News Feature Channel: Story Ideas: Life

How Ghost Stories Came to Haunt Halloween, Expert Explains

Virginia Tech — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:05:46 EST

Virginia Tech English department instructor Ingrid Johnson, who teaches a course on "Monsters, Madness, and the Macabre," provides insights into how Halloween and ghost stories became so intertwined, and the influence ghost stories have in pop culture.

University of Delaware experts share insights and strategies for navigating the upcoming school year

University of Delaware — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:05:27 EST

The College of Education and Human Development in the University of Delaware has a number of stories and experts for the upcoming school year.

Cdc Urges Vaccination Amid Rise in Measles Cases in the US and Globally

George Washington University — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:05:18 EST

Uwf Team Wins First Place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Quiz Bowl

University of West Florida — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:05:10 EST

Congratulations to the UWF undergraduate student team who won the first quiz bowl challenge at the 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting!

Utep Faculty Launch Research Lab to Support Human Performance

University of Texas at El Paso — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:05:03 EST

Professors at The University of Texas at El Paso have launched a new industrial engineering lab focused on supporting human performance and behavior in various application areas. Projects include supportive exoskeletons for high-strain occupations and virtual reality that simulates high-stress environments.

International Graduate and Postdoctoral Trainees in Biomedicine Are Struggling with Career Confidence, Study Says

University of North Carolina School of Medicine — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:05:48 EST

A new study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and collaborators from the NIH Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (NIH BEST) consortium, examined career confidence in graduate and postdoctoral trainees and explored how to better support international trainees across a diverse array of career paths.

Gw Experts: Ncaa Division I Basketball Tournament Kicks Off

George Washington University — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:05:22 EST

Uic Urban Forum to Consider Chicago's Next 50 Years

University of Illinois Chicago — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:05:08 EST

University of Illinois Chicago event examines Chicago's next 50 years and how to face the most pressing problems in planning, economics, climate and neighborhoods.

World Happiness Report Released

George Washington University — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:05:33 EST

Mackenzie Scott's Yield Giving Announces $2 Million Grant to South Bronx's Health People to Expand Peer-to-Peer Education to Tackle Most Wide-Spread - and Preventable - Chronic Diseases Afflicting Residents of Poor and Minority Communities

Health People — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:05:37 EST

Today, we're excited to share that we've been selected to receive a $2million gift as an awardee of the Yield Giving Open Call. Our project was selected from among 6,353 applications from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico after a process of multiple levels of review, feedback, and diligence involving peer applicants and an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause. Health People is very grateful and excited to use these funds to develop our Community Training Institute, enabling us to effectively train other community groups across the city to implement peer-based chronic disease self-care and preventive education.

SLAS Announces $100,000 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant Awarded to Lan Mi of the University of Massachusetts Amherst

SLAS — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:00:04 EST

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is pleased to announce Lan Mi, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Expert Available: April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse - Deborah Skapik, NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador

Saint Joseph's University — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:00:08 EST

Experts: All Adrenal Tumors Should Be Evaluated

Cedars-Sinai — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:05:46 EST

As an on-the-go mother of two equally on-the-go preschoolers, Yessenia Paez was accustomed to dealing with common parenting stress. But when 24/7 anxiety, heart palpitations, hand tremors and chronic headaches became the norm for the better part of a year, she knew something more was at play.

Slu Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Named Society of Hospital of Medicine's 'Unsung Hero'

Saint Louis University — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:05:14 EST

Farzana Hoque, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine and acting internship co-director at Saint Louis University's School of Medicine, is the president of SHM's St. Louis Chapter. The Unsung Hero award is given to a chapter leader who has positively influenced SHM behind the scenes with a positive attitude and a willingness to support other chapter members.

'Tis the season to get vaccinated: How to stay healthy through the holidays

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:05:02 EST

With virus cases rising and the holidays nigh, three expert from University of Michigan Health give their top 12 tips for avoiding or reducing the impact of COVID-19, flu, RSV, pneumonia and whooping cough in adults and kids.

Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel

News — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:15:27 EST

It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

Study: Struggling Students Who Repeat Third Grade See Improved Achievement

American Educational Research Association (AERA) — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:00:00 EST

Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research released today.

UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss the Escalating Israeli-Palestinian Crisis

University at Albany, State University of New York — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:40:52 EST

Former JAG Officer Available to Speak About Conflict in Israel

Texas Tech University — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:05:04 EST

Psychiatrist Available to Comment on Psychological Impact of Israel-Palestine Conflict

New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:05:05 EST

In the wake of recent attacks, Psychiatrist Liat Jarkon, D.O., director of the Center for Behavioral Health at New York Institute of Technology, urges parents to be wary of what children are seeing.