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Environmental Law Scholar Michael Wara Joins Stanford Law School Faculty: STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of environmental scholar Michael Wara as Assistant Professor of Law. Trained as a lawyer and a scientist, Wara's current research focuses on the emerging global carbon trading market and mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires...; Tags: professor, scholar, scholarship, Stanford, Stanford Law School; Research articles 2008-09-02
US revokes visas to Palestinian Fulbright scholars: WASHINGTON AFP — The US government as a "safety precaution" revoked visas it had issued to four Palestinian recipients of prestigious Fulbright fellowships, the State Department said Tuesday. "We had interviewed four scholars. We had issued visas," said State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos. But, Gallegos said that "subsequent...; Tags: alien, Government, scholar, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Department of State, visa; Research articles 2008-08-05
The Meyerhoff model: twenty years later, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's efforts to increase the number of minorities pursuing graduate STEM degrees have become something to study and replicate: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a sea of bad news concerning the lack of Black male representation on college campuses, an oasis of minority male scholarship exists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, through the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Launched in 1988 via the generous philanthropy of real estate entrepreneur...; Tags: Dr., Entrepreneurship, scholar, scientist, University of Maryland; Research articles 2008-07-10
North and South in the World Political Economy is Essential Reading for Scholars and Advanced Students of International Relations: DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b11bed/north_and_south_in) has announced the addition of the "North and South in the World Political Economy" report to their offering. In the second half of the twentieth century, a good proportion of international relations was colored significantly by the East-West cleavage. Yet there is...; Tags: FINANCE, Globalization, Government, Indiana University, Ireland, North, scholar, South, Strategy; Research articles 2008-07-01
DANIEL LERNER, COLD WAR PROPAGANDA AND US DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: AN HISTORICAL CRITIQUE: INTRODUCTION In scholarly works celebrating the genesis and growth of U.S. communication research, the two most notable being that of Rogers1and Everette & Wartella,2 readers would commonly find considerable pages dedicated to the lives and works of pioneering researchers such as Wilbur Schramm, Harold Lasswell and Robert Merton, but would...; Tags: COLD, Government, ideology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MEDIA, Robert, Rogers, scholar, scientist, U.S.; Research articles 2008-06-30

Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement: Tom Loveless, editor Brookings Institution Press. While math scores are bandied about in the modern era, how much do we really know about what they mean or what they can teach about practice and policy? In this dense but thought-provoking volume, Brookings scholar Tom Loveless and an impressive cast...; Tags: Benefits, Brookings Institution, scholar; Research articles 2008-06-22
Chicago Theological Seminary: Chicago Theological Seminary has named Hebrew Bible scholar Alice Hunt as the 12th president in its 153-year history, to succeed Susan Thistlethwaite, who returns to teaching after serving for a decade as the United Church of Christ-related seminary's first woman president. Hunt, who was associate dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity...; Tags: Bible, president, scholar, Vanderbilt University; Research articles 2008-06-17
Colorado State University has received a $3.1 million gift from the Monfort Family Foundation: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3.1 MILLION gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to provide support for Monfort scholars and professors and the Monfort Lecture Series, among other things.; Tags: Colorado State University, scholar; Research articles 2008-06-12
US working to allow Fulbright scholars to leave Gaza: JERUSALEM AFP — The United States has convinced Israel to allow seven Fulbright scholars from the besieged Gaza Strip to travel to Jerusalem for visa interviews, an Israeli official said on Monday. "There is still no change in policy. There has been a request resubmitted by the US and...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Israel, MARKETING, scholar, U.S.; Research articles 2008-06-02
Rice will look into cancelled grants for Palestinian scholars: REYKJAVIK AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vowed Friday to look into a report that her department has scrapped grants to Palestinian scholars because they could not get Israeli approval to leave Gaza. "I had not known this and I'll look into it. Perhaps there are reasons...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, MARKETING, scholar; Research articles 2008-05-30
