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Category: Business/Economics

Chemistry - Business/Economics 03.09.2010 MIT moves toward greener chemistry

Business/Economics 02.09.2010 Lab to host second annual LDRD Day September 8

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 02.09.2010 University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment to host international bioenergy convention

Business/Economics - Agronomy/Food Science 02.09.2010 UW-Madison researchers release Wisconsin Poverty Report: New measure tells new story

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 01.09.2010 Caltech Awards Distinguished International Aerospace Honor to Lockheed Visionary

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 01.09.2010 NASA Sets Media Deadlines For Next Space Shuttle Flight

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 01.09.2010 Hennessy comments on Obama’s plans to change export regulations

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 01.09.2010 New Program Strives to Bridge Rural Health Care Gap

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 01.09.2010 NASA Ranked Fifth In Best Places To Work In The Federal Government

Business/Economics - Agronomy/Food Science 01.09.2010 Robert J. Hauser to become dean of the College of ACES

Business/Economics 30.08.2010 NASA Selects Two Firms for Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights

Literature/linguistic - Business/Economics 29.08.2010 Coming attractions: A short list of the campus's enticing fall events

Business/Economics 27.08.2010 NASA Receives Spirit Of Houston Award

Business/Economics - Mathematics 26.08.2010 Chancellor 'cautiously optimistic' about the year ahead

Business/Economics 26.08.2010 Men who earn less than their women are more likely to cheat

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 25.08.2010 University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks to join Humphrey Institute

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 25.08.2010 NASA/NOAA Study Finds El Ninos are Growing Stronger

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 25.08.2010 Unique vehicle emissions testing lab puts Penn State in driver's seat

Business/Economics - Physics/Astronomy 24.08.2010 Penn State receives more than $129 million to lead energy team

Mathematics - Business/Economics 24.08.2010 University of Minnesota math institute receives $20.5 million NSF grant

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 24.08.2010 Smeal ranks No. 7 in real estate research, study finds

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 23.08.2010 Awards recognize outstanding LANL Tech Transfer

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 19.08.2010 Researchers tapped to help make rules for commercial space travel

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 19.08.2010 Benefits Web pages explain New York state’s Early Retirement Incentive program

Business/Economics 18.08.2010 Slideshow: Summertime at Stanford

Business/Economics 17.08.2010 NASA To Hold Green Aviation Summit Sept. 8-9

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 17.08.2010 Health leaders push for better cancer care in developing countries

Business/Economics 17.08.2010 Business mergers announced on Fridays draw less investor attention

Business/Economics - Environmental sciences 17.08.2010 Gulf oil drilling is just one facet of South's surfeit of heavy industry

Business/Economics - Law/forensics 17.08.2010 Board of Trustees welcomes two new members who bring ’wisdom and expertise’

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 17.08.2010 Space Coast Task Force Delivers Economic Strategies Report

Business/Economics - Life sciences 16.08.2010 Grants awards target arthritis, Alzheimer’s and converting feathers to feed supplements, among others

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 16.08.2010 Alcohol and tobacco advertising bans don't work

Business/Economics 13.08.2010 NASA Announces Commercial Crew Initiative Forum

Business/Economics 12.08.2010 University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education to offer new Master of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural Leadership

Business/Economics 12.08.2010 Carlson Executive Education launches scholarship program

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 12.08.2010 The Materials Research Society's Von Hippel Award to L. Eric Cross

Pedagogy/Education science - Business/Economics 11.08.2010 Deborah Stipek to conclude tenure as School of Education dean in summer 2011

Computer Science/Telecom - Business/Economics 10.08.2010 NASA Langley Selects Maryland Company For Information Tech Support

Agronomy/Food Science - Business/Economics 09.08.2010 Think before you drink during job interviews

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 09.08.2010 On-the-job injuries hurt home health care industry

Business/Economics 06.08.2010 NASA Seeks Data from Innovative Lunar Demonstrations

