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Kauffman Foundation to Accept Nominations for Junior Faculty Fellowship Grants; Program Will Award Grants of $50,000 Each to Five Junior Faculty Members.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today that nominations are currently being accepted for the Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in...

Prof: Oscars Will Set Stage for Hollywood to Address Economy.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2009 Academy Awards show is likely to be the public platform where Hollywood and its stars will address the current economic crisis, says a Purdue University...

Why Tom Daschle Had to Withdraw and Who Will Replace Him? -- by Maggie Mahar.
February 3, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Maggie Mahar, Fellow at The Century Foundation. - - - - Howard Dean? Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius? Former NIH director Harold...

Can We Have Stimulus, Recovery and Reinvestment? - by Anthony Shorris.
February 4, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Anthony Shorris. Shorris is a fellow at The Century Foundation and former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey....

Society for New Communications Research Announces 2009 Fellows; Names Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes Research Chair.
February 5, 2009... Byline: Society for New Communications Research PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society for New Communications Research (http://www.sncr.org), a global, nonprofit think tank focused on the latest developments in media...

Foundation Funding Grew for Most Major Fields, Foundation Center Report Finds; Grant Dollars for the Environment Grew the Fastest.
February 5, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Foundation support for eight of the 10 major subject areas rose in 2007, despite the first signs of an economic downturn in the latter half of the year, according to...

Everything but the Bow: Bush Handed DuPont Goodbye Gift Over Toxic Teflon Chemical.
February 6, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Charleston Gazette reports today that in the last weeks of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly handed DuPont Co. a...

To Stimulate Economy, Obama Should Revive Reagan-Era Initiative, Says Duke Law Professor.
February 6, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA) offers a blueprint for fiscal stimulus that would be far more effective than the stimulus package currently before Congress,...

EABIS and EFMD Launch Gateway to Profile Corporate Responsibility in Management Development; New Web Site Features World's First Directory of CSR in Business Education and Research.(Directory)
February 9, 2009... Byline: EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development BRUSSELS, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) are pleased to announce...

Daniel C. Montoya, Former Executive Director of a White House Panel on HIV/AIDS, Joins the American Institutes for Research.
February 9, 2009... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Daniel C. Montoya, a leading healthcare communications executive and former executive director of the U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS, has...

UC Berkeley Professors to Discuss Impact of Obama's Proposals on the Economy.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California's Haas School of Business today released the following advisory. WHAT: The impact of President Obama's proposals on...

Carnegie Mellon's Lester Lave to Testify at Senate Hearing About Renewable Energy Resources.
February 9, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Lester B. Lave is scheduled to testify at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in Washington, D.C.,...

MBA Student Competition to Address Performance of Washington, D.C. School District.
February 10, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ten teams from top business schools around the country will set their sights on improving the public school system in the nation's capitol in the...

Rochester Institute of Technology Retail Expert Predicts 'The 21st Century Store,' But Who Will Survive? Professor Eugene Fram Says Electronic Retail Technology Will Help Lead the Way.
February 10, 2009... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saks is offering 70 percent reductions in luxury merchandise. Amazon's new electronic reading device, Kindle, may cause disruptions in book publishing....

Computer Science Ranks High in UK Research Survey; ACM Says Survey Confirms Economic Benefits of Funding Research in Computing.
February 11, 2009... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A panel of international experts in Computer Science and Informatics (CS&I) has found that the computational thinking that drives the computer science field...

A Brave New World for College Grads: Hunting Down a Job in a Tough Economy.
February 13, 2009... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Unfortunately, in an economy like today's, Matthew Brink, director of Career Development at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, has no secret tricks for...

Obama's Trip to Canada Could Yield Lessons in Banking, Health, Duke Professor Says.
February 17, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- When President Barack Obama makes his first trip abroad Thursday to Canada, he has an opportunity to learn valuable lessons in health care, foreign policy and financial...

Kauffman Foundation Study Finds MIT Alumni Companies Generate Billions for Regional Economies; Study Reinforces Importance of Universities in Driving Entrepreneurial Growth.(Company overview)
February 17, 2009... Byline: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Kauffman Foundation study released today demonstrates the critical role universities play not only in fostering innovation and entrepreneurial growth, but...

Billions in Nonprofit Projects Halted by Credit Crisis; Johns Hopkins Researchers Estimate $166 Billion in Infrastructure Projects Delayed Nationwide.
February 17, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like state and local governments and private businesses, America's 1.4 million nonprofit organizations have many major "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects on hold...

CACM Reports: How to Inspire, Recruit, and Retain Women for Computer Science Careers; February Issue Also Covers the Growing Web, Net Neutrality, and the First Internet President.
February 19, 2009... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- While women's representation in the computing field has improved in some sectors, it is still far short of equal. In its cover story, the February 2009...

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business Presents the Asia Business Conference: 'Asia at Crossroads: Exploring Emerging Transformations in Asia'.(Conference news)
February 19, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: This year's Berkeley MBA Asia Business...

Previous Work Experience Not Always a Positive for New Job.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Employees with previous work experience bring valuable knowledge and skills to their new jobs - but some of what they learned may actually hurt their work...

Saint Joseph's University Asian Studies Program Sponsors Conference on Asia's Eco Plight, March 20 - 21.
February 23, 2009... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Asia and the Environment," a two-day interdisciplinary conference will bring experts in the environmental challenges facing Asia's rising powers - India and...

Environmental Working Group Lauds Obama Pick for USDA's No. 2 Job: Statement of Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group.
February 24, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Working Group today issued the following statement. - - - - "President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack have done the...

Rotman Professor John Hull Inducted Into Fixed Income Analysts Hall of Fame.
February 24, 2009... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- An internationally recognized expert in risk management and derivatives from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management is one of this year's inductees...

CMO Survey: Marketers Cut Traditional Spending, Focus on New Opportunities and Innovation.(Survey)
February 25, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- In these difficult economic times, top marketing officers are turning to new and often unproven strategies that focus on the Internet, partnerships, new markets, new...

Statement From the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials on the Obama Administration's Plans to Transform the U.S. Health System.
February 25, 2009... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. - - - - Healthy Americans are a...

A Boon for Nonprofits: Online Directory of Fiscal Sponsors Launches.
February 26, 2009... Byline: San Francisco Study Center SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fiscal sponsorship, an efficient and growing way for nonprofits to get started, has a new Web tool, an online directory of 147 fiscal sponsors in 28 states and...

Second, More Realistic Estimate Can Reduce Planning and Purchasing Errors.
February 26, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The next time a contractor tells you the kitchen remodeling will be done in six weeks, you might ask him to get real and reconsider his estimate. People often fail to...