Finding Support For Children With Disabilities

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Part of an occasional series on social entrepreneurs Parents of children with severe disabilities have many challenges and concerns. One big worry is who will care for their children after the parents ...

Schools Urged To Teach Youth Digital Citizenship

Monday, October 4th, 2010

In the wake of a Rutger University student's suicide, researchers who study youth and the Internet say schools need to do a better job of teaching kids the basics of digital citizenship. Freshman Tyler Clementi jumped ...

Grow Your Own Vegetables, City Dwellers, But Do Mind The Lead

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Those baby lettuces growing in the downtown community garden are lovely to look at but are they safe to eat? Research by geochemist Gabriel Filippelli at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has found that soil in abandoned urban lots claimed by gardeners in industrial cities ...

Child Nutrition Food Fight Bumps Up Against Political Reality

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

If Congress wants to put healthier food into school lunches, it may have to go with the bill the Senate passed last month, or risk rehashing the whole thing later and getting nothing. That's become the political reality. Even Ag Chief Tom Vilsack knows ...