Promising Blood Test Fails to Yield Clues About Best Strategies for Bladder Cancer Treatment
A blood test that has shown promise in predicting how cancer will progress and what treatments will be most effective for a given patient may not be reliable for either, according to a new Penn Medicine study published today in Cancer.
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Is More, Better? Finding the Balance Between Nutritional Supplements and Eye Health
In the past decade, ophthalmologists have been prescribing nutritional supplements to be taken daily to prevent or slow vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Now, using nutritional supplements for eye health has become more common....
– University of Utah Health Sciences
JAMA Opthalmology, Oct. 27, 2016
Embargo expired on 27-Oct-2016 at 09:00 ET
New Approach Tests the Strength of Immunity
A new method to determine how effectively immune cells kill their targets could help personalize immune therapies.
– Thomas Jefferson University
Embargo expired on 27-Oct-2016 at 05:00 ET
Easing Labor Pain May Help Reduce Postpartum Depression in Some Women,Early Research Suggests
Epidural anesthesia may do more than relieve pain during labor; in some women it may decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression, suggests a preliminary study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2016 annual meeting.
– American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 10:45 ET
Restoring the Sense of Touch in Amputees Using Natural Signals of the Nervous System
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Case Western Reserve University have found a way to produce realistic sensations of touch in two human amputees by directly stimulating the nervous system.
– University of Chicago Medical Center
Science Translational Medicine
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET
Study Questions Benefits of Long-Term Home Oxygen Therapy for COPD Patients with Moderately Low Blood Oxygen Levels
A newly published study of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) concludes that long-term supplemental oxygen treatment results in little or no change in time to death, time to first hospitalizations or significant quality of life ...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine; HHSN268200736183C, HHSN268200736184C, HHSN268200736185C, HHSN268200736186C, HHSN268200736187C, HHSN268200736188C, HHSN2682007361
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New Tool May Predict Survival After Gunshot Wounds
MINNEAPOLIS – Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind tool to help predict a person’s chance of survival after a gunshot wound in the head or other penetrating injury, according to a new study published in the October 26, 2016, online iss...
– American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
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Understanding Retinopathy: Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Contributes to Pathological Angiogenesis.
A study sheds new understanding on the mechanisms of the diabetic retinopathy - which is the most prominent complication of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in working age individuals - as it uncovered a program of accelerated aging of the...
– Universite de Montreal
Science Translational Medicine, Strictly embargoed, October 26, 2:00 PM; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Canadian InstiCanadian Diabetes Association; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, The Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada...
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET
Researchers Develop System to Classify Gunshot Wounds to the Head and Other Similar Injuries
– Every year, more than 32,000 Americans die from gunshot wounds. A significant proportion of these deaths involve head wounds. Despite this massive public health burden, researchers know little about the variables that determine whether a victim o...
– University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Mayo Clinic Study Shows That Choice of Medical Center Impacts Life Expectancy of Multiple Myeloma Patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. – People diagnosed with multiple myeloma are more likely to live longer if they are treated at a medical center that sees many patients with this blood cancer. Mayo Clinic researchers published these findings today in the Journal o...
– Mayo Clinic
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American Society of Anesthesiologists Names Jeffrey S. Plagenhoef, M.D., New President
Jeffrey S. Plagenhoef, M.D., chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas, was today named president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the nation’s largest organizati...
– American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
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Linda J. Mason, M.D., Elected First Vice President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
Linda J. Mason, M.D., director of pediatric anesthesiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California, today was named first vice president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Dr. Mason was elected at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® ...
– American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 14:00 ET
Promise of Better Targeted Treatments Now Possible in Children’s Brain Cancer
More than 4,000 children and teens are diagnosed with brain cancer each year and the disease kills more children than any other cancer. Writing this week in the journal Cell Reports, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of...
– Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Cell Reports; CA042014
Free “Poop App” Newly Equipped to Evaluate Potential as Health Intervention
A free smart-phone app, developed by Johns Hopkins researchers to help screen for a rare but life-threatening liver disorder in babies, has been modified for users as part of a trial designed to learn whether information delivered by the app, now kno...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Death vs. Another Hospital Stay: Study Suggests Medicare Should Weigh Them Equally When Paying Hospitals
A new analysis suggests that Medicare should focus more on how well hospitals do at actually keeping patients alive during the first 30 days after a hospitalization, in addition to how well they do at keeping patients from being readmitted..
– University of Michigan Health System
JAMA Cardiology, doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3704
Prescription Medication Tragedies Could Be Prevented by Simple Pictures
Simple images designed to convey information about prescription drugs could help save lives and reduce the economic burden of non-adherence to treatment. New research published in Applied Ergonomics shows that including pictograms on written medicati...
– Elsevier
Applied Ergonomics Volume 58 (2017)
For the First Time in Humans, Researchers Use Brain Surface Stimulation to Provide 'Touch' Feedback to Direct Movement
Grasping a cup or brushing hair or cooking a meal requires feedback that has been lost in amputees and individuals with paralysis -- a sense of touch. University of Washington researchers have have used direct stimulation of the human brain surface t...
– University of Washington
IEEE Transactions on Haptics
Common Sets of Genes Disrupted In Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression
Studying brain tissue from deceased donors, Johns Hopkins scientists have found common groups of genes disrupted among people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. The commonly affected genes sets, identified with RNA sequencing ...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Translational Psychiatry
Top Fitness Trend for 2017 Is Wearable Technology
Annual forecast predicts what you’ll see in fitness next year
– American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Breaking Research in AACC’s Clinical Chemistry Journal Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Pediatric Developmental Disorders
A study appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the premier journal in the field and a publication of AACC, has for the first time established precise newborn reference intervals for several steroid hormones and amino acids that play key roles ...
– American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
Clinical Chemistry, Oct-2016
Paper vs. Electronic: How a Dermatology Prescription Is Written Affects Adherence
A UNC School of Medicine dermatologist recently conducted a study to determine if the way a prescription was written – either traditionally or electronically – played a role in whether a patient filled and picked up the medication.
– University of North Carolina Health Care System
New U of S Immunotherapy Technique Holds Promise for Curing Food Allergies
SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan (U of S) scientists have developed a new immunotherapy technique that nearly eliminates the allergic response to peanut and egg white proteins in food-allergic mice, reducing the anaphylactic response by up to 9...
– University of Saskatchewan
Researchers Slow Glioblastoma by Inhibiting Tumor’s PPARα Receptor
One of the most remarkable features of glioblastoma is the metabolic reprogramming of cancerous cells, resulting in uncontrolled cell proliferation, hypoxic conditions and angiogenesis. Metabolic reprogramming enables tumor cells with a faster way to...
– Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)
Journal of Cellular Physiology
High Blood Pressure Can Impair Cognitive Function, Pose Risk for Alzheimer’s
High blood pressure in middle age can lead to impaired cognition and is a potential risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.
– Loyola University Health System
Hypertension
Back Pain Led to Kidney Cancer Diagnosis for Survivor Turned Advocate
Four years ago, Merlinda Chelette was a hardworking ER nurse who suffered from excruciating back pain. When it became too painful to bear, she initially sought chiropractic care, but the pain got worse.
– UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Capacity Command Center to Enhance Hospital Operations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital has launched a state-of-the-art, advanced hospital control center. The Judy Reitz Capacity Command Center, designed and built with GE Healthcare Partners (GE), combines the latest in systems engineering, predictive analytic...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Pollution Exposure Is Higher in City Kids Who Are Active, Finds Study
Children from urban areas of New York City who engaged in vigorous daily exercise had greater exposure to black carbon, a traffic-related pollutant, than children who were less active, according to Columbia University researchers.
