More than a million children set to return to school in Libya – UNICEF Children enter a UNICEF-supported tent school at the Shousha transit camp on the Libyan border At least 1.2 million Libyan pupils are set to return to school tomorrow, almost a year after they evacuated their classrooms during the country’s popular uprising […]

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Three to Receive MLK Award for Exceptional Leadership in Advancing Diversity at UCSF UCSF to Host Award Ceremony on January 26 At the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award ceremony on Jan. 26, are, from left, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Angela Echiverri, Susan Kools, Damon Lew and Vice Chancellor Renee Navarro. Photo by Susan Merrell Three outstanding […]

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Twelve tips for healthier eating in 2012 “If healthier eating is on your list of resolutions for 2012, look no further. The January 2012 issue of the Harvard Women’s Health Watch offers 12 ways to break old dietary habits and build new ones. For many years, nutrition research focused on the benefits and risks of single nutrients, […]

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Two years after Haitian quake, UN Ambassador Against Hunger views progress WFP aid being distributed in Haiti Almost two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, a high-profile advocate for the United Nations food relief agency has visited the Caribbean country to survey the agency’s efforts in fighting malnutrition among those made homeless by the […]

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Online game that helps UN fight hunger gains one millionth user Freerice website Freerice.com, the online game that allows players to improve their vocabulary while fighting global hunger by making donations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has crossed another milestone today as it reached one million registered players. “When one million people […]

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Reading life’s building blocks. Harvard researchers develop tools to speed DNA sequencing. In a recent Nature Nanotechnology paper, researchers from Harvard demonstrated that nanowire transistors can locally read and amplify the DNA translocation signal from a nearby nanopore./ Image courtesy of Ping Xie, Qihua Xiong, Ying Fang, Quan Qing, and Charles M. Lieber. Scientists are […]

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UN boosts security and aid in wake of ethnic violence in South Sudan UNMISS Force Commander Moses Obi (left) talking to displaced people in Pibor, South Sudan … United Nations, New York, 5 January 2011 – The United Nations is stepping up its peacekeeping presence in the troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei in the […]

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Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion Streamlining electronic funds transfers in health care will bring total savings to more than $16 billion over 10 years New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs […]

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URMC Smoking Cessation Expert Offers Tips for Smokers Trying to Quit Success Comes After Making a Plan, Receiving Support from Loved Ones With the start of a New Year, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is a popular resolution, and an appropriate one […]

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Flatworm Flouts Fundamental Rule of Biology Discovery at UCSF and Stowers Institute Shows Worm Regenerates Without Centrosome, a Structure Long Thought Necessary for Cell Division A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to […]

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