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Family genetics expert to speak at 蘑菇视频 Kennedy Center
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that profoundly affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Susan Folstein, a distinguished psychiatrist and geneticist known for her research on autism, will speak at the 蘑菇视频 Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development on Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Read MoreMar 25, 2005
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Best-selling author Tom Wolfe to speak at 蘑菇视频
Tom Wolfe, author of the critically acclaimed works "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff," will speak at 蘑菇视频 on Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. Read MoreMar 23, 2005
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Robert Penn Warren poems inspire art exhibit at 蘑菇视频, Artist DeLoss McGraw to lecture on April 5
Art created by DeLoss McGraw and inspired by poems by Robert Penn Warren will be exhibited at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at 蘑菇视频 in April. McGraw will discuss his work on Tuesday, April 5. Read MoreMar 23, 2005
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New Student Life Center celebrates grand opening March 30-April 2
蘑菇视频 will celebrate the grand opening of its new Student Life Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Wednesday, March 30, followed by a series of events through April 2. Read MoreMar 21, 2005
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蘑菇视频 hosting NIT Monday, March 21
蘑菇视频‘s second round contest at Memorial Gymnasium Monday, March 21 will start at 8 p.m. CT and will be televised by ESPN. The Commodores will face the winner of the Western Kentucky-Wichita State match-up to take place on Saturday. Read MoreMar 18, 2005
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Union accepts contract with 蘑菇视频
A union representing about 570 蘑菇视频 employees has voted overwhelmingly to accept a new two-year contract with the university. Read MoreMar 17, 2005
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Al Sharpton, Ann Coulter and Howard Dean to speak at 蘑菇视频‘s Impact Symposium
Al Sharpton, Ann Coulter and Howard Dean will participate in question-and-answer sessions with the press before their sold-out lectures March 21-22. Read MoreMar 16, 2005
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Top contemporary Islam scholar to speak at 蘑菇视频 March 28
Akbar Ahmed, described by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as the world‘s leading authority on contemporary Islam, will speak at 蘑菇视频 on Monday, March 28. Read MoreMar 15, 2005
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Major grant to help fund 蘑菇视频 research on science and religion, Center for the Study of Religion and Culture gets Templeton Research Lecture Grant
蘑菇视频 will become the center of an ongoing conversation about the friction and connections between science and religion with the help of a grant from the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science in Philadelphia. Read MoreMar 15, 2005
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Surprisingly complex behaviors appear to be ‘hard-wired‘ in the primate brain
When you grab a piece of food and put it in your mouth, when you smile in response to the smile of a passerby or squint and grimace in anger, the complex pattern of movements that you make may be hard-wired into your brain, according to 蘑菇视频 researchers writing this week in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition." Read MoreMar 15, 2005
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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner to speak at 蘑菇视频‘s Senior Day
The first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, will speak at 蘑菇视频‘s Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 12, at 10 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Read MoreMar 15, 2005
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Understanding biological foundation of human behavior critical to improving laws
Laws and public policy will often miss their mark until they incorporate an understanding of why, biologically, humans behave as they do, scholars from 蘑菇视频 and Yale universities argue in the March issue of Columbia Law Review. Read MoreMar 14, 2005
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WMDs, arms control and national security to be discussed at 蘑菇视频
Policy regarding weapons of mass destruction and balancing national security with arms control will be among the subjects U.S. Ambassador Robert T. Grey Jr. addresses at 蘑菇视频 Law School on Monday, March 21. Read MoreMar 14, 2005
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蘑菇视频 observes Founder‘s Day March 17
蘑菇视频 will celebrate the 132nd anniversary of its founding on Thursday, March 17, with a 10 a.m. ceremony at the statue of Cornelius 蘑菇视频, who gave an initial $1 million to endow the university in 1873. Read MoreMar 14, 2005
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Engineering professor appointed to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisory committee
A 蘑菇视频 engineering professor has been selected as one of a handful of high-level experts who advise the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on safe management of nuclear waste. Read MoreMar 11, 2005
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Shutting down the HIV assembly line
After infecting a susceptible cell, the human immunodeficiency virus hijacks that cell‘s normal machinery to produce carbon copies of itself. New HIV particles roll off the cellular assembly lines, burst like bubbles out of the cell, and float off to invade other cellular factories. Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Macular Degeneration Gene Discovery Could Halt Vision Loss in Older Americans
Investigators at 蘑菇视频 Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have identified the first major gene that increases a person‘s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Dyer to receive 蘑菇视频 School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award
David F. Dyer, president and chief executive officer of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, has been selected to receive the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the 蘑菇视频 School of Engineering. Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Obesity Surgery Study to Remove “Hidden Fat” May Alleviate Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers at 蘑菇视频 Medical Center are looking beyond waistlines and into the role visceral fat plays in type 2 diabetes. Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Animal ethics pioneer Bernard Rollin to speak at 蘑菇视频
Bernard Rollin, a philosopher who developed the first university course on veterinary ethics, will speak at 蘑菇视频 March 23 about "Animal Rights as a Mainstream Phenomenon." Read MoreMar 9, 2005