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  History of Chile: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The war of the pacific was fought between chile and the joint forces of bolivia and peru, from 1879 to 1884....
Universidad de chile (spanish university of chile) is one of the oldest universities in america, and the largest and most prestigious in chile....
The "miracle of chile" is a phrase coined by milton friedman to describe the economic reform of chile under augusto pinochet between 1973 and 1983....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_chile.htm   (10252 words)

  
 Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
Chile's strategy is to search for solutions for local needs that have not been addressed overseas.
Chile is the world's largest producer of copper, and copper accounts for about half of the country's exports.
The abyss that currently yawns between university researchers and the needs of industry is considered one of the main constraints on innovation in Chile, as well as in other Latin American nations.
www.technologyreview.com /articles/05/04/issue/feature_gp_chile.asp   (725 words)

  
 The Caltech-Chile Connection
The area was first explored in 1994 by a combined team from the American NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) and the University of Chile Astronomy Department, prompted by earlier measurements of the atmospheric opacity obtained by a team of Japanese astronomers in the nearby highlands.
Chile’s high, dark expanses with exposure to the southern sky and unrivaled “seeing” have lured foreign astronomers for decades, and the nation has always welcomed the astronomers and tried to make it comfortable for them to come.
In addition, the University of Concepción was particularly open to the idea of a radio astronomy program within the engineering department, and Ricardo Bustos switched from the University of Chile to the University of Concepción for his PhD on the CBI.
pr.caltech.edu /periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVII4/chile.html   (5363 words)

  
 Ignacio Domeyko – Spiritual Bridge between Poland and Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Maria Nowakowska, Vice Rector of the Jagiellonian University with Prof.
Initially, as the University Delegate (1852-1867) and later as the rector of the University of Chile (1867-1883) Domeyko has reformed the higher education in Chile, adapting the European pattern to local specifics, especially political and cultural.
The participant of the symposium, especially the representatives of the Jagiellonian University, the University of Warsaw, the University of Vilnius, the University of Chile and the University of La Serena joined in the homage.
www.uj.edu.pl /IRO/NEWSLET/IRO13/RYN-P.html   (1791 words)

  
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The policy in Chile treads the middle ground, choosing to be cautious until more detailed studies have been carried out to elucidate the long term effects that any management strategy may have on the vicuña population.
To these ends, Chile continues a long-term research programme to study aspects of vicuña population dynamics, and the effects of sustainable exploitation and captive herds in extensive systems coupled with efficient anti-poaching control to promote conservation of the wild populations (Service 1999).
Bonacic C (1998) Monitoring the effect of shearing in vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) in captivity in the puna ecosystem of Chile.
www.ecology.info /vicugna-2.htm   (3813 words)

  
 Jorge Silva
Jorge Silva was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1977.
During 2002-2003, he was a part-time lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering from University of Chile, where he taught undergraduate courses in digital signal processing and computer architecture.
The University of Southern California does not screen or control the content on this website and thus does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such content.
www-scf.usc.edu /~jorgesil   (290 words)

  
 Santiago, Chile  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Santiago (Chile), capital city of Chile, on the Mapocho River, in the central part of the country.
Santiago is situated at an elevation of 520 m (1,700 ft) on an alluvial plain, with the snowcapped Andes Mountains visible to the east.
Santiago is the site of the University of Chile, founded in 1738 as the Royal University of San Felipe; the Catholic University of Chile (1888); the University of Santiago de Chile (1947); and the General Bernardo O'Higgins Military School (1817).
www.galenfrysinger.com /santiago_chile.htm   (266 words)

  
 Program in Santiago
Located in Santiago de Chile, the capital of Chile, the PUC is an urban, multi-campus private university with partial public support.
Chile, the southernmost country in the world, is one of contrasts, running from the driest desert in the world through the Lake District to Antarctica.
For students who spend the year in Chile there is also de possibility to take courses at the University of Chile, the leading public university in the country.
www.artsci.wustl.edu /~rll/chile.htm   (886 words)

  
 Chile / Bibliography
Chile's Middle Class: A Struggle for Survival in the Face of Neoliberalism.
Chile in the Nitrate Era: The Evolution of Economic Dependence, 1880-1930.
In additon, electoral data for the 1973 elections from República de Chile, Dirección del Registro Electoral [Santiago] and the 1989 and 1993 elections from República de Chile, Servicio Electoral [Santiago] were used.) Chapter 5 Americas Watch.
www.country-data.com /frd/cs/chile/cl_bibl.html   (6200 words)

  
 Proyecto ACCESO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The academic program will be launched at the University of Chile’s Law Faculty on Monday, May 3, 2004 and feature a number of U.S. instructors from California Western School of Law and German instructors from the University of Heidelberg.
University professors, law enforcement officials and judges from Europe, North and South America will come together to launch the first post-graduate diploma program of its kind – "The Rule of Law and Judicial Reform".
Professors from the Chile, Germany and the United States meet regularly with program participants to compare their national laws and juridical approaches and develop new ways to solve problems that affect their respective countries.
www.proyectoacceso.com /ingles/prensa/actual/diplomado.html   (804 words)

