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University awarded for commitment to sustainability (Nottingham Trent University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
Auditors for The Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) Index carried out a thorough inspection across all aspects of university life, including teaching, research, waste management, and transport. Awards are presented to educational institutions that meet high sustainability standards set by the LiFE index, which is run by The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC)....

Union dedicates Oasis sculpture in honor of Leighton Williams (Union University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
Union University) ... The Oasis is a sculpture built to celebrate the life of Williams and fellow Union student Olivia Greenlee, who also passed away in the same academic year. Todd Brady, vice president for university ministries, said the word 'oasis' means a pleasant or peaceful place in the midst of a hectic or difficult time ... He said when one of the faithful dies, the memory of them should be eternal life....

Berkeley SETI turns Australian telescope on nearest exoplanet to Earth (University of California - Berkeley)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
University of California - Berkeley) ... in the nearby universe ... 'The chances of any particular planet hosting intelligent life-forms are probably minuscule,' said Andrew Siemion, director of UC Berkeley SETI Research Center ... The partnership represents a major step toward establishing a fully connected, global search for intelligent life in the universe....

Does a brush with death affect sleep? (Massey University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
Massey University). A Massey University psychologist is seeking participants for a study on people who have had a brush with death to find out how the experience has affected their sleep ... But little is known about whether people need less sleep, whether their quality of sleep is affected and how their quality of life changes ... This experience may cause significant and fundamental life changes, including a change in sleep quality.'....

Otago academic honoured by NZ AIDS Foundation (University of Otago)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
University of Otago) ... Associate Professor Nigel Dickson receiving life membership of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. An Otago academic was one of five people to be recognised by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) during the weekend, receiving honorary Life Membership - the highest honour the organisation bestows ... Life Memberships are awarded by ......

‘This program shapes my life’: Mason Lepisto reflects on the Youth Ministry major (Multnomah University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
(Source. Multnomah University). Being a youth ministry major at MU is always unpredictable ... 'Kids at this age are in a very vulnerable time of life ... 'This program shapes my life,' he says ... Multnomah University published this content on 07 November 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein ... Original documenthttp.//www.multnomah.edu/blog/2016/11/07/program-shapes-life-mason-lepisto-reflects-youth-ministry-major/....

The Latest: Jurors considering damages in Rolling Stone case

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 08 Nov 2016
A federal jury is considering how much to money to award a University of Virginia administrator who they concluded was defamed by a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about a gang rape at a fraternity house ... “A Rape on Campus.” Eramo said the article portrayed her as a villain who sought only to protect the university....

UCI-led bio sci team awarded $3 million by DOE to investigate drought impact on soil microbes (University of California, Irvine)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
University of California, Irvine) ... Soil microbial communities are necessary for sustaining plant life and storing carbon, and climate change-influenced drought patterns may alter these communities in various ways - such as favoring microbial survival over growth or by producing chemical compounds that promote or reduce carbon storage....

The Latest: UVA dean awarded $3M in Rolling Stone case

Edit The Oklahoman 08 Nov 2016
A federal jury has awarded $3 million to a University of Virginia administrator who they concluded was defamed by a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about a gang rape at a fraternity house. Nicole Eramo claimed the 2014 article "A Rape on Campus" portrayed her as a villain who sought only to protect the university ... Eramo said the article portrayed her as a villain who sought only to protect the university....

24% of children in Northern Ireland 'living in poverty'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Nov 2016
"In each and every constituency in Northern Ireland, there are children being denied the happy childhoods and the good start in life other children take for granted." ... End Child Poverty is calling on the UK Government to use the upcoming Autumn Statement to end the freeze on children's benefits and to reverse the sharp cuts being introduced to in-work benefits under Universal Credit....

PSU alumni take teaching talents to Belize (Pittsburg State University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Nov 2016
Pittsburg State University) ... Noack, a 2014 PSU graduate and now an eighth-grade teacher in Coweta, Okla., said she thought back to her time at PSU during a recent life-changing experience ... 'Pittsburg State gave me the foundation, which I have gotten to build on each school year and every day in my personal life,' she said. 'Pittsburg State will always be my home and will always be where my adult life began flourishing.'....

PM will lay stone for science museum at Tirupati: Naidu

Edit The Hindu 08 Nov 2016
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is going to inaugurate the national science congress at Tirupati’s SV University in January 3, 2017, will lay the foundation stone for the science museum.” ... Naidu said every school and university would be developed into incubation centres ... Naidu later presented life-time achievement awards to Avra Labs Chairman, Dr ... University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor T....

Tracking the Infinity Stones in ‘Doctor Strange’ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Photos)

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 08 Nov 2016
Tracking the Infinity Stones in ‘Doctor Strange’ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Photos) The Infinity Stones were created at the dawn of the universe by cosmic entities who bent all of existence to their will ... Unlike other stones, the Aether had taken a liquid form that could suck the life force out of humans and other mortals....
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