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		<title>Profile of a Science Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month the Canadian magazine The Walrus is running a profile on Neil Turok.  Focused on his work as Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and his search for the next Einstein, the piece offers a unique view into the life and passions of the 2008 TED Prize Winner.
&#8230;at fifty, [Turok's] focus is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIMS Hiring New Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early 2010 the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) founding Director Prof. Fritz Hahne is due to retire.  AIMS is currently soliciting curriculam vitae to fill the position.  The appointment will be on a five-year contract basis.  The closing date for applications is April 30, 2009.
Responsibilities include:

 Ensuring the proper functioning of the academic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look at Some Possible Einsteins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Guardian features an article on AIMS and the Next Einstein Initiative. The student profiles are the highlight.
The year Marie Chantal Cyulinyana was 12 she didn&#8217;t go to school. The 1994 genocide that cost her country, Rwanda, a million lives also put her education on hold.
She was lucky &#8211; she went back to school the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Obama Administration Help Push Scientific Research in Africa Forward?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the US is currently in going through inauguration fever, it seems an appropriate time to talk about the potential effect the Obama administration may have on science in Africa.  This topic may not be at the forefront of the policy agenda, but that doesn&#8217;t mean some people aren&#8217;t thinking about it.
Calestous Juma, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of and Need for Science Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past May the AIMS Research Center opened in Cape Town.  A focus on research is a key part of higher education, and a foundation to a strong science sector in any country.  Unfortunately the research capacity of many institutions of higher learning throughout the developing world is declining due to financial and political true.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities at AIMS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent AIMS newsletter has a slew of opportunities for students, lecturers, and industry researchers.
AIMS POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME 2009/10
Applications for the AIMS Postgraduate Diploma in the Mathematical Sciences starting in September 2009 are now open. Applicants must be African and should hold (or anticipate completing by the start date of the AIMS course), a 4-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Turok as Innovator</title>
		<link>http://www.tedprize.org/neil-turok/neil-turok-maker-of-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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IM magazine out of Portugal just launched with an article about Neil Turok, calling him an innovation maker. It gives a good overview of the Next Einstein campaign, AIMS and the students.  It is great to see how people all around the world are connecting so deeply with this wish.  If you want to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Time Is It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Last night in the UK, BBC 2 had an episode of its Horizon series titled &#8220;Do You Know What Time It Is?&#8221;. (HT Gia&#8217;s Blog)  In this episode, particle physicist (and TED speaker) Brian Cox asks, &#8216;What time is it?&#8217;.  In the episode, Brian interviews Neil Turok about the idea that the Universe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn More About Neil Turok</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you with a couple of hours on your hands, check out these two video interviews with Neil Turok from February 2008 (HT The Pen and The Spindle)  The interview, conducted by Alan Macfarlane of King&#8217;s College Cambridge, is an amazing tale of Neil&#8217;s family and childhood, academic studies, scientific work, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting African Science Academies and Policy Makers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ZAMP Bionews&#8230;
Leaders of several African science academies are meeting next week at the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, to discuss how the independent, expert advice of science academies can be applied to policy and development issues in Africa. The gathering is the fourth annual conference of the [...]]]></description>
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