WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START): What can drive a rich man's son or a devoted family man to terrorism? What can lead a group of idealistic college students or a western democracy to embrace political violence? McCauley and Moskalenko will present Friction, a book about how radicalization happens to them and us.

Through the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE)--a partnership between Georgia Tech College of Computing, Bryn Mawr College and Microsoft Research--28 high schools and universities are being provided the opportunity to enhance their introductory Computer Science curriculum using personal robots as a context for teaching foundational computing skills.

By Kathy Boccella, The Philadelphia Inquirer May 19--So they may not have gotten into their dream schools, but most high school seniors have already decided where they will go to college next fall. But wait, what's that sound? It could be Harvard knocking.

By Kathy Boccella, The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 9--An internationally known scholar of Islamic studies whose expertise is in the Quran and relations between Islam and Christianity was selected as the eighth president of Bryn Mawr College yesterday.

By Kathy Boccella, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jan. 20--Two words to students hoping to get a break on college tuition now that Harvard and a handful of rivals have increased financial aid to middle-class students: Fat chance.