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‘Doris TheSaurus’: Colorful New Book Teaches Students How to Use a Thesaurus to Improve Reading and Writing Skills

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Ideal for students, teachers and librarians, “Doris TheSaurus”, the new book by Maria L. Corkern, uses whimsical characters and colorful illustrations to teach readers the importance of using a thesaurus to enhance reading and writing.
Sara, a student in Ms. Ross’ classroom, is participating in a writing workshop. When she expresses her frustration to her friend [...]

Glencoe Literature Programs Customized to Align with Alabama’s State Standards

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Glencoe Literature has gained many fans in Alabama, where 52 percent of the state’s market adopted the program for the 2008-2009 school year. The skills and strategies within Glencoe/McGraw-Hill’s new inquiry-based reading and language arts program seamlessly integrate with literature and specifically align to Alabama state standards, enabling students to retain what they learn.
Small districts [...]

Loyola University Chicago School of Law Wins Loyola Law School Los Angeles 7th Annual National Civil Trial Competition

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Loyola University Chicago School of Law was announced as the champion of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles’ 7th annual National Civil Trial Competition on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at an awards banquet held at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza in Los Angeles, CA. The winning members of the Loyola, Chicago team included [...]

Barack

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This is a journey that began in many places.
It began in Kansas, home of Barack’s mother. It began in Africa, home of Barack’s father. It began in Hawaii one moonlit night, the night that Barack was born.
Sometimes it was a lonely journey. Sometimes it was an enchanted journey. But throughout this most unusual ride, this [...]

UCONN’s Big Man Hasheem Thabeet on the Cover of ESPN The Magazine’s College Hoops Preview Issue

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For the first time in a decade, four of the top big men in the country decided to return to college without even testing NBA draft waters. Hasheem Thabeet (cover athlete) of UCONN, Tyler Hansbrough of UNC, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame and Blake Griffin of Oklahoma all came back for another year, and will [...]

Top 10 National Sportsmanship Award Finalists Announced By Awards and Recognition Association

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The Awards and Recognition Association (ARA) today revealed the top 10 finalists for its annual sportsmanship award (http://www.arasportsmanshipaward.com), given to one outstanding NCAA Bowl Division collegiate football player who best personifies the spirit of sportsmanship.
The 2008 Sportsmanship Award recipient will be chosen from one of these 10 finalists and announced this December. Finalists represent a [...]

2008 Results Announced: Best Places to Work in Academia

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This year, The Scientist magazine’s readers ranked J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco as the Best Place to Work in Academia in the U.S. and Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel as the top international academic institution.
In the survey, published in the November issue of The Scientist, Princeton University, the Trudeau Institute, Michigan [...]

Butkus Award for Linebackers Announces Expansion

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For the first time in its 24 year history, the Butkus Award® is being expanded to honor the best high school and professional linebackers in addition to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker.
Expanding honorees is part of a makeover initiated by the Butkus family after receiving control of the Butkus Award earlier this year. The selection [...]

NCCN Updates Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer

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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announces important updates to the NCCN Guidelines on Colon and Rectal Cancers. These changes reflect leading developments in the treatment of patients with colon and rectal cancers and represent the standard of care in oncology in both community and academic settings.
New to the NCCN Guidelines is the recommendation that [...]

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes!

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Food Network star Guy Fieri takes you on a tour of America’s most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia.
Packed with Guy’s iconic personality, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives follows his hot-rod trips around the country, mapping out the [...]

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