  
 Tufts in Chile
Santiago, Chile’s capital, is a metropolis of 5.5 million set in a valley 2000 feet up in the foothills of the Andes in central Chile.
The University of Chile, founded in 1738, is one of Latin America’s oldest and most prestigious universities.
Students are fully integrated into the life of the university and able to take regular courses in any of its faculties, which are located in four campuses accessible by public transportation that includes a subway as well as buses.
ase.tufts.edu /studyabroad/TPA/chile.html   (986 words)

  
 UNESCO | Education - Chile
UNESCO Chair in Public Policies (60), established in 1996 at the University of Chile (Chile)
To strengthen the teaching, research and international networking activities of the Centre, namely through a research programme on social transformations and democratic governance in the areas of State reform and management of social transformations, and through the establishment of an inter-American network of university and non-university academic centres working in the field of public policies.
University of Chile, Centro de Análisis de Políticas Públicas.
portal.unesco.org /education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3347&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-580.html   (90 words)

  
 Gelato :: Participants
The Centre for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) at the University of Chile is Chile's major and most important applied mathematics RandD center.
Alejandro Jofré is a Professor at the University of Chile, acting as a researcher at the Department of Mathematical Engineering.
Gelato Central Operations is housed within the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
www.gelato.org /participants/member.php?id=chile   (143 words)

  
 Chile
Historically, Chile is one of the most seismically active regions in the world.
While earthquake hazard in Chile is among the highest in the world, the country’s building codes and practices have been adapted to respond to this environment, helping to mitigate the level of financial risk.
Since 1996, the RMS® Chile Earthquake Model has helped companies underwriting business in Chile to understand and quantify the interaction of hazard and building vulnerability to determine the impact on insured portfolio losses.
www.rms.com /Catastrophe/Models/Chile.asp   (295 words)

  
 International Education @ Oakland University - Programs - Chile - Valdivia
Students attend classes at the Centro de Idiomas on the Isla Teja campus of La Universidad Austral de Chile UACH (commonly known as "the Austral").
The majority of university buildings are located on the Isla Teja campus, a 10-minute walk from downtown Valdivia.
Southern Chile is rich with innumerable forests, lakes, volcanoes, fjords, inlets, twisting peninsulas and islands.
www2.oakland.edu /ie/programs.cfm?page=valdivia   (581 words)

  
 Leadership - Deloitte
A graduate in Economics majoring in Finance and an Auditor graduated from the Catholic University of Valparaíso, his professional experience was mainly focused in audit, splits and mergers of companies and analysis of emerging companies, as well as in the process of ADS issue and the post-placement of ADR’s of various companies.
She was transferred to Chile in January 2003 and has been involved in the review and coordination of audits, in conformity with USGAAP, performed in different companies, such as Gener,...
An Auditor from University of Bío Bío and post-graduated in Computer Audit from University of Chile, and in Computer Management from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, he joined Deloitte in 1999.
www.deloitte.com /dtt/leadership/0,1045,sid=17089,00.html   (3091 words)

  
 Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In addition, Yale and the University of Chile will work together on major research projects in astronomy and astrophysics.
Chile is the premier observational site in the Southern Hemisphere because the air turbulence is low and there are few clouds.
The graduate students spend one semester at the university in Santiago and then will complete all of the remaining requirements at Yale to prepare for their qualifying exam for a Ph.D. "Eventually they will get a master's degree from Yale and a Ph.D. from the University of Chile," Sofia said.
www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/00-11-09-01.all.html   (572 words)

  
 Backyard Astronomers Discover Planet :: Astrobiology Magazine ::
Summary (May 26, 2005): An international collaboration featuring Ohio State University astronomers has detected a planet in a solar system that, at roughly 15,000 light years from Earth, is one of the most distant ever discovered.
An international collaboration featuring Ohio State University astronomers has detected a planet in a solar system that, at roughly 15,000 light years from Earth, is one of the most distant ever discovered.
On March 17, 2005, Andrzej Udalski, professor of astronomy at Warsaw University and leader of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, or OGLE, noticed that a star located thousands of light years from Earth was starting to move in front of another star that was even farther away, near the center of our galaxy.
www.astrobio.net /news/article1575.html   (842 words)

  
 University of Chile and University of Buenos Aires round out Gelato's Latin American membership   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Universidad de Chile and Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) recently became two of the newest members of the Gelato Federation, an international organisation composed of leading universities, supercomputing centres, national labs, and research institutes, dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium processor.
Participants at Universidad de Chile's press conference included Bess Stephens, Vice President for Corporate Philanthropy and Education at HP; Lueny Morell, Doctor Patricio Poblete, Director of the Engineering and Science College; Doctor Dalia Finkelstein, Vice-Director for Management and External Projects at the Center for Mathematical Modeling, as well as other University and HP officials.
Both Universidad de Chile and UBA were invited to participate in Gelato as sponsored members by HP.
www.hoise.com /primeur/05/articles/weekly/AE-PR-06-05-55.html   (801 words)

