AScribe Law News Service articles from May 2005

AScribe Law News Service archives from May 2005

Researchers Develop New Method for Facile Identification of Proteins in Bacterial Cells.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new method for identifying specific proteins in whole cell extracts of...

Society of Professional Journalists Task Force Investigates Marquette University.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Society of Professional Journalists task force looked into the decision at Marquette University not to renew the contract of student newspaper adviser...

Foster Kids: From Their Mouths to Your Ears; Youth to Discuss Concerns, Challenges and Aspirations - and Answer Questions - in Online Chat.
May 5, 2005... Byline: Connect for Kids WASHINGTON, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lots of people have fairly firm notions about the U.S. foster care system. But those notions aren't always informed by what the children and young people who are "in the...

Predatory Lending by Gender and Race, a Double Whammy: Inner City Press Files Analysis of Ten Largest Lenders' Mortgage Disparities With Fifty State Attorneys General, as Well as Federal Regulators, Demanding Action to End Pricing Discrimination.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, May 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Price discrimination in mortgage lending is not only by race but also by gender, a new nationwide analysis by Inner City Press / Fair Finance Watch (ICP) shows. At the largest...

Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, to Deliver Graduation Address at Stanford Law School, May 15.
May 9, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., May 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights lawyer and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the graduation address to Stanford Law...

University of Chicago to Convene Panel on Women in Science May 20.
May 10, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from around the country will address University of Chicago faculty, administrators and students about the under-representation of women in science during a...

Senate Vote Gives Homeland Security Power to Waive All Law; Statement of Robert Shull, Director of Regulatory Policy, OMB Watch.
May 10, 2005... Byline: OMB Watch WASHINGTON, May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In passing the Iraq War Supplemental today, the Senate also gave the Secretary of Homeland Security the power to waive any and all law in the course of building roads and barriers...

Judicial Confirmations - History, Politics & Rhetoric: University of Maryland Expert.
May 11, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland political communication expert Trevor Parry-Giles, author of "The Character of Justice: Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the...

National Summit Showcases Ways to Revitalize America's Cities, Suburbs, Rural Areas; May 23-25.
May 11, 2005... Byline: PolicyLink NEW YORK, May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- From May 23 to 25, 2005, Advancing Regional Equity: The Second National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth will be the focus of presentations and...

Nobel Winner Says Social Justice Is the Best Means to End Terrorism, During Stanford Law School Graduation Ceremony.
May 16, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., May 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Violence begets violence," warned Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize as she addressed Stanford Law School's Class of 2005 during the school's...

An Opportunity Agenda for Immigrants Is Opportunity for All -- by Jennifer Wheary.
May 17, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an editorial by Jennifer Wheary. Wheary is a Senior Fellow at Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action (www.demos.org), a national, nonpartisan public policy organization based...

HUD Inspector General Confirms Breakdown in Lead Safety and Healthy Homes Grants Process.
May 17, 2005... Byline: Alliance for Healthy Homes WASHINGTON, May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued an interim audit report on May 16, 2005, detailing...

Marc Alan Lappe Dead at 62; Toxicologist, Medical Ethicist, Author Was Leader in Environmental Health Movement.
May 18, 2005... Byline: Straus Communications GUALALA, Calif., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Marc Lappe, an educator, author, and prominent toxicologist and medical ethicist, died Saturday, May 14 at his home in Gualala, Calif. He was 62. Dr. Lappe...

New UC Davis Research Boat to Help Explore, Patrol Northern California Waters: Media Demo Cruise May 20.
May 19, 2005... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Davis scientists are unveiling a new research vessel: an agile and unsinkable boat built to carry them into heretofore...

Accounting Standards in Countries of Former Soviet Union Subject of Study by University of Texas at Dallas Professor.
May 19, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recommendations on instituting internationally accepted accounting standards to encourage foreign investment and the growth of a free market economy in countries...

Study Depicts Peril, Hope for Children of Jailed Mothers.
May 19, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- For a young child whose mother is imprisoned, life's prospects are predictably grim. But a new study, the first empirical examination of the...

Society of Professional Journalists Protests United Nations Denial of Accreditation for Taiwan Journalists.
May 20, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Society of Professional Journalists President Irwin Gratz today sent the following letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, protesting...

San Jose State University to Honor Olympic Civil Rights Activists at Sculpture Groundbreaking Ceremony.
May 20, 2005... Byline: San Jose State University SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Friday, May 27, San Jose State University will take another step in honoring 1968 Olympic medal winners, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, by holding a...

Boston College Law Professor Alfred Yen Is Available for Comment on U.S. Supreme Court Case MGM Studios v. Grokster.
May 20, 2005... Byline: Boston College NEWTON, Mass., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Boston College Law School Professor Alfred Yen is available for comment on the Grokster case, the culmination of five years of legal battles against the peer-to-peer...

Consumers Union, Kids and Cars to Highlight Need to Protect Children From Backover Tragedies.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Kids And Cars WASHINGTON, May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kids and Cars an organization dedicated to improving the safety of children in and around parked vehicles, today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: News...

UW-Milwaukee Architecture Students Will Help Restore a Frank Lloyd Wright Original.
May 24, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- After nearly a decade of trying to purchase a residential dwelling in Milwaukee that was designed by Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a statewide...

Law Professor and Author Patricia J. Williams Will Be 2005 Commencement Speaker at Wellesley College.
May 24, 2005... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patricia J. Williams will address the 575 members of the Class of 2005 and their families and friends at Wellesley College's 127th Commencement Exercises on Friday,...

Cynthia Nixon, Lonette McKee, Wilma Mankiller, Sonia Sanchez to Present Awards to Women of Vision for the Ms. Foundation.
May 25, 2005... Byline: Ms. Foundation for Women NEW YORK, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ms. Foundation for Women today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: The Ms. Foundation for Women's 17th Annual Gloria Awards: A National Salute...

Columbia Law Expert Available for Comment on Report on State Attorneys General; James Tierney, Former Attorney General of Maine, to Respond to Controversial Report Presented at U.S. Chamber of Commerce Conference.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Columbia Law School NEW YORK, May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia law school today released the following advisory. - - - - WHO: James Tierney, the Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law...

17th Annual Gloria Awards Salutes Women of Vision Who Are Changing the Way the World Works; Honorees Are Making a Difference in Movements to End Violence Against Women, Prevent HIV/AIDS Devastation, Promote Quality Child Care, Advance Human Rights and Racial Justice.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Ms. Foundation for Women NEW YORK, May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- It was featured last week on Showtime's popular original cable television series "The L Word." Tonight, women's movement pioneer Gloria Steinem co-hosts the real thing...

June 3: Google, eBay, Yahoo!, Cisco, Apple Featured at E-Commerce Law Summit.
May 26, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- In-house counsel at Google, eBay, Yahoo!, Cisco, and Apple, and experts from Stanford Law School and leading Silicon Valley law firms will discuss emerging trends...