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A Canadian study shows that the closer a person gets to the age at which their parent exhibited the first signs of Alzheimer’s, the more likely they are to have amyloid plaques, the cause of the cognitive decline associated with the disease, in their brain.
University Research | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Alzheimers | McGill UniversityWhite House Preps for Release of FY17 Budget; Associations Comment on Proposed Affordable Care Act Rule; Associations Comment on EPA Proposed Hazardous Waste Disposal Rules; IRS Withdraws Controversial Alternative Rule for Charitable Deductions
NewslettersNicholas Zeppos, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, questions the way America's four-year colleges and universities deliver the undergraduate experience in this opinion piece published by CNN.com.
Vanderbilt University | Articles & Op-EdsReaching for the hand of a loved one in pain will synchronize your breathing, heart rate, and brainwaves, according to a new study.
University Research | University of Colorado BoulderAndrew Homere is a first-year student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. A native of the Chicago area, he learned about USC through the Bridging the Gaps program. He spoke with Paul Boutin of USC News.
University of Southern CaliforniaAn alteration in Andrés Martín’s DNA called the Jalisco mutation dramatically raises his risk for early-onset Alzheimer’s. He found a powerful ally in USC neurologist and Alzheimer’s researcher John Ringman.
University Research | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Alzheimers | University of Southern CaliforniaThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel.
University Research | Research to Secure Our Energy Future | Energy Sources | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThis week's Wrap-Up includes items on HEA reauthorization, OCR guidelines, DACA, federal budget process reform efforts and a GAO report calling for increased federal R&D spending.
NewslettersThis edition of the AAU Weekly Wrap-up looks at the short-term funding bill for FY16, release of aggregate results for AAU's Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, & more.
NewslettersAAU urges Congress to act swiftly to pass S. 2559. It is time for blind and otherwise print-disabled individuals, at U.S. colleges and universities, to enjoy the same access to printed works as other Americans.
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