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Santa Clara Women Close Out Western Regional Preview

The Santa Clara women's golf team finished their play at the NCAA Western Regional Preview this week at Sacramento State. The Broncos finished in 18th place in their final tournament before the WCC Championships in Tacoma, Wash.
Santa Clara Women Close Out Western Regional Preview


Four Companies that Conquered America

02.04.2008 23:02    hbswk.hbs.edu
Published:April 2, 2008Author:John QuelchEditor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Accounting for almost 30 percent of world GDP, the

UC police chief issues open letter to students on tree protest

02.04.2008 23:00    berkeley.edu
In a letter to students on Wednesday, Chief Victoria Harrison outlined the UC Police Department's approach to handling the ongoing protest by tree-sitters near Memorial Stadium. Harrison wrote about the challenges of law enforcement on the Berkeley campus, where "policing

Paintings Show Progression Through Artist's 70-year Career

02.04.2008 22:58    newsnet.byu.edu
The Springville Museum of Art is currently hosting a 'delicious' new exhibit: 'Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting.'

Racquetball Places Third at Nationals

02.04.2008 22:58    newsnet.byu.edu
The BYU racquetball team placed third in the nation in the overall team competition with combined points from both the men's and women's teams.
Utah    Sports

Track and Field Sets Regional Qualifying Marks

02.04.2008 22:58    newsnet.byu.edu
Six BYU men's track and field athletes set regional qualifying marks at last weekend's ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.
Utah    Sports

Rabble-rousing education reformer

02.04.2008 10:43    minnesota.publicradio.org
Former Secretary of Education Chester Finn discusses why he no longer supports No Child Left Behind, and looks at the challenges of reforming the U.S. educational system.

Chlorine not the cause of Rocori illnesses

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
Officials in Cold Spring say they are at a loss to explain why 38 people became sick at the Rocori High School pool Wednesday.

Colleges brace for thinning population of high school graduates

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
A new study predicts the number of Minnesota high school students heading to college reaches a peak this year and next, then steadily falls off.

Police arrest two dozen protesters

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
Police say they arrested two dozen people at an anti-war rally on the University of Minnesota campus today.

Budding future scientists gather in St. Paul

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
At a hotel ballroom in downtown St. Paul, over 400 young people were standing beside their projects and posterboards.

Minneapolis school district dispute graduation rate report

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
Minneapolis school officials dispute a report released on Tuesday putting the district among the worst performers in the nation when it comes to graduation rates.

Minn. House supports background checks for school coaches

02.04.2008 10:42    minnesota.publicradio.org
Coaches and leaders of other school activitieswould be in for some extra scrutiny under a House bill that aims toprotect children from sexual exploitation.

'We're Close'

02.04.2008 10:17    casperstartribune.net
More than half of Natrona County's starters are underclassmen, and four are freshmen.
USA    Sports

Sound findings

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
During the annual conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections at Stanford March 26-29, audio historian David Giovannoni showed a slide of a visual recording of a woman singing a snippet of "Au Clair de la Lune," a French
Sound findings

President, faculty headed to Asia for 'Leading Matters' tour

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
With President John Hennessy at the helm, Stanford will make the first overseas stops this month on its ambitious "Leading Matters" tour, presenting programs to alumni in Hong Kong on April 19 and in Tokyo on April 22.
President, faculty headed to Asia for 'Leading Matters' tour

Mooney wins prestigious prize for environmental achievement

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
Harold Mooney has been awarded the 2008 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work in helping to transform ecology into a global discipline.
Mooney wins prestigious prize for environmental achievement

Professor receives $10 million grant from Saudi university

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
It's a decision any researcher would love to face: how to spend $10 million. Yi Cui, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford who specializes in nanotechnology, knows where he's going with his grant: back to the
Professor receives $10 million grant from Saudi university

Phytoplankton species deviates from norm: No CO2 absorbed in photosynthesis

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
A widespread species of ocean-dwelling microorganisms has been found to employ a never-before-seen alternative method of photosynthesis.

Louis London, engineering expert on heat transfer, dead at 94

02.04.2008 08:40    news-service.stanford.edu
Louis London, a Stanford mechanical engineering professor known for his expertise on heat transfer in machinery, as well for as the red ink he used to critique his students' papers, has died. He was 94.

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