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Columbia Business School hosts American Healthcare Landscape in 2014 Leadership Forum - (Columbia Business School) The Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School will host a Leadership Forum that features speakers and discussants with an insider's perspective on health-care reform and the current dynamics of health care in New York.

Columbia Business School's Frank Lichtenberg awarded by the Emerald Literati Network - (Columbia Business School) Frank R. Lichtenberg, Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business of Finance and Economics and the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management program, was awarded a 2011 Outstanding Author Contribution Award by the Emerald Literati Network.

Renowned glaucoma researcher receives University of Houston’s highest honor - (University of Houston) One of the world's foremost glaucoma researchers, Ronald S. Harwerth, is the recipient of the 2011 Esther Farfel Award, the highest distinction bestowed upon faculty by the University of Houston. In addition to his bevy of international glaucoma research awards and close to 130 articles published in peer-reviewed journals cited by thousands, the common thread among all his nomination letters describes Harwerth as a humble, respectful and friendly gentleman.

Over range of ADHD behavior, genes major force on reading achievement, environment on math - (Case Western Reserve University) Researchers found that genes and environment both play a role in ADHD behavior and troubles with reading and math. But genes more so with reading, and the environment more so with math.

TGen findings contribute to understanding of diabetic kidney disease - (The Translational Genomics Research Institute) A gene called PVT1 may help reduce the kidneys ability to filter blood, leading to kidney disease, kidney failure and death, according to a study published today by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference - (The Earth Institute at Columbia University) “Moving Toward a Sustainable Future: Opportunities and Challenges” is the theme of this three-day annual gathering of the International Sustainable Development Research Society, bringing together experts in agriculture, urban development, climate, business, education, architecture, public health and other fields. The fundamental question: how can global society’s aspiration for continued economic growth be harmonized with the limits imposed by earth’s resources? Speakers include Nina Federoff, Lester Brown, Sanjeev Chadha, Christiana Figueres, Achim Steiner and Jeffrey D. Sachs.

Carnegie Mellon researchers build time machine to visually explore space and time - (Carnegie Mellon University) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have leveraged the latest browser technology to create GigaPan Time Machine, a system that enables viewers to explore gigapixel-scale, high-resolution videos and image sequences by panning or zooming in and out of the images while simultaneously moving back and forth through time.

Students tackle deforestation, win first prize with video game design - (University of Houston) Tackling deforestation, water pollution and poverty earned University of Houston students top honors in computer game designing at the US finals of the 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. With the annual contest drawing more than 74,000 of the nation's brightest technology students to Microsoft's headquarters, UH made quite an impact with three of its four finalists winning in game design.

MIT: Development in fog harvesting process - (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Shreerang Chhatre is an engineer and aspiring entrepreneur at MIT who works on fog harvesting, the deployment of devices that, like the beetle, attract water droplets and corral the runoff. This way, poor villagers could collect clean water near their homes, instead of spending hours carrying water from distant wells or streams.

Lecture at UC Riverside explores how unnatural disasters can be prevented cost-effectively - (University of California - Riverside) While earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, "unnatural disasters" are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission or commission. But can unnatural disaster be prevented, and, if yes, how could such prevention be achieved cost-effectively? Apurva Sanghi, senior economist at the World Bank, will explore these issues in a free, public lecture, titled "Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention," at noon, April 22, at UC Riverside.

Parasite strategy offers insight to help tackle sleeping sickness - (University of Edinburgh) Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could help inform new treatments for the disease.

DFG establishes 4 new research units - (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has established four new Research Units. This decision has just been made by the Senate of the DFG at its meeting in Bonn in April. In Research Units, outstanding researchers work together on a current research topic, often at different locations and across disciplines.

Wayne State University chosen as Michigan's sole participant in EcoCAR 2 - (Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A team of Wayne State University students from the College of Engineering have been chosen to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, a one-of-a-kind program established by the US Department of Energy and General Motors. This three-year collegiate engineering program will educate the next generation of automotive engineers, giving them the knowledge and skills needed to continue the evolution of automotive propulsion technology and energy efficiency.

Prenatal exposure to common insecticide linked to decreases in cognitive functioning at age 7 - (Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the neurotoxicity of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure on cognitive development at the time of school entry.

Growers rally behind purple flowers to support TGen cancer research - (The Translational Genomics Research Institute) A group of Ohio greenhouse growers hopes a "shock wave" of purple flowers will eventually roll across America in support of scientific research to end pancreatic cancer. Starting May 1, the Maumee Valley Growers and 16 affiliated northwest Ohio greenhouse retailers will raise funds for the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute by selling "denim shock wave petunias" through a program called Plant Purple-Grow Hope.

Discovery identifies elaborate G-protein network in plants - (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) "The next step will be to try and engineer plants to express altered amounts of these G-proteins to see how they affect their overall growth and can enable them to better respond to stresses that may be involved in limiting crop yield," Pandey said.

Entrepreneurship urged to stimulate the economy - (SAGE Publications) Economists have been pointing to the growth in entrepreneurship and small business hiring as two ways the US economy can speed the recovery process. In his first ever Facebook town hall meeting, President Obama expanded upon this search for economic solutions as part of the White House's "Startup America" initiative. Recent articles show that researchers not only support these notions, but also break them down for the nation and the world.

Citizens United case unlikely to end corporate speech debate - (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) University of Illinois law professor Larry E. Ribstein says the US Supreme Court's 5-to-4 ruling in favor of corporate speech has sparked a furor among pundits and the public that has shown little signs of slowing down.

Presenting cancer treatment options in small doses yields smarter choices - (University of Michigan) Women who choose among different breast cancer treatment options make smarter choices when getting the information and making decisions in small doses rather than all at once, as is customary, a University of Michigan study found.

Does video game violence harm teens? New study weighs the evidence - (Ohio State University) How much scientific evidence is there for and against the assertion that exposure to video game violence can harm teens? Three researchers have developed a novel method to consider that question: they analyzed the research output of experts who filed a brief in a US Supreme Court case involving violent video games and teens.

Press registration now open for Transcatheter Valve Therapies - (Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Transcatheter Valve Therapies: An Advanced Scientific and Clinical Workshop (TVT) is a unique educational event, offering an in-depth review of the diagnostic and therapeutic options for the treatment of valvular heart disease.

30th annual survey shows Houstonians upbeat about city's future - (Rice University) Klineberg said that as a city at the forefront of the country's demographic revolution, Houston offers a glimpse into America's future, and the survey's assessment of the city may offer important lessons for strengthening the rest of the country

Rice wins $1.2 million for heart-valve tissue research - (Rice University) A team of bioengineers from Rice University is bringing a promising new strategy for growing replacement heart valves closer to reality, thanks to a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The team hopes to develop gel-like materials that can simultaneously mimic the complex structural and physical properties of heart-valve tissues and act as three-dimensional patterns for tissue-forming stem cells.

Researchers combine active proteins with material derived from fruit fly - (Rice University) The new work from the Rice lab of biochemist Kathleen Matthews, in collaboration with former Rice faculty fellow and current Texas A&M assistant professor Sarah Bondos, simplifies the process of making materials with fully functional proteins.

WSU files for patent on researcher's vaccine technology for chlamydia - (Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher has developed a potential first ever vaccine for Chlamydia, the world's most prevalent sexually transmitted disease and the leading cause of new cases of blindness.