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UConn Transformation Leaves Some Faculty Out
The Hartford CourantIn the race to make the University of Connecticut more prominent and transform it into an economic engine for the state, some faculty members say their views are getting lost in the shuffle. Since the 1960s, "shared governance" has been a formal...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Government, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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It's report card time for electric companies, for their performance during Hurricane Sandy
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe state Public Utility Commission issued a report today to state lawmakers about how electric companies performed during Hurricane Sandy. Overall, the commission gave utilities high marks, but suggested areas for improvement. Utilities turned to... -
U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Taliban, Government, Hamid Karzai, Heavy Engineering, U.S. Congress
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German engineering workers strike to press pay demands
ReutersSTUTTGART/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Almost 100,000 metal and electrical workers went on strike across Germany on Tuesday as they sought to put pressure on their employers to increase a pay offer, engineering union IG Metall said. The union is calling for...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Strikes, Germany, Science and Technology, Employees
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Biotech firms evolve from targets to acquirers
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * Skyrocketing valuations quash talks * With financing available, many biotechs go it alone * Bankers expect steady flow of $1 bln to $5 bln pharma deals By...Tags: Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Biogen Idec Incorporated
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'Sam Ekwurtzel: On the Beach' At Real Art Ways
The Hartford CourantIn Japan, huge concrete structures called tetrapods sit on the beach, designed to fortify coastal areas by dissipating the waves, which can become unruly. "They are thrown onto the beach like jacks," Sam Ekwurtzel says. "There are thousands of them, a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Real Art Ways, Arts, Long Island Sound, Science and Technology
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Arlington Heights board considers flood study
Arlington Heights is moving forward on another study for a long-term flooding fix, but officials said the short-term answer is overhead sewers. At a meeting Monday night, the village board gave the preliminary green light to the commissioning of a $285,...Tags: Elections, Science and Technology, Politics, Local Government
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Biotechnology, Medical Research, Chemotherapy, Cancer
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World science map grim for Latin America
The highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world's leading science cities, and it looks pretty bad for emerging countries: It shows the planet's northern hemisphere full of lights, and the south almost solidly...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Education, Italy, Engineering
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Medical Research, Instrument Engineering, Health Care Reform (2009), Government
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Medical Research, Arts, Architecture
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Lieutenant governor visits ND, meets business and agriculture leaders
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann said she found local business owners enthusiastic to have a dialogue with state officials. "Local business leaders said they saw an ability to work toward economic development...Tags: Business Enterprises, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, Business, Executive Branch
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