Ascribe Higher Education News Service back issues from December 2002:
Marijuana's Distant Relative May Be Next Prozac; Chemical Reduces Anxiety Using Novel Nerve System in Body.
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Man-made chemicals that are distant relatives of marijuana may eventually become new drugs to combat anxiety and depression, according to a UC Irvine College of Medicine study. The study is ...
Swaddling May Help Sleeping Babies Remain on Their Backs, Reducing Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Dec 01, 2002 ... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Infants sleep with fewer awakenings when swaddled, and swaddling may help sleeping infants remain on their backs, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. These ...
New Director of Williams Project Talks About Making Sense of Costs of Higher Education: Interview.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- David J. Zimmerman, associate professor and chair of economics at Williams College, has been named director of The Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education. He succeeds Gordon Winston. The ...
California Student Essay Contest: Are Cell Phones Okay in Schools?
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's an opportunity to meet with state leaders and Sacramento journalists for the 10 high school juniors and seniors who write the best essays about cell phones at school. ...
From the Bone of a Horse, a New Idea for Aircraft Structures.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The horse, a classic model of grace and speed on land, is now an unlikely source of inspiration for more efficient flight. So says a group of University of Florida engineers who have ...
Chicago Program Holds 'Substantial Promise' of Helping Residents Move to Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A local effort that uses housing-search counseling to assist low-income Chicagoans in moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods "has made significant progress," according to a new analysis of the city's Housing ...
Founder of Free Speech Movement Warns of Impending Loss of Constitutional Rights in War Against Terrorism.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. citizens should be less complacent and trusting of a government that has a long record of abuse of power, warns a founding member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964 who ...
California Technology Institute Cal-(IT)2 and UC San Diego to Receive $400,000 in Technology From Ixia for Labs, Research on Next-Generation Optical Networks.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will use hardware and software provided by Ixia to analyze the performance of a next-generation optical network. The Calabasas, ...
Study Says Special Education Programs Boost Math Performance of Learning Disabled Students; Emotionally Disturbed Children Also Benefit Significantly.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study performed by researchers from Stanford University, Amherst College and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) conclusively demonstrates that special education programs on average ...
U.S. Senators Announce Free Download of Pitt-Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Security Monitoring Software.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Software that detects a sudden increase of symptoms indicative of a possible bioterrorist attack is immediately available free of charge to any public health organization, U.S. Senators Arlen Specter ...
Arizona College of Public Health Study Conducted in Iran Indicates Pycnogenol Helpful in Management of Asthma.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pilot study at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health provides evidence that a trademarked extract of French maritime pine bark, Pycnogenol(r), can be helpful in managing chronic ...
University of Washington Establishes Center to Study Hepatitis-Induced Liver Disease.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Washington Health Sciences SEATTLE, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $9 million grant to the University of Washington to support the newly formed Center for ...
University of California Awards Funds to the Center for Latino HIV/AIDS Research at San Diego State University.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California's systemwide AIDS research program has awarded $425,000 to support Entre Fronteras, the Center for Latino HIV/AIDS Research at San Diego State University. ...
Infants Go to School Early on Grammar.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University psychology professor says that infants appear to understand much more than they are given credit for. "Infants appear to learn words and grammar simultaneously," says ...
Historic McLean Hospital Buildings Offered for Free in Preservation Initiative.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to preserve a number of significant buildings in its plan to develop a portion of its land, McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., is offering five 19th and 20th century cottages to parties who will ...
Humans Brought Domesticated Dogs to New World More Than 12,000 Years Ago, UCLA Biologists, Colleagues Report.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA "Note to Copy Desk: Please send to web sites and digital media, including LEXIS-NEXIS, but not to AP." LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- When the first Americans arrived in the New World at least 12,000 years ago, these hunter-gatherers brought ...
UC Riverside's Professor Robert Graham Elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Graham, professor of soil mineralogy in the department of environmental sciences at UC Riverside, received the honor of being elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society at the ...
More Than 2,000 Brown Recluse Spiders in a Kansas Home Inflict No Bites on the Occupants, UC Riverside Study Notes; Doctors in States Lacking Brown Recluse Populations Misdiagnose Skin Conditions as "Brown Recluse Spider Bites".
