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Volcanoes on Jovian Moon Spew Salt Into Atmosphere; Discovery Explains 1970s Observation of Sodium Above Io.

Jan 01, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University, the Observatoire de Paris, and other institutions have solved a nearly 30-year-old mystery surrounding Jupiter's moon Io, showing that volcanoes there appear to ...

Johns Hopkins Researchers Find Genetic Cause for Multi-System Disorder.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Faulty cell communication is at the root of a complex and rare disorder that affects many of the body's structures and systems, including the eyes, face, teeth, fingers and toes, a Hopkins-led ...

Indiana University Sociology Professor Receives Fulbright Award; Second Fulbright for Expert on Sociology of Childhood.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- William Corsaro, the Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant for study in Europe. Corsaro will ...

University of California Announces Sweeping Management Changes at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California President Richard C. Atkinson today announced sweeping management changes at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including the resignation of Director John C. Browne. ...

Primatologists Find Evidence for Orangutan Culture.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international collaboration of primatologists has gleaned evidence from decades of observations of orangutans that the apes show behaviors that are culturally based. The scientists' findings push ...

Even Occasional Lack of Health Insurance Results in Less Preventive Care.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELANd, Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- People with even short breaks in their health insurance coverage are less likely to seek crucial preventive care, according to a new study from researchers at the Case Western Reserve University ...

Rochester Institute of Technology Collaborates With IBM on Genomic Research; IBM Advances RIT's Bioinformatics Program With Grant for Linux Cluster.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- New doors to genetic understanding will open at a remarkable rate in the near future, thanks to upcoming applied research in the field of bioinformatics, say university and industry experts. ...

Bates College Offers Workshops in Response to Racist Group; World Church of the Creator to Protest Somali Immigration.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Jan. 15 lecture by a former prime minister of Somalia is one of a series of events that Bates College is presenting in response to the World Church of the Creator, a national white supremacist and anti-Semitic ...

University of Maryland Celebrates Roald Sagdeev With Symposium on Science and Security Jan. 3-4.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jan. 3 and 4, the University of Maryland hosts a Celebration Symposium for world-renowned physicist and director of the East-West Space Science Center, Roald Sagdeev. What: ...

Bates College Offers Support to Lewiston and Its Somali Residents Through Service-Learning.

Jan 02, 2003 ... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the nation looks to Lewiston to see how it responds to a Jan. 11 rally planned by a national hate group, Bates College's most fruitful involvement flows from its educational mission, says Dean of the College ...

National Technology Transfer Center Program Provides Minorities Apprenticeships in Tech Transfer.

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Wheeling Jesuit University campus is home to The Entrepreneurial Technology Apprenticeship Program - the only program of its kind in the country that gives minority students a ...

Early Implants Found to be Critical in Establishing Hearing Pathway.

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even before children talk, they are listening - and their brains are changing. A study comparing brain activity of children in response to sound, including both normal and deaf children who ...

Johns Hopkins Curriculum Writers Develop Teacher Guides to Accompany PBS Series "Freedom: A History of US".

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University's Talent Development Middle Schools U.S. history curriculum developers have written several teaching guides to accompany "Freedom: A History of US," a new eight-hour, ...

Duke and Seoul National Universities Agree to Global Alliance of Business Schools.

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., and SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and Seoul National University's College of Business Administration have signed a letter of intent for a four-part alliance that expands Duke ...

Architect of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Favors Ending Gay Ban If Draft Returns.

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Northwestern University Professor Charles Moskos, the primary author of the current U.S. policy on gay and lesbian soldiers, said this week that he supports ...

Vision Is a 'Reflex,' Says New Book.

Jan 03, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The human visual system does not generate a picture of what actually exists in front of the viewer at any given moment, asserts a new book by neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center. Rather, ...

Parents' Views on Toy Guns Vary by Gender and Race.

Jan 05, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Race, gender and other social factors may explain why some parents allow their children to play with toy guns, while others shudder at the thought, a Johns Hopkins researcher reports in the ...

Study Finds Language Barrier May Be Root Cause for Medical Errors.

