Aug 15
JupetongEducation, Finance Education, Scholarship
Lindsey Maxon, a 2009 graduate of Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, received a $2000 scholarship from the Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA) National Scholarship Program. The July 31 check presentation was held at the corporate office of ACE Cash Express in Irving, Texas.
As a member of FiSCA, the national trade association representing an [...]
Oct 29
JupetongOnline Education
mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, and The Jed Foundation, the leading nonprofit working to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide among college students, are expanding their Peabody Award-winning “Half of Us” campaign with new content launching today that encourages students to support friends who may be struggling emotionally. New additions to the campaign include on-air [...]
Oct 29
JupetongEducation, Online Education
Team Latin America walked away as winner of the “Engine Room,” an original, short-form online series in which four teams of digital artists from around the world showcased their cutting-edge digital art skills in a bid to win $400,000, programming control of MTV’s high-definition screen in Times Square for a night, HP technology products and [...]
Oct 28
JupetongEducation, School
The brightest high school minds, still in contention for the nation’s most prestigious teen science prize, are revealed. The Siemens Foundation announced the Semifinalists and Regional Finalists for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
The Siemens Competition – a signature program of the Siemens Foundation, the national leader in supporting STEM education with contributions [...]
Oct 25
JupetongEducation
Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced that its orbital client Richard Garriott and his crew successfully landed in the Kazakhstan steppes after a visit to the International Space Station (ISS). Garriott returned to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft with Expedition 17 crewmembers Sergei [...]
Oct 21
JupetongCollege, Education, University
mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced that college favorites Santogold, Vampire Weekend, Lykke Li and All Time Low will take the stage for a night of unforgettable live performances at the 2008 “mtvU Woodie Awards” — the definitive college music awards. All four are nominated for Woodie Awards this year, as voting continues [...]
Oct 19
JupetongEducation
The candidates running for the District 2 seat of the Texas State Board of Education want students to have the best education possible. But their views on what students should be taught in school differ greatly.
Longtime board member Mary Helen Berlanga, a lawyer from Corpus Christi, faces opposition from Peter H. Johnston, a former educator [...]
Oct 18
JupetongUniversity
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have suggested that obese individuals may overeat because they experience less satisfaction from eating food due to a reduced response in their brains’ reward circuitry.
While having food, the body releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the reward centers of the brain, but Eric Stice, [...]
Oct 04
JupetongBook Reviews
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, [...]
Jun 22
JupetongBook Reviews
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, [...]
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