Sentences with phrase «decision by the university»

The decision by the university to refund tickets comes just two days after the school announced all its season tickets had sold out.

• In News & Analysis, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee wrote about troubles at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, and other California observatory facilities, after a decision by the University of California's (UC's) Office of the President to cut off funding for the salaries of 11 faculty and staff members at the University of California Observatories system who are perceived by some to enjoy privileged status, with a lighter teaching load than other UC scientists and an 11 - month contract instead of the 9 - month contracts of other UC faculty.

That notion shaped a recent decision by the University of North Carolina system to require all teacher education faculty members to incorporate computers and technologies into their instruction.

A decision by the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., to bar Archbishop Desmond Tutu from speaking on campus has drawn criticism from many corners of the globe — including the university's own law school.

I previously covered the Alberta case of Pridgen v. University of Calgary, where the court quashed a decision by the university to discipline students who made critical comments on Facebook about a professor.

Not exact matches

«The prospect of being able to make important product design decisions early on in my career was enough to sell me,» says Briana Whelan, a University of Virginia computer science and mathematics major who joined APT as an associate product manager despite being recruited by Google, Microsoft, and KPMG.

Now, new research conducted by Moran Cerf, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University, suggests that one of the best ways to reduce stress and feel happier is to spend time with people who make better decisions.

Taught by instructors from the University in Lausanne in Switzerland, This highly popular Coursera class aims to shed light on what leads good people to make unethical decisions in business.

But here's the essence of the findings: according to work by Christopher Barnes, a University of Washington management professor, the mismatch between many employees» natural preferences and the workday's official start not only results in decreased productivity and creativity (not to mention increased misery), but might also impact the ethical decisions of late risers forced out of bed prematurely.

In a study released in May by the University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain, researchers analyzed the make up and results of more than 4,000 R&D teams around the world and found that gender diverse groups can lead to greater creativity and better decisions.

The University of Kentucky, which hosted the TEDx talk in question last October, says it made its decision after being contacted by Price's representatives.

(He also made a shrewd decision by choosing to attend New Jersey's Princeton University, a highly ranked Ivy League school in our overall rankings.)

«People often make decisions that are influenced by emotions that have nothing to do with the decisions they are making,» says Stéphane Côté, a professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, who co-wrote the study with lead researcher Jeremy Yip of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, senior Brenna Spencer is standing by her decision to pose with a gun in her waistband for a graduation photograph.

The decision made by Creighton University doesn't tell us very much.

For my good friends at the Georgia Family Council, I wrote a post on a recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Jennifer Keeton's suit against faculty and administrators in the graduate counseling program at Augusta State University.

What is required of me by faith in terms of the «corporate responsibility» of the department or college or university — not first of all in terms of South African investments, but in terms of ideological commitments and personnel decisions?

After we had both cooled off a bit, he agreed that decisions regarding the use of the church could not properly be made by university officials no matter who owned the property.

Tufts University will likely restore official status to Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF) after student leaders appealed a decision by the student judiciary to de-recognize the group.

(Indeed, fascinating histories might be written of major changes in the identities of both denominational and university - related theological schools that came about over the past thirty years not by grand vision and masterful decision but through the accumulated impact of individual decisions about particular proposed courses, programs for this and centers for that.)

One university divinity school dean told me that he himself values the writing his faculty does for laypeople in the church, but tenure decisions are made by a universitywide committee, and chemists, economists and other scholars will dismiss more popular writing as «obviously not scholarship.»

Brigham Young University officials on Thursday stood by the decision to dismiss a standout player on the Cougars» highly ranked men's basketball team, saying they are treating Brandon Davies just like they would any other student.

Saving the Constitution from the Courts By William Gangi University of Oklahoma Press, 326 pages, $ 45 Cases like Roe, Casey, and the recent Romer decision remind us of the degree to which constitutional interpretation has been supplanted by judicial lawmakinBy William Gangi University of Oklahoma Press, 326 pages, $ 45 Cases like Roe, Casey, and the recent Romer decision remind us of the degree to which constitutional interpretation has been supplanted by judicial lawmakinby judicial lawmaking.

The standards associated with the research university are imposed, if in no other way, by the decision to meet the accepted standards for accreditation of graduate professional schools.

