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Frontier student wins regional competition
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash.A Frontier Middle School eighth-grader talked about his plans to become a computer engineer and came home with first place in the regional Gear Up Career Showplace competition. The 2013 competition drew 23 schools. Jah-Mali Jackson was required to...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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Even in changing times, Shawnee Mission aims to remain at the head of the class
The Kansas City StarThe curtain to the new Shawnee Mission School District opens on a stage of cowboys and cowgirls rehearsing at Westridge Middle School. Something they call "positive risk" is in full play. For a troupe of nervous middle-schoolers learning the musical...Tags: Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Students, Ian Roberts, Health and Safety at School
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Jolie puts spotlight on a stark choice
Seattle TimesANGELINA JOLIE WON NEW FANS -- some in unlikely places -- when she revealed Tuesday that she'd had a double mastectomy to ward off a very high genetic risk of breast cancer. "I've become a huge Angelina Jolie fan today," enthused Dr. Elizabeth Swisher,...Tags: Mastectomy, Breast Cancer, Insurance, Reconstruction, Medical Research
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MOOCs Provider in Higher Ed. Targets K-12 Teacher PD
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.In attempting to bring "MOOCs" to the world of teacher training, the Silicon Valley company Coursera and its partners at universities and other institutions are courting a new and potentially vast audience, one that is becoming increasingly accustomed...Tags: Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Adult Education, Vanderbilt University , Occupations
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Seattle's 'Mr. Sundial' takes his passion to next level: garage ceiling
Seattle TimesLots of people convert their garages into home offices. But only Woody Sullivan painstakingly plotted 700 dots of sunlight on his garage ceiling at his Phinney Ridge home. The dots were the reflections from a 1-inch mirror, attached to a 6-inch pipe...Tags: Glastonbury, Customs and Tradition, North America, Architecture, George Washington
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Three honored for distributing defibrillators to sports programs
The Santa Cruz SentinelThe stars aligned for the boy. When a 16-year-old suddenly collapsed from a heart attack during a P.E. class at Harbor High School in 2011, it happened under the best possible conditions. He was surrounded by classmates, who beckoned their teacher for...Tags: Heart Attack, Police Arrests, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Teachers, College Sports
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WSU launches 'redshirt' engineering program
Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsIn college athletics it's not uncommon for an incoming athlete to spend one year practicing with the team, bulking up and getting to know the program before actually competing. This strategy, known as "redshirting," will soon be incorporated into the...Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Mathematics, Students, Science
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From PLU to The Met ? and back again, rising opera star and PLU alum Angela Meade returns to the college as commencement speaker
The News TribuneIt's hard for any university graduate to see into the future, but when Angela Meade attended commencement at Pacific Lutheran University in 2001, she probably didn't guess that within 12 years she'd have won dozens of elite opera competitions, sung on...Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Colleges and Universities, Students, Psychology, University of Washington Tacoma
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UConn's Herbst: 13th On Highest Paid List
An annual survey of compensation at public colleges reveals that the University of Connecticut, while not yet in the top tier of public universities, ranks quite well when it comes to paying its president. UConn weighs in at #13 on the list prepared by...Tags: University of Florida, Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, The Pennsylvania State University, Auburn University
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The world through a newborn's senses
Newborns arrive in this world somewhat half-baked or, in the more measured words of evolutionary anthropologist Wanda Trevathan of the University of New Mexico, "a little unfinished, if you will." Parents declare them beautiful, these wailing bundles of...
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Gee's $1.9M salary 3rd among U.S. public colleges
The Dayton Daily NewsOhio State University President E. Gordon Gee was knocked off the top spot on the list of highest paid public university presidents but is well positioned to regain the number one post in the coming year, according to a survey released Sunday by The...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Florida, Abusive Behavior, Colleges and Universities, The Pennsylvania State University
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Taking it 'literally' has its rewards for NK junior
Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash.The pause between a question and Justin Seevers' answer is noticeable. It might even be a teaching moment. Maybe everyone should edit themselves in their minds before they speak. The North Kitsap High School junior has become adept at public speaking,...Tags: Social Sciences, School Examinations, Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome
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