– Columbia University Medical Center
Environmental Research
Scripps Florida Scientists Illuminate Key Molecular Player in Both Morphine Addiction and Rare Disease
In a remarkable “two for one” discovery, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have illuminated a key molecular player in the addictive effects of morphine in animal models.
– Scripps Research Institute
Current Biology, Oct-2016; DA036082; MH080047; MH101954; NS82244; NS073930; EY024280; W81XWH-14-1-0074
Vaccination of Newborn Mice with Bacteria Suppresses Asthma as Adults
Asthma caused by adult exposure to cockroach detritus is blocked in mice that were vaccinated as newborns with a particular bacteria, Enterobacter that expresses alpha-1,3-glucan molecules on its surface.
– University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Journal of Immunology; AI14782-37; AI100005-05; AI00705
Ophthalmologist Roshni Vasaiwala, MD, Joins Loyola Medicine
Roshni Vasaiwala, MD, an ophthalmologist who specializes in the care and management of difficult corneal diseases, has joined Loyola Medicine.
– Loyola University Health System
Child Pedestrian Deaths Increase on Halloween Night
Safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt know Halloween can be scary, but for different reasons than you think. On average, twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year....
– Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Announcing the New TCTMD!
The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce the launch of the new TCTMD (www.tctmd.com), the leading online resource for cutting-edge news and information in interventional cardiology and beyond.
– Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)
Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing Receives Grant to Expand Behavioral Health Services in Maywood and Melrose Park
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing faculty Diana Hackbarth, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Fran Vlasses, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, have been awarded a $928,000 grant over two years from the Health Resources and Services Administratio...
– Loyola University Health System
Saving Sight in Glaucoma: Why the Brain May Hold the Key
What causes vision loss in glaucoma? There are two common answers that at first may seem disparate: the first is pressure, as in elevated ocular pressure, and the second is damage to the optic nerve, which is the structure that sends visual informati...
– Glaucoma Research Foundation
5 Steps to a Better Breast Self-Exam
If your monthly breast self-exam happens in the shower — sporadically — and involves a quick once-over of your breasts, you may be missing some important elements of an effective exam. In truth, the best and most thorough breast self-exam you can...
– City of Hope
Daughter Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Carries on Father's Fight - and Wins
A sudden breast cancer diagnosis will shake even the hardiest soul. But when Linh Quan received her news in the Spring of 2012, it was like being doubly kicked when she was already down.
– City of Hope
Texas A&M, Johns Hopkins Receive $5.3 Million NIH Grant To Study How Lead Exposure Affects Humans
When researchers try to uncover the cause of disease, they commonly start with two questions: Did a quirk in the patient’s genes open the door to illness, or did exposure to environmental factors play havoc with the patient’s health?
– Texas A&M University
School-Based Dental Sealant Programs for Children Reduce Cavities and Costs
New research findings demonstrate that school-based dental sealant programs, in which students receive preventative oral care while at school, are cost-effective in protecting at-risk children’s permanent teeth from decay.
– Kennesaw State University
Drug Targeting Tumor Metabolism Discovered by MD Anderson’s Institute for Applied Cancer Science Enters Clinical Trial
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Institute for Applied Cancer Science (IACS) has initiated the first clinical study of a novel drug designed to starve cancer cells, IACS-10759.
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Streck Announces Canadian Patent for Blood Collection Tubes
The Canadian Patent Office awarded Streck a patent regarding its Cell-Free DNA BCT®, a direct-draw blood collection tube that stabilizes nucleated blood cells. Streck received patent #2,690,651 on October 4, 2016. The patent relates to the use of S...
– Streck
Get Your Flu Shot, Or We All Pay the Price!
Despite the proven efficacy and minimal risks associated with vaccines, many American adults continue to forgo getting vaccinations, usually due to doubt of effectiveness, concerns of the safety of the vaccines, or just a lack of consistent follow-up...
