Two Top-Ranking Schools Join Jobs Board Site

Research institution membership now at 15 SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its reputation as a leading online job board and careers tool site for life-science professionals, Bio Career Center ( http://www.biocareercenter.com ) has broadened its reach by a...

SANYO Donates Air Purification Systems Effective Against Flu Viruses to New York Airports and Schools

Some Recipients have recently faced H1N1 Flu Outbreaks JAMAICA, N.Y., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SANYO Biomedical and Environmental Solutions (SANYO), a division of SANYO North America, announces the donation of professional-use air purification systems to provide an added level of safe, healthy ...

UH initiative will use 'Harry Potter' to conjure love for science in Houston-area schools

Hoping that science will cast a spell on local middle and high school students, a University of Houston team is starting a program that will harness the magical draw of the Harry Potter series to make technical subjects resonate in local classrooms. Funded by a nearly $3 million grant from the ...

Madison, Milwaukee med schools to collaborate on tech transfer

The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School have agreed to share information about collaborative research opportunities and work together on tech transfer, said a Medical College statement on Wednesday. The medical schools' respective ...

UW-Oshkosh launching Global MBA with schools in Germany, India

Oshkosh, Wis. - Representatives from universities in Germany and India and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will sign an agreement on Monday to begin a global master of business administration program that will rely heavily on the Internet. The program further expands upon the Wisconsin Ide...

With flawed schools exposed, real-world experience is needed

What kind of school systems are our taxes supporting? This question becomes very critical given the fact that jobs are being outsourced to other countries by the thousands and many leaders of public schools have lost touch with whats important. Educators better get with the program and start tea...

Florida schools employ Johnson Controls technology to stop sex predators

Milwaukee, Wis. - The nation's fifth largest school district is being outfitted with a new security system designed by Johnson Controls, Inc. , to deter sexual predators from entering school grounds. Johnson Controls, known more for its attempts to develop hybrid car batteries and energy-effi...

While schools combat low tech enrollment, are businesses contributing to IT workforce woes?

Editor's note : This is the third of a three-part series on information technology workforce development. Milwaukee, Wis. - Will members of the so-called Xbox generation ever be as interested in helping companies create information technology as they are in consuming it? Judging by the...

StrandVision markets digital signage to K-12 schools

Eau Claire, Wis. - With students oriented toward television and other high tech electronic media, an Eau Claire-based provider of hosted digital signage services has introduced a digital signage product for K-12 schools. StrandVision, LLC will market a Web-based signage system that uses exis...

Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers

...he Eindhoven team, and ASU team leader Cun-Zheng Ning, a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering in ASU's Ira A. Fulton schools of Engineering. Lasers once were the stuff largely of science fiction. Today they are everywhere in the world of electronics. They are essential co...

Mirixa Corporation Announces Key New Hires

...ce in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice Award. Kim Swiger will focus her years of clinical experience on developing programs for, and on behalf of, the schools of pharmacy and state pharmacy associations. Prior to joining Mirixa, Ms. Swiger was responsible for implementation of MTM services, continuous quali...

National Institutes of Health Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Jobs Board

...o Career Center Bio Career Center features a jobs board that gathers the life sciences post-graduate and clinical communities of all member schools (including the alumni of the members, which account for more than 50 percent of the candidates) into one place, a staff that liaises with employers, a...

Calvert Research Licenses Novel Technology to Treat Age Related Macular Degeneration from Tulane University

...ne University: Tulane University is one of the nation's leading educational and research institutions. Founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Tulane has ten schools and colleges offering degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, the sciences and engineerin...

Industry Professionals Get Schooled in Real-World Oncology Issues at NCCN Academy

...as a session in Chicago scheduled for October 14 - 15. Complete registration information and a syllabus is available at NCCN.org . Additional schools within NCCN Academy for Excellence & Leadership in Oncology will include programs for cancer center administrators, clinical executive leaders, an...

