Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Unitek College Gets Federal Student Aid Approval for Sacramento & Bay Area
Unitek College’s Sacramento campus has received Department of Education (DOE) approval to offer Federal Student Aid to students for all existing programs. This approval opens the door for more students to take advantage of training with fewer financial barriers that previously had left numerous prospective students unable to afford training.
Federal Student Aid loans and grants ensure accessibility, affordability and accountability in higher education. The financial aid options at…
Advancements in technologies have enabled Bio-Synthesis to expand their product …
Bio-Synthesis offers long oligo synthesis and gene synthesis services as control templates, cloning, mutagenesis, gene expression and other demanding applications. BSI has provided thousands of high-fidelity synthesis of very long oligos, DNA UbermersTM, with impeccable quality and services which are unmatched by other suppliers.
Longer constructs that required more choices like palindromes for restriction enzymes give researchers more flexibility. DNA UbermersTM are also used as an internal control template with…
Global Academy Online Creates $50M Hybrid Startup
Global Academy Online, Inc., a Washington DC based privately held university builder announced today the formation of an international consortium to develop hybrid universities in Vietnam, the Peoples Republic of China, Costa Rica, Canada, and the USA. Each project according to CEO, Dr. Fred DiUlus is valued at approximately $10 million and expected to service approximately 100,000 students within three years.
The mammoth project has been in development…
Oikos Faculty and Students get a Fresh start at Unitek College Fremont Campus Af …
(Fremont, CA) - After the tragic shooting that killed six students and a receptionist at Oikos University in Oakland, the school is struggling to get its nursing students to resume classes. The nursing students of the small Christian university are scheduled to resume classes shortly but are understandably still shaken from the shocking event. Many are still traumatized by the events of April 2nd and are fearful of returning…
Turkey Launched Its First Biogas Plant
Biogas plant project in Cicekdagi village, Turkey was carried out by a Swiss construction company “Zorg Biogas AG” few years prior to its launch. Plant’s official opening date was postponed until Turkish government adopts incentives necessary for the project’s success.
Kyiv, Ukraine, April 30, 2012 -- Biogas plant project in Cicekdagi village, Turkey was carried out by a Swiss construction company “Zorg Biogas AG” few years prior to its launch. Plant’s…
Field Precision releases GDE for massively-parallel Monte Carlo calculations
GDE (GamBet Distributed-computing Extension) is a utility for the Field Precision GamBet or Xenos packages for researchers who run massive Monte Carlo simulations. The utility makes it possible to split a calculation between any number of worker computers, using all processors on each machine. GDE is compatible with any network of Windows computers.
GamBet is Monte Carlo package for simulations of X-ray and electron transport in matter. The package has several…
IIT Bombay students show the finger to their Mess Managers
IIT Bombay students innovate new ways to save their money, food and ease the workload of the administration. They choose "Biometric". And, by Incept.
There has been an interesting news story at IIT Bombay, with majority of IIT Bombay hostels having decided to opt for Fingerprint systems for managing their messing facilities, which means its not possible any more for a student of another hostel to have a grub at a…
Tutors International Announces New Website Launch, With a Focus on Private Tuiti …
Private tuition provider, Tutors International (http://www.tutors-international.com), launched their new-look website today, after a period of review and redesign that took into account comments from users and analysis of visitor behaviour.
Founder of Tutors International, Adam Caller, who is an Education Specialist and has many years of teaching and private tutoring behind him, commented, “We’ve had record numbers of enquiries this year, despite the current economic climate, which we attribute to…
New Mouse Lymphoma Assay (MLA) Data Processing Workbook
Working with Mouse Lymphoma Assay (MLA) experts, Perceptive Instruments Ltd have developed an Excel spreadsheet, designed to work with the Sorcerer Colony Counter, specifically for soft agar MLA investigations. Sorcerer is the only MLA specific colony counting system on the market.
Globally, MLA is the most widely used in vitro mammalian cell gene mutation assay. Mammalian cell cultures can be used to detect genetic mutations induced by chemical…
Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 Second Prize Goes to BKBIET Pilani Rajasthan Jeevan T …
The Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp which brings together young technologists worldwide to help resolve some of the world’s toughest challenges. All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems”. Started in 2003, it has steadily grown in size, with more than 358,000 competitors representing 183 countries and regions in…
Fullerton, CA – Hope International University Makes U.S. News & World Report’s R …
Spring of 2012 has been a semester of firsts for Hope International University (HIU). In addition to achieving the highest enrollment numbers in the University’s history, HIU is pleased to announce its ranking this year with the U.S. News & World Report as a Western Regional College. HIU ranked in the #25 position.
