Sentences with phrase «for academic initiatives»

The reviewer is Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

A group of people at Osaka University (Eiji Umemoto [Associate Professor, Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine] and Masayuki Miyasaka [Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Academic Initiatives]-RRB- and University of Turku, Finland (Akira Takeda, Postdoctoral researcher at MediCity Research Laboratory) has found for the first time that a lipid called lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) plays a vital role in regulating lymphocyte motility within lymph nodes.

► «[T] he process of offering admission at selective Ph.D. programs is chock - full of assumptions that are seldom made explicit or challenged,» wrote Sian Beilock, vice provost for academic initiatives at the University of Chicago in Illinois, in her review of the book Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping, by Julie Posselt.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering schools millions of dollars for academic initiatives that are overwhelmingly supported by education experts, and for the second time, districts aren't interested in the money.

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The Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park, in conjunction with the new Xiongan Global Blockchain Innovation Fund and ZXBSDRI, will function in concert, providing the academic, financial, and industrial foundation for the entire initiative moving forward.

The pilot program for the 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017 academic years seeks to support enhanced confidence with technology integration, facilitate the adoption of campus - wide technologies, such as Adobe Connect and Desire2Learn, while also encouraging exploration of learning technology solutions to classroom and department initiatives.

Based out of Nomacorc's enology headquarters in Nimes, France, he is responsible for coordinating research initiatives and overseeing academic research partnerships.

This annual conference allows students, academic researchers, industry professionals and government agents to network, share ideas and brainstorm new initiatives for improving global food security policies.

We create, develop and deliver programmes and initiatives that improve health, attendance, academic achievement and raise whole - school standards, equipping all young people with skills for life.

Students at Forest Bluff School not only exhibit academic excellence, but also the many qualities that constitute positive character development: empathy, integrity, grit, resilience, responsibility, initiative, self - discipline, self - reflection, and respect for themselves, others, and the environment.

UNICEF has facilitated partnerships with all stakeholders including the State Government, State Nutrition Mission, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Health Department, BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India), NGOs, Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and several academic institutions, for this major initiative.

«In Singapore, it's now been standardized as part of the curriculum there,» said Mary Utne O'Brien, vice president of strategic initiatives for the non-profit Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

Around 19 board members, along with a handful of guests and community members, convened at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator in Downtown Binghamton to discuss ongoing initiatives and present proposals for the 2018 - 19 academic year.

Despite promises by the Mahama administration to champion what he called a progressively free Senior High School initiative, no student received a scholarship for the 2016/2017 academic year, according to the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh.

Beyond his academic credentials, he has a wealth of experience in urban economics thanks to his stints with the college's Center for Entrepreneurship and the Office of Urban Initiatives.

The Renewal initiative, with its added social services and academic supports, will be fully implemented this fall, meaning the program's deadline for turning around schools will roughly coincide with the the end of the three - year extension proposal.

Women must take the initiative to clearly evaluate their academic institutions and to offer constructive criticism to pave the way for the next generation of female physician - scientists.

The agency supports network science through individual institutes (for example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds nine National Centers for Systems Biology, academic centers that emphasize network biology) and through agencywide initiatives (such as the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the recently announced Human Connectome Project, which aims to map the connections among the human brain's 100 billion neurons).

Bozon, an applied mathematician at the Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Cemagref) in Montpellier, France, is part of a new initiative launched by the French government in the summer of 2007 to broaden career avenues for academic researchers.

Other targets of the initiative have focused on instituting ways to build collaboration among academic, nonprofit and private sector efforts, including international groups and to increase federal funding, an effort that spurred Congress to pass in December 2016 the 21st Century Cures Act that authorized $ 1.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute.

«Business leaders as well as academics have been trying to promote the adoption of quality flexible work initiatives for the past three decades.

In short, it is evident that hypercompetition is inconsistent with «affording the prepared mind complete freedom for the exercise of initiative,» which Vannevar Bush, who devised our system of academic research funding in the 1940s, considered to be of «supreme importance.»

Special Initiatives programs include Bridges to the Baccalaureate Degree, Bridges to the Doctoral Degree, MORE Faculty Development Awards, Fellowship Awards for Minority Students, MORE Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards, and Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities.

I was there at the beginning of the Roadmap [former NIH Director Elias Zerhouni's set of cross-NIH initiatives] when we were setting all this up and we always understood that the CTSAs were a fantastic opportunity to reengineer clinical research in academic health centers and provide a new home for this.

