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FINDINGS Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, which is a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head, are treated with appropriate medications and lifestyle counseling.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has tapped Peter Fiske to be the director of its Water-Energy Resilience Institute , a new position that underscores the Lab's commitment to developing solutions for the challenges associated with the interdependence of water and energy systems. Fiske will join Berkeley Lab on May 15.

A new campaign launched by the University of Melbourne and funded by the Federal Government will show the lasting rewards of studying to become a member of the health workforce.

A new study is looking for people aged 40 years or older in the ACT to take part in a focus group to increase community dementia awareness.

Vice-Chancellors representing research-intensive universities in each UK nation have written to EU Council President Donald Tusk calling for continued close collaboration on science and innovation following Brexit.

Ahead of the European Council meeting of the 27 EU leaders on Saturday 29th April four Russell Group Vice-Chancellors, representing all the nations in the UK, including the Principal of the University of Glasgow Professor Anton Muscatelli, have written to President Tusk.

ANN ARBOR'Oakland County roared out of the recession with a job growth rate of 2.4 percent per year from 2009 to 2016'outpacing both the nation's and Michigan's job growth in the same period.

The University of Melbourne is to join forces with Learning Machine, a US-based company associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, to pilot a blockchain based micro-credentialing system.

David Goldston, a policy advocate with decades of experience on Capitol Hill, has been named the new director of the MIT's Washington Office, effective May 1.

ANN ARBOR'A new set of materials from Beatrice Welles will make the University of Michigan Library's Orson Welles collection the world's most comprehensive resource for Welles scholars and fans.

Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, gives a talk about the dangers of electronic surveillance at TEDxStanford.

Campus news The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities has inducted four professors from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Employability and entrepreneurship skills of Chinese students boosted by new online interactive tools - designed by University of Warwick Free, open-access resources enable Chinese students to develo

Oxford Martin School Director Achim Steiner is to take up a pivotal role with the United Nations, leading its drive to eradicate poverty worldwide.

Oxford Martin School Director Achim Steiner is to take up a pivotal role with the United Nations, leading its drive to eradicate poverty worldwide.

Freshman Brooke Hale plays Queenie in this year's Ram's Head Theatrical Society musical. Remaining performances are April 20-22.

Members of the National Academy of Engineering discuss cybersecurity at CMU By Abby Simmons The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) gathered for a regional meeting and symposium at Carnegie Mellon

As part of the So Much More campaign, we celebrate our Staff Volunteering and Outreach. DURHAM University is inviting more charities and good causes to benefit from its staff volunteering programme.

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Enterprising undergraduates and part-time refugee students at Cardiff University are celebrating after an initiative to help refugees integrate into life in Wales secured a place in the final of a UK-wide contest.

Peter Buerhaus, professor of nursing and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Montana State University, presented the 2017 Jean Vallance Lecture in Nursing Innovation.

Around two in every five GPs in the South West have said they intend to quit within the next five years, exposing the magnitude of the region's impending healthcare crisis suggesting that the picture for the UK may be particularly challenging, according to a new BMJ Open study co-authored by Professor Chris Salisbury at the University of Bristol.

A new and unique smartphone app to help people with asthma manage their condition has been developed by lung experts at the Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Over-pumping groundwater has drastically and permanently reduced the water storage capabilities of land in one of California's most important farming areas. Decades of over-pumping groundwater have irreversibly altered clay layers in parts of California's Central Valley, causing the ground to sink and permanently reducing its capacity to store water, a new satellite remote sensing study shows.

Employer commitment to the voluntary Living Wage is strong, and the experience of most Living Wage employers has been positive, a new study by Cardiff Business School finds. In their report The Living Wage - Employer Experience, a team from Cardiff University's Cardiff Business School looked at why and how employers lent their support to the Living Wage, including the reasons for paying, the business benefits, and the positive effects for low-wage workers.

Yesterday (April 10), the University of Bristol said a fond farewell to the outgoing Chair of the Cabot Institute External Advisory Board (CIEAB), Sir John Beddington, and warmly welcomed Dame Julia Slingo to the role.

While an entire ocean separates the UK from the US, when the issue of fracking arises, the great divide — philosophically speaking — narrows considerably. Concerns about short-term and long-term impacts of horizontal drilling for shale energy are prevalent in both countries. According to a new study by Cardiff University researchers and colleagues, key issues include the risk of water contamination as well as preferences'for renewable energy sources over fossil fuels to meet national energy needs.

ABINGTON, Pa. Online retailer Amazon announced this week it will hire 30,000 part-time workers, but a news report cited research by a Penn State Abington faculty member that found U.S. workers desperately want full-time positions.

UCL has this week expressed its support for the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, following legislation newly passed in Hungary's National Assembly, which places restrictions on overseas universities in Hungary and could threaten the future of the CEU.

Situations and Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts present REFRAIN at Newhaven Fort, East Sussex Over three days in summer 2017 (9-11 June), visitors can experience Newhaven Fort as never before, through a new immersive, choral experience devised by composer and artist Verity Standen.

A new national research centre that will advance knowledge of the housing market, provide robust evidence to inform housing policy and practice across the UK, is announced today [6 April] by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Housing has a considerable impact on our society and economy.

Just months after its launch , MIT's new startup accelerator The Engine yesterday closed its first investment fund for over $150 million, which will support startups developing breakthrough scientific and technological innovations with potential for societal impact.

The University of Glasgow is to lead a consortium of nine universities and four non-academic professional bodies in a major new research programme examining the UK's housing system.

A team of four University of Bristol graduates will take 3D printing to a new level having gained backing from one of the world's leading hardware accelerators, Hax, in Shenzhen, China.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. After a career spanning 40 years and 15 countries, Eileen Trauth, professor of information sciences and technology (IST) and women's, gender and sexuality studies, will be retiring this spring.

Tom O'Rourke, a professor emeritus of community health at Illinois, has spent much of his professional career examining the nation's health care system.

A genomic-based healthcare business that profiles gut microbes to help people take charge of their wellbeing has been identified as one of Australia's top startups by a leading global accelerator program.

ANN ARBOR'There's a tug-of-war in many households after the second child is born, but don't blame the siblings. The struggle involves dads, who feel increased pressure to balance work and family in the new two-child home. In fact, work-family conflict inhibits men from being involved in infant care after the birth of a second child in both dual and single-earner families, according to a new University of Michigan study.

The Labour Party's support in London has declined by nine points in a year, according to polling commissioned by the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Jason Glanville, the former inaugural CEO of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) has been appointed as the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity.

According to two universitywide surveys conducted in fall 2016, most faculty and staff members are 'very satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied' with their work and the collegial environment at Cornell, while lower levels of satisfaction are related to finances and overall direction of the university.

Professor Michael Arthur, UCL President & Provost, addresses the UCL community following the triggering of Article 50 by the UK government.