English Professor Ralph Voss was a high school junior living just 100 miles from Garden City, Kan., when the murders detailed in "In Cold Blood" occurred. An expert on Truman Capote and "In Cold Blood," Voss says the movie "Capote" captures Capote, Kansas and the times well.
When comedian Richard Pryor died Dec. 10, 2005, after a 19-year battle with multiple sclerosis, Jennifer Pryor knew she wanted a service that would celebrate her husband's life, his contributions and even his flaws.
The American Psychiatric Association said the eating disorder anorexia nervosa "afflicts as many as one in every 100 females.
David Mednicoff, assistant professor of legal studies and public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is available to comment on current Middle East issues, including changes in Israeli leadership, Iran's decision to resume uranium enrichment and the war in Iraq.
A 12-year project to create an electronic record of clothing patterns created from 1868 to 1968 has become a treasure trove for theatrical designers, clothing manufacturers, social historians and museum curators. Patterns from the 1970s will soon be added to the world's largest pattern collection at the University of Rhode Island.
In 1966, UTEP, then named Texas Western College, changed the face of collegiate athletics by starting an all-black lineup for the first time in NCAA championship history. Today, that spirit is still alive at the UTEP. We are nationally recognized for changing the face of higher education.
Pocahontas, the Powhatan who befriended Englishman John Smith and the colonists of Jamestown, Va., has been called a traitor, "mother of a nation," and a lover of Smith. In reality, Pocahontas was a political strategist with a full grasp of her people's plight and a desire to save them from ruin.
Sixty years ago, psychologist Carl Rogers introduced a new approach to psychotherapy that ran contrary to the theories dominant at the time. His method, client-centered therapy, still offers a contrast to most approaches to therapy today.
A futurist and author of "Looking Down the Road: A Systems Approach to Future Studies", Douglas Raybeck muses and comments on many of our culture's quirks and idiosyncrasies, from bubblewrap to New Year's resolutions. Here the Hamilton College cultural anthropologist takes a lighthearted look at one of those ubiquitous holiday essentials: bubblewrap.
An audiologist says the "earbuds" generally used with iPod and MP3 players increase hearing loss risks. The answer: use the devices at 60 percent maximum volume no more than one hour daily. Better yet, try muff-type or noise-canceling headphones.
With the November release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and this weekend's opening of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, parents may be debating whether these magic filled films are appropriate viewing for children.
A UAB study in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion finds that practicing religion in prison reduces the likelihood of arguments and physical fights among inmates.
The hype surrounding Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake is as big as the fictional giant ape. But while the story is fictional, the 1930s New York images will be historically accurate, according to a professor from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa who worked on the film.
Young graduate students got a new sense of what it means to grow old when they looked in the mirror and saw an older person looking back. Fingerman teamed up with Joel Ebarb in an experiment to see how students reacted to looking older using stage makeup techniques.
After the success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion, a religious studies professor at Hamilton College says he is "not surprised that Hollywood has gone this direction" with the upcoming "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
Kansas State University's Naomi Wood has been researching "The Chronicles of Narnia" for a long time. She is interested to see how various sensitive issues are handled in the upcoming movie version.
Even children as young as preschool-age can begin to learn the value of diversity, according to a Kansas State University instructor.
As the United States reflects on the 64th anniversary of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, a University of Missouri-Rolla military historian and an English professor emeritus can offer insight into the day that thrust the nation into World War II.
When sound designers needed natural sounds for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," released Nov. 18, they called Cornell's Macaulay Library at the Lab of Ornithology. The library of natural sounds and associated video has become an increasingly popular resource for moviemakers.
While many young adults may hang posters of rock legend John Lennon in their rooms, few of them think of Lennon as more than a member of the Beatles, says a Purdue University history professor.
"There's no doubt that the marketing of 'Narnia' is following the lead of Gibson's 'The Passion of The Christ,' though with one difference. It seems that the 'official' marketing of the film is trying to be as main-stream as possible, while there are active sales to out-of-the-ordinary groups."
Disasters such as hurricanes and September 11th have prompted researchers to use computer modeling to study how best to evacuate people with disabilities when masses of people are trying to escape at the same time.
When a serious scholar of the classics tries his hand at writing for children, he brings Socrates to life in all his exuberant glory--and might just get kids asking questions of their own.
Sixty years have passed since the beginning of the Nuremburg war trials that brought many of the Nazi war criminals to justice. But the international consensus around the concept of war crimes they achieved established a legal precedent that is still shaping the world today.
Longtime Nightline anchor Ted Koppel is getting ready to close out his 42 year career with ABC News. It's the passing of an era. Our University of Maryland faculty experts are available with analysis and quotes.