“As the Chief Academic Officer and as an alum of Hope, I’m very pleased with our entrance onto…
Nine Long Island Teams Head to St. Louis for FIRST 2012 Championship and World F …
Kings Park, New York — School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) announced that nine FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC) teams from Long Island will represent their region at the FIRST 2012 Championship and World Festival Expo that will take place April 26-28 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri.
The FRC teams representing Long Island include Longwood High School Team #564…
World Intellectual Property Day 2012 - BKBIET Pilani Rajasthan
The World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO is the United Nations agency dedicated to the use of intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, designs, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity. Every year on April 26, World Intellectual Property Day celebrates innovation and creativity and how intellectual property fosters and encourages them. To increase general understanding of what IP really means, WIPO member states (India is a member) chose…
Notre Dame College Announces Tuition Deferment for Nurses in Online RN to BSN Pr …
Online RN to BSN students using tuition benefits from their employer can now defer payment until they’ve been reimbursed
South Euclid, Ohio, April 25, 2012 - Notre Dame College (NDC) has announced a new benefit for its online RN to BSN degree students: tuition deferment. With many students receiving tuition reimbursement from their employers, the program is being offered in an effort to eliminate the need for students to pay out…
JMA Pilani Rajasthan gives a Clarion Call - End Social Evil of Child Marriage
Despite growing literacy rates, India today indeed faces a serious problem of child marriage. Child marriages invariably lead to early pregnancies impacting the Maternal Mortality Rate - MMR and Infant Mortality Rate - IMR. Jharkhand is said to be top ranking with 13% of its women getting married before reaching age 18 followed by Rajasthan with 10.1%.
As per law, the girl should be 18+ age and boy 21+ age to…
St. Francis School of Law Goes Mobile
In an effort to make it even easier for students to earn their law degrees, St. Francis School of Law has developed a platform that now allows students to attend online law classes through their mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. This new capability to attend law school online through a mobile device highlights the unique advantage St. Francis’ Silicon Valley location provides to its students in all corners of…
Creating an interactive classroom is as easy as 1-2-3
Language Solutions, a global leader in game materials development for foreign language acquisition, today announced its new product services offering for teachers and trainers based in Europe. Innovative products for training and seminar purposes can now be ordered at www.businessenglishgame.com. Here teachers will find exciting game buzzers, noise makers, large classroom spinners, visual aids, card sets, English board games and more.
“With more than 15 years of foreign language teaching…
California College San Diego Now Offers BS in Accounting Degree at San Marcos, C …
San Marcos, CA, April 23, 2012 — Students seeking admission to California College San Diego’s Bachelor of Science in Accounting program now have the option of pursuing this degree at the school’s San Marcos campus.
San Marcos is a new branch campus of California College San Diego. The three-story facility is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities such as six classrooms, one laboratory, four interview rooms, a study lounge fitted with computers, campus-wide…
CollegeAmerica Offers Healthcare Administration Program with Two Different Empha …
Fort Collins, CO, April 23, 2012 — According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the healthcare management, or healthcare administration, profession is expected to grow at a much faster than average pace for all occupations over the next few years.
Students aspiring to join this promising profession can diversify their skill set by choosing between two different emphasis areas with their healthcare administration degree at CollegeAmerica.
The college now offers its Bachelor…
World Book & Copyright Day Celebrated at JMA Pilani Rajasthan
Considering that 2012 also marks the 80th anniversary of the Index Translationum, the theme chosen this year for focusing the celebrations is “Books & Translation.”
Books are all about sharing experience, knowledge and understanding and without doubt are the most powerful forms of dialogue between individuals, within communities, between generations and with other societies.
April 23 is just no ordinary date as it's a symbolic date for world literature, for this…
Tolkien Seminar 2012 – Tolkien’s Influence on Fantasy
The Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena is hosting the 9th Seminar of the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft (DTG) from 27-29 April 2012. The Seminar aims at exploring the various aspects of Tolkien’s influence on the development of fantasy. Contributions to the international and interdisciplinary conference are in German and English. Entry is free.