Franklin Graham, whose ministries (Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) are headquartered in North Carolina, attacked the university's decision and condemned the use of a Christian space by members of another faith.

The tension has been exacerbated by the recent Vatican decision to reinstate fidelity oaths and to tighten bishops» regulation of theological teaching at Catholic colleges and universities.

A university has been ordered by a judge to reverse a decision to ban a Christian student group which... More

May 29, 2013 — Like some humans, chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to outcomes of their decisions by pouting or throwing angry tantrums when a risk - taking strategy fails to pay off, according to research published May 29 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Alexandra Rosati from Yale University and Brian Hare from Duke University.

Executive Summit: Increase Confidence in Making Smart Business Decisions, sponsored by Yale Material Handling and Duke University.

We are deeply disappointed by and strongly disagree with the denial of the University's appeal, announced today by the NCAA, of an earlier decision by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions to vacate Notre Dame's 2012 and 2013 football victories due to academic misconduct by several student - athletes.

Northwestern spokesman Al Cubbage said in a statement that the university is «pleased» by the decision:

Sirs: It is true that in the past unpopular and / or questionable decisions by referees at University of Virginia home basketball games have been met with an unsportsmanlike shower of refuse.

Adamu pointed out that the decision was in line with the university's vision of providing highly accessible and enhanced education anchored by social justice, equity, equality and national cohesion through comprehensive reach that transcends all barriers.

Evaluating Decision Making Procedures for Regional Funding Allocations, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by Dr Sarah Ayres of the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University.

BBC presenter and Visiting Professor at The Open University Business School, Evan Davis will put forward his views on infrastructure decisions and their impact on the economy and environment at the debate which is organised by The Open University Business School.

«It is also clear from the decision by lecturers at Oxford Brookes university that members of Natfhe are simply not prepared to accept the current hard line, miserly approach by employers.»

«It is wholly unfair of the minister to try to blame schools for the consequences of decisions taken by university admissions officers.

Speaking on GBC / Star Ghana one - one - one presidential encounter, President Mahama, who is standing for election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said the decision to transform the polytechnics into universities was to give value to technical education as a source of training the youth to be employed by industry.

It will be recalled that Mr Atta Akyea, in an interview with Class News, defended concerns by Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin that Akyems had been sidelined by the Mahama administration and argued that the decision to site the university at Somanya — where Krobos are prominent — rather than Akyem, underscored Okyehene's concerns.

In a statement on Wednesday, the university said that Mr. Kaloyeros's decision was a response to an internal change in how the membership of the two boards is determined, and motivated by an effort to avoid the appearance of a conflict between his role as president and the school real estate efforts.

Last year, for example, he blasted a decision by the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health to invite controversial American leader Linda Sarsour to be a graduation speaker, charging her with anti-Semitism.

Syracuse University's decision to temporarily ban the use and storage of hoverboards on campus was made jointly by the Department of Public Safety, DPS's Fire and Life Safety staff and the Office of Residence Life staff.

Memos released by Cuomo's office in May sent to top officials at the State University of New York show Schwartz is being given power to review «all decisions» made in Buffalo Billion contracting.

«This explains the boundless joy that greeted the decision of the Federal Government to establish the Nigeria Maritime University at Okerenkoko, facilitated by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) with a temporary site at Kurutie, having satisfied the requirements of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Meanwhile, decisions on first choice candidates by universities will end on October 15, and second choice candidates will end on December 15; after which the remaining students will be available in the market place for other institutions till the January closing dates.

However, the university explains following complains by some SRC members that they were not in favour of the decision to invite Dr Bawumia, coupled with simmering tension between the SRC executives over the matter, forced the school's management to propose that a politically neutral person be invited to speak at the forum.

While demanding for the government to rescind the decision, the Chiefs cited how Ex-President Kuffour supported the establishment of the University of Development Studies by Ex-President JJ.

City University of New York professors are pledging solidarity with students impacted by the decision to rescind DACA.

The findings, published in The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease by researchers at Arizona State University, do not prove that Mr. Reagan exhibited signs of dementia that would have adversely affected his judgment and ability to make decisions in office.

Interim leadership of the Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) have welcomed the decision by four technical universities to break away from the student group.