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Cambodia-based dance ensemble kicks off riveting season of onStage at Connecticut College Sept. 25 - onStage at Connecticut College opens the 2010-11 season with "The Lives of Giants" by the Khmer Arts Ensemble, a Cambodia-based dance group known for its original choreography, detailed costumes and majestic elegance, Saturday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. ...
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Connecticut College welcomes new faculty - This fall, Connecticut College welcomes seven new tenure-track faculty members, including a biochemist who studies antibiotic resistance, a four-fields anthropologist who specializes in the archaeology of North America, and an award-winning botanist who has mentored undergraduate research projects at Harvard Forest. ...
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Chris O'Brien named head men's and women's tennis coach at Connecticut College - Chris O'Brien has been named the head coach of the men's and women's tennis program at Connecticut College. O'Brien will also serve as the assistant coach for men's and women's squash. ...
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Connecticut College Art Professor receives Artist Fellowship Grant - Connecticut College Art Professor Andrea Wollensak, chair of the Art Department and co-associate director of events for the college's Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, has been awarded a $2,500 Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) Artist Fellowship Grant in New Media. ...
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Connecticut College science professor awarded $225K grant to continue cutting-edge bioluminescence research - Bruce Branchini, the Hans and Ella McCollum '21 Vahlteich Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College, has been awarded a $225,000 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to continue his cutting-edge research on bioluminescence, the emission of light by living organisms. ...
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Connecticut College awarded $25,000 to support Hoffman Scholars Fund - The Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc. has awarded a $25,000 grant to Connecticut College to support the Hoffman Scholars Fund. The fund was established in 2008 with a $50,000 grant and provides scholarships to students from Connecticut entering the college's Science Leaders Program. ...
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Connecticut College honors Boston businesswoman - Connecticut College's sweeping green, the central space on campus with breathtaking views of Long Island Sound, was dedicated May 22 to a woman whose leadership helped put Connecticut College among top liberal arts colleges today. ...
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Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism awards Connecticut College $101,500 for historic steel house - Connecticut College has received a matching grant of $101,500 from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (CCT), a state agency. The grant was awarded through the Historic Restoration Fund Grant Program and completes the funding for the next phase of renovations to the college's notable steel house. ...
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Connecticut College senior wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - Senior Laura Frawley, a Biological Sciences major at Connecticut College, has been awarded a 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which will provide her with a $30,000 research stipend each year for up to three years. ...
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Connecticut College's Class of 2010 to graduate May 23 - Nearly 450 Connecticut College students will receive their diplomas this year at Connecticut College's 92nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23. ...
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Public Schools Face Lawsuit Over Fees - The suit, which names 35 schools, argues that California has failed to protect the right to a free education. ...
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Harvard Endowment Reports 11% Return for Year - The manager, Jane Mendillo, increased the endowment?s available cash while generating a respectable, if not spectacular return, several endowment experts said. ...
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First Lady Asks Congress to Join Childhood Obesity Fight - Declaring the beginning of the ?next phase? of a program to combat childhood obesity, Michelle Obama called on Congress to pass legislation that would make many of the program?s initiatives possible. ...
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New Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved - As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives. ...
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Back in Class, Theme Is: We?ll Succeed With Less - The New York City schools are coping with budget cuts and crowding, but are finding resolve and hope. ...
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For-Profit Colleges Step Up Lobbying Against New Rules - An Education Department proposal would cut off federal financial aid to programs whose students take on too much debt for training that provides little likelihood of leading to a well-paying job. ...
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A Frenzied First Day for Applying to Private Kindergartens - Parents of 2- to 4-year-olds swamped the phone lines and Web sites of exclusive Manhattan institutions in an annual post-Labor Day rite. ...
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It?s Back to School. Then Back to Vacation. - The first week of school is nothing more than the first day for more than a million students in New York City. ...
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In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools - Experiments in teacher-led schools raise morale, but critics say they could blur educators? focus. ...
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Mind: Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits - Psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong. ...
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The Way We Live Now: When Does Holding Teachers Accountable Go Too Far? - The Los Angeles Times and an education economist set out to create a consumer guide to education. ...
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Educational Gaps Limit Brazil?s Reach - Education is a major stumbling block in Brazil?s bid to accelerate its economy and establish itself as one of the world?s most powerful nations. ...
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Economic View: A Course Load for the Game of Life - To better understand the world in which they will live, students need foundations in economics, statistics, finance and psychology. ...
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U.S. Asks Educators to Reinvent Student Tests, and How They Are Given - Could the bubble be on the way out? In the near future, students may take their tests on computers. ...
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Crossroads County: Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats - Though many students are liberals on social issues, the weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties. ...
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Public Hospitals Look to Overhaul Affiliations With Medical Schools - New York City?s hospital system wants to renegotiate longstanding contracts that allow medical schools to manage physicians. ...
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In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1 - A new curriculum at N.Y.U. is intended to foster more personal relationships between medical students and patients. ...
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A Celebratory Road Trip for Education Secretary - Arne Duncan?s bus tour from New York to Maine is billed as a way to honor teachers. ...
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New Trophy for Colleges: Capital One Cup - A team of former N.C.A.A. athletes unveiled the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to the top men?s and women?s Division I programs based on cumulative on-field performance across multiple sports. ...
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Fired Education Chief Says New Jersey Governor Defamed Him - Bret D. Schundler, the former education commissioner, emphatically denied misleading anyone in an episode that cost New Jersey a $400 million grant. ...
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Advertising: Scholastic Books Revamps Its Marketing - The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication. ...
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Back-to-School Admissions Q. and A. - Bill Dingledine, president of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling, is taking reader questions on the start of the college admissions season. ...
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A Standardized Test Myth - A longtime counselor seeks to put the rest the "myth,'' as he calls it, that top colleges prefer an SAT score to an ACT score. ...
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The College Essay as an Early Memoir - A workshop on memoir writing inspires some thoughts about the college essay. ...
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Anniversary of a Tragedy - 6 Q's About the News | Questions about the significance and history of 9/11 that students can answer using the Times Topics page on the attacks and their aftermath. ...
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What Do You Remember About September 11, 2001? - Student Opinion | Tell us what you remember - if you were old enough to remember anything - about September 11, 2001 or the days that followed it. ...
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News Quiz | September 10, 2010 - See what you know about the news of the day. ...
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Word of the Day | comatose - This word has appeared in 35 Times articles over the past year. ...
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