Business/Economics - Media sciences/Political sciences 06.08.2010 Professor wins top political science prize for paper

Business/Economics 06.08.2010 Allegretto warns of economic catastrophe without massive public works program

Psychology - Business/Economics 06.08.2010 Professor's work builds heavy metals research in Uruguay

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 04.08.2010 Ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothing

Business/Economics - Sport sciences 04.08.2010 Stanford Conferences welcomes 16,000 summer guests

Business/Economics 03.08.2010 Foreclosure Reduces a Home’s Sale Price by 27% on Average

Business/Economics 03.08.2010 MIT commercial property price index posts 17 percent gain in second quarter

Business/Economics 02.08.2010 NASA Hosts Workshop To Discuss Exploring Near Earth Objects

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 02.08.2010 New Project Manager for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Business/Economics 02.08.2010 LANS Venture Acceleration Fund announces "Call for Ideas"

Business/Economics 02.08.2010 U of M Extension receives grant to continue poverty reduction work in communities

History/Philosophy - Business/Economics 01.08.2010 Bill Lane, Stanford benefactor and Sunset publisher, dead at 90

Business/Economics 01.08.2010 Stanford Management Company appoints Ken Frier chief investment officer

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 01.08.2010 Doctors hard to find for patients in Massachusetts’ first for-profit health plan

Business/Economics 30.07.2010 NASA’s Hibernating Mars Rover May Not Call Home

Business/Economics 30.07.2010 NASA’s Hibernating Mars Rover May Not Call Home

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 30.07.2010 Faculty member gets key perspectives on trip to Argentina, Uruguay

Business/Economics - Environmental sciences 29.07.2010 Two recent University of Minnesota graduates launch start-up company based on atrazine treatment technology

Media sciences/Political sciences - Business/Economics 29.07.2010 College crafts record presence at AEJMC conference

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 28.07.2010 GSB’s Sunil Kumar named Chicago’s business school dean

Business/Economics 28.07.2010 Rural areas take greater brunt of Iraq War, UW-Madison research shows

Mechanical engineering/Mechanics - Business/Economics 27.07.2010 Basque president pays a visit to Stanford

Psychology - Business/Economics 27.07.2010 Kosslyn appointed director of Stanford’s CASBS

Business/Economics - Literature/linguistic 27.07.2010 World Economic Forum's Global Fellows Train for Leadership at Columbia's School of the Arts

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 26.07.2010 Building energy monitor project allows campus to slash energy bills

Business/Economics - Psychology 26.07.2010 Your personality plays a role in your political behavior, author says

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 26.07.2010 Digital media scholars work with Portuguese universities

Chemistry - Business/Economics 22.07.2010 Caltech-led Team Gets up to $122 Million for Energy Innovation Hub

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 21.07.2010 Large national study strongly links educational leadership to student achievement

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 21.07.2010 Medical School revises conflict of interest policy

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 21.07.2010 University adopts faculty financial conflict of interest policies

Business/Economics 20.07.2010 How foreclosures hurt everyone’s home values

Social sciences - Business/Economics 19.07.2010 U of M announces 14 student Fulbright scholars for 2010-11 school year

Business/Economics 18.07.2010 Online shoppers more likely to buy from white sellers than black

Psychology - Business/Economics 14.07.2010 UC Berkeley psychologists bring science of happiness to China

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 14.07.2010 NASA Awards Rapid Response Space Works Contract

Business/Economics 14.07.2010 From the Archives: The man behind the Diesel Lab

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 13.07.2010 Minister Clément Gignac announces a total of $673,800 of financial support to McGill University

Business/Economics 13.07.2010 NASA Announces Three New Centennial Challenges

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 12.07.2010 Board of Trustees welcomes four new members, bids six others farewell

Business/Economics 11.07.2010 Gita Gopinath Named Professor of Economics at Harvard

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 09.07.2010 NASA Names Lugo As Director Of Glenn Research Center