Contributions include:
• Guglielmo Spirito & Emanuele Rimoli: The Inner Consistency of Reality: J.R.R. Tolkien, Flannery O’Connor, Michael D. O’Brien and Jonathan Franzen
• Anna…
The world’s largest dairy spray dryer to be built by GEA Process Engineering
GEA Process Engineering has received an order for building the world’s largest dairy spray dryer from Fonterra in New Zealand. The order is one of the largest ever for GEA Process Engineering amounting to more than EUR 70 million.
When this dairy spray dryer is completed, by August 2013, everything about it will be massive. The plant will have a capacity of 30 t/hr. of whole milk powder equivalent to more…
Liquid and Solid dosage innovation in compression, containment and continuous pr …
GEA Pharma Systems will be demonstrating its solid dosage innovation in the areas of compression, containment and continuous processing at ACHEMA 2012 in Frankfurt from 18-22 June. Exhibits will include the new bi-layer conversion system for the high-volume Performa™ P tablet press; the range of improved Buck® valves including the MC valve and Hicoflex®; the hugely successful and versatile FlexStream™ fluid bed technology; and the revolutionary concept of ConsiGma™…
South African soldiers need training AND education says military leadership expe …
It is not sufficient to merely train military personnel today; they also need to be educated. A solid understanding of the legal, political, social and economic terrain is essential. This is according to Prof Lindy Heinecken, Associate Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University, who will present a workshop on military leadership and training at the upcoming Land Forces Africa conference and exhibition in Johannesburg in May.
Prof Heinecken says…
Meritnation.com rolls out its maiden Television Campaign
Meritnation.com, India’s leading online education portal for students of classes I-XII has recently launched its maiden television campaign to create awareness about its learning resources among parents and students across India. To view the television commercial click www.youtube.com/meritnation
Conceptualized by Draftfcb Ulka, the campaign highlights the advantage of Meritnation.com’s learning resources and how students can score more by using its multimedia tutorials, interactive exercises, practice test and expert help.
Pavan…
Summer Internship Programme Begins at Indore Management Institute
MBA (Master of Business Administration) is the hot career option today. Doing it from a reputed institute certainly adds to the prospect very much. There are several b-schools and management institutes in India offering regular and correspondence MBA courses in several disciplines such as Finance, HR, Marketing, IT, etc. but there are only few reputed management institutes who really offer the desired academic and practical exposure to the student and…
Teachers´ burnout is related to lowered speed and quality for short-term tasks
Tuulia Ortner (Berlin) investigated the relation between burnout and performance assessed by computerized, short-term behavioral tasks. She reported in Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling: "Several relations between scales related to exhaustion and task performance were revealed; significant relations were shown for scores representing working speed in a situation involving hindrance of scheduled course of action, the quality of solved tasks in a situation with two colliding tasks, and the quality…
CCI Training Center Introduces Accelerated Classes To Assist The Unemployed
Today, many unemployed workers are discovering that their work experience and existing skill sets do not match the available job openings in the current job market. This skills mismatch has made it very difficult for the unemployed to find new jobs. It is becoming increasingly apparent that many of the unemployed will have to be trained for new careers. To address this issue, CCI Training Center (CCI) is…
Real Truths of Online Education
Dr. Fred DiUlus, online education systems inventor and Director of the non profit online Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise (CEFE) and the creator of its international university builder, Global Academy Online, recently spoke out on the real truths of online higher education. The forum was the Journal of Online Education.
According to research undertaken by the Center for Ethics in Free Enterprise over the past 15 years, 90% of students…
F.I.R.S.T. School to Offer One-Month Online Music Business Workshop
Local ACCET accredited digital media school now offering one-month online course for a limited time
Orlando, Florida – February 6, 2012 – The Florida Institute of Recording, Sound and Technology (F.I.R.S.T. School) founded in 2004 in Orlando, Florida, will present a one-month online Music Business Workshop available for current and graduate students – as well as to the general public. Director, Alan Forbes, created the intense, condensed curriculum.
“With a blend…
F.I.R.S.T. School Now Accepts FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), …
Orlando, Florida ACCET accredited digital media school now providing opportunities of federal and state student grants, work-study and loans to potential students.
