Experts say teen drinking is a pervasive problem in the United States. Health professionals, counselors and others who deal with the issue -- because of time constraints and the proliferation of profession-specific journals -- are often unaware of relevant research on teen drinking in other fields.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 1 -- A distinguished group of individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts and demonstrated courage -- by pushing the limits of aesthetic conventions, or overcoming resistance or personal hardship, or giving shape to ideas contrary to the social and political mainstream -- will be celebrated and presented with honorary doctorate degrees at Trinity CollegeÃs fall convocation.
Yoon-Shin Kim, a Korean "comfort woman" during World War II, will speak at Vanderbilt University Nov. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema.
The American Association of Political Consultants will hold its first annual Academic Outreach Conference Nov. 14-17 in Baton Rouge, attracting some of the nation's top consultants and political figures.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center presents an evening with legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman Oct. 28 in the Jemison Concert Hall. Tickets are $500 per person for a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, performance and dessert with Perlman.
Artists, writers, philosophers, scientists and scholars are among the distinguished visitors participating in the Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm lecture series this fall at the University of Illinois.
Contraceptive education, easy access to contraceptive services, and the provision of free abortion on demand helped reduce teenage birth rates, pregnancy rates, and abortion rates in Sweden, concludes an article in Studies in Family Planning.
Repairing tornado damage in Oklahoma City -- helping Washington, D.C. food banks -- tutoring children in Atlanta -- this is how the Austin College Sesquicentennial will culminate: in a day of volunteer service by alumni from coast to coast as the college takes its 3rd annual Great Day of Service nationwide, October 16-17, 1999.
Some people see helping in a disaster as romantic, allowing them to participate in an adventure of a lifetime, says a Ball State University educator.
Healing racism will be the focus of workshop sessions led by renowned authors, speakers and facilitators with international reputations in race relations at conference October 15-17 at Connecticut College.
The World premiere of an opera based on "O Pioneers!", Willa Cather's epic novel of life on the Nebraska prairie, will be presented on the Kimball Hall stage at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in November.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center and the Alabama Humanities Foundation present a Silver Anniversary Gala featuring Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at the center. The gala celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Abraham Lincoln is overseeing an exhibition in his honor at the University of Illinois Library. An extremely rare plaster life mask of the 16th U.S. president, made shortly before he was nominated, is on display in the Rare Book and Special Collections Library this fall.
Vanderbilt University is offering a media fellowship that will explore the bold opportunities and unique challenges of the educational technology revolution. The program will engage journalists, teachers, and Vanderbilt faculty in discussions about educational technology as a potentially powerful, effective tool that enhances learning.
Texas A&M University will hold its 1999 Academic Convocation on Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. This year's convocation will celebrate Texas A&M's academic community, with special emphasis on welcoming new faculty and recognizing others for their contributions to the university.
In what is believed to be the nation's first event to comprehensively examine the cross-cultural influences of contemporary Chinese artists, LSU will host "A Symposium on 20th Century Chinese Art: Boulder from Another Mountain" Nov. 2-5.
Experts from across the country will gather in Snowmass, Colo., Nov. 29-Dec. 2 to examine the question of whether we are loving our public lands and waters to death at a conference organized by Colorado State University.
April 1 will mark the 19th time Texas A&M University students have held "The Big Event," the largest one-day, student-run community service project in the country. More than 4,500 students work on more than 500 local projects over the course of the day.
Haris Silajdzic, co-chair of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Stephen J. O'Brien, a 1971 Cornell alumnus and chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Institutes of Health, will visit Cornell University as professors-at-large in October.
World-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow will make major international announcements when he presents two lectures at Austin College October 1 and 2. Additionally, the director of the Guatemala Forensic Anthropology Foundation will speak about controversial exhumations at the Police Military Academy in Guatemala City. The exhumations are anticipated to be the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
University of Arkansas Distinguished Professor and world-renowned conductor Sarah Caldwell wants to take music unheard by human ears for over 1,000 years and bring it to life by transcribing it, performing it and preserving it for future generations.
The National Science Foundation has announced that 14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $42 million over five years to promote diversity and increased participation of underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
From fashion models who want more out of life to grandmothers who never had an opportunity to go to college, many adult students are changing their lives by beginning or completing college degrees at Sarah Lawrence College's Center for Continuing Education.
Shortly after the state's Board of Education voted to downplay the teaching of evolution, noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould will speak at KU on Oct. 6.
The first man in the job as president of the United States was a man of vanity, disappointment and longing, noted biographer Richard Norton Smith says.
