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    May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA

    In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, autism and other disorders.
    In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...

    Tags: Schizophrenia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Autism, Political Fundraising, Students

    2. Feb 20, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Online education groups add colleges from U.S. and overseas

    L.A. NOW
    Two of the emerging providers of online college classes, Coursera and edX, are announcing significant expansions in the numbers of campuses that will join their organizations and offer free courses. The high-powered competitors, both founded last year,...
    3. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Timbuktu: Experts fear for ancient papers in historic city

    As the Malian military tried to retake the storied city of Timbuktu from Islamic extremists, scholars feared for the fate of ancient artifacts and mosques that testify to its historic grandeur.
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    As the Malian military tried to retake the storied city of Timbuktu from Islamic extremists, scholars feared for the fate of ancient artifacts and mosques that testify to its historic grandeur. Timbuktu has been threatened for months: The city was...

    Tags: Africa, Skype, The Pennsylvania State University, Islam, Arts and Culture

    4. Jan 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Wylie W. Vale Jr. dies at 70; researcher helped discover stress hormone

    Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to stress, has died. He was 70.
    Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Research, Health, Endometriosis, Entertainment Events

    5. May 20, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. Aggie jumps into 3-D printing start-up business

    The Eagle, Bryan, Texas
    It took less than an hour Sunday for Mike Mehlman to print -- yes, print -- a keychain while sitting in his College Station living room. Mehlman started the process by spreading a special glue over a piece of glass used as the platform on which to print...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, New Products

    6. May 14, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. News Sentinel's Top 20 Scholars 2013

    Knoxville News Sentinel
    Today the News Sentinel announces its second annual Top 20 Scholars Awards, naming our picks for the brightest and best students in our region. These students have received one or more national-level honors such as acing ACT (36) or SAT (2400) tests,...

    Tags: Stanford University, Harvard University, Rock Climbing, University of South Carolina , Basketball

    7. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Albuquerque Journal, N.M., Tech Bytes Kevin Robinson-Avila column

    Albuquerque Journal
    MBA student Nathaniel Tafoya said the biggest thing he learned in the University of New Mexico's Technology Business Plan Competition this year is just how hard it is to start a company. Tafoya and his partner in the competition, serial entrepreneur Tom...

    Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Business Enterprises, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning

    8. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. From Sun Magazine: 'Genius' pair rewrite rules of organ transplants, among other interests

    Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies.
    Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies. The glittery ideas they filch from fields as diverse as swing dancing, systems analysis, water skiing and medicine seemingly have little in common. But Segev and Gentry weave them together...

    Tags: Stanford University, Numb3rs (tv program), Robert Montgomery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Naval Academy

    9. Oct 3, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  9. Breast Cancer Moonshot

    AP Chief Medical Writer
    The nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects...

    Tags: Leukemia, Herceptin (drug), Skin Cancer, Healthcare Provider, Ovarian Cancer

    10. Jul 13, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  10. Rice graduate tries making U.S. Olympic long jump team

    Funmi Jimoh is no stranger to international track & field competition.
    KIAH
    Funmi Jimoh is no stranger to international track & field competition. "My PR [personal record] in the long jump is 6.96m/22-11 and I did that in Qatar at Doha in 2009," said Jimoh, who attended Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. "She...

    Tags: Healthy Diet, Hayward Field, Track and Field

    11. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Head of the Class: Local students earn honors and accolades

    The following students have earned accolades, degrees and honors at colleges and universities: Alex Vanko, of Towson, graduated magnum cum laude from the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and a minor in philosophy....

    Tags: Colchester, Students, Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Religion and Belief

    12. Jun 11, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  12. Student news - June 11

    FREDERICK, Md. &mdash; <strong>Amanda Hutzell,</strong> who has completed her junior year at Hood College, was recently inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma national honor society.
    FREDERICK, Md. — Amanda Hutzell, who has completed her junior year at Hood College, was recently inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma national honor society. Chi Alpha Sigma honors junior and senior student-athletes who have achieved excellence in...

    Tags: Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), JC Penney Company Inc., Students, Education

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