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Iowa State landscape architecture students are creating a humane landscape in a restrictive environment—a prison. They've developed a landscape master plan for the new Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. They're working alongside offenders on phase one—multipurpose outdoor classrooms for classes, counseling, vocational training and theater.

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A Loyola University Health System acute care nurse practitioner is partnering with The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) to reduce youth violence in suburban Cook County.

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The University of Nebraska College of Law will open a new frontier in space law by launching a doctorate of juridicial sciences degree (J.S.D.) program later this month.

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A novel new reading and writing program was recently introduced by the House Research Institute’s Children’s Auditory Research and Evaluation (CARE) Center for preschool age children with hearing loss who come from Spanish-speaking homes, and their parents.

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A faith-based prisoner re-entry program in Minnesota has saved an estimated $3 million by reducing recidivism, according to a Baylor University study published in the International Journal of Criminology and Sociology.

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Thirty inmates at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Kansas have created the Garden for Good, a project that in 2012 allowed them to donate more than 6,700 pounds of produce and $2,500 to needy groups in their community. Prison officials say that the inmates receive training to become Extension Master Gardeners and earn credit toward good behavior, while the inmates say the project is helping them better themselves and make good with their community. The project is supported by Kansas State University and several local volunteers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.