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Surrey academic wins air quality’s ‘Nobel Prize’  

Envirotec Magazine

. “P rashant lives by GCARE’s ethos – clean air for all. We are proud that his work at Surrey has been recognised with this prestigious Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. This year’s awardees reflect the necessary and diverse work that is needed to achieve clean air. ”

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As corporate leaders pledge to embrace purpose beyond profit, are business schools keeping up?

Corporate Knights

As schools revamp curricula, calls mount to rethink traditional research and academic promotion practices. “We Amid some progress, he cites a peer-reviewed academic journal’s decision to accept scholarly papers on how marketing can contribute to a better world. Some academics successfully pivoted years ago.

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Medtronic Among America’s Best Companies for Workplace Fairness

3BL Media

The program pays 100% of tuition directly to the academic institution, with no need for reimbursement and no strings attached. “It Since 2001, the Fair360 survey has recognized large U.S. It was a game-changer for me,” Candi said. The program became especially important after my husband lost his job.

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Direct Relief Announces Appointment of Three Directors to Board

3BL Media

Prior to that, she was the 37th Director of the United States Mint, a position she held from 2001 to 2005. He is a highly regarded clinician and healthcare leader with a wealth of experience in global partnerships, international patient services, health system development and academic medicine. Department of State. Currently Ms.

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How a National Program Is Turning Suspension From School Into a Positive Experience

3BL Media

He points to Ontario, where, since the Safe Schools Act came into effect in 2001, alternative suspension education provisions for long-term suspensions have been mandated for all school boards. “I

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Green Bronx Machine and Quest Diagnostics Foundation Team up to Expand Acclaimed Indoor Gardening Curriculum to Inspire Healthier Students

3BL Media

Beyond academics, the food grown is used to enhance the health of the students and their communities through improved nutrition. In these classrooms, students and teachers will grow vegetables using the Tower Gardens® aeroponic growing system and use plant life to teach multiple subjects including science, math, and language arts.

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Our People: Anne Bertelsmann Engineers a Distinguished Career

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I wanted to experience a different academic environment and broaden my horizons,” said Bertelsmann. She joined the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Chemical Exam Development Committee in 2001 and began serving in leadership roles in 2008. In 1993, she moved to the U.S.

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