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...There may be some unique things that you get from an Internet program, like the feeling that you are really in the driver's seat," says the study's author, clinical psychologist Norah Vincent, who adds that many of the 40 participants who completed her multimedia program reported both better sleep quality and less daytime fatigue than did a control group. "People like to have autonomy in solving problems. I think it motivates them more," she says. (Read "Online Helpdesk...
...early detection of mental decline and advance planning for end-of-life care is crucial for dementia patients because of the disease's degenerative nature. The organization, which provided funding for the new study, "finds the results of the study interesting and hopes to learn more about the role multimedia can play through future studies," she said...
Twenty-four journalists from the U.S. and abroad have been selected for the 2009-2010 class of Nieman Fellows, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced last week. Those chosen represent a diverse cross-section of the industry, from newspaper editors and photographers to multimedia reporters and radio journalists. This year’s class included the largest proportion of freelance journalists in the 72-year history of the fellowship. “The selection of more freelance journalists and fewer newspaper reporters reflects the changing nature of journalism,” said Nieman Foundation Curator Robert H. Giles...
...more heavily used by students, the Harvard College Library will discontinue library services in the Quad Library at the end of spring term. However, HCL librarians will continue to offer research support in the Hilles building for students, conducting sessions on topics such as how to use RefWorks, finding multimedia resources in the libraries, and creating research strategies for a paper. The College will engage students over the coming months in discussions on how best to use the nearly 10,000 square feet made available by this move to meet student activities and social space needs...
...league with drug traffickers. And yet, this week's news that Gul Agha Sherzai, seen by many Western diplomats as a favored challenger to Karzai, had chosen not to stand in the August election seems to confirm that Washington has little alternative but to live with Karzai. (See a multimedia view of U.S. operations in Afghanistan...