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Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this Independence Day(University of Miami Rosenstiel
school of Marine & Atmospheric Science) As the nation celebrates its birth on the 4th of July, University of Miami Prof. Diego Lirman and fellow coral nursery scientists will be celebrating as well. NOAA
announced that The Nature Conservancy and its partners' staghorn and elkhorn coral recovery projects, including Lirman's nursery in Biscayne National Park, will receive $350K in stimulus support from the ARRA to further develop large-scale, in-water coral nurseries and restore reefs along Florida's southern coast and in the US Virgin Islands.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, July 02, 2009Report calls for new initiative to improve math education for preschoolers(National Academy of Sciences) To ensure that all children enter elementary
school with the foundation they need for success, a major national initiative is needed to improve early childhood mathematics
education, says a new report from the National
research Council.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, July 02, 2009Graduate students win prestigious prizes for their work(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Each year, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awards SIAM Student Paper Prizes to the most outstanding papers submitted to the SIAM Student Paper Prize Competition. SIAM is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 SIAM Student Paper Prizes who will present their papers during the SIAM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., July 6-10.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, July 02, 2009Victorian Home Care Celebrates 30 Years of Service in Monterey and Santa Cruz CountiesVictorian Home Care, a leading provider of in-home personal caregiver services in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties in California, is celebrating 30 years of service to the region's families. ...
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, July 02, 2009Complaints By The Elderly Valuable Information Or Trivialities0 posts What is done when the elderly lodge complaints about their services? elderly care? Why is it that staff describe complaints made by the elderly as "trivialities"? In two recent studies, Tove P...
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, July 02, 2009Pensions 'threat' to Royal MailFailure to resolve the huge pension deficit at the Royal Mail threatens the future of the UK's universal postal service, it has been claimed.Richard Hooper, the businessman whose review suggested part...
Chicago Chronicle Thursday, July 02, 2009Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, MU study finds(University of Missouri-Columbia) As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. Now, a new University of Missouri study has found that overweight children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, July 02, 2009UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Middle
school students who were part of a unique science learning program developed by the University of Texas School of
public health showed significant increases in interest and achievement scores compared to other students, a recent study found.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, July 02, 2009Two Dead PresidentsOn July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, two of America's founding fathers died. Former president Thomas Jefferson died at his Monticello estate...
About Thursday, July 02, 2009More graduates 'out of work'More graduates failed to find a jobs last year after leaving university in the midst of the economic downturn according to an official report.
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