CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, June 26 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: * * * Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine's Newest Midwest Campus Opens at Mercy Southeast After Cape Girardeau Mayor Stacy Kinder issued a proclamation that June 20 was "Physicians of Tomorrow Day," the first cohort of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) students at Mercy Southeast began their first clinical rotation year. Mercy Southeast hosted a blessing of the hands and  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 26 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Author follows Japanese bells under sea, around world in new book Why in Japanese Buddhist tradition does the Dragon King hoard bronze temple bells in his undersea palace? Where does the triangular relationship among dragons, bells and water come from, and how has it been portrayed and explained through the centuries? These are the questions that drove Sherry Fowler, a professor in the Kress Foundation De  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW professor emeritus who paved the way for at-home colon cancer testing and other screenings earns national recognition * Millions of Americans have completed the at-home Cologuard screening test for early signs of colon cancer. Among the first people to thank for the widely accessible, potentially life-saving tool is James Dahlberg. The University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emer  more