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The purpose of this paper is to describe how two women professors began and sustained a multi-year, collaborative research project. There has been little investigation into collaborative research in the academy, particularly about women working together. This paper is grounded in research collaboration over time and supported by related literature regarding women in academia and collaboration. First, we tell personal stories that describe how our values and contexts of gender, place, family, and age influenced how we navigate academia. Then, we describe our collaboration process and negotiation of a theoretical framework that led to an on-going social justice research agenda. Finally, the paper describes six lessons learned and future directions and ideas for our continued collaborative...
In one of the largest loss of consortium verdicts in history, the parents of a 31-year-old man killed in a highway accident were awarded $13.2 million by a federal jury purely for their noneconomic losses after the man's wife and children had already settled their claims. Matthew Bachrach was killed when his car hit a tractor trailer that had overturned on an interstate highway.
NORMAL - Schools at every grade level are facing funding issues, but that very struggle has prompted them to collaborate more, according to a panel of educators who spoke at the Rotary District 6490 annual conference Saturday. The session was held at the Mariott Hotel & Conference Center in Normal. I think the K-12 schools are doing a great job," said Allen Goben, president of Heartland Community College in Normal. "I think we can partner more effectively, and I think we're going to have to in order to handle these unfunded mandates.
DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford and Toyota, the world's biggest seller of gasoline-electric autos, plan to collaborate to develop a hybrid system for pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles as U.S. fuel- economy rules tighten. The two automakers reached a preliminary agreement that calls for selling vehicles with the technology this decade, as well as working together on in-car communications systems and Internet-based services, according to a joint statement Monday.
SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a research collaboratory in Singapore, where researchers from IBM intend to collaborate with scientists and engineers from public agencies in Singapore to improve the quality of its urban services. The focus of this research effort will be to use sensor networks to more effectively model, predict and manage the use of natural and physical infrastructure resources - water, transport and energy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO)
PORTLAND, Maine -- The Boston Red Sox have special nights for their New England neighbors like State of Maine Day at Fenway Park. The Portland Sea Dogs, the Red Sox's Double-A Eastern League affiliate, has had special community days for fans from specific towns primarily in the Portland area.
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