Jan 05, 2003 ... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- It can be difficult for patients to understand what a doctor is telling them under the best of circumstances; imagine the problem when the patient doesn't understand or speak English. ...

Hyperactive Children Treated With Stimulants Not at Increased Risk for Drug Abuse Later in Life, Medical College of Wisconsin Study Finds.

Jan 05, 2003 ... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children diagnosed with hyperactivity/ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are at no greater risk for using illegal drugs when they are teenagers or adults than children who are not treated ...

Pomona College Professor Nicole Weekes Named One of Nine Rising Stars in Academy by Black Issues in Higher Education.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nicole Weekes, an assistant professor of psychology at Pomona College, has been selected by the national newsmagazine Black Issues in Higher Education as one of nine outstanding "rising stars" in academia ....

Purdue Researchers Discover Basis for Biological Clock.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The biological clock - timekeeper for virtually every activity within living things, from sleep patterns to respiration - is a single protein, Purdue University researchers report. The ...

Sirtuin Protein Has New Function; May Play Role in Lifespan Extension.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists from Johns Hopkins and the University of Wisconsin have discovered that a protein called Sir2, which is found in nearly all living cells, has a new function that might help explain how ...

University of Maryland, Baltimore County Official to Lead International Research Park Group; bwtech@UMBC Director Ellen Hemmerly Named Association of University Research Parks President.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: University of Maryland, Baltimore County BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ellen Wiggins Hemmerly, Executive Director of the UMBC Research Park Corporation, has been named president of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), a non-profit group that ...

Duke University Researchers to Test Effectiveness of Diluted Smallpox Vaccine.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers are conducting a study to determine whether diluted amounts of smallpox vaccine are effective in boosting immunity from smallpox in previously vaccinated adults. The ...

Dean's Speaker Series Brings Exciting Lineup to UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's Spring 2003 Dean's Speaker Series will feature executives from Red Hat, Newell Rubbermaid, Citigroup, Wachovia Corp. and Bloomberg; a ...

Colorado University Study: Two Global Pollutants Work to Offset Each Other.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have found, ironically, that two pollutants -- carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons emitted from agricultural forest trees -- offset each other somewhat ...

Pomona Psychology Professors Receive $400,000 NSF Grant to Study Stress, Memory.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pomona College Professors Richard Lewis and Nicole Weekes have received a $408,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the relationship between psychological stress and memory. Specifically, ...

Shire Applauds Studies in Pediatrics Reconfirming the Role of Stimulant Medications in Decreasing Risk of Future Substance Use Disorder.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: unknown NEWPORT, Ky., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shire US Inc. applauds the findings of two studies published today in the journal Pediatrics, which strengthen the evidence that parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) need not fear that ...

Middlebury College Signs $509,000 Contract With Island Pond Woodworkers; Products for New Library to Be Made From Sustainably Harvested Vermont Wood.

Jan 06, 2003 ... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Middlebury College officials announced that the College has signed a contract for more than $509,000 with Island Pond Woodworkers, whose employees will provide various custom designed items for Middlebury's ...

American Cities Say 'No' to War in Iraq; Across U.S. City Councils - Representing Millions of American Citizens - Pass Anti-War Resolutions, With Many More on the Way.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: unknown WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- At least 29 City Councils from Baltimore to Seattle, from Philadelphia to Kalamazoo, have passed resolutions opposing war in Iraq. Anti-war resolutions are pending in many more communities, from Chicago to Houston and all ...

National Report Card Gives California Low Grades for Anti-Smoking Campaign; American Lung Association Calls on Governor, Legislature to Raise Tobacco Tax to Fight Big Tobacco, Help Smokers Quit.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The birthplace for the nation's anti-smoking campaign has earned mediocre grades in the fight against Big Tobacco, according to the first annual American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control ...

Super Bowl Advertising Is Not a Super Strategy.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- While it is one of the most popular television shows of the year, for a lot of advertisers, the Super Bowl isn't, by itself, a really a good buy. "In media buying, it's ...

