Sentences with phrase «universities as hubs»

He will focus in particular on the unique role of universities as hubs of innovation, learning and, most important, doing.

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Launched on Thursday, the Vector Institute is based in the city of Toronto, which already has a reputation as one of the strongest AI hubs in the world, largely as a result of the research efforts at the University of Toronto.

Long associated with older industries, Osaka has struggled to get out of the shadow of Tokyo as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.

«This center will create great middle - class jobs for Canadians, new opportunities for recent university graduates, and further position Canada as a global hub for innovation,» the blog quoted Trudeau as saying.

Judging by the number of incubators, accelerators and hubs that are now associated with virtually every postsecondary institution, as well as in - house university research licensing offices, it's clear that commercializing research has become one of the top priorities for these institutions.

She noted that the school plays an important part in our university's role in the community as a hub for innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and leadership.

Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

The idea for a new $ 500 million arena, with Syracuse University as the main tenant, was a closely - held secret among Cuomo's office, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and COR Development, the same developer who will build the nanotechnology hub.

Among the initiatives up for possible state funding is Syracuse University's proposed National Veterans Resource Complex, which would help «solidify» central New York as the «hub» of research and programming connected to veterans and military affairs.

Along with the prior announcements, it was announced on Thursday that Empire State Development approved $ 32 million for an innovation hub at the University at Buffalo as part of the Buffalo Billion II initiative.

The Central New York hub will be part of the state university system's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, focusing on innovations in the film industry and other sectors, such as medical devices and energy.

Swansea was historically a manufacturing hub and remains so — and today that legacy continues at the university's campuses, where you are just as likely to see industry experts roaming the labs at SPECIFIC as you are to spot academics, Durrant says.

A volume decrease in specific parts of the brain's hippocampus — long identified as a hub of mood and memory processing — was linked to bipolar disorder in a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

The idea that the universe was made just for us — known as the anthropic principle — debuted in 1973 when Brandon Carter, then a physicist at Cambridge University, spoke at a conference in Poland honoring Copernicus, the 16th - century astronomer who said that the sun, not Earth, was the hub of the universe.

And in the following years, while at the University of Paris Dauphine, he acted as the hub of a network of mathematicians, engineers, physicists and computer scientists who seemed to make new discoveries every week, Morel recalls.

In the late 1970s, as Beddington pursued her doctorate at Oxford, the university was an intellectual hub of mammalian developmental biology.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center serves as the cancer treatment and research hub of UHealth — University of Miami Health System.

April 13, 2013 Gifts to boost University of Chicago as hub for biomedical «big data» Two major gifts will build momentum behind the University of Chicago's leadership in biomedical computation by assembling experts in the field and furnishing them with the tools to use «big data» to understand disease and solve today's health - related challenges.

Heidelberg is a hub for scientific research and is home to major international research institutions such as four Max - Planck Institutes, the German Cancer Research Centre, and the oldest university in Germany — Heidelberg Uuniversity in Germany — Heidelberg UniversityUniversity.

With hands - on research and internship opportunities not found anywhere else, this world - class facility will help revolutionize cybersecurity education and bolster Georgia and Augusta's status as a leading hub for cybersecurity innovation,» said Augusta University President Brooks A. Keel, PhD.

At the University of Iowa, International Programs functions as a catalyst for internationalization and a hub for international activities.

Linked Learning Lens enrolled its first group of up - and - coming teachers at San Diego State in 2008, in collaboration with ConnectEd, the organization that serves as a hub for Linked Learning in California, and three other California State University campuses — Fresno, Sacramento and San Bernardino.

Universities are brilliant at optimising online virtual learning portals for students to keep in touch, submit work, and use as a hub of content that can help support their studies — take Blackboard for example.

The University of Utah has begun construction on a $ 24 million facility that will serve as an interdisciplinary hub for integrating the arts into elementary and secondary education through research, training, practice and advocacy.

Nairobi, Kenya — The wPOWER Hub of the Wangari Maathai Institute (WMI) of the University of Nairobi is leading a 24 - member team from Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to India as part of an India — Africa exchange facilitated by the U.S. Department of State.

It is well - known as a hub of higher edication, with two medical schools, a veterinary school, two nursing schools and two law schools — many of which are affiliated with Michigan State University.

The CSIR, Innovation Hub, Willows Hospital, The Nose Clinic, The University of Pretoria and Waltloo Industrial Area are in close proximity, as well a wide variety of good restaurants and shopping opportunities in The Grove & Menlyn Shopping Centres.

It is also home to the University of California, Santa Cruz, a premier research institution and educational hub, as well as the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an oceanfront amusement park operating continuously since 1907.

Situated in the quiet, leafy southern end of Hatfield, Pretoria vibrant student hub, the Village is the ideal location to reach major landmarks in Pretoria, such as the University of Pretoria, sporting facilities such as LC de Villiers and the High - Performance Center.

At the University of Iowa, International Programs functions as a catalyst for internationalization and a hub for international activities.

The University of Pretoria, Afrikaans Girls» and Boys» High School, as well as Pretoria Boys» High and Girls» High, Loftus, the Innovation Hub, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Urology Hospital, most Governmental Departments and shopping centers like Hatfield, Brooklyn and Menlyn are all close by.

