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Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter to Visit Penn for College Affordability Town Hall Feb. 24

Newly approved drug for metastatic melanoma nearly doubles median survival
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with scientists from 12 other sites in the U.S. and Australia, report for the first time that a newly approved drug for metastatic melanoma nearly doubles the median survival time for patients with a common genetic mutation - a finding that will change the way this deadly form of skin cancer is treated.

Lee C. Bollinger, University Statement February 21, 2012
As our university has made clear from the outset of this recent story, we are deeply concerned about any government activity that would chill the freedom of thought or intrude upon student privacy, both of which are so essential to our academic community.

Professor Timothy M. Frye Discusses the Russian Political Scene
In the late 1980s, Timothy Frye , a recent Middlebury College graduate with a B.A. in Russian language and literature, went for the first time to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, where Mikhail Gorbachev had just come to power.

Computer Scientist Developing Intersections of the Future With Fully Autonomous Vehicles
AUSTIN, Texas — Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virtual traffic controller, says computer scientist Peter Stone.

Despite Leadership, Maryland Higher Education Is Leaving Citizens Behind, Penn GSE Study Finds
Maryland's higher education system is leaving poor, black and Hispanic residents behind, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Higher Education Research, " Much

Despite Leadership, Maryland Higher Education Is Leaving Underserved Citizens Behind, Penn GSE Researchers Find
Maryland's higher education system is leaving poor, black and Hispanic residents behind, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Higher Education Research, " Much

U of M Water Resources Center to bring LiDAR technology, expertise to natural resource managers throughout Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/16/2012) —The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC) is offering statewide workshops designed to put the powerful technology of LiDAR in the hands of Minnesota's natural resource practitioners beginning March 12.

Susan Hockfield to step down
MIT's 16th president led Institute in service to nation and world; met recession with unprecedented fundraising success and careful budget management.

School of Public Health receives $50 million gift, largest in school’s 50-year history

University of Miami Launches Momentum2
— Coral Gables — In a five-story simulation hospital, students dressed in surgical scrubs tend to a lifelike pregnant robotic mannequin, monitoring her vital signs and counting her contractions.

State-owned oil companies increase price volatility and pollution, Stanford researcher says
State-owned oil companies dominate the world's oil supplies, and politicians often cannot resist getting involved.

InterDigital and Calit2 Launch InterDigital Innovation Challenge
InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC) and the University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Tele and Information Technology (Calit2) today announced the launch of the InterDigita

Will Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Beat Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in the United States. This form of heart attack kills 325,000 people every year, representing one death every two minutes.

Penn School of Social Policy & Practice Introduces Community Teamworks Volunteer Program

Representatives from Around Pacific Region Attend Free Trade Negotiations at School of International
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade negotiations recently took place at UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS).

Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Partners in 100Kin10 Initiative for Education

NorthStar Initiative launches corporate sustainability webinar series
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/03/2012) —The NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is launching a free quarterly webina

Penn State team's QR code wins REACH challenge
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SIPA Expert Says Leaner Pentagon Better Targets 21st Century Threats
President Barack Obama's new national defense strategy represents “a move in the right direction and a chance to do more of what we should have done after the Cold War and before the second war

’Dinner with Interesting People’ Premieres ’First Generation’ Documentary

Pulitzer’s New York World Reborn as Online News Site
Last fall, a private bus company operating under a city contract permitted its passengers, primarily Orthodox Jews, to enforce a religious tradition—in order to prevent physical between the sexes, women were required to sit in the back of the bus.

Half of L.A. human-services nonprofits are struggling, new UCLA report shows
Roughly half of Los Angeles County's 6,300 human-services nonprofits — which provide such services as emergency shelter, food, hospice care, and support for foster children, at-risk youth and t

Human trafficking a dangerous reality
In the movie The Whistleblower , an American police officer turned peacekeeper uncovers a sex trafficking operation in post-war Bosnia.

Commentary in Nature: Can economy bear what oil prices have in store?
Stop wrangling over global warming and instead reduce fossil-fuel use for the sake of the global economy.

Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Sen. Franken to tour U of M wind energy research station at UMore Park Friday, Jan. 27
Who : Sen. Al Franken, Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman and University of Minnesota Professor Fotis Sotiropoulos What : Tour of University of Minnesota wind energy research station and press availability When : 11 am., Friday, Jan.

Young breast cancer survivors face serious quality-of-life challenges
Quality of life in younger patients treated for breast cancer is seriously compromised, and these women face more physical and mental health issues than women their age who haven't had cancer and women over 50 who have, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Poll: Incentives working, but local officials in Michigan lukewarm about state funding reforms
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Only a small minority of local officials in Michigan believe that major reforms in the way they receive state funding that require adoption of "dashboard" reports will be very effective in improving the overall performance of their governments.