Next-Generation Solar Cells Could Put Power Stations in Space; RIT Scientists Develop Nanomaterials for NASA Program.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Someday, large-scale solar power stations in space could beam electricity to the surface of the moon, the earth and other planets, decreasing our dependence on a dwindling fossil-fuel supply ....

Coronal Activity May Be 'Buried Alive' in Red Giant Stars, University of Colorado Researchers Say.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Earth's sun expands into a red giant star in roughly five billion years, long after Earth has become uninhabitable, the hydrogen core will be burned out and the bloated outer shell will be ...

Syracuse University Offers Online Course, 'Remembering the Holocaust'.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Syracuse University Professor Linda Shires says her husband, Professor U. C. Knoepflmacher of Princeton University, remembers the Holocaust all too well. At age eight, Knoepflmacher fled the Nazis from ...

Patient Compliance Influences Pediatric Transplant Recommendations.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Whether or not a doctor recommends a child for kidney transplantation often depends on the child's track record for sticking to a medication regimen, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's ...

Ireland Remains World's Most Global Nation; Countries Continue to Integrate, But at Slowing Pace, Says Annual Globalization Index Released by Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ireland ranks as the world's most global country for the second year in a row, according to the third annual A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index released today ....

Gay Soldiers Ask Congress to Include Acknowledged Homosexuals on Military if Draft Returns; Group of 15 Currently Serving Gays and Lesbians Petitions Frist, Hastert.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following Representative Charles Rangel's announcement two weeks ago that he would recommend reinstating the draft, a group of 15 gays and lesbians now serving ...

Knowledge Management How-to: Internal Simplicity, External Complexity and Teams.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University professor who started out doing a research project on instituting flow manufacturing, ended up confronting issues of how companies change essential processes and transfer important ...

Nearby Supernova Factory Announces 34 Supernovae in One Year; Best Rookie Year Ever for Supernova Search.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory), an international collaboration based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, today announced that it had discovered 34 supernovae during the ...

Vermont Elementary School Beats All Odds; Test Scores Soar Thanks to Intensive Relationship With University of Vermont.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: University of Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- While many schools' test scores show that American students are at or below grade level in math or reading, one of the most unlikely schools to go the head of the class is scoring at or above the state ...

Biologist, Noted Natural History Writer, Unlocks Secrets of Survival in 'Winter World'.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: University of Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Think the frigid Northeastern winters are unbearable even under layers of GorTex? Imagine the challenges that 30-below temperatures bring to the tiny gold-crowned kinglet, which weighs in at a fifth of ...

Five Hundred University of California Press eScholarship Editions Now Available on Web.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 500 University of California Press books are available online free of charge through an ongoing partnership between UC Press and the California Digital Library. The University of California ...

Mayo Clinic Study Shows One in Four Have Precursor to Heart Failure; Mortality Eight to 10 Times Higher in Patients With Heart-Filling Dysfunction.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than one-fourth of adults over age 45 have abnormalities in the way their heart fills with blood and are at significantly increased risk for premature death, according to results of a study of 2,042 randomly ...

The Markets May Be Down, But the Largest Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth in History Is Still Coming to Town; Projection of $41 Trillion Transfer - with $6 Trillion to Charity - Remains Valid.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Boston College CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Boston College this week confirmed the validity of their widely-cited 1999 projection that $41 trillion would be transferred via estates over the next 50 years. The $41 trillion figure, of ...

Alzheimer's Association Says Early Diagnosis, Treatment Improve Quality of Life.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A review in the Jan. 8 issue of JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, reports that cholinesterase inhibitors, the primary treatment for cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's, also have a ...

Syracuse University Online Course Studies Behavior of Web Users.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Syracuse University SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- From Hallmark Cards to the MSNBC.com website, Professor Denise Heckman has made a career out of studying how messages are crafted, offered, and received. She's taken her extensive experience and packaged it ...

Indiana University Graduate Student Mixes Art and Entertainment to Create 'The 8 Step Revival'.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Indiana University graduate student Stuart Hyatt has worked as an artist, painter, musician, recording engineer, interior decorator, graphic designer, Web developer, architect, carpenter and publicist. ...

Researchers at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Unmask Silent Neurological Damage From AIDS-Related Virus.

