Archive for the ‘University Stories’ Category

Fireworks for the Fourth

List of all fireworks displays & events in Des Moines and surrounding areas: Des Moines: Yankee Doodle Pops will be held tomorrow, Friday, July 1 at 6:30 pm by the Des Moines Symphony at the Iowa State Capitol Grounds. Enjoy an old-fashioned Fourth at Living History Farms this holiday weekend from 11 a.m. to 5 [...]

‘At risk of being lost’: Women vets at home have more health problems

SPOKANE, Wash. – Cindy Fitzgerald is drawn to stories about women in the middle of major life transitions.   Im interested in, for example, what happens to women when they have a child, said the assistant professor of nursing at Washington State University Spokane. Then, what happens to women when that child starts school?   [...]

PA presentations: from atherosclerosis to sugar substitutes

PA presentations2011 DMUs physician assistant Class of 2011 will return from their rotations this month for their final 25th-month activities. They include presentations of their masters degree projects, and its an impressive list! On June 13-16, class members will share their investigations on topics ranging from tobacco cessation and osteoporosis to hypertension, hormone therapy, aching [...]

Baseball cheaters beware: WSU lab shows some tricks have their limits

PULLMAN, Wash. – Some baseball superstitions are accepted as cold, hard truth. But in the world of physics, the most accepted verities are subject to experimentation. A corked bat hits the ball further? Not in Lloyd Smiths lab. Baseballs today are livelier than in the past? See above. Storing balls in a humidor can curb [...]