunnu, an associate professor of history, executive director of the Institute of ...
Former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to Speak at Civic Engagement Symposium Hosted by San Francisco State.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: San Francisco State University SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Student participation in civic groups and involvement in local and international political arenas will be the focus of a daylong symposium at San Francisco State University that includes addresses ...
Nation's Top Student Inventors Exhibit Innovations.
Oct 04, 2001 ... Byline: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance RENO, Nev., Oct. 4 (AScribe News) -- Student inventors from colleges and universities around the U.S. bring their innovations to Reno on October 12 for a free, one-day exhibit that spotlights the process of turning a ...
First American Patriotic Song Written by John Dickinson, Man Who Named the United States of America.
Oct 05, 2001 ... Byline: Dickinson College CARLISLE, Pa., Oct. 5 (AScribe News) -- The first American patriotic song was written by John Dickinson, the namesake of Dickinson College and the man who many believe came up with the name of the United States of America. Called "The ...
UNC-Chapel Hill Joins With Schools in Asia, Europe, and the Americas to Deliver Executive MBA Program on Four Continents.
Oct 05, 2001 ... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 5 (AScribe News) -- Five top business schools from Asia, Europe and North and South America have formed a partnership to design and deliver OneMBA, a premier global executive MBA program that is ...
University of Arkansas to Team With University of Virginia for Clinton History Project.
Oct 05, 2001 ... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 5 (AScribe News) -- The University of Arkansas will team up with the University of Virginia to conduct the Clinton History Project, a multi-year initiative to chronicle the life of the nation's 42nd president through audio ...
Saint Vincent's Day Home to Celebrate 90th Anniversary, Honor Educator With Children's Choice Award Dinner.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Albrycht McClure & Partners OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- Saint Vincent's Day Home, the oldest and largest child development center in Alameda County, announced today that its annual Children's Choice Awards Dinner will celebrate 90 years of the Day Home's ...
Nobel Prize Goes to Seattle Researcher Dr. Lee Hartwell; Genetics Professor Honored for Work in Cell-Cycle Research.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- Lee Hartwell, Ph.D., president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and also professor of genetics at the University of Washington, today was named winner of the 2001 Nobel ...
Penn State's Quality and Manufacturing Management Program Integrates Business and Engineering.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Penn State, Smeal College of Business Administration UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- When Stephanie Washburn took on a new managerial assignment with Kodak several months ago, she felt confident because of her background in Penn State's Quality and ...
San Francisco State Hosts Discussion on Promoting University Involvement in Civic Life; Leon Panetta to Speak.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: San Francisco State University SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- With the events of Sept. 11 sparking a renewed interest in community service, how can an institution of higher learning better promote involvement in the community and in public life? San Francisco ...
Miniature Cooling Technologies Focus of Purdue-Industry Center.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- Purdue University is forming a new National Science Foundation center to help industry develop miniature cooling technologies for a wide range of applications, from electronics and computers to ...
Kenyon College Creates Lee Adler Scholarship Fund for Children of September 11 Victims.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Kenyon College GAMBIER, Ohio, Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- Kenyon College has established a scholarship fund to assist the children of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., and of the airline crashes that day in those ...
Deere and Company Turns to Indiana University's Kelley School for Online MBA Degrees in Finance.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- Deere & Company, the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, has entered into a Web-based academic partnership with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to provide a master of ...
Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs Enters Three-Year Pact with Russian Institutes.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) has received two partnership grants from the U.S. Department of State to collaborate in curriculum development and distance learning ...
Old Science Center in Recycling Bin at Middlebury College; Unique Environmental Construction Rules to Be Put to Test.
Oct 08, 2001 ... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Oct. 8 (AScribe News) -- What should a college do with an old science center building which it doesn't want any more and which sits on the perfect site for a new college library? Especially Middlebury College, which prides itself on ...
Stevens Institute of Technology Demonstrates Real-Time Adventures on Internet at 2001 National Education Summit.
Oct 09, 2001 ... Byline: Stevens Institute of Technology HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 9 (AScribe News) -- More than half the nation's governors and several dozen top business leaders are gathered today and tomorrow for the 2001 National Education Summit in Palisades, N.Y. At the summit, these leaders ...
