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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The president announced Monday afternoon Ride will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House later this year. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Percipio Media, LLC, an emerging leader in the career and education vertical with over 20 million members, announced that Holly Hamel has joined the company as Director of Education Services. Holly brings extensive industry experience and knowledge to Percipio. She most recently served as Director of Sales at All Star Directories, an innovator in education lead generation. Holly also worked previously as Group Sales Manager and Product...
Gifts will fund construction and expansion of the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science and Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging DENVER, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Denver today announced plans to launch a new interdisciplinary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiative that will allow it to address societal needs of the 21(st) century, including preparing globally competitive graduates for business and...
Replacing classrooms with smartphones for continuing medical education SAN MATEO, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Doximity, the largest professional network of U.S. physicians, announced today a new system of continuing medical education (CME) in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic. This educational model moves CME out of traditional auditoriums and conference halls, and into a private online space where physicians can review and discuss up-to-the-second, practice-changing...
Former U.S. National Team Star and 1988 Gatorade Michigan Boys Soccer Player of the Year Alexi Lalas Surprises Standout with Elite Honor PICO RIVERA, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 28(th) year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Cristian Roldan of El Rancho High School (Pico Rivera, Calif.) as its 2012-13 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Roldan was...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA Student Launch Projects challenge, in which student teams design, build and fly small rockets with science payloads to an altitude of 1 mile and return them safely to Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) After two consecutive third-place finishes, Vanderbilt beat 35 other colleges and...
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) will present a webinar on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET exploring the educational practices of K-12 online teachers for effectiveness and success in critical need Algebra I and Biology classes. The webinar, part of iNACOL's monthly Research in Review presentation series, will feature Drs. Bonnie Swan and Michael Hynes of the University of Central...
Company's Tegrity Campus lecture capture solution and larger suite of digital offerings shown to deliver results through an integrated approach to learning experience NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Education and its university and college partners celebrated the impact of the Tegrity Campus lecture capture solution on student learning at the recent seventh annual Tegrity User Conference (TUC) in Boston, Massachusetts. The annual conference brought together more...
Just one in 100 parents believe their kids have used prescription stimulants to boost grades, according to new U-M National Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As high schoolers prepare for final exams, teens nationwide may be tempted to use a "study drug" - a prescription stimulant or amphetamine - to gain an academic edge. But a new University of Michigan poll shows only one in 100 parents of teens 13-17 years old believes that...
Learning in transnational and cross-cultural spaces HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Learning Skills Unit (LSU) blog generates thought and discussion on a wide range of topics impacting on learning in Higher Education. Advice and resources for students and teachers are provided which help to improve learning and teaching outcomes. Student-written work also provides peer advice and discussion on common challenges and experiences students share across...
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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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