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In 1925, a group of Methodist Episcopal Church leaders decided to create Lincoln and Lee University at the intersection of 75th and State Line in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas. [1] [2] Its founders included philanthropist Kate B. Hewitt, former president of Centre College Ernest H. Newcomb, and Methodist Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf.
Established in 1946 through the philanthropy of Linda (1859–1938) and Herbert F. Hall (1858–1941), of the Hall-Bartlett Grain Co., [3] the library is open to the public, and invites individual researchers, academic institutions, and companies from Kansas City and around the world to use the library's research-level collection.
In 1926, Holmes's major work, The Science of Mind, was published, and in 1927 he founded the Institute of Religious Science and Philosophy in Los Angeles to teach his principles. After a growing number of the Institute's graduates established churches on teachings by Holmes, it was reorganized in 1949 as the Church of Religious Science.
A hall had been built on the site on Broadwater Road in 1921, succeeding a hired hall in the town centre which had been used since 1910; [211] the new hall was registered for worship in 1923 when the congregation had the status of a Christian Science Society. [212] The church, an Art Deco-style brick building, remained in Christian Scientist ...
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is an independently operated, non-profit organization focused on foundational biological research, based in Kansas City, Missouri. The institute is home to Principal Investigator labs and core Technology Centers actively investigating biology in research areas such as development and regeneration ...
More money would go to a number of other literacy programs, including $11.5 million for pre-K facilities and $9.7 million to support 26 state programs in literacy and English language learning ...
MRIGlobal is an American independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, with regional offices in Virginia and Maryland.In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal operates research facilities for the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.
Scientific literacy may also be defined in language similar to the definitions of ocean literacy, [4] Earth science literacy [5] and climate literacy. [6] Thus a scientifically literate person can: Understand the science relevant to environmental and social issues.