Sentences with phrase «for academic effort»

Our gratitude also goes to Dr. Kachur and his students for the academic efforts that they initiated and that are evident in this important exhibition.

Not exact matches

Academics and top consulting firms have been expending considerable effort on demonstrating the business case for gender diversity.

The German academic behind the research decided to investigate by searching through all available studies that measured subjects» programming ability, personality traits, and intelligence, gathering 19 such studies for his efforts.

The labs of large, multinational companies and academic research efforts at major universities or governments are great at churning out innovations that become the basis for startups.

While there is no evidence that a large number of Chinese students or academics at US universities poses a threat to US interests, the Chinese government uses several education efforts as vehicles for soft power.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

Maximizing support for the efforts of those such as Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and academic medical research centers is key, especially now because other major pharmaceutical companies could follow Pfizer's decision.

As it stands, the Roundtable is a collaborative effort of wealthy East Coast Catholics, academics, editors, and Church activists who are determined to devise a strategy for establishing a major role for the laity in the governance of the Catholic Church in this country.

Greider does his best to highlight hopeful, albeit mostly small - scale, efforts by «pioneers» who are attempting to reform the economy, people in for - profit and not - for - profit organizations as well as academics.

The considerable effort required to fit a myth to the cultural data of a congregation is best undertaken for the good of the church itself, not for one's private entertainment or academic purposes.

Yet most athletic officials, even those who oppose it, regard Prop 42 as a well - intentioned effort to strike a balance between academic integrity and the need to provide an opportunity for the disadvantaged athlete who wants a degree and is willing to work hard to get it — a kid like John Thompson was as a high school senior in Washington, D.C. Thompson says he could not have gone to college under Prop 42, but he's careful not to paint Proposition 42 in racial terms.

Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student - athletes through a team - based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student - athlete for each academacademic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student - athletes through a team - based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student - athlete for each academAcademic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student - athletes through a team - based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student - athlete for each academacademic progress of their student - athletes through a team - based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student - athlete for each academicacademic term.

Dads contribute to the financial, emotional and academic success of children, and need to be praised for their efforts.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has quietly dropped plans to raise passing scores on Common Core Regents exams in English and math by the year 2022 — plans originally pushed as a linchpin in efforts for students» strengthened academic performance and preparation for college and careers.

«Working collaboratively with the Broome County Promise Zone, those interested in serving as mentors will be matched with children in schools that are part of CCPA's University - assisted community school effort, which aims to level the playing field for students from low - income families who lack some of the supports for academic success from which children from middle - class families benefit,» Bronstein said.

What Labour needs to do is persuade the minority of people who or make no effort to obtain the academic qualfications and training and lead a healthy lifestyle to take responsibility for themselves, in order to reduce the budgets for welfare and healthcare.

It called on all trainees to put in much effort in their academic work as they prepared for the impending end of second semester examination.

Salaam who hinted that a letter for the commencement of strike action had been received from the Academic Staff Union of the institutions, urged the Union not to embark on any strike for now, as effort is being taken by the House to resolve the matter.

According to him, «trusts that the prolific academic, renowned for preparing the economic blueprint for the transition of Zimbabwe from an Apartheid regime to an independent black nation, will be honoured for his life - long efforts to advance Nigeria's economic growth through his timely, patriotic works and counsel to past governments.

The Summit on Latinos was a multi-coalition effort supported by NYC's Latino elected officials including Speaker of City Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federation.

Studies have shown that smaller class sizes lead to better academic results for students and efforts to reduce class sizes have enjoyed broad support from city educators.

Some early targets are obvious: Despite all of former Chancellor Joel Klein's best efforts, city middle schools remain an academic black hole; our high schools have a higher graduation rate, but too few graduates are ready for the academic rigors of college.

Academic support, training, funding, and recruitment efforts are needed within biodefense programs to educate experts in policymaking and prepare scientists for bioterrorism challenges, according to a AAAS - sponsored workshop report.

With a bit of effort and patience, you will grow your academic footprint and get more citations for your papers.

Academic efforts are usually well encapsulated, for instance.

I obtained a post as a lecturer in EST at the «Fachsprachenzentrum», the Centre for Languages for Academic / Specific Purposes, of the University of Hanover, Germany, in 1990, and here I devoted all my efforts to building up a substantial EST programme.

