Associated PressDisabiltiesUniversity of Kentucky Medical School’s surgical chief working to score a firstLEXINGTON Ky. The University of Kentucky’s new surgical chief aims to put UK on the medical map as a leader in the development of the artificial lung.July 28, 2007StudentsAdults with low educational skills hamper W.Va. economyCHARLESTON W.Va. Experts in economics, education and welfare agree: a key to improving West Virginia’s long-struggling economy is developing the state’s “human capital.”July 28, 2007StudentsMost 2006-07 Kalamazoo Promise students get scholarship renewalKALAMAZOO Mich. About 80 percent of students who received college scholarships under The Kalamazoo Promise program in 2006-07 kept up their grades enough to have their funding renewed this fall.July 28, 2007HomeStudents choose skills programs instead of jobsALLENTOWN Pa. High School junior Jenn Pinkos spent a day earlier this month at DeSales University learning how to stage combat.July 28, 2007HomeUVM College of Medicine gets new deanBURLINGTON Vt. A pediatrician from Buffalo, N.Y., will become the next dean of the University of Vermont College of Medicine.July 28, 2007Faculty & StaffSome university leaders not waiting for next Missouri presidentCOLUMBIA Mo. As the search for a new University of Missouri president forges ahead, some high-ranking academic leaders aren’t waiting around to meet the new boss.July 28, 2007StudentsMinn. student scores stay mostly steady in reading, mathST. PAUL They didn’t jump dramatically nor did they fall precipitously. So, “steady” became the watchword as the Department of Education put out the latest batch of student test scores Sunday.July 28, 2007StudentsAir Force Academy board hears ideas for diversifying recruitsCOLORADO SPRINGS Colo. The Air Force Academy risks falling behind elite universities in recruiting a diverse student body unless it invests in sophisticated, data-driven techniques to find qualified students, a former Air Force leader said.July 28, 2007InternationalExperts say internal locks on classroom doors could save lives against Va. Tech-like rampagesBLACKSBURG Va. After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O’Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.July 28, 2007HealthHealth professionals, once Republican givers, now tilting DemocraticWASHINGTON Health care professionals are giving Democrats a second look after more than a decade of opening their wallets in favor of Republican candidates.July 28, 2007Previous PagePage 439 of 569Next Page