Kirk Thomas of Pelham was prepared for life-with-paralysis by UAB's Spain Rehabilitation Center -- now he heads an organization that opens the great outdoors to others with disabilities.
The Academy of Natural Sciences today announced the receipt of a $148,779 grant from the federal government's Save America's Treasures program to preserve its priceless collection of plant specimens from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
With the help of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, AstraZeneca, announced its west coast launch of "The BREATHE Program"-Bringing Education on Asthma To Homes Everywhere-a national asthma education initiative focusing on families who face the daunting task of managing asthma.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering's new Laurence S. Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion will house the country's first fully computerized photography system to follow patients at risk for melanoma,a deadly skin cancer.
A new standard for cancer care and comfort has been established with the opening of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Laurence S. Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion.
Three leading vascular and podiatry surgeons have joined the Department of Surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and are establishing a Foot Center at BMC to treat those with diabetes and lower extremity ulcers that often result in unnecessary foot amputation. Gary W. Gibbons, MD; Geoffrey M. Habershaw, DPM; and James S. Chrzan, DPM, will assume active roles at BMC on August 1, 1999.
Researchers at the University of Michigan and the KHC National Center of Cancer Control in Haifa, Israel, have been awarded a $4.8 million grant to study genetic aspects of colon cancer.
Officials from the Dominican Republic and Cornell University will celebrate the construction start of a multipurpose facility -- a biodiversity laboratory for undergraduate students and a distance-learning center for scholars of that Caribbean nation -- in ceremonies set for June 18 in the Punta Cana region of the Dominican Republic.
Richard A. Cosier, dean of the business school at the University of Oklahoma, will be the next dean of the Purdue University School of Management and the Krannert Graduate School of Management.
The USDA has provided more than $70 million for mental health facilities in the nation's rural areas during the Clinton-Gore Administration.
Two University of Michigan students have proposed a disease prevention program that is designed to encourage teen girls on Depo-Provera to use condoms and to educate them about sexually transmitted diseases.
A $90,000 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health will allow a University of Idaho Computer Science researcher to explore biological evolution and help him learn nature's rules to use in his research into genetic programming.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received one of 35 Clinical Research Curriculum Awards from the National Institutes of Health.
A two-part series on heart disease -- focusing particularly on the risks to Hispanic women -- was awarded a 1999 C. Everett Koop Media Award by the American Heart Association Western States Affiliate.
The College of Saint Benedict has received a grant of $325,000 from the Teagle Foundation to establish a literary center at CSB. The center will support four programs including the Writers Writing program, Reader's Theater, Inside Books: The CSB Publishing Institute and the First Book Writing Contest.
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University have been awarded $450,000 from the Bush Foundation for an innovative new program to enhance student learning.
AHCPR has awarded a four-year, $2.3 million grant to the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, to find a more effective way of treating depression in teenagers seen in managed care practices.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has taken a major role in the digital dissemination of geographic data in being named the Clearinghouse Node for Maryland in the National Data Infrastructure framework.
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, one of the world's leading centers for X-ray research in biology and materials science, is building a major addition that will provide a quantum leap in its capabilities.
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration is one of only 370 U.S. colleges and universities to have earned accreditation from the AACSB, the International Association for Management Education.
The first of two Gemini telescopes will be dedicated on June 25, 1999, near the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea. Gemini North and its partner, Gemini South in Chile, are among the largest, most advanced telescopes in the world.
This May, the Truman Capote Literary Trust awarded the University of Arkansas $18,000 to benefit two writers pursuing MFAs in creative writing.
Cornell University Library has acquired a rare set of William Wordsworth's "Poetical Works" (1827), annotated with the poet's largely unpublished handwritten revisions.
When Internet domain-name registration fees were introduced in 1995, 30 percent of each fee collected was set aside to preserve and enhance the Internet's "intellectual infrastructure." The National Science Foundation (NSF) will use money from the Internet Intellectual Infrastructure Fund to support Internet-related and Next Generation Internet projects. The following are some of the recipients of the funds.
