Directors of publicly traded companies will gather at Vanderbilt University Law School in June to address the issues directors now face as a result of recent regulatory changes in a climate of investor uncertainty.
The James Joyce Quarterly at The University of Tulsa celebrates 40 years of publication in conjunction with the 2003 North American James Joyce Festival at TU June 16-20.
Stanford University's Graduate School of Business honored Pfizer Chairman and CEO Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., with the School's Excellence in Leadership Award at a gala dinner of nearly 200 guests here Tuesday.
Hurricane season begins June 1 and experts from Florida State University and its world renowned meteorology program are available to answer media questions and give perspective to news stories as the season unfolds.
University of Redlands Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip A. Glotzbach will assume the presidency of Skidmore College in late July. Glotzbach joined the university in 1992 as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and in 1997 he was named vice president for Academic Affairs.
People have one more reason to stay healthy as they grow older: holding onto their retirement savings. A new study is the first to contrast how health affects the wealth of elderly married couples versus single or widowed seniors.
Annual costs of general, non-psychiatric medical care for people with persistent anxiety or depressed mood are 70 percent higher than for other patients, according to new research.
Musicians who hear the music they are performing while learning a new piece have a better memory for the music later, a new study suggests. But after they learn a song, actually hearing the music as they play does not improve the accuracy of their performance.
While competition among managed care organizations is thought to improve access to medical care, the "administrative burden" of juggling their policies and procedures may limit patient access to high-quality mental health services, according to a national survey of more than 7,000 primary care physicians.
The announcement of a case of mad cow disease in Canada could have a huge impact on the U.S. beef market, said Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt. And whether that impact will be positive or negative may well rest mainly with consumers, he said.
The identification and duplication of a gene that controls production of plants' outermost protective coating may allow Purdue University researchers to create crops with increased drought resistance.
Some extracts including black tea and grape seeds can do more good for foods than consumers would probably expect by killing dangerous bacteria, extending shelf life, adding color and enhancing freshness.
A research team has developed a model designed to help food processors take into account the heat resistant capacities of Listeria monocytogenes.
If the source of consumers' knowledge of irradiation comes from the government rather than industry, their likelihood of a positive attitude is high.
New studies show high-protein diets fail to live up to hype, nutrition experts available to comment. Findings show minimal weight loss and high drop-put rate. Doctors' group will launch summer ad campaign to warn of Atkins-type diet risks.
Obese patients on a low-carbohydrate diet for six months lost more weight and fared better on certain cardiovascular and diabetes measures than patients on a low-fat, calorie-restricted diet, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs study.
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Biologists at the University of Illinois of Chicago discovered rapid change (150 years) in gene sequence frequencies of common white-footed mice samples gathered from the greater Chicago region.
A new antibiotic appears effective against deadly strains of tuberculosis resistant to nearly all currently available treatments for the infectious disease, according to a report by physicians at NYU School of Medicine.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business, in a new partnership with AeA (American Electronics Association), will offer an executive education program designed exclusively for high tech executives as part of the school's catalog of executive programs. The AeA/Stanford Executive Institute will be held August 10-22 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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