The Tuck School of Business is pleased to announce that Robert E. Rubin will address the centennial class of 2000 at their investiture ceremony on June 10. Mr. Rubin will also be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Dartmouth President James Wright.
A doctoral student at UAlbany has won a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program for Minorities for his work on urban issues; he is writing his dissertation on "The Politics of Black-Church Based Community Development."
Grinnell College's sociology 260 class isn't your typical classroom experience. This sexuality course places a new emphasis on the Internet and an email discussion group as a tool for the student.
A U.S. Department of Education grant totaling $1.14 million over a three-year period will allow Ohio University's African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies programs to expand their outreach across the state through educational programs for teachers, students and residents.
The University of Tulsa and Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced plans to establish an energy risk management center integrating the latest in trading floor technology with a new graduate program focusing on the integration of financial theory with the practice of risk management in the energy industry.
The overwhelming majority of recent Ball State University graduates strongly believe their college education prepared them for life in the modern workforce.
Ohio University has selected two doctoral programs -- one in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the other in the Department of Psychology -- for the initial round of selective enhancement under a new Ohio Board of Regents directive.
The members of the University of Michigan Medical School's 150th graduating class will embark on their medical careers June 9 with the words of the nation's genetic research leader, Francis Collins, echoing in their ears.
Purdue University will upgrade its research computing facilities with a $10 million IBM supercomputer that will be among the most powerful research tools in the nation.
June 3, UAB journeys to Europe via the WOW.UAB.EDU Web site with a UAB Spanish scholar for two weeks of research into the African experience in Spain.
On June 9, the Smith College School for Social Work will host an unprecedented collaborative conference to mobilize against school violence in western Massachusetts; participating are cops, teachers, social workers, school administrators, parents.
A Purdue University educator's mathematics and science education graduate course creates a virtual classroom where students participate in live classroom discussions, produce multimedia projects and co-write documents through a collaborative distance learning venture.
Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, North Carolina Governor James Hunt, former Ga. Governor Zell Miller and UVA president John Casteen are among those scheduled to speak at a University of Georgia conference focusing on financing and accountability of public higher education.
DuPont has donated a patent estate to the University of Tulsa for development of a little black bead that can house hungry bacteria that then feast on hazardous substances and render them harmless before they damage the environment.
Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of issues.
Purdue University announced 5/23/00 that Martin C. Jischke, president of Iowa State University, will become Purdue's 10th president. The board is expected to confirm the appointment at its June 1 meeting, and Jischke will assume the responsibilities of the office on Aug. 14.
Steven C. Beering will leave a 17-year legacy of growth in academics, facilities and reputation when he relinquishes the Purdue University presidency this summer.
Christopher Merrill has been appointed director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa; he also will have a faculty appointment as professor in the UI department of English.
The educational progress of special needs students for the first time can be gauged and documented, thanks to a computerized program created by Purdue University educators.
Although black students are catching up to their white peers in using computers at school, research by a Princeton University economist suggests a gap has opened in use of the latest technology, such as accessing the Internet.
Pulitzer Prize-winning environmentalist E.O. Wilson to keynote Connecticut College graduation, May 27.
7th- and 8th-grade students at Cedars-Sinai's third annual "Brainworks" will perform simulated brain surgery using a teaching tool developed by a surgical equipment manufacturer; in addition, they will meet dogs that are part of the pet therapy program, dress in surgical scrubs, and get a close look at the brains of sheep.
When Jonathan B. Stolzenberg receives a degree from Trinity at the school's 174th commencement on Sunday, it won't be the first time he has received a college degree, but it will be the most meaningful.
Benjamin S. Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon and author, advised the Ursinus Class of 2000 that success is about using your God-given talents, developing them to the extent that you lift up and become valuable to the people around you.
Actress Uta Hagen, glass artist Harvey K. Littleton and former Cargill chief executive officer Ernest S. Micek will deliver the "Charge to the Graduates" at University of Wisconsin, Madison, ceremonies May 20-21.