There is a growing sense in the field — among academics and industry representatives alike — that these efforts are the last chance for the amyloid hypothesis.

NSF provides state - of - the - art imaging tools to academic labs; supports efforts to develop new microscopy techniques; and funds training for young scientists and engineers in the field.

The need for some sort of effort to reform the academic system in France became apparent in 2003, when the government announced a reduction in the number of permanent research positions and the creation of more short - term contracts.

Academic efforts in drug discovery also exist at other institutions, such as Baylor University's Center for Drug Discovery, Harvard University's Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, and many others.

The effort employs the same accusations and distortions that climate scientists and various investigative panels have battled for years: Academics are doctoring the science, the major science bodies are corrupt, the science is anything but settled.

Even trials with just 30 or so mothers, the target for the OI study, require herculean effort: a dozen academic and industry partners, tens of doctors, millions of dollars.

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.

Companies in the partnership supply compound libraries and drug discovery expertise to the effort, while academic partners contribute knowledge about the disease and facilities for screens and assays.

Some academic researchers, pharma executives, and other experts have decried this explosion of trials as a counterproductive glut motivated more by the race for money than good science and warned that many of these efforts may not finish because of a lack of participants.

Efforts should be made to promote physical activities for children and adolescents that involve aerobic exercises and motor tasks to enhance cardiorespiratory capacity and motor ability, thereby improving academic development.

«The information to support this dual effort is available in academic journals, but translating the information into a usable and practical format available to the right people at the right time is key to changing the way co-endemic diseases are controlled,» says Claire J. Standley, PhD, MSc, assistant research professor with Georgetown's Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS).

The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) had put real effort into making some space for young researchers in this year's Genomics Momentum, which each year welcomes a wealth of international academic, industrial, and governmental people working in genomics.

She also worries that the op - ed headline, which made it sound as though the job of combating bias in the academy is done, could diminish support from university administrations for programs promoting diversity in science, which could undercut efforts that are still needed to push academic science toward equality.

Later that year, an investigation by Science uncovered an underground market for fake academic credentials, in which some peddlers may have used SCIgen to save themselves the effort of writing «authentic» fake papers by hand.

But this month NIH Director Francis Collins unveiled something fresh: an effort to persuade drug companies to open up their troves of abandoned drugs to academics, who would look for new uses.

At past symposia, FoR worked to highlight some of the problems facing postdocs and graduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skilFoR worked to highlight some of the problems facing postdocs and graduate students, and started to define solutions but this year, together with Academics for the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skilfor the Future of Science and the MIT Graduate Student Council, we shift our focus toward advocacy and action with sessions specifically chosen to better define productive routes for advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skilfor advocacy efforts and help participants develop the efficacy of their advocacy skills.

The RBL, one of 11 in the country, serves as a valuable shared resource to others in academic, not - for - profit and private sectors for BSL - 3 training, basic research and translational discovery efforts.

Wake Forest Innovations and Ethicon saw this project — an effort to generate independent data on the performance of the stapler — would be a good pilot project for an R&D partnership between the academic institution and the medical device company.

«Manufacturers have deep pockets, and there is a tendency for research efforts to follow the money (with accompanying academic prestige), rather than a path defined only by the needs of patients and the public.»

As World War II breaks out, academic Alan Turing is interviewed for a secretive position in Britain's war effort.

«We look forward to Mary's contributions to our School Leadership Program, to our efforts to envision and plan online offerings for school leaders using the edX platform, and, most importantly, to the leadership of PPE during the next academic year.»

And it means that the district provides teacher leaders like Golden to support them in that effort — teacher leaders who meet monthly with the district's academic services division for professional learning to equip them with the skills they need to help schools succeed.

Last year, at the National Education Summit, governors and business leaders concluded that «efforts to set clear, common... academic standards for students in a given school district or state are necessary to improve student performance.».

A consensus for change is developing, but as Bridget Terry Long points out in a new policy proposal commissioned by the Hamilton Project, reform efforts often sidestep substantial questions about how to improve academic preparation and — importantly — help students avoid remedial placement altogether...