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Time is running out slow climate change, Obama tells Coast Guard grads
2015-05-20 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama delivered a somber lecture on the science of climate change to the graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday as argued that global warning poses a threat to national security. Obama's call to cut carbon emissions, which emphasized the impact that Arctic ice melt would have on the Coast Guard, came just over a week after he opened Alaska's Arctic Coast to oil drilling -- and about seven months ahead of a United Nations summit in Paris at which the president...
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'Face your fears,' Owens grads told
2015-05-09 07:24:06| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Rochelle Sims of South Toledo, center, smiles as she and her fellow graduates before the 49th annual spring commencement on Friday at Owens Community College. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH State Sen. Randy Gardner highlighted the work the college does to prepare students for the future in his commencement address at Owens Community College on Friday evening.
Agriculture industry awaits college grads
2015-04-11 00:54:20| Agriculture - Topix.net
As Wisconsin's agricultural industry continues to grow, so does the need for jobs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says within the next several years, there will be nearly 50,000 openings each year, with only 30,000 specialized college graduates to fill them.
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Illumina accelerator grads get boost with new fund investment
2015-02-27 20:05:14| Biotech - Topix.net
Graduates of Illumina Inc.'s life sciences technology accelerator in Mission Bay could pocket $1 million to $5 million in matching capital, thanks in part to a $40 million injection into a fund by a deep-pocketed investment firm. Viking Global Investors pumped the cash into Illumina Accelerator Boost Capital, a new fund set up by Illumina to make the investments in genomic startups that graduate from the less-than-year-old accelerator.
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Machinist lab grads excited about future Updated at
2014-11-13 01:05:44| Furniture - Topix.net
CITY OF NEWBURGH – A year ago, Humberto Romero-Gonzalez was working in retail sales and fretting the looming onslaught of another Black Friday.