Displaying items 25-36 of 1066
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-89
•
Next >
-
Heritage commencement speaker a champion of higher ed
Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash.David Warren has given hundreds of commencement speeches in his long career as a crusader for private colleges and increased financial aid funding for all college students. But he's never written one of them in advance. So Saturday morning he'll go on a...Tags: Students, White House, Teaching and Learning, Financial Aid, U.S. Congress
-
UT medical sociologist sought as a consultant
The BladeJames A. King, a retired University of Toledo sociology professor whose studies of such diverse topics as drug use in teens, homelessness, and stress among Toledo police officers often made news, died Wednesday in his West Toledo home. He was 73. He had...Tags: University of Toledo, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Culture, Sports
-
Aggie senior heading to England on Fulbright scholarship
News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.N.C. A&T senior Emmanuel Johnson keeps two things on his phone that tell a lot about him. One is his acceptance email from the University of Birmingham in England. That's where Johnson will study robotics this fall after becoming the first A&T student...Tags: Students, Technology, Schools, High Schools, Teaching and Learning
-
Charles Bancroft of Memphis was national business leader
Commercial AppealHave you ever enjoyed the air-conditioned comfort of The Peabody? If so, Charles Yarrington Bancroft was among the people who deserved your thanks. A Memphis businessman whose Bancroft Leasing company has provided equipment for luxury hotels and...Tags: Christianity, University of Memphis, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Anglicanism
-
Orange County Clerk Lydia Gardner dies after long illness
Praised as a "dynamo" of a public servant who took on adversity with an ever-present smile, Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner excelled during a period of great change for clerks in Florida, her peers and family said Thursday. Gardner, 68,...
Tags: Politics, Rich Crotty, Chemotherapy, Local Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
-
LCF seniors win $1,000 scholarships
Eight high school seniors from La Cañada Flintridge were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship last week. The La Cañada Thursday Club lauded Matt Singelyn, Colleen Degnan, Kara Lankey, Sophia Eckerle, Liza Upton, Katharine Henry, Danielle Smith and Colby...
Tags: Duke University, Soccer, Schools, High Schools, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
-
Orange County Clerk Lydia Gardner has died
Orlando SentinelAfter a long illness, Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner died in a Winter Park hospital last night, according to Leesa Bainbridge, Gardner's spokeswoman. Gardner was recently re-elected for her fourth term and sworn in on Jan. 8. Gardner has...Tags: Health Treatments, Politics, Chemotherapy, Local Elections, Breast Cancer
-
George Karl is the NBA coach of the year
George Karl led the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins without a big name on his roster. For that endeavor, Karl earned the NBA's Coach of the Year award on Wednesday. He received 62 first-place votes, followed by Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat...
Tags: Manchester United F.C., Craig Smith, Sports, College Sports, New York Giants
-
Ed. Funders Giving More to Same Few, Say Studies
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.As more and more foundation money floods into K-12 education, it is being channeled to fewer and fewer groups, according to new research presented at the American Educational Research Association meeting here last week. Researchers also found that...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Michigan State University, Hewlett
-
Famed mathematician Ken Appel recalled fondly
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.Carole Appel said that when she drove over Great Bay on her way into Durham for the first time, she looked at her husband and said it was where she wanted to live. "I said to Ken, 'I want to be here. I want you to like the (University of New Hampshire's...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Breast Cancer, Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-
TCAPS hires new spokeswoman
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.Traverse City Area Public Schools officials hired a new top spokeswoman. Christine Guitar will start as the district's chief of communications in June. Guitar, a native of Houghton, currently works with the federal Environmental Protection Agency....Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Costa Rica, Environmental Issues, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Politics
-
Michigan's break from Webber, Taylor, Bullock ends
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan's 10-year dissociation from Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock is over. The former Wolverines can formally reconnect with the school after one of the biggest scandals in NCAA history....
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Miami Heat, Colleges and Universities, Michigan Wolverines, National Basketball Association
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 9, 2013
|Story| La Cañada
May 9, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 8, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Original site for University of Michigan topic gallery.
