A University at Buffalo study, the first to use Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to compare the cognitive functions of men and women has found definitive evidence that although in many respects male and female brains operate in much the same way, they function differently when performing complex linguistic tasks.
While an occasional bout of anxiety is normal, people who are particularly sensitive to anxiety symptoms run a greater risk of developing psychological problems or even physical illness, new research at Ohio State suggests.
Contrary to common belief, most youths who refuse offers to join a gang do so without suffering serious physical harm, according to a new Ohio State study of gangs in four cities (Denver and Aurora, Colo., Broward Co., Fla. and Cleveland, Ohio.)
America's favorite nut can settle into our tummies in many different forms thanks to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who have translated The Walnut Cookbook, a collection of recipes by Jean-Luc Toussaint, their summer neighbor in Perigord, a town in southern France.
Students who ask the right question at the University of Richmond can receive one year of free tuition and room and board. That's worth $23,000.
Around this time of year, astronomers are often asked "What was the Star of Bethlehem?" According to an astronomer at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, the short answer is "we aren't sure."
In a relationship rare between higher education and the arts, Vanderbilt University has set aside several areas of its campus to be the home to one-of-a-kind sculptures by student-artists. The first of the artworks, four bronze sculptures, were dedicated Dec. 1.
Adolescent reproductive behavior cannot be understood and modified without an understanding of the social pressures that shape it--the societal and familial forces that pressure girls into involuntary and unprotected sexual relations and early childbearing. "The Uncharted Passage: Girls' Adolescence in the Developing World" explores these gender issues.
1. Buying books for kids. 2. Tiny Tim's ailment. 3. Unusual Christmas gift.
A professor of decorative arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says our holiday rituals underscore the importance of material objects to the way we present ourselves and how we envision our culture.
So the kids are getting out of school for the holidays, and you don't know how to keep them busy while you finish your own preparations? Education students at Millsaps College have come up with some fun activities to entertain children and to help everyone get into the holiday spirit!
Staring and squirming by infants might not be as random or meaningless as they seem, says a Cornell University developmental psychologist. Rather, the link between the two could prevent infants from getting visually stuck, and allow them to "visually forage" the environment.
University academic programs typically build slowly, one steady step at a time. The Jewish studies program at the University of Illinois started typically enough nearly 20 years ago, but in the last year it has made a "great leap forward."
A major collection of manuscripts by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Larry McMurtry, including novels and videos of daily filming for "Streets of Laredo"--complete with scribbled notes complaining because the TV towns needed more dust--arrived at Rice this week.
Women may have been saying it for years but two male clinical psychologists have written the book that also says it loud and clear: Let's Face It, Men Are @$$#%¢$.
A Purdue University effort is helping young men who father babies also become good dads. "It's My Child, Too," is a parenting curriculum aimed at young, unwed fathers. The goal of the program is for fathers to recognize the important role they play in the lives of their children.
On Jan. 1, 1999, thousands of welfare recipients are scheduled to be taken off the rolls as the impacts of welfare reform begin to be felt nationwide. This is a list of Johns Hopkins University experts on various aspects of the welfare reform story.
As new governors and elected officials prepare to take office at the beginning of the year, people may notice that many have new outlooks on politics that vary from the conventional attitudes politicians have had in the past. They are part of a new political culture, detailed in a new book, The New Political Culture, by Terry Nichols Clark, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago.
The spirit of William Stafford (1914-1993) is alive and well and living at Lewis & Clark College. The president of Lewis & Clark College honored the legacy of this poet, dedicating the William Stafford Room in the college's library and announcing the acquisition of a major collection of Stafford's work.
Ever found yourself buying more in the store than you intended to? You can blame the music. Did you know that a Christmas card might say more about you than you intend? Here are some story ideas for the Holiday season from the University of Kansas.
An Iowa State University political science professor has launched a web page design contest to promote knowledge of American government. The contest is offering more than $40,000 in full tuition scholarships to high school and community college students.
The holiday season may be the first opportunity that some parents get to see first-year students who have left for college. While sharing presents and catching up on family news, parents may want to look for signs of health problems their students may have, say campus health officials at Southern Methodist University.
The market for new college graduates this year is holding at a very robust hiring rate, according to the 28th annual Recruiting Trends survey conducted by Career Services and Placement at Michigan State University.
Why is Calista Flockhart, star of the television show Ally McBeal so thin? While only she knows for sure, part of the reason her waif-like thinness is "in" can be traced to a strong American hostility toward fat, says a social historian at Carnegie Mellon University who is the author of "Fat History."
