FAITH FORWARD
February 17, 2010 by LAURIE MOOT
Filed under Featured, News, Religion
Students gathered at the Catholic Center to observe Ash Wednesday by receiving ashes on their foreheads, marking the start of Lent. PHOTO BY LAURIE MOOT
Photos: The Fiery Furnaces burn up 40 Watt Club
February 3, 2010 by LAURIE MOOT
Filed under Featured, Multimedia, Music, Photo Stories, Variety
Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, of the brother-sister indie-rock band The Fiery Furnaces, burned up the stage of the 40 Watt Club Tuesday. The Brooklyn-based band also stuck around for an impromptu 8 p.m. show Wednesday at The Secret Squirrel. Photos by LAURIE MOOT.
Speaker urges efforts toward AIDS vaccine
April 16, 2008 by LAURIE MOOT
Filed under News
AIDS killed 2.5 million people in 2007. Anne De Groot said that is 2.5 million too many.
De Groot, an immunologist from Brown University, spoke Tuesday on why the world should keep searching for an AIDS vaccine.
In 2007, 5 million people were infected with HIV, De Groot said.
Lecture discloses skin cancer risks
April 4, 2008 by LAURIE MOOT
Filed under News
Skin cancer occurs in more patients than all other cancers combined, a local dermatologist said Thursday.
“There are over one million incidents of skin cancer a year,” said Dr. Joyce Thomas, a cosmetic dermatologist.
Thomas and Emily Parks, a University senior and survivor of melanoma, led the lecture sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the University’s Public Relations Student Society of America to shed light on the dangers of skin cancer.
