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Three Columbia students were selected as Rhodes Scholars, plus more awards and grants for faculty and students.

Background: Cancer has become the leading cause of mortality in Singapore and among other Asian populations worldwide. Despite the presence of National Cancer Screening programmes in Singapore, less than half of the population has had timely screening according to guidelines. The underlying factors of poor cancer screening rates and health outcomes among Asian ethnic groups remain poorly understood. We therefore examined cancer screening participation rates and screening behaviour in a multi-eth...

Alpine ski racers, specifically in the discipline of downhill, may experience fear competing in such a high-risk environment. The purpose of this study was to explore Canadian national team men’s experience and management of fear in World Cup alpine ski racing. This study uses an interpretive phenomenological analysis, conducted with five male members of the Canadian national ski team. Three themes emerged: contextual influences, preparation and process, and risk vs. reward. The findings indic...

Sun Jul 25 2021 at 7:38:33 Authors note: This is a piece I wrote with the intention of publishing in a medical journal. It was rejected twice, so in my frustration I have given up, and I am putting it here for anyone who might be interested. Balaji Varatharaju entered medical school at Adelaide University as a model student, known for his generosity and altruism. He studied, he volunteered at the Red Cross, and helped in aged care, despite suffering from depression and back pain. He wanted to h...

The Impostors Thu May 09 2002 at 20:00:43 Every once in a while, theres a movie that comes along that youre a bit afraid to tell your friends about. Some of them will love the movie, and others will hate it and think youre an idiot for liking it. Writer and directorStanley Tuccis "The Impostors" is like that. Some people will love it, and some will hate it, and theres no way to tell ahead of time who will fall into which camp. The movie is a 1998 throwback to old slapstick comedies like those o...

April 27, 2021 Share This: Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff were awarded close to $3.8 million in funding during the period January to March 2021. Supported projects explore such topics as immigration status and crime, vaping among young adults in Orange County and cultivating diverse teacher leaders in California.  Stephanie Vaughn, professor emeritus of nursing and project director of EMBRACE: $494,061 from Health Resources and Services Administration for the “EMBRACE: Enrichme...

Florida State University News Faculty and Staff Briefs: December 2020  Published: HONORS AND AWARDS Joseph A. Schwartz, Ph.D. (College of Criminology & Criminal Justice) was awarded the Early Career Award from the BioPsychoSocial Division of the American Society of Criminology. This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to scholarly knowledge on BioPsychoSocial criminology within six years of receiving their doctoral degree. James Du, Ph.D....

Syracuse-area retailers, battered by Covid, find a strategy: appointment-only shopping Updated Dec 14, 2020; Posted Dec 14, 2020 Caeresa Richardson poses in her womens fashion boutique, Gypsy Freedom, in downtown Syracuse. Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. — It didn’t take long for Caeresa Richardson to figure out how to attract customers hesitant to visit her new women’s clothing boutique in downtown Syracuse during the coronavirus pandemic. Richardso...