A landmark immigration bill passed by the Senate would create new pathways to citizenship and provide a much-needed boost to the U.S. economy but would do little to ease immigration-related disparities in health care, according to a new report from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
The new work by composer Yotam Haber will feature a short film, archival audio recordings, music performed by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and a female chorus.
University Press of Kentucky is launching a free e-book loyalty program, believed the first of its kind in university presses, allowing owners of press books to upload a free e-book copy of the title.
Author and gay rights activist Judy Shepard recounts the national outcry following the murder of her son, Matthew, and more in The Meaning of Matthew, this year’s New Student Reader Program book at Salisbury University. She speaks at SU about her experiences.
Candy Gunther Brown tells the intriguing story behind the mainstreaming of complementary and alternative medicine in "The Healing Gods: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America."
Ithaca College has been named one of the top gluten-free college campuses in the country, coming in at #7 in the rankings compiled by Udi’s Gluten Free Foods, the nation’s number one brand for gluten-free food products.
Simon Ortiz, a Regents’ Professor of English and American Indian Studies with Arizona State University, has been selected to receive the 2013 Golden Tibetan Antelope International Prize for 2013. He will be honored along with Syrian poet Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said Esber) at the Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival.
St. Lawrence University has a new business major to offer its students, and faculty and administrators say it's a little different than the typical business-degree program.
When it comes to some of the health hazards of light at night, a new study in hamsters suggests that the color of the light can make a big difference.
Food poisoning causes 48 million illnesses in the U.S. each year, and most recently more than 300 Midwesterners were sickened by an outbreak of cyclospora, a foodborne pathogen. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages everyone to reduce their risk with simple safety steps from www.HomeFoodSafety.org and by downloading the free Is My Food Safe? mobile app.
Even though schools are cutting back on arts education, young people are following their artistic passions outside of traditional programs, fueled by new technologies, according to a new report.
Samaritan Hospice and Rowan University have announced New Jersey's first hospice/palliative care fellowship for physicians who have completed residency training. Palliative care is one of the fastest growing medical specialties.
A process used to help adults with anxiety disorders may also have a place in the classroom, helping children keep their focus on the subject at hand.
A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offender, requiring special programs to protect youth.
Researchers have long suspected some kind of link between childhood abuse and smoking. But in an interesting twist, a new study from the University of Washington finds a connection not between whether or not an abused child will ever begin smoking, but to how much they smoke once they do start.
A 4-year grant of nearly $1 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation will help expand interprofessional medical education at RowanSOM, allowing medical, nursing and pharmacy students to learn from and with each other.
The onset of the Great Recession and, more generally, deteriorating economic conditions lead mothers to engage in harsh parenting, such as hitting or shouting at children, a team of researchers has found. But the effect is only found in mothers who carry a gene variation that makes them more likely to react to their environment.
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