Business/Economics - Media sciences/Political sciences 08.07.2010 James Snyder, Jr., Named Professor of Government at Harvard

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 08.07.2010 Lab captures five R&D100 awards for 2010

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 07.07.2010 NASA, Georgetown Invite Public to Astronauts’ Discussion of Recent Space Shuttle Mission

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 06.07.2010 Floating oil skimmer model removes oil more efficiently; prototype next

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 06.07.2010 Rawlings, Ehrenberg to serve on national committee to study future of research universities

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 04.07.2010 Study finds higher STD rates among users of erectile dysfunction drugs

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 01.07.2010 Recovery Act milestone: Excavation begins at Manhattan Project landfill

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 30.06.2010 Institute on the Environment joins forces with international Natural Capital Project

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 30.06.2010 University of Minnesota Institute of Technology changes name to the College of Science and Engineering

Business/Economics - Physics/Astronomy 28.06.2010 NASA Plays Key Exploration Role In New Administration Space Policy

Literature/linguistic - Business/Economics 28.06.2010 Ghoulish Acquisition No Mystery to University Libraries

Business/Economics - Psychology 25.06.2010 What we touch unconsciously influences how we think, says MIT Sloan professor

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 24.06.2010 Secretary speaks on climate change reform agenda

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 24.06.2010 Mental health issues contribute to ’safe’ investing

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 24.06.2010 Space Economic Task Force Seeks Florida Public Comments

Psychology - Business/Economics 23.06.2010 Tactile Sensations Influence Social Judgments and Decisions

Business/Economics 23.06.2010 Laboratory program helps small businesses

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 22.06.2010 Simple, cheap, portable device could provide quick eye tests for the developing world

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 22.06.2010 Center For Health Sector Management and Policy Established at University of Miami School of Business

Business/Economics 22.06.2010 ’I wanted to see with my own eyes the origin of success,’ Russian president tells Stanford audience

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 22.06.2010 NASA Administrator Bolden Named Champion Of Summer Learning

Business/Economics 22.06.2010 NASA Hosts New Space Technology Industry Forum

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 21.06.2010 President Obama Proposes Additional Financing For Growth And Jobs

Business/Economics 21.06.2010 G8/G20 summits begin Friday, June 25

Chemistry - Business/Economics 20.06.2010 New science hub to double chemistry capacity

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 18.06.2010 Stanford will vote ’yes’ on shareholder resolutions asking companies to report their efforts to avoid using ’conflict minerals’ from Congo

Business/Economics - Physics/Astronomy 17.06.2010 Caltech Elects Two Innovators to Board of Trustees

Business/Economics - History/Philosophy 16.06.2010 Study Finds Echoes of the Holocaust in Russia’s Economy, Politics

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 16.06.2010 U-M general fund budget contains lowest resident undergraduate tuition increase in a quarter century

Business/Economics 16.06.2010 Economist named advisor to Bank of Canada

Official Event - Business/Economics 16.06.2010 Dean of the College of Engineering to Receive 2010 IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award

Social sciences - Business/Economics 15.06.2010 Study: China’s free enterprise economy succeeds via bottom-up development

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 15.06.2010 Report of the President: Academic Council professoriate appointments

Official Event - Business/Economics 15.06.2010 NASA Announces Education Research Program Award Recipients

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 14.06.2010 NASA Appoints Constellation Program Managers

Business/Economics 11.06.2010 University Students And Professors Ready To "Rock On" With NASA

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 10.06.2010 Stanford Poll: Large majority of Americans support government solutions to global warming

Chemistry - Business/Economics 09.06.2010 Scientists pursue two major organic farming studies with USDA funding

Official Event - Business/Economics 09.06.2010 NASA Picks 18 Small Business Tech Transfer Projects For Continued Development

Computer Science/Telecom - Business/Economics 08.06.2010 First NASA It Summit To Gather Industry Leaders And Explore Tech Innovations

