Troutt to Head NAICU
Rhodes CollegeWilliam E. Troutt, president of Rhodes College, will be installed as chair of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities at its annual meeting Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C.
William E. Troutt, president of Rhodes College, will be installed as chair of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities at its annual meeting Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C.
UIC's department of bioengineering received a $990,000 grant from the Whitaker Foundation to strengthen programs investigating how living tissue interacts with bioengineered materials.
Researchers at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Center have begun a web-based, peer-reviewed scientific journal for professionals to publish research findings.
In an effort to move human embryonic stem cell technology into the mainstream of academic and corporate research, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has established a subsidiary whose primary purpose will be to distribute the cells to qualified scientists.
The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership has issued a $40,000 grant to Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management to fund a national case study competition for entrepreneurship students.
LSU professor William Pryor has received the Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, given by the American Chemical Society, for his research on how vitamin E can help prevent heart disease.
The University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, in conjunction with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capital and technology firms, today announced the start of the second annual Business Plan Competition.
NYU School of Medicine researchers received more than $11 million from the National Institute on Aging to study amyloid beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.
As the number of individuals interested in integrative medicine continues to increase, the number of physicians and other health care providers demanding training in integrative modalities has skyrocketed.
Pinning Wisconsin's economic growth to the potential of biotechnology, Gov. Tommy Thompson has proposed a $317 million investment in research centers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Improved warning and forecast capabilities for the National Weather Service and enriched research programs in atmospheric sciences for the University at Albany are expected under a new partnership.
The American Journal of Roentgenology will go online at noon EST today (Jan. 28, 2000).
EPA has awarded the University at Albany $3.5 million to conduct a comprehensive study into the causes, makeup, and health effects of atmospheric pollutants in New York City.
The Northeastern States Addiction Technology Transfer Center is now part of a national campaign using the Internet to provide help for every addiction treatment and prevention agency in the nation.
The University of Arkansas College of Engineering will be showcased in a special session at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 30 - Feb. 2.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $3.65 million to a consortium of universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, to examine air quality in Houston.
Mary Fisher, AIDS activist and founder of the Family AIDS Network, announced today in Washington, D.C., that the network will close and a new AIDS institute will be established at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
NYU College of Dentistry program promises cavity-free childhood. The new program enrolls 2-11 year olds for preventive services and free follow-up fillings if needed.
A new $4 million grant will allow UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers to offer the latest and most advanced treatments under investigation to people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS.
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.
The nonprofit TransWeb organ transplant information site marks half a decade of providing up-to-date and accurate information on transplants.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation has announced two administrative appointments within the Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Georgia State will offer an MBA degree with a concentration in Hospitality Administration.
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.
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.
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.
Five neuroscience programs at minority instutitions are being funded to prepare professionals who can assist the NIH in reducing disease disparity.
Work on ultrathin organic polymers that will carry an electric current and generate strong light won a UAB researcher a $370,000 Career Award from the National Science Foundation.
Amy S. Langer, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations, will receive the Gilda Radner Courage Award from the Roswell Park Alliance Community Fund-Raising Board at its 10th Annual All Star Night, Saturday, January 22, 2000.
A distinguished scientist at the University of North Carolina has endowed a $10,000 national prize to be awarded annually for an outstanding scientific contribution to neuroscience.
Journalists interested in learning more international human rights can add to their knowledge and enhance their understanding of this complex issue through a week-long fellowship this March at Trinity College.
Want to get the scoop on what it's really like to be a medical student at UAB? The school is making it easier for prospective medical school applicants to get acquainted by linking the applicants to medical students already enrolled at UAB.
An "interactive brochure" created to inform women and their families about gastrointestinal and other medical disorders was unveiled by The American College of Gastroenterology.
Dr. Henry and Susan Samueli have donated $5.7 million to UC Irvine's College of Medicine to support research to bridge the gap between traditional and alternative medicines.
As the result of a $23 million gift from a foundation of New York investor Stanley Druckenmiller, Bowdoin College will be able to establish endowments in information and educational technology.
AHRQ and NCI seek demonstration projects that facilitate consumer and patient use of information on quality in health care decision making, and that evaluate the impact of strategies to provide information about quality to consumers and patients.
A device to help search for life beyond earth will be developed by a team of University of Idaho scientists.
Beginning winter 2000, the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will offer the first of a series of online courses for registered nurses returning to school for their bachelor's degrees.
At the new Center for Particulate Matter Health Research, studies are underway to identify and characterize tiny particles in polluted air that contribute to respiratory ailments.
With an assist from NSF, an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo is launching a software game that addresses the lack of computer educational activities oriented toward girls.
The University of Maryland's Complementary Medicine Program has received a $7.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a wide range of new research into alternative treatments for pain.
The Academy of General Dentistry is launching a free service to help consumers locate a qualified dentist near their home, work, or school that they would feel comfortable visiting twice a year.
The National Science Foundation's preparations for Y2K allowed them to continue uninterrupted the nation's business of fundamental scientific research.
A new research and information center, the National Environmental Respiratory Center, concentrates on how the large number of different particles, gases, and vapors in the air work together to affect public health.
Cooperation rather than competition may signal a new era of federally funded research for the nation's top scientists who develop and study mouse models of cancer.
A University of Maryland chess team claimed its third national chess championship in four years by beating the University of Toronto in the 1999 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.
Washington and Lee University has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a chair and program in business journalism.
Education writer and school-reform advocate Michael Klonsky, director of the Small Schools Workshop at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named to the Academic Advisory Council of the National Campaign Against Youth Violence.
The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences has hired a new Vice President of Biodiversity.
Scientists from the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have been selected to participate in the National Cancer Institute's new Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium. Their selection will suppport work in developing models of breast, prostate, colon, and pancreatic cancers.