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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Wolfson College: Accommodation
Wolfson has enough accommodation to house the majority of students in their first, second or third year who want to live in College.
Wolfson has a limited amount of accommodation specifically set aside for visiting scholars, with rents ranging in 2007/2008 from £697.97 per calendar month for en-suite study-bedrooms to £1061.67 pcm for single-bedroomed flats for visitors and their partners.
Wolfson College is a signatory to the Code of Practice which can be found here.
www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk /facilities/accommodation   (473 words)

  
  Graduate Studies Prospectus: Wolfson College
Wolfson is one of the most cosmopolitan Colleges in Cambridge and caters primarily for graduate students, including part-time PhD students.
Wolfson College is situated in the pleasant district of West Cambridge, close to the University Library and the arts faculties.
Wolfson offers a Donald and Beryl O'May Studentship every two or three years and a number of scholarships annually in partnership with the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Overseas Trust (for overseas students) and the Domestic Research Studentship (for home students).
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /univ/gsprospectus/colleges/wolfson.html   (459 words)

  
  Wolfson College, Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolfson College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge.
Wolfson College was founded in 1965 as the “University College”, but changed its name to Wolfson College in 1972 in recognition of the generous benefaction of the Wolfson Foundation.
Wolfson was the first Cambridge college to be established for both men and women and it was to be for graduate students with a focus on research and scholarship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolfson_College,_Cambridge   (277 words)

  
 Wolfson College (Oxford) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wolfson College (Oxford), college of the University of Oxford, England.
The college was founded in 1966 for graduate students, mostly in the...
Wolfson College (Cambridge), graduate college of the University of Cambridge, England.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Wolfson_College_(Oxford).html   (114 words)

  
 Wolfson College, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolfson College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
One of the larger colleges of the university, Wolfson College is quietly located in the north of Oxford along the River Cherwell.
Darwin College of the University of Cambridge is Wolfson College's sister college.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolfson_College,_Oxford   (441 words)

  
 Yale Political Union
On April 26, 2000, Wolfson became the first Lambda attorney to argue before the United States Supreme Court, urging the Justices to reject the Boy Scouts of America's appeal of a unanimous ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court striking down their ban on gay members and leaders.
Wolfson had represented Eagle Scout James Dale since he was expelled from the BSA in 1990.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh, Wolfson graduated from Yale College in 1978.
www.yale.edu /ypu/bios/wolfson.html   (510 words)

  
 Columbia College Today
In her book, Wolfson goes into depth about the scientific aspects of DMD and the genetic implications of the disease.
Learning that the gene for DMD is x-linked recessive and passes to males from female carriers, Wolfson reflects on her newfound awareness of the disease that links her with her mother, sister, and children.
Wolfson uses the symbolism of the moon, first mentioned while referring to a photograph taken by Ansel Adams, who also inspired her son’s name, to depict the uncertainty of whether the moon is rising or setting over Lurio’s life.
www.college.columbia.edu /cct/jul03/bookshelf2.php   (666 words)

  
 About Wolfson College
Wolfson is one of the most cosmopolitan Colleges in Cambridge and, although a graduate College, admits about 90 mature or affiliated undergraduates, about 15 per cent of the total College student population.
In addition Wolfson is one of three Colleges that admit students for the Graduate Course in Medicine.
The College is situated in West Cambridge, close to the University Library and the arts faculties.
www.cam.ac.uk /admissions/undergraduate/colleges/wolfson   (427 words)

  
 creativeartsfellow2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wolfson College in the University of Oxford has an excellent reputation for its sponsorship of literature, visual art and music.
The Wolfson Creative Arts Fellow is an elected member of Common Room who, in addition to a stipend and meals in college, enjoys all the privileges of college membership, including access to accommodation, the library, computer, sports and music facilities.
The commission was generously supported by Wolfson College, the Arts Council of England, the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, the PRS Foundation, and the first performance was supported by the Oxford City Council and the Oxford University Faculty of Music.
www.kathrynwhitney.net /creativeartsfellow   (342 words)

  
 Jay Wolfson, Dr.P.H., J.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wolfson's research interests include various aspects of health and the workplace, including the costs, quality, and outcomes associated with workers compensation and employee health benefits programs.
Wolfson has evaluated aspects of Florida's distinctive mandatory managed care workers compensation statutes for the state of Florida.
Wolfson's research interests also include the study of factors influencing physician and hospital organization and operation, with an emphasis on the legal and financial issues that affect these entities.
hsc.usf.edu /publichealth/eoh/jwolfson   (278 words)

  
 CBS Sports Team - CBS SportsLine.com
Tracy Wolfson is in her third year as a reporter for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
Wolfson began her professional career at CBS Sports in 1997 as a Researcher, working on U.S. Open Tennis, the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1997 NCAA Final Four.
Wolfson graduated with a degree in communications from the University of Michigan and currently lives in New York City with her husband.
cbs.sportsline.com /cbssports/team/twolfson   (363 words)

