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IKEA and its customers show soft spot for children

IKEA and its customers show soft spot for children

   In keeping with a tradition started four years ago, this holiday season the IKEA Social Initiative will use proceeds from the sale of IKEA soft toys to help finance education projects run by UNICEF and Save the Children.

Posted : Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Bayer Strengthens Research and Development

Bayer Strengthens Research and Development

   New Technologies and Products Presented at the Perspective on Innovation 2008

Posted : Fri, Dec 12, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

U.S. News Media Group Releases World's Best Colleges and Universities

U.S. News Media Group Releases World's Best Colleges and Universities

   First annual ranking includes 200 universities worldwide

Posted : Sun, Nov 23, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

USAID Airlifts Shelter Materials to Pakistan Quake Victims

USAID Airlifts Shelter Materials to Pakistan Quake Victims

   The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) airlifted plastic sheeting used to construct transitional shelters for families affected by the October 29 earthquake in Balochistan Province, Pakistan, to the provincial capital of Quetta.

Posted : Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

USA Funds Provides $15 Million in Support of Higher Education

USA Funds Provides $15 Million in Support of Higher Education

   Funding promotes preparation for, access to and success in higher education

Posted : Tue, Oct 28, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

IFC and Partners Launch First Student Loan Program in West Bank and Gaza

IFC and Partners Launch First Student Loan Program in West Bank and Gaza

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Bank of Palestine, and the Palestine Education Fund, an initiative of the Paltel Group Foundation, today signed an agreement to introduce a new student loan program in the West Bank and Gaza.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UC Irvine to lead statewide program on green materials research

UC Irvine to lead statewide program on green materials research

   Development of nontoxic alternatives to commercial products is focus of interdisciplinary effort

Posted : Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

U's Youth Summer School Is Cool

U's Youth Summer School Is Cool

   Ask any group of four to 18 year-olds how they anticipate spending their summer vacation and "go to school" will likely not make the top ten responses.

Posted : Sat, May 31, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UNICEF to focus on damaged schools in unreached areas of Myanmar

UNICEF to focus on damaged schools in unreached areas of Myanmar

   UNICEF will work with the Ministry of Education to reopen schools in some cyclone-affected areas by 2 June. The focus will be on damaged and collapsed schools in areas which have not been reached by aid agencies.

Posted : Thu, May 29, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UNICEF welcomes decision to allow international aid workers

UNICEF welcomes decision to allow international aid workers

   UNICEF hails the government's decision to grant full access to international aid workers to every part of cyclone-battered Myanmar.

Posted : Thu, May 29, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Wal-Mart Helps More Than 8,000 Students Pay for College

Wal-Mart Helps More Than 8,000 Students Pay for College

   Wal-Mart Foundation presents more than $8 million in scholarships to help graduating seniors as well as associates and their children with their college expenses

Posted : Thu, May 01, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

RBC gives cricket a boost in Canada

RBC gives cricket a boost in Canada

   New elementary school program funds equipment and provides training

Posted : Sun, Mar 02, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

RBC After-School Grants Program calls for grant applications

RBC After-School Grants Program calls for grant applications

   In its 10th year, RBC is offering up to $2.5 million in grants, $900,000 of which is set aside to fund as many as 23 first-time grant recipients.

Posted : Sun, Mar 02, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

MIT celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King

MIT celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King

   At the annual breakfast celebration to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held Feb. 21, hundreds of members of the MIT community listened as speakers echoed a similar theme: much has been done to realize the slain civil rights leader's vision of equality and opportunity.

Posted : Sat, Mar 01, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Who Decides How to Save Your Life?

Who Decides How to Save Your Life?

   We are talking about the people who do the education, training and research and help to write the Guidelines that are used to save your life.

Posted : Fri, Feb 01, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

MIT develops lecture search engine to aid students

MIT develops lecture search engine to aid students

   Imagine you are taking an introductory biology course. You're studying for an exam and realize it would be helpful to revisit the professor's explanation of RNA interference.

Posted : Tue, Nov 13, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Cisco Calls for Era of Public-Private Partnership in Education

Cisco Calls for Era of Public-Private Partnership in Education

   Cisco Networking Academy Marks 10th Anniversary, Grows Global IT Workforce Pipeline by 2 Million.

Posted : Wed, Oct 03, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Afghanistan Girls' Education Initiative gets a boost

Afghanistan Girls' Education Initiative gets a boost

   A three-year plan to promote girls' education was developed in Kabul this week during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Education and UNICEF, in collaboration with Afghanistan's Girls' Education Initiative working group.

Posted : Sat, Sep 15, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News
 
 
 
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