Fels Institute at Penn Kicks Off 75th Year Anniversary by Examining Intersection of Transportation and Fiscal Crisis

Spirited election panel previews new Institute of Politics
On an afternoon when the University of Chicago announced the creation of the new Institute of Politics, a panel of prominent political figures also marked the occasion with informed analysis, humor, and spirited disagreements over the 2012 presidential election.

Penn-based Report Reflects Rise of Think Tanks in Underrepresented Regions of the World
Launched in 2006, the University of Pennsylvania's "Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings" annual report has become an authoritative source for the top public policy research institutes in the world.

UC San Diego Health System Expands, Acquires Nevada Cancer Institute
UC San Diego Health System has received approval to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), the official cancer institute of the state of Nevada, as an affiliate health care provider.

Yale asks community to "help us discover" cures for disease
Yale University is launching a major effort to recruit thousands of volunteers to participate in clinical trials being conducted at Yale's Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.

Medicine and public acceptance
Preparedness usually means planning for an emergency and avoiding catastrophic outcomes. Not for Professor Peter Newman - he is planning for a best-case scenario.

RF MEMS and Phased Array Pioneer Gabriel Rebeiz Appointed to UC San Diego Endowed Chair
Gabriel Rebeiz, a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, has been appointed to the Wireless Industry Endowed Chair at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

Fred Conrad to direct U-M Program in Survey Methodology
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Cognitive psychologist Frederick Conrad has been appointed director of the University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology, based at the Institute for Social Research.

MIT selected by U.S. Department of Transportation to lead New England Consortium on Transportation Safety & Livable Communities
The Engineering Systems Division's Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) is pleased to announce that MIT has been selected to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation Research & Innova

University creates new Institute of Politics
Alumnus David Axelrod, AB'76, to lead programs intended to harness students' passion for careers in public service The University of Chicago is forming a new Institute of Politics aimed at helpi

Early Stage Venture Fund launches in Cambridge, Mass
Cambridge, Mass. - January 18, 2012 - When the "next big thing" is invented in a dorm room, ruminated over in a late-night café, or discovered in a laboratory, it will now find more support in - and its inventors will have better reasons to stay connected to - the Cambridge area.

As Newest Green Fund Awardees Are Announced, 2012 Signals Start of Past Project Impact

UC San Diego Researchers Review Cessation Studies and Call for Change in Policy
Smoking is a major public health issue and quitting is the single most important thing smokers can do to improve their health. In the 2012 edition of the prestigious Annual Review of Public Health, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have reviewed the landscape of smoking cessation over the past 20 years.

Stanford’s International Travel Assistance Program offers peace of mind 24/7

Research focuses on youth, chronic illness and employment
Like any 28 year old, Arif Jetha , a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is worrying about his future. Once he completes his PhD, should he remain at home with his parents and pursue post-doctoral work or move on to full-time employment and begin establishing his career? Then, he thinks about the participants in his Young Adult, Health and Employment Study (YHES) ) and realizes his own challenges pale in comparison to theirs.

Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan and Axel Weber appointed to G30
Raghuram Rajan and Axel Weber , faculty members at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business , have been appointed to the Group of Thirty, an international body that examines the impact of financial and economic decisions in the public and private sectors.

Leading political figures to visit campus for 2012 election panel
A panel including some of the nation's foremost political figures and commentators will gather at the University of Chicago's International House on Jan.

Urban Education Lab to study effects of CPS’ new full school day initiative
The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and its newly established Urban Education Lab will study the effects of extending the school day in Chicago Public Schools , by taking advantage of

U-M comment on announcement of a patent office in Detroit
University of Michigan statement: "This is great news for the Great Lakes region, the state of Michigan and the University of Michigan," said Stephen Forrest, U-M vice president for research.

Byrna Kranzler, author of "The Accidental Anarchist," to Speak at Geisel Library Jan.18
Bryna Kranzler, the author of "The Accidental Anarchist," a harrowing and amazing tale about an ordinary man who became a Russian revolutionary, will speak on January 18 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Seuss Room at the Geisel Library on the UC San Diego campus.

Law Prof. Nate Persily to Oversee Connecticut Redistricting Process
State Legislature Failed to Reach Agreement; State Supreme Court Has New Deadline of Feb. 15 Media : Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs [a] law.columbia (p) edu New York, Jan.