Orthocrat Announces Successful Implementation of TraumaCad at UPMC Mercy

...long-term care facilities and a major health insurance services division, and in collaboration with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC has advanced the quality and efficiency of health care and developed internationally renowned programs in transplantation...

DFG establishes 14 new research training groups

...he innovative combination of result- and process-oriented research perspectives. In the Research Training Group, teachers with practical experience in schools and graduates of the education sciences and psychology will, for the first time, work towards their doctorates together. (Host university: University ...

Four Major Universities Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Jobs Board

...o Career Center Bio Career Center features a jobs board that gathers the life sciences post-graduate and clinical communities of all member schools (including the alumni of the members which account for over 50% of the candidates) into one place, a staff that liaises with employers, and deep and r...

CPM Resource Center and The Shams Group Partner To Help Hospitals Integrate Evidence-Based Clinical Content Into Information Systems

...inicians and leaders to advance clinical scholarship and research. Practice Education Partnerships bridge the transition from education to practice in schools of Nursing and Allied Health. CPMRC is a business unit of Elsevier. For more information on CPMRC, please visit http://www.cpmrc.com . About E...

Pearson Foundation Supports Incoming LSU Biology Students With 21st Century Learning Tools

...ed the Digital Arts Alliance, the consortium that promotes digital arts K-16 education through fully funded and staffed programs delivered directly to schools and community centers nationwide. The Pearson Foundation is the founding partner in the Digital Arts Alliance. Each year, the Digital Arts Allian...

Obama Budget Level Funds Career Technical Education

...ol year. If the Perkins Act received more funding, schools could utilize the money to enhance their programs ...eate a stronger accountability system. Students at schools with highly integrated rigorous academic and CTE p...ading, mathematics and science than do students at schools with less integrated programs, the Southern Region...

Swine Flu Fears Generate Interest in UV Disinfection Technologies...Again

...s, flu and other airborne respiratory illnesses in schools and hospitals since the 1930's. UVGI (Ultraviolet ...systems successfully reduced infections in Mexican schools during a 1955 Mumps epidemic and helped eliminate ...ooms, but it's ideal for emergency disinfection at schools or offices." For more information about the u...

UMass Boston Opens Venture Development Center to Expand R&D Activity

... student population both an intimate learning environment and the rich experience of a great American city. UMass Boston's seven colleges and graduate schools serve more than 14,000 students while engaging local, national, and international constituents through academic programs, research centers, and public...

Germgard's Ultra-Fast Hand Hygiene Solution Protects Against Deadly MRSA, C difficile, and Influenza Virus

...in hospitals and clinics, and placed at risk millions of patients as well as the financial well-being of healthcare. It will also find applications in schools and food service establishments. Germgard Lighting LLC is funded by and located in a NJ Commission on Science and Technology supported innovation...

Bio Career Center Becomes Top in Nation for Life Sciences Careers

... About Bio Career Center Bio Career Center features a jobs board that gathers the life sciences postgraduate and clinical communities of all member schools into one place, a staff that liaises with employers, and deep and rich content that focuses on the many career options for life sciences Ph.D.s and M....

Eklin Medical Systems to Showcase RapidStudy(TM) CDx Digital Radiography Systems at CVC East

...erinary PACS, practice management software (VIA), ultrasound and digital radiography products. Clients include more than 90 percent of U.S. veterinary schools of medicine, such as UC Davis, Ohio State, University of Pennsylvania and Texas A&M . Numerous zoos and marine facilities, including San Diego,...

Managing Conflict of Interest Disclosures Simplified for Healthcare Organizations

...(HCCS) provides up-to-date compliance and competency training courseware and learning systems to hospitals, health plans, teaching facilities, medical schools and other healthcare entities. HCCS programs are used at hundreds of healthcare facilities nationwide, with over one million registered learners. HC...

BASF Set To Commercialize pro-t-action(TM) Eliminating Caries Causing Bacteria From the Mouth

... . About the University of Connecticut Health Center The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital . Founded in 1961, the Health ...

