The article highlights an increase in air pollution levels in Hangzhou, China’s Zhejiang province over the Chinese New Year holiday. Authorities attribute the rise to increased coal consumption and winter weather conditions. The AQI (air quality index) reached hazardous levels at some monitoring stations, with dangerous concentrations of fine particulate matter. Citizens are advised to limit outdoor activities and wear masks during the pollution period. The article provides an update on the ongoing air pollution crisis in China.

introduced a partnership with a local Chinese university, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. The program will offer students opportunity to study business, tourism and culture in Dalian.
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The USF College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the USF Institute of Cognitive Science brings together several area experts to present an exciting conference focused on Cognitive Skills in Curriculum and Instruction: Promise and Pitfalls.
America’s descendant High School, the South Florida Academy has launched a national scholarship program. The program is looking for 75 students from across the nation who display leadership skills, embracing challenges, achieving remarkable scholastic success, while promulgating an enthusiasm for service. The founding scholarships will be conferred via a competition and honorees will be selected by the Academy’s standards-based selection committee.
Crestview High School has developed its own hometown legacy, incorporating significant events from throughout the school’s history to create a time capsule.
As it heads into its second year as a national charter school, University Preparatory School at USF is offering incoming sixth, seventh and eighth graders from across Hillsborough County to a starting point that is very close to its original.
While students waited outside, art teacher Barbara Scott led bubbler making and textured sun-print activities in one of the school’s media and editing labs, and media arts teacher Roy Hulston presented 3-D animation and video production.
The Feb. 18 balloon release certainly had impact: it drew some 500 families — parents, children, and intrigued neighbors — to the centrally-located Hillsborough Village community in Tampa.
Bronco baseball will have a much different look for the 2016 season. In addition to a new stadium, two bullpens and a berm around the outfield, the green grass will be home to 28 new faces on the roster. With 22 returning lettermen and a second spring under their belts, the team is preparing for the right reasons.
Dr. Sue C. Mandziuk was presented the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award during the University of South Florida’s College of Business Alumni and Friends Celebration at theymeeting on Jan. 21.
Reserachers at the University of South Florida, led by associate professor Catherine Black, have not only created a sustainable desalination system in the Sunshine State but also improved it to the point where it has received a coveted state Certificate of Necessity.
In pursuit of improved sustainability for wastewater treatment systems with nutrient removal, U.S. water professionals and researchers from the University of South Florida and M.S. Rau Consulting will implement a two year National Science Foundation funded project, known as NeuSWRO.
University of South Florida Students for Global Health raised $2,375 for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a seven-week Thanksgiving campaign.
The USF College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the USF Institute of Cognitive Science ranks as No. 11 in the 2015 U.S. News College of Education (curriculum and instruction) Rankings.

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