History/Philosophy - Business/Economics 08.06.2010 Stanford acquires archives for experimental, underground filmmaking

Law/forensics - Business/Economics 07.06.2010 Study: Effects of welfare reform are mixed for poor families

Business/Economics 07.06.2010 More employees using pedal power and train travel to get to the Farm

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 07.06.2010 NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Fires Past Record for Speed Change

Business/Economics 04.06.2010 MIT hosts Future of News and Civic Media Conference June 16-18

Business/Economics 04.06.2010 MIT hosts Future of News and Civic Media Conference June 16-18

Social sciences - Business/Economics 04.06.2010 Speaking at Stanford, Tibetan and Uyghur leaders decry Chinese domination

Business/Economics 03.06.2010 As India booms, experts discuss improving education

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 03.06.2010 Holtz Children’s Hospital Ranks Among the Best in America

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 03.06.2010 Los Alamos expertise integral to Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 03.06.2010 NASA And Commerce Present Update On Space Industry Task Force

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 02.06.2010 NASA Seeks Research Proposals For Green Aircraft Concepts

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 28.05.2010 Etchemendy presents mostly optimistic budget outlook to Faculty Senate

Business/Economics - Mechanical engineering/Mechanics 28.05.2010 MIT study: Wind power could make sense for utility companies

Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacy 27.05.2010 Study finds governor’s budget would cost jobs, economic output

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 27.05.2010 Chancellor looks back on a difficult year

Business/Economics 27.05.2010 Los Alamos National Laboratory to host forum June 16

Business/Economics 26.05.2010 Visitor Center unveils interactive kiosks, celebrates new quarters

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 25.05.2010 IGS goes Web 2.0 with information resource on state propositions

Business/Economics - Computer Science/Telecom 25.05.2010 Readers assess Stanford Report transformation to email

Business/Economics 25.05.2010 UM Researchers Develop Model for Locating and Forecasting Sunken Oil Following Spills

History/Philosophy - Business/Economics 25.05.2010 Hannah Arendt considered today: Totalitarianism, genocide and the need for thought

Business/Economics - Psychology 24.05.2010 Researcher discusses how to beat the crowd at picking stocks

History/Philosophy - Business/Economics 24.05.2010 Stanford historian, venture capitalist energize voters over political reform

Life sciences - Business/Economics 23.05.2010 Enrollment in summer school projected to be the highest ever

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 23.05.2010 Redirecting the World Community toward Sustainable Growth

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 21.05.2010 Scholarship recipients give thanks through new Facebook application

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 21.05.2010 Columbia Community Business Program Provides Training and Support to Local Entrepreneurs

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 20.05.2010 Stanford’s Pamela Matson urges U.S. to adopt coordinated research on climate change

Business/Economics - Pedagogy/Education science 20.05.2010 Chancellor calls for a unified civic effort to restore public education

Business/Economics - Official Event 19.05.2010 Volcker receives first SIEPR Prize, says ’time is growing short’ to act on urgent problems

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 19.05.2010 University of Miami to Establish International Business Center with Key Federal Grant

Business/Economics - Social sciences 19.05.2010 U.S. will slowly adopt electric cars, Stanford study predicts

Earth sciences - Business/Economics 18.05.2010 Rosenstiel School Lends Helping Hand

Business/Economics 17.05.2010 MIT commercial property price index falls another 2.4 percent in first quarter

Business/Economics 13.05.2010 Burton H. Klein, 92

Business/Economics - Architecture 12.05.2010 Hennessy takes Academic Council on a tour of the future

Physics/Astronomy - Business/Economics 12.05.2010 Stanford team wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with revolutionary electrode design to improve solar panel performance

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 11.05.2010 Scientists decry political assaults on climate researchers

Business/Economics - Life sciences 11.05.2010 Graduate Students Launch Platform to Foster Innovation in Peacekeeping

