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11 Oct 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 1 Sept – Student Affairs Division (BHEP) of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organized a Ziarah Amal Ramadan program, set to provide assistance for less fortunate students in their preparation for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
11 Oct 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 1 Sept – Raja Muda of Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah Ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah paid an official visit to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
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11 Oct 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 29 Sept – Held in a jovial setting and 5000 guests delightfully entertained, Eid celebration held in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) went smoothly with everyone leaving with a big smile.
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11 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
PENANG, 3 October: Universities have been urged to find ways to forge close ties with the community to enable them to play their role as drivers for national advancement.
11 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
PENANG, 3 October: The campus community, particularly the students should get up close and personal with the local community to enable them to acquire ‘community knowledge’ in order to complete the formal education received in the lecture halls.
11 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
PENANG, 4 October: Universiti Sains Malaysia will be the first university in the country to introduce promotions for academic staff based on their involvement in community programmes.
11 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
It was 35 years ago, in April 1975, that the Khmer Rouge (KR) defeated the Lon Nol regime of Cambodia. Just last month, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal released a 143-page report on a demographic survey of the "killing fields" under the Democratic Kampuchea government.
11 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: From an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times.
11 Oct 2010
Prince of Songkla University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boonsom Siribumrungsukha , PSU president, revealed that at present the three southern border provinces are facing a serious lack of professional legal authorities with expertise in Islamic law.
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07 Oct 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Innovation helps the world's poor feed their families
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01 Oct 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 3 September – The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak appealed to motorists to drive safely on their way back home in conjunction with the Aidilfitri celebration.
01 Oct 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boonsom Siribumrungsukha , PSU president, revealed that at present the three southern border provinces are facing a serious lack of professional legal authorities with expertise in Islamic law.
01 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The International Day of Peace (IDP) is celebrated every year on Sept 21. This year, it is directed at young people — the generation that will become the leaders of the future and who will ensure that peace will prevail.
01 Oct 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
"IF scientists can genetically modify food and NASA can send missions to Mars, politicians must be able to find resources to get millions of children into school and change the prospects of a generation of children," said Global Campaign for Education president Kailash Satyarthi.
21 Sep 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
PUTRAJAYA, 21 July – The Ministry of Higher Education has announced Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) as one of the top four public institutes of higher learning (IPTA) to retain the Research University (RU) title.
21 Sep 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: Anything to do with the 9/11 incident has been divisive from the start, be it religion, politics or even development issues on what is now known as ground zero.
21 Sep 2010
Prince of Songkla University
Songklanagarind Hospital has won one gold and two silver medals in Kaizen Suggestion System Category, Thailand Kaizen Award 2010.
17 Sep 2010
RIKEN
Kathrin Goldammer writes to Tsumoru Shintake, Technical Director and Construction Leader at the XFEL/SPring-8 Accelerator
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11 Sep 2010
Waseda University
The Waseda University Library came into existence in 1882. The library was established together with the founding of Tokyo Senmon Gakko, a school which was the precursor to Waseda University.
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11 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Kaoru Nakao of Waseda's Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum writes about Kyuen Kawasaki (1874-1961) who was praised and revered as a master during his performances in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods.
11 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Rikuo Takagi from Waseda University Library writes on Qing dynasty diplomat, Qian Xun, (1853-1927) who said “Waseda University is liberal and broad-minded, akin to schools in America”
11 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Prof. Hisao Takamatsu writes on the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Literature Department at the Tokyo Technical School, the forerunner of Waseda University.
11 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Prof. Yasuaki Muto writes on reform of the Japan Sumo Association.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Language change involves changes in power relationships, and groups whose vested interest of the language they have used up to the present is threatened would attempt to reject it completely, because language skill cannot be easily acquired or replaced, and it represents people’s identity.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
Shanghai has achieved significant growth over the last twenty years and it is now the richest region in China. It is quite fitting that the Expo, an engine for further economic development, be held in Shanghai.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
The sight of the newborn state of East Timor, together with Indonesia leading the way for the democratization of Southeast Asia reflects a bizarre twist of fate.
09 Sep 2010
Waseda University
As a backdrop to these times, I think the key to the welfare state getting past the barriers to realize minimal state (re)distribution and free equality is destined to be found in Basic Income.
31 Aug 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC-supported Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative launched a new tool last month that provides new ways of understanding poverty around the world.
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31 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will assist in rthe setting up of the Albukhary International University (AIU), the only private university set up specifically to help the underprivileged obtain access to higher education.

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Giants in history

Vietnamese surgeon Tôn Thất Tùng (10 May 1912 – 7 May 1982) developed a pioneering technique that reduced the risks and mortality rate of liver operations.
Michiaki Takahashi (17 February 1928 – 16 December 2013) was a Japanese virologist who developed the first chickenpox vaccine.
Maggie Lim (5 January 1913 – November 1995) was a Singaporean physician who promoted family planning and expanded the access to clinics to improve the quality of life for mothers and children in Singapore’s early days.
The founder of the Adyar Cancer Institute in India, Muthulakshmi Reddy (30 July 1886 – 22 July 1968), fought to uplift women and girls from impoverished situations.
Through her iconic stories featuring fictional scenes from the history of the Philippines, language teacher and academic Genoveva Matute (3 January 1915 – 21 March 2009) helped strengthen the Filipino identity.
Rajeshwari Chatterjee (24 January 1922 – 3 September 2010) was the first female engineer from Karnataka in India.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).
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Little is known about Ali, a teenager from Sarawak, Malaysia, who was chief assistant to the famous naturalist Alfred Wallace. Most of what is known comes from Wallace’s writings. Ali accompanied Wallace on expeditions throughout the Malay Archipelago from December 1855 to February 1862.
Indian scientist and physician Upendranath Brahmachari (19 December 1873–6 February 1946) is best known for creating a drug called Urea Stibamine, used to safely and reliably treat visceral leishmaniasis (or Kala-azar), a severe infection caused by the Leishmania parasite.
Sir Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry Vishveshwarayya (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962) is widely regarded as India’s most outstanding engineer. In a career that spanned almost his entire life, Vishveshwarayya played a pivotal role in several engineering projects, including designing the Krishnarajasagara dam that is still the source of irrigation and drinking water for parts of Karnataka today.
Tsuneko (7 June 1933) and Reiji Okazaki (8 October 1930 – 1 August 1975) were a Japanese couple who discovered Okazaki fragments – short sequences of DNA that are synthesized during DNA replication and linked together to form a continuous strand.