The main objectives of the Project are to promote practical science experimentation and capacity building for science education, to improve science curricula by inclusion of hands-on experimentation for a better understanding of science and to increase the interest of young people in science so as to promote gender equality, scientific literacy and the choice of a scientific career.
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With the new pope being himself a trained scientist -- Francis graduated as a chemical technician before moving on to study philosophy, psychology and theology -- the timing could be right for a new era of cooperation between the Vatican and science, building on the work of the STOQ Project -- Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest -- which was created by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
She said the animal science building would include aquatic, reptile and mammal rooms, a laboratory and six teaching classrooms.
The University of Kentucky is tapping revenue from its athletic department to fund construction of a new science building, he added.
Building on the science, educators and change leaders are beginning to use these insights to unlock a higher level of human accomplishment.
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The Internet's earliest development stretched back to 1969, but Smarr helped speed its development by building the National Science Foundation's fiber backbone.
Another side event on recognizing indigenous and local knowledge and building synergies with science (Item 5 of the agenda) will also be organized by UNESCO.
If there is enough water, they say there is a good chance it could heat the university's new science building and maybe even the local shopping centre.
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Work at the National Composites Centre building at the science park is due to be completed in May, while the SPark One buildings are due to be completed in August.
With the first period half over, the student took direct aim and hit one classmate in the 28-student classroom in the science building of Taft Union High School in Taft, California, authorities said.
Tia Savea, who lives across the street from Taft's science building, said she saw a youth, about 15 or 16 years of age, walk by her window with a gun shortly before the shooting.
She said that it was very boring for her at the office, and the cafeteria was closed, so she had to go over to the science building for coffee and they put hydrochloric acid in it.
One student said she learned one of her classmates was stabbed after leaving the school's Health Science Center building.
There is both art and science to building a great customer experience.
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It shows once again Japan's engagement and commitment to the relevance of UNESCO, to the importance of education, culture and science for building a more humanistic and sustainable world.
This Fund is aimed at enhancing South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
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The allocation under this fund is utilized to enhance South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
What is important for us to remember is that this vision of building peace through education, science, culture, and communication remains the common aspiration that UNESCO aspires to.
Even the building itself is a giant science experiment.
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In addition to this, An intellectual discussion on Science and Capacity Building by esteemed Chief Guest Dr. R P Kapoor and Key Note Speaker, Jaiprakash S. Hasrajani from Taaleem India was conducted.
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At the World Architecture Festival, Nikken Sekkei took home the sustainable building award for its evaporative cooling bioskin building in Tokyo, and science fans successfully purchased Nikola Tesla's old Long Island workshop to turn it into a museum.
Although the outside world may see headlines about fancy projects such as the building of new institutions, the change to science required in Arab countries is not about bricks-and-mortar improvement but about building intellectual capacity.
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If there is, it's unlikely to look like ET, canal-building aliens, or any other science fiction-type fantasy.
In 2006, the University of Texas Health Science Center renamed a building the Fayez S. Sarofim Research Center thanks to his generous contributions.
As the ventures grow, they are also confronting the question of whether coding a broad category of computer-science skills ranging from building websites to data analysis can really go mainstream.
But the venture world has learned some hard lessons on the difficulty of building energy businesses: they face science risk, often take a long time to scale and can be capital intensive.
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Conservation International (CI) - Building upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration, CI empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity for the well-being of humanity.
Lidia Brito, Director of the Science Policy and Capacity-Building Division of UNESCO, is a distinguished panelist at ESOF 2012.
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