Business/Economics - Literature/linguistic 10.05.2010 In their own words: UC Berkeley students on the impact of campus budget cuts

Arts and Design - Business/Economics 10.05.2010 Board of Trustees visits Yale for its spring meeting

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 06.05.2010 Chancellor denounces Arizona immigration bill

Business/Economics 06.05.2010 Town hall meeting looks at methamphetamine abuse among Latino youth

Media sciences/Political sciences - Business/Economics 05.05.2010 2010-11 Knight Journalism Fellows named

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 05.05.2010 Hamlin Jennings will lead new Concrete Sustainability Hub at MIT

Business/Economics - Life sciences 04.05.2010 Biotech incubator opens its doors at UC Berkeley

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 04.05.2010 UC Berkeley launches new master’s program in sustainability, joining global campus network

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 03.05.2010 Adult survivors of childhood cancers more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder

Official Event - Business/Economics 03.05.2010 Fifty-five New Mexico students receive Los Alamos Employees Scholarship Fund scholarships

Life sciences - Business/Economics 03.05.2010 Ten scholars, researchers named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Business/Economics - Architecture 03.05.2010 Marketing and Communications Leader to Join Caltech

Business/Economics - Law/forensics 02.05.2010 Stanford experts assess SEC-Goldman suit, stress need to better regulate financial markets

Official Event - Business/Economics 30.04.2010 Twelve more students will earn DARE doctoral fellowships in 2011

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 30.04.2010 Researchers Showcase Inventions at Emerging Medical Technologies Summit

Business/Economics - Official Event 29.04.2010 Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Underscores Need for Banking Reform and Responsible Finance at Forum

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 29.04.2010 Office of Technology Licensing celebrates 40 years and 8,000 inventions

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 28.04.2010 Report of the President: Academic Council professoriate appointments

Business/Economics - Literature/linguistic 28.04.2010 Add stocks to prices controlled by the Fed, new book by UCLA economist urges

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 28.04.2010 Water Conservation Model Borrows From Business Methods

Business/Economics - Law/forensics 27.04.2010 Goldman Sachs and Abacus 2007-AC1: The SEC and Congress Look Beyond the Numbers

Business/Economics - Official Event 27.04.2010 Laboratory Technologies ENDURE™ SCR Catalyst and Hyperion Power Module Garner Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards

Business/Economics - Pedagogy/Education science 26.04.2010 A new home for design at Stanford

Pedagogy/Education science - Business/Economics 25.04.2010 Judith Warren Little named dean of Graduate School of Education

Business/Economics - Official Event 23.04.2010 Economist Esther Duflo wins Clark medal

Administration and Government - Business/Economics 22.04.2010 Honoring campus staff who have shown their dedication to Berkeley

Business/Economics - History/Philosophy 21.04.2010 UCLA book ’Black Los Angeles’ chronicles city’s African American history, issues

Business/Economics - Environmental sciences 21.04.2010 Stanford hosts United Nations Foundation board members

Official Event - Business/Economics 21.04.2010 Four professors win 2010 Distinguished Teaching Awards

Environmental sciences - Business/Economics 21.04.2010 Engineering School and IBM Launch Green Jobs Initiative

Medicine/Pharmacy - Business/Economics 19.04.2010 On a visit to Berkeley, Bill Gates, full-time philanthropist, asks students' help in saving lives

Business/Economics 19.04.2010 Uptick in job recruitment could help UC Berkeley grads

Earth sciences - Business/Economics 19.04.2010 This year's Distinguished Teaching Award winners define excellence in the classroom, and dedication to their students

Business/Economics - Literature/linguistic 19.04.2010 African-American Babies and Boys Least Likely to Be Adopted, Study Shows

Business/Economics 19.04.2010 This year’s Academic Council meeting will be a moveable feast

Business/Economics - Administration and Government 16.04.2010 Gensler and Levitt Debate Market Reform at Columbia World Leaders Forum