Orlando, Florida – March 19, 2012 – The Florida Institute of Recording, Sound, and Technology (F.I.R.S.T. School of Digital Media) is excited to announce their acceptance as providers of Federal Student Aid. “We applied in 2008/student enrollment by x%/etc………….” states Donney Smith, Director of F.I.R.S.T. School of Digital Media.
Students…
F.I.R.S.T. School to Present Workshop: “Learn How to Get a Job in Digital Media” …
Local ACCET accredited digital media school offers free, 3-hour workshop on Tuesday, January 31, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Orlando, Florida – January 23, 2012 – The Florida Institute of Recording, Sound and Technology (F.I.R.S.T. School) founded in 2004 in Orlando, Florida, will present a workshop titled “Learn How to Get a Job in Digital Media”, for current and graduate students, happening on Tuesday, January 31st, from 6:00 pm to…
Proteros and Eisai Co., Ltd enter into Integrated Lead Discovery Collaboration
Martinsried (Germany), April 16, 2012. Proteros biostructures GmbH today announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration with Eisai Co., Ltd (Japan) to identify small molecule inhibitors against a target selected by Eisai in the field of immunology.
Under the agreement Proteros will deliver a novel lead compound applying its integrated lead discovery platform that includes X-Ray structural biology, biophysical screening and profiling, novel fragment libraries and medicinal chemistry…
Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children: The Difficulties Are Growing
Relationships between parents and adult children become more and more difficult, Prof. Dr. Matti Gershenfeld (Jenkintown/USA) states. "There are huge emotional ties, a lifetime of relationships of joy, pain, expectations, and disappointments. There are unresolved issues of power and control. Not only are there all of those issues which have always existed, but today there are an additional set of reasons why the relationships are difficult." The psychologist found in…
CEO Of Network Bulls, Mr. Paras Jairath Awarded By Indian Former Cricketer And M …
Network Bulls is a Networking Training and Network Consultancy company in Gurgaon, India. Network Bulls offer Online, Corporate, Classroom and Onsite Trainings of Networking and Network Security Certifications.
CEO of Network Bulls, Mr. Paras Jairath received Best Network Security Training Institute award from Time Research Media in Delhi. This award ceremony was organized by Time, in the humble presence of Former Indian Cricketer and MP of Delhi, Mr.…
Education Pioneer Honored for 50 Years of Service
Education Pioneer Dr. Fred DiUus was recently selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who publications for the 15th consecutive year.
Marquis Who’s Who publications are the original and legendary biography books listing outstanding individuals whose lives are singularly notable. Marquis has been doing this for over 100 years. They have set the standard of excellence in recognizing outstanding Americans and world leaders. DiUlus is among 95,000 Americans to be chosen…
Bryant & Stratton College Online Hosts Career Webinar: How to Negotiate a Better …
Webinar will teach attendees strategies to make a job offer go from good to great
Buffalo, NY, April 12, 2012 - Bryant & Stratton College Online announced today a new session in its ongoing free career training webinar series. Titled “How to Negotiate a Job Offer,” the free webinar is available to job seekers, prospective students and current Bryant & Stratton College Online students. This session will take place on Wednesday,…
Pilani JMA School Implements New Admissions Under RTE Act for 2012 Session Also
Education is basic to the creation of an atmosphere in which human beings can meet one another on a plane of friendship and equality.
Established in the year, 2004 Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy – JMA which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one among the most sought after schools at Pilani. JMA Pilani which aims to be one among the top ranking schools in India today…
The Institution of Automobile Engineers (India) (IAE) announces Avenues for Qual …
Institution of Automobile Engineers (India), the Apex Professional body for Automotive Professionals was founded in 2011. The main motto of the Institution of Automobile Engineers (India) is to provide quality life, career and enlightenment for the manpower revolving around, in the field of Automotives through quality education and associated activities.
Therefore, the Institution of Automobile Engineers (India) is vouched to provide avenues for quality education in automobile engineering with innovative approach…
John Cabot University's Guarini Institute Presents "Grill the Senator" with Hon. …
On April 16th, John Cabot University’s Guarini Institute for Public Affairs is proud to welcome Hon. Ignazio Roberto Marino, Italian Senator and a world-class trained surgeon, for what promises to be a unique opportunity to discuss Italian politics.
