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Study Finds Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College AthletesA new study suggests that head impacts experienced during contact sports such as football and hockey may worsen some college athletes’ ability to acquire new information. The research is published in the May 16, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. |
Embargo expired: 5/16/2012 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/15/2012 7:40 AM EDT
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) |
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Katrina Refugee Fills a Promise to ThrivePenn Ross Jackson survived a brain tumor, living on the streets and Hurricane Katrina all before he turned 16. On Saturday, he becomes the first in his family to graduate from a four-year college. |
Released: 5/16/2012 4:00 PM EDT
University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
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Smartphones Can Help the Visually Impaired, but Many Doctors Aren't Recommending ThemiPhones and other smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but only 15 percent of vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study presented at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:45 PM EDT
Loyola University Health System |
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Early Substance Use Linked to Lower Educational AchievementResearchers have found evidence that early drug and alcohol use is associated with lower levels of educational achievement. They found that people who began drinking or using drugs as young teens or who became substance dependent were less likely to finish college |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:40 PM EDT
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Rensselaer To Host Colloquy With Leaders From Each Branch of the U.S. Government—Executive, Legislative, Judicial—Along With Pioneers in the Business and Academic Sectors, May 25Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will convene the 10th annual President’s Commencement Colloquy, engaging its 2012 honorary degree recipients—leaders from each branch of the U.S. government, along with pioneers in the business and academic sectors—in a discussion titled “Honoring Tradition, Responding to a Changing World,” moderated by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:30 PM EDT
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
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USciences to Honor Two with Honorary Degrees at May 23 Commencement
University of the Sciences will honor former Astronaut Dr. Guion ‘Guy’ Bluford, Jr., and former ASHP CEO Dr. Henri R. Manasse, Jr., at commencement on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 1 p.m. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:20 PM EDT
University of the Sciences |
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Girl Child Marriages Decline in South Asia, but Only Among Youngest
Each year, more than 10 million girls under the age of 18 marry, usually under force of local tradition and social custom. Almost half of these compulsory marriages occur in South Asia. A new study suggests that more than two decades of effort to eliminate the practice has produced mixed results. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:00 PM EDT
University of California, San Diego Health Sciences |
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Analysis of Student from the McIntire School of Commerce at UVA Moved Stock Price of Multibillion-Dollar Company
While other students were relaxing over spring break last year, University of Virginia student Tyler Matuella buried himself in research about upstart electric carmaker Tesla. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:00 PM EDT
University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce |
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Listening to Chickens Could Improve Poultry Production
Listening to squawks and other chicken "vocalizations" using digital signal processing techniques may help farmers better manage growing conditions, contributing to both healthier birds and more productive poultry operations. |
Released: 5/16/2012 3:00 PM EDT
Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications |
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Gaydar Automatic and More Accurate for Women's Faces, Psychologists FindAfter seeing faces for less than a blink of an eye, college students have accuracy greater than mere chance in judging others’ sexual orientation. Their "gaydar" persisted even when they saw the photos upside-down, and gay versus straight judgments were more accurate for women’s faces than for men’s. |
Embargo expired: 5/16/2012 3:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/13/2012 10:00 PM EDT
University of Washington |