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The idea of Girl Up Initiative Uganda came to founders Kim Wolf and friend Monica Nyiraguhabwa last year as they walked through one of the many slums of Kampala, the largest city and the capital of Uganda.

After many stops and starts and delays, it looks like ~GREAT CHINA~ will potentially be opening this Friday .

Kelly Yang says if exam results become our sole focus, we'll lose sight of the wider measure of success and education's true purpose Kelly Yang is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, an after-school writing program for children in Hong Kong.

Stephanie Weisman , the founder and artistic director of the Marsh theater , says without protective conditions written into the building permit for a proposed mixed-use project at 1050 Valencia, next to the 24-year-old theater, the Marsh won't be able to survive artistically or financially.

The U.S. spent $53 billion on intelligence and surveillance programs during the 2013 budget year, and a good portion of that money went to contractors with Arizona operations.

Neal was preceded in death by his beloved wife Lise, his parents Dr. Charles M. and Pauline Blumenfeld, and sister Mrs. Diane Miller, and is survived by many: his three children, Eve, Peter and Thomas; three stepchildren: Mimi, Judy and Mike Wolff; five grandchildren: Laura, Alex, and Nick Blumenfeld, and Alex and Nat Wolff; and friends, comrades, ... (more)

WASHINGTON _ It has always been a Bob Cratchit/Ebenezer Scrooge sort of business ... "empty as a banker's heart" and so forth.

Ryan Cooglar didn't create the award-winning film "Fruitvale Station" to entertain.

Several armed robberies occurred in North Oakland near the Berkeley border this morning, Monday, according to Oakland police .

The city is moving forward with a plan to lower speed limits around elementary schools from 25 to 15 mph despite a Police Department analysis saying it's not likely to make school zones safer.

UC Berkeley Extension invites students to enroll in spring 2014 courses. The continuing education branch of the University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley Extension offers professional development and personal enrichment in the classroom and online for adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond-no application required.

If a woman develops breast cancer, having larger breasts and being sedentary might increase her risk of dying from the disease, a large, long-term study suggests.

Tyler Kresch isn't turning to graduate school to help him change his job from tech sales to running a startup; instead he's taking massive open online courses to learn the IT skills necessary for that career move.

Two suspects in a carjacked sport utility vehicle are being sought by police for a series of armed robberies Monday morning in North Oakland.

The Berkeley City Council voted to implement a redistricting map that will make Berkeley the first municipality in the country to form a council district designed solely to represent the interests of college students.

The board of directors of Orient Bancorporation today announced the appointment of Mark K. McDonald as executive vice president and chief risk officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of the Orient , subject to consent by our regulatory agencies.

Madeline Taylor Duckles was born in Loomis, California to Allie Adella Fleisher and Porter Lee Taylor.

"Charter school" continues to be fighting words in education circles and beyond, even as the publicly financed, privately run schools have substantially grown in size, number and popularity since they first came on the scene in the early 1990's.

As the world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela, some observers are recalling the crucial role he played in advocating for science during the highly fraught AIDS crisis in South Africa.

Wesleyan University opened the Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science in 1871 and the museum displayed sacred Native American objects alongside curiosities that included dinosaur tracks, a stuffed bison and an Egyptian mummy.