But instances where trust has been betrayed by an academic — even if it's the case that data used
for university research purposes wasn't caught in the crossfire — will have a negative impact on whether participants will continue to trust researchers.
Mr. Bernard added that Amazon received applications
for the University Research competition Alexa Prize from 22 countries.
He's worked extensively with early stage technology startups, from stints at Detroit Venture Partners, Mercury Fund, and Invest Detroit to several consulting engagements to identify commercialization opportunities
for University research.
Opponents of expanded gas drilling have coined the term «frackademia»
for university research on the potential impacts of the boom in shale gas drilling that involves industry money or experts with industry ties.
While funds
for university research just about held up, other funding — such as that supplied by the Department of Trade and Industry — dried up.
On the basis of these ratings, they divide up the money earmarked
for university research by the Department for Education — usually about # 1 billion.
Large cuts in these departments offset the government increase
for university research and laboratory infrastructure.
After 20 years at the Johnson Space Center, Dunbar is currently serving as the assistant director
for university research.
To find out more about TT, look at the Web sites of BTG, the Association
for University Research and Industry Links, and the U.K. University Companies Association.
Mr. Bernard added that Amazon received applications
for the University Research competition Alexa Prize from 22 countries.
And with more and more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding
for university research, not less.
Not exact matches
Not -
for - profit organisations are at risk of failure as they struggle to upskill staff, according to
research from the
University of Western Australia.
According to
University of Scranton
research, personal financing was the third most popular New Year's resolution
for Americans in 2015, preceded by «getting organized» and «losing weight».
Richard J. Reddick is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the
University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute
for Urban Policy
Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center
for African and African American Studies.
While practicing medicine at Stanford
University, he won the American Academy of Neurological Surgery's highest award
for research.
Pollack is a
research associate at the Center
for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke
University Medical Center, and the
research director
for the Divers Alert Network, a nonprofit organization that helps divers in medical emergencies and promotes dive safety.
«We're in a serious jam,» says Gerry Wright, director of the Michael DeGroote Institute
for Infectious Disease
Research at McMaster
University.
«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and
universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used
for student aid,
research, and faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education trade group.
University of California
research suggests that it can take up to 23 minutes and 15 secs
for people to resume work once interrupted and that typically they will execute two intervening tasks before resuming the original activity.
The company dished out another $ 7 million this year
for cancer
research at the
University of Toronto Mississauga campus.
If those are your reasons
for not improving your cardiovascular fitness, check this out: New
research from McMaster
University shows that ten minutes of stair climbing — ten minutes that includes warming up, cooling down, and recovering between sets — measurably improved cardiovascular fitness.
Research conducted at Sam Houston State
University in Huntsville, Texas, found that study participants asked to complete a survey were significantly more likely to do so if the survey included a Post-it note with a handwritten message asking
for their help, akin to a favor.
«The location provides resources
for you as an entrepreneur,» says Zeke Hernandez, an assistant professor of management at the
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton school, where his
research centers on entering global markets.
While we often feel to swamped with work, or too tired
for leisure reading,
research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives,
research from the
University of Liverpool's Centre
for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives,
Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, overall.
Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity
University; a fellow at the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center
for Corporate Governance at Stanford
University; director of
research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory Uni
research at the Center
for Entrepreneurship and
Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory Uni
Research Commercialization and exec in residence at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke
University; and distinguished visiting scholar at the Halle Institute of Global Learning at Emory
University.
Last year, Hawking opened a
research center at Cambridge
University, meant to nurture ideas
for using A.I. to solve world problems — and
for regulating its use.
«As a student at the
University of New Brunswick, I had a summer
research job with the chair
for nanotechnology.
Meanwhile, scientists at Cornell
University are at work on prototypes
for a 3D printed ear, and at Mount Sinai Hospital,
research is focused on bioprinting trachea, more commonly known as windpipes.
As a junior studying geography at Colgate
University, Jake extensively
researched the negative effects of single - use plastic on the oceanic ecosystem
for his final thesis.
Hinton, a British - born Cambridge
University graduate, added: «Now is the time
for us to lead the
research and shape the future of this field, putting neural network technologies to work in ways that will improve health care, strengthen our economy and unlock new fields of scientific advancement.
University of Toronto «s Colleen Flood, the Canada
Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, explains what's standing in the way of health care reform, and why the business community may be our best bet
for bringing about change.
«I think that your methodology, as you described it, is sound,» said Ken Klassen, a
University of Waterloo professor who also serves as director of the Deloitte Centre
for Tax Education and
Research.
The
research out of Baylor
University's business school surveyed nearly 500 adults about how a phenomenon the researchers dub «phubbing» — i.e. snubbing someone
for your phone — impacts relationships.
Modelling by the Curtin
University's Australian Housing and Urban
Research Institute has proposed a capped rental deduction
for investors using negative gearing, arguing it will be a a budget saver that will have minimal impact on the less well off.
According to Emma Seppala — science director
for Stanford
University's Center
for Compassion and Altruism
Research and Education — there are a number of things you can do to replenish your mental energy that don't involve drinking more coffee or high - caffeine sodas.
According to a recent
research paper from the
University of Tennessee, the average adult attention span
for a presentation is just 20 minutes.
According to
research by leading positive psychologist Barbara Fredrickson with the
University of North Carolina, a positive outlook generates creative thinking, builds self - confidence and promotes overall resilience — all qualities necessary
for lasting lifestyle changes.
When
university - based researchers conduct any kind of
research on human beings, they are required to adhere to pretty strict standards
for research ethics.
New
research out of Brown
University aims to help (hat tip to Business Insider
for the pointer).
He's spent his career lecturing to and on the aerospace industry, having taught
for several semesters at George Washington
University while publishing countless papers and
research reports as well as one book on the industry.
There were 3,400 legal defenses mounted by small businesses in 2011
for patent cases, a 32 % increase over the prior year, according to
research paper from 2012 by Boston
University law professors James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer.
But if that sounds like you, you really need to check out recent
research out of Drexel
University (hat tip to lifehacker
for the pointer) that proves the inability to draw a convincing smiley face is no reason to stop drawing or painting.
According to a 2013 study by the Center
for Venture
Research at the
University of New Hampshire, minority entrepreneurs accounted
for just 7 percent of pitches made to angel investors (13 percent resulted in an investment).
The next frontier As such, drones have quietly been making inroads in the Arctic
for the past several years, mostly under clearances granted to
research institutions like the
University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The two new hires are Fei - Fei Li, the director of Stanford
University's Artificial Intelligence Lab; and Jia Li, the head of
research for Snap, the parent company of popular social messaging app Snapchat.
«Fortunately, there was a remedy: Cavendish bananas - maintained as interesting specimens in botanical gardens in the United Kingdom and in the United Fruit Company collection in Honduras - were identified as resistant substitutes
for Gros Michel,» researchers from Wageningen
University and
Research Centre report in PLOS Pathogens.
Northern Star Resources and St Barbara have led mining industry support
for research projects that link CSIRO and
university scientists seeking ways to extend the life of existing gold mines, reveal new deposits and improve processing efficiency.
The field of AI has been criticized
for its lack of women in prominent
research roles at
universities as well as at major technology companies.
James Hazel, a post-doctoral
research fellow at Vanderbilt
University's Center
for Biomedical Ethics and Society, has been looking into the privacy policies of consumer genetics tests.
In a report earlier this year
for the Institute
for Research on Public Policy, Trent
University economist Harry Kitchen argues it's time
for governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks
for seniors.