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30 min ago | Fox News

Heat-related deaths may increase with climate change

Heat-related deaths in New York City's borough of Manhattan may rise about 20 percent over the next decade, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Global Warming

2 hrs ago | UC San Diego

Investing in the Future: UC San Diego's Federal Research Funding...

A study by the National Science Foundation naming the top 10 universities receiving the most federal funding for research and development ranked UC San Diego in 8th place out of 896 colleges that received federal R&D money during the 2011 fiscal year.

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Related Topix: UC San Diego, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin Madison

2 hrs ago | News Democrat

RHS graduation filled with memories and hope for the future

From left to right are Russellville High School's Class of 2013 third-ranked student Chelsea Jenkins, Valedictorian Rebecca Orndorff, Valedictorian Kesi Neblett and Salutatorian Troy Adams.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Murray State University, Bowling Green, KY, Western Kentucky University, US Military, US Army, United States Military Academy

5 hrs ago | China Daily

US, Chinese law schools to deepen collaboration

Wang Xixin, deputy dean and professor of law at Peking University Law School, spoke at the memorandum of understanding signing ceremony held earlier this month.

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Related Topix: Travel, Beijing, China Travel, Asia Travel, China Travel

9 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Advance Made In Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority.

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, Physics, Science, Astronomy, Brown University, Health

9 hrs ago | Foreign Affairs

Kenneth Waltz and His Legacy

In his scholarship, Waltz asked the tough questions about the difficult and important issues.

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Related Topix: Brandeis University

Wed May 22, 2013

The Afro American Newspaper

Columbia University Seeks to Alter Whites-Only Bequest

Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa.

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Post and Courier

Spoleto Festival and Piccolo Spoleto Festival offer right kind of distractions

These have been some tough months. Terrorist bombings , mass shootings, continuing economic woes among the poor and middle class, political gridlock and ideological posturing - all have contributed to stress and strain.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Journalism, College of Charleston, Theater, Arts

Regina Leader Post

Classical instruments the driving force of Plumes

Though they haven't faced too many annoying questions yet, there's one question the Montreal-based band Plumes is tired of people asking them: Where did they get their name? "This is only the second interview that we've done for this tour," said Geof Holbrook of Plumes.

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Related Topix: Classical, Concordia

Silicon Alley Insider

All Around The US, Risks Of A Water Crisis Are Much Bigger Than People Realize

With about half of the country still suffering from extreme drought, farmers and businesses in the Western United States are looking at another hot, dry summer.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Agriculture, Science, Texas

BroadwayWorld.com

Harold Prince, Tom Schumacher & More to Mentor 2013 T Fellow; Applications Accepted Through 8/1

Applications for the second annual T. Fellowship will be accepted from May 22, 2013 through August 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: New York

Fortune

Nobody puts baby food in a corner

As a health nut and foodie, 36-year-old Shazi Visram had a problem with processed baby food.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Mother's Day

KERA-TV Dallas

History Redrawn

Hour 1: What makes political cartoons stick with us after the headlines fade? We'll talk this hour with Victor Navasky , longtime editor of The Nation and professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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Related Topix: Journalism

The Miami Herald

Vampire Weekend poised to swoop into the big time with new beats

Ezra Koenig wanted to be clear about this: The frontman of Vampire Weekend was not comparing his band to the Beatles.

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Related Topix: Vampire Weekend

TBD.com

Too much exercise can be poor for your health, study says

Working out is one of the best things you can do for your overall health, but a new Columbia University study confirms the idea that too much of a good thing can actually be bad.

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KurzweilAI.net

Multitasking neurons found essential to the brain's computational power

There are many neurons, especially in brain regions that perform sophisticated functions such as thinking and planning, that react in different ways to a wide variety of things.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Editor & Publisher

New York Times CEO Calls Digital Pay Model a oeMost Successfula Decision in Years

In a commencement address to business students at Columbia University, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson hailed the company's digital subscription strategy and dismissed skeptics who say media outlets can't reinvent themselves.

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Science, Industry and Business

Clouds in the head

They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits.

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Related Topix: New York University

Science, Industry and Business

Graphene Study Confirms 40-Year-Old Physics Prediction

By James Hedberg for Columbia University. Artistic image illustration of butterfly departing from graphene moire pattern formed on the top of atomically thin boron nitride substrate.

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Related Topix: Physics, City University of New York, University of Central Florida

New Scientist

Climate change will push up New York's heatwave deaths

A warmer climate means more extremely hot days in summer , and fewer extremely cold days in winter, meaning people are more likely to die in summer than they used to be, and less so in winter.

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