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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2013 Parting Gift: A Giant Rubik’s Cube
Each year at Commencement, the graduating class presents the university with a unique and spirited gift. And now the fastest selling toy in history will find a home on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus. Members of the Class of 2013 are raising funds to create a large-scale fully functional Rubik’s Cube. |
Released: 5/21/2013 3:55 PM EDT
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
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Grant Expands Research Opportunities for SLU Undergrads
A grant to Saint Louis University from the DeNardo Education and Research Foundation will help foster a climate of research and open new opportunities for undergraduates. |
Released: 5/21/2013 1:45 PM EDT
Saint Louis University Medical Center |
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Meet the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2013: An Overview of the 207th Commencement
This spring, 1,676 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium. They represent the next generation of leaders, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, patent holders, game designers, architects, and innovators, in fields ranging from engineering to architecture, fine arts to science, game design to information technology, and business to the military. |
Released: 5/21/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
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Gym Class Reduces Probability of Obesity, Study Finds for First TimeLittle is known about the effect of physical education on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity. |
Released: 5/20/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Cornell University |
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City Tech’s 2013 Valedictorian Does Best When Competition is Most IntenseWhen Dany Salas left the Dominican Republic for New York in January 2008 to attend college, he was uncharacteristically silent for the first couple of months in his new country. He was afraid to speak English; his thick Spanish accent wasn’t understood and he felt self-conscious. |
Released: 5/20/2013 10:00 AM EDT
New York City College of Technology |
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UNH Professor Publishes Book on Pioneering Literacy Work of Donald Graves
Up until Donald Graves’ pioneering work on literacy, the idea that young children should think of themselves as writers, much less even be able to write, was unheard of. That changed in 1983 when the University of New Hampshire professor changed the way writing is taught across the United States and the English-speaking world with the publication of “Writing: Teachers & Children at Work.” |
Released: 5/20/2013 10:00 AM EDT
University of New Hampshire |
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Hopkins Nursing Bucks Trend on Faculty Hiring
Seven new full-time faculty bring a wealth of experience, promise as the school does its part to fill the nursing gap. |
Released: 5/17/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing |
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Graduates of Nation’s Most Unique Health Sciences University Prepared to ‘Care for Those in Harm’s Way’
More than 300 students in the nation’s most unique health sciences university will graduate Saturday, May 18, 2013, in ceremonies at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. |
Released: 5/17/2013 1:05 PM EDT
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) |
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Bucknell to Graduate More than 900 at 163rd Commencement
Bucknell University's 163rd Commencement will feature keynote speaker Sunil Gulati, the president of the United States Soccer Federation and a 1981 Bucknell graduate. |
Released: 5/17/2013 8:45 AM EDT
Bucknell University |
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Dr. Deng Wei Donates $1M for Endowed Chair in Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University received a $1 million donation from Dr. Deng Wei to establish the Yang Chen Ning – Deng Wei Endowed Chair in Physics and Astronomy. The gift was announced at a formal donation ceremony that took place in Beijing, China on May 17 attended by Nobel Laureate Dr. C.N. Yang, Dr. Deng, founder and chairman of Bright Oceans Corporation based in Beijing, Dr. Hong Chen (’91), founder of the Hina Group, and Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr., President of Stony Brook University. |
Released: 5/17/2013 12:05 AM EDT
Stony Brook University |