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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.

Dr. Mike Roizen to Give Keynote Speech at Annual Meeting for the International Anesthesia Research Society

The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) announces that Dr. Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Center will deliver the T.H. Seldon Memorial Lecture, the keynote speech of the 2010 Annual Meeting for the International Anesthesia Research Society, to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Roizen, the renowned author of the bestselling “YOU” books as well as the author of hundreds of articles and numerous works of outstanding scholarship, will deliver an address entitled, “Sweet Sixteen: A Life Just Starting: Yours.”

Reigning in Risk: Dodd’s Financial Overhaul Bill Is Long Overdue, Says Cornell Law Expert

Robert C. Hockett, professor, Cornell University Law School, says: "Sen. Christopher Dodd's bill is a tentative step forward toward long-awaited improvements to our presently hole-riddled system of financial regulation." Hocket explains the bill's attributes.

Anesthesia & Analgesia Debuts New Full-Color Design and New Website

The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) today announced that its official journal, Anesthesia & Analgesia, has become the first leading peer-reviewed anesthesia journal to convert to a full color format. Members of the Anesthesia & Analgesia editorial staff worked with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for nearly a year to update the journal’s design, making it easier to read, and providing authors with use of color to communicate their research findings.