Associated PressHealthStriking University of Minnesota union suspends pickets after talksMINNEAPOLIS There were signs of progress Friday in the negotiations between the University of Minnesota and its striking clerical and health care workers.September 22, 2007HomeIdaho State University working on realistic artificial hands for veteransPOCATELLO Idaho Idaho State University has received an $842,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic hand that, rather than simply being attached, will be implanted and provide a sense of touch and temperature sensation by converting impulses sent to and from the brain.September 22, 2007HomeUW-Madison researchers get $7.2M to study Lou Gehrig’s diseaseMADISON Wis. Stem cell scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study rats with Lou Gehrig’s disease.September 22, 2007StudentsUSC grants to help state’s neediest students attend collegeCOLUMBIA S.C. South Carolina’s poorest students can attend the University of South Carolina tuition-free starting next fall by applying for the school’s Gamecock Guarantee scholarship program.September 22, 2007HomePenn Museum displays Panamanian treasures; Michigan stop plannedPHILADELPHIA Visitors to a new exhibit of dazzling gold artifacts and other ancient treasures have a fickle river in central Panama to thank for it.September 22, 2007StudentsInnocent pleas in Washington State University sorority house rape casePULLMAN Wash. A Washington State University student pleaded innocent Friday to a charge of second-degree rape in a sorority house.September 22, 2007STEMArdent terminates OSU med center agreementTULSA Okla. Ardent Health Systems has terminated the academic affiliation agreement between the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the OSU Medical Center, which is owned by Ardent.September 22, 2007Leadership & PolicyVirginia high court to hear disputes over Randolph coed moveRICHMOND Va. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear the appeals of students and alumni challenging the end of 115 years of single-sex education at the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.September 22, 2007HomeUniversity of Missouri studies quakes in Missouri, ChinaCOLUMBIA Mo. In the year 1556, in north-central China, the largest earthquake ever recorded shook a several-hundred-mile area. Contemporary accounts describe buildings crumbling, the earth liquefying and an estimated 830,000 dead beneath the rubble.September 22, 2007StudentsHigher ACT score required for Bright Flight scholarshipsJEFFERSON CITY Mo. High school seniors seeking a Bright Flight scholarship from the state will have to be a little bit brighter this year.September 22, 2007Previous PagePage 398 of 569Next Page