Two parallel, but largely separate migrations of more than 20 million black and white Americans in the 20th century transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
Losing one's virginity is among life's most significant experiences, and a new study explores its complexities, from how men and women view the act "“ much less differently than people might think "“ to how the circumstances surrounding virginity loss affect people long term and what it means for young gays and lesbians.
A new biography of acclaimed author Alice Munro, by St. Lawrence University Professor of Canadian Studies and Molson Research Fellow Robert W. Thacker, is the first such volume that has received Munro's cooperation.
Husband-and-wife team combine love of baseball, math to predict sportswriters' voting results.
"The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed," published in October, is one of the first books to take a serious look at the situation comedy or sitcom, one of the oldest, most popular forms of television programming.
Has Williams College mathematician Frank Morgan devised the greatest riddle since that of the Sphinx? Five years after he put it to the test in "The Math Chat Book," Morgan is still waiting for someone, anyone, to give him the right answer in exchange for a $1,000 prize.
Sprawl, like any other settlement pattern, has created problems but also offers benefits, according to a new book by Robert Bruegmann, professor of architecture and chair of art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
When recording artists David Wilcox and Nance Pettit wanted to amplify the impact of their new album, they struck a deal with a seemingly unlikely partner "“ the University of Maryland. They saw a way to mix mysticism and diplomacy.
Halloween doesn't have to be scary for parents, notes Katherine Terry, M.P.H., of UAB's Injury Control Research Center.
The following University of Maryland experts are available to comment on the federal grand jury indictment and subsequent resignation today of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an aide to Vice President Cheney.
Tips from Harvard Health Publications on Halloween candy, costumes, Jack-o'-lanterns, and home safety.
It is time to scare away the myth that says children with diabetes can't enjoy Halloween because of their disease. The truth is they can still enjoy sweets as long as they keep their meal plan in check and follow their health provider's orders.
What made Rosa Parks the rallying point for the civil rights movement was her unusual moral integrity, says Herbert Kohl, a visiting professor at Swarthmore College and the author of a new book on Parks. "Literally and figuratively, Rosa Parks would not be moved."
On college campuses across the country there are students who look much like everyone else, but they are anything but typical. They are more mature, independent and focused. They have seen things that their fellow students likely never will. They are military veterans.
Halloween is an exciting time for kids, and we can all help to make sure that children have a safe and fun holiday with the following tips from Harvard Health Publications, the publishing group at Harvard Medical School.
"Rosa Parks' arrest in 1955 for refusing to move to the back of the bus set in motion the events that led to the Montgomery bus boycott and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence."
Dr. Joel Berg, chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington, has five easy tips for a cavity-free Halloween.
We are bombarded daily with weasel words, doublespeak and gobbledygook - words and phrases that are just plain deceptive or at the very least, annoying. Maryland Professor Emeritus Paul Wasserman had enough of all this, and with fellow Professor Don Hausrath, has created a dictionary we can all use.
Campus legends are an important part of popular culture, says Elizabeth Tucker, Binghamton University associate professor of English. Her new book, Campus Legends: A Handbook, addresses the classic ingredients of a legend as well as the history of campus folklore.
Anthropologist Susan Hutchinson's philosophy guides not only how she teaches, but how she lives her life. For 25 years, Hutchinson has been involved in the southern Sudan as an anthropologist and human rights activist "” and currently leads a non-profit effort to establish schools in the Sudan's neediest regions.
Baby boomers may be heading for retirement, but Professor Laura Wilson, who directs the Center on Aging at the University of Maryland, says boomers have no interest in slowing down.
Dr. Milan Amin, Director of NYU Voice Center and Chief of Laryngology at NYU Medical Center is available to talk about Catherine Zeta-Jones losing her voice while on a promotional tour for her new film. Dr. Amin often treats patients who abuse their voice on the job and can speak to who is at risk, symptoms, and treatments of voice hoarseness.
The ability to effectively treat men who repeatedly abuse women may be improved through individualized therapy rather than the traditional group treatment approach, according to a Purdue University domestic violence expert.
The real Count Dracula wasn't quite the pretty face that today's vampires boast in books, movies and at Halloween parties. Stories and traditions vary over time, and the Western world shifted from portraying vampires as repulsive and horrible to more human creatures that are sexually desirable and even sympathetic.
Just because people know that a food is nutritious does not mean they will eat it. The new book, "Marketing Nutrition: Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology, and Obesity," by Cornell University's Brian Wansink discusses how food marketers, government officials, health professionals and parents can do better.
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