Georgetown University to Inaugurate John J. DeGioia as President.
Oct 09, 2001 ... Byline: Georgetown University WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AScribe News) -- Georgetown University will inaugurate John J. DeGioia as its 48th president on Saturday, October 13, 2001. The University has planned a week of events to commemorate the occasion. Events include a day ...
Jeanette Sutherlin Named Director of Fresno County UC Cooperative Extension.
Oct 09, 2001 ... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 9 (AScribe News) -- Jeanette Sutherlin, a 28-year veteran of University of California Cooperative Extension, has been named director of its Fresno County program. "I value the opportunity to ...
Vegetable Crops Advisor Jesus Valencia Joins Fresno County UC Cooperative Extension.
Oct 09, 2001 ... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 9 (AScribe News) -- Jesus Valencia is now the University of California Cooperative Extension vegetable crops farm advisor for Fresno County, transferring from UCCE's Stanislaus County office. ...
NSF Announces 'Advance' Institutional Awards for Support of Women Faculty in Science and Engineering.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: National Science Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first set of ADVANCE institutional transformation grants which seek to ensure fuller participation and advancement of women faculty in science ...
Harry Potter, Tolkien Movies More Than Kid Stuff, Says Gettysburg College Professor.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: Gettysburg College GETTYSBURG, Pa., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- This year's two major fantasy movies - "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" - are not just kid stuff, said Gettysburg College Prof. Christopher R. Fee, co-author of the new ...
'Space, Social Identity, and the American Campus': Symposium to Examine Collegiate Architecture and Landscape Design.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The University of Virginia School of Architecture will hold the first biennial Woltz Symposium, "Space, Social Identity, and the American Campus," on Nov. 2 and 3. The symposium will look at the past, ...
Skilled Product Managers Shortage Leads to Creation of Wine and Spirits Institute at University of Houston.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of Houston HOUSTON, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- A need for skilled product managers in the beverage industry forged the creation of the Wine and Spirits Management Institute at the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant ...
University of Washington Receives $3.5 Million for National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of Washington Health Sciences SEATTLE, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The University of Washington has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to establish a National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education, to be known as AccessIT. The five-year ...
NIGMS Grantee K. Barry Sharpless Wins Nobel Prize for Advances in Mirror-Image Chemistry.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: National Institutes of Health BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, a long-time grantee of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health, was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry today ...
Barnard's Center for Research on Women Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Renowned Thinkers Who Led, Shaped Center.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: Barnard College NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The Barnard Center for Research on Women, one of the most well-regarded and historically important feminist research centers in the country, will celebrate its 30th anniversary, November 9, honoring the renowned ...
University of Pittsburgh Enrollment Increases for Fifth Straight Year, Up 6.8 Percent Since Fall 1996.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- Total enrollment at the University of Pittsburgh has increased for the fifth straight year. There are 33,544 students enrolled for the 2001 Fall Term, an increase of 884, or 2.7 percent, over Fall Term 2000 ....
UC San Francisco Breast Oncology Program Is Beneficiary of 'Fashion Targets Breast Cancer' Shopping Weekend.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of California, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The Breast Oncology Program at UCSF is the sole beneficiary this year of Saks Fifth Avenue San Francisco's third annual charity shopping weekend. From October 18-21, two percent of the two ...
Speech Recognition Technology to Search Holocaust Archives; Johns Hopkins Engineers to Help Build Audio Retrieval System.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- Johns Hopkins University engineers are developing a speech recognition system that will help historians sift through thousands of hours of interviews collected from Holocaust survivors and witnesses in ...
NASA-Funded Physicist Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle Shares Nobel Prize.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- The 2001 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to three scientists, including a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist whose NASA-funded research uses ultra-cold atoms that form a new type ...
UC Berkeley Professor Shares 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, University's Second Win In a Row.
Oct 10, 2001 ... Byline: University of California, Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 10 (AScribe News) -- George A. Akerlof, an economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was named the 2001 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences today (10/10/01). It is the second ...
