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Giles-Gee will leave this summer to serve as president of Pennsylvania’s University of the Sciences.
Read more: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/962624-227/keene-state-president-wants-to-keep-momentum.html
Governor Tom Corbett's Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education will hold its second regional public meeting on Friday, June 1, in Philadelphia. Scheduled speakers include Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff Peter Miller.
Read more: http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-post-secondary-commission-to-meet,0,7627998.story
"People hear the word 'occupational' and think it just refers to your job," says Hanna Hyon, who just received a master's in occupational therapy from Samson College of Health Sciences at the University of the Sciences. "But actually, it's all your activities -- all the ways you occupy your time." This includes
job-related activities, but also cooking and cleaning. It also means hobbies, sports and games.
The City Planning Commission, Commerce Department, and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.
are finalizing a Lower Schuylkill master plan to transform the 4,100 acres into another Route 202 corridor - a hub for businesses, technology start-ups, industry, and research spun out of nearby universities and medical schools…One goal will be to link the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Children’s Hospital, and the University of the Sciences south to Bartram’s Garden, part of the Fairmount Park system, and beyond.
6ABC and the Tribune covered graduation.
Former basketball star Melissa Rotz will receive her doctor of Pharmacy degree and deliver the valedictory speech at the University of the Sciences graduation ceremony.
A Mix of Science Popularization and Experimental Beer: The Inquirer's Faye Flam would give University of the Sciences chemistry professor Fred Schaefer an A+ in science explanation. He not only enjoys teaching students, he volunteers a serious chunk of his time to demonstrate chemistry to kids of all ages. The demos happen every month at a restaurant/brewery in Germantown with the memorable name Earth, Bread and Brewery.
Read: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/evolution/152612755.html
On the flip side, scientist Ara DerMarderosian, Ph.D., of the University of the Sciences, tells 6ABC that some ingredients that sound complex may actually be natural, such as polysaccharides.
Watch: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/special_reports&id=8671134
Local paper recognizes Dr. Paula Kramer's AOTA award.
Read: http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2012/05/17/cranbury_press/news/doc4fb56e2ec6922789781955.txt
Oleg Zvenigorodsky graduated cum laude from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and completed a post-doctoral drug safety fellowship at Johnson & Johnson, after which he was hired by the company to work in their Global Medical Safety department.
Read more: http://studentdoctor.net/2012/05/20-questions-oleg-zvenigorodsky-pharmd/
