‘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
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 [...]
With the rise of an economy placing an increasing importance in environmental sustainability, there also comes a need for leaders educated in matters of green technology. For this, community colleges have begun offering training through new courses and degree programs.
According to a March 2010 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory financed by the Energy [...]
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, [...]
Eight years ago, there seemed to be no hope for the Sumatran tiger. With only 500 tigers believed to be in existence, it was claimed that the magnificent animal would be extinct by 2014. This year, the opinion has taken a 180-degree turn as announced at the recent Bali Tiger Summit. Findings have shown that [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 4th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Community, Environment, global
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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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 [...]
This summer, the Israel Museum has unveiled the fruits of its $100 million facelift. After two years of work to renew the structure, the country’s largest museum and most comprehensive collection of art in the Middle East now sports a new design. For the first time in history, the building has been made fully handicap-accessible. [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News, Philanthropy on August 21st, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Community, philanthropy, success
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 [...]
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
‘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.