Time spent together and the comforts of home are great gift ideas for older adults in nursing homes, according to faculty members in the gerontology program at Kansas State University. Gayle Doll, director of the K-State gerontology program residents of nursing homes might feel uncomfortable if they can't reciprocate when it comes to gift giving.
Like runners scrambling home after a clutch hit, rare and noteworthy baseball-related items have been arriving at the Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College in quick succession just in time for the World Series. Robert L. Volz, custodian of the Chapin Library, took note of this happy coincidence, and gave some details about these varied items.
In his recently published book, an Elizabethtown College religious studies professor argues that Billy Graham opposed Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams for an integrated America and his tactics of civil disobedience.
Halloween is just around the corner. University of Maryland Associate Professor Susan Walker (Family Studies) offers some great tips for Halloween safety that focuses on community to ensure fun for everyone.
Halloween celebrations hold potential hazards for dogs and cats that can be avoided, says Lorraine Corriveau, wellness veterinarian at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. William Robison, head of the Department of History and Political Science at Southeastern Louisiana University, for the past five years has presented an annual fun Halloween lecture that explores the relationship between serious history and pop culture. This year's lecture (October 31) is focused on Frankenstein ("It's Alive! The History of Frankenstein from Mary Shelley to Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks and Beyond").
Filmgoers should expand their Halloween movie list to include the odd, quirky and classic original horror films, says a Purdue University film expert.
The new Encyclopedia of Privacy takes a comprehensive look at the issue of privacy in the United States today and throughout history.
Think ghost stories are only for being told around a crackling campfire at night? Think again. An assistant professor of history at Tennessee Tech University brings ghosts, myths and legends into her American history course, scaring up interest among history majors and non-history majors alike.
Maintaining civility in the workplace is difficult at the best of times, but an approaching Election Day can generate new awkwardness, friction, disagreement and even argument. Civility expert P.M. Forni of Johns Hopkins University has suggestions for avoiding a political standoff in the office.
Vampires and gargoyles and bats ... oh my! These professors just might know who "“ or what "“ goes bump in the night.
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has developed a brochure called "Grip and Grin: Surviving Handshaking On the Campaign Trail", that will help candidates take care of themselves.
One of the biggest hits during the University of Maryland's 150th Anniversary celebration this past year has been 50 "Fear the Turtle" sculptures. Displayed on campus and as far away as Annapolis, the turtles are being gathered up this week. Many will be auctioned off October 19 - with all proceeds going to student scholarships.
Expert available for comment on YouTube, MySpace, the evolution of personal digital media, and the social networking site phenomenon. Jeff Rutenbeck, Ph.D., dean of the Division of Communication and Creative Media at Champlain College, says that today's youth are "prosumers," not "consumers."
Major motion picture "All The King's Men," which opens in theatres across the country this weekend, premiered with star-studded pageantry at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Georgia Tech All-American wide receiver Calvin Johnson is working to improve sanitation in developing countries by helping to create a prototype for an improved solar latrine system.
Interview a media bias scholar who can give expert opinions on the soon to be aired ABC miniseries "The Path to 9/11," a dramatization of the events detailed in The 9/11 Commission Report and other sources.
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a turbulent time for the United States. In the South, perhaps nowhere was this more true than on the campus of FSU in Tallahassee, Fla. Now, for the first time in more than three decades, J. Stanley Marshall, the university's president from 1969 to 1976, will address some of the more contentious issues that took place during his presidency with a group of former FSU student leaders.
The much-loved and long-running science fiction series Star Trek introduced viewers to plenty of fantastical ideas"”from the Borg to Vulcan mind melds to a transporter that could beam humans across space. But behind the science fiction lay quite a bit of real science, according to Vanderbilt University psychologist Randolph Blake.
Tuesday, Sept. 5, marks the 100th anniversary of the first documented forward pass in American football history, a play that would change the game forever. The play was called by a Saint Louis University coach following rule changes to help prevent on-field injuries (and deaths). Earlier, President Theodore Roosevelt had met with leaders of major universities to take steps to eliminate the game's more dangerous aspects.
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