Round-table discussion focuses on change and its impact on the world

Source: The Troy Record

More Photos Click thumbnails to enlarge J.S. Carras — The Record U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Dr. Edward Feigenbaum, Ph.D., Kumagai Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Stanford University, listen to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute P ...
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Harvard Math Duo To Hold Lectures At Greenburgh Central 7

Source: Westchester.com

The seminar is open to the entire community. Hartsdale, NY - Greenburgh Central 7 will assemble an impressive array of brainpower when two top alumni from Harvard University's Math Department share their knowledge ...
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Google in China

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Christopher S. Bennett Szu-jung Chen Li-ting Yen MAR 6158 Summer 2012 Case Summary: Google in China (A) At the center of the “Google in China” case is Google’s confrontation with the critical question of whether or not to exit th ...
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Fouad Ajami: Egypt's Next Leader Won't Be A Creature of Tahrir Square

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Fouad Ajami The prevalent view that this week's presidential election is Egypt's first experiment with the ballot box is only partly true. Egyptians of a certain age knew parliamentary life and the competition of political parties. ...
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City of Hope Receives $5 Million Grant to Develop T Cell Treatment Targeting Brain Tumor Stem Cells

Source: Business Wire

DUARTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of Hope was granted a $5,217,004 early translational research award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support the development of a T cell-based immunotherapy th ...
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A worthwhile conversation about charter schools

Source: The Seattle Times

THE charter schools ballot initiative proposed for the November election was born out of parental frustration with the Legislature's failure to move on a key education reform. The effort is not a Democratic strategy, although many in the party suppo ...
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Cannes Bans Controversial Iranian Film

Source: Shalom Life

Cannes Marché du Film decided to cancel screenings for "The Anti-Semite", by French French comedian Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala. Cannes Marché du Film, or film market, has chosen to cancel screenings of The Anti-Semite, by controversial French comedian Dieud ...
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Does Parenthood Truly Make You The Happiest? - HER Week In Health

Source: EmpowHer

Hi, I’m Bailey Mosier. This is your EmpowHER HER Week in Health. There are plenty of positives to being young, single and baby free, but in this week’s edition we’ll see if parenthood makes for the happiest life. We’ll also learn that an alarming number ...
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People: California

Source: McGraw-Hill Construction

Steven J. Riojas has been promoted to director of the science and technology program for HDR Architecture Inc., based in the firm's San Francisco office. A senior vice president with the firm, Riojas' architectural project experie ...
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