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals today honors the American winner of its inaugural Psychiatry in Practice Award, one of several activities the company is sponsoring at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting.
Allan Tasman, M.D. of Louisville, KY, will take over the presidency of the 40,000 member American Psychiatric Association at the conclusion of the APAÃs 152nd Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 20, 1999. He succeeds Rodrigo Munoz, M.D., of San Diego, CA.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research and the United Nations Environment Programme have together received a $650,000 UN grant to help 12 countries build operational, research and educational programs to protect their people and environment from El Nino and La Nina impacts.
On May 11, the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) unanimously approved the appointment of Sidney H. Golub, PhD, as the next Executive Director of the Federation. Dr. Golub is a Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine.
Leaders from Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin gathered with First Lady of Illinois Lura Lynn Ryan today to announce the formation of a regional training center on substance abuse and addiction at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Using a $1.3-million NSF grant, an interdisciplinary team of researchers have drawn from research in field as diverse as architecture, computer science and psychology to develop three-dimensional computer models for the "Virtual World Data Server." The team has created complex simulations that may eventually lead to new ways to study problems in fields from urban planning to physics and surgery.
The University of California, San Diego management team today won the Rochester Institute of Technology/USA TODAY Quality Cup award for its innovative approach to cutting costs, solving problems and increasing efficiency.
University of Virginia scientists have received nearly $3 million on research that may enhance people's ability to smell, taste and hear again after injury.
President Clinton has named 208 teachers to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's highest honor for mathematics and science teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were honored April 27 in Atlanta for their efforts to "wage peace," even as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the U.S. military role in the Balkan conflict.
UCSD School of Medicine researchers have been awarded a 5 year, $5.3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to establish a Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Disease.
Cornell computer scientist Carla Gomes has received three grants totaling $858,782 from the U. S. Air Force to study methods of speeding the computer solutions of problems that involve testing many possible combinations of variables and constraints, such as in scheduling and design of manufacturing systems. Her methods short-circuit problems with "heavy tails," where there may be a vast number of wrong answers.
The family of the late businessman and philanthropist Bronson Ingram, founder of Ingram Industries Inc., has pledged $56 million to the Vanderbilt University Cancer Center to fight the disease that killed Ingram in 1995.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recognized Sea Grant researchers and extension personnel in both Hawaii and New York with presentation of the 1999 NOAA Environmental Hero Award.
The National Science Foundation announced a three-year grant to the Science & Technology Interactive Center (SciTech) in Aurora, Illinois to disseminate a traveling exhibition, "Midwestern Wild Weather."
Two teachers have been honored with the first of a one-of-a-kind award for K-12 science teachers.
The American Nurses Association is launching a comprehensive continuing education program to inform nurses about the unique health concerns of menopausal and post-menopausal women.
Computing capabilities at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking a giant leap forward with the acquisition of an IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer.
The National Science Board has named Maxine Frank Singer, Ph.D., president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. to receive the 1999 Vannevar Bush Award for lifetime contributions to science and engineering.
The Patrick Center for Environmental Research of The Academy of Natural Sciences is embarking on a major new project to solve pressing problems facing natural lands of the Fairmount Park system, caused by invasive plant species.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.6 million grant to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center to study rare body-fat diseases.
A 34-year-old Stanford University professor of chemical engineering and chemistry whose work is leading to the discovery of new drugs to fight infections and diseases has received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious prize for young researchers.
The University of Virginia is leveraging a gift of 12 Cisco routers from MCI WORLDCOM, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. to fuel a national pilot project to teach students about Internet technology through a new hands-on course in Internet engineering.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University $88,183,000 for the operation of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) over the next 54 months.
Chicago middle school students can earn high school credit thanks to the Bulls Scholars Program, an after-school tutoring program created by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Bulls. Launched in January 1999, the program reaches 1,000 7th and 8th graders.
In recognition of her contributions at the local, state and national levels, a nursing administrator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received the "NurseWeek" Nursing Excellence Award in the category Advancing the Profession.
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