Sentences with phrase «american society at large»

At the time, she was propelled by the burgeoning momentum of the feminist art movement and her frustration with the chauvinism of the art world and American society at large...

The discussion of vouchers and charter schools, in its focus on individual rights, has failed to take into account American society at large.

To see if a president's speeches reflect egotism in American society at large, the team compared its results to studies of egotism in other cultural products, such as 20th - century books and songs.

Today's large influx of international postdocs may be good for American society at large, but not, research suggests, for the incomes of America's young scientists

Huddled Masses 13 April 2007 Today's large influx of international postdocs may be good for American society at large, but not, research suggests, for the incomes of America's young scientists.

This crisis surely represents a threat to American society at large, and to the Jews in particular, since, as an ethnic and religious minority, we are likely to become victims when civilization gives way to barbarism.

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Taking a page out of the First Things playbook, Jackson urges Muslim Americans to «articulate the practical benefits of the rules of Islamic law in terms that gain them recognition by society at large,» something that can be done by drawing on the Islamic tradition of practical reasoning that has family resemblances to the Catholic use of natural law and Protestant analysis of «common grace.»

The Dalai Lama has arranged for Tibetan monks to travel to American universities for brain scans and has spoken at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, the world's largest gathering of brain scientists.

A church that is the largest voluntary association in the country; a church whose universal pastor has, over the past decade, definitively answered Stalin's cynical query about the pope's divisions; a church that is, demographically, at its strongest historical point of leverage in American society — this is a church that would seem well positioned to seize what Richard John Neuhaus and others have seen as a possible «Catholic moment» in American history, pro Deo et patria.

on the face of it the American left are socially liberal but the bottom line is the more control they take over the economy and the redistribution of wealth, the more power they will gain over society at large and the more power they will have to implement social engineering projects.

Low levels of physical activity and inefficient sleep patterns intensify the effects of genetic risk factors for obesity, according to results of a large - scale study presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2017 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla..

The Hubble Space Telescope found no evidence of large planets in a giant swarm of a million suns, astronomers announced here last week at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

People diagnosed with cancer gained 3.34 million years of life thanks to cancer clinical trials run by SWOG and supported with public funds, according to new study results to be presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world's largest clinical cancer research meeting.

The reports on herbicide resistance and its challenges, and how modern agriculture is coping, were part of a symposium on the topic at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific sSociety (ACS), the world's largest scientific societysociety.

Spanning well over half a million light - years, NGC 6872 (seen in white and pink in this image acquired with the European Very Large Telescope) is at least five times the size of our own Milky Way, astronomers reported here on Thursday at the 221st meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Dorothy J. Phillips, Director - at - Large of the American Chemical Society (ACS) spoke to ACS» role in the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, and described several ACS efforts in this arena, including the ACS Science and Human Rights Network.

Spanier, who announced the finding this week in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, says that the peptide is generated from a larger, parent protein as beef ages after an animal has been slaughtered.

The Council shall consist of the members of the Executive Committee; two representatives from each affiliated society and active section; and no more than six members - at - large, one or two of whom may be elected annually by the Council for terms of three years from among the members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science resident in the Pacific Division region.

It shall be the duty of the Council: to consider and act upon matters, not otherwise defined and delegated by these Bylaws, which affect the welfare of affiliated societies collectively or in their relations to each other; to elect annually two members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science resident in the Pacific Coast region as members - at - large, to serve for terms of three years upon the Council of the Division; and to elect the officers of the Division and the other members of the Executive Committee.

From 28 % to 68 % of women using hormones at menopause take compounded, so - called «bioidentical» hormones, but women don't understand the risks of these unapproved, untested treatments, shows an analysis of two large surveys, which was published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.

Congratulations to Dr. Louis Terminello at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on being elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

«This is a validation of the whole K2 program's ability to find large numbers of true, bona fide planets,» said Ian Crossfield, an astronomer at University of Arizona, said during the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting, at which the find was announced.

