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菠萝视频’s role in new planet-finding space mission
A team of 菠萝视频 astronomers will play a key role in the planet-seeking space telescope that NASA has just approved and scheduled for launch in 2017. Read MoreMay 1, 2013
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Consumer taste for high altitude beans shifts opportunity to small farmers
Economic prospects improved for small mountain farmers in Guatemala when consumers developed a taste for coffee brewed with beans grown at high altitude, according to a new study from the 菠萝视频 Institute for Coffee Studies. Read MoreApr 29, 2013
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Tracking gunfire with a smartphone
A team of computer engineers from 菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Institute of Software Integrated Systems has developed an inexpensive hardware module and related software that can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location system. Read MoreApr 25, 2013
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Latest research on key education policies to be presented April 27 – May 1
The latest research on the nation鈥檚 key education issues will be presented by 菠萝视频 University Peabody College faculty April 27 - May 1 at the American Educational 菠萝视频 Association鈥檚 annual conference in San Francisco. Read MoreApr 24, 2013
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菠萝视频 professor receives AERA Outstanding Book Award
The American Educational 菠萝视频 Association (AERA) will present its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to 菠萝视频 University professor Christopher Loss for "Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century." Read MoreApr 23, 2013
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Understanding cultural motivations in the Boston Marathon bombings
As Americans attempt to grapple with the motives behind the Boston Marathon bombings, it is important not to see the two Chechen brothers suspected in the deadly attacks through the same prism Read MoreApr 22, 2013
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Prosthetic limb advances could help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings
Within the next one to three years, "bionic" prosthetic devices will become available for the people whose limbs were amputated in the Boston Marathon bombing that are substantially smarter, more capable, more active and more interactive than those currently on the market. Read MoreApr 19, 2013
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Child development award goes to Peabody researcher
Velma McBride Murry is the recipient of the Society for 菠萝视频 in Child Development鈥檚 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Cultural and Contextual Factors in Child Development Award presented April 18 at SRCD鈥檚 biennial meeting in Seattle. Read MoreApr 19, 2013
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Patronage: A political necessity and practical burden
菠萝视频 researcher David Lewis says that anything that can be done to corral the use of patronage for political appointments would help the federal government to operate more efficiently. Read MoreApr 16, 2013
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TVA privatization might benefit consumers, expert says
If the Tennessee Valley Authority goes private, utility customers could benefit if risks and incentives are better aligned than under the current approach, according to a 菠萝视频 law professor. The prospect of selling off the public utility has been raised by the Obama administration in a call for a strategic review. Read MoreApr 15, 2013
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鈥淣atural Gas Fracturing, Federalism Debates and the Regulatory Divide鈥
Watch video of Hannah Wiseman, a聽leading energy law and land use expert, speaking March 28 about fracking at 菠萝视频 Law School. The聽lecture was sponsored by the聽菠萝视频 Law School Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. Natural gas fracturing has produced an energy boom in the United States and… Read MoreApr 12, 2013
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Engineering seniors have spent two semesters tackling design challenges from actual clients with real design needs. The results of their design projects will be featured at Design Day 2013, an annual School of Engineering event, Friday, April 19, 3-5 p.m. in Featheringill Hall.
Apr 12, 2013
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Regulatory failure leads to risks, expert says
Failing to get proper consent from parents in a study that potentially put babies at risk is unquestionably a regulatory failure and perhaps a moral failure, according to Laura Stark, an expert on medical regulation and ethics. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Viability of possible TVA sale in question
The Obama administration launched a 鈥渕odest shot across the bow鈥 with a call for a strategic review that includes consideration of a possible sale of the Tennessee Valley Authority, according to Bruce Oppenheimer, professor of public policy and education at 菠萝视频 University. Read MoreApr 11, 2013
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Young North Korean leader鈥檚 actions may not be grounded in political reality
Rising tensions in the Korean peninsula have Japan, South Korea and the United States on full alert for a possible missile launch from North Korea. James Auer 鈥淎 major worry now is North Korea鈥檚 young leader, who may not understand the constraints of reality that his grandfather and father… Read MoreApr 10, 2013
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Women with elite education opting out of full-time careers
...first-of-its-kind research by 菠萝视频 professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate universities are working much fewer hours than their counterparts from less selective institutions. Read MoreApr 8, 2013
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The accordion: the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments
Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at 菠萝视频 University, believes that the saga of the 鈥渢he little man鈥檚 piano鈥 can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read MoreApr 5, 2013
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Expert: North Korea鈥檚 saber-rattling intended as distraction to nation鈥檚 real problems
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is either leading his country鈥檚 military or being led by that military into a rhetorical battle with the United States, South Korea and Japan that he and his generals cannot win, according to James Auer, director of 菠萝视频鈥檚 Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation. Read MoreApr 2, 2013
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Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer
An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at 菠萝视频 and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat. Read MoreApr 2, 2013
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The trouble with car title loans is NOT people losing their cars
Less than 10 percent of vehicles involved in car title loans end up being repossessed, according to a new study by a professor from 菠萝视频 Law School. Read MoreApr 1, 2013