from the Berkeley Blog An alternative funding model to support higher ed excellence Andrew Szeri, professor of mechanical engineering | 3/30/10 | 4 comments | Leave a comment Cuts in state support and the subsequent increases in fees are leading many students to take out loans. This is very regretta[...]
Archive for October 10th, 2011
October 10th, 2011 - 12:53 pm § in Schools & Colleges
from the Berkeley Blog: A Different Funding Model
October 10th, 2011 - 12:07 pm § in Misc.
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Is the NIH Imploding?
IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. Figures just published on Genomeweb look grim. The good news is that the NIH grant success rate is now 17.4%. The bad news […][...]
Studying the Genetics Of Health
Complete Genomics to Sequence “Wellderly” Study Genomes Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer Eric Topol might want to meet Edwin Abbott Abbott. Abbott, in his 19th century novel Flatland, wrote about a world where disease is punished as crime while crime is treated as disease. P[...]
October 10th, 2011 - 4:35 am § in Misc.
Nigeria: An ugly story.
Apparently spurred by the revelation coming from a Lagos State High Court, through Major Hamza al-Mustapha, over circumstances surrounding the death of their brother, two siblings of the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola have gone public. Thee men are half-brothers of the winner of the June 12, 1993 Nige[...]