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Purdue University has embarked on a long-term, $200 million expedition to upgrade its Schools of Engineering facilities and expand them by almost 60 percent.

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The nonprofit TransWeb organ transplant information site marks half a decade of providing up-to-date and accurate information on transplants.

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1- Outdoor exercise can beat the winter blues but dress for the part; 2- While Bush and Gore play it safe, Bradley and McCain continue to impress; 3- Warning against use of anti-drug messages in media.

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The tattoo serves an important role as a medium for emotional healing and survival, according to a Lawrence University researcher.

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ABCLE is a state-wide coalition of health-care professionals, educators, and policymakers who will identify problems, make recommendations, and build public support for ways to improve care of the dying.

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"No Arms," a sculpture by artist Linda Vanderkolk, continuing lecturer and design foundations coordinator at Purdue University, is made entirely from toy guns and wire in the image of an adolescent boy.

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A team from Harvard Medical School and other institutions has produced the first 3-D structures of the poliovirus in the moments after it attaches to and enters a host cell (Journal of Virology, 2-00).

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Most Alabama hospital pharmacies do not stock an adequate supply of the agents necessary to treat poisonings, says UAB and Children's Hospital pharmacists in the Dec. 1999 Southern Medical Journal.

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Consider an oral history in tracing family tree, says the UAB historian who directs the oral history project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

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An Arkansas historian's new book rips away the victim's veil from Austria to reveal a people who welcomed Hitler's troops and acclaimed his anti-Semitic policies.

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A Purdue specialist on lactose intolerance says that consuming milk can help people recondition their digestive systems to accept dairy foods without discomfort.

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If toothbrushes can do everything these days -- bend, flex, and fit like a glove -- how do you know which one is right for you?

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Concerns about dental sealants leaching an estrogen-like chemical - bisphenol A - may be unfounded, according to a study in the Jan. 2000 Journal of the American Dental Association.

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Being single can create the "why bother" mindset when it comes to meals, says the director of the UAB EatRight nutritional program.

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Fewer children have untreated tooth decay in their primary teeth, according to an analysis of national survey data in the Jan. issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

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1- Lung cancer in patients with chronically inflammed air sacs in the lungs; 2- Gastroesophageal reflux causes bronchial constriction in asthma patients; 3- Guidelines on the care of children with an opening in their windpipe.

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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured images of a dramatic solar prominence on Jan. 18, 2000.

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General Colin L. Powell will join Michael S. Olson of the American Society of Association Executives, along with local students and their mentors, as part of a rally to build support for Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2000.

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Students who want to check out their e-mail, see what the stock market is doing, or download research from the Internet will be able to do so anywhere on the Owen Graduate School of Management campus.

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Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation, announced that V.A. Shiva, aka "Dr. E-mail," founder and CEO of General Interactive, will speak at the magazine's bi-monthly Innovators Breakfast (2-3-00).

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation has announced two administrative appointments within the Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

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Five poets will travel to The University of Tulsa as part of an innovative English course in which freshmen and sophomores will study the published works of the poets.

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In response to Michael J. Fox's announcement he is leaving his TV show, Dr. Gerald Fishbach, Director of the principal NIH institute supporting Parkinson's disease research, is available for media interviews.

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Georgia State will offer an MBA degree with a concentration in Hospitality Administration.

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine will hire more than 60 new faculty members and strengthen its support of other research efforts as part of a $67 million initiative.

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine is establishing a Center for Human Genomics to facilitate the identification of high-risk genes linked to common diseases.

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Among the professors in UC Irvine's Department of Political Science are some of the nation's leading experts on national and state politics.

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For coverage of the presidential primary, the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers several political science experts.

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African-Americans' contributions to Chicago's rich heritage of commercial art and industrial design are the focus of a new symposium, hosted by UIC and the DuSable Museum (2-5-00).

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By depriving cancer tumors of the copper supply they need to form new blood vessels, University of Michigan researchers report they have stopped the growth and spread of the disease in a small group of patients (Clinical Cancer Research, 1-00).

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A study of the Amazon rainforest in the Jan. 20 Nature indicates that the carbon released into the atmosphere by deforestation offsets that absorbed by new forests growing.

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A theoretical approach to using quantum phase for data storage and retrieval is being tested by a University of Michigan experiment (Science, 1-20-00).

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Infectious diseases of free-living wild animals may pose an increasing and significant threat to human health and to global biodiversity, according to a report in Science, 1-20-00.

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Johns Hopkins and Queen's University in Ontario scientists have shown that a small molecular glitch is responsible for the sudden heart failure that strikes after open heart surgery and that costs an estimated $10 billion in post-operative medical care every year (see this week's Science).

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More than 30 states have recently adopted laws that take account of smart growth, the newest wave in the environmental movement (Planning magazine, 1-00).

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Three small wind turbines spinning in the Texas Panhandle promise to answer some big questions researchers have long asked about how to harness wind power to generate electricity.

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A Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine professor studies water-borne, disease-causing organisms and offers advice on testing, pathogens, and water quality assurance.

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A University of Arkansas professor wants to help business owners, managers, and engineers decide when and how to implement optical technology, or "machine vision," through a CD-ROM, Consider Machine Vision.

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A "genetic toggle switch," designed to control the activity of genes, was recently engineered by Boston University researchers, who were working with Escherichia coli (Nature, 1-20-00).

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1- Device sounds off on cracks; 2- "Doctored up" cotton for improved healing; 3- Marine ecological assessment in Hong Kong waters; 4- Chemical management made easier.

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Ball State students are reading Australian books and then having online debates and discussions with their counterparts down under who are reading the same materials.

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The University at Buffalo has figured out how to keep information flowing to freshmen through the development of MyUB, an online portal that actually grows with the student.

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The American Academy of Dermatology invites you to attend a Consensus Conference on UVA Protection of Sunscreens on 2-4-00.

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The Medtronic Foundation has awarded Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center $900,000 to support the development of core infrastructure for a clinical facility that integrates conventional and complementary care services.

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Clinical questions surrounding gay and lesbian patients -- the ways and means of counseling gays and lesbians and the issues they bring to the therapist's office -- will be explored at a March conference.

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Among film genres, parody is probably the least appreciated, but a new book by a Ball State University professor gives the genre its due.

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A study, led by a University of North Carolina scientist, that focuses on the complex network of biochemical signals between proteins and enzymes sheds new light on the process of cell growth regulation (Nature, 1-20-00).

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Chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy increased in the final quarter of 1999, The Conference Board reports.

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The same algorithm developed to help a swarm of tiny robots locate the point source of a chemical or biological attack will find an unfortunate skier buried under an avalanche in 1/4 the time of any known method.

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The first of two total lunar eclipses in 2000 takes place Thursday night (1-20-00) over North America.