As the search for survivors continues, the task of understanding the scope of Hurricane Katrina has just begun. McGill experts can comment on many of the areas sure to feel the effects of the storm.
Several UM faculty members are available to discuss topics related to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including disaster preparedness, environmental damage, levees and water flow, counseling and economic and legal issues.
As thousands are feared dead and many more left homeless in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, students and employees at West Virginia University are mobilizing relief efforts for survivors of the monster storm.
Autumn is usually a big time for allergies in pets, and Lorraine Corriveau, wellness veterinarian at Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine, has some advice on what pet owners can do to help their pets make it through the season.
Rowan University welcomed 13 Seeing Eye puppies for the fall semester. Students, alumni and staff will help socialize the dogs before they return to The Seeing Eye for formal training. In its second year, the Rowan program involves the campus in a volunteer effort that will benefit others.
Fine art papermaking and book arts are resurging, said Derek Cracco, M.F.A., assistant professor of printmaking in the UAB Department of Art and Art History.
Through six editions and nearly half a century, "A History of Western Music" has defined the way music history has been taught. But it's the seventh edition of the book that promises to significantly impact the way students listen to, learn and understand Western music.
The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland launches a new how-to digital handbook for anyone interested in building an online community news site.
Art serves as a way to teach the public about psychology in "Heads Up Kentucky! Psychology Promotes Healthy Living," an innovative public health education campaign that pairs consumer information about psychological aspects of health with appealing street art.
A new book edited by Joseph Russomanno sheds light on these contemporary cases by reexamining some of the most important and influential U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment cases of this era.
Markus Breitschmid's book, "Der bauende Geist. Friedrich Nietzsche und die Architektur," or "The Building Spirit. Friedrich Nietzsche and Architecture," has been selected by the Institute of Philosophy in Karlsruhe-Germany as one of 14 seminal texts along with books by Aristotle, Heidegger, and Kepler written on the problem of architectural space.
"Eurydice," a one-woman play by internationally-acclaimed Virginia Tech English professor Thomas Gardner is being staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. "Eurydice" runs August 8-10 in the Greyfriars Kirk House.
University of Maryland Journalism Dean Thomas Kunkel and his colleagues are fondly remembering ABC News Anchorman and Reporter Peter Jennings, who passed away Sunday.
President George W. Bush is scheduled to welcome Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at his Crawford ranch on Thursday. While the White House has not announced a specific agenda for the meetings, a political science professor said he expects terrorism, drug trafficking, and trade to highlight the discussions.
Many historians now agree that the United States could have ended World War II without dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago (August 6 and 9, 1945), says University of Maryland historian and professor of political economy Gar Alperovitz, author of the 1995 book, "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb."
Williams College announced the inaugural season for its new $50 million performing arts complex, the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance. The facility will provide teaching, performance and technical spaces for the College's theatre department and dance program.
In his new book, "Essence of Political Manipulation: Emotions, Institutions and Greek Foreign Policy," UAB political scientist Nikolaos Zahariadis, Ph.D., illustrates how politicians manipulate ideas, emotions and each other to influence foreign policy decisions.
Neal Lester, a professor of English specializing in African American literary and cultural studies, and chair of Arizona State University's Department of English, explores the long, straight hair ideal and the impact this has particularly on young girls.
J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland announces this year's Batten Award finalists.
Samuel Fleischacker, UIC professor of philosophy, argues that removing the word 'God' from the pledge of allegiance would satisfy full expression of the First Amendment by today's interpretation.
While America can take credit for creating Labor Day twice, Leon Fink, UIC professor of history, says it's ironic that the significance of the holiday is barely noted in its country of origin.
Medieval historian Hans Broedel (Hamilton College) describes how the rituals of Halloween, such as trick-or-treating and carving pumpkins, came from medieval Christian traditions.
"Ecce Homology," an interactive "bioart" installation to show at SIGGRAPH 2005, uses dynamic media, computer vision and computer graphics to visualize genomic data. The project explores human evolution by examining similarities between genes from human beings and the rice plant, in a real-time representation of bioinformatics algorithm BLAST.
Stunning images from the Wellcome Trust Biomedical Image Awards.
While President Lyndon Johnson is remembered as the smooth master of persuasion, socially awkward Richard Nixon actually had a better "batting average" when phoning members of Congress to convince them to see things his way.
