James B. Millikan, Jr. of Stonehill College in Massachusetts, says Governor Mitt Romney's fund-raising talents -- and his ability to reinvent himself to appeal to different segments of the electorate -- could make him a good candidate for a White House run in 2008.
Anni P. Baker, a Wheaton College professor who studies the lives of U.S. military families, sees the plan for base closing as having a potentially mixed impact on the families of those serving domestically and overseas.
Professor Bryan A. Liang, executive director of the Institute of Health Law Studies at California Western School of Law and a patients' rights scholar, warns of potential health risks associated with the expansion of prescription-drug importation.
Professor Paul DeVito and his colleagues at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia have developed new distance-learning programs in cooperation with the university's Center for Food Marketing to help the FDA and the USDA protect America's food supply from terrorism.
Dr. Bryan A. Liang, a patients' rights scholar at California Western School of Law, has been following the FDA/Vioxx controversy. With greater resources and less politics, he argues, the FDA would be better positioned to do its job protecting the public health in the U.S.
Boston conference will look back at what was learned from the wars in the Balkans and look forward at viable solutions for reconstruction, reconciliation, and lasting security"”from the perspective of the former Yugoslavia and for those doing similar work in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Back-to-school is synonymous with math anxiety for many students"”and their frustration is often shared by parents. Richard Manning Smith, professor at Bryant University, specializes in helping kids and adults overcome math fears.
Wildfire specialist Ed Smith of the University of Nevada, Reno, warns: "Because homes continue to be built inside or adjacent to wild lands in the West, the likelihood of homes and lives being threatened by wildfire is on the rise."
The director of the school psychology and school counseling program at American International College says the increased use of breathalyzers at high school proms may actually encourage teenagers to spend more time away from the "official event" of the evening--and more time drinking.
Kate McDonnell is an up-and-coming musician--and soon-to-be Tufts University grad. McDonnell, 37, will receive her bachelor's degree on Sunday, May 23, and will release her debut CD a few days later. Fellow songwriter/Tufts alumna Tracy Chapman will be at the podium.
A scholar of the 1960s at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, says the Vietnam War is re-emerging "in a new way" in the current race for the White House. "It is less about the war itself and more about character and conduct," he argues.
Michael Drout at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., is a Tolkien scholar who has created a distinctive niche as one of the most insightful sources on the legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien. Drout was invited to an early screening of "Return of the King" and says he was impressed with the film "as a movie."
Mahmood Monshipouri, professor and chair of the political science department at Quinnipiac University, credits European diplomacy in ultimately convincing Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program and allow tougher U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities.
What makes a banned book controversial"”and sometimes truly great? Students at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vt., will seek answers this fall as part of the college's newest English course: "Banned Books."
Tthe best way for the U.S. military to counter the guerilla insurgency in Iraq is to send more Arabic speakers there as soon as possible.
Mahmood Monshipouri, an Iran scholar, warns that a surgical strike against Iran's nuclear program would spell disaster for that country's reform movement.
Joseph Cooper, who teaches writing at Quinnipiac University School of Law, says he would like to see President Bush issue an executive order--in the form of a two-book reading assignment--to all U.S. military forces stationed in the Middle East.
Rich Hanley, professor of e-media at Quinnipiac University is studying the use of information technology by anti-Iraq war protesters.
A professor of history and American studies at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, says the anti-war protests now underway have the potential of being "much bigger and more significant than the early demonstrations against the Vietnam War" in the 1960s.
As New England cities and towns change, traditions and community history may fade. John Harris and his colleagues at the Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture at Franklin Pierce College have developed an ambitious project to collect and record New Hampshire stories--to make them available to future generations.
Little is known about the worms that inhabit the bodies of animals, our pets or ourselves. Dennis J. Richardson, assistant professor of biology at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Ct., is working to change that.
One hundred Americans study at Harlaxton College, a sprawling 19th century manor in central England, each semester. The University of Evansville, which has owned and operated the highly rated study-abroad destination since 1971, has announced new leadership for the overseas college: J. Gordon Kingsley, former president of William Jewell College in Missouri.
Professor Michael Drout of Wheaton College in Massachusetts has created a distinctive niche as an expert in the writings and legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien. He discovered an unpublished book by Tolkien while working on a project in an Oxford library in 1996. The book, "Beowulf and the Critics," was published this week.
"When it comes to stationing large numbers of military personnel abroad," Wheaton College historian Anni Baker notes, "the United States has more than 50 years of valuable lessons from which we need to learn."
Many of us do little more than read about stress-reduction during the holiday season, according to a psychology professor and stress-management expert at Mount St. Mary's College. "We get caught up in meeting everyone else's needs and expectations," she says, "and this gives us little time to reflect on the holidays and what they mean to us."
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