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²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ will add women's swimming as a varsity sport by the fall of 2007, possibly sooner, as the result of an internal periodic review of its athletic program. This addition helps insure that the institution is providing opportunity for its student body to compete at the highest levels of intercollegiate athletics. Read More

John Douglas, former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has hunted some of the most notorious criminals of our time and he will share an inside look during a free public lecture at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University, Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Read More

Ed Colker, a noted print-maker and book publisher, will address "Modern Arts of the Book," at 4:10 pm. on Jan. 16 in 114 Furman Hall. A reception will follow his illustrated lecture, which will cover many of the major art movements of the 20th century. Read More

Classroom-based interventions for children with emotional and behavioral disorders was the topic of a Jan. 11 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ on Human Devleopment lecture. Read More

Charles Baxter, whose fiction has been described as "a valentine to the Midwest" by The Atlantic, will read from his work on Jan. 30 at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Efforts to reform drug regulation in the wake of the Vioxx withdrawal do not go far enough, according to experts at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University Medical Center. Read More

A new public service announcement for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University features an urgent drum cadence by the "Spirit of Gold" Marching Band Drumline accompanied by images showing student and academic life. Read More

A study in the January/February 2006 issue of the journal Health Affairs concludes that increasing the number of registered nurses and hours of nursing care per patient would save 6,700 lives. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Michigan will meet in the 2006 season opener on national television, officials at both universities and ESPN announced Jan. 10. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵers at the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ-Ingram Cancer Center have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, or gliomas, and their findings are published in this week's online edition of the journal Oncogene. Read More

The legacy of entertainer Richard Pryor and history of African American comedy will be explored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University at two January events sponsored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ's Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ legal and political experts Suzanna Sherry and Stefanie Lindquist are available to discuss the qualities that make a good justice, how the Senate should seek to evaluate those qualities in Samuel Alito's confirmation hearing, and the politics surrounding Supreme Court appointments. Read More

For the past few months, Bob O'Dell has been mapping the winds blowing in the Orion Nebula, the closest stellar nursery similar to the one in which the sun was born. Read More

Paintings by acclaimed South American artist Dudley Charles will be on display at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Thomas Weisner, an expert on the mental health challenges and needs of teens with disabilities, will deliver the 2006 ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Monday, Jan. 16, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 241 of the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Read More

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has appointed ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Kennedy Center Director Pat Levitt to the National Advisory Mental Health Council. Read More

Getting very young, at-risk children on the path to future academic success is the goal of a new ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University research study. Read More

A leading expert on the geographical and social/racial issues that complicate the recovery of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina will share his unique perspective on the aftermath of the tragedy during a lecture at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University. Read More

Following a national search, ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University has named R. Dennis Johnson executive director of Internal Audit. Johnson has served as interim executive director since June. Read More

The Rev. James Lawson, civil rights and peace activist and a key figure in ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University's history, will deliver the keynote address for the university's 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series Jan. 16-20. Read More