Latest Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Stories

Dr. Richard Shaw appointed by Gulf of Mexico Alliance to fill vacant seat RESTON, Va., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board is pleased to welcome its newest member, Dr. Richard "Rick" Shaw. The Associate Dean of the School of the Coast and Environment and a professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU), Shaw was nominated by the state of Louisiana and...

Liberty University’s new Maternal-Child Critical Care Certificate Program through the Department of Nursing gives students with a passion for critical care of mothers and babies increased knowledge that will strengthen their skillset as they enter the field. Lynchburg, VA (PRWEB) July 21, 2012 Liberty University’s new Maternal-Child Critical Care Certificate Program through the Department of Nursing gives students with a passion for critical care of mothers and babies increased...

TopCollegesOnline.org, a website for people researching online programs of study, recently ranked Liberty University No. 4 in its list of top 10 online accounting degree programs. Lynchburg, VA (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 TopCollegesOnline.org, a website for people researching online programs of study, recently ranked Liberty University No. 4 in its list of top 10 online accounting degree programs. According to the site, “Liberty’s world renowned online programs have catered to the...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The Campus to Community Coalition of Texas (formerly Texas Campus Compact) has announced a historic break with the Boston-based Campus Compact, becoming the first state chapter of the national service learning coalition to voluntarily leave, allowing them re-leverage 100% of member dues back into the State of Texas. C3 Texas specializes in designing high impact service learning and civic engagement practices for campuses throughout...

Research Award and Celebrated Speakers Affirm Role of BIPAI at Texas Children's Hospital as Top Pediatric Global Health Resource HOUSTON, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest pediatric caregiver for AIDS, the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children's Hospital, will be well-represented at the International AIDS Conference July 22-27 in Washington, DC. Professor Gabriel Anabwani will be awarded the...

MIAMI, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Governor Rick Scott has appointed Dade Medical College's Corporate Clinical Rotation Manager, Ladisbel Leyva, to the Board of Directors for the Florida Center for Nursing. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120716/CG41014) The Board, responsible for addressing the dynamic nurse workforce needs and the issues of nursing supply and demand to meet the needs of health care consumers in Florida, also works on recognition awards for nurses as...

Industry Leader to Share New Applied Neuroscience Research Uncovering Emotional Roots of Customer Service Excellence at International Doughnut and Coffee Retailer. (PRWEB) July 13, 2012 What: Dr. David Forbes, CEO of Forbes Consulting Group, will present a new award-winning mobile market research technology, MindSight(R) Mobile, used to identify the emotional drivers of customer visit experiences at an internationally recognized coffee and donut retailer. The study was conducted at two...

Design teams were busy in the Education and the Arts and the Education and Science Studios at WHR Architects as they completed final details in advance of recent ribbon cuttings at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School of Dentistry School and Sam Houston State University’s The Woodlands Center. Houston, Texas (PRWEB) July 13, 2012 Design teams were busy in the Education and the Arts and the Education and Science Studios at WHR Architects as they completed...

DALLAS, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Gradalis, Inc. announced the signing of a Master Collaboration Agreement focused on BCM scientists' use of Gradalis' proprietary bifunctional shRNA (bi-shRNA) platform in BCM's research directed at various biological targets for therapeutic intervention. The translational medicine collaboration covers multiple BCM investigators and multiple therapeutic targets in cancer. This collaboration will further...

Sufferers seek out health care more often than others Chemical intolerance contributes to the illnesses of 1 in 5 patients but the condition seldom figures in their diagnosis, according to clinical research directed by a UT Medicine San Antonio physician. Clinical tools are available to identify chemical intolerance but health care practitioners may not be using them, lead author David Katerndahl, M.D., M.A., said. The study is in the July 9 issue of Annals of Family Medicine. UT...