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by Ruel HinalocYou are planning one of the most beautiful moments conceivable, but having a tough time of finding an idea of how to start out, a good place might be with the flowers in which you wish to express

A study suggests more than 1 million community college students have trouble getting federal student loans.

For those who made it up, down, and/or across to ad:tech San Francisco, hopefully you took our advice during your pre-show planning, making sure to wear comfortable shoes, bringing plenty of business cards, showing up...

Revised entry by David van Mill on April 17, 2008. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] This entry explores the topic of free speech. It starts with a general discussion of freedom in relation to speech and then moves on to

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Kentucky's method of execution by lethal injection, rejecting the claim that officials there administered a common sequence of three drugs in a manner that posed an unconstitutional risk that a condemned inmate would suffer

As nanotechnology has moved out of the laboratory and into commercial products, many have begun to question the impact of nanoscale materials on health and the environment. Learning more about such impacts, however, presents a daunting task, given the number

California's stem cell agency overstated and hyped the importance of its funding in enabling clinical trials for a drug to treat a severe blood disorder, Consumer Watchdog said today, seriously undercutting the agency's credibility and alienating those who support publicly

A proposal to reverse part of a 2006 constitutional amendment allowing embryonic stem cell research appears in jeopardy of not making Missouri's ballot.The group Cures Without Cloning has not yet begun gathering petition signatures for its amendment. That's because it

University Prof. Ian Wilmut would like to undertake joint research on induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells with Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, the creator of the cells, Wilmut said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Tuesday. (The Daily

The idea of having your personal genetic code unravelled was once a dream reserved for individuals who were fans of science or big on ego -- and deep in pocket.But a new technique, described in the Thursday issue of the

Since humans first flew in space, nothing has captivated astronauts more than the view of home out the window of their spacecraft.

Lubricating meltwater that makes its way from the surface down to where a glacier meets bedrock turns out to be only a minor reason why Greenland's outlet glaciers accelerated their race to the sea 50 to 100 percent in the

Researchers have for the first time documented the sudden and complete drainage of a lake of meltwater from the top of the Greenland ice sheet to its base. From those observations, scientists have uncovered a plumbing system for the ice

University of Washington scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process. Working in yeast cells, the researchers have linked ribosomes, the protein-making factories in living cells, and Gcn4, a specialized protein that aids

Scholarly Communication in East Asia: Modernization and Traditions" was presented by SLIS faculty member Jingfeng Xia at the Council for East Asian Librarians (CEAL) in Atlanta, Georgia, held April 1-3, 2008. The presentation comes a little more than a month

SLIS alumnus Marshall Shore, MLS '92, has been named as one of Library Journal's 50 Movers and Shakers for 2008. Shore works as an adult services coordinator for the Maricopa County Library District in Phoenix, Arizona, and was nominated as

By Keith Kuhn (MLS '76)Note: This piece has been reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of SLIS Network, our semiannual alumni magazine.This issue marks my last as Alumni Board president. While I will certainly miss working with alumni in this

SLIS faculty member Jingfeng Xia recently presented "Open Access for Archaeological Literature: A Manager's Perspective" at the Society of American Archaeology's annual meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30, 2008.

Howard White , professor emeritus of Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology, will visit IU April 24-29, 2008, to give two presentations and meet with SLIS faculty and students. White's full schedule for the IU visit can be