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With Aid of Drug Library, New Remedies From Old

Apr. 27, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore is home to possibly the largest public drug library available to researchers.
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Diversity persists as issue in med schools

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Awareness and sensitivity to racial and ethnic diversity are believed by most U.S. medical school faculty to be poor, researchers said.

Library turns to collection agency

FAYETTEVILLE, Ky., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A Fayetteville, Ky., library said overdue fees and other fines will now be turned over to collection agencies that could hurt patrons' credit scores.

Volunteers move U. of Iowa library books

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 14 (UPI) -- Hundreds of volunteers passing books from hand to hand up staircases moved much of the University of Iowa library's contents out of the reach of floodwaters.

Physicist Bruce Barnett to be honored

BALTIMORE, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. physicist Bruce Barnett is being honored for his pioneering work in introducing physics and astronomy to the general public.

SMU likely Bush presidential library site

DALLAS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A final decision has yet to be made on where the George W. Bush presidential library will be located, but officials are reportedly leaning toward Dallas. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that Laura Bush's alma mater, Southern Methodist University,

Library of Congress starts digital library

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Library of Congress Tuesday kicked off a campaign to work with other libraries across the globe to build a world digital library.

Drug helps fight sleep deprivation effects

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- North Carolina researchers say a new drug has temporarily improved performance and reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys.

Library to require fingerprint-scan ID

NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 20 (UPI) -- The library system in the Chicago suburb of Naperville has signed a contract with U.S. Biometrics Corp. to put fingerprint scanners on 130 computers.

MIT library considers move to Pittsburgh

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Burndy Library, located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., was considering Sunday a move to Pittsburgh.

Baylor pushes for Bush library in Texas

WACO, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Baylor University Wednesday announced a steering committee to coordinate its proposal for the George W. Bush Presidential Library on the Waco campus.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler