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    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:06:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia  Strengthens Ties in Beijing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia University and Beijing Normal University (BNU), Zhuhai Campus, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote educational and academic exchanges between the two institutions. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-strengthens-ties-in-beijing.333.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:40:00 -0300</pubDate>
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      <title>'Breast is Best' vs. 'Formula is Fine'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Phyllis Rippeyoung, assistant professor of sociology at Acadia University, shares data from her working paper on the economic consequences of breast-feeding. Reported on The Takeaway. Audiio file.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:30:00 -0300</pubDate>
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      <title>Convocation Tickets Available Online</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Art Exhibition - David R. Harper: Atlas</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Acadia University Art Gallery presents Atlas, a solo exhibition by David R. Harper. With Atlas, Harper juxtaposes the trailer home against historic illustrations from medieval chronicles to explore the significant relationship between person and place.]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/art-exhibition---david-r-harper-atlas.315.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Charke's Tundra Songs premiere at Carnegie Hall</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 13  Kronos concludes an evening devoted to music from the Arctic Circle with the New York premiere of Canadian composer Derek Charke’s Tundra Songs featuring the raw, primal music-making of Inuit throat-singer Tanya Tagaq. (From Carnegie Hall News)]]></description>
      <link>http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/press/press_release/113088.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia student team named champion for environmental education</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia University's "Students In Free Enterprise" or SIFE team has been named the SIFE Green Challenge Regional Champion by national charitable organization Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE). ]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-student-team-named-champion-for-environmental-education.260.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia recognized in international advertising competition</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia University has won two merit awards in the 25th Annual Educational Advertising Awards - one of the largest educational advertising competitions in the world. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-recognized-in-international-advertising-competition.257.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia Grad - TVO's Best Lecturer Finalist</title>
      <description><![CDATA[TVO's 2010 Big Ideas Best Lecturer Competition celebrates the most engaging and intellectually stimulating lecturers in Ontario, and one of them is Acadia grad Virginia Walker. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?bestlecturer_professors#Virginia Walker</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How to recognize work burnout</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn has driven burnout rates way up. How to recognize it when you see it — or feel it. Acadia's Dr. Michael Leiter explains the phenomena. Reported in Canadian Business Online. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/employees/article.jsp?content=20100315_10027_10027&amp;scroll=rating</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia Launches English Language Learning Online</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new program from Acadia University is providing international students with the opportunity to develop their English language proficiency without setting foot on a campus.  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-launches-english-language-learning-online.241.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment Awarded Grant</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment was recently awarded a $120,000 grant from the Nova Scotia Department of the Environment EcoNova Scotia Fund for Clean Air and Climate Change. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/arthur-irving-academy-for-the-environment-awarded-grant.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Honouring local leaders</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Community leaders from North Preston and Halifax were among an elite list inducted into the Rev. Dr. W.P. Oliver (Acadia Class of 1934) Wall of Honour in a ceremony at the Black Cultural Centre Saturday night. Reported in HalifaxNewsNet.ca  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/index.cfm?sid=327651&amp;sc=608</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Worldwide effort, Wolfville woman, help Haiti</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A graduate of Acadia who now teaches at the American University of Iraq (Sulaimani campus) has initiated Haiti relief efforts there - an outreach first for the university. Reported in NovaNewsNow.com.  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-426567-Worldwide-effort-Wolfville-woman-help-Haiti.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey examines stress, burnout in doctors</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Leiter, a professor of psychology at Acadia University, explains a "crisis of values" and a lack of balance between work and life is a prescription for burnout for Canada's doctors. Reported in the Leader-Post.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Survey+examines+stress+burnout+doctors/2559634/story.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia Exchange Program Expands Down Under</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia University has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Newcastle, Australia, which will expand Acadia’s existing Study Abroad Exchange Program to 15 premier institutions in Europe, Australia, Caribbean, Asia, and more than two dozen institutions in the United States.]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-exchange-program-expands-down-under.217.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Legacies of African N.S. women highlight February events</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Feb. 5 Valley launch of African Heritage Month in Nova Scotia included a tribute to “the unsung matriarchs” of African Nova Scotian communities and the second annual quizbowl event. Reported in The Kings County Register.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-429609-Legacies-of-African-NS-women-highlight-February-events.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>New Music Festival features eclectic lineup</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Button up your overcoat. Canada's Arctic takes centre stage at this year's Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival. The event features Acadia professor Derek Charke. Reported in the Winnipeg Free Press.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/new-music-festival-features-eclectic-lineup-music-matters-83526322.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Blanding's turtle rescue efforts continue</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest effort to save the Blanding's turtle, an endangered species in Nova Scotia, began Tuesday at Acadia University in Wolfville. Reported by CBC. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/02/ns-blandings-turtle.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>One man, 3 goals, 6 seconds!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Later this month, Connie MacNeil will mark the 60th anniversary of his improbable goal-scoring feat. Reported in the Chronicle-Herald.]]></description>
      <link>http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1165543.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Learning a lifelong endeavour</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Learning doesn’t have to end after post-secondary education. Reported in the Chronicle-Herald.]]></description>
      <link>http://thechronicleherald.ca/NSBSection4/1165330.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Cameron, Ham, Narcisse, Payton among football Hall inductees</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Four players who left their mark on the Canadian Football League were named Tuesday as the latest inductees into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Reported in the National Post. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2513080</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Teams of students gather for battle of the robots</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 40 teams of Nova Scotia students converged on Acadia University in Wolfville on Saturday to compete in two robotics competitions. Reported in the Chronicle-Herald.]]></description>
      <link>http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1165215.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Composer Derek Charke's Tundra Songs tapping a northern cool</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia composer Derek Charke headed to the ice floes to create Tundra Songs for the Kronos Quartet and throat singer Tanya Tagaq. By Alexander Varty, reported in straight.com. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.straight.com/article-282148/vancouver/tapping-northern-cool</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebrating Acadia's Students of African Descent</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Acadia University and the Valley African Nova Scotian Development Authority (VANSDA) will together mark African Heritage Month with presentations celebrating Acadia students and alumni of African descent.]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/celebrating-acadias-students-of-african-descent.173.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Acadia Robotics Competition Tackles Transportation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 300 students from across Nova Scotia will converge on Acadia University to compete in two exciting robot programming competitions on Saturday, January 30.]]></description>
      <link>http://www2.acadiau.ca/acadia-news-reader/items/acadia-robotics-competition-tackles-transportation.169.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
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