Jan 07, 2003 ... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research conducted by a team of scientists at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and supported by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism indicates ...

Race, Geography Factors in Md. Death Penalty Decisions Says University of Maryland Study.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Race affects the way death penalty cases are handled in Maryland, mainly influencing prosecutors' decisions early in the process, says a new study from a University of Maryland ...

Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology Created by University of Texas at Dallas to Combat Disease, Improve Health; Dr. Steven Goodman Named Director of New Interdisciplinary Unit.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) announced today that it has created a new Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology to provide added focus and effort to the university's research ...

Indiana University Center Celebrates 10 Years of Focus on Urban Policy, Environmental Issues.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- From community safety and riverboat gambling to property tax issues and the economic impact of the arts and sports, the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at Indiana University-Purdue University ...

Chemicals Used to Protect Soldiers in 1991 Gulf War Can Damage Testes, Animal Studies Show.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A combination of chemicals given to protect Gulf War soldiers against deadly diseases and nerve gas may have inadvertently damaged their testes and sperm production, according to animal experiments at Duke ...

Colorado University Researchers Find Stellar Cocoons in Surprisingly Harsh Environment.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder astronomers have discovered what they believe to be dozens of potential stellar cocoons within a giant star-forming region that may harbor disks of dust and gas ...

Purdue University Licenses Premature Infant Monitor to Theron Technologies LLC of Indianapolis.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: Purdue University INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Purdue Research Foundation has partnered with an Indianapolis company to develop and market technology discovered at Purdue University that provides doctors with a more advanced way to take the vital signs ...

University of North Carolina Studies Target Molecular Defects Implicated in Cancer, Genetic Diseases.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In three separate studies, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that it is possible to correct defective molecular ...

Study Finds Frequent Consumption of Alcohol Linked to Lower Risk of Heart Attack in Men; Near-Daily Intake Seems Key to Greatest Benefit.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Daily or near-daily servings of beer, wine or spirits may help protect men from heart attacks, according to the results of a large, long-term study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ...

Hundreds of Thousands in Poverty With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Could Be Saved With Now Proven Community-Based Outpatient Treatment Program; Proven Approach; 83 Percent of Study Participants in Lima, Peru Cured, Rate Exceeding Best Reported U.S. Cure Rate.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis no longer must be considered a death sentence for infected individuals living in resource-poor nations, according to a study by a consortium of researchers led by ...

UC Riverside Presents Former Governor Jerry Brown; Free Public Forum on the Subject: Do Our Cities Have a Future?

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Former California Governor and current Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown will speak at UC Riverside at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 11 in a wide-ranging public forum on the question "Do Our Cities ...

Bruce Darling Named University of California Interim Vice President for Laboratory Management.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California President Richard C. Atkinson today named longtime UC senior administrator Bruce B. Darling as interim vice president for laboratory management. Darling, who ...

Can a Computer Improve Your Health? New Book Says Yes; Then Why Aren't More Americans Getting Access to This Technology?

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: St. Louis University ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine an organization spending millions of dollars on a new product that could demonstrably improve the U.S. health care system and help make millions of Americans healthier. The product is completely safe ...

Astronomers Identify New Type of Star.

Jan 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new type of star has been discovered lurking as a low mass component in a very compact binary star system. Astronomers Steve B. Howell of the University of California, ...

Nation's Brightest Minds Increasingly Shun Science, Study Finds.

Jan 09, 2003 ... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- America's top college graduates increasingly reject careers in science and engineering, University of Washington researchers have found, raising concerns about the nation's technological future. ...

Martin Kramer, Authority on Middle East Politics, to Speak at Indiana University Bloomington.

Jan 09, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Martin Kramer, internationally renowned authority on contemporary Islam and Arab politics and editor of the Middle East Quarterly, will deliver a lecture at Indiana University Bloomington on Tuesday (Jan ....

University of Missouri-Rolla Will Help U.S. Army Prepare for Future Warfare With $2.15 Million Grant.

Jan 09, 2003 ... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla will be instrumental in helping the Army develop new tools for future warfare, including sensors for detecting biological and chemical agents, thanks ...