Study Abroad News Archive

03-Jul-2008

 

War and remembrance (Daily News Journal)An MTSU history professor will accompany students and members of the community on an exploration of the Central Pacific World War II battlefields of Guam, Iwo Jima and Pelelieu in the Spring 2009 semester. Dr. Derek Frisby, who is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, says the trip is part of MTSU's Study Abroad program (MT Abroad) and will offer students college credit for studying in ...

Case Study: 'The NHS is fine - if you're at death's door' (Times Online)Mary Webb, who is in her sixties, travelled to Malta in April for a knee replacement operation. It cost her about £5,000 to have it done privately, and she says she would have been delighted to have saved the money if she could have travelled abroad and been paid for by the NHS.

Journey to Kenya; Cody Sehl's love of animals leads to study abroad (Gaylord Herald Times)GAYLORD ? Cody Sehl, 19, recently returned from a Michigan State University study abroad program in Kenya.

Malaria on the increase in the UK (EurekAlert!)Between 1987󈟇 there were 5120 reported cases of the potentially fatal faliciparum malaria, increasing to 6753 in 2002𔃄. These findings highlight the urgent need for health messages and services targeted at travellers from migrant groups visiting friends and family abroad, say the authors.

Deadliest malaria cases on rise in UK: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An increase in Britons traveling to malaria-infested countries has steadily increased the number of imported cases of the disease over the past 20 years, researchers said on Friday.

Deaf native of Ghana fulfills dream to be citizen (Newsday)Any time he got a break from his job cleaning the fourth floor at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Joe Sarpong would duck into a closet and study a notebook.

Study abroad through Second Life (The Christian Science Monitor)Virtual college campuses host international student exchanges.

Deadliest malaria cases on rise in UK-study (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Michael Kahn LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - An increase in Britons travelling to malaria-infested countries has steadily increased the number of imported cases of the disease over the past 20 years, ...

Coaching IIT aspirants a Rs.100 bn business: study (New Kerala)New Delhi, July 2 : Private academies that train students for entrance exams of the Indian Institutes of Technology and other prestigious engineering colleges mint Rs.100 billion ($2.30 billion) a year - an amount that can fund 30 to 40 new IITs, shows a study by an industry body.

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