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Education’s role in shaping citizens examined in forum


Higher Education and Democratic Citizenship is the title of a forum to be held from 7 to 9 p.

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KID SAFETY: Seventeen low-income families whose children attend school in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Experimental Education Unit received free child and infant car seats, thanks to the University Police Department.

October 31, 2001

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ consolidates departments to form Department of Genome Sciences

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Board of Regents, at its Oct. 19 meeting, approved the consolidation of the Department of Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Molecular Biotechnology in the School of Medicine. The merger creates the new Department of Genome Sciences in the School of Medicine.

October 30, 2001

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ to study use of medications by pregnant women

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health is conducting new research into how drugs are handled in the body by pregnant women, a field which according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deserves more attention. The FDA is providing $150,000 for the research to identify the doses that will provide the greatest benefit and the least risk for the mother and her baby. Dr. Mary Hebert, associate professor in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Pharmacy, Dr. Tom Easterling, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. Gail Anderson, associate professor in pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, will be conducting the study evaluating a high blood pressure medication commonly prescribed for pregnant women.

While poisonings of young children decline, teen self-inflicted cases increase

A significant number of teenagers continue to be admitted to hospitals for poisoning from inappropriate use of medications, or, for children younger than 12, for the ingestion of non-medications, according to an article bu Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

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WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Suzanne Brainard, executive director of the Center for Workforce Development, has been honored with the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award.