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FRIM Researcher Receives Japan International Award 2009 [announcement]

FRIM researcher, Dr Kevin Ng Kit Siong, received the Japan International Award 2009 for Young Agricultural Researchers at University of Tokyo, Japan on 4 November 2009.

Six FRIM laboratories to seek accreditation [announcement]

Six forest products testing laboratories at FRIM are pursuing MS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation through the Department of Standards (Standards Malaysia).

IDRC India Social Science Research Award 2009 [research]

The IDRC India Social Science Research Award (IDRC SSRA) 2009 is about celebrating best research practices in social sciences in India on the occasion of 25 years of IDRC’s regional office presence in India.

RIBA [research]

New robot to reduce burden on care facilities

Dialogue with Herbal Industry [announcement]

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia has successfully conducted a “Dialogue with the Herbal Industry” on 15 October 2009.

Corporate race for charity & environmental awareness [announcement]

The Frost the Trail KL Corporate Challenge Race, was held at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong Botanical Garden on 11 October 2009, with participation from 14 companies, 25 teams and 100 runners.

Forest Research Institute Malaysia Director General Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod has been elected as the new Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions (APAFRI) [announcement]

Forest Research Institute Malaysia Director General Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod has been elected as the new Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions (APAFRI) at the Association’s Fifth General Assembly held on 4 October 2009 in Kuala Lumpur.

Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize Winners 2009 [announcement]

Durban, South Africa. Two eminent scientists, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal from India and Carlos Clemente Cerri from Brazil, have been named the winners of the 2009 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize at the opening ceremony of the TWAS 11th General Conference, in Durban, on 20 October.

PolyU's Fifteenth Congregation salutes 9,700 graduates [research]

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has sent forth about 9,700 students and conferred honorary doctorates upon five prominent figures at its 15th Congregation.

First Noyori Summer School held at RIKEN Harima Institute [research]

The Noyori Summer School, held for the first time this year, was created with the aim of answering this need through the support of cross-disciplinary, international interaction.

The Second Middle East Congress on Age, Ageing& Alzheimer’s: Challenges in Geriatric Care, Lebanon [event]

The conference will be organized by a large number of organizations including Abyad Medical Center, Middle East Association on Age, Ageing & Alzheimer's-MEAAA, The Health Ministers' Council for the Cooperation Council States, Lebanese order of physicians-Tripoli-Lebanon and others

JAPAN AND MEXICO: OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS IN ASIA PACIFIC [event]

Keio Symposium Mexico and Japan: Opportunities to Enhance Regional Competitiveness in Asia Pacific on November 6

SEAAIR 2009 conference discusses options to improve research at institutions of higher learning [announcement]

The Vice Chacellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia today officiated the start of the South-East Asian Association for Institutional Research Conference (SEAAIR) in Penang, Malaysia. The 2009 theme is The Future of Higher Education.

Striking Women - celebrating South Asian women's fight for workplace rights [research]

THIRTY years of Asian women's involvement in Britain's workplace struggles is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Women's Library in London.

PolyU asserts leading position in hospitality and tourism research [research]

Press Release - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is proud to have the largest number of International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST) members in any university worldwide.

PolyU supports post-quake recovery of Sichuan schools [research]

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosted a Forum on "School Recovery after the 512 Wenchuan earthquake" on 28 Sep to deepen the understanding of the general public of the difficulties and challenges faced by the quake-affected schools in Sichuan.

Official Launch of the 2009 Human Development Report [event]

Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development

Nobel Laureates Discuss Communication and Human Development [announcement]

Communication and Human Development: The Freedom Connection? A public discussion with Amartya Sen, Michael Spence, Yochai Benkler, and Clotilde Fonseca

Brain Gain [research]

IDRC has joined forces with academic and research institutes in sub-Saharan Africa to train new scholars and repair a tattered academic infrastructure. These are vital steps in addressing the region's critical social challenges.

Research Leads to Rights Breakthrough for Arab Women [research]

Women in Arab countries are making human rights history as they break down barriers to being treated as full citizens in their own countries. In the past few years, women in Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco married to foreigners have won the right to convey their citizenship to their children.