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CompuHigh online high school is invested in quality online education and offers families tips for how to steer clear of diploma mills and unaccredited schools. (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 The market for online high schools has exploded in the past decade. With all the options it can be hard to sort out which might be best for you or your son or daughter. The best choice will depend on a number of personal factors, but it is vital to confidently eliminate the schools that are not legitimate or...

ATLANTA, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doug E. Fresh - "The original human beatbox" - will headline and emcee the halftime show of the 24th annual Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic to be themed "One Love. One Music. One Culture." - it was announced today by the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, a volunteer community organization focused on education, empowerment and enrichment in African-American youth that presents the game. The halftime show will also feature the award-winning...

MIAMI, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Florida International University unveiled the nation's first university research facility capable of simulating Category 5 hurricane winds. The 12-fan Wall of Wind is a major research project of FIU's International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC), which was established, in part, with funds from the Hurricane Andrew We Will Rebuild effort. Additional funding from the state (including a Center of Excellence grant), the federal...

JERICHO, N.Y., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) announced today that Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama has selected the HCCS COI-SMART system to automate the conflict of interest disclosure process. The COI-SMART system will assist Auburn University in complying with new National Institute of Health (NIH) conflict of interest regulations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061010/NYTU194LOGO) "We sought out an easy to use...

DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on its second project near Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Expanding on the success of The Vue on University, which is 100% leased for this fall, LoftVue will be the most luxurious and highly amenitized property in the market. In keeping with the boutique, exclusive feel at The Vue, LoftVue will consist of only 77 units totaling 147 bedrooms in 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, 4BR and select 5BR...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online If you’ve got kids, you are no doubt very aware of the impending arrival of a new school year. As summer draws to a close, many parents have already begun to prepare their children for new classes, new schools, new teachers, and their familiar school day routine. On the cusp of this new season, one doctor is imploring parents to consider more than new clothes and school supplies as they get ready for a new school year. The Baylor...

DALLAS, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Three boys and two girls were born Thursday, Aug. 9, to missionaries Carrie and Gavin Jones at UT Southwestern Medical Center, among the first sets of quintuplets delivered nationally so far this year. A specially trained multidisciplinary delivery team of more than 50 UTSW specialists, nurses, technicians, and therapists - including dedicated units for each infant - managed the successful births, delivered in less than five minutes. "We praise...

HOUSTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has renewed awards for its Graduate Education Program in Space Life Sciences to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University. In its seventh year, this innovative education program allows participating students to work toward a Ph.D. that focuses specifically on space life sciences. MIT and Texas A&M will each receive $1 million over a five-year...

Growing up next door to two young men with childhood disabilities helped Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Cynthia Peacock develop a quality that shaped her career as an academic physician humility. "I have always felt that professionalism in medicine is rooted in humility," said Peacock, who has been named the 2012 Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism. "A physician's view is not universal, and we are not the center of the universe. We...

The annual Compassion and the Art of Medicine series, hosted by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, will begin Friday, Aug. 10. The series is directed by Dr. Kenya Steele, associate professor of family and community medicine at BCM, and is free and open to the public. All presentations begin at 12:10 p.m. The series is supported by grants from the Community Hospital Foundation and the Alan Lambert Family Medicine Endowment. The 2012 series...