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Have you had a skin wound lately and did a physician tell you a brown recluse spider was the culprit? A UC Riverside study, focusing on 2,055 brown recluse spiders in a Kansas ...
Even Green Pond Scum Can Suffer from Jet Lag.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Blue-green algae - better known as green pond scum - are the simplest organisms known that have an internal biological clock. Biologists know that biological clocks play a critical role in most living ...
UC Santa Barbara Professor Jody Enders Debunks Urban Legends of Medieval Theater.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The story seemed plausible enough, given the violence and cruelty that seemed to permeate medieval Europe: During a performance of a play in Tournai -- now a part of Belgium -- ...
New California Cultures Program Examines Golden State's Changing Economic and Demographic Profile.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- By virtually any standard, California is one of the most economically and demographically dynamic places in the world. The dramatic and continuing changes in the economy and demographics have ...
Raymond Carver Correspondence Donated to UC Santa Cruz Library.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A collection of letters from renowned American short story writer and poet Raymond Carver has been donated to the library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Valued ...
Williams College Expedition in Australia to Study Total Solar Eclipse.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jay Pasachoff, director of Williams College's Hopkins Observatory, is heading a team of 22 scientists and students to observe the total solar eclipse of Wednesday, Dec. 4. They are in Ceduna, Australia, at the ...
Johns Hopkins University Study Finds Combined PET-CT Better Than PET Alone at Detecting Ovarian Cancer Spread.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University radiologists have found that a combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) detects cancer spread better than PET alone. In a study to be ...
Immigrant Workers and the Great American Job Machine: Report Examines Substantial Roles That Immigrants, Especially Males, Played in 1990s U.S. Job Market Boom.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Northeastern University BOSTON, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- During the decade of the 1990s, foreign immigration reached an all-time historical high in the U.S. when between 13 and 14 million net new foreign immigrants flowed into the country and contributed some 40 ...
Grape-Seed Extract Helps Speed Up Wound Recovery, Study Suggests.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Grape-seed extract may help skin wounds heal faster and with less scarring, a new study suggests. The extract seemed to aid wound healing in two ways: It helped the body make more of a ...
Babson College and Paris-Based HEC School of Management Seal Academic Collaboration on Entrepreneurship.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College and HEC School of Management have just established a framework for collaboration in the elaboration of academic programs. The two institutions are mutually convinced of the importance ...
Swarthmore College's Effort at Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Shareholders' Power to Effect Social Change.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lockheed Martin's recently reported decision to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation demonstrates the influence colleges and universities can exert to bring about social and ethical change in ...
Most Minnesota Foundations, Corporate Givers Expect to Decrease Grants in 2003, Report Shows.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Minnesota Council on Foundations MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Minnesota is likely to experience a decline in total private grant dollars in 2003, according to a new report by the Minnesota Council on Foundations, a membership association for philanthropy. In ...
The Association for Computing Machinery's Turing Award Prize Raised to $100,000; Intel to Provide Increased Funding for Most Significant Award in Computing.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has signed an agreement with Intel Corporation to help raise the visibility of the A.M. Turing Award. Widely known as the Nobel Prize of computing, ...
Baseball Card Experiment Shows Nobel Prize Economics Theory Could Cut a Player.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- With an obscure Topps baseball card, a University of Maryland professor has shown that the theory of this year's Nobel prize winner in economics may actually have one too many players on ...
Stargazing: Saturn at Its Best Offsets Geminid Meteors.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn will be visible all night during December, rising in the east at dusk and setting in the west at dawn. On the night of Dec. 16-17, Saturn will be opposite the sun in our sky, so it will be at its ...
It May Take a Mouse to Understand Behavior of 'Jumping Genes'; Mouse Model May Also Aid in Discovery of Gene Function.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have bred a mouse to model human L1 retrotransposons, the so-called "jumping genes." Retrotransposons are small stretches ...
University of Maryland Research Reveals True Target of Calcium Channel Blockers; Study Suggests Possibility of New Heart, High Blood Pressure Medications.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered that calcium channel blockers--widely used to treat heart problems and high blood pressure--work differently than ...
