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Bacteria Feed the Alternative Fuel Push

ABC News On Campus reporter Andrea Alarcon blogs: Researchers from the University of Florida say they have found bacteria growing in decaying “gumball trees,” that could speed up the process of making ethanol fuel. Ethanol is usually derived from chemical...

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July 31, 2009 in environment | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Green Honors For Arizona State

ABC News On Campus reporter Maxine Park blogs: Arizona State University is no longer sticking with its school colors of maroon and gold. The school is now going green—well sort of. According to The Princeton Review’s “2010 Green Rating Honor...

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July 30, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Ink-Stained Journalists Mourn for Newspapers

ABC News On Campus Reporter Matthew Nojiri blogs: Illustrator Darren Sanefski picked up his newspaper’s comic section more than 30 years ago and dreamed that his artwork would someday appear on its pages. When he was 13 years old, he...

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July 29, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

China Growing in Study-Abroad Popularity

ABC News on Campus reporter Andrea Alarcon blogs: University of Florida student Juliana Jimenez thought she would only spend a summer studying abroad in China. That quickly became a semester, and finally a year. “You can do about 10 times...

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July 28, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

ASU’s Cronkite School Remembers Legendary Newsman

ABC News On Campus reporter Maxine Park blogs: Walter Cronkite did not attend Arizona State University. But in the early 1980s, a friend introduced the legendary newsman to the up-and-coming journalism program that would one day bear his name. Phoenix...

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July 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Stay on Campus — For Eternity

ABC News On Campus reporter Heather Riggs blogs: Fans of Florida universities may soon find a new place to rest on campus--in peace, that is. A state law taking effect this month will allow Florida’s 11 universities to build structures...

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July 21, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

What Happens in Vegas: Recession Reflections

ABC News On Campus reporter Xorje Olivares blogs: Bless me Father for I have sinned in Sin City—but boy, did it feel good. Funny thing is, it was my parents’ idea that we celebrate my 21st birthday in the land...

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July 20, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Sweet on Tweets: Finding Love on Twitter

ABC News On Campus reporter Kirby Kristen blogs: It may just take 140 characters and some wit to land a date, or so it seems for Alayna Messer. She hasn’t had any luck finding the right guy in Austin, but...

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July 17, 2009 in social media | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Summer Threat ‘Five Times Hotter Than the Sun’

(Associated Press) ABC News on Campus reporter Kristin Giannas blogs: July may be the time for lemonade, fireworks and fun in the sun, but weather watchers warn of a less positive distinction: “July typically is the month with the greatest...

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July 17, 2009 in Science | Permalink | User Comments (2)

N.C. Program Pays Teens to Avoid Pregnancy

ABC New on Campus reporter Ashley Wilkinson blogs: A program operating on the University of North Carolina at Greensboro campus pays young girls not to get pregnant. Participants in the College Bound Sisters program earn $7 a week to stay...

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July 16, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)