  
 CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN CHILE | Creative Commons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In a collaborative effort between the University of Chile and the Chilean NGO Corporacion Derechos Digitales (CDD), Creative Commons Chile adapted the licenses for use under Chilean law—a process headed by project leads Professor Alberto Cerda Silva, Gabriela Oruzar and Claudio Ruiz.
The University of Chile is, with its 162 years of existence, the oldest national university in Chile.
It is an independent, non-profit organization, located in Santiago de Chile, whose mission is to promote the respect and protection of human rights in the digital environment.
creativecommons.org /press-releases/entry/5502   (397 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I was dismissed from my teaching position at the University of Chile and from the Ministry of Agriculture.
I had to wait to receive my degree until Chile returned to Democracy, in 1990, and only then was it granted to me in 1992.
I have taught in several Latin American universities, including The University of Chile and The Catholic University of Chile; Universidad Autónoma de México, Iztapalapa campus, and Universidad Veracruzana; The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia; University of Illinois and Seattle University, Washington.
academic.evergreen.edu /g/gilbertj/homep1frameset.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Columbus State University, Schwob School of Music
Diaz was born in Madrid, Spain and was educated in Santiago, Chile.
In Chile, he held the position of principal violist of the Chilean Chamber Orchestra; violist of the Chilean String Quartet; and the Chilean Symphony Orchestra and premiered the viola concertos of Bartok, Walton, Hindemith, and Berlioz.
Prior to joining the faculty of Columbus State University he was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
music.colstate.edu /faculty/faculty.asp?strRef=18   (207 words)

  
 University of Chile
A certificate and diploma of specialist in cultural management and administration in the area of visual arts and specialist in cultural management and administration in the area of music will be awarded upon completion of the program.
This situation demands a greater capacity to optimize the use of economic resources that are scarce as well as a global strategy that includes artists, works, the public and also the various agents involved in the art circuits.
There is a convergence of areas such as culture, visual arts and music of the XX century, the economic aspects of cultural management, marketing and human resources, national or international art production and legislation in order to provide a consistent and solid support to the people responsible for optimum cultural management activities.
www.artsadministration.org /programs/chile_sep00.htm   (666 words)

  
 ITG News: News from Chile
The Symphony Orchestra of the University of Chile has acquired two new trumpeters effective March 2000.
David is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, where he was a student of Vincent Pasquarelli.
Henry received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Chile where he was student of Eugene King, and subsequently received his Master's degree from Carnegie-Mellon as a student of Vincent Pasquarelli.
www.trumpetguild.org /news/news00/chile.htm   (220 words)

  
 Brian Loveman, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
"Derechos humanos en Chile a treinta años del golpe militar," (with Elizabeth Lira) in Chile, 2003-2004.
Chile 1998", paper presented at the Conference on Authoritarian Legacies, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 26-28, 1998 (with Elizabeth Lira).
Research is being done in collaboration with Elizabeth Lira, a Chilean social psychologist well known for her innovative therapy for the treatment of torture victims and her research on political violence.
www.rohan.sdsu.edu /dept/polsciwb/brianl/cv.html   (4227 words)

  
 Monte Verde Excavation: or Clovis Police Beat a Retreat
Vance Haynes of the University of Arizona, Dr. James Adovasio of Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., Dr. David J. Meltzer of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Dr. Dena Dincauze of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Dr. Donald K.
Grayson of the University of Washington in Seattle and Dr. Dennis Stanford of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
You don't have to go to Chile to figure that out." In his view, the trip was chiefly a public benediction of the site: "I've been teasing them that they should have carried incense burners." Jacques Cinq-Mars, an archaeologist at the Canadian Ministry of Civilization, agrees: "There's a paradox there.
www.unl.edu /rhames/monte_verde/MonteVerde.htm   (2109 words)

  
 Study Abroad Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Chile is a country with unparalleled beauty which includes desert, tropical, temperate and alpine regions within its 2000 mile length.
The university allows the student to experience traditional Chilean culture in a rich farming and fishing region adjoining lakes and mountains.
It was founded in May 1956 and under the law 15.561 in 1964 it was recognized by the Government of Chile as an autonomous university, integrating the Council of Presidents of Chilean Universities as the eighth oldest university in Chile.
www.studyabroad.com /simplehtml/white/Chile.html   (4438 words)

  
 Bristol University - Chile
We currently have 6 Chilean students studying at the University of Bristol.
The UCAS code name and number for this University is BRISL B78.
Applicants who have successfully completed the first year of a Chilean University degree (Licenciado) will be considered for admission to the first year of our Bachelor degree programmes.
www.bris.ac.uk /international/recruit/countryaz/c/chile.html   (315 words)

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