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¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹Ù꿉۪s Wick Poetry Center Creates Science Stanzas, Participates in Inaugural March for Science
At the inaugural , a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of the Wick Poetry Center's Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for participants to discover the intersection of expressive writing and scientific inquiry.

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Prof Weighs in on Liberal Arts Degrees and a Future Career as CEO
GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.