At the January 2002, 199th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, two teams of astronomers announced that the cold dust in Vega's circumstellar disk is at least partly gathered into large clumps, in a characteristic shape that suggests the gravitational influence of a giant planet in an eccentric orbit (Abstracts for sessions 66.04 and 66.05, and CfA press releaseAt the January 2002, 199th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, two teams of astronomers announced that the cold dust in Vega's circumstellar disk is at least partly gathered into large clumps, in a characteristic shape that suggests the gravitational influence of a giant planet in an eccentric orbit (Abstracts for sessions 66.04 and 66.05, and CfA press releaseat least partly gathered into large clumps, in a characteristic shape that suggests the gravitational influence of a giant planet in an eccentric orbit (Abstracts for sessions 66.04 and 66.05, and CfA press release).

His service to the chemistry community at large is demonstrated by his elected position in the Executive Committee, Division of Physical Chemistry, of the American Chemical Society and on the Advisory Boards of the Journal of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Letters.

5/5/2008 Pioneering «Scarless» Surgeon, Mark Talamini, M.D., Elected President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Mark A. Talamini, M.D., professor and chairman of the department of surgery at UC San Diego Medical Center has assumed the role of president of The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the largest professional organization of... More...

Daniel F. Hayes, M.D., clinical director of the breast oncology program at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, was elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the largest and one of the most influential oncology professional societies.

The talks were given at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific sSociety, the world's largest scientific societysociety.

BETHESDA, MD — Balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), a category of structural changes to the human genome, may account for a large portion of birth defects related to brain development and function, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

A fellow of the American Physical Society, Smith has been a member of the experiments committee for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, and he has served on boards for many other organizations, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council of Canada.

But a large new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology found something unexpected: Higher HDL levels didn't appear to be better at all.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2017 — The first - ever global symposium, solely dedicated to sharing the latest scientific discoveries on the potential health benefits of 100 % pure maple products from Canada, took place on April 2 in San Francisco at the 253rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the largest scientific society in theSociety (ACS), the largest scientific society in thesociety in the world.

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Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women's Studies, American Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY, closed out the day with an engaging and pragmatic talk tying larger city - and society - wide systemic issues of educational equity to transfer schools and educators specifically.

Dr. Chris Duke ’83 of Bienville Animal Medical Center in Ocean Springs, Miss., was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Heartworm Society, a three - year term on the board as an at - large member.

Pit bulls pass the American Temperament Testing Society's test at a rate similar to, if not higher than, many other medium - to - large, powerful breeds.

For history buffs and those interested in Native American artifacts, you can enjoy a large collection at the End of the Trail Museum as well as a fine collection of basketry at the Del Norte County Historical Society Main Museum.

The triumphs and tribulations of Frazier, her mother and grandmother, speak volumes about society at - large and similar fates of Americans across the country enduring hardships wrought by the transformation of the U.S. economy.

Her projects at MOCA included large - scale historical survey exhibitions as well as retrospectives and solo exhibitions of William Leavitt (2011, co-curated with Bennett Simpson); Michael Kippenberger (2008); Lawrence Weiner (2007, co-organized with the Whitney Museum of American Art and co-curated with Donna de Salvo); Barbara Kruger (1999); Christopher Wool (1998); Felix Gonzalez - Torres (1994, co-organized with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago and co-curated with Susanne Ghez and Amada Cruz); and Roni Horn (1990), among others.

Special events at this year's Fair include Ricky Jay, the world's greatest sleight - of - hand artist discussing Magic, Cheaters & Remarkable Characters; a hands - on bookbinding demonstration by British book artist Mark Cockram; curators Christine Nelson of the The Morgan Library & Museum in New York and David Wood, curator of the Concord Museum, on the largest exhibition on American icon Henry David Thoreau ever mounted; and the 16th annual Ticknor Society Roundtable panel discussion.

Yet, although she had a solo show at Chicago's Renaissance Society, in 1992, she has never had a large - scale retrospective in an American museum.

Her projects at MOCA included large - scale historical survey exhibitions as well as retrospectives and solo exhibitions of William Leavitt (2011, co-curated with Bennett Simpson); Martin Kippenberger (2008); Lawrence Weiner (2007, co-organized with the Whitney Museum of American Art and co-curated with Donna de Salvo); Barbara Kruger (1999); Christopher Wool (1998); Felix Gonzalez - Torres (1994, co-organized with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago and co-curated with Susanne Ghez and Amada Cruz); and Roni Horn (1990), among others.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society with a membership of 121,200 scientists and «science supporters» globally, just released an 18 - page report confirming that the world is at growing risk of «abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes» due to climate change.

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If there was ever anything threatening the American family, and society at large, this is it.