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.
Not exact matches
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...