In May, Senate Democrats and Republicans called an uneasy truce in their war over judicial nominations, narrowly avoiding a filibuster showdown. But that ceasefire may have ended with the retirement announcement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
For families looking for summer activities providing the perfect mix of fun and education, the Petra: Lost City of Stone exhibition on display through August 15 at Calvin College, provides the best of both worlds.
The Swahili language may be familiar to many Americans because of The Lion King, but other African languages are beginning to roar at campuses such as IU Bloomington. Until Aug. 12, IUB is home to the national Summer Cooperative African Language Institute.
The University of Maryland is joining with LexisNexis to help preserve U.S. history. LexisNexis will be digitizing the U.S. Serial Set Map collection held by Maryland -- making the collection easily accessible and searchable online.
Grand Valley State University acquired the papers of internationally recognized author, Jim Harrison, a Michigan native.
Imrpov comedy was born almost 50 years ago, on July 5, 1955. The founder of improvisational comedy is celebrating its golden anniversary by coming back to the place where it all began.
The 32nd annual Faulkner Conference July 24-28 at the University of Mississippi will focus on the novelist's literary influences. One of the longest-running literary events in the country centered on the works of one author, the symposium attracts scholars from around the world.
A set of election materials designed by students of the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been named among 139 top entries in the international "INDEX:" design competition and will be exhibited in Copenhagen this fall.
After the sale of Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, a company he had founded, Michael A. Wiener had the opportunity to dedicate himself to his love of photography, his beautiful home in Connecticut and the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
West Virginia University School of Journalism Assistant Professor John Temple has been granted funding from the WVU Faculty Senate so he can research a book about a team of death penalty lawyers.
A Montreal, Canada, foursome has teamed up to create a North American first: a moving CD of original songs produced specifically for people affected by cancer.
A selection of never-before published Merton poetry is now available to the reading public, thanks to Trinity Western University professor, Lynn Szabo and her new book, "In the Dark Before Dawn: New Selected Poems of Thomas Merton."
What do Tiger Woods and Francois Rabbath have in common? The golfer and the renowned bass virtuoso, respectively, are the best in the world at what they do. And the same technology that captured Tiger's powerful swing in a video game has been used to record Rabbath's world-renowned bow technique.
Nationally and internationally recognized as the premier center for Dickens studies in the world and a leading site for research on 19th-century British culture -- the Dickens project at UC Santa Cruz celebrates its 25th anniversary at its annual summer "Dickens Universe" among the redwoods.
Virginia Tech students are building a a completely self-sufficient, energy-efficient, solar powered house, that will generate enough energy to power all the needs of the house, run a small home-based business, and power a solar car. The house uses renewable materials, innovative technologies, and potentially cost-effective construction methods.
After educating more than 800 psychologists, the MSPP commemorates its 30th year of service with a gala celebration. The 30th Anniversary Gala will serve as a fundraising event to help support it's educational and community services.
A Purdue University professor has invented a system to judge whether ancient inscriptions refer to people in the Bible. He uses the system to test whether archaeological inscriptions refer to ancient Hebrew kings such as David, Omri, Jeroboam II, Uzziah and other Old Testament personages such as Mesha and the high priest Hilkiah.
John Neff's belief that historians have long overlooked the "lingering legacy" of disunity following the Civil War is detailed in his book "Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation," which asserts, among other things, that Memorial Day commemorations preserved a "sense of separateness" in the country.
The West Virginia University Press will formally launch publication of "Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields," the senator's 800-page autobiography, with two special events -- June 20 in Morgantown and June 21 in Washington, D.C.
STNews.org, the Web site of Science & Theology News, features a review the newest installment of the "Star Wars" trilogy -- "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" -- from a science-and-religion standpoint.
Two professors at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington are available to comment about the fight in Congress over President Bush's appointments to the federal judiciary.
Trinity Western University religious studies professor has inherited over 100 different ancient manuscripts on microfilm, containing all of the books of the New Testament and some Old Testament books. He is now making the collection available to students and the public.
Fathers play an important role in children's success in school, according to a University of Delaware researcher who studies fathers and families.
The Senate showdown over President Bush's judicial nominations is about to come to a head and neither side is backing down, says Rowan University political science professor and presidential scholar Dr. Larry Butler.
The upheaval of divorce can hurt the closest father-child relationships. A University of Delaware Cooperative Extension expert provides tips on how fathers can stay close to their kids after a divorce.
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