Experts at Healthcare Conference Support Investments in the Health of Work Culture and Care Processes, Not Just Technology

...inicians and leaders to advance clinical scholarship and research. Practice Education Partnerships bridge the transition from education to practice in schools of Nursing and Allied Health. CPMRC is a business unit of Elsevier. For more information on CPMRC, please visit www.cpmrc.com . About Elsevier...

MIT, BU team combats antibiotic resistance with engineered viruses

...ty, could help prevent bacteria from developing antibiotic resistance and help kill those that have already become resistant. Researchers from both schools have engineered a virus that knocks out bacterial defense systems, enhancing the effectiveness of antibiotics. The work is reported in the March 2 onl...

Rick Fraunfelder, M.D. of the Casey Vision Correction Center in Portland, Oregon, Joins Elite Group of Surgeons Listed at Trusted LASIK Surgeons

...he Oregon Medical Association. Dr. Fraunfelder is also dedicated to helping others less fortunate. His charitable contributions extend from local schools and the Lions Bank of Oregon, where he serves on the Medical Advisory Committee, to Orphans Over Seas, a charity which helps children and single paren...

New Generation Biofuels Completes Construction of Baltimore Facility

...y could be replaced with biofuels. Beyond economic advantages, non-energy intensive industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry, public buildings, schools and hospitals, can use their potentially reduced carbon footprint to enhance their image. According to DOE, marine applications potentially provide a ...

ACTE Releases Paper Highlighting Policy Trend to Support Recognition of Academic Credit for CTE Classes

... Washington State has a law requiring high schools or local school districts to develop procedures to... self reporting, Kentucky has an estimated 82 high schools that currently offer at least one of these courses. "As schools face pressure to increase academic achievement, it...

Heinlein Trust and SpaceX Announce Competition to Promote Research Innovation in Zero Gravity

... The Rice Alliance is host to the Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest and richest business plan competition in world. Thirty-six graduate schools compete for over $700,000 in prizes each year. ...

African Ancestry, Educators, Identity Experts Launch DNA Education Project during Historic Black History Month; 7th Graders Score High on Ultimate Self Test

...their families, faculty and the community to unveil where in African each student's bloodline originated. Dr. Grant -- an educator in DC public schools for more than 13 years -- also took part in the ancestry-testing day and will closely monitor the activities throughout the program. "This is on...

Singulex Closes $19 Million Financing Round

...ker c Troponin I (cTnI), a well-validated marker for cardiac necrosis. "Singulex's steady progress in publishing strong data from premier medical schools in the country indicated that the Erenna technology can make significant contributions to the diagnostics field, specifically in the cardiovascular ar...

Eklin Signs Letter of Intent With ZONARE for Distribution of Zone Sonography(TM) z.one System

...erinary PACS, practice management software (VIA), ultrasound and digital radiography products. Clients include more than 90 percent of U.S. veterinary schools of medicine, such as UC Davis, Ohio State, University of Pennsylvania and Texas A&M . Numerous zoos and marine facilities, including San Diego,...

Gift Aids Professor's Research into Vein Treatment

...niversity is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University has more than 7,500 students; 11 schools and colleges - liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studi...

Don't Wait - Do It Now!(TM) Become an Organ and Tissue Donor

...lassic public relations and marketing campaign. At the same time, we get the benefit of their creative minds and youthful energy," says Heald. schools participating in the Do It Now! College Challenge include Bowling Green State University , Central State University , Cleveland State University , ...

Full Sail University Welcomed Back to Campus Graduate and Acclaimed Horror Director, Darren Lynn Bousman

..." by the Florida Association of Postsecondary schools and Colleges. The university has also been named: The Harvard of Game schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Ins...

Miniaturizing memory: Taking data storage to the molecular level

... working on the 'nanodevices for data storage' project, which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Colleagues from the schools of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Pharmacy and the Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre will examine the methods and materials required...