Virtual Goods Offer An Alternative To Material Consumption As Social Lives Move To Online Networks (Science Daily)
Millions of people are spending real money on virtual clothes in online hangouts, digital items in multiplayer games and presents for their friends in social networking sites. This digitalisation of consumption is an inherent consequence of the incre

Review of "Profit Power Economics" (BusinessWeek)
Over the next week, as I clean up my desk, Im going to be doing short reviews of books that I have been meaning to write about. Lets start with Profit Power Economics, a fascinating new book which combines corporate strategy and economics. The author

A valuable lesson pays off for Maryland students - Washington Post
A valuable lesson pays off for Maryland students Washington Post I dont usually do this with colleges and universities . The available data are not as good, and I havent spent as much time figuring out how such places ... and more

Study Suggests Westernized Diet Leads To Obesity Via Gut Microbes (Medical News Today)
US researchers who transplanted human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice and then switched their diet from a low-fat plant-based one to a more Westernized diet, high in fat and sugars, found that within one day obesity-linked microbes were thriv

Office of Instructional Development discusses possibility of cyber classes at UCLA (The Daily Bruin)
The Office of Instructional Development met last week to discuss the benefits and repercussions of a proposed e-Section pilot program, which would allow students to take classes completely on their own time via the Internet.