  
 Wolfson College Lectures 1998 -- The Idea of a University, The American Campus: From Colonial Seminary to Global ...
A college degree has been the sine qua non for the maturation of the young members of elite families in the United State, and the most significant path to upward mobility for everyone else.
When the first colleges for women were founded in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, they were designed with great care, both in the curriculum and in the physical attributes of the campuses.
The traditional independence of American colleges and universities, governed by their presidents, faculties, and lay boards of regents or trustees, is now being challenged in novel ways by state and federal governments, by the courts, and by the students and families who pay our bills.
www.georgetown.edu /irvinemj/CCTP737/keohane-idea-of-u.html   (6985 words)

  
 Wolfson College - Wolfson College
Wolfson College is specifically designed to meet the needs of graduate students in the areas of accommodation, as well as social, cultural and sporting interests.
Wolfson aims to provide a supportive environment in which students can focus on their academic work and pursue other interests.
Wolfson's Cellar Bar is well known for its graduate events and friendly atmosphere, and Wolfson is the only college with an on-site punt harbour as well as a gym, squash and tennis courts, music rooms, a croquet lawn and even garden allotments!
www.wolfson.oxford.ac.uk /whywolfson   (458 words)

  
 Wolfson Professorship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Wolfson Professor of Criminology is expected to further the subject by research and other activities which enhance its growth as a field of scholarship.
The Wolfson Professor is not ex officio Head of Department but may be asked to undertake such duties at some point in his/her tenure.
In seeking the views of referees, their permission will be sought for the release of their comments on the successful candidate if it were to be requested by the professorial fellowship electors of a college.
www.crim.cam.ac.uk /WolfsonProfessorship.html   (1489 words)

  
 Department of Plant Sciences: Notices
Wolfson College is well aware that there are a large number of post-doctoral researchers in Cambridge who are without college membership or who have only minimal rights at their own College.
In 1999 the College decided to offer Senior Membership of the College on an annual but renewable basis to between fifty and a hundred post-doctoral researchers who wished to belong to Wolfson and to take part in College life.
The College is also willing to consider giving similar rights of membership to senior administrative staff or to those holding academic-related position in Departments.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk /grads/nboard/wolfson.html   (399 words)

  
 Wolfson College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wolfson is the largest graduate college in Oxford.
The College is both traditional and unconventional, forward thinking and friendly.
Finding a college which caters for your interests is important.
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk   (97 words)

  
 Wolfson College : Oxford University Graduate Studies Prospectus 2007/08
Wolfson College was founded to provide a stimulating and supportive environment, geared specifically to the needs of graduate students.
The college was purpose built for a graduate community on the banks of the River Cherwell in North Oxford.
Wolfson's facilities are open to graduates and their partners all year except for two short closure periods at Christmas and Easter.
www.admin.ox.ac.uk /postgraduate/colleges/wolf.shtml   (506 words)

  
 Richard Wolfson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Richard Wolfson is the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College, where he has taught for over 25 years.
Professor Wolfson has spent sabbatical years as Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado; at St. Andrews University in Scotland; and at Stanford University.
Professor Wolfson’s research is published widely in scientific journals and includes such diverse fields as medical physics, plasma physics, solar energy engineering, electronic circuit design, observational astronomy, and theoretical astrophysics.
www.teach12.com /store/professor.asp?ID=6&d=Richard+Wolfson   (218 words)

  
 Honorary degree awarded to Lord Wolfson
The Lord Wolfson of Marylebone has been presented with an honorary degree from Loughborough University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of health, education, arts and the humanities.
The Right Honourable the Lord Wolfson, FBA, is a founder trustee of the Wolfson Foundation – which supports health, education and youth activities – and has been its chairman since 1972.
Educated at King’s School, Worcester, Lord Wolfson is a Fellow of the Israel Museum, and an Honorary Fellow of numerous university colleges, including St Catherine’s College Oxford, University College London (UCL) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
www.lboro.ac.uk /service/publicity/news-releases/2003/03_53_wolfson_HonDeg.html   (386 words)

  
 Report on trip to England
7 Checked in with the archivists at both Wolfson College and the Bodeleian, took care of last bit of paperwork to be formally permitted to work in the two archives and did some research among Ford's archived papers at the Bodeleian.
With regard to the Kettlewell archive at Wolfson, I had the good fortune of being given permission by the librarian to work with Kettlewell's papers during the evenings and on weekends, when the library is ordinarily closed.
It also extended the total amount of time I was able to spend researching at Wolfson College.
homepages.wmich.edu /~rudged/report.html   (2094 words)

  
 Wolfson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
What you can't hear are the annoying birds who tweet away at 3am, when it's still pitch fl outside.
Wolfson College is one of the priveleged colleges to be situated on one of the two rivers flowing through Oxford.
We're the only college to have our own punt harbour.
nodens.physics.ox.ac.uk /~oi/Album/wolfson.html   (140 words)

