The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has identified 36 countries that are the most affected by the global food crisis, 10 of which are located in Asia. Central Michigan University history faculty member Randall Doyle is available to speak on how the food crisis is affecting Asia on many different levels.
Approximately 250,000 items of sexual assault evidence are mired in three- to 12-month backlogs awaiting analysis in U.S. forensic laboratories. A University of Virginia forensic chemist has developed a method for handling rape evidence that reduces part of the DNA analysis time from 24 hours to as little as 30 to 45 minutes and improves the sperm cell recovery rate by 100 percent.
Five internationally recognized experts on public health, vaccines, and bioethics meet at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia for its annual health policy symposium titled "The Future of Vaccines: Challenges, Successes, Opportunities."
U.S. foreign policy is cyclical, according to Dr. Jack Holmes, a political scientist at Hope College in Holland, Mich. The forces behind this cycle limit the range of policy choices available to a President, regardless of campaign rhetoric. So even if the Democrats win the White House and end the Iraq war as promised, expect the U.S. military to remain active to meet the challenge of global terrorism.
"War and Taxes," published by the Urban Institute Press, chronicles the political arguments, economic conditions, and public opinions that made it possible for previous presidents and Congresses to raise taxes, sell bonds, and cut domestic spending to pay for wars. The authors contrast the tax hikes enacted to support previous military operations with the extraordinary tax cuts Americans have enjoyed during the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq"”all without overstating previous generations' enthusiasm for wartime sacrifice.
Indiana University experts discuss legal, economic and cultural issues influencing the Democratic presidential primary campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as Indiana's influential primary election approaches.
Faculty members at Indiana University offer media tips on Indiana politics, the impact of the Indiana voter ID law, broadcast media coverage of the Indiana primary and the relationship between presidential and congressional races.
Budget cuts to tobacco control programs significantly reduce their effectiveness, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and RTI International.
Obama Backers Believe He Can Win; Clinton Supporters Not As Confident She Can - According to a new nationwide survey commissioned by LEADS at Spelman College, minority female Democrats say leadership ability, not race or gender, is the primary motivator for their selection of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee.
The mounting number of nations involved in space activity have far-reaching implications for cooperation and international competitiveness - a focus of a new issue of the Secure World Foundation's newsletter: The Secure World.
While many pundits are looking to Ohio for answers on how Pennsylvania will vote next week, giving Sen. Hillary Clinton a clear edge, Brian Schaffner, research fellow in American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS), believes that cultural indicators show that Pennsylvania voters most closely relate to voters in Wisconsin, a state Sen. Barack Obama won by 17 points.
"This is a time for new leaders who believe America can act now and do whatever we set our mind to, not for those who fear the modest measures being proposed in Congress..."
Internationally recognized experts on nuclear proliferation discussed the state of the world today, 40 years after the Glassboro Summit between Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and President Lyndon Johnson, during a symposium moderated by Dan Rather.
Child sexual abuse cases nationwide declined 5 percent from 2005 to 2006, capping a 14-year decline of more than 50 percent, according to an analysis of new data released today by the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Jody Madeira, professor at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, explains that there is little legal consensus on whether lengthy sentences for young offenders constitute cruel and unusual punishment. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a South Carolina youth sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12.
Three world renowned experts in the area of nuclear nonproliferation sat down with former CBS anchor Dan Rather on April 11 for a frank and lively discussion on nuclear disarmament issues and global politics at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. Video footage and photos from the symposium are available online at http://www.rowan.edu/hollybush.
Robert Schwemm is the Ashland Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he has taught since 1975. He is considered the nation's top academic researcher on housing discrimination law and an expert on the Fair Housing Act. He has a broad range of knowledge on components and application of the Fair Housing Act.
Internationally recognized experts will explore the growing threat of nuclear proliferation worldwide"”particularly in Iran"”and how that will impact the U.S. and its international policies.
The University of Southern California has been honored with one of four inaugural Benjamin Franklin Awards for Public Diplomacy, a prestigious new honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented the award in a ceremony on April 8, 2008 in Washington, DC.
"You could call this the 'other' March Madness, though this competition is even tougher than the basketball match-ups," says University of Maryland professor and mock trial coach Mark Graber. The team of Maryland undergraduates has captured the win by defeating George Washington University in the 2008 championship competition on April 7 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vikas Anand, management professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and one of the few researchers who has investigated bodyshopping, a labor byproduct of the H1B immigration process, is available to comment on the U.S. government's controversial program.
Some of the nation's top minds on the topic of nuclear nonproliferation will participate in a Dan Rather-moderated symposium at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
Men are more likely to tolerate discrimination than women, however both sexes tend to accept prejudice against poorly educated immigrants and Arab-American airplane travelers, according to a study by the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics.
A Code of Conduct for Space is moving forward, a necessary step toward space traffic management of satellites to help assure national security and economic advantages provided by spacecraft of all nations.
New research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center finds that child sexual abuse cases in the criminal justice system take an unusually long time to be prosecuted and resolved. This is concerning because a prolonged court process has been shown to be detrimental to a child victim's recovery and ongoing mental health.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's City Design Center has produced a 96-page electronic publication illustrating ideas for green development in East Garfield Park as a case study for use by Chicago neighborhoods and individuals.