Journalism and law students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have joined forces to generate in-depth coverage and analysis of the university's student fee lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Virginia Tech Center for Gerontology's monthly forums explores current issues affecting older adults' lives. The October and Novermber programs look at the "Court Opinions About Grandparent Visitation Rights" and "Diversity in Older Adults' Lives."
St. John's University will host an all-day conference exploring "The Moral Dimensions of Poverty" on Saturday, October 16, on the University's Queens campus. Nationally-recognized experts will deliver keynote addresses.
Six internationally recognized humanities scholars will share their expertise with Central Michigan University audiences during a year-long speaker series. "Humanities at the Millennium: Transforming Conversations" will feature experts in the fields of literature, religion, history and philosophy discussing the role of the humanities in the university as well as how those disciplines might most fruitfully interact with American culture as a whole.
Violinist Midori, who first came to public attention at age 10 when she debuted with the New York Philharmonic, and her partner-pianist Robert McDonald will perform at Colgate University on Thursday, October 7, at 8:00 pm
Once called "the Princess of Black Poetry," Nikki Giovanni will be the featured speaker at Agnes Scott's College's Martin Luther King, Jr., convocation on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Young people who participate in New York state 4-H clubs do better in school, are more motivated to help others achieve more, are more educationally motivated, have higher levels of self esteem, place more emphasis on having a value system and communicate at more of an adult level,than non-4-H'ers, according to a two-year Cornell University study.
The fourth annual American Music Masters Conference will focus on the life of legendary saxophonist Louis Jordan. "At the Swing Cat's Ball: Louis Jordan's Rhythm & Blues" will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 9 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Acclaimed evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould will present a lecture at Agnes Scott College at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8.
Jane Goodall, the world's leading authority on chimpanzees, will speak at Bucknell Oct. 15, about her nearly 40 years of research on chimpanzees and her wildlife conservation efforts. The title of her lecture is "Reason for Hope."
Nobel Prize winner Dr. James Watson, who discovered the molecular structure of DNA along with Francis Crick in 1953, will speak Thursday, Oct. 14, at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
1- volunteers find disasters romantic, 2- technology changing the way employees communicate, 3- market for manufactured goods booming, 4- peace in Pacific Rim, Asia key to world prosperity, 5- Floyd stirs counselor's memories.
India's "National Living Treasure," Ali Akbar Khan, will perform a special concert at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, October 15, 1999. The concert celebrates Khan's new appointment to UCSC as Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music.
Domestic Violence is an issue of pressing concern across the country. In recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University and the Kings County District Attorney's Office will present a free two-day conference.
Single parenthood is not necessarily a risk factor for how well prepared six- and seven-year-olds are for school or how well they do in school, according to a large, multiethnic Cornell University study. Mothers' ability and educational levels were much more significant, and were about the same in single- and two-parent families.
It is possible to predict which newlywed couples will divorce from the way partners interact in just the first three minutes of a discussion about an area of marital conflict, according to University of Washington researchers.
Modern dance master Paul Taylor will present the world premiere of his "Arabesque," set to music by Debussy, when the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs at 8 p.m. Oct. 15-16, in Hancher Auditorium on the University of Iowa campus.
Alan Atkinson, Ph.D., of UAB Department of Art and Art History is nationally know for his pumpkin carving ability and has suggestions on how to make the most of your pumpkin this season.
A state-run lottery isn't likely to create gambling addicts, says a UAB addiction counselor, but it should bring more people into treatment for compulsive gambling disorders.
Graduates with a combination of computer savvy and pre-technology skills in such fields as quantitative analysis, accounting and communications will have an edge in an increasingly competitive market, said Lance Nail, Ph.D., finance professor in the UAB School of Business.
1) swing voters may not count in mayoral race, 2) consumer reporting, one of the "highest growth" areas in journalism, 3) proposed merger of PECO and Unicom corp.; what does it mean?
UAB child psychologist Vivian Friedman, Ph.D., suggests that when it comes to children, parents avoid an emphasis on scary stories.
Workers who used special computer software to remind them to assume good posture, take breaks from the computer and do occasional stretches were 13 percent more accurate on average in their work than coworkers who did not receive the computer advice, according to a new Cornell University study.
Saxophonist Paul Winter and his Earth Band will present the world premiere of "The World Tree: A Musical Celebration" at Bucknell University Saturday, Oct. 23.
"What's Next? American Pluralism and the Civic Culture: Challenges and Proposals," a national conference on issues of racial and ethic diversity that will take place at Smith College November 4-6.
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