Center for Health Law and Policy presents program on bioterrorism measures and civil liberties
...vernment plans to ensure the public health of U.S. citizens threaten our civil liberties? Just how sweeping should the states' powers be during a health crisis? On Thursday, January 30, Brooklyn Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy will host a forum in which Professor Lawrence Gostin and Barry Stein...Survey of Chesapeake Bay watershed residents may save the bay
...residents, McClafferty suggests that agencies help citizens personalize and internalize the pollution problem and its solution. Agencies need to inform members of the public about how their personal activities contribute to the pollution, what they can do, and how their actions can make a difference in improv...Virginia's champion trees make history
...estry is Trees Virginia, whose mission is to teach citizens and those involved in tree use how to take care of city trees. For more information on that group, contact 1-800-866-VATREES, or http://www.treesvirginia.org ....Bush signs; ozone treatment for ballast water; wetland restoration template goes national
...wardship Education Program, which is helping local citizens and watershed groups implement the Oregon Plan. The Watershed Stewardship Education Program (WSEP), in collaboration with Oregon State University (OSU) Extension forestry staff, has developed a curriculum to help local councils form effective partner...Getting at the roots of terrorism
...in political ends through violence against private citizens or public property of militarily powerful developed nations. Certain persistent socioeconomic and demographic factors seem to help create this kind of terrorism and make it easier to recruit terrorists, but the Bush administration seems not to recogn...AAAS urges opposition to 'intelligent design theory' within U.S. science classes
... wrote in a resolution released today. "AAAS urges citizens across the nation to oppose the establishment of policies that would permit the teaching of 'intelligent design theory' as a part of the science curriculum of the public schools." AAAS--publisher of the weekly journal, Science, provides leadership fo...Lower insulin sensitivity found In Mexican-Americans, regardless of behavioral and metabolic factors
...ll institutions that meet the dietary needs of our citizens and residents from the south. The authors of "Behavioral, Metabolic, and Molecular Correlates of Lower Insulin Sensitivity In Mexican-Americans," are Richard C. Ho, Kevin P. Davy, Matthew S. Hickey, Scott A. Summers, and Christopher L. Melby, all f...Science picks - leads, feeds and story seeds
...le service has provided life-saving information to citizens and emergency managers when floodwaters threaten h...more news at www.usgs.gov During that same week, citizens and volunteers around the country will be participating in National Water Monitoring Day on October ...Professor develops strategies to control exotic plant species
... Virginia Tech, has been developing strategies for citizens and government agencies to control the exotic species invading America's ecosystems. According to the Federal Interagency Committee on Noxious and Exotic Weeds, there are approximately 1,400 plants in this country that are not native to this contine...URI oceanographers study effects of harmful blooms and red tides on Narragansett Bay
..."This EPA grant for data analysis will benefit the citizens of Rhode Island by providing greater understanding of bay ecology needed for effective management and use of bay resources," said Smayda. "At least eighteen HAB and red tide species bloom within Narragansett Bay" he added, "and represent potential t...Sea Grant News: Caulerpa, DNA water quality detectives, Kayaking in Maine
... SPOTLIGHT: NOAA ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES FOR 2002 Two citizens with strong involvement in their respective Sea Grant programs have been named as winners of NOAA's "Environmental Hero" honor. Cited are Hawaii Sea Grant Coastal Recreation and Tourism Extension Agent Christine Woolaway, and New York fisheries expe...Hopkins Bioethics Institute receives $9.9 million from Pew Trusts
...ke strategic investments to help organizations and citizens develop practical solutions to difficult problems. In 2001, with approximately $4.3 billion in assets, the Trusts committed over $230 million to 175 nonprofit organizations. Established in 1995, the Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins seeks answers ...$6 million grant to expand search for autism genes
...e will direct the project, in partnership with the citizens group Cure Autism Now (CAN), to add 300 more families to its Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) gene bank. The information and samples gathered in the study will be broadly shared with the research community through AGRE and a repository mainta...West Nile Virus heading toward Texas
...dustry and the whooping crane population. Although citizens should know that it is illegal to handle wild birds (dead or alive), many people elect to dispose of them using gloves and a plastic bag to keep pets from eating them. If there are several dead birds in one area, contact either the Texas Department ...Stool test for colon cancer reported by Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
...n form of cancer. More than 130,000 United States citizens are diagnosed each year. Current tests used in the screening and detection of the disease, include colonoscopy, which allows physicians to visibly examine the inside of the colon, and fecal occult blood tests, which identify hidden blood in the stoo...Bhutan signs conservation agreement at Field Museum Jan. 22
...will include offering educational programs for the citizens of Bhutan and developing materials for eco-tourists, who provide a large portion of Bhutans foreign currency income. WWFs primary role will be to facilitate field research and management of the biological corridors linking protected areas in the cou...HHMI awards $16.25 million to biomedical researchers from Canada and Latin America
...he newly named International Research Scholars are citizens of Argentina (15), Brazil (4), Canada (13), Chile (3), Mexico (7) and Venezuela (1). The grants provide salaries for students and other laboratory personnel, equipment and supplies, and travel to visit research collaborators or attend international s...Tracking and treating toxic waste in urban neighborhoods
...ing information to the regulators, consultants and citizens who will help decide the future of urban hazardous waste sites. In his role as associate director of the new center, Hedy Alavi, a geography and environmental engineering lecturer, will supervise the outreach program....APS awards more than $160,000 to minority students of physiology
...nderrepresented ethnic minority applicants who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Alaskans or Native Pacific Islanders). For more information on the Porter Physiology Fellowship or the other education programs AP......ot go on to graduate school will be well served as citizens by learning to solve problems analytically. Models for Change Since 1988, HHMI has awarded more than $475 million in grants to enhance undergraduate science education. The University of Arizona now considers a faculty member's commitment to undergra...