At Yale, (future) female physicists to gather by the hundreds

Carnegie Mellon University’s Chris Hendrickson Appointed To Serve On Prestigious National Transportation Research Board Executive Committee
: Carnegie Mellon University's Chris Hendrickson Appointed To Serve On Prestigious National Transportation Research Board Executive Committee-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University

Caltech Elects Two New Members to Board of Trustees

Willow biofuels program ignites with new funding and boiler
Prospects for meeting energy needs with a locally grown bioenergy crop are heating up on a Cornell campus.

Slaves or not, Babylonians were much like us, says book
They got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us.

San Diego’s Algal Biofuels Research Enterprise Continues Rapid Growth
Scientists at UC San Diego are among the workers in the region transforming algae into transportation fuels. Credit: Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Despite the sluggish economy, San Diego's research efforts to produce new transportation fuels from algae continue to grow at a rapid pace, generating more than double the number of jobs for local workers in 2011 than were available in the region just two years ago.

Stanford political scientist maps militant groups around the globe
A supporter of Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir wears a shirt with the image of Osama bin Laden.

Schulich School of Music scholars among winners of Digging into Data Challenge
Will use computers to study changes in Western musical style from 1300 to 1900 An international team of scholars led by Julie Cumming, Associate Dean of McGill's Schulich School of Music, is amo

Former Caltech Public Relations VP Dies
Bob O'Rourke, of Pasadena, the former vice president for public relations at the California Institute of Technology, died Dec.

U of M awarded $15 million grant to implement one of the nation's most comprehensive childhood education programs
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (12/21/2011) —The University of Minnesota and partners have been awarded an Investing in Innovation or “i3” grant of $15 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education.

UCLA political scientist heads to Iowa, New Hampshire for survey of presidential campaign
After watching in frustration as the nation's press corps has written the history of one presidential election after another, UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck finally decided something had to give.

FCC Names Engineering Prof. Schulzrinne Chief Technology Officer
Columbia Engineering School Professor Henning Schulzrinne has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

Saving on Energy Bills: Meeting Families in the Middle
Technical : Mark Zimring (510) 486-2088, MZimring [a] lbl (p) gov A study released today by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identifies steps that energy effi

FCC Names Engineering Prof. Henning Schulzrinne Chief Technology Officer
Columbia Engineering School Professor Henning Schulzrinne has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

Cornell wins NYC Tech Campus bid

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Stanford University reports FY 2011 financial results
Stanford University reported its financial results for fiscal year 2011 (FY2011), which ended Aug. 31, 2011.

Building the smart grid of the future: UCLA teams with Korea’s energy research institute
Imagine a home in which every appliance — computer, television, washing machine, refrigerator, air conditioner — can carry on a minute-by-minute "conversation" with the local power grid,

UC San Diego Center for Transplantation "VAD Destination Therapy" Approved
The Joint Commission (TJC) has approved UC San Diego Health System's Disease-Specific Care (DSC) Certification for Ventricular Assist Device (VAD).

Federal health care reform law holds hope for mental health services
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Uninsured adults with serious mental illnesses may have a harder time finding care because state budgetary cutbacks are dramatically affecting services and staffing levels at community mental health agencies in Illinois and other states.

Playback: 130-Year-Old Sounds Revealed
(Adapted from a news release issued Dec. 14 by the Smithsonian Institution) In the early 1880s, three inventors - Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter, collectively making up the Volta Laboratory Associates - brought together their creativity and expertise in a laboratory on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., to record sound.

UC San Diego Health System Honored with Magnet Status
On December 12, 2011, UC San Diego Health System was bestowed Magnet status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Society may get stuck with the bill for expensive higher education
A message from President Rodney Erickson As lawmakers review child abuse laws, Erickson expresses support Blue out, canning efforts raise $47,000 to fight child abuse, rape Berks students ho

U-M experts available to discuss nationwide protests in Russia
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - University of Michigan experts are available to discuss the nationwide protests in Russia following the fraud-tainted elections for Parliament.

Peter K. Mangurian Named Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football
NEW YORK – Peter K. Mangurian (pronounced Man - GUHR - ee - an), veteran NFL coach and former Ivy League head football coach, has been named Columbia University's Patricia and Shepard Ale

Journalism Professor Adds Up the High Cost of "Zero-Sum Politics"
Tom Edsall has covered every presidential campaign since 1968. He has reported on politics from more than 30 states and written five books on the subject.

Caltech Appoints VP for Development and Institute Relations
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has named Brian K. Lee as its new vice president for development and institute relations.

New year, new names for Stanford retirement plans
The merger of Stanford's retirement plans will take place without any action required by participating employees.

