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The University has announced that a total of 531 staff members chose to participate in its Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program, or roughly a third of the 1,628 members that were eligible.Participation rates throughout the University's schools and units ranged from 7 to 41 percent, according to the...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 531 Staffers Take Buyout Package | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

The latest research, however, takes the association one step further. It is the first to link low activity on the MAO-A allele in young men both to an increased likelihood of joining a gang and to a greater tendency to use weapons and violence. "For the first time, we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which Kids Join Gangs? A Genetic Explanation | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

It's no surprise that poor sleep habits may negatively impact academic performance - anyone who's been exhausted enough to doze off during class knows that's detrimental to learning. And dozens of studies have linked an increase in nightly sleep to better cognition and alertness. The new research, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Larks and Owls: How Sleep Habits Affect Grades | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

Those assurances have failed to cool down tempers. The unrest has sparked Kashmiri separatists' call for azadi - "freedom" - once again, recalling scenes from a decades-long insurgency that has claimed many thousands of lives. In the first weeks of June, the streets of Srinagar and elsewhere have been filled with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Violent Crime Resurrects Kashmir's Call for Freedom | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

The investigation, carried out by a French magistrate responding to a lawsuit filed by the anticorruption watchdog Transparency International, has established that the Bongo family owns at least 33 luxury properties in France worth a total of $190 million, including a Paris villa bought in 2007 for $26 million and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gabon Faces Bongo's Disastrous Legacy | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

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