University of Utah law professor Amos Guiora to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees within the American Justice System." The hearing begins June 4 at 10:00 a.m. EDT in room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building in Washington, D.C.
People with disabilities all along the Gulf Coast were caught off guard by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and forced to flee without their wheelchairs, service animals and in some instances even their eyeglasses. UT Houston's Lex Frieden has launched a new Web site, www.disability911.com, to help them avoid a recurrence.
The How Class Works - 2008 conference, sponsored by the Center for Study of Working Class Life at Stony Brook University, will host over 180 presentations in the new field of working class studies by academics and union and community activists from across the United States, and Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Turkey, and the UK. The conference will also include film, music, and poetry.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host the first of six major national conferences on homeland security and emergency management from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 12, 2008, at the University Place Conference Center, located at 850 W. Michigan St. on the IUPUI campus.
The Middlesex Sheriff's Office is funding a one-year study at Northeastern University's Center for Criminal Justice Policy Research that will examine recidivism rates of inmates released from the Middlesex House of Correction at Billerica.
The American Pain Society (APS) today praised the US House of Representatives for taking action to improve pain management for America's servicemen and women and their families. The House on May 22 passed a Defense Department authorization bill for FY 2009 containing provisions of the Loebsack Military Pain Care Act. The Loebsack measure now goes to the Senate.
The US Physics Team met yesterday with the three members of Congress who are physicists.
The ability of the U.S. to remain competitive in 21st-century innovation-based economies will depend upon maximizing the efficiency and productivity of a vast array of resources. The House R&D Caucus will be briefed by Research Park leaders at a luncheon in the House Rayburn Office Building, Room 340, at 12:00 noon.
A new book, Cyber Security: Economic Strategies and Public Policy Alternatives, provides the first systematic analysis of the economics of protecting cyberspace.
Fewer than 4 percent of the nation's firefighters are women, and more than half of paid fire departments have never hired a female firefighter, finds a new report issued by Cornell's Institute for Women and Work in the ILR School in partnership with several co-authors.
With hurricane season about to begin, those living in high-risk areas should heed the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina: think Home Depot, not Homeland Security.
Law student Michael Dodge earns a special distinction Saturday when he is awarded the juris doctor degree. Dodge, of Long Beach, Miss., becomes the first graduate to also receive a special space law certificate, the only one of its kind in the country, through the law school's National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law.
Whether or not the rebates and Washington's economic stimulus package avert a looming recession, Americans are paying more for food, fuel, homes and health care. They are expecting the next president to provide relief, but just how much a president can really do is debatable. Several economists discuss the economic issues that promise to play a major role in how Americans vote this fall.
The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law recently published a comprehensive digitized compilation of U.S. Farm Bills and their legislative history. The information is available free of charge on the center's Web site at http://NationalAgLawCenter.org/farmbills/.
Sixty years ago St. Louis was a thriving city with a population of almost a million. These days fewer than 300,000 people call The Gateway City home. With decrepit Victorian homes and boarded-up factories in abundance, some would say it's a pathetic picture of decay and abandonment. "Mapping Decline," Colin Gordon argues that discriminatory housing policies, a collapse of the city's tax base, and shortsighted urban renewal policies are behind the decline.
A food security expert at the University at Buffalo says the worldwide food crisis is a direct result of the choices made by policy makers and the lack of attention paid to the food system and its relationship to global warming and fossil fuels.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has identified 36 countries that are the most affected by the global food crisis, 10 of which are located in Asia. Central Michigan University history faculty member Randall Doyle is available to speak on how the food crisis is affecting Asia on many different levels.
Approximately 250,000 items of sexual assault evidence are mired in three- to 12-month backlogs awaiting analysis in U.S. forensic laboratories. A University of Virginia forensic chemist has developed a method for handling rape evidence that reduces part of the DNA analysis time from 24 hours to as little as 30 to 45 minutes and improves the sperm cell recovery rate by 100 percent.
Five internationally recognized experts on public health, vaccines, and bioethics meet at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia for its annual health policy symposium titled "The Future of Vaccines: Challenges, Successes, Opportunities."
U.S. foreign policy is cyclical, according to Dr. Jack Holmes, a political scientist at Hope College in Holland, Mich. The forces behind this cycle limit the range of policy choices available to a President, regardless of campaign rhetoric. So even if the Democrats win the White House and end the Iraq war as promised, expect the U.S. military to remain active to meet the challenge of global terrorism.
"War and Taxes," published by the Urban Institute Press, chronicles the political arguments, economic conditions, and public opinions that made it possible for previous presidents and Congresses to raise taxes, sell bonds, and cut domestic spending to pay for wars. The authors contrast the tax hikes enacted to support previous military operations with the extraordinary tax cuts Americans have enjoyed during the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq"”all without overstating previous generations' enthusiasm for wartime sacrifice.
Indiana University experts discuss legal, economic and cultural issues influencing the Democratic presidential primary campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as Indiana's influential primary election approaches.
Faculty members at Indiana University offer media tips on Indiana politics, the impact of the Indiana voter ID law, broadcast media coverage of the Indiana primary and the relationship between presidential and congressional races.
