Education News – Newsletter for February 18, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Website launched for Indian alumni and students in Australia
NEW DELHI – A new networking website has been launched for Indian alumni and students in Australia to enhance the experience of international students.

The website, MyOzNetwork.com, supported by the Australian government, is designed to provide past, present and future Indian students in Australia with their own networking portal online.
Speaking at …. Original article  : Website launched for Indian alumni and students in Australia.

Pittsburgh-area community college OKs concealed carry group after student threatens suit

Western Pa. school OKs concealed weapons group

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area community college will let a student form a campus chapter of a group that promotes the rights of students to carry concealed weapons.
A Community College of Allegheny County spokesman says Christa Brashier must provide a copy of the group’s revised constitution by March.
Brashier threatened to …. Original source  : Pittsburgh-area community college OKs concealed carry group after student threatens suit.

Several mysteriously fall ill at NH school; tests find no high monoxide levels

Several fall ill at NH school; tests inconclusive

DERRY, N.H. – Air tests at a New Hampshire school where more than 20 people showed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning have turned up no elevated levels of the gas.
Derry Fire Chief George Klauber says firefighters responded to St. Thomas Aquinas School at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday along with … Read more »»».

22 high schoolers in Puerto Rico fall ill; 8 hospitalized as investigation initiated

Puerto Rico high schoolers fall ill in classroom

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – At least 30 high school students and seven teachers became sick Wednesday after reporting a foul odor that authorities were trying to identify. Officials canceled classes for the day.
Eight students were hospitalized, according to Exel Lopez, spokesman for the Commission of Public Services, …. Source  : 22 high schoolers in Puerto Rico fall ill; 8 hospitalized as investigation initiated.

$25 million NSF grant launches natural and digital evolution center at Mich. State University

$25M grant to MSU for bio-digital evolution center

DETROIT – The National Science Foundation has awarded $25 million to Michigan State University to create a center for the joint study of natural and digital evolution, officials said Wednesday.
The center will conduct basic and applied research that includes and combines evolutionary biology and computer science, center director …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : $25 million NSF grant launches natural and digital evolution center at Mich. State University.

JNU professor M.S. Rajan is dead
NEW DELHI – M.S. Rajan, Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) since 1986, died here Wednesday, his colleagues said. He would have turned 90 this year.

According to the university’s School of International Studies, Rajan’s scholarship was mirrored through 28 authored and edited books, hundreds of articles in journals, public lectures in India and …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : JNU professor M.S. Rajan is dead.

AMU signs MoU with George Washington University
ALIGARH – The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the George Washington University’s Law School in the US for facilitating academic research and initiating students’ exchange programmes, an official said.

“The agreement will enable individual scholars from both the institutions to establish contacts for conducting research and other academic activities,” … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : AMU signs MoU with George Washington University.

Allocate more for education: Kids to president
NEW DELHI – With less than 10 days to go for the union budget, children from across the country gathered here Wednesday demanding an increase in allocation for education. The kids also expressed their concerns to President Pratibha Patil in a letter.

The children urged that public spending on education be increased to 6 percent from …. Source  : Allocate more for education: Kids to president.

Punjab private colleges to observe strike Feb 26
CHANDIGARH – Nearly 190 private colleges of Punjab will observe an ‘education bandh’ (strike) Feb 26 on the call of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), which represents their faculty, principals and stakeholders.

The JAC was constituted last month by the private colleges management federation of Punjab and Chandigarh, federation of associations of college principals and teachers’ …. Read the original article  : Punjab private colleges to observe strike Feb 26.