– O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Radiology Leadership Institute Voted Best Radiologist Training Program
The Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI), which provides radiologists with high-quality training in leadership and professional development, has won the “Best Radiologist Training Program” award in the 2016 Auntminnie.com “Minnies.”
– American College of Radiology (ACR)
How Does the Gut Microbiome Influence Breast Cancer?
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago have received a three-year, $900,000 Defense Department grant to investigate how the gut microbiome – the trillions of bacteria, viruses and other bugs that make o...
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Roswell Park Gets FDA Approval for Clinical Study of Cuban Lung Cancer Vaccine, License for Joint U.S.–Cuba Commercial Partnership
Spurred by NYS Trade Mission to Cuba in 2015, Buffalo cancer center will conduct a clinical trial with CIMAvax-EGF, groundbreaking immunotherapy for lung cancer developed in Cuba — becoming the first American center to receive FDA authorization to ...
– Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Mouse Tests Aim to Show How Genes and Environment Join Forces to Cause Disease
Scientists from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M have launched an ambitious effort, with a $5.3-million NIH grant, to learn at a fundamental level how genes and environmental factors interact to trigger human disease.
– Johns Hopkins University
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Phyllis Sharps of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Receives Nursing Research President’s Award
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean for Community Programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, received the 2016 Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) President’s Award.
– Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Mutant Plants Reveal Temperature Sensor
In a serendipitous moment, scientists studying light sensing molecules in plants have discovered that they are also temperature sensors.The discovery may eventually allow them to design crop varieties that are better able to cope with a warming world...
– Washington University in St. Louis
Science, Oct 27, 2016
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Upper Paleolithic Humans May Have Hunted Cave Lions for Their Pelts
Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts, perhaps contributing to their extinction, according to a study published October 26, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marián Cueto from the Universidad de Cantabria, Spa...
– PLOS
PLOS ONE
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Nutrition Information…for Cows?
Cattle need a mixture of legume and grass for a healthy, balanced diet. To more accurately measure the composition of these forage mixtures, researchers have started using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS).
– American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Crop Science, September 1, 2016
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Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
For the first time, astronomers have seen a dusty disk of material around a young star fragmenting into a multiple-star system. Scientists had suspected such a process, caused by gravitational instability, was at work, but new observations with ALMA ...
– National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Nature; Oct-2016
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 13:00 ET
OU-Led Team Discovers Rare, Newborn Tri-Star System Using ALMA—A Revolutionary Observatory in Chile
A rare triple-star system surrounded by a disk with a spiral structure has been discovered by a University of Oklahoma-led research team.
– University of Oklahoma
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 13:00 ET
Making a New Pitch for Coal
Engineers from the University of Utah are launching a $1.6 million project to research cost-effective, carbon-friendly methods of turning coal-derived pitch into carbon-fiber composite material, and whether it can help revitalize threatened coal comm...
– University of Utah
Embargo expired on 26-Oct-2016 at 13:00 ET
Controlling the Properties of Matter in Two-Dimensional Crystals
The discovery of chains of atoms in a two-dimensional crystal could help researchers control the properties of matter.
– Penn State Materials Research Institute
Nano Letters Oct-2016
World’s Most Endangered Alligator Making a Comeback – in Shanghai
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) reports that eggs of critically endangered Chinese alligators discovered recently in a nest in a Shanghai wetland park have hatched and that baby alligators have been photographed and identified swimming in the are...
– Wildlife Conservation Society
A Songbird’s Travelogue
Biologists at the University of Utah recently used light-weight geolocation technology to follow a species of songbird on its 10,000-kilometer migration from the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa.
– University of Utah
The Condor
Nickel-78 Is a ‘Doubly Magic’ Isotope, Supercomputing Calculations Confirm
Theoretical physicists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently used Titan, America’s most powerful supercomputer, to compute the nuclear structure of nickel-78 and found that this neutron-rich nucleus is indeed doubly magic.
– Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Regenerative Medicine Scientists Get the Upperhand in Biological Pathway That Leads to Heart Formation
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine have identified a pathway essential to heart formation and, in the process, unveiled a mechanism that may explain how some previously puzzling segmen...
– UT Southwestern Medical Center
New Model Suggests Scrubbing CO2 From the Atmosphere
New Cornell research suggests an economically viable model to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to thwart runaway, point-of-no-return global warming.
– Cornell University
Nature Communications
Scientists Develop New Soap Molecule Cleaner Than Chemical Counterparts
A team of researchers has invented a new soap molecule made from renewable sources that could dramatically reduce the number of chemicals in cleaning products and their impact on the environment.
– University of Delaware
Extreme Cold Winters Fueled by Jet Stream and Climate Change
Scientists have agreed for the first time that recent severe cold winter weather in the UK and US may have been influenced by climate change in the Arctic, according to a new study.
– University of Sheffield
Nature Climate Change
New Species of Extremely Leggy Millipede Discovered in a Cave in California
The new millipede also has bizarre-looking mouthparts of a mysterious function, four legs that are modified into penises, a body covered in long silk-secreting hairs, and paired nozzles on each of its over 100 segments that squirt a defense chemical ...
– Virginia Tech
ZooKeys 626: 1-43 (20 Oct 2016)
Longtime UF/IFAS Administrator Retires After Outstanding Career in Research, Outreach
Chris Waddill came to UF/IFAS as Dean for Extension and later directed the Everglades, Southwest Florida and Everglades research and education center for UF/IFAS. She hired many outstanding faculty and helped bridge the gap between science and grower...
– University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
SUNY Geneseo Composer Embarks on Music Project in Antarctica
A SUNY Geneseo faculty member is heading to Antarctica with a team of climate scientists this month where he will gather information to compose music based upon seismic data gathered at the site.
– State University of New York at Geneseo
A Closer Look Inside
A faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Engineering & Applied Science has been awarded two separate grants worth a combined $2.5 million to develop better biomedical imaging tools.Mark Anastasio, professor of biomedical en...
– Washington University in St. Louis
National Institutes of Health
PPPL Inventors Honored for Device That Creates Medical Isotope Vital for Diagnosing Diseases
A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has won the 2016 Edison Patent Award for inventing an on-demand method to create a badly needed isotope used routinely in medical imaging devic...
– Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Christopher L. Crucitti Joins Science Exchange as Chief Commercial Officer
/PRNewswire/ -- Science Exchange, the leading marketplace for scientific research, is excited to announce that Christopher L. Crucitti, MS, has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer.
– Science Exchange
Building Owned by APA Achieves LEED Platinum Certification
The office building at 10 G Street, N.E., has achieved LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, according to the American Psychological Association, which owns the property.
– American Psychological Association (APA)
Andrew Merkle Appointed Research and Exploratory Development Mission Area Executive
Andrew Merkle has been appointed the Mission Area Executive for Research and Exploratory Development at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. He assumed his post on Oct. 1.
– Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Los Alamos Honors New Research Fellows
Our distinguished Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are being recognized as Fellows of the Laboratory this fall.
– Los Alamos National Laboratory
Four Lawrence Livermore Researchers Selected 2016 APS Fellows
Four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have been selected as 2016 fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). Adam Bernstein, Hui Chen, Omar Hurricane and James Trebes were given this distinct honor for their exceptional co...
– Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
University at Buffalo Awarded $2.9 Million to Build One-of-a-Kind Advanced Materials Data Research Lab
The University at Buffalo has received a $2.9 million National Science Foundation grant to transform the traditional role of a database as a repository for information into an automated computer laboratory that rapidly collects, interprets and learns...
– University at Buffalo
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“Brainprint” Researchers Get $900K in Funding
The National Science Foundation has awarded $900,000 in grant funding to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York to continue investigations into the next-generation of brain biometric technology. The project, “Brain Ha...
