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American University Celebrates 50th Anniversary of JFK’s “A Strategy of Peace”
Kennedy's 1963 American University commencement speech called for a nuclear test ban treaty and outlined a bold vision at the height of the Cold War. The speech is hailed as one of Kennedy's finest according to Kennedy's legendary speechwriter Ted Sorensen. |
Released: 5/16/2013 8:30 AM EDT
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Supreme Court Decision Closes Loophole in Monsanto’s Business Model
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and grow a new crop of soybeans without Monsanto’s permission. “The Court closed a potential loophole in Monsanto’s long-standing business model, prevents Monsanto’s customers from setting up ‘farm-factories’ for producing soybeans that could be sold in competition with Monsanto’s soybeans, and it enables Monsanto to continue to earn a reasonable profit on its patented technology,” says Kevin Collins, JD, patent law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis |
Released: 5/13/2013 12:00 PM EDT
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New York City Considers Local Voting for Legal ImmigrantsHamilton College poll shows majority of Americans would support a New York City Council proposal to allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center survey shows that 60 percent of Americans supported allowing legal immigrants to vote in local elections. |
Released: 5/9/2013 3:30 PM EDT
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Gamers Recognize College Football Players in Video Games
Paying college athletes is a contentious issue and the subject of a lawsuit challenging the use of their likenesses in video games. An Indiana U. study found that many video gamers recognize athletes in the video games. |
Released: 5/1/2013 3:55 PM EDT
Indiana University |
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Contracted Prisons Cut Costs Without Sacrificing QualityResearch from Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government finds that privately operated prisons can substantially cut costs while performing at equal or better levels than government-run prisons. |
Released: 4/29/2013 1:15 PM EDT
Temple University |
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Notre Dame to Supply Computer Infrastructure for Global Malaria Eradication Project
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) and the University of Notre Dame have received up to $1.6 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a system of computers and software for the Vector Ecology and Control Network (VECNet), an international consortium to eradicate malaria. |
Released: 4/29/2013 9:00 AM EDT
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UK Alum Plays Pivotal Role in Today's George W. Bush Presidential Library Opening
UK alum Alan Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, explains the art of recording and preserving the history U.S. presidents. He even shares the unique experience of being hired by Bush in the Oval Office. |
Released: 4/25/2013 9:00 AM EDT
University of Kentucky |
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UC San Diego Launches Groundbreaking Policy Research LabHow can we alleviate poverty? What policies can be implemented to promote health, welfare and security? The University of California, San Diego is helping to answer these questions with the launch of a new lab designed to find innovative solutions, utilizing information technology, to help address the most pressing issues around the globe. |
Released: 4/22/2013 12:00 PM EDT
University of California, San Diego |
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How NY Can Become National Model by Shifting Drug Policy from Criminalization to Public HealthA comprehensive new report, Blueprint for a Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy, by The New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance presents wide-ranging recommendations to implement a public health-based approach to drug policy, calling for strong, effective leadership to make change. The report demonstrates how New York’s drug policies remain split between two different and often contradictory approaches – criminalization and public health– despite the historic 2009 reforms of the punitive Rockefeller Drug Laws. |
Released: 4/19/2013 2:40 PM EDT
New York Academy of Medicine |
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Advanced Energy 2013, Premier Conference of its Kind, Serves as a Showcase for High Tech Energy Entrepreneurs April 30-May 1 in New York
Dozens of cutting edge technology energy entrepreneurs from across New York State and the country have the unique opportunity to be mentored, learn about development opportunities and pitch their business plan to venture capitalists, business leaders, “angel” investors, and legal and financial advisors when they convene at Advanced Energy 2013 April 30 to May 1 in New York City. |
Released: 4/19/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Stony Brook University |