The highly contested race for president has spurred a sharp increase in participation from young voters. J. Cherie Strachan, an authority on youth participation in American politics, says that politicians may need to change their approach, however, in order to keep this age group engaged until November. She is available for comment on the subject.
Presidential primary expert Danta Scala with the University of New Hampshire is available to discuss former Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president.
Ronald Watts, fellow at Queen's University's Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, recently returned from a visit to Nepal where he participated in discussions with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) about creating a federal system there.
A daylong conference titled "Creating a Livable Delaware: Pathways for Enhancing Prosperity and Quality of Life" will be held Tuesday, March 25, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark.
Election-law expert James Gardner, professor, University at Buffalo Law School is available to members of the media seeking commentary on the role of super delegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A University of Alberta study has looked into public opinion on one of the most contentious political topics in Alberta's history, namely the two waves of welfare reform initiated by the Conservative government from the mid-90s onward. In both 1995 and 2004, Harvey Krahn, Chair of Sociology at the U of A and Amber Gazso, Assistant Professor of Sociology, York University, assessed Albertan's opinions on social assistance programs using data collected by the U of A Population Research Laboratory. They found that, even in 1995 when the provincial government was first making substantial cuts to welfare benefits, the majority of Albertans were not supportive of these cuts.
Joshua Meyrowitz, professor of media studies at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss news coverage of the Iraq War in conjunction with the five-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 19.
The U.S. legal system was put in place by people who believed logic and reason were the highest values. But University of Iowa law professor Todd Pettys says that today we live in the Age of Oprah, and the country's legal system should adapt by allowing emotion into the courtroom. He points to research research in neurology and psychology that shows our emotions play an important role in developing what we perceive to be logical and rational ideas.
With Pennsylvania's primary approaching April 22, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will pour millions of dollars into advertising and grassroots efforts across the state to capture the critical urban and youth votes, according to Gettysburg College political science professor Shirley Anne Warshaw.
Sixty-seven percent of young voters ages 18 to 29 in the four battleground states of Ohio, Florida, Colorado and Virginia say the economy is the most important issue in the upcoming election, according to an online survey of 128 young voters conducted by American University students.
IU professor Timothy Waters comments on: 1) Balkan Violence: Strains on Western Security Policy? 2) UN Paralysis: Back to the Cold War? 3) Kosovo and Its North: Independence, Then a Deal? 4) Echoes in Bosnia: What's the Right Response?
The new voting system that Cleveland and its suburbs will use in next Tuesday's primary election has serious flaws that risk greater voter error, say members of a research team from the Universities of Maryland, Rochester and Michigan who conducted a comprehensive analysis of the technology over the past several years.
The new Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index) for California, developed at UCLA, shows that the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), used to determine income eligibility for most public programs, covers less than half of the basic costs experienced by adults age 65 and older in the state.
David Skillicorn, Queen's University computing professor and expert in political spin, says Barack Obama has a tendency to spin his messages, while John McCain has the lowest level of spin of all the candidates "“ followed by Hillary Clinton. Using computer software designed to detect deception, Dr. Skillicorn analyzed speeches by candidates for the U.S. presidential election from the beginning of 2008 to the middle of February.
The interception by sea-launched missile of a failed U.S. intelligence-gathering spacecraft raises a number of associated policy issues: How best to deal with human-made orbital debris, the need to establish space traffic control measures, and defusing concerns over the weaponization of space.
As an ailing Fidel Castro resigns as Cuba's president after nearly a half-century in power, questions arise as to what his resignation will mean for the Communist country. Born in Cuba, Rene De La Pedraja, PhD, is a professor of history at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, and has done extensive research on Cuba and Fidel Castro. Dr. De La Pedraja offers some insights regarding the situation.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated in an announcement posted on the Web site of the state-run newspaper Granma that he will resign from his 49-year reign as head of state. Central Michigan University professor of political science Orlando Pérez, a Cuban-American who specializes in Latin American politics and U.S.-Latin American relations, is available to comment on the changes that this might bring.
For the past 12 years, Tufts University Professor R. Bruce Hitchner has been involved in public policy initiatives in the Balkans region, especially in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Two prominent American University experts are available immediately to comment on the resignation of Fidel Castro and the future of Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations: William LeoGrande and Phillip Brenner.
If Congress fails to permanently fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, rheumatologists may be forced to close their doors to Medicare patients.
Kosovo is expected to declare independence from Serbia, possibly within days. Timothy Waters, an expert on the region, addresses the implications in terms of regional stability, international law and the fate of Serbs living in northern Kosovo.
Concerned Families for ATV Safety (www.atvsafetnet.org) co-founders Sue Rabe and Carolyn Anderson today issued the following statement in response to new data released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) showing that 1 in 5 people killed in ATV accidents in 2006 were children.
Professors and students from Western Carolina University's forensic anthropology program assisted law enforcement agencies in their search for clues in a remote area of national forestland where the body of a hiker missing since October was discovered on Saturday, Feb 2.
Media briefing on the Bush Administration's recently released 2009 budget and the implications for Great Lakes programs--many of which are core componenets of a $20 billion restoration plan that the President put forward in 2005, and has since distanced himself from as invasive species, sewage contamination and other threats continue to plague the largest surface freshwater resource in the world.
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