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Bergstresser, Nierenberg win business school teaching awards

An associate professor of finance, Bergstresser teaches classes in fixed income securities, corporate financial engineering and venture capital.

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Related Topix: Harvard University

Wed May 22, 2013

Illinoisreview

Michigan's charter success story

According to a 2009 study conducted by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, 42 percent of Michigan's charter schools outperformed traditional public schools in math and 35 percent outperformed them in reading.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Education Etc.

HON

Scientists Map the Fungi on Your Feet

Anyone who has ever wrestled with athlete's foot knows there is something about feet that fungi seem to like.

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Related Topix: Immunology, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Palo Alto, CA, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Democratic Underground Latest Breakin...

People Getting Dumber? Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests

Source: Huffington Post Our technology may be getting smarter, but a provocative new study suggests human intelligence is on the decline.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, US News, Liberal Political News

Los Gatos Weekly-Times

Stanford professor faces parent child abduction charges

An associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University has been charged with felony parent abduction after taking her three children on what authorities contend was a one-way trip to the Hawaiian Islands.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA, Startups, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Sunnyvale, CA

MLive.com

Grand Blanc High School junior receives Davis United World College scholarship

He is one of only 50 U.S. students to receive a full merit scholarship to attend one of the 13 worldwide United World College programs, according to a news release from the school district.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Princeton University, Columbia University, Yale University, Cornell University

Scientific American

How to Expel Hurtful Stereotypes from Classrooms across the Country

In this month's Scientific American science writer Ed Yong explores new research on stereotype threat - the fear of confirming derogatory stereotypes about one's social group.

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Examiner.com

SF 49ers will host 50th Super Bowl in new Santa Clara stadium

Today, the NFL informed the media that it will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl at the 49ers' new stadium being built in Santa Clara, California.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara, CA, San Francisco, CA

Tue May 21, 2013

San Mateo Daily Journal

The power of education

With his family, he immigrated to the United States as a toddler. His mother left her career as a doctor and his father became a janitor at Stanford University to support a dream of educational opportunity for their children.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, East Palo Alto, CA, Education Etc.

KSL-TV

Learning together, Utah couple graduates from Yale Med School

A long road of hurdles overcome, a Utah couple graduated together from Yale University's School of Medicine this week as the only married pair of their class Monday.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Yale University, Salt Lake City, UT, Weber State University

Surgical Products

Low LDL May Spell Trouble In Bariatric Surgery

Among factors that predicted the likelihood that patients undergoing bariatric surgery would experience postoperative cardiopulmonary complications were low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high levels of C-reactive protein, a researcher reported here.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA

Business Journal

UCSF Laurel Heights campus may become senior housing

The Laurel Heights UCSF campus at 3333 California St. could be redeveloped as upscale senior housing under plans being submitted by several groups vying to take over the property.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Palo Alto, CA

Inside Bay Area

California study: Treatments for prostate and breast cancer vary...

Tracy has agricultural roots and affordable homes, but a new study reveals a less obvious distinction for this Central Valley city: Doctors use internal radiation to treat men for prostate cancer at the highest rate in California, more than four times the state average.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, California, Prostate Cancer, Startups, Stanford University

The Columbus Dispatch

Research will target Ohio's early births

A $10 million research project will focus on what causes babies to be born too early.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Biology, Science, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University

Mon May 20, 2013

Power Line

Conservatives Unite Against Immigration Bill

A group of conservatives that includes Paul and me have signed a letter opposing the Gang of Eight's immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Chapman University, Missouri

EurekAlert!

Oceanographer Sylvia Earle kicks off Northeastern's Sustaining Coastal Cities Conference

Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, called Her Deepness by The New Yorker and The New York Times , Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first "Hero for the Planet" by Time Magazine , will be speaking at Northeastern University on May 22, 2013.

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Related Topix: Oceanography, Science, Northeastern University, Stanford, CA, UC Santa Barbara

Scientific American

Why Feeling Anxious About a Vaccine Makes It More Effective

Standing at a podium in front of an audience of psychiatrists, clinicians and scientists, Firdaus Dhabhar brings up a video of his infant son on a large projector screen and presses play.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health, Medicine, Nursing

Inside Bay Area

Powerball's second-place winner purchased ticket at San Jose 7-Eleven

They didn't win the big, instant-tycoon, retire-to-the-Bahamas lottery prize, but somewhere lurking around San Jose is a $2 million Powerball winner.

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Related Topix: Lottery, San Jose, CA, California

Sun May 19, 2013

Inside Bay Area

Transfer club at Oakland's Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities

Merritt College professor Claudio Duran, right, speaks to students and faculty members during a meeting of Club Altazor on Monday, May, 6, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.

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Related Topix: Oakland, CA, UC Berkeley

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The need for charters

Even though Massachusetts has been a leader in reforming public education, it is clear that more needs to be done.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Education Etc., Andover, MA