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• The President’s Speech at Nazarbayev University

  Besides the appeal to scientists to to stop the effects of aging, which made world news, Nazarbayev did have other things to say in his speech to students at Nazarbayev University last week. Kazakhnomad has some of her notes up and it’s worth going through. I think the admissions that Kazakhstan is behind in the […]

  12/21/10 • (2)

• CBS Stole the Best Headline: Kazakhstan’s President-For-Life Asks for More Life

  For the third time this year, President Nazarbayev has called for scientists in Kazakhstan to study how to reverse aging, leading many to speculate that he is musing over his own mortality. Of course, it isn’t completely fair to call Nazarbayev President-for-Life. In fact, he has the right to run for President as many times […]

  12/09/10 • (5)

• Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum

  Parliament has agreed to pass legislation giving Nazarbayev University “special status”, meaning that it will be able to set its own curriculum. Nazarbayev University, where students started studying about two weeks ago, has invited Western universities in to run the academic programs University College of London at the moment is running the course for undergraduates. […]

  10/19/10 • (Comments Off on Nazarbayev University Freed From Curriculum)