David Noel Freedman: David Noel Freedman, a versatile biblical scholar who oversaw the Anchor Bible Series and held long, overlapping faculty tenures at the University of Michigan and the University of California at San Diego, died April 8 in Petaluma, California. He was 85. A prodigy who graduated from UCLA at age 17,...; Tags: CAREER, Johns Hopkins University, scholar, scholarship, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Michigan; Research articles 2008-05-20
Krister Stendahl hailed as scholar, church reformer and interfaith pioneer: Krister Stendahl, a biblical scholar, one-time Lutheran bishop of his native Stockholm and former dean of Harvard University Divinity School, is being remembered for his pathbreaking efforts in Christian-Jewish understanding and his plainspoken support for women's ordination and gay rights. Stendahl was a week shy of his 87th birthday...; Tags: Harvard University, scholar, women; Research articles 2008-05-20
Emmanuel College: Mark G. Toulouse, a scholar of American religious history, has been named as the principal of Emmanuel College at Toronto, the largest theological college affiliated with the United Church of Canada. Toulouse, an ordained Disciples of Christ minister, has taught for 22 years at Texas Christian University's Brite Divinity School...; Tags: scholar, Texas Christian University; Research articles 2008-05-20
Manifesto aims to make 'evangelical' a less-political term: An "evangelical manifesto" being released today by a group of Christian scholars and theologians is expected to try to take back the term "evangelical" from politics and return it to its theological roots. "Evangelical" has been widely used to refer to Christians who have conservative political...; Tags: Associated Press, MANIFESTO, manifesto, MARKETING, scholar; Research articles 2008-05-07
Chamberlin Wins FOI Award From SPJ, NFOIC: Before there was a national freedom of information movement, there was Bill F. Chamberlin's work on FOI issues. Before the National Freedom of Information Coalition was even an idea, let alone a real entity, Chamberlin was laying the groundwork for an academic program at the University of Florida's College of...; Tags: Government, MARKETING, professor, scholar, SOFTWARE, University of Florida; Research articles 2008-04-28
Scholars to tackle Muslims in media: A fear of Islam grips non-Muslims in America and around the world, fueled by inadequate information and the media's proclivity for unbalanced reporting, says a University of California, Berkeley, professor who is bringing together experts to analyze Islamophobia. "Talk radio continues to heap insults on Islam and...; Tags: conference, MARKETING, media, scholar, University of California at Berkeley; Research articles 2008-04-24
Finally taking root: as scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Martin Manalansan IV once found himself wondering colleague why Filipino diaspora scholars were flooding him with requests to review their papers or join their committees. The colleague reminded Manalansan that he was tenured, while most of the soliciting scholars weren't. As one of a handful of...; Tags: administrator, Dr., Manufacturing, Philippines, professor, scholar, U.S., University of Illinois; Research articles 2008-04-03
Following Harvard Faculty vote, STM publishers clarify position: debate continues over open-access journal publishing: It wasn't long after the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted to give the university a worldwide license to make scholarly articles by faculty members available in a university-hosted, open-access repository that STM, the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers, issued a statement criticizing the action. ...; Tags: Harvard University, scholar; Research articles 2008-04-01
Global Africa: through the lens of visual culture: fourteenth Triennial Symposium on African Art, Gainesville, FL March 28-April 1 2007: The Triennial Symposium on African Art, sponsored by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association ACASA, was hosted this year by the University of Florida UF in Gainesville and took place at the Samuel P. Ham Museum of Art and the Florida Natural History Museum, as well as the...; Tags: Africa, African, Carter, conference, exhibition, MARKETING, scholar, University of Florida; Research articles 2008-03-22
International Team of Fulbright New Century Scholars to Issue Recommendations on Enhancing Equity and Access to Higher Education: To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Nancy Gainer of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, +1-202-686-4014; or Darlene Kirk of the U.S. Department of State, +1-202-203-7616 WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty-six Fulbright New Century Scholars, who are leading research scholars and professionals from 25 countries including the United States,...; Tags: education, equity, FINANCE, Investment, scholar, team, U.S. Department of State; Research articles 2008-03-10