– Binghamton University, State University of New York
IU Researchers Receive $1.8 Million NSF Grant to Protect Security of 'Internet of Things' Technology
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing researchers have received $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation to ensure that door locks, lightbulbs, cameras and other common household items, which are increasingly connected to th...
– Indiana University
1565252; 1565375
Gender Gaps in Math Persist, With Teachers Underrating Girls’ Math Skills
Beginning in early elementary school, boys outperform girls in math – especially among the highest achievers – continuing a troubling pattern found in the late 1990s, finds a new analysis led by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, an...
– New York University
AERA Open; Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; Spencer Foundation/National Academy of Education Postdoctoral Fellowship
Embargo expired on 27-Oct-2016 at 00:05 ET
New Exclusive Video Series: Luminaries Reveal Personal Experiences That Launched Careers
Billy Joel reveals that the first time he realized how much he loved performing was when he was in third grade and sang “Hound Dog” on his school stage to the delight of fourth grade girls. Ann Curry discusses what it was like being the first in ...
– Stony Brook University
Embargo expired on 27-Oct-2016 at 00:00 ET
Elderly Chinese Immigrants Feel at Home in U.S. With Living Conditions, Independence, Study Finds
Having comfortable living conditions and independence from their adult children can help elderly Chinese immigrants find a sense of home and life satisfaction in the United States, but the inability to speak fluent English makes them feel unsettled, ...
– Georgia State University
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
WVU Receives NEH Grant to Host Publishing Institutes
Through a $220,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, West Virginia University English professor Cheryl Ball is developing Digital publishing institutes for authors and editors to experience instruction individually tailored to thei...
– West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
New Evidence That Politics, Not Economics, Drives Inequality
COLUMBUS, Ohio – One of the biggest surprises about rising income inequality in the United States may be that economic factors aren’t the biggest cause, a new study suggests.
– Ohio State University
American Journal of Sociology
The Not-So-Spooky, Yet Still Sort-of-Spooky, History of Halloween
Witches, Transformers, princesses, and goblins stalking neighborhoods at night for candy wasn’t always what Halloween was about. Hundreds of years ago, Halloween was about celebrating European harvest festival traditions. And as Catholicism began s...
– University of Alabama
Hunger Expert Discusses USDA Report Showing Significant Drop in Household Food Insecurity
The USDA recently released its report, “Household Food Insecurity in the United States in 2015,” which shows a significant decline in the national food-insecurity rate, from 14 percent to 12.7 percent in one year. In this Q&A, Jeremy Everett, dir...
Expert Available
– Baylor University
UC Berkeley's THIMBY Wins Second Place in Tiny Home Competition
An interdisciplinary team of College of Environmental Design and other UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students won second place in the SMUD Tiny Home Competition, in addition to bringing home specific awards for “Best Craftsmanship,” “W...
– UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design
Richard Wolffe to Speak Globalization Impact on Monterey Bay Region Oct. 27
The Cal State University Monterey Bay 2016-17 President's Speaker Series kicks off Thurs. Oct. 27 when President Eduardo Ochoa hosts best-selling author and MSNBC analyst Richard Wolffe. The topic of conversation: Impacts of globalization on the Mont...
– California State University, Monterey Bay
Uber Service Faster in Low Income Seattle Neighborhoods, Initial Study Finds
Your wait time for an Uber ride in Seattle is shorter if you are in a lower income neighborhood. Alternatively, wait times are longer for an Uber in wealthier neighborhoods, according to a new University of Washington study that measures one dimensio...
– University of Washington
Journal of Transport Geography
Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab Miami to Host First Demo Night
Building on Babson’s leadership in advancing women-led entrepreneurship, the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson launched the WIN Lab in Boston in October 2013 as a first-of-its-kind program designed to help women entrepreneur...
– Babson College
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