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Food for Progress Project in Bangladesh Helps Develop Prawn Farming Market linkage has been established for selling the prawn produced in the area, which has resolved the marketing problem initially faced by the farmers. (Photo credit to Winrock International) A recent Food for Progress (FFP) project in Bangladesh shows how a small effort can have a big […]
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Facebook CEO visits Harvard … … ### Former Harvard student and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stopped by his old stomping grounds to answer a few questions. ### * The above story is adapted from materials provided by Harvard University _________________________________________________________________
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Introducing The Veterans Job Bank … … The White House unveiled several initiatives that will help match our returning Veterans with jobs here at home including the Veterans Job Bank, an online tool of private/public partnerships that allows Veterans to search for available jobs by their skills or their zip code. ### Read also. Open […]
Women’s Health Issues Supplement Showcases Gender-Responsive National HIV/AIDS Programming for U.S. Women and Girls A just-released special supplement to the journal Women’s Health Issues provides in-depth information about gender-specific health considerations of U.S. women and girls in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recommendations for national strategic programmatic improvements to meet their needs. The supplement grew out […]
Statement from Secretary Sebelius on National Native American Heritage Month November 7, 2011 This month we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, to honor American Indians and Alaska Natives who have contributed a great deal to our country. I recently had the opportunity to visit Indian Country in Alaska and I can say first hand […]
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Welcome to HHS & FDA Virtual Hiring Event … … Welcome message from Michael Kawczynski to start the HHS & FDA Virtual Hiring Event, and discusses the schedule for today’s activities. Hard captioning is available in the video. > The FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), an agency within the HHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
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USAID 50th Anniversary event (Nov. 3, Washington, DC.) … Watch the encore presentation of USAID’s 50th Anniversary event below, held on Nov. 3 in Washington, DC. … USAID began with President John F. Kennedy’s vision for foreign assistance. Today USAID continues to save lives and advance opportunity around the world. Celebrating 50 years of Progress […]
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A Study in Stream Ecology … … In this episode we explore how scientists for the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program investigate the ecological health of rivers and streams across the United States. Focusing on a recent sampling effort along the Minam River in northeast Oregon, this video highlights USGS sampling methods for fish, […]
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Announces New Initiatives to Get Veterans Back to Work The overall unemployment rate ticked down last month and our economy has added more than 350,000 private sector jobs over the past three months. But, over 850,000 veterans were unemployed as of October and the jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was […]
Three UGA faculty members among 100 most influential social work journal authors Athens, Ga. – The British Journal of Social Work recently published a study “Influential Publications in Social Work Discourse: The 100 Most Highly Cited Articles in Disciplinary Journals: 2000-09,” which includes three University of Georgia School of Social Work faculty members. The study […]
