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Cornell Brown, Bill Roth, Frank Allen elected to 2013 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum announced its Class of 2013 on Monday, and it has several local ties. Roanoke College All-American Frank Allen, former Virginia Tech football player Cornell Brown, and Virginia Tech sportscaster Bill Roth...
Tags: Summer Olympics, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Cornell Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, James Madison Dukes
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
ReutersBy Carey Gillam May 20 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the...Tags: Food Industry, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, European Union, Research
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Commencement at PNC on Monday
VALPARAISO -- Purdue University North Central's commencement ceremony will be at 7 p.m. CDT Monday at Valparaiso University's Athletics-Recreation Center. No tickets are necessary to attend. The ceremony will feature the conferring of degrees by PNC...Tags: Valparaiso University, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Pursuing her passions
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Mary Bevilacqua couldn't imagine giving up her art to pursue science, or sacrificing her science for an art career. "I was so passionate about art and science, I just couldn't see going through life without both," she says. As it turns...Tags: Science, University of Notre Dame, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Research, Corporate Officers
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Use gypsum to build soils and buffer weather
Chicago - Ohio farmer Les Seiler has applied gypsum to his fields for the past five years. His farm is based in Fulton County, Ohio, 40 miles west of Toledo and near the Michigan border where Seiler says cold and wet spring weather is “guaranteed.”...Tags: Weather, Science, Environmental Issues, New Products, Education
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Saint Mary's grad earns dual degrees in art, science
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Mary Bevilacqua couldn't imagine giving up her art to pursue science, or sacrificing her science for an art career. "I was so passionate about art and science, I just couldn't see going through life without both," she says. As it turns...Tags: Science, University of Notre Dame, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Science and Technology, U.S. Army
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Ruth Thomas
Ruth Butterfield Thomas, died on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Evansville, Ind., where she grew up and attended Bosse High School. In 1943, she went to DePauw University and then Purdue University graduating with a B.S. in 1947....
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Richard Vedder: How to tell if college presidents are overpaid
The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-12 to more than $440,000 a year. This increase vastly outpaced the rate of inflation, as well as the earnings of the typical worker in...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Graham Spanier, The Pennsylvania State University, Education, University of California, Berkeley
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Purdue to hold hearing on tuition, fee proposal
South Bend Tribune ReportPurdue University will conduct a statewide public hearing at 2:30 p.m. May 22 on its plan for tuition and fee changes for its main campus in West Lafayette, Ind., and its regional campuses. It's a special meeting of the executive committee of Purdue's...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Purdue to hold May 22 hearing on tuition, fee proposal
Purdue University will conduct a statewide public hearing at 2:30 p.m. May 22 on its plan for tuition and fee changes for its main campus in West Lafayette and its regional campuses. It's a special meeting of the executive committee of Purdue's board of...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Purdue North Central to get student activities complex
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentWESTVILLE — A facility with a price tag of more than $30 million has received the green light at Purdue University North Central. ''This is a game changer,'' PNC chancellor James Dworkin told a crowd of several hundred people during a picnic on the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Indiana Legislature, College Basketball, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Valparaiso University
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Jones leaving IUSB for job in Florida
SOUTH BEND -- J. Jeffrey Jones, vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Indiana University South Bend, is resigning to take a position in Florida. Jones has been hired as vice provost for the University of Central Florida's 10...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, University of Central Florida, Colleges and Universities
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