Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Building a sustainable future for higher education

The people who design and build universities will meet in Bath next week to discuss the challenge of developing environmentally sustainable campuses within tight higher education budgets. The conference will be hosted by the University of Bath from 2-4 April.

Read more »

Keywords: building, sustainable, future, higher, education

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Building a sustainable future for higher education":

1. Leaders at MIT explore 'enertech' future
   12-15-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   Massachusetts governor-elect Deval Patrick joined more than 80 representatives of industry, finance, government, higher education and nonprofits from around the region at the first Massachusetts Energy Summit at MIT Dec. 13.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Hopeful nurses are more comfortable, confident in caring for dying children
   01-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Nurses with higher levels of hopefulness are more likely to report feeling confident and competent in their ability to care for dying children and their families. Based on a survey of hundreds of pediatric nurses, researchers found that nurses who were more confident about their skills also were more likely to have received education in palliative care -- the practice of providing high-quality, responsive care to patients with a life-threatening illness.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Education does not protect against age-related memory loss, say USC researchers
   01-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Adults over 70 with higher levels of education forgot words at a greater rate than those with less education, according to a new study from the University of Southern California. The findings, published in the current issue of Research on Aging, suggest that after age 70, educated adults may begin to lose the ability to use their schooling to compensate for normal, age-related memory loss.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Is biodiversity the future of farming?
   02-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
   If we can design complex farming systems that are less energy intensive, more resilient in unstable climates, and that begin to out-produce industrial monocultures, the economic advantages may be an incentive to change, says author Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, in the March-April 2007 issue of Agronomy Journal.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. U of M researchers find ceiling height can affect how a person thinks, feels and acts
   04-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   For years contractors, real estate agents and event planners have said that whether building, buying or planning an event, a higher or vaulted ceiling is always better. Are they right? Until now there has been no real evidence that ceiling height has any influence or advantage with consumers. But recent research by Joan Meyers-Levy, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, suggests that the way people think and act is affected by ceiling height.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Economists put much higher value on loss of loved ones than courts
   05-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of London's Institute of Education have produced new research that shows the UK court system considerably undervalues the impact of the loss of a loved one when deciding financial compensation for surviving family members.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Higher education is associated with lower cancer death rate
   09-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Having at least some education beyond high school is associated with a decreased risk of dying from cancer among black and white men and women, according to a study published online September 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Major population centers may be at risk; building codes must reflect new seismic data
   02-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Earthquakes in stable continental regions lack sufficient understanding to prepare local populations for future seismic activity, according to a paper published in the February issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Scientists provide a new hazard assessment for Peninsular India to highlight the urgent need to update design standards there in order to construct adequate and safe industrial facilities, dams and community buildings.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Pell grants do and don't lead to increases in higher education tuition
   03-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A comprehensive University of Oregon study of tuition patterns over eight years at 1,554 U.S. colleges and universities has found evidence both for and against claims that increases in the amounts of federal Pell grants drive up the cost of higher education.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Significantly higher success rates with artificial insemination
    02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!
    In future a new method could help some couples who are childless against their will. The microscopic procedure significantly improves the success rate of ICSI. This was discovered by scientists at the University of Bonn together with colleagues from China and industrial partners in a study of 124 women.
    Similar news · Read more »