Harvard Injury Control Research Center Receives Major CDC Funding for Five-Year Continuation of Center.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Through a major grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Harvard Injury Control Research Center at the Harvard School of Public Health will continue national efforts to reduce injuries in ...
Stevens Institute of Technology Breaks Ground for Building on Hudson: The Babbio Center for Technology Management.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: Stevens Institute of Technology HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- The phrase timing is everything rings eerily these days at Stevens Institute of Technology. The university has been planning to break ground on a new academic building on the Hudson this month. As ...
University of Michigan Receives $3.7 Million Grant to Aid Women Faculty in Science and Engineering.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- The University of Michigan has received a five-year, $3.7 million award from the National Science Foundation to improve the opportunities for tenure-track women faculty in science and engineering fields. ...
Lunch-Table Discussion Leads to $100 Million Economic Impact: University of Houston Space Center Marks 15th Anniversary.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of Houston HOUSTON, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- In 1986, University of Houston researchers sitting at a lunch table discussed what kind of new science could be done in the vacuum of space. Fifteen years later, their efforts have led to an orbiting ...
National Science Foundation Funds $15 Million Physics Center at University of Michigan.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- The development of the basic scientific advances and applications that will transform society in the next two decades---in areas as diverse as nanotechnology, nuclear science and medicine---received a ...
Georgetown's McDonough School I.E.M.B.A. Program is Ninth in Business Week Ranking.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown U. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Business Week ranks Georgetown's McDonough School international executive M.B.A. (I.E.M.B.A.) program at No. 9 in its October 15th issue. This marks Georgetown's debut in the Business Week ...
Indiana University Receives Federal Grant for Online Programs Aimed at Those Who Work With Older Adults.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- A three-year grant involving more than $850,000 has been awarded to the Indiana University Center on Aging and Aged to pursue an online, worldwide education program for professionals who work with older ...
Kenneth L. Hale, Linguist and Activist on Behalf of Endangered Languages, Dead at 67.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Kenneth Locke Hale, a Professor of Linguistics at MIT known for his lifelong dedication to the study and preservation of endangered languages, died in his home in Lexington, Mass., on Monday, October 8th. He was 67. ...
Poverty, Disillusionment Await L.A.'s Immigrant Children Unless School System Improves, UCLA Researchers Warn.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- As the nation's largest destination for immigrants in general and Mexican nationals in particular, Los Angeles needs to prepare quickly to pay the piper for the economic benefits of low-income labor, two UCLA sociologists warn ...
Social Security Isn't Part of This Senior Housing: Dickinson College Explores Innovative Campus Living Quarters.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: Dickinson College CARLISLE, Pa., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Independent living is a hot topic for more than the over-50 crowd. At Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and other campuses across the country, students are clamoring for more independent housing that doesn't fit ...
UCLA Alumni Mentor First-Year Public School Teachers in L.A.'s South Bay: In This Program, Teachers Are the Students.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- To improve K-12 public education, UCLA's Early Career Network program matches experienced teaching alumni from its prestigious Graduate School of Education and Information Studies to mentor first-year public school teachers. ...
UC San Francisco Events for November, December: Health Education and Support, Arts, Community.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of California, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Following is the University of California, San Francisco events calendar for November and December. MISSION BAY TOURS Mission Bay Tours Sign-up for tours of the site ...
UC Santa Barbara Researcher Steve Rothstein Receives Top Ornithology Award.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Steve Rothstein, director of the Museum of Systematics and Ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine ...
Islamic Societies Professor to Be Added at University of Puget Sound With Support From Luce Foundation.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: University of Puget Sound TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, there has been a growing recognition in the United States of the need to better understand Islam and the diversity of Islamic cultures, including ...
Increasing Number of Math Teachers, Administrators Could Reduce Math Score Gap Between Girls, Boys.
Oct 11, 2001 ... Byline: Texas A&M University COLLEGE STATION, Oct. 11 (AScribe News) -- Nationwide, girls' math scores consistently fall short of boys' scores, but a study by the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University finds that an increase in the number of ...