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Released: 12-Jul-2012 1:15 PM EDT
Rensselaer Appoints Veteran Entrepreneurship and Business Leader To Direct Technology Park and EVE Business Incubation Programs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Veteran Entrepreneurship and Business Leader appointed Leader of Rensselaer Technology Park and Business Incubator Program

Released: 12-Jul-2012 1:00 PM EDT
IVMF, SBA, Marine Corps Announce Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup Pilot Program to Assist Transitioning Military and Vets Who Wish to Become Business Owners
Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup is a program for transitioning service members and veterans that teaches fundamentals of entrepreneurship and makes available SBA tools and resources for business startup.

Released: 12-Jul-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Going for the Gold: Medals Aren't Only Way an Olympic Champion Can Excel
Kansas State University

For many Olympic athletes, gold medals often translate to product endorsements for an athlete. But several factors are also taken into account for endorsements.

Released: 11-Jul-2012 1:15 PM EDT
Saint Louis University Receives $1.1 Million Gift for Law School Building Project
Saint Louis University

St. Louis attorney and former chairman of SLU's Board of Trustees John Pruellage committed his gift shortly before his death and directed that it go toward transforming the new School of Law building in downtown St. Louis into a state-of-the-art educational facility.Law.

Released: 11-Jul-2012 12:00 PM EDT
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Recognized among Nation’s “Most Wired” Hospitals
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

RWJUH has been recognized among the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals according to the results of the 2012 Most Wired Survey released this week in the latest issue of Hospitals & Health Networks, the flagship magazine of the American Hospital Association.

Released: 10-Jul-2012 6:00 PM EDT
Elsevier to Collaborate with NSF, UL Lafayette and Drexel University's Center for Visual and Decision Informatics to Address Big Data Challenge
Drexel University

The National Science Foundation's Center for Visual and Decision Informatics, a joint venture between the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Drexel University announces a new collaboration with Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services.

Released: 10-Jul-2012 2:00 PM EDT
Research Says Celebrity-Sponsored Tweets Don't Always Pay
Saint Joseph's University

Reality stars like Kim Kardashian and Lauren Conrad are using their star power to promote consumer brands and products on Twitter. The concept is simple: With thousands, sometimes millions, of followers, celebrities are compensated by companies to tweet on their behalf. But do these celebrity-sponsored tweets really help to market a product? New research from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia explores this trend and its effectiveness in marketing to young adults between the ages of 18 and 27.

Released: 10-Jul-2012 11:40 AM EDT
Mayo Clinic Contest Spurs Research on Health Care Social Media Applications
Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media today announced a research contest encouraging measurement and validation of the application of social media tools to improve health care, promote health and fight disease.

Released: 10-Jul-2012 11:15 AM EDT
Universities & Other Academic Institutions Will Develop Core Tools & Distinct Competencies For Teaching Executive Education During New Babson Program
Babson College

University educators and administrators from around the world will participate in Babson Executive Education’s new 5-day program, Principles and Practices for Teaching Executive Education from August 13-17, 2012.

Released: 9-Jul-2012 2:50 PM EDT
Judging a Facebook by Its Cover
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

Study shows social network screening can make organizations unattractive to applicants.

Released: 5-Jul-2012 1:35 PM EDT
New Chair of AACSB Seeks 'Innovation' in Business Programs
Saint Joseph's University

How can students decide which business school best suits their needs when they all look the same? Joseph A. DiAngelo, Ed.D., dean of Saint Joseph's University's Haub School of Business in Philadelphia, wants new accreditation standards for business schools to be more flexible to encourage innovation and creativity.

Released: 3-Jul-2012 1:35 PM EDT
Federal Regulatory Spending Budget to Decrease Next Year
Washington University in St. Louis

The budget for issuing and enforcing federal regulation is expected to decline in the 2013 fiscal year, finds a new report from Washington University in St. Louis and George Washington University.

Released: 3-Jul-2012 12:05 PM EDT
Sandia SolarTrak Technology Helps Arrays Worldwide Follow the Sun
Sandia National Laboratories

Former Sandia National Laboratories researcher licenses Sandia solar tracking technology and builds global business around moving solar panels into the best possible position to catch sunlight and generate energy.

Released: 3-Jul-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Stamps Foundation Partners with the Darden School to Provide 26 Full Fellowships
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

A generous $1.8 million gift from the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation will help bring the world's most promising future leaders to the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Released: 2-Jul-2012 8:50 AM EDT
Dennis Hanno Named Babson College Graduate School Dean & Vice Provost
Babson College

Dennis Hanno, Babson College’s undergraduate dean since 2006, has been appointed Murata Dean of Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and the College’s Vice Provost.

Released: 28-Jun-2012 2:00 PM EDT
Leading Retailers Take a Big Bite of Out the Canadian Retail Pie
Toronto Metropolitan University

Just over 100 retailers control the lion's share of the non-automotive Canadian retail market, finds a new report by Ryerson University in Canada.

Released: 27-Jun-2012 4:15 PM EDT
Steven L. Galetta, MD, Appointed Chair of the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center
NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Medical Center announced today that Steven L. Galetta, MD, has been appointed the Philip K. Moskowitz, MD Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology, and Laura Balcer, MD, MSCE, has been appointed vice chair of the department. The appointments are effective November 1, 2012.

Released: 27-Jun-2012 10:00 AM EDT
An Environmentally Friendly Approach to Death
American University

American University Grad Student’s Film “Dying Green” discusses new sustainable burial method.

Released: 26-Jun-2012 2:15 PM EDT
Research Suggests Denser Development Is Good for Single-Family Home Values
University of Washington

A study shows that, contrary to popular belief, there’s a positive association between higher neighborhood density and the value of single-family residential properties.

Released: 26-Jun-2012 11:00 AM EDT
Gap Funding Helps UIC Professors Commercialize Discoveries
University of Illinois Chicago

Four technologies being developed by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded the first UIC proof-of-concept gap funding grants, designed to help UIC faculty transition their inventions from the laboratory to the marketplace.



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