A popular and vibrant city, Newcastle is the northern hub of video games development in the UK, with other AAA studios such as Ubisoft Reflections and Sumo, a wide range of indie developers, and local Universities such as Teesside, Newcastle and Northumbria hosting a variety of top flight games courses.

These include the U.K. Pavilion — known as the Seed Cathedral at the 2010 World Expo; a new distillery for Bombay Sapphire gin; a Learning Hub for Nanyang Technological University in Singapore; and a contemporary art museum created within a historic grain silo, among many other exciting projects.

This publicly accessible, cultural hub for contemporary art practice and research opened in April 2012 as a unique collaborative venture between Newcastle City Council, Arts Council England, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Northumbria University.

LOCATION: Johannesburg, South Africa NOTABLE FACULTY: Jo Ratcliffe, Donna Kukama, David Andrew FAMOUS ALUMNI: Robyn Nesbitt, Kendell Geers, Sandile Zulu TIME TO DEGREE: 1 - 2 years SELLING POINTS: As part of South Africa's University of the Witwatersand, located in the industrial and commercial heartland of South Africa, Wits School of the Arts (as it's known) is a major hub for artistic development across the country, the continent, and internationallAs part of South Africa's University of the Witwatersand, located in the industrial and commercial heartland of South Africa, Wits School of the Arts (as it's known) is a major hub for artistic development across the country, the continent, and internationallas it's known) is a major hub for artistic development across the country, the continent, and internationally.

Bridges — who previously served as Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Chicago)-- will work with Broad MSU staff to build upon the museum's international exhibitions program and expand its role as an educational resource for the university, a center for community engagement, and a cultural hub for the state of Michigan and beyond.

at BAK Utrecht, NL, and Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp, BE; Politiek Kunstbezit, Jonas Staal at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; The City that Doesn't Exist, Ludwig Forum Aachen, DE (all 2012); Melanchotopia, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL; Project Europa: Imagining the Impossible, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, US; Moving Worlds, Podbielsky Contemporary, Berlin, DE (all 2011); The Politics of Collecting / The Collecting of Politics, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL; Morality — Act VIII Nether Land, Dutch Cultural Center, Shanghai World Expo, China (both 2010); Freedom of Expression, Museum As Hub, Van Abbemuseum at the New Museum, New York, US; Free as Air and Water, Cooper Union, New York, US (all 2009); Be (coming) Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (2008); and Be What You Want But Stay Where You Are, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL (2005As Hub, Van Abbemuseum at the New Museum, New York, US; Free as Air and Water, Cooper Union, New York, US (all 2009); Be (coming) Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (2008); and Be What You Want But Stay Where You Are, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL (2005as Air and Water, Cooper Union, New York, US (all 2009); Be (coming) Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (2008); and Be What You Want But Stay Where You Are, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL (2005).

You may know him as a co-owner, with his brother - in - law, of the Green Line Cafes, which I think of as the community hub of University City.

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It will advance the university's reputation as a hub of sustainable and innovative design, and provide our students with much - needed on - campus housing.»

She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Western New England University, a member of the inGage Advisory Council, Inforum Center for Leadership «s strategy to position Michigan as a hub for high - growth women entrepreneurs, and is a past member of the board of directors for The Pink Fund, a Michigan - based charity that provides short - term financial aid to women and men who are in active treatment for and recovery from breast cancer.

It has become widely known that scholarly publishing has been hit by its own version of Napster, with Alexandra Elbakyan's creation of Sci - Hub, which offers up to 48 million pirated journal articles and, as we have more recently learned, hundreds of university press books through its dark - web companion site LibGen.

During this two - year programme apprentices will study with the University of Law (ULaw) and its training partner Damar Training while gaining invaluable office - based experience at Freshfields» Manchester office, which opened in 2015 as a support hub for low - cost services.

The Seattle area has become known as an international technology and innovation hub, with first - rate tech companies, universities, and a thriving start - up scene all contributing to the city's large and growing talent pool.

Over the past couple of years, Canada has been cementing its status as an AI hub with the likes of Google flocking to Montreal, the Royal Bank of Canada establishing its machine learning division as part of an initial partnership with the University of Toronto and with Thomson Reuters founding a research lab in the Waterloo region and a technology centre for cognitive computing in Toronto.

Apple today announced it will establish a Center for Excellence at Lane Tech College Prep in Chicago, which will serve as a hub for teachers at Chicago Public Schools to learn and subsequently teach Apple's Everyone Can Code curriculum.Apple is developing the hub in partnership with Northwestern University, whose professors will lead the sessions.

At the University of Iowa, International Programs functions as a catalyst for internationalization and a hub for international activities.

As a major education hub of the country, it's the satellite location of several institutions of higher learning and home to the widely respected University of Wisconsin - Madison.

At the University of Iowa, International Programs functions as a catalyst for internationalization and a hub for international activities.

ICSC has been known as the go - to security knowledge hub for the industry, after it created a terrorist - awareness training program with George Washington University in the wake of the September 11 attacks.