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Purdue University-Schurz Communications Innovation Challenge
Purdue University, April 22nd, 2013. Schurz communications and Purdue University held the first ever Purdue-Schurz Innovation Challenge. 4 Teams competed for 10,000 dollars in prize money for the most innovative idea. The winner, recieving 5,000...
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Indy school system takes steps to prevent bullying
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says an Indianapolis school district will take steps to prevent bullying in a settlement agreement resolving a 2-year-old civil rights review prompted by reports of possible racial harassment. The...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice
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Daniels quickly makes mark as Purdue president, wins over skeptics with willingness to listen
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has made his mark quickly as he adjusts to his new job after leaving the governor's office. Daniels has frozen tuition for the West Lafayette campus, limited staff raises and cut...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels, Politics
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Purdue investigates possible hate crime day after protest over racial incidents on campus
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University police are investigating a possible hate crime stemming from a protest march. Police said Tuesday that a placard left as part of a display at a building housing university administrative offices was...Tags: Hate Crimes, Justice and Rights, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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UC expected to launch wide search for new president
Mark Yudof likes to point out that he was the first real outsider in more than a century chosen to run the sprawling University of California system. And he often jokes that, as a result of his leadership, it is likely to take a hundred years more...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Gavin Newsom, Elections, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oklahoma
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Daniels says students, faculty, others must work together to fight bigotry at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University President Mitch Daniels says it's time for the entire school community to work together to fight bigotry on the West Lafayette campus. Daniels addressed students, faculty, staff and others who...Tags: Hate Crimes, Racism, Colleges and Universities, FBI
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Wheat quality specialist at NDSU receives international research award
The American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI) has awarded the 2013 AACCI Young Scientist Award to Senay Simsek, assistant professor in hard red spring wheat end quality at North Dakota State University. The award is presented...Tags: Food Industry, Science, Science and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries, Research
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$100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award goes to Marianne Boruch
Claremont Graduate University announced Monday that the winner of its 2013 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is Marianne Boruch. Boruch will be awarded $100,000 for her collection "The Book of Hours," published by Copper Canyon Press. The prize, one of the...
Tags: Google+, Book, Authors, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Education
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Remarkable Woman: Amy Little
In a ceiling-high, greasy tangle of wheels, fenders, handlebars and derailleurs, Amy Little sees hope. She's the co-founder with her husband, Lee Ravenscroft, of Working Bikes Cooperative (2434 S. Western Ave., workingbikes.org), a nonprofit...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Trips and Vacations, Human Interest, Wrigley Field, Education
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Asian carp spawning areas wider than expected
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp are reproducing in more places and under more varied conditions than experts had believed they could, yet another reason to worry about the greedy invader's potential to infest waterways and crowd out native...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakes and Ponds, Ecosystems
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Teacher's pet? Guinea pigs may help autistic kids in classroom
Kids with autism spectrum disorder could have a new ally in the classroom: animals. Autistic children who played with guinea pigs rather than toys were more talkative, made more eye contact and displayed a more positive attitude, according to a study in...
Tags: Autism, Guinea, Behavioral Conditions, Toy Industry
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Baltimore storyteller Jon Spelman makes debut performance of 'Prostate Dialogues'
After Jon Spelman got the bad news, he found himself thinking often and at odd moments about "Moby-Dick." Perhaps that's because the behemoth that was attacking the Baltimore storyteller was as submerged, unreasoning and unpredictable as any great white...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Television Industry, NPR, Smithsonian Institution, Radio
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Mar 15, 2013
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