$24.9 Million Lilly Endowment Gift Expands Successful Rose-Hulman Ventures.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A $24.9 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will build upon the success of programs at Rose-Hulman Ventures to expand educational and professional practice experiences for Rose-Hulman ...
News for Smokers, Other Sufferers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Don't Suffer Needlessly.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: University of Nebraska Medical Center OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The epidemic of cigarette smoking that began after World War II is taking a toll in the United States and in Europe in the form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is the ...
University of Virginia Center of Railroad Safety-Critical Excellence Provides Safety Assessment Support for Launch of New Performance-Based Standards.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ted Giras is working with the Federal Railroad Administration, the Association of American Railroads and the nation's railroad executives to support the launch of new performance-based safety ...
Chlamydia Pneumoniae May Contribute to Heart Attacks, Strokes.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Analysis of available data suggests that Chlamydia pneumoniae, which causes "walking pneumonia," may contribute to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and its complications such as heart ...
Higher Drug Cost-Sharing Saves Money for Retiree Health Plans, But Enrollees Pay More; Drug Utilization Isn't Necessarily Reduced; Policymakers Should Consider How Copayments Change Use When Designing Medicare Drug Benefit.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Health Affairs BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Employer health plans that charge retirees higher copayments for retail pharmaceuticals saved themselves 18.7 percent per member on average in 2001, but their enrollees on average had 59.4 percent higher ...
Listening to Music While Working Out Helps People with Severe Lung Disease Improve Their Fitness Levels.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers believe that listening to music helped people with severe respiratory disease increase their fitness levels, based on the results of a new study. Subjects with serious lung disease ...
Researchers Find Smoking Cigarettes Affects Reflex Thought to Protect Airways From Gastric Reflux Damage.
Dec 03, 2002 ... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stomach contents are supposed to go down, not up. However, during reflux episodes, acid-rich stomach contents can back up into the pharynx (throat), and cause serious laryngeal and lung problems ....
Study: Persistent Problems in Manufactured Home Warranty Service, Enforcement Provoke Customer Ire.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Consumers Union AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- While some components of manufactured homes have improved, many items still trouble consumers (including plumbing fixtures, trim and floor coverings poorly affixed, transportation damage and faulty installation) ...
Annual Meeting of University of California's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Focuses on Dangers of Women and Smoking.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Tobacco Related-Disease Research Program of the University of California will hold its seventh Annual Investigator Meeting to discuss "Women and Smoking: Smoking Has No Glass Ceiling." ...
Jefferson University Researchers Find Ultrasound Helps in Treating Tennis Elbow, Other Troublesome Tendon Problems; Minimally-Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Needle Therapy May Help Treat Wide Variety of Sports Injuries, Radiologist Says.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have found that they can successfully treat chronic tendon problems such as "tennis elbow," "jumper's knee" and Achilles tendon, with the help of ...
Can Robotic Dogs Be Senior Citizens' New Best Friends?
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers are placing robotic dogs in the homes of isolated senior citizens to determine whether the mechanical substitutes, like pets, can improve the quality of life for humans. Alan ...
University of Rochester's Simon School Dean to Present 24th Annual Forecast of U.S. Economy.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Charles I. Plosser, dean and John M. Olin professor of economics and public policy at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration will present ...
'Not by Faith Alone': Book on Teens, Religion and the Law Written by Indiana University Criminal Justice Professor.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The topic of teenagers, religion and the law is explored in a just-published book by Roger Levesque, professor of criminal justice at Indiana University Bloomington. "Not by Faith Alone -- ...
The University of Texas at Dallas to Offer More Than 300 Additional Scholarships; Emphasis on Keeping Best and Brightest in Texas; New 'STARS' Program Given $500,000 in Initial Funding.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- To help ensure that the broadest range of students in Texas have access to higher education and that the best and the brightest remain in the state, The University of Texas at Dallas today ...
States Deal Differently With Local Fiscal Crises, National Study Finds.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- If there's one thing the 50 states have in common when dealing with local government fiscal crises, it's that they tend to get involved after the fact. Some states take a ...
Symbols of Urban Change Chronicled in Book by Boston College Professor Carlo Rotella: 'Good With Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters From the Rust Belt'.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Boston College CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stories about the cultural evolution of cities, particularly America's post-industrial manufacturing centers like Chicago, are the subject of the latest book by Boston College Assistant Professor of ...