Why is there so much corruption 20 years after the Tangentopoli scandal? Is the Partito Democratico a communist party in disguise? Is Berlusconi gone for good? Will the Mario Monti government modify…
Rocky Mountain School of Animal Acupressure and Massage (RMSAAM) Moves to its Ne …
Cape Coral, FL – Animal Massage and other alternative healing modalities are becoming widely accepted by animal lovers around the world. As a result, educational opportunities make it possible to become Animal Massage Practitioners. Rocky Mountain School of Animal Acupressure and Massage, world-renowned and one of the first schools to be formally regulated by the Department of Education has moved to its new location in Cape Coral this year!
"We really…
Seven Good Reasons for the D2plus Light module
Heraeus Noblelight, one of the technology and market leaders in the field of specialty light sources will again exhibit at ANALYTICA, to be held in Munich, Germany in April 2012. Heraeus will introduce its “Seven Good Reasons for D2plus Light modules” at the show, making the life of instrument developers easier.
Developing new analytical instruments places ever-increasing demands on engineers, to design-in the best available light-source and avoid future operational problems.…
Topper, India’s Top Education Portal Has Introduced Expert Solutions to Past Yea …
Topper, India’s leading education Portal has introduced expert solutions to past years question papers for students looking for online help in studies. The website uses modern techniques of learning and offers a number of benefits to students all over India. It serves students of CBSE Board, ICSE Board, TN Board and Kerala Board, which accounts for a large number of students throughout.
The website has been successful in bringing the new…
Larry J. McCord Receives Community Service Award from SCOPE Education Services
On March 26, Larry J. McCord, Founding Partner, Larry McCord and Associates LLC, received the Community Service Award at SCOPE’s 11th Annual School District Awards Dinner at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. He was honored for his work as a parent, an educator and an advocate for students in the Wyandanch community in helping to provide them with more and better educational opportunities.
Mr. McCord concentrates his practice in education law, dealing…
Consecutive Years of Significant Growth at Education Management Solutions (EMS)
Continuous Expansion Drives the Need for New Office Space
Exton, PA (April 11, 2012) – Education Management Solutions (EMS), a software developer of simulation management and audio-video solutions for training environments, was ranked #18 on Philadelphia’s Top Technology Employers 2011 list published by the Philadelphia Business Journal. In 2011, the Exton, Pa-based company increased its employee base by 23 percent compared to 2010 staffing levels, and a significant 78 percent when…
Career Step Launches New Medical Billing Career Training Course
PROVO, Utah—Career Step, a leading online school, has announced the release of its new Medical Billing training course. This program is designed by experienced industry experts to thoroughly prepare students in just a few months for successful careers in the growing field of healthcare reimbursement.
“The launch of our Medical Billing program is very exciting as it is a natural follow-on to our AHIMA-approved medical coding training,” said COO Mark Thomas,…
Demand for quality education will boost the Coaching Classes Market in India
Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd. launches a report on the Coaching Classes Market in India 2012 as part of Netscribes’ Education Industry Report Series.
Mumbai, India – April 9, 2012 – Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge consulting solutions company, announces the launch of its report Coaching Classes Market in India 2012. Indian education sector is considered to be recession proof primarily due to the willingness among consumers to spend on this…
Strong government backing to fuel Vocational Training Market in India, finds Net …
Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd. launches a report on the Vocational Training Market in India 2012 as part of Netscribes’ Education Industry Series.
Mumbai, India – April 6, 2012 – Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge consulting solutions company, announces the launch of its report Vocational Training Market in India 2012. Vocational training market in India is likely to take off over the next few years owing to strong government participation. Huge…
Fullerton, CA – HIU Celebrates Record Enrollment
Hope International University (HIU) announces a record enrollment of 1,505 students for the Spring semester of 2012. A 35% increase from the Spring semester of 2011, which includes an additional 391 students, is unprecedented.
“The enrollment growth HIU has experienced in the past two years is greater than we had anticipated,” President Dr. John Derry said. “The recent restructuring into five colleges with each college having residential, online, and…
Agricultural University Zamorano Celebrates Two Pioneers
Wilson Popenoe and Samuel Zamurray are remembered for their pioneering role in creating and developing the outstanding agricultural university
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 05, 2012 -- Leading agricultural university, Zamorano, remembers the role played by two pioneers, Wilson Popenoe and Samuel Zamurray.
Dr. Popenoe’s life and history are closely intertwined with Zamorano. His inventive, energetic and entrepreneurial spirit gave him the tools to implement the philosophy of “Learning by Doing”, which still remains…
