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“Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University invites you ... (BRAMA)” plus 3 more

“Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University invites you ... (BRAMA)” plus 3 more

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University invites you ... (BRAMA)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:13 PM PST

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University invites you to:

FM GALICIA

an evening with writer TARAS PROKHASKO


7:30PM

Harriman Atrium
International Affairs Building
420 West 118th St.


Taras Prokhasko was born in 1968 in Ivano-Frankivsk. He studied
Biology at Lviv University. He has worked as a radio operator, an
editor, a bartender, the host of a radio program, a forester, a
teacher, a gallery proprietor, a screen writer, a video operator and a
gardener. For the past ten years he has worked as a journalist. He
is the author of Inshi dni Anny (Annas Other Days, 1998), FM
Halychyna (FM Galicia, 2001), Neprosti (The UnSimple, 2002), Leksykon
tayemnykh znan (Lexicon of Secretive Knowledge, 2005), Z tsyoho mozhna
bulo b zrobyty kilka opovidan (Could Have Made a Couple of Stories
from This, 2005), and Port Frankivsk (2006). He has also published a
number of books in his Inshiy Format series featuring interviews he
conducted with leading Ukrainian intellectuals. Several of Mr.
Prokhaskos books have been translated and published in Poland, Russia
and Germany. His novella Necropolis and novel The UnSimple have been
translated and published in English. Taras Prokhasko is the recipient
of the Joseph Conrad Award (2007) as well as Korrespondent magazines
Best Ukrainian Book Award (2006, 2007).



This English-language event is free and open to the public.

The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series is cosponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and by the Kennan Institute. For more information call Dr. Mark Andryczyk at 212-854-4697, or write to ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu.


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Punjab International University to come up in Ludhiana (Express India)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:30 PM PST

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Posted: Monday, Feb 08, 2010 at 2233 hrs IST
Updated: Monday, Feb 08, 2010 at 2233 hrs IST

Chandigarh: The Punjab government will set up Punjab International University near Ludhiana over 35 acre in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, USA . The proposed university as a joint venture project would be promoted by the IREO Group.

A decision to this effect was taken by the Punjab chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal in a meeting with the chief executive officer Carnegie Mellon, Gil Taran who evinced keen interest to set up a new university in the state.

The CM was informed by Taran that the initial proposal would have five schools in the university including engineering and technology, education and teachers training, applied sciences, humanities and languages and management and business studies.

The courses to be run will be fully at par with the courses being run at its US campus. Efforts would be made to have degree awarded by this university to be recognised in the US.

Taran further told CM that the cost of education would be a fraction of the cost which an international student has to pay in US.

Technical courses will be developed in connection with the needs of the local industry. He pointed out that Carnegie Mellon University was rated amongst the top ten universities of US and its robotics department was ranked as the best amongst other departments.

He said that such state-of-the-art educational institutions had also been set up in China, Doha ( Qatar ) and Kazakhstan .

While giving in principle approval to the proposal for setting up this university, the chief minister assured Taran that the entire project would be cleared within two weeks.

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Visit Kenya through UW/CC Center summer course (Casper Journal)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:57 PM PST

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Visit Kenya through UW/CC Center summer course


Saturday, February 6, 2010 2:59 PM MST

Experience Kenya in a summer course offered through the University of Wyoming/Casper College (UW/CC) Center this June. Kenyan native John Kambutu, associate professor of educational studies at the UW/CC Center, will teach the course "International Studies Travel to Kenya" (EDCI 5480/EDEL 4975).

It will allow participants to experience the history, geography, cultures, languages, economy, educational systems, archeology, ecology, paleontology and zoology of this dynamic country located in the continent of Africa. Students will discuss geo-politics, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and ethnic and gender issues.

The 13-day Kenyan adventure begins on June 13, and is packed with activities that will increase the participants' knowledge of Kenyan culture.

Offered to the public for credit or noncredit, this course has limited seats available. Reserve your seat by Feb. 19.

For information or reservations, contact Kambutu at 268-2584, , or visit http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/KAMBUTU/International/International2.htm.

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National Share the Road Highway Safety Program Visits West Virginia International Auto Show (The Auto Channel)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:31 PM PST

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CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The national Share the Road highway safety program has returned to West Virginia for the fourth time in three years to deliver life-saving highway driving tips from the nation's top professional truck drivers.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO)

The 2010 West Virginia International Auto Show provided the perfect backdrop for the elite group of million mile accident-free drivers to share their message of road safety. According to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, West Virginia saw 380 highway fatalities in 2008.

The West Virginia International Auto Show Share the Road stop demonstrated to drivers how to share the road safely with large trucks. The auto show presentation will continue through Sunday, Jan. 31 with drivers available for interviews in the cab of the truck or in studio.

"Being at the West Virginia International Auto Show is an opportunity to talk to a great number of people about highway safety," said Clarence Jenkins, a professional truck driver for UPS Freight from Poca, W. Va. "We can get attendees up inside the cab of a truck to see first-hand the limitations I face on the road everyday. That's why we're out here today - to educate the public and make us all a little safer."

Featured at the auto show are professional truck drivers Ron Hawkins (K-Limited Carriers), Barry Holland (UPS Freight), Clarence Jenkins, Jr. (UPS Freight) and Tony Sperro (ABF Freight System). These drivers are members of an elite team of million-mile, accident-free truck drivers who deliver the trucking industry's safety messages across the country.

West Virginia Motor Truck Association President Jan Vineyard told reporters, "I'm excited to see the Share the Road safety program at the West Virginia International Auto Show educating attendees on the differences professional truck drivers face on the highway. The trucking industry is an integral part of West Virginia's economy, so educational programs like this are paramount to keeping everyone safe and keeping our goods and products moving."

Today's presentation of Share the Road safety measures is important for motorists because:

  --  Over the past decade alone, the large truck fatal crash rate dropped       by 23 percent (USDOT)   --  35 percent of all truck-involved highway fatalities occur in a truck's       blind spots (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration).   --  According to three different studies - including the AAA Traffic       Safety Foundation and DOT, 3 out of 4 truck-involved fatalities are       unintentionally initiated by car drivers.

The safety demonstration today at the West Virginia International Auto Show will continue through Sunday. Reporters will be able to view the road from the truck driver's perspective, and learn up close and personal some of the differences between how cars and large trucks operate on the highways. Today's demonstration was designed to teach specific skills to motorists in order to drive safely around other automobiles and around trucks and large commercial vehicles on the highways, and to arrive safely at their destinations.

Share the Road is a highway safety outreach program of the American Trucking Associations that educates all drivers about sharing the roads safely with large trucks. An elite team of professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles deliver life-saving messages to millions of motorists annually. The safety program is sponsored by Mack Trucks, Inc. and Michelin North America, Inc. www.atastr.org

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