Comparison of Human, Mouse Genomes Show More Genomic Rearrangements to Account for 75 Million Years of Evolution; UCSD Jacobs School Researchers Co-Author Landmark Papers in Journals 'Nature' and 'Genome Research'.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A leading expert in computational biology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) estimates that it took many more evolutionary genome rearrangements than previously thought--both large ...
As End-of-Year Giving Season Kicks Off, New Report Calls for Nonprofits, Foundations to Communicate Mission, Value, Contributions: Paul Light to Release Latest Public Opinion Research on Confidence in the Charitable Sector.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: unknown WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 8:30 a.m., Paul Light, the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution and the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University will release the latest Center for ...
UC Santa Barbara Receives $1.2 Million From Keck Foundation to Advance Solutions to Global Ecological Problems.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Santa Barbara has been awarded $1.2 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation to develop new techniques and technologies for the conservation of natural ...
Book by UC Santa Cruz Professor Attacks Character Issue.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Does the issue of character matter? Should it influence which political candidate we vote for, whom we hire, or what we teach our children in school? A new book by John M ....
Researchers See Brighter Future for High-Moisture Coals.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Drying lignite and other high-moisture coals can help them burn more efficiently and can also reduce pollution emissions, say researchers with Lehigh University's Energy Research Center. In ...
Book Examines History of Conflict Over Public Grazing Land in West.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Karen Merrill's new book, "Public Lands and Political Meaning: Ranchers, the Government, and the Property Between Them," traces the history of the conflict between ranchers and the federal government ...
Chicago-Kent Expert Available to Discuss Internet Privacy Decision.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Illinois Institute of Technology CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. District Judge Charles P. Kocoras today has ordered eight companies and three individuals to pay each of 46 college athletes $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages ...
School Absenteeism Linked to Perceived Threat of Personal Violence.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: USC Rossier School of Education LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research findings from the largest school violence study ever conducted show that the perceived threat of personal violence at school is directly related to absenteeism. However, ...
Chicago-Kent Expert Available to Discuss Religious Symbols Case.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Illinois Institute of Technology CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The case involving the City of Cincinnati's attempts to prevent a Jewish organization from displaying a menorah in Fountain Square has been returned to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys for the city ...
The J. Armand Bombardier's Chair in Global Management at Richard Ivey School of Business: Contribution of $625,000 From Bombardier Foundation to Establish Chair.
Dec 04, 2002 ... Byline: Ivey School of Business LONDON, Ontario, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The J. Armand Bombardier Foundation announced today a donation of $ 625 000 to the Richard Ivey School of Business to establish the J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Global Management. "It is ...
Researchers Reach Milestone in Learning How to Stop Disfiguring Disease.
Dec 05, 2002 ... Byline: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers report in the December 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reaching an important milestone in learning how to halt a major mosquito-borne disease affecting 120 million people ...
Mailman School of Public Health Embarks on Centers for Disease Control-Funded Major Study Analyzing High-Rise Evacuations; Three-Year Project to Recommend Procedures to Reduce Risk; Specifically Will Evaluate Actions of Sept. 11.
Dec 05, 2002 ... Byline: Columbia University Health Sciences Division NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announced today that it has received a $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease ...
San Diego State University Cracks Top Five in Study Abroad Ranking; Interest in International Education Continues to Increase Despite Global Tensions.
Dec 05, 2002 ... Byline: San Diego State University SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- San Diego State University now ranks among the top five universities of its type in the nation for students studying abroad. A new report called "Open Doors 2002" by the Institute for International ...
Holiday Shopping 2003? See Next Year's Gadgets at Babson College's Product Design Fair.
Dec 05, 2002 ... Byline: Babson College BABSON PARK, Mass., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Babson College MBA students in the Product Design and Development course will showcase eight new products: five are corporate-sponsored opportunities; three are original ...
University of Colorado, NASA Research Belies Previous Idea That Mars Was Once Warm, Wet Planet.
Dec 05, 2002 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study led by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers indicates Mars has been primarily a cold, dry planet following its formation some 4 billion years ago, making the possibility of ...