Budget cuts to tobacco control programs significantly reduce their effectiveness, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and RTI International.
Obama Backers Believe He Can Win; Clinton Supporters Not As Confident She Can - According to a new nationwide survey commissioned by LEADS at Spelman College, minority female Democrats say leadership ability, not race or gender, is the primary motivator for their selection of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee.
The mounting number of nations involved in space activity have far-reaching implications for cooperation and international competitiveness - a focus of a new issue of the Secure World Foundation's newsletter: The Secure World.
While many pundits are looking to Ohio for answers on how Pennsylvania will vote next week, giving Sen. Hillary Clinton a clear edge, Brian Schaffner, research fellow in American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS), believes that cultural indicators show that Pennsylvania voters most closely relate to voters in Wisconsin, a state Sen. Barack Obama won by 17 points.
"This is a time for new leaders who believe America can act now and do whatever we set our mind to, not for those who fear the modest measures being proposed in Congress..."
Internationally recognized experts on nuclear proliferation discussed the state of the world today, 40 years after the Glassboro Summit between Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and President Lyndon Johnson, during a symposium moderated by Dan Rather.
Child sexual abuse cases nationwide declined 5 percent from 2005 to 2006, capping a 14-year decline of more than 50 percent, according to an analysis of new data released today by the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Jody Madeira, professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, explains that there is little legal consensus on whether lengthy sentences for young offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a South Carolina youth sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12.
Three world renowned experts in the area of nuclear nonproliferation sat down with former CBS anchor Dan Rather on April 11 for a frank and lively discussion on nuclear disarmament issues and global politics at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. Video footage and photos from the symposium are available online at http://www.rowan.edu/hollybush.
Robert Schwemm is the Ashland Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he has taught since 1975. He is considered the nation's top academic researcher on housing discrimination law and an expert on the Fair Housing Act. He has a broad range of knowledge on components and application of the Fair Housing Act.
Internationally recognized experts will explore the growing threat of nuclear proliferation worldwide"”particularly in Iran"”and how that will impact the U.S. and its international policies.
The University of Southern California has been honored with one of four inaugural Benjamin Franklin Awards for Public Diplomacy, a prestigious new honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented the award in a ceremony on April 8, 2008 in Washington, DC.
"You could call this the 'other' March Madness, though this competition is even tougher than the basketball match-ups," says University of Maryland professor and mock trial coach Mark Graber. The team of Maryland undergraduates has captured the win by defeating George Washington University in the 2008 championship competition on April 7 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vikas Anand, management professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and one of the few researchers who has investigated bodyshopping, a labor byproduct of the H1B immigration process, is available to comment on the U.S. government's controversial program.
Some of the nation's top minds on the topic of nuclear nonproliferation will participate in a Dan Rather-moderated symposium at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
Men are more likely to tolerate discrimination than women, however both sexes tend to accept prejudice against poorly educated immigrants and Arab-American airplane travelers, according to a study by the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics.
A Code of Conduct for Space is moving forward, a necessary step toward space traffic management of satellites to help assure national security and economic advantages provided by spacecraft of all nations.
New research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center finds that child sexual abuse cases in the criminal justice system take an unusually long time to be prosecuted and resolved. This is concerning because a prolonged court process has been shown to be detrimental to a child victim's recovery and ongoing mental health.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's City Design Center has produced a 96-page electronic publication illustrating ideas for green development in East Garfield Park as a case study for use by Chicago neighborhoods and individuals.
The highly contested race for president has spurred a sharp increase in participation from young voters. J. Cherie Strachan, an authority on youth participation in American politics, says that politicians may need to change their approach, however, in order to keep this age group engaged until November. She is available for comment on the subject.
Presidential primary expert Danta Scala with the University of New Hampshire is available to discuss former Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president.
Ronald Watts, fellow at Queen's University's Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, recently returned from a visit to Nepal where he participated in discussions with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) about creating a federal system there.
A daylong conference titled "Creating a Livable Delaware: Pathways for Enhancing Prosperity and Quality of Life" will be held Tuesday, March 25, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark.
Election-law expert James Gardner, professor, University at Buffalo Law School is available to members of the media seeking commentary on the role of super delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A University of Alberta study has looked into public opinion on one of the most contentious political topics in Alberta's history, namely the two waves of welfare reform initiated by the Conservative government from the mid-90s onward. In both 1995 and 2004, Harvey Krahn, Chair of Sociology at the U of A and Amber Gazso, Assistant Professor of Sociology, York University, assessed Albertan's opinions on social assistance programs using data collected by the U of A Population Research Laboratory. They found that, even in 1995 when the provincial government was first making substantial cuts to welfare benefits, the majority of Albertans were not supportive of these cuts.
Joshua Meyrowitz, professor of media studies at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss news coverage of the Iraq War in conjunction with the five-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 19.
The U.S. legal system was put in place by people who believed logic and reason were the highest values. But University of Iowa law professor Todd Pettys says that today we live in the Age of Oprah, and the country's legal system should adapt by allowing emotion into the courtroom. He points to research research in neurology and psychology that shows our emotions play an important role in developing what we perceive to be logical and rational ideas.
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