The increasing complexity of the American workplace and culture has convinced officials at Prince George's Community College in Maryland that traditional approaches to science and mathematics teaching are no longer adequate to meet the needs of its students. And not just science, math or technology majors.
After a four-year period of flat growth, the total number of foreign students attending U.S. colleges and universities increased 5.1% this year to a total of 481,280 according to the Institute of International Education's Open Doors 1997-98. Numbers of U.S. students studying abroad climbed 11.4%.
Media advisory: A list of the top fifty colleges for African Americans as determined by a survey of 1,077 African American higher education professionals, will be released at a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
The vast majority of working people are not satisfied with the amount of money they expect to have for retirement, according to research by a Purdue University expert.
One of the hottest new academic fields can now "go by the book" -- the textbook, that is. The first documentary history of gender in the United States has hit the bookstores.
You think you're just giving a gift, right? A simple act, no big deal. Researchers have news for you: It is a big deal. That gift could make or break your relationship with the recipient -- depending on the quality of the relationship at the time the gift is offered.
Current U.S. immigration policies threaten fundamental democratic principles, say the contributors to a new book who assert that immigrants--both legal and undocumented--are entitled to basic civil rights when they cross the border into the United States.
The best architects, designers and scientists have always immersed themselves in their work. But now, thanks to a new virtual reality theater at North Carolina State University, they can take it to a whole new level.
Research by renowned linguist Dr. Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University's William Friday Distinguished Professor of English, and a team of researchers indicates that while the Lumbee in North Carolina's Robeson County lost their ancestral tongue generations ago, they have developed a unique Lumbee English dialect.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has launched the new department of disability and human development, which offers a master's degree program and, in collaboration with two other departments, the nation's first Ph.D. program in disability studies.
Last year George Soros' Open Society Institute gave a three-year, $600,000 grant to Emory University's Barkley Forum debate program to serve as a model and mentor for inner city school debate programs around the country in an effort to prevent youth violence and boost academic.
A University of Utah Hebrew scholar has spent 12 years researching 2,000 years of Jewish messiahs using many original sources and finds similarity among the messianic movements in a new book from Oxford University Press.
Students taking part in "The Poverty Project" in a Wake Forest University sociology class were assigned fictional families of different socioeconomic classes, from a two-parent,upper-income family to a single-parent, welfare family. They had to find jobs, housing and day care for their families. and day care for their families.
The stereotypical engineer is a linear, analytical thinker, but recent research at the University of Missouri-Rolla shows that many engineering students prefer a less linear style of learning.
Five women will discuss their personal memories of Thomas Merton, one of our century's formative thinkers, on the 30th anniversary of his death. The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky will bring together "Women Who Knew Merton:"
An Elizabethan scholar at the University of Wyoming says the new film "Elizabeth" provides a "fascinating version" of the early life of Queen Elizabeth I. The film depicts how Elizabeth sought to attain and keep England's throne in spite of family rivals and the protests of the Vatican.
As holidays with their emphasis on families approach, a new poll finds support for Covenant marriages growing. Respondents believe covenant marriages strengthen families, are better for children and last longer.
Self-beliefs play a critical role in academic success, according to an assistant professor of educational studies at Emory University. Also the co-author of the forthcoming book "Self-Beliefs and School Success," he offers the following advice for parents and students to maximize success.
In an interview, self-described American revolutionary Betty Friedan, the author of The Feminine Mystique and founder of the National Organization for Women, talks about what she's doing lately, in partnership with Cornell's Institute for Women and Work. With her Washington, D.C.--based New Paradigm: Women, Men, Work, Family and Public Policy, she hopes to use such feminist values as equality, fairness and justice to make work, and life, better for men as well as women.
The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University doubled the number of Hispanic students in its freshman class this year, highlighting a nationwide trend of greater numbers of Hispanic students pursuing engineering degrees.
Sexual abuse of boys appears to be underrecognized, underreported, and undertreated, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
A new nationwide study at Ohio State University refutes the theory that children in single-mother households are disadvantaged because they lack the presence of a father.
Violent television programming impedes the viewer's memory of the commercial messages run during the program, according to new research in the December issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, published by the American Psychological Association.
A major illness or disability often not only changes everything for an individual who has gone through such and event. It also can likely disrupt that person's relationships, according to research at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Copycat offenders rarely have a political message when they commit an act such as the recent anthrax letter scares, according to a Ball State University professor.
Giving a puppy or kitten to a child as a Christmas present is not in the best interest of the youngster or the animal, says a Ball State University psychologist.
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