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Analysis: Battle over anti-terrorism language in Rockefeller and Ford Foundations' grant agreements
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LIANE HANSEN
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
06-13-2004
Analysis: Battle over anti-terrorism language in Rockefeller and Ford Foundations' grant agreements
Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM
LIANE HANSEN, host:
At some of the nation's elite universities, security concerns have spawned a new debate. At issue is new anti-terrorism language that the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations have added to their grant agreements. The foundations say they're trying to ensure that their funds aren't used to support violent causes. The schools contend the new language could chill academic freedom. ...
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SHIING-SHEN CHERN
Magazine article from: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
; ...26 OCTOBER 1911 * 3 DECEMBER 2004 SHIING-SHEN CHERN, one of the giants in the history...the U.S. from 1950 to 1999. Chern's work revitalized and reshaped...writing of his historic papers on Chern classes and the geometry of fiber...
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Shiing-shen Chern, renowned Chinese-American mathematician, dies at age 93
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Chinese-American mathematician Shiing-shen Chern, famed for his breakthroughs in...official Xinhua News Agency reported. Chern died of illness on the campus of...last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Chern graduated from Nankai University...
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Math Whiz Shiing-Shen Chern Dies at 93
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...2004 Dateline: SHANGHAI, China Shiing-shen Chern, a Chinese-American mathematician...Chinese city of Tianjin. He was 93. Chern died of illness on the campus of...last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Chern graduated from Nankai University...
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Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...Crown Point Sparks, Alan Richard, 83, Kentland Smith, Theron L., 79, Portage Deaths elsewhere SHIING-SHEN CHERN SHANGHAI -- Shiing-shen Chern, a Chinese-American mathematician famous for his breakthroughs in differential geometry, has...
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Two Chinese Mathematicians Awarded
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...mathematicians today won the sixth Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award, which is used...international mathematics field. The Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award, named after a...been awarded Since the first Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award was given in 1987...
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Mathematician Granted Chinese "Green Card"
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; Shiing-shen Chern, a world- famous Chinese-American mathematician...a municipality neighboring Beijing. Chern, 89, said this was an honor which enabled...U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Chern is also one of the first four foreign academicians...
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Of Note
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Shiing-shen Chern, 93, a Chinese American mathematician...of Hamburg, as well as in Paris, Dr. Chern taught in China and in the United States...Nationalists in a long-running civil war, Dr. Chern moved abroad again, first back to Princeton...
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International Congress of Chinese Mathematics opens in HK
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...session gave tribute to Professor Shiing-Shen Chern, honorary president of the ICCM...3, 2004, at the age of 93. Chern is considered one of the greatest...whose major achievements include the Chern characteristic classes in fiber...
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Asteroid named after noted mathematician
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...1998CS2 after noted mathematician Shiing-shen Chern (Chen Xingshen) for his outstanding...came as a special blessing for Chern's 93rd birthday, which fell on...Nankai University in Tianjin. Chern celebrated his birthday at his home...
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CPC leader visits top mathematician
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...Lichang paid a New Year call to Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American academician...old mathematician and encouraged Chern to offer more suggestions for the...President Jiang Zemin in 1993, Chern suggested holding an International...
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