Chris is on a number of national and international committees, working groups and initiatives related to the academic, clinical translation and commercialization of cell and gene therapies including; Founder and CEO of the London Regenerative Medicine Network (LRMN), Founding Member of the UK - Israel Science Council, Scientific Advisory Board of the UK Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Strategic Advisory Board of the Canadian Centre for the Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), and Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian Stem Cell Network.

A better collaboration between industry and academic centres is desperately needed, along with new initiatives such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public — private partnership with the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)[10].

«Jim Mullikin is the ideal choice to champion the broad scientific portfolio of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, which is one of NHGRI's premiere research assets,» said NHGRI Scientific Director Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D. «Dr. Mullikin brings a comprehensive experiential and academic background to NISC, taking on the wealth of basic and clinical research initiatives already underway and planning for the genomic contributions that this center will be making well into the future.»

«IHPC notes reservations about this name change's implications for research funding initiatives, infrastructure, training and agendas for complementary and alternative health disciplines, organizations, and accredited academic institutions (chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, massage therapy, direct entry midwifery, holistic nursing, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and others).

The initiative — which has been operating in the North of England for more than five years — launched in Scotland this academic year and so far six schools from five local authority areas have signed up.

Other initiatives in their school improvement plan (PDF) included Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an operational framework for implementing practices and interventions to improve academic and behavioral outcomes, and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college readiness system with research - based methods for elementary through postsecondary students.

Siva Kumari, Director General, International Baccalaureate said: «The Kent initiative is particularly heartening for the IB because it is a community committed to the betterment of children's lives via a rigorous academic Career - related Programme.

Budget includes $ 100 million for teacher - quality initiatives, half of which will be directed toward raising teacher salaries and half designed for financial rewards for teachers at low - performing schools whose students show marked academic gains.

The Department of Education is again inviting states to take part in a pilot initiative that would reverse the order of key consequences for schools that miss academic - performance targets under the No Child Left Behind Act.

While her primary focus — and the focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.

[I] t has been the prevailing academic practice to treat the faculty member as the copyright owner of works that are created independently and at the faculty member's own initiative for traditional academic purposes.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

Lagemann's deanship has further been marked by major initiatives to develop innovative core courses for the HGSE curriculum, to reorient the school's master's degree programs, and to reorganize its academic organizational structure.

The district initiative also provides the capacity to create uniform standards for academic rigor, certification, and professional development.

They include implementation of a new management structure, pedagogical framework, introduction of a Year 7 selective class, academic challenges for students and an initiative that has seen teachers plan and design 192 units linked to the new National Curriculum.

The U.S. Department of Education is planning to expand a pilot initiative that would flip the order of key consequences for schools» low academic performance under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Martin Evans, Head of the Geography Department, commented on the academic impact that the Adventure Learning experience has on his groups, «the wide variety of fieldwork opportunities at the centre mean that it is easy for students to pursue their individual initiatives.

As we consider the merits of private - school choice and what it would take to make it succeed, this initiative deserves particular attention: it is the nation's largest voucher program, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all voucher students nationwide, with 34,299 students receiving vouchers and 313 private schools participating during the 2016 — 17 academic year.

Join our guests for an interactive discussion of mobile - learning initiatives and their academic merits.

Inspiring students As schools up and down the country prepare to usher in the new academic year, 12 more sporting stars have been named as Athlete Mentors for free secondary schools initiative Sky Sports Living for Sport.

A former U.S. Secretary of Education (1993 - 2001), he helped launch initiatives to raise academic standards; improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged; increase family and business involvement in education; promote afterschool academic...

The death of a small federal school - integration initiative is connected to a much larger concern that DeVos's primary education - reform idea — using public money for private school vouchers — will produce poor academic results for students, and Balkanize students by religion, race, and class.

Demonstrated by efforts like the Excellence in Academic Advising program or the Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (IPAAS) initiative, the question of how to improve advising to ensure student success is gaining traction at colleges and universities.

We create, develop and deliver programmes and initiatives that improve health, attendance, academic achievement and raise whole - school standards, equipping all young people with skills for life.

Creation of customized content for academic coursework or corporate training initiatives provides a unique and exciting window of opportunity for reinvention, branding and individuality.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a...