Posts Tagged ‘Shoshana Akins’
Game Over? Degree Programs in Video Game Design Growing Across U.S.
by Shoshana Akins
August 20, 2010
The number of U.S. colleges and art and trade schools offering degree programs in video game design will reach 300 nationally this fall—a nearly 20% increase in degrees offered in the field over last academic year, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
Twenty of the programs are offered at New England colleges.
Vermont's Champlain ...
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BFIT Sees Green in NSF Grant for Alternative Fuel Vehicle, Sustainable Automotive Programs
by Shoshana Akins
August 18, 2010
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT) was awarded a grant of more than $360,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to introduce new two-year programs in Alternative Fuel Vehicle Operations and Maintenance and a bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Automotive Business Practices.
The programs aim to train and retrain technicians for hybrid vehicles, making BFIT the only ...
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Presidents Setting Precedent for Haiti Reconstruction
by Shoshana Akins
August 13, 2010
After the January 2010 earthquake that shook Haiti, President Barack Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to lead a fundraising effort to assist the Haitian people. Their response, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF), helps people and small and medium-sized enterprises in Haiti access the formal business sector ...
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RI, Mass. Among Finalists in Signature Ed Reform Initiative
by Shoshana Akins
August 3, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education named Massachusetts and Rhode Island among 19 finalists in the national Race to the Top competition.
The competition rewards states that adopt standards and assessments to prepare students for college and career success, build data systems that measure success, recruit effective teachers and principals and "turn around" low-achieving schools.
In the first ...
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Brandeis, UConn Among NE Campuses Making Prez Moves
by Shoshana Akins
July 9, 2010
Brandeis University trustees named George Washington University Law School dean Frederick M. Lawrence to succeed Jehuda Reinharz as Brandeis president, beginning after Jan. 1, 2011. Lawrence became dean of the GWU Law School in 2005, after nearly two decades teaching at the Boston University School of Law.
University of Connecticut trustees appointed Philip E. ...
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SHEEO Conference in Providence to Feature Martha Kanter, Higher Ed Leaders
by Shoshana Akins
July 1, 2010
Martha Kanter, under secretary in the U.S. Department of Education, and dozens of higher education leaders will speak at the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) annual conference to be held at The Westin Providence in Providence, R.I., from Tuesday, Aug. 10 through Friday, August 13.
Speakers will include: Spencer Foundation President ... Read MoreTags: Events, Providence, Rhode Island, Shoshana Akins, State Higher Education Executive Officers | No Comments
Biotech Firms Still Brewing Work in Cambridge, Mass.
by Shoshana Akins
June 25, 2010
Cambridge, Mass., dominates the list of biotechnology firms with the most employees in New England—accounting for seven of the top 10 providers of biotech jobs in the region, reports the specialty newspaper Mass High Tech.
With 12,000 total employees, Genzyme Corp. employed nearly 5,000 in New England and recently announced 502 job openings in Massachusetts. ...
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MCPHS Announces Expansion in Worcester, Mass.
by Shoshana Akins
June 18, 2010
The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services announced it will buy the property of the former Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester, Mass., to meet the demands of increasing enrollment and new undergraduate and graduate programs.
Like the college's other recent projects in Worcester, the former hotel site at 10 Lincoln Square will be converted ...
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