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Transcendental Meditation may be an effective way to reduce depression, anxiety, blood pressure and anger among college students at risk for high blood pressure, says a new study set to appear in the December 2009 issue of the American Journal of Hypertension .

"I guess I'm making this a family business," said Jean-Georges Vongerichten, whose son, Cedric, is the executive chef at Perry St., and whose daughter Louise started working at Mercer Kitchen in the fall.

BEIRUT: Partial smoking bans in Lebanon have had some success but are undermined by lack of enforcement and wide acceptance of public smoking, a study by the American University of Beirut has found.

Lebanon: 2 hours, 14 minutes ago The American University of Beirut signed November 20 an agreement with Intel to join the Middle East Energy Efficiency Research Center for developing more energy efficient solutions.

Pat Aufderheidea s group at American University has published a study titled, Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in Digital Journalism In and Outside U.S. Public Broadcasting .

The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension , December 2009.

It was when David Gross got out of the van he volunteered to drive for McKenna's Wagon, taking food to the homeless throughout Washington, that he had a "paradigm shift" about what he thought of homeless people.

A report released Monday by the Institute of International Education has indicated that the number of Middle Eastern students studying in the U.S. increased significantly over the last academic year.

Muslims in many countries are increasingly rejecting Darwin's theory of evolution, under the influence of conservative elements in Islam, a science conference was told yesterday.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's new national-unity Cabinet signals that the March 14 and March 8 political camps have retreated from the tactics of confrontation which led the country to the brink of civil war in May 2008, a number of analysts told .

WHEN I was about 10 years old, my father, an endodontist, bought a Radio Shack-brand TRS Model III computer in order to track billing.

For a brief moment, it looked as if civil war would break out on campus. Two clusters of excited young people faced off as the student election results came in: Hezbollah allies on one side, and right-wing Christian zealots on the other.

Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:41:05 +0400 PAMBOOKIAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY University Chronicle Nov 12 2009 Professor Emeritus Hagop Pambookian received the OPA's Lifetime Achievement in Psychology Award.

The United Nations and Human Rights Julie Mertus is Nov. 17 Sidore Lecturer PLYMOUTH, N.H.--Julie Mertus, associate professor and co-director of the Master of Arts program in ethics, peace and global affairs at American University will discuss globalization and changes in the United Nations human rights system that provide new opportunities and an ...

Summary Innovative announced that the development of Encore Reporter, the product that brings the power and ease of Encore Discovery to library-business information, now benefits from the participation of a group of academic libraries that has grown to eight.

Disputing an assertion by the top U.S. general in Iraq, Syria's ambassador to Washington on Wednesday denied that his government allows foreign fighters to cross the Syrian border into Iraq.

Both IBKR and OXPS are major players in the once-again booming options markets, as well as in equities, futures and FOREX.

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Source: Published: Monday, November 09, 2009 WASHINGTON - Twenty years after they were killed at Central American University in San Salvador, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, six Jesuit priests are being honored by the Salvadoran government, the U.S. Congress and Jesuit institutions.

Why should a wind farm in Texas mostly financed by Chinese commercial banks and featuring made-in-China wind turbines get stimulus money supposedly intended to create jobs in the United States? That's the question some angry New York Times readers are asking about the project, and not without reason.

Chris Litchfield is a freshmen at American University in Washington, D.C., and he lives in Westboro.