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14th Annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference Features UC Berkeley Business Professors and Top Industry Leaders.(Conference news)
April 2, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT The Fisher Center...

American Cancer Society Participates in California Regional White House Health Care Summit.
April 3, 2009... Byline: American Cancer Society SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Cancer Society today released the following media advisory. - - - - SPOKESPERSON AVAILABILITY WHO: Attention assignment desks and...

Bon Appetit Management Company Exceeds Carbon Reduction Goals; Company Achieves Dramatic Reductions Ahead of Low Carbon Diet Day.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Straus Communications PALO ALTO, Calif., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- As companies scramble to add "Reduce Carbon Footprint" to their to do lists, sustainable food service provider Bon Appetit Management Company is working on its...

Airline Performance Improves for First Time in Five Years, According to Airline Quality Rating; Despite Best Ratings Since 2004, Researchers Say Industry at Crossroads.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Wichita State University WASHINGTON, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's some good news for airline passengers today. The performance of the nation's leading carriers improved for the first time in five years, according to the...

University of Virginia Students Aim to Wring Pollution - and Millions - Out of India's Dirty Water.
April 6, 2009... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you live in the "Knitwear Capital of India," your water probably doesn't taste very good, if you can drink it at all. That's because dyeing cotton for...

Dr. Paul Tang Named to Federal Government's New Health Information Technology Policy Committee; Committee's Goal Is to Make Policy Recommendations Relating to Implementation of Nationwide Health Information Technology Infrastructure, Adoption of Electronic Health Records.
April 9, 2009... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Paul Tang, M.D., internal medicine physician, vice president and chief medical information officer at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) was named...

Global Social Venture Competition Draws Record Numbers; Budding Social Entrepreneurs to Present Business Ideas at Tenth Annual Contest at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fifteen teams of budding entrepreneurs from around the world will pitch business ideas with a positive social or environmental impact at the 10th...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Joins Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees.
April 15, 2009... Byline: Rockefeller Foundation NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the appointment to its Board of Trustees of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Managing Director of the World Bank and former Nigerian...

Stanford Business School Conference Aims to Advance Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains; Registration Discount Available Through April 24.(Conference news)
April 15, 2009... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 150 supply chain management experts, practitioners, and policy makers are expected to gather at a conference May 21 at the Stanford...

Stanford Business School Honors Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes With Excellence in Leadership Award.
April 15, 2009... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Stanford Graduate School of Business honored Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes, who has played a pivotal role in reshaping the entertainment...

Five U.S. Scholars Selected for First-Ever Kauffman-Singapore Entrepreneurship Program; Top U.S. Science, Technology Students to Study Entrepreneurship at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
April 20, 2009... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five of America's best and brightest students in science, technology and engineering will participate in a five-month program in Singapore to learn...

Close to Two-Thirds of Foundations Expect to Reduce Their Grants in 2009; Funders Will Rely More on Non-Grantmaking Activities to Achieve Goals, According to New Foundation Center Research Advisory.
April 20, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Close to two-thirds of foundations responding to a new Foundation Center survey expect to reduce the number and/or the size of grants they award in 2009. According to...

Stanford Business School Selects First Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows to Receive Full Financial Support for MBA Study.(Company overview)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five compelling individuals from diverse regions throughout India have been selected as the first-ever class of Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows. They...

Socially Responsible CEO of Stonyfield Farm Gary Hirshberg to Receive Honorary Degree Along With Six Others May 24; Betty and David Jones, John and Bonnie McCardell, Frank Sesno and Clara Yu Will Also Receive Honorary Degrees.(Company overview)
April 23, 2009... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gary Hirshberg, president and CE-Yo, as he likes to be called, of Stonyfield Farm, will deliver the commencement address at the Middlebury College graduation...

U.S. News Names Babson's MBA Program Number One in Entrepreneurship - 16th Year in a Row.
April 23, 2009... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the number one MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 16th year in a row. Besides Babson, other top...

Dental Educators Meet With Members of Congress to Advocate for Universal Dental Coverage and Access to Oral Health Care.
April 23, 2009... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Advocates for dental education and dental research participated in the 2009 American Association for Dental Research-American Dental Education...

Winning Social Ventures Build Bricks From Cow Dung, Battle Autism With Video Games.
April 27, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Making high-quality bricks from abundantly available cow dung - instead of depleting scarce firewood and clay - earned the EcoFaeBrick team from...

Harvard Business School Holds 13th Annual Business Plan Contest; Record Number of Student Teams Participate.
April 29, 2009... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a series of lively presentations yesterday in Burden Auditorium, teams of students presented their ideas and dreams for entrepreneurial success at the final round of...

Carnegie Mellon University Students Create Novel Business Plans to Market Leading Edge Technologies for Entrepreneurial Startups.
April 30, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University students will unveil novel business plans for a cache of emerging technologies from 5 to 8:30 p.m., May 4 in room 125 of Scaife Hall...

More Than a Third of Family Foundations Are Either Uncertain About Lifespan or Expect to Spend Down, Foundation Center Report Shows.
April 30, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- While existing in perpetuity continues to be the norm for the majority of family foundations, a quarter say they are currently undecided about their lifespan options...

The University of Dubai Earns AACSB Business Accreditation.
April 30, 2009... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International announced today that the University of Dubai has earned accreditation for its business...