Experts: Media perpetuated race-based vote myth Nov 15, 2008
The Facing Race conference, at the Marriott hotel in downtown Oakland, was organized by the Applied Research Center, a public policy institute that uses research, advocacy and journalism to promote racial justice. The three-day event began Thursday. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Retired educators stimulate Calaveras County's economy Oct 14, 2008
The study was conducted by Dr. Robert Fountain, professor emeritus and director of the CSUS Applied Research Center, and Dr. Robert Waste, professor of public policy and administration at CSUS. In their analysis, the researchers used the economic impact model called IMPLAN (Impact Analysis for Planning), which was developed by the federal government and is widely used for economic impact studies. In addition to statewide calculations of impacts, the study also broke down economic impacts by... (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
OSU names four candidates for climate research job (52) Sep 3, 2008
He directs the Applied Research Center for NOAA s Climate Program Office, and is the science lead for the NOAA Climate Reference Network. Easterling also was a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Trends & talk around the town Jul 27, 2008
About 20 students and faculty in Tech's new Logistics and Maintenance Applied Research Center (LandMARC) are working on the development of a electronic system to help improve the productivity of repair personnel, whose labor accounts for 60 percent of maintenance costs. The system integrates hand-held diagnostic tools, electronic links to supply system computers, wearable computers for displaying repair manuals, computer-based training and airborne data analysis equipment originally developed... (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Solar-powered medical clinic tested May 5, 2008
The idea of "mobile medical readiness" was born at FIU's Applied Research Center as part of the school's role in the Western Hemisphere Information Exchange Program ... "The research really is about looking at those things that are available, and doing a military assesment in the field to see how they stand up under pressure," said Jerry F. Miller, associate director of military programs for the Applied Research Center. (The St. Augustine Record)
Dateline Pittsburgh Jan 28, 2008
David Dombrosky was hired as executive director of the Center for Arts Management and Technology, an applied research center in Carnegie Mellon's Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises. It is a joint program between the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and the College of Fine Arts. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Everything is proceeding as planned, says China Oct 26, 2007
The launch was very successful, and everything is proceeding just as planned, said Wu Ji, director of the Space Science and Applied Research Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Chang e-1 separated from the carrier rocket at 6:29 p.m. and entered into a 16-hour orbit at 205 km perigee and 50,930 km apogee, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC). (Hindu)
China launches first lunar probe Oct 25, 2007
"The launch was very successful, and everything is proceeding just as planned," Wu Ji, director of the Space Science and Applied Research Center, told Xinhua, China's state-run news service. In recent years, China's space program has attracted international attention for its ambitions and fast-rising technological prowess. (International Herald Tribune)
Reclaiming Mother Earth Aug 12, 2007
Its goal was to form an applied research center with a consortium of universities and colleges, obtain the assets of the bankrupt Blue Coal Corp. and conduct extensive environmental restoration of the mine-scarred land, according to a press release from that date. The theory was that high-pressure water jets could be used for mine reclamation and also for recycling old military weapons. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
Plastics future fantastic in prof's view Aug 1, 2007
McCullough has promoted that agenda not only through his academic research, but also by co-founding Plextronics, a fast-growing firm based at the University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center. "Our real contribution to this area," he said in a recent interview, "was to bring this material to the masses by providing a method where you can manufacture it in multi-kilogram quantities, dissolve it and turn it into plastics that conduct electricity easily.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Manufacturing partnership expands locally Jun 13, 2007
The organization also added three board members from local companies and institutions: Mary Isbister, president of Mequon-based General MetalWorks Corp.; Mike Erwin, president of Menomonee Falls-based Tailored Label Products; and John Choren, director, Rapid Prototyping Consortium, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Applied Research Center. Though WMEP has worked with more than 160 southeast Wisconsin manufacturers in the past year, organization president Michael Klonsinski said there are hundreds... (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Do vouchers equal segregation? Jun 4, 2007
"In terms of a voucher program, you may have created broad access for a very small pool of students of color, but overwhelmingly the majority of them still don't have access to quality teachers, rigorous curriculum and all the things conductive to a quality education," said Tammy Johnson, director of race and public policy programs for the Applied Research Center, a think tank focusing on racial justice that is based in Oakland, Calif. Douglas C. Pizac, Associated PressThe NAACP's Jeanetta... (Deseret News)
* Aussie scientists develop scoring system for boxing May 13, 2007
Professor Allan Hahn, the head of the AIS Applied Research Center, said he was greatly encouraged by the success of the Bangkok trial, but admitted the system still had glitches, such as the problem of blocked or deflected blows being scored. "A boxer scores when the glove of one boxer simultaneously impacts with the scoring area of another," Hahn told the newspaper. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Study: CalPERS and CalSTRS have $21B impact on state Apr 20, 2007
The Applied Research Center at California State University Sacramento analyzed the impact of benefit payments to 674,000 retirees and their beneficiaries. Dr. Robert Fountain, research center director, and Dr. Robert Waste, professor of public policy, determined that the $13. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
FIU, Florida Crystals to Develop Ethanol Technology Feb 23, 2007
Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp announced today the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will award FIU's Applied Research Center (ARC) and Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC) a $1M grant to develop cellulosic ethanol technology under the Florida Renewable Energy Technologies Grant Program. The grant, the product of a unique partnership between FIU-ARC and FCC, will identify a pretreatment process that can cost-effectively convert sugar cane bagasse to ethanol. (PR Newswire)
Dairy dreams Jan 21, 2007
The UNH Organic Dairy will serve as both an applied research center for integrated organic production and management and an education center for organic dairy farmers, farmers undergoing or considering transition to organic and students of sustainable agriculture. UNH is the first land-grant university in the nation to launch an organic research dairy farm. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Jamestown seeds reflect survival efforts Jan 10, 2007
This photo released by College of William Applied Research Center and APVA Preservation Virginia shows a tiny 400-year-old uncharred tobacco seed, shown magnified 350 times, that was unearthed by APVA Preservation Virginia archaeologists in a well used by colonists as early as 1610 in Jamestown Island, Va. Story Tools. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Survey Finds Sale-Leasebacks Growing Jan 5, 2007
According to a study by CoreNet Global s Applied Research Center, 6 percent of property will shift from owned to leased property during the next five years. Among the sample surveyed, 52 percent of property is currently owned rather than leased by companies. (Realtor Magazine Online)
