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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Diseases and Illnesses, Internal Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics
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Sears won't sign Bangladesh safety accord
Sears said Wednesday it does not plan to sign a fire and building safety agreement backed by some of Europe's biggest apparel brands aimed at trying to prevent another disaster like the one in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers. Instead, the...
Tags: Gap Inc., Career and Workplace, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh, Collective Contract
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Demand for college ag grads is strong this spring
For months, Matt Green has been hearing from companies that are interested in hiring him. “It just doesn't let up,” the University of Minnesota-Crookston senior says of employer interest. Green and many other college students majoring in agriculture...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Graduation, Agriculture, Employment, Environmental Issues
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READER SUBMITTED: Archdiocese Names Three Northwest Catholic Students As "Summa Scholars"
West HartfordThree outstanding seniors from Northwest Catholic have been named "Summa Scholars" by Dr. Dale R. Hoyt, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Hartford, in recognition of superior academic achievement. To qualify for the award, which was...Tags: Simsbury, Harvard University, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning
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New chancellor named at Penn State Mont Alto
Francis K. Achampong, currently the chancellor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has been named the next chancellor of Penn State Mont Alto, effective Aug. 1. Achampong succeeds David Gnage, who announced last fall that he would retire at the...
Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Education, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Norfolk State University, Teaching and Learning
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Razing the ivory tower
If you think today's university is home to individual thinkers thinking individually, think again. Today's university is international and multinational in every way — blown open, in great part, by this century's digital explosion of information....Tags: Google Inc., Scientific Exploration, University of Michigan, Teaching and Learning, University of Paris
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READER SUBMITTED: Great Course At Duncaster To Explore History Of Western Art
StatewideDuncaster Retirement Community will begin their "Art Across the Ages" course as part of its "Great Courses Seminar" at the end of May through the month of June into July. The course specifically looks at Western visual art in terms of its history, its...Tags: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Arts and Culture
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: Graduation, Sales, Bronx (New York City), Jamaica, Lincoln Center
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Diocese of Palm Beach to ordain four priests
Despite a national shortage of priests, the Diocese of Palm Beach is about to ordain four men into the Catholic brotherhood, a record high for the past five years. On Saturday, the men will prostrate themselves on the altar of St. Ignatius Loyola...
Tags: Palm Beach Gardens, University of Central Florida, Education, Religion and Belief, Boynton Beach
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President Clinton lauds UCF collaboration with Orlando firms in commencement
Collaborations between UCF and companies in greater Orlando are a model for the rest of the United States, former President Bill Clinton told about 1,600 graduates and their guests at a commencement address this afternoon. Calling himself "UCF's most...
Tags: Education, Graduation, University of Central Florida, Human Interest, Colleges and Universities
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College Lines
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH BRADFORD: Emily Angel of Stewartstown, Pa, was expected to graduate Sunday, April 28, from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Meredith Riddle, D.O.,...Tags: Graduation, Osteopathic Medicine, Engineering, Human Interest, Technology
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Mark D. Sokolik, corporate attorney, formerly of Hunt Valley
Mark D. Sokolik, a corporate lawyer remembered as a fitness and music enthusiast, died last week after complications from a fall. He was 30. A former Hunt Valley resident who attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Mr. Sokolik went on to graduate from the...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Graduation, Values, Entertainment, Justice System
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