Word: academia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Illinois senator’s choice of a running mate suggests that an Obama administration may not resemble the “whiz kids” from industry and academia assembled by President John F. Kennedy ’40 so much as it would a coalition of Washington insiders...
...light of Bush’s abysmal performance, a collection of 180 groups in science, business, and academia came together last Friday to implore the next president to select a cabinet-level science advisor by inauguration day. Such a move would be a promising start and presage an administration that viewed science as a tool, not something to be feared...
...board members, it was important to represent many perspectives in plenary speakers, Suh said. Students focused on a variety of topics ranging from the role of science in academia and history to why students should pursue careers in medicine...
...understand the violence during the emergency in Kenya as a part of the colonial movement not a paradox,” said Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard and a former Radcliffe Institute fellow. The wide-ranging group of experts hail from esteemed positions in academia, nongovernmental organizations, and the military. The diverse nature of each panel gave rise to an exciting debate on the origins of colonial uprising and violence. “Its all about escalation, these grassroots movements escalate into something much bigger and more violent,” Thomas A. Marks of the National...
...from Harvard last June, called HLS “one of the most vibrant academic environments in the world,” adding that “it’s a place that is eager to forge connections with other universities, other disciplines, and with the world beyond academia...