Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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From borrowing Rs30 for shared auto to earning Rs3 million in IPL, Mumbai Indian's pacer Ashwani Kumar has come a long way

Gulf News 01 Apr 2025
Sometimes, he would cycle to PCA academy or take lifts or would go in shared autos ... His friends would pool money to get him cricket balls and when he was picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs3 million, the first thing he did was to get cricket kits and balls distributed in the academies near our village....
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How indie Oscar contenders flourished at the North American box office

Screen Daily 01 Apr 2025
Seasoned independent film executive Jonathan Sehring was as surprised as anybody after triumphed at the Academy Awards on March 2 ... “The [Academy’s] documentary branch was seeing it as it played in these different festivals,” says a Cinetic Marketing executive who worked on the campaign....
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From borrowing Rs 30 to earning Rs 30 lakhs: Struggles behind the success of MI debutant Ashwani Kumar

Cricket Country 01 Apr 2025
Sometimes, he would cycle to PCA academy or take lifts or would ... His friends would pool money to get him cricket balls and when he was picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh, the first thing he did was to get cricket kits and balls distributed in the academies near our village....
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Shared autos for INR 30, no bowling spikes, rejected by CSK, KKR, RR: Ashwani Kumar ...

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
For the uninitiated, Ashwani Kumar trains in the same academy as KKR star Ramandeep Singh ... His friends would pool money to get him cricket balls, and when he was picked up by Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh, the first thing he did was to get cricket kits and balls distributed in the academies near our village," Shiv said....
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Carlisle United 'may need another £4m from owners next season'

Yahoo Daily News 31 Mar 2025
The estimate is revealed in notes to the Blues’ accounts for the 2023/24 season ... “Poor football results, leading to declining divisional position and relegation from League Two, could impact hugely on recurring income (EFL and Premier League distributions, fans support, business turnover), academy, community and funding requirements,” United say. ....
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Dismantling USAID could boost African self-reliance

Korea Times 31 Mar 2025
... at Columbia University, a research associate at Harvard University’s Center for African Studies, a distinguished fellow at the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, and a fellow at the African Academy of Sciences. This article was distributed by Project Syndicate....
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Academy issues apology over its response to the attack on Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal

Business Insider 29 Mar 2025
An open letter signed by more than 700 of the organization's voting members said that the Academy's statement "fell far short of the sentiments this moment calls for." ... The Academy members' open letter said the film has done particularly well given that it was not "buoyed by wide distribution and exorbitantly priced campaigns" that others enjoyed....
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From UK to Pakistan’s slums: a Pakistani-origin woman’s quest to bring light to the forgotten

Urdu Point 29 Mar 2025
</p><p>Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy remained steadfast in its mission, distributing financial assistance to those in need and ensuring that no one was overlooked during the crisis.</p><p>One of the academy’s most significant efforts is its daily ......
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Puerto Rican film claims the Navy turned Vieques into a cancer hotspot

The Los Angeles Times 29 Mar 2025
Are Puerto Rican filmmakers pushing for this to change? We sent a letter complaining about the 2012 rule change to the academy, and they responded with a very standard template stating that the rule stands ... If Puerto Rico is able to participate and submit to the Oscars, that has a huge impact on distribution....
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China's glacier area shrinks by 26 percent over six decades

China Daily 26 Mar 2025
Global glacier inventory efforts began in 1978, focusing on the distribution and volume of mountain glaciers ... To further assess glacier distribution after 2000, the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences began the second inventory in 2007, publishing the data set in 2014....
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Mesa Water open education center to show students, residents what goes into getting water to taps

Orange County Register 26 Mar 2025
Until now, much of what the fifth graders at Page Academy in Costa Mesa learned about water came out of a book ... Chris Aihara, math and science teacher at Page Academy, said the fifth-grade curriculum includes lessons on the water cycle, water distribution, water’s impact on the climate, erosion, and other topics....
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Video: Over 23,000 Iftar meals distributed in Al Ain under Sheikha Fatima's patronage

Gulf News 26 Mar 2025
... Academy (FBMA), organized a large-scale initiative to distribute over 23,000 iftar meals and 5,000 fast-breaking meals at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain....
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What We Know About the Attack Against Hamdan Ballal

New York Magazine 26 Mar 2025
Photo ... Though the film has struggled to find distribution, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film earlier this month — hence, presumably, the “Oscar” comment Ballal says he overheard ... “Every filmmaker and Academy member should be acting together in protest,” actor Mark Ruffalo commented on an Instagram post about the news ... Email....

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