Washington: A complaint from an Indian-American student who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected by both Harvard and Princeton universities has triggered an investigation by the US Education Department. The unnamed Indian-American student in California complained that the two universities discriminate against Asian-Americans in undergraduate admissions, according to a media Bloomberg report. According to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights the complaint was...
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Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Alan Krueger, the Princeton University economist, as his top adviser to boost the country's economy ahead of the 2012 presidential election. 50-year-old Krueger was designated the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), which is a three-member body to advise the president on economic matters. "Alan understands the difficult challenges our country faces, and I have confidence that he will help...08:55 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Washington: In what could help "build" new biological systems in the future, scientists claim to have created for the first time artificial proteins that enable the growth of living cells. A team at Princeton University has constructed genetic sequences never before seen in nature and showed that they can produce substances which sustain life in cells as readily as proteins produced by nature's own toolkit. "What we've here are molecular...03:27 PM, Jan 08, 2011
Honoured for integrating research in international, economic geography. ...05:17 PM, Oct 13, 2008
Pune Warriors India: 20th over: 138 for 9. Vinay Kumar goes back with excellent figures of 3 for 32. In batting all credit goes to Gayle, Dilshan and Tiwary. Then when Bangalore came out to defend their total it Zaheer (2 for 21) first up then Vinay Kumar (3 for 32) and Muralitharan (2 for 16). 19th over: 128 for 9. Zaheer completes his spell with figures of 2 for...01:09 AM, May 22, 2008
Now a study shows that tall people not only earn more than their shorter counterparts but are smarter too! ...03:40 PM, Aug 26, 2006
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