NEW YORK (May 6, 2008) — Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined with California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor Diane Woodruff today to announce an unprecedented commitment of $70 million from the Bernard Osher Foundation to support private scholarships for California's community college students. The commitment is made as
Hydrox Labs, Elgin, IL has issued a voluntary recall of Cardinal Health labeled alcohol-free mouthwash. As a result of this recall, Cardinal Health is initiating a voluntary recall of the same alcohol-free mouthwash. The FDA has been apprised of the
WALTHAM, Mass. (April 24, 2008) Departing from the candy, cards and flowers of traditional Mothers’ Day celebrations, the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University is bringing together a multi-generational panel of working mothers to share their personal stories
PHOENIX, AZ; May 5, 2008) þu On Saturday, May 31, 2008, KNUV 1190 AM will team up with Phoenix College for the 1190 AM Celebrity Soccer Match: "Latinos Unidos" vs. "The Arizona Pros". The celebrity soccer match will be a
Oregon Health & Science University psychiatrist Jerald Block, M.D., will present new research on the psychiatric factors that can lead to school shootings. Block’s presentation, which is part of a panel discussion that he is chairing, will take place on
The at the DePaul University College of Law will release the results of a major study on the sex trafficking of women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan area at 9:30 a.m. May 7 at the DePaul University Club, 1
May 6, 2008 — In 1911, Yale professor Hiram Bingham returned from his Yale Peruvian Expedition claiming to have rediscovered the forgotten city of Machu Picchu. The thousands of historical artifacts he brought back have since become controversial beyond what
The dogs will be on leashes and will be accompanied by their owners, all of whom are staff at the counseling center, an arm of University Health Services (UHS). Students can chat with counselors about end-of-semester stress and ways of
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued guidance that will modify its earlier interpretation of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) which permits applicants for certain immigration benefits to retain classification as a child even if he or she has
LYON, France - INTERPOL is asking for the public's help in identifying a man pictured sexually abusing children in a series of images found on the Internet and retrieved from the computer of a convicted pedophile. ICE agents stationed internationally
CHICAGO -- The 15th Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration & Walk is the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s salute to cancer survivors and the strides made in cancer treatment and research. The event will take place on
Left unchecked, U.S. vehicle fuel use is expected to rise to about 765 billion liters of gasoline equivalent per year by 2035, up 35 percent from 2005, according to the researchers. Their analysis shows, however, that hybrids, plug-in hybrids and
The free and public exhibit on the main floor of University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, showcases advances in two-wheeled technology and includes related film screenings, lectures and events about two-wheeled vehicles, bicycles and bicycling.
Restoring and disrupting memories by flashing brain cells with lasers, creating animals whose symptoms mimic schizophrenia and dissecting the genetic basis for language learning are among the cutting-edge projects at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT to
WASHINGTON, DC, May 6 — Recently developed imaging techniques allow the mapping of the brain circuits and chemical systems believed responsible for a range of mood abnormalities including depression and bipolar disorder, and hold promise for improved treatments, scientists say.
Is your son or daughter going off to college in the fall? Did they have good study habits in high school, or did they get by by doing their assignments at the last minute? Many students get through high school
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Rick Atkinson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian of Americans in combat from North Africa to Baghdad, is the recipient of the 2008 Stephen E. Ambrose Oral History Award. The Rutgers Living History Society will present the
Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by
The scholarships, established by Duke alumni to honor the university’s origins as Trinity College, provide funds for tuition, fees, room and board, as well as summer study, work and travel experiences for all four years at Duke. The full value
