Feb 14
JupetongEducation, Training Programs
To celebrate National Engineers Week and promote innovative ways to teach math and science to children, Raytheon Company will host a series of child-friendly, hands-on science and math demonstrations at Epcot® Theme Park in Orlando, Fla.
The interactive demonstrations, taking place Feb. 17 and Feb. 19 from 1-4:30 p.m. in the Wonders of Life pavilion, are [...]
Jan 21
JupetongOnline Education, University
In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases wireless voice and data coverage to the Brown University campus, as well as the surrounding area.
Verizon Wireless has invested more [...]
Jan 02
JupetongEducation
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., a global leader in premium spirits, champions The Century Council in their launch of several educational programs. The Century Council, a not-for-profit organization funded by distillers and dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking launched:
* “Alcohol 101 Plus™” for high school seniors was launched [...]
Dec 12
JupetongEducation, Online Education
Join surgeons, Drs. Joseph Amaral, Paul Curcillo, Santiago Horgan, and Barry McKernan, for a free one-hour live webcast highlighting minimally invasive techniques and advances in minimally invasive gallbladder surgery. The doctors will focus on the evolution of techniques from the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy through single port cholecystectomy and NOTES, and the benefits of these [...]
Nov 19
JupetongEducation, University
The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership at Walden University, one of the nation’s largest providers of graduate degrees to P-12 teachers, announced the recipients of the university’s 2008 Educator for a Day Grants.
Walden awarded $5,000 grants to three schools hosting Educator for a Day events to foster awareness of the need [...]
Nov 05
JupetongStudent Loan
Democrats expanded their majorities in Congress yesterday, with poll results available as of early Wednesday indicating the party was likely to pick up several seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and at least five in the Senate, but fall shy of the 60-vote majority they would need in that chamber to block Republican filibusters.
Most [...]
Nov 04
JupetongEducation, Finance Education
Amgen announced that it now invites applications for its 18th annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE). This award is designed to recognize and honor extraordinary science teachers at the K-12 level who significantly impact their students through exemplary science teaching and who achieve demonstrated results in student learning in communities where Amgen operates.
With [...]
Nov 02
JupetongBook Reviews
Starred Review. Essayist and public radio regular Vowell (Assassination Vacation) revisits America’s Puritan roots in this witty exploration of the ways in which our country’s present predicaments are inextricably tied to its past. In a style less colloquial than her previous books, Vowell traces the 1630 journey of several key English colonists and members of [...]
Nov 02
JupetongBook Reviews
Review
“Once again, the legendary Steel has combined has combined triumph and tragedy to create the story of a woman who, though tossed by the whims of fate, still manages to survive on her own terms.”—Booklist
“Annabelle is one of the better protagonists…. Steel’s fans will eat this up.”—Publishers Weekly
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From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the [...]
Oct 28
JupetongFinancial Aid, Jobs
Rhode Island, now leading the nation in unemployment, will likely see continued job losses through next year and may not approach a full recovery until 2013, economists told a panel of state budget officials Monday.
Mike Lynch, a regional economist for IHS Global Insight, said a rebound in jobs appeared possible starting in 2010, although it [...]
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