Music's Dr. Dre, Iovine give $70 million to USC academic program May 15th, 2013 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have donated $70 million to establish an entrepreneurial undergraduate program at the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles school said on Wednesday. The gift will creat... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : music's, iovine, give, million, academic, program, Top Keywords

Stephen Hawking backs boycott of Israeli academics May 8th, 2013 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. (Source: Associate... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stephen, hawking, backs, boycott, israeli, academics, Top Keywords

Afghan academics fired for 'offensive' ethnic book Jun 20th, 2012 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday sacked four academics from a leading research centre over a book that sparked fury for reportedly insulting the Hazara ethnic group. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghan, academics, fired, 'offensive', ethnic, book, Top Keywords

Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT May 17th, 2012 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces S... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : venezuelanborn, academic, named, president, ethnic, book, Top Keywords

For Mo. students, cell phone debate isn't academic Dec 17th, 2011 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) The text was about something innocuous: A request to go to the county fair. It set off a highway pileup that took two lives, injured dozens and left two school buses and a pickup truck in a crumpled heap. (Source: AP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : students, cell, phone, debate, isn't, academic, Top Keywords

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets academic Sergei ... Oct 13th, 2011 - 19:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets academic Sergei Kovokin (2nd R), paralympic sportsman Mikhail Trentyev (R) and head of the Russian Society for the disabled Tatiana Korbuzova during a meeting in Moscow's Kremlin October 13... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : russian, president, dmitry, medvedev, meets, academic, sergei, Top Keywords

Paris-based Syrian academic Burhan Ghalioun, arrives for a meeting ... Oct 9th, 2011 - 08:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Paris-based Syrian academic Burhan Ghalioun, arrives for a meeting with members of Syria's opposition in Akersberga, north of Stockholm October 8, 2011. REUTERS/Christine Olsson/Scanpix... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : parisbased, syrian, academic, burhan, ghalioun, arrives, meeting, Top Keywords

Dozens of Australian academics have signed a letter demanding ... Jun 28th, 2011 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) (AFP/Getty Images/File) - Dozens of Australian academics have signed a letter demanding a lecture by British climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton, pictured, be axed after he compared the country's climate adviser to Hitler.(AFP/Getty Images/... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dozens, australian, academics, have, signed, letter, demanding, Top Keywords

Photo illustration. Leading British academics are to launch ... Jun 5th, 2011 - 06:20h (CET +01.00) (AFP/Illustration) - Photo illustration. Leading British academics are to launch a private university aimed at rivaling Oxford and Cambridge that will charge tuition fees of £18,000 ($30,000) a year, a report said Sunday.(AFP/Illustration/Jaafar Ash... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : photo, illustration, leading, british, academics, launch, demanding, Top Keywords

An Australian academic has praised the increasing use of social ... Mar 18th, 2011 - 06:20h (CET +01.00) (AFP/File) - An Australian academic has praised the increasing use of social media during disasters, saying there had been a "beautiful display of humanity" on Facebook during recent catastrophes.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : australian, academic, praised, increasing, social, launch, demanding, Top Keywords