Posts Tagged ‘Events’
URI Fall 2011 Honors Colloquium to Feature Talks by Inventor Kurzweil, other Futurists on Technologies
by John O. Harney
September 2, 2011
The University of Rhode Island's honors colloquium will address technological advances expected over the next 20 to 30 years and their impact on humankind.
Talks will take place Tuesday evenings, at 7:30 p.m. from September through December 2011, at Edwards Auditorium on URI's Kingston campus. The complete season line-up follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 13Inventor and futurist ...
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Filmmaker Michael Moore to Speak at Bunker Hill CC
by John O. Harney
August 29, 2011
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore will speak at Bunker Hill Community College's Health & Wellness Center Gymnasium on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Moore's latest book, Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life, is scheduled to be released in mid-September. The event is free but seating is limited.
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Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan, O.J. Lawyer Scheck, Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon Among Speakers in Fairfield U 2011-12 Series
by John O. Harney
August 11, 2011
Connecticut's Fairfield University announced the roster for its 2011-12 Open VISIONS Forum at the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
The complete season line-up is as follows:
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at 8 p.m.Chuck Todd: “State of the Nation: Polling the Mood”
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at 8 p.m.Lara Logan: “Apartheid to Afghanistan, Reporting from the ...
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Managing Finances and Institutional Performance in Uncertain Times: Strategies for College and University Leaders
by Daren Follweiler
July 29, 2011
Thanks to everyone who attended our breakfast briefing Managing Finances and Institutional Performance in Uncertain Times: Strategies for College and University Leaders. We appreciate your interest and insightful contributions and hope you enjoyed and valued the dialogue.
Click on each speaker's name below to view and download PDF versions of their presentations featured at the ...
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New England Works: A New England Leadership Summit on Bridging Higher Education and the Workforce
by Daren Follweiler
July 21, 2011
New England Works: Bridging Higher Education and the Workforce
Monday, November 7, 2011 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Thanks to everyone who attended our New England Works summit.
Click on each speaker's name below to view and download PDF versions of their PowerPoint or Keynote presentation featured at the conference:
Eric Rosengren, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank ... Read MoreTags: Events | No Comments
2012 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards
by Daren Follweiler
June 1, 2011
2012 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards
Friday, March 2, 2012
The Boston Long Wharf Marriott Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) is pleased to announce its tenth anniversary of the New England Higher Education Excellence Awards. Presentations of the awards will be made at our annual Excellence Awards dinner on Friday, ...
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URI to Host Lectures on “State of Our Oceans”
by John O. Harney
February 3, 2011
The University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography will host an eight-part lecture series on the ocean environment, including discussions of ocean exploration, threatened habitats, ocean policy, climate change, and oceans and human health.
The free public lectures will be held Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on URI's Kingston campus.
The first lecture, to ...
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Maine Policy Group to Hold Tax and Budget Conference in Augusta
by John O. Harney
January 28, 2011
The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MCEP) will hold its 10th State Tax & Budget Conference on Monday, Feb. 14 at the Augusta Civic CenterFeatured speakers will include Sawin Millett, commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services. Millett will make a presentation on the proposed biennial budget, which is scheduled ...
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Boston to Host National Conference on Marketing to State Govs
by John O. Harney
January 28, 2011
The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) will hold its "2011 How to Market to State Governments Meeting" at Boston's Marriott Copley Place from Sunday, April 3, through Tuesday, April 5.
Noting that the U.S. elected 26 new governors this past fall, 15 of whom reflect a change in political party, NASPO plans one ...
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Conference on Immigrants as “Jet Fuel” for Jobs in Mass.
by Christine Cassis
November 12, 2010
The Malden, Mass.-based Immigrant Learning Center Inc. (ILC) and Babson College will collaborate on a statewide conference for immigrant entrepreneurship to be hosted at Babson's Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Mass. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The ILC says immigrants are "jet fuel" for entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, from neighborhood revitalization to ...
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