UC San Diego One of Top 20 Best Research Universities in the World
UC San Diego was ranked the 19th best research university in the world in the Leiden Ranking 2011/2012 by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Make Room for Stampede: TACC Expands Data Center for New Supercomputer
Austin, Texas — The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today announced that it is expanding the center's current high performance computing (HPC) data c

Older Californians with disabilities struggle to remain at home as public programs lose funding
California's low-income seniors with disabilities are struggling to remain in their homes as public funding for long-term care services shrinks and may be slashed even further, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research conducted with support from The SCAN Foundation.

Anderson Forecast: U.S. economy mired in slump, but little chance of double-dip recession
In its fourth quarterly report of 2011, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the nation sees gross domestic product growth at a "below-trend rate" for the next five quarters.

Engineering alumni join forces with FIRST

Lab-on-a-chip will revolutionize HIV monitoring in developing countries
The World Health Organization considers HIV a worldwide pandemic. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 22 million people are living with it.

With changes, the grid can take it
MIT report shows that with new policies, U.S. electric grid could handle expected influx of electric cars and wind and solar generation.

UC San Diego Health System CNO/Acting COO Receives Visionary Award
Margarita M. Baggett, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, UC San Diego Health System, is Nursing Management's 2011 Visionary Leader award winner.

Longtime advocate for children urges Stanford audience to stand up for kids

Maximizing access to physicians
“Linking compensation to time worked or services provided, as opposed to forms of pay that are unrelated to time worked, will better ensure the goal of increased work hours,” say three professors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Innovative approaches help sleep apnea sufferers benefit from CPAP
Penn State, PA Coalition Against Rape join to fight child sexual abuse Penn State Town Hall Forum provides open discussion Football head coach search committee formed University launches hot

HIV uncertainty uushes Malawians to want children earlier
Football head coach search committee formed University launches hotline for reporting abuse Student government leaders to host forum for students, administrators Penn State faculty offer tea

The study-abroad route less traveled: A year in Russia

Grassroots effort helps shape future IT community at Stanford
More than 300 information technology professionals at Stanford gathered on campus earlier this month for an "unconference" to share information face-to-face, to raise awareness around common IT issues and to lead discussions on a theme.

Penn State science is among the best in the U.S., national study shows
Football head coach search committee formed University launches hotline for reporting abuse Student government leaders to host forum for students, administrators Penn State faculty offer tea

UCLA Nursing’s teen-mom intervention program to receive funding under Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has chosen an adolescent pregnancy-intervention program designed by the UCLA School of Nursing as a model program for funding under the health care reform law.

Center for Science and Social Science Information to open on Science Hill
When students and faculty return to campus in January after winter break, they will discover a new place atop Science Hill where they can do research, study, and hang out.

Professor Jane Waldfogel Analyzes the Divide Between Rich and Poor
At the Republican presidential debates, the recent Occupy Wall Street protests and kitchen tables across the nation, Americans are debating the impct of government, taxes and programs on the the rich and the poor.

New Global Center Opens in Istanbul
The University launched its sixth Global Center in Istanbul in early November with a series of events and scholarly panels in that city attended by University President Lee C. Bollinger , Inter

Media Advisory: Princeton's Oppenheimer offers comments on IPCC’s special report on extreme events and disasters and new focus on human toll of climate change
by Morgan Kelly The significant feature of the special report released Nov.

Syrian government, Hezbollah websites hosted in Canada, U.S., says Citizen Lab
The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab has found Canadian web servers are hosting websites connected to the Syrian government – including the website for Addounia TV, a television station accused of inciting violence against Syrian people.

Update on Tuesday’s shooting at UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley, police this afternoon (Wednesday, Nov. 16) released more details about the student who was shot yesterday at the Haas School of Business and later died at Oakland's Highland Hospital.

Columbia University Acquires Archives of X-Men Writer Chris Claremont
NEW YORK, November 15, 2011 – Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library has acquired the archives of renowned comic book writer and novelist, Chris Claremont.

Crime Alert: Comstock Hall window struck by bullet
The University of Minnesota Police Department issued the following crime alert today: At 3:55 a.m. today, a window in Comstock Hall was damaged when it was struck by a bullet.

Minnesota energy & jobs experts travel to Germany, examine green policies
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/14/2011) —A delegation of government officials, legislators, researchers and energy industry professionals is in Germany for a joint seminar on green energy and jobs.

