11-20-2009

The University of Nebraska's Board of Regents, despite heavy
lobbying by religious groups, narrowly voted on Friday to uphold
the expansion of research on human embryonic stem cells, as
permitted by the Obama administration.

The regents, meeting at the university's Lincoln campus, voted 4
to 4 on a proposal that the system observe limits on stem-cell
studies imposed by the Bush administration, a tie vote that meant
the resolution failed.

The regents, an elected body, were...

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11-19-2009

At Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, students who are deemed
too heavy must pass a physical-fitness course.

As part of the university's core curriculum, campus health
educators weigh and measure all freshmen during the fall semester,
and later calculate each student's body-mass index, or BMI. Those
with a BMI above 30, which suggests obesity, must enroll in a
one-credit course called "Fitness for Life" before they graduate.
Students can satisfy that requirement if they "test...

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11-19-2009

Philip Agre was an associate professor of information sciences
at the University of California at Los Angeles, and for years he
ran a popular technology e-mail list with thousands of subscribers.
But one day the 49-year-old scholar just stopped showing up on the
campus, and now colleagues have deployed Twitter, Facebook, and the
Web to try to find him.

Last month the university police department put out a missing-person
alert for...

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“Still Water,” an exhibit on display at Agnes Scott College’s Dalton Gallery and around the campus through Nov. 22, examines the role of water, from its availability to its purity and just about everything in between.

A new exhibit at the Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta (CVI), sponsored by Agnes Scott College, NASA and the International Year of Astronomy, will help the visually impaired experience how stars, galaxies and planets feel using many non-visible types of light as a guide.

Agnes Scott College students will have the opportunity to learn about the connections among women’s reproductive health, population and climate change when the college hosts several events on the subject Nov. 9–Nov. 12.