The Medical College of Wisconsin will honor a leading national advocate for the health and safety of children, two of its trustees and three distinguished faculty members at its 87th commencement exercises on May 20.
The School of Management at Boston University announced a unique program offering concurrent Masters degrees in business and information systems to prepare future CEOs for the new economy.
Students are proving that small liberal arts colleges are more than capable of competing with much larger and much better known schools across the country, said Grove City College's dean of the School of Arts & Letters.
Lewis University is honoring Philip J. Rock, chairman of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, best known for his service in the Illinois State Senate where he held the position of president and majority leader longer than anyone in the state's history.
Actress and School for the Arts alumna Olympia Dukakis will receive an honorary degree at Boston University's 127th commencement exercises on May 21; Tom Wolfe will deliver the BU commencement address.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist in track and holder of world and Olympic records, will give the address when DePauw University awards more than 500 bachelor's degrees in its 107th Commencement on May 20.
Thomas R. Reardon, President, AMA, told Colorado State University graduates that no matter what your field of study, your success is only going to be found in others, in serving others, in finding the good and the right and the noble in your situation and, then, in sharing it with another person.
Robert A. Skotheim, president of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., will speak at Gustavus Adolphus College's commencement.
George Tenet, the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence; U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and composer Philip Glass are among the featured speakers at Johns Hopkins University commencement ceremonies May 24-25.
When representatives of seven Asian colleges and universities gather for a conference in San Francisco, they will have a common goal -- creating an academic structure that will further engage Trinity College students and faculty in learning in Asia.
Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, a Democrat from Maine who recently brokered the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland, will deliver the address at Emory University's 155th commencement on May 15.
The University of Texas at Austin announced that San Antonio businessman Red McCombs, owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, has given a $50 million cash gift to the university's business school, which will be named the Red McCombs School of Business.
Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers and opera legend Barbara Conrad, both University of Texas at Austin distinguished alumni, will highlight the University's May 20 evening commencement ceremony.
Arizona State University has announced that Charles J. Arntzen, currently president and CEO of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, will join ASU as the Nelson Presidential Chair in Plant Biology.
Sworn in two years ago as the 16th Surgeon General of the U.S., David Satcher will address the candidates for professional degrees when he delivers University of Maryland Baltimore's commencement address on May 26.
W. Ian Lipkin, a 1974 graduate of Sarah Lawrence, a physician and molecular neurobiologist will address the graduating class at Sarah Lawrence College's 71st commencement on May 19.
To introduce youngsters to physics, water conservation, turfgrass research, and other scientific concepts, Mississippi State University is driving area youngsters to the golf course.
As one of the nation's foremost advocates for enhancing the lives of future generations through health and social service programs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will be the guest speaker at New York University School of Medicine's Commencement Day Exercise on May 11.
David Neff, executive editor of "Christianity Today" and "Books & Culture" magazines, will deliver the Samford University commencement address on May 20.
Vermont's U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders -- the country's only Independent representative in Congress -- will address 44 graduating seniors at Marlboro College's 53rd Commencement on May 14.
President Clinton today named 200 teachers to receive the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's highest honor for mathematics and science teachers in grades K through 12.
Approximately 2,000 Hofstra University students will take part in commencement activities, May 21 and 22. Speakers include Maurice R. Greenberg, Cy Coleman, Hon. Richard Conway Casey, Jeffrey Lyons, John H. Marburger III, and Raymond A. Jansen.
University at Albany Professor John Delano, a nationally known geochemist who is working with NASA to investigate the origins of life, will be the featured speaker at UAlbany's 156th undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 21.
Rodrigo Rato, deputy prime minister of Spain and minister of the economy and Haas MBA from the class of 1974, will give the commencement address at this year's Haas graduation ceremonies on May 21.
Aether Systems, Inc., and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have initiated a $510,000 research and education partnership to strengthen the Baltimore region's role in the rapidly growing field of wireless and mobile computing.
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