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The Wistar Institute Welcomes New Board Members

The Wistar Institute recently welcomed Gail Walker Hearn and Milton S. Schneider to its board of trustees.

Monell Center Partners with Springside School to Bring Cutting Edge Discoveries into High School Classrooms

The Monell Center and the Springside School have been awarded a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation to train high school teachers about the latest developments in taste science and chemistry.

51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference

Representatives of the media are invited to attend the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, DC, April 7-11, 2010, sponsored by the Genetics Society of America. More than 1600 basic research scientists who study genetic models in Drosophila (fruit flies) are expected to attend.

C. Everett Koop Presented with IU's Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award

C. Everett Koop, M.D., has been presented the 2010 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award by the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Sam Nunn Policy Forum to Discuss a World Free of Nukes

In the midst of unprecedented momentum among the international strategic communities for nuclear weapons disarmament, Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum will present on March 29 “The Path Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons: The Euro-Atlantic Challenge.”

International Investment Disputes Focus of Washington and Lee School of Law and United Nations Joint Conference

On March 29, academics, governments, practitioners, investors, and representatives from international and non-governmental organizations from around the world will meet at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, for a symposium to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes. The symposium is a joint effort between W&L and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

IOCS Applauds IUCN’s Reclassification of Beluga Sturgeon

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today formally announced the reclassification of beluga sturgeon in the Caspian Sea as “critically endangered” on its Red List, providing strong evidence that fishing and international trade should be halted and a stock-rebuilding plan should be initiated immediately.

Obesity Boot Camps Not the Answer; but Gym Class Is.

Obesity boot camps are not the answer to the nation’s waistline problem, says Deborah J. Wray, kineseology prof. at TCU. The thing that will work is physical ed. in school, provided it is taught well. Increasingly, however, phys. ed. is not taught at all.