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Released: 7-May-2012 5:00 PM EDT
Largest Gathering of Food Professionals to Convene in Las Vegas, June 25-28
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

Food professionals from all over the globe will be gathering together in Las Vegas for the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 2012 Annual Meeting & Food Expo. This is the only annual event that brings together professionals involved in both the science and the business of food — experts from industry, academia and government.

Released: 7-May-2012 12:00 PM EDT
A Place to Play: Researchers Design Schoolyard for Children with Autism
Kansas State University

Kansas State University researchers in landscape architecture are creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism. They have designed a place where elementary school children with autism can feel comfortable and included.

Released: 4-May-2012 4:40 PM EDT
Spring 2012 Commencement: Pomp, Circumstance and the End of the World
University of Houston

The hundreds of students who will don the cap and gown for commencement bring varied experiences, struggles and interests to this important milestone.

Released: 4-May-2012 2:00 PM EDT
Stony Brook University To Dedicate New Home of the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology - May 7 at 4 pm
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University will celebrate the dedication of the new home of the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology.

Released: 4-May-2012 1:00 PM EDT
Students Assemble Care Packages for Nurses in Iraq, Afghanistan
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Students at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing again worked together to acknowledge the important contributions made by nurses serving in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. armed forces.

Released: 3-May-2012 3:35 PM EDT
UC President Mark G. Yudof Announces His Selection for UC San Diego Chancellor
University of California San Diego

University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced today (May 3) that he has selected Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s highly regarded College of Engineering, also known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology, to serve as the eighth chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.

Released: 2-May-2012 12:30 PM EDT
College Students Move from the Classroom to the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution

Imagine spending an internship engaging, designing and educating at the world’s largest museum and research complex. That’s what students from the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Maine and George Washington University did while interning at the Smithsonian—working behind-the-scenes alongside experts in art, history, culture and science.

Released: 1-May-2012 2:40 PM EDT
St. Lawrence University Launching Sustainability Semester
St. Lawrence University

Building upon the success of its highly acclaimed Adirondack Semester and its nationally known environmental studies programs, St. Lawrence University will launch a Sustainability Semester in the spring of 2013.

Released: 1-May-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Nation’s Top Engineering Students Headed to First Cornell Cup USA
Cornell University

The first-ever Cornell Cup USA presented by Intel, a national engineering student competition to explore embedded design, takes place Friday and Saturday at Walt Disney World. Twenty-two teams from the nation's top schools make up an elite corps of finalists.

Released: 30-Apr-2012 4:50 PM EDT
ZisBoomBah.com and The Kids Cook Monday Help Families Start the Week with Healthy Habits
Monday Campaigns

ZisBoomBah, a Let's Move! award-winning game developer and leader in making food fun for families, is working with non-profit public health initiative The Kids Cook Monday to integrate weekly cooking prompts into their already popular gaming platform. ZisBoomBah has incorporated Kids Cook Monday quests into their “Challenger Calendar”, a free online score-based game that lets children and parents set health and nutrition goals.

Released: 30-Apr-2012 3:55 PM EDT
Lawrence S. Lewin, USU Board of Regents Member, Dies
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

Mr. Lawrence S. Lewin, a highly respected and dedicated member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and founder of The Lewin Group, died on Sunday, April 29, after a lengthy illness. He was 74.

Released: 30-Apr-2012 2:30 PM EDT
Arthritis Action Month Goes Social
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

Throughout the month of May, the American College of Rheumatology, Arthritis Foundation, Mayo Clinic, and Nemours are partnering to celebrate Arthritis Action Month (formerly Arthritis Awareness Month).

Released: 30-Apr-2012 8:00 AM EDT
Janis Ian to Deliver Address at 2012 Warren Wilson College Commencement
Warren Wilson College

Grammy Award winner Janis Ian will deliver the main address at the 2012 Warren Wilson College Commencement May 12. The commencement ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on the lawn of Sunderland Residence Hall.

Released: 27-Apr-2012 4:45 PM EDT
Wichita State University Names Bardo 13th President
Wichita State University

John William Bardo has been named by the Kansas Board of Regents as the new president of Wichita State University, effective July 1. Bardo will become the 13th president of Wichita State, following President Donald Beggs' resignation June 30.

Released: 27-Apr-2012 4:40 PM EDT
Rowan University Engineering and Business Students Help Cooper University Hospital Take Health Care on the Road
Rowan University

Engineering and business students at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., are working with Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J. to create a health mobile on wheels that will sever the public and regional companies.

Released: 27-Apr-2012 12:55 PM EDT
Keuka College Works to Ensure Graduates Don't Leave Campus with a Mountain of Debt
Keuka College

As total student loan debt in the U.S. eclipses the $1 trillion mark, a small private school in New York state continues to ensure that its graduates aren't saddled with large amounts of debt.

Released: 27-Apr-2012 11:40 AM EDT
A Student Takes On Improving Lives of Afghan Women
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke student Anita Haidary ’14 is the cofounder of Young Women for Change, a Kabul-based grassroots movement committed to empowering Afghan women to improve their lives through social and economic participation, political empowerment, awareness, and advocacy. She answered questions about her work with YWC.

Released: 26-Apr-2012 1:45 PM EDT
Videonovela Can Help Diabetes Patients Manage Their Treatment
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

A new Spanish-language videonovela, Aprende a vivir, features messages to help diabetes patients compare their treatment options to find a regimen that works best for them. It's entertaining and can be used as an education tool.

   
Released: 26-Apr-2012 1:00 PM EDT
Post-Graduation, a Search for Convenient Resilience
Mount Holyoke College

For Mount Holyoke seniors Hannah Blackmer ’12 and Dana Rubin ’12, graduation doesn’t mean job applications or internships. Instead, they plan to travel the country, collecting and telling the stories of people who have introduced environmentally sustainable practices in their daily lives.



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