SDSC’s Gordon Ranks Among Top 50 Fastest Supercomputers in the World
Gordon , a unique data-intensive supercomputer using flash-based memory that will enter production in January at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Die

At Stanford, Kofi Annan warns of worldwide hunger, political unrest if climate change persists
The former United Nations secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize winner called a lack of food security for nearly 1 billion of the world's population "an unconscionable moral failing" that is also a stumbling block to a strong international economy.

NASA Sets Mars Science Laboratory Launch Coverage
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft with the Curiosity rover is set to launch to the planet Mars aboard an Atlas V rocket on Nov.

New mothers, newborns happy with home visits
HERSHEY, Pa. - Home nursing visits are as safe and effective as office-based care for initial post-delivery well-baby check-ups, according to medical researchers.

Lives of soliders, important Canadians to be documented
As Canadians prepare to honour fallen soldiers this Remembrance Day, the federal government has announced funding for a website which chronicles the lives of war veterans, including U of'T graduate Lt.

Lives of soliders, important Canadian to be documented
As Canadians prepare to honour fallen soldiers this Remembrance Day, the federal government has announced funding for a website which chronicles the lives of war veterans, including U of'T graduate Lt.

Potential for odd outcomes in election with ranked-choice voting system, says Stanford mathematician
Ranked choice voting – in which voters rank candidates in order of preference – is an increasingly popular alternative to voting for only one candidate in each race.

Soldiers phone in for help with substance use
The caller tells his UW counselor that he consumes 8 to 12 alcoholic drinks every night. He needs them to relax after work he says, even though he has a wife and two children who need his attention.

East Asia scholar Robert A. Scalapino dies at 92
Robert A. Scalapino, the Robson Research Professor of Government emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and a renowned expert in the field of East Asian studies, died Monday, Nov.

Medical Center Appoints Faculty Members as Special Advisors for Community Health Affairs
VIDEO: Richard Mayeux discusses ongoing Alzheimer's Disease research. MEDIA INQUIRIES Main number: (212) 305-3900 cumcnews [a] columbia (p) edu Community Leaders Applaud CUMC's New Special Advisors for Community Health Affairs Published: October 31, 2011 Rep.

How should society pay for services ecosystems provide?
Two U of M faculty join the world's leading ecologists in addressing this issue MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/03/2011) —Over the past 50 years, 60 percent of all ecosystem services have declined as a direct result of the conversion of land to the production of foods, fuels and fibers.

Stanford scholar Weinstein reflects on shaping Obama’s foreign policy
After two years as President Barack Obama's director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, Jeremy M. Weinstein is back at Stanford as an associate professor of political science.

Business Professor David Beim Argues for Radical Action on Euro Crisis
The eurozone is in trouble. What began as a sovereign debt problem in a few countries has exposed major weaknesses in the euro project.

New social media Same old, same old, say Stanford experts
Two scholars of the 17th and 18th centuries say the earlier era prefigured the "information overload," with its own equivalents of Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

Drell to step down as SLAC laboratory director
Stanford University announced today that Persis S. Drell, director at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has decided to return to her position as a faculty member.

Cain and Perry Neck and Neck in Texas, Poll Says
AUSTIN, Texas — If the 2012 Republican primary for president were held this fall, Herman Cain and Rick Perry would be in a virtual tie in Texas, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.

Government Programs Don’t Work and Suggests a Blueprint for Change
Richard Gelles has written a book, and he is pretty sure about one thing: He is going to upset a lot of people - liberals and conservatives alike.

University of Minnesota kicks off National Adoption Month with unveiling of new adoption certificate program
Minnesota Human Services Commissioner Jesson to take part in Nov. 1 news conference What: Kick-off of new Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program and National Adoption Month When: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Most Government Programs Don’t Work
PHILADELPHIA - A University of Pennsylvania researcher says most government social programs don't work, a claim he is certain will not endear him to liberals.

Access to legal aid depends a lot on where you live, report says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - According to one estimate, half of Americans are confronting a civil legal problem at any one time.

Disconnect Between U.S. Wireless Demand and Infrastructure Capacity
Wireless Point of Disconnect report Global Information Industry Center How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers How Much Information? 2010 Report on Enterprise Server Informat

U-M Ford School professor monitored Tunisian vote
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Susan Waltz, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, served as an observer in Sunday's historic elections in Tunisia'the nation that sparked the Arab Spring uprising with a surprise wave of street protests.

Breast tenderness following combo hormone therapy linked to increased breast density
Post-menopausal women who experience breast tenderness after starting combination hormone therapy have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who don't, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown. One reason for this, they now say, may be that these women's breasts are becoming more dense.

Stanford’s Reunion Homecoming - the four-day celebration has begun