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Baskervill's John Michael Currie, FAIA, FRSPH writes, speaks, and teaches on the integral connection between design and patient safety. Richmond, Virginia (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 Since our founding more than 115 years ago, providing clients with high-level, client-focused design has been at the heart of our mission. Seeking to continue that mission and emphasize a knowledge-based approach to design, the firm namedJohn Michael Currie, FAIA, FRSPH, vice president of the healthcare...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Life science entrepreneurs often face hurdles that are seemingly insurmountable as they try to bring new drugs and medical devices to market. But last summer, the UNT Health Science Center began an Executives in Residence program giving entrepreneurs access to advice from industry experts as their companies navigate the challenges of developing and commercializing new products. At the core of the program, is a seasoned...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UCLA Anderson School of Management has teamed up with three other UC schools to offer an executive training program that helps diverse business enterprises (DBEs) meet the changing technological needs of their customers. The first group of participants in the Advanced Technology Management Institute (ATMI), which launched in 2012, will complete its final program module on Jan. 26. "Entrepreneurs in emerging growth companies will find that...
Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI, Named Luncheon Chairman NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advisory Board of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Graphic Communications Management and Technology (GCMT) graduate program has selected Ursula M. Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox (NYSE: XRX), as the winner of the 2013 Prism Award. Presented annually, the Prism Award recognizes distinguished leadership in the graphic communications...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Early-stage Internet startup companies will be able to get their ideas off the ground faster with a better chance to succeed going forward through a new business accelerator launched today in the Kansas City region. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130123/CG46245LOGO) SparkLabKC will support early-stage Internet startups using a proven business accelerator program adapted to the Kansas City region. The program also builds...
65(th) Annual Conference to Feature Prominent Peace and Justice Advocates in St. Louis WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Renowned brain surgeon Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, who first came to the United States at the age of 19 as a migrant farm worker, will address the NAFSA: Association of International Educators' Annual Conference and Expo in May 2013. Before becoming one of America's top neurosurgeons, "Dr. Q" first worked as a cotton picker, painter, and...
Rice University Named Best Program by Students; MIT Ranked Highest for Overall Value Englewood, NJ (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Want to know which b-schools rate highest among current and recent students? Graduate Programs, the online guide to graduate schools for prospective graduate students, today released its rankings of the Top 25 Business School programs according to student ratings and reviews posted on Graduateprograms.com. The rankings are solely based on the surveys based on a 10...
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pittsburgh Promise announced today that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has made a $1 million commitment to The Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship Fund. This significant corporate gift also creates a designated scholarship fund called the Thermo Fisher Scientific Scholars of The Pittsburgh Promise. Each year, this special fund will support five high performing student scholars with whom Thermo Fisher will...
Gimmal will once again be the exclusive sponsor of the IT Award. Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 11, 2013 Gimmal, the world’s leading provider of enterprise information governance solutions built on Microsoft SharePoint, announces its continued support for the Rice Business Plan Competition. Headquartered in Houston, TX, Gimmal supports non-profit organizations dedicated to education and the community, through sponsorships and in-kind donations. The Rice University Business Plan...
University of Central Florida Foreign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida's natural habitat. The native Carolina Willow is also starting to strangle portions of the St. Johns River. Biologists at the University of Central Florida recently completed a study that shows this slender tree once used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, may be thriving because of water-management projects initiated in the 1950s. Canals were built to control runoff...
