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Mills College in Oakland chooses new president
L.A. NOWMills College in Oakland has chosen a new president. Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, who is vice president and deputy general counsel at Eli Lilly and Co. and has been active in womenâs education issues nationally, will become leader of the college, which has... -
At USC's Thornton School of Music, moving way beyond the canon
Visitors have been known to get lost at USC, a 226-acre scholastic oasis in the middle of a sprawling city. This year the university has added some helpful signposts, like the huge banners trumpeting the 125th anniversary of the Thornton School of Music...Tags: Jascha Heifetz, Gaming, Culture, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Igor (movie)
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No denying Wagner's complexity and divisiveness: L.A. talks again
Among the copious anecdotes that Leon Botstein likes to relate about Richard Wagner and his ugly anti-Jewish views is an ironic one involving Zionist Movement founder Theodor Herzl.
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Wagner and the Ring Festival: An...Tags: Nazi Party, Swiss Confederation, Judaism, Opera (genre), Franz Liszt
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Myles Brand dies at 67; NCAA president
Myles Brand, the NCAA president who is credited with helping to streamline and reform the governing body of collegiate sports but is best remembered as the Indiana University president who fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, has died. He was 67....Tags: NCAA Final Four, Cancer, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Obituaries, Death
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Melvin Simon dies at 82; shopping center magnate
Associated PressMelvin Simon, who started what is now the country's largest shopping mall company and owned the NBA's Indiana Pacers with his brother, died Wednesday in Indianapolis, a spokesman said. He was 82. Les Morris, a spokesman for Simon Property Group, which...Tags: Benjamin Harrison, Politics, Democratic Party, Death, Conseco Incorporated
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Gene therapy could make more lungs available for transplants
Booster ShotsA new gene therapy procedure to restore function in lungs damaged during harvesting from donors could make more lungs available for transplanting, Canadian researchers said today. Currently, only about 15% of potential donor lungs are actually used... -
Parent training boosts medication effect for autism
Booster ShotsLife with a child who has a pervasive developmental disorder such as autism or Asperger's syndrome is often a storm of tantrums, irritability, impulsive behavior and obstinacy â a challenge that has child psychiatrists casting about for ways to help....... -
Dancing in 'Jubilee!'
"Jubilee!" has a cast of about 100, most of them dancers. Each dancer has a six-month, renewable contract and has to re-audition; about 10% of the company turns over twice a year. The money isn't much -- salaries average just over $30,000 a year -- but...Tags: Entertainment, Cirque du Soleil, Dance, Companies and Corporations, Dancing
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Blood tests may reveal psychosis
Booster ShotsScientists are moving closer to developing blood tests that can diagnose serious mental disorders, according to a study published this week in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. A consortium of researchers showed they could identify blood biomarkers for... -
STD screening should start early
Booster ShotsYoung women should be screened for sexually transmitted diseases within a year of first intercourse and should be retested every three to four months if an infection is found, according to a study published today in the Archives of Pediatrics...... -
More from the week: Chlamydia, breast cancer, Hispanics in nursing homes
Booster ShotsThey may not have made headlines this past week, but these research developments are worth noting. So consider them noted (if not thoroughly developed in this space). -- One might think that frequently screening and treating teenage girls for chlamydia...... -
Does your diet require a Ph.D.?
Booster ShotsDieting is hard. But should it be mind-boggling? No, say the authors of a new study on dieting. The more complex the diet, they found, the more likely people are to give up on it. Researchers at Indiana University and......
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