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Guides demystify popular photo-sharing apps and walk kids and parents through safety and privacy features PALO ALTO, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectSafely, a leading Internet safety nonprofit, today announced the publication of two new and timely parents' guides to Instagram and Snapchat, answering the Top 5 questions parents have about these photo-sharing apps so popular with kids, including: Why kids love these apps What the risks of each app are...
PENCIL TO HONOR LOCAL LEADERS JETBLUE AIRWAYS, CHRISTOPHER HAYWARD, AND HOWARD CHATZINOFF FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AT ANNUAL GALA NEW YORK, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PENCIL, the New York City-based nonprofit that improves school and student performance by creating innovative programs that target the intersection of school needs and business expertise, will celebrate three New York City business leaders for their commitment to local schools at Imagine...
HOUSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy will speak live from the International Space Station with students at Talbot Innovation Middle School in Fall River, Mass., at 10:05 a.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The 20-minute air-to-ground event will be broadcast on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website. Students will be able to ask Cassidy...
Decide on how you want your technical training in class, intensive boot camp or online anywhere with NetCom Learning NEW YORK, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leader in IT and business training, NetCom Learning has released its list of upcoming courses for June 2013 and they include technical training in the hottest certifications in information technology. To ensure a spot for one of these classes to stay up to date with the latest in IT technology and certifications, sign up...
popexpert makes it easy for people to discover, hire and meet talented experts over live one-to-one video sessions online. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- popexpert, Inc. today announced that it has raised $2 million in initial funding led by Learn Capital and including Jeff Skoll's Capricorn Investment Group and Ken Howery. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130521/LA17854) The funding will enable popexpert to further develop its marketplace that inspires and...
LEXINGTON, Ky., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) has honored three recipients of INSPIRE: Lexmark's Teaching Award this spring. The program recognizes outstanding Central Kentucky area middle and high school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. Lexmark representatives surprised the following teachers with INSPIRE awards, presented in front of peers and students at their schools: Heidi Anderson, an advanced placement biology...
New iboss reporting tools enable administrators to proactively detect high-risk behavior SAN DIEGO, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- High school students today have a one-in-six chance of falling victim to cyberbullying in a given 12-month timeframe, according to a recent study presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies (May 5, 2013). The study, based on a survey of 15,425 students conducted by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also showed that...
Leader in summer STEM education offers Scratch courses to immerse young boys and girls in programming CAMPBELL, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- May 18(th )marks the 5(th) annual "Scratch Day," organized by The Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab to spread the word about Scratch, their beginner programming language and online community. This month also saw the release of Scratch 2.0, the updated edition of the web-based learning tool. Just in time for the...
EdX continues to grow its network of the world's leading institutions of higher education to meet global demand and increase access to quality education CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EdX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative composed of the leading global institutions of the xConsortium, today announced another doubling of its university membership with the addition of its first Asian institutions and further expansion in the Ivy League. The xConsortium is...
MyEdu for Employers empowers recruiters to attract, engage and hire ideal student candidates AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MyEdu today announced the launch of a 30-day free trial of MyEdu for Employers that allows any company to post a targeted job or internship and easily connect with applicants and suggested ideal candidates. Employers focused on recruiting early professionals can now connect with college students who have the right skills, talents and experiences...
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Martin Joseph Fettman was selected as a Payload Specialist candidate by NASA in December of 1991 because of his life’s dedication to pathology. He continues today with his dedication by bringing awareness to science in space to many public forums. Fettman was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 31, 1965. He attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York and graduated in 1973. He went on to further his academics at Cornell University. His focus was animal nutrition and in 1976, he...
The Central European Journal of Mathematics (CEJM) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 2003 and published bimonthly by Versita and Springer Science+Business Media. As of June 2012, the editor-in-chief is Fedor Bogomolov (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences). CEJM publishes research results in all fields pertaining to mathematics. Aiming to become the premier source of high quality research from Central and Eastern Europe, the journal provides a natural home for a...
Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry is a series of three journals covering inorganic, bioinorganic, organic, bioorganic and physical chemistry. All three journals are published annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry and are indexed in MEDLINE. ARPC Section A is a compilation of review articles on inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. The journal’s editor-in-chief is Sarah Ruthven. Every year, the important research achievements of the prominent research scholars are reviewed...
Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry is a series of three journals covering inorganic, bioinorganic, organic, bioorganic and physical chemistry. All three journals are published annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry and are indexed in MEDLINE. ARPC Section A is a compilation of review articles on inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. The journal’s editor-in-chief is Sarah Ruthven. Every year, the important research achievements of the prominent research scholars are reviewed...
Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry is a series of three journals covering inorganic, bioinorganic, organic, bioorganic and physical chemistry. All three journals are published annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry and are indexed in MEDLINE. ARPC Section A is a compilation of review articles on inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. The journal’s editor-in-chief is Sarah Ruthven. Every year, the important research achievements of the prominent research scholars are reviewed...
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