India Colleges » Social Science Degrees

Bellevue couple gets 1-year suspended sentence for starving their baby

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Rocking her pregnant belly back and forth and dabbing her tears with a tissue, Brittainy Labberton said she wished she had not been so careless toward her young one as she stood before a King County Superior Court judge on Sept. 3.

View original post here:
Bellevue couple gets 1-year suspended sentence for starving their baby

Survey highlights state of regulatory affairs profession

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:10:06 +0000

About 34% of regulatory affairs professionals are involved in comparative effectiveness research, health technology assessment, and reimbursement, compared with 25% just 2 years ago, according to a new survey released in August by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). The…

Originally posted here:
Survey highlights state of regulatory affairs profession

From the Nobel Prize to Third World Medicine: An Interview With Peter Agre

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:51 +0000

Physician-scientist Peter Agre’s biggest research contribution to date is his discovery of aquaporins, the proteins that regulate and facilitate the transport of water molecules across cell membranes. Aquaporins are important in physiological processes such as kidney concentration and spinal fluid…

Visit link:
From the Nobel Prize to Third World Medicine: An Interview With Peter Agre

Program Evaluation of The Commonwealth Seminar-Undergraduate Opportunity

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:46:13 +0000

Nature of Reseach : Program Evaluation of The Commonwealth Seminar, a Barr Foundation-funded program designed to provide legislative training, networking opportunities with top policymakers, and public service job opportunities for diverse leaders in Massachusetts.

Link:
Program Evaluation of The Commonwealth Seminar-Undergraduate Opportunity

Data Processing and Analysis for a Study of Religion and Politics

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:12:03 +0000

The Islam in the West Program of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies is looking for a graduate student (or an advanced undergraduate) to assist with data processing and analysis for a study of religion and politics. read more

Read more from the original source:
Data Processing and Analysis for a Study of Religion and Politics

University of California postdocs ratify first union contract

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:20:46 +0000

By a vote of 2588 in favor to 121 opposed, the postdocs of the University of California’s ten campuses have approved the first contract negotiated between their union and the university. The union, PRO/UAW (formally known as Postdoctoral Researchers Organize/United…

Continue reading here:
University of California postdocs ratify first union contract

Your tax dollars at work in Sri Lanka

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:59:43 +0000

With millions of Americans, including many with technical and scientific qualifications, struggling to find work in a brutal job market, readers of Information Week were surprised to learn of a program by their government’s US Agency for International Development that…

See the original post here:
Your tax dollars at work in Sri Lanka

Postdoc union reaches tentative contract agreement with University of California

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:34:54 +0000

Perhaps the longest-running soap opera in academic science ended early Saturday morning when PRO/UAW, the union representing the more than 5000 postdocs on the University of California’s ten campuses, reached a tentative agreement on a first contract with the University…

View original post here:
Postdoc union reaches tentative contract agreement with University of California

Dead Horse leads to arrest of 60-year-old South Kitsap woman

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:31:00 +0000

A 60-year-old South Kitsap woman, Roni Gail Myers, was arrested Wednesday evening for animal cruelty in the first degree after neighbors complained of a horrible smell coming from her property. She was released Thursday morning on personal recognizance.

Continue reading here:
Dead Horse leads to arrest of 60-year-old South Kitsap woman

Candidates scheduled for Tea Party gathering on San Juan Island July 31

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Jonah Goldberg, editor of National Review Online, conservative author and political analyst, will be the featured speaker at the Salmon BBQ and Tea Party on July 31, 2-6 p.m., at the Big Red Barn, 1721 Cattle Point Road in Friday Harbor.

Read more from the original source:
Candidates scheduled for Tea Party gathering on San Juan Island July 31