American Council of Learned Societies

Type: Organization

Name: American Council of Learned Societies

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Sciences, the Humanities, and the Sequester: Partners in Democracy at Risk

As a current ACLS Public Fellow, I had the privilege earlier this month of attending this year’s American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. ACLS advances learning in all fields of the humanities and social sciences and ... [Published Union of Concerned Scientists - May 22 2013]

Entities: Democracy, Sequester, Sequestration

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Duke University

Essay on crowdsourcing the humanities curriculum

Undergraduate students should join professors in selecting the content of courses taught in the humanities.This is the conclusion I came to after teaching Humanities on Demand: Narratives Gone Viral, a pilot course at Duke University that not only introduced ... [Published Inside Higher Ed - May 20 2013]

Entities: Crowdsourcing, Duke University, American Council of Learned Societies

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

University Of Delaware

For the Record, May 17, 2013

--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.Recent awards, presentations and publications include the following:Seniors give backThe Class of 2013 has achieved ... [Published University of Delaware - May 17 2013]

Entities: University Of Delaware, Dalit, American Council of Learned Societies, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

National Endowment for the Humanities

Exhaustive computer research project shows shift in English language

This graph shows a sharp increase in the use of “informal” Old English words in literary writing after 1800. Credit: Ted UnderwoodUniversity of Illinois English professor Ted Underwood recently wrapped up a research project involving more than 4,200 books. ... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: American Council of Learned Societies, Stanford University Press, National Endowment for the Humanities, Google Books, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

European Commission

The Dutch Ambassador

Mr. Vincent Piket 彭家傑 assumed his duties as Head of Office of the European Union (EU) to Hong Kong and Macao in September.Mr. Piket has been with the EU since 1992, serving more than 10 years in posts on Central and Eastern Europe, and seven years in ... [Published Macau Daily Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: European Commission, European Union, American Council of Learned Societies

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

University of Michigan

U-M professors win prestigious fellowships in the humanities

ANN ARBOR—Six professors from the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts are among 88 faculty members nationwide awarded fellowships by the American Council of Learned Societies.Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy; ... [Published University of Michigan - May 10 2013]

Entities: American Council of Learned Societies, Elizabeth Anderson, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Six receive Plesur awards

Sharon Hewner, assistant professor, School of Nursing. Hewner’s areas of research are wide and varied, and include the culture of safety, end-of-life cost trends, return-on-investment analysis, population health analysis and female post-reproductive frailty. ... [Published University at Buffalo Reporter - May 09 2013]

Entities: Teaching, American Council of Learned Societies, Organization of American Historians

First reported Dec 11 2012 - Updated Dec 11 2012 - 1 reports

Classics Scholar Appointed as Chair of Learned Societies Council

Georgetown's James O'Donnell, university professor and classics scholar, will become the new board chair for the American Council of Learned Societies. ... [Published Georgetown University News - Dec 11 2012]

Entities: Appointed, American Council of Learned Societies

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For the Record, May 17, 2013 [Published University of Delaware - May 17 2013]

"What I'm trying to do now is create tools that will make it easier for other researchers to use this bigger collection" he said

Exhaustive computer research project shows shift in English language [Published PhysOrg.com - May 16 2013]

The mission of the American Council of Learned Societies is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." ACLS, a private, nonprofit federation of 71 national scholarly organizations, is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities...

U-M professors win prestigious fellowships in the humanities [Published University of Michigan - May 10 2013]

Robert "Bob" Rubin, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury, Co-Chairman of the CouncilCouncil on Foreign Relations: "The rise of China presents significant opportunities and issues for the U S and other nations. By providing outstanding young students from around the world with greater knowledge of China's economic, political and social dynamics and motivations, Schwarzman Scholars will better prepare them to engage constructively with those challenges. This program is well timed and carefully designed for the transforming global economy and geopolitics of the 21st Century."

American Financier Stephen A. Schwarzman Endows International Scholarship Program in China [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - Apr 21 2013]