Ayn Rand Institute

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 30 of 34 - About 333 Essays
  • Great Essays

    In this essay, I will explore what accounting and finance is and why I have chosen to study it at the University of Birmingham. Accounting and finance are two separate disciplines that have some similar characteristics. The main difference between accounting and finance is that finance focuses on the present and future whereas accounting focuses on the past (Aspillera, 2014). The University of Birmingham is amongst the top providers for accounting and finance due to its credibility,…

    • 1519 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jeff Koons

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Born in 1955 in Pennsylvania, Jeff Koons is a renowned American contemporary artist known for his practice of placing every day, ordinary objects in unique installations. Although he got his expertise in Baltimore at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he obtained his M.F.A., he ended up transferring to the School of the Art Institution of Chicago after visiting and becoming inspired by an exhibit of Jim Nutt, who also attended the Art Institution on Chicago. He stated in an…

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    to make monetary donations as investments that were intended to increase his corporate brand, as well as for the benefit of recipients of the cause. Thus, he commandeered corporate social responsibility when he founded The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland in 1953 (hhmi.org). Today, it is still one of the largest private funding organizations for medical research in the…

    • 1967 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hell And Heaven Analysis

    • 757 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In general, Fritz Scholder used people to show ethnic subject matter. This does not coincide with what I have learned about earlier painters such as those in the Oklahoma School. The most artwork from earlier painters are traditional portraits and pictures of recording the ceremony. Fritz Scholder combined Indian culture with American culture to show the Indian with a beer can, the Indian with a American flag, and a portrait of himself with a cat. He also drew abstract in which expressed…

    • 757 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Chemical Runaways

    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages

    piping used to cool the vessel. Since vessel could not be cooled, the pressure inside the vessel began to rise and chemical runaway began to occur. Chemical runaway is the process that exothermic reactions get out of control and cause an explosion (Institute of Chemical Engineers, n.d.). During the evacuation process, the pressure became too great and caused a rupture in the piping. According to the CSB report, workers reported a sound that appeared to be like a “jet engine” (CSB, 2009). By…

    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    A discourse is a way of communicating, whereas a discourse community is a group that communicates similarly and for collective purposes. More often, a discourse community can be referred as a way of the communication within a given field, between individuals or within a group of people. Most commonly, discourse takes the form of speaking, writing, and reading, where an audience plays an essential role in the type of discourse. For example, I communicate differently when I talk to my friends than…

    • 1451 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    Statement of Purpose My decision to obtain a PhD degree is inspired by the desire to combine my creativity with specialized knowledge to invent and enhance technology for this ever changing world. I am confident that a PhD degree from the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder will serve as a link between the potential and this career goal of mine. My passion to study engineering grew when I got GPA 5 out of 5 in the Secondary School…

    • 1057 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Introduction: Discipline investigation is an essay that allows a student to discover the difficulties of professional life. The main source for this essay is the interview that student uses to collect the empirical data. From my opinion, this dissertation is a study to convince students to either follow what they choose or change their career. Before doing this assignment, I expected chemical engineering is a tough profession in the industry but I found out the academic courses were challenging…

    • 1225 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Men Growing Minority

    • 1035 Words
    • 5 Pages

    When an individual is looked at his/her background instead of his actually ability then there is a strong public response that is stopping the company to pick that individual. Men and women face different barriers when joining non-traditional occupation support. According to the article, “Men: A growing minority?”, the author says that, “Other experts agree that the field needs a diversity of viewpoints, but point out that it 's not only the male perspective that is underrepresented in…

    • 1035 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Courtney's Short Story

    • 1217 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Once upon a time, in a static (5) land called Lake Charles, there was a young college freshman named Courtney Liccardi. She had very transcendent (10) plans for such a small town girl. Courtney had just been accepted into Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard gave Courtney a magnanimous (2), full ride scholarship for a track. Track was her heart and soul, she then later met her whole heart, Bentley North. They were meant to be, he ran long distance, just like Courtney did. He…

    • 1217 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34