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Today’s Generation Romanticized in Art

‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York. Running from August 12 until September 11, it attempts to tackle the issues currently shared by today’s youth. Using art in a variety of mediums, from painting, sculpture, photography, film and even performance art, the exhibit vividly narrates the story [...]

Filed under: Arts & Culture, Community, News on September 12th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Creating an Early Warning System for Train Safety

As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania. This team is working to devise an early-warning system for train operations which makes use of [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Technology on September 11th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Colleges and Universities Offer Financial Aid for Students in Own Locale

Around the country, private colleges have been providing better financial support for students in their own areas to improve enrollment rates and also to strengthen ties with the community.
One such example comes from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. With its “Good Neighbor, Great University” program, it offers financial aid to incoming freshmen who have graduated [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Philanthropy, education on September 10th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Universities Partner with Tech Startups to Create Targeted Student Social Networks

As a way of keeping up with the times and maintaining more efficient student administration, colleges and universities across the United States have decided to create their own tailored social networking sites, with the help of a couple of tech-savvy startups.
Having an official fan page on Facebook is great for creating a niche for students, [...]

Filed under: Community, News, education on September 5th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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New York To Launch Communal Bike Program

Over the last few years, New York has been experiencing an influx of bikers. No, the ones that travel at break-neck speeds on the highway, but simple bicycle riders. While the NYC Department of Transportation has already taken steps to design safer, better-performing streets for motorists, pedestrians and bicycle riders, Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to [...]

Filed under: Community, Environment, News on August 30th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Changing the Culture in an NY School District

The Roosevelt Union Free School District has been making changes by bringing the fun back into learning for its students. Led by Robert-Wayne Harris, the district superintendent, the district has been promoting a return of interest in school.
Mr. Harris does this by making a point: “When you do the right thing, you get rewarded, and [...]

Filed under: Arts & Culture, Community, News, education on August 29th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Social Media as an Effective Emergency Lifeline

A recent report from the American Red Cross, named Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies, finds that in the event of a large-scale emergency, such as the onset of a natural disaster or an accident, one in five web users would try to contact an emergency responder through digital media channels.
From July 22 to 23, [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Using Venture Capital Investment Principles to Fund Children’s Education

The National Capital Region is getting a boost in non-profit funding. Venture Philanthropy Partners is a non-profit organization that aims to help children from low-income families using the principles of venture capital investment. Recently, the organization gave $5.5 million to fund the expansion of the Knowledge is Power Program or KIPP DC, a network of [...]

Filed under: Community, News, education on August 15th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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UNESCO Expands World Heritage List with Cultural Diversity in Mind

An induction into UNESCO’s World Heritage List can mean the golden touch for a cultural site’s tourism and environmental protection. Last week, as the organization’s World Heritage Committee convened in Brasilia for deliberations, 21 new sites were added into the prestigious list.
It’s been a long time coming for some of the new additions. Amsterdam’s canal [...]

Filed under: Arts & Culture, Community, News on August 14th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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Potato Batteries Could Provide Power to Developing Countries

Like creating a miniature volcano using paper mâché and a careful mixture of white vinegar and baking soda, making a battery out of a potato is a quintessential school science experiment. Centuries after its discovery as an effective conductor of electricity, researchers from the University of Jerusalem in Israel are saying the potato battery can [...]

Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 11th, 2010 @ 7:00 am

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‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.

As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.

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