Posts tagged ‘Development’

Imran Khan

April 26th, 2011

On 27 April 2008, Khan's brainchild, a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College, was inaugurated. Namal College was built by the Mianwali Development Trust (MDT), as chaired by Khan, and was made an associate college of the University of Bradford (of which Khan is Chancellor) in December 2005. Currently, Khan is building [...]

Space Shuttle

April 13th, 2011

In 1969, President Richard Nixon decided to proceed with Space Shuttle development. In August 1973, the X-24B proved that an unpowered spaceplane could re-enter Earth's atmosphere for a horizontal landing. Space Shuttle Live Video: NASA Announces Space Shuttle Destinations | NYCAviation Watch live video of NASA administrator Charles Bolden announcing which institutions are to receive [...]

Mohali

March 27th, 2011

The Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER) Mohali was established in 2007 by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), to carry out research in frontier areas of science and to provide quality science education at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The foundation stone was laid on 27th September [...]

Don Chu

November 24th, 2010

Mary Deane Sorcinelli, EdD, is Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Professor of Educational Policy and Research Administration, and founding director of the Center For Teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is co-author of Developing a Teaching Portfolio (2000), Heeding New Voices: Academic Careers for a New Generation (2000), and Creating the Future of [...]

Actelion

October 14th, 2010

Orascom Development Holding AG sank 4.7 percent to 52.70 francs. The biggest publicly traded resorts builder in Egypt, said it will sell 4.99 million new shares with a face value of 23.85 francs per share, the Altdorf, Switzerland-based company said in an advertisement in Cairo-based Al Mal newspaper. Actelion Actelion Actelion fell 3.9 percent to [...]