  
 Photo Gallery
This one features the Wolfson College women - a scratch crew I assembled to race as the First Torpid in February 1996 - about to score a triple-over-bump on a scared-looking St. Anne's crew.
My most memorable race: Freshman year in college, my bowman was angry with his girlfriend because she forgot to bring her telephoto lens to Sprints.
OUBC Boathouse (obviously an old photo as University College, the owner, did not maintain it properly), home of Wolfson College BC.
www.widomaker.com /~ehrlich/photos.html   (864 words)

  
 Wolfson College, Oxford: accounts to 31/7/02
outside the curtilage of the college occupied by a head, a fellow or an employee of the college
The Governing Body of the College is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements.
(i) the income of the college from all sources, the expenditure of a revenue nature properly chargeable against such income, and the extent by which in total such income exceeded or fell short of such expenditure.
www.btinternet.com /~akme/oclwolf1.html   (1178 words)

  
 Personal Information for Theresa Wolfson
Biographical Information: Theresa Wolfson was an economist and educator whose work in the field of labor relations focused on the education and advancement of women in the workplace, and the unequal treatment of women within trade unions.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Wolfson received her B.A. from Adelphi College in 1917 and her M.A. from Columbia University in 1923.
She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in labor economics at the college for 38 years and served on numerous administrative committees until her retirement in 1967.
www.jwa.org /archive/jsp/perInfo.jsp?personID=672   (202 words)

  
 The Friends of Wolfson College Hong Kong
The Friends of Wolfson College (HK) Ltd. is established to serve the interests of the Wolfson College community in Hong Kong and Greater China area.
The goal of this organization is to connect Wolfson College alumni, staff, friends and family, and get them involved in the future development of Wolfson College.
This will advance the awareness of Wolfson College and allow the college to become an option for the people in Hong Kong who want to pursue various levels of advanced education.
www.wolfson.hk   (223 words)

  
 Conference Facilities - Wolfson College
Wolfson College offers a range of rooms which can accommodate groups of 10 to 100.
Over the years the College has established a high reputation for the quality of its catering and service.
The College Hall: a fine chestnut panelled hall with a pyramid roof, suitable for dinners, wedding receptions and concerts.
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk /conference   (230 words)

  
 Wolfson College: Home Page
Thirty-six-year-old Colin Hughes, from Milton Keynes, got an A grade in A-level classical civilisation and will be coming to study classics at Wolfson this autumn.
Wolfson alumna Susan Kiefel, 53, will take up her appointment on September 3, replacing retiring Justice Ian Callinan.
Professor Hugh Bevan, one of the country’s most distinguished lawyers specialising in family law and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Swansea.
www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk   (173 words)

  
 Wolfson College Library
Wolfson College Library's primary responsibility in the delivery of its services is to the members of Wolfson College and Common Room.
Reference access to its collections may be provided to other scholars for material not available in other Oxford libraries, and lending of such material to other libraries may be considered.
The Wolfson College Library is a member of OLIS.
www.lib.ox.ac.uk /libraries/guides/WOL.html   (149 words)

  
 Cambridge 2000: Wolfson College: Selwyn Gardens: 26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
One of the old buildings subsumed into the college when it was founded.
30 m: Wolfson College: Lee Court: Lee Seng Tee Hall [ R H Partnership]
50 m: Wolfson College: East Court: Bredon House
www.cambridge2000.com /cambridge2000/html/0007/P7201749.html   (74 words)

  
 CEN Lifestyle : Tourism : Wolfson College
Founded in the same year as Lucy Cavendish College, Wolfson was originally called University College.
It was founded by Cambridge University, and it's main purpose was to provide living accommodation and social facilities for the rapidly increasing number of graduate students coming to Cambridge to continue their education.
Eight years later, the college changed it's name to that of it's major benefactor, the Wolfson Foundation, which also donated money to New Hall college.
www.cambridge-news.co.uk /lifestyle/tourism/days_out/colleges/wolfson.lpf   (156 words)

  
 The Atlantic Online | Back Issues
William Langewiesche, "The Wrath of Khan"; Ross Douthat, "Does Meritocracy Work?"; Richard H. Hersh, "What Does College Teach?"; Thomas Mallon on Doris Kearns Goodwin, Alex Beam on the greatest stories never told; Richard Clarke on FEMA; Caitlin Flanagan on "You Go Girl!" studies; and much more.
David Brooks, "One Nation, Slightly Divisible"; Robert D. Kaplan, "Looking the World in the Eye"; Penny Wolfson, "Moonrise"; William Langewiesche, "Storm Island"; Marshall Jon Fisher, "Pixels at an Exhibition"; fiction by Lesley Dormen; Mona Simpson on Alice Munro; and much more.
James Fallows, "The Early-Decision Racket"; Caitlin Flanagan, "Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor"; Samantha Power, "Bystanders to Genocide"; William Hamilton, "Suitably Attired"; fiction by Beth Lordan; Philip Hensher on Dawn Powell; and much more.
www.theatlantic.com /issues/backissues.htm   (4856 words)

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