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Interviews several persons regarding the changes in their lives after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Letty Eisenhauser, staff counselor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City; Mihaela N. Metianu, student adviser at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; Kenneth W. Hearlson, political science professor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.

Focuses on the efforts of historian Barbara Melosh of George Mason University to trace the rise and fall of adoption in the U.S. Government intrusions on adoptive families; Origins of legal adoption in the U.S.; Public perception on adoption. INSET: 'Adoption Studies' Hits the Humanities, With Surprises in Store.

Discusses the decision of the John Hopkins University Press to suppress the publication of Andrea Hamilton's dissertation on the history of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland. Questions raised by Hamilton's case; Background on Hamilton's dissertation efforts; Comments from historian, Helen L. Horowitz about the dissertation.

Focuses on `The Education of Laura Bridgman: First Deaf and Blind Person to Learn Language' and `The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, the Original Deaf-Blind Girl,' two biographies about Laura Bridgman. Cause of Bridgman's blindness and deafness; Celebrity of Bridgman; Relations of teacher and reformer Samuel Howe with Bridgman.

Focuses on the Medici Archive Project not-for-profit effort that aimed to excavate mail sent or received by the Medici royal family between 1537 to 1743. Review of how founder and former American academe Edward Goldberg become involve in the project; Objectives of the research; Challenges facing the project.

Presents information on the published studies that may provide information on the role babies play in shaping their cultures and issues about children. Margaret Mead's `Coming of Age in Samoa'; `The Private Worlds of Dying Children,' by Myra Bluebond-Langner; `Inuit Morality Play: The Emotional Education of a Three-Year-Old,' by Jean L. Briggs.

Reports on the Seventh International Architecture Exhibit of the Venice Biennale at the Giardini Publicci in Venice, Italy. The use of computers to design buildings; Exhibitors from Columbia University and the University of California at Los Angeles; The versatility of the Internet in designing.

Reports on the proliferation of academic book series. Reasons that series are beneficial for editors, authors and presses; Comments from insiders such as Peter Agree, former editor of Cornell University Press; Factors that have led many to believe that series are becoming less important; Other information on book series. INSET: How Series Have Proliferated in One Hot Field, by Nina Willdorf.

Discusses the growing interest in the historical, social, and cultural meanings of food among scholars. Speech by Warren J. Belasco at the joint meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Society for Agriculture and Human Values; Journals publishing special issues on food; Reasons for the rise of food studies; The books,`Black Hunger: Food and the Politics of U.S. Identity,' by Doris Witt and `Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took on the Food Industry,' by Belasco; Views of several authors.

Discusses the efforts of Martin E. P. Seligman, president of the American Psychological Association, to begin using so-called `positive psychology,' which is aimed at shifting the emphasis in the discipline from a disease model to a health model. Series of meetings Seligman and colleagues will attend in hopes of spurring a similar shift across the social sciences; Slowness with which social scientists have adopted ideas concerning positive thinking.

Reports on the effort made by Shelley Fisher Fishkin to publish 'Is He Dead?,' a play that Mark Twain wrote in 1898 but failed to produce, as of May 2003. History and plot of the play; Attributions to the failure of the play; Reaction from other Twain scholars; Personal information on Fishkin.

Focuses on the book `Elizabeth I: Collected Works,' a compilation of writings of Queen Elizabeth I. Poetry in Queen Elizabeth's speeches; Reasons Queen Elizabeth I has not been taken seriously as a writer; Example of Queen Elizabeth's prayer included in the book.

Looks at the work of Anne Fadiman and her job she will assume as editor of `The American Scholar' when she replaces Joseph Epstein. The quarterly journal as published by the senate of the Phil Beta Kappa honor society; The controversy of her choice as editor; Her view of the image of the journal.

The article reports that the "Chronicle of Higher Education" has given its 2008 David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists to Lois E. Beckett, a senior at Harvard University. The prize was given to Beckett for three articles she wrote about the role of intellectuals in the buildup to the war in Iraq.

The article presents information on the George Washington University Speech and Hearing Center, where men undergoing a transformation into women can receive therapy to help them alter their voices. Mary Elizabeth Moody, who oversees the voice clinic where many types of communicative disorders are treated, explains that female hormones do not alter a man's voice, so exercises are used to strengthen the muscles of the larynx and raise the pitch of the voice. Moody explains her reasons for supporting therapy over surgery and/or self-help tapes, her goals for clients' voice range, and the slow pace of change that she advocates.

This article presents information on the history of Saint's Rest, the first dormitory of Michigan State University of East Lansing, Michigan. No lives were lost when the three-story brick building burned to the ground. It was winter break, and Saint's Rest, nicknamed by students after a popular devotional, was empty. Afterward the rubble was simply pushed into the cellar and covered over with dirt. For generations, few students crossing the leafy campus would have stopped to squint and read the marker showing the name of dormitory or give a thought to those who strolled here so long before them. Inside the fence, 21 undergraduates in all have spent the summer digging up Saint's Rest as part of the anthropology department's annual archaeological field school. It took almost no time to discern the foundations of the building, which were only inches below the surface. Since then the students have found mostly shards of window glass, rusted nails, and bricks, more bricks than they know what to do with.

Presents several photographs of students who are members of Greek letter societies in the United States as part of a documentary by Andrew Moisey. Award received by Moisey for his documentary; Reason for his decision to document the life of students in Greek letter societies.

Presents updates on the topics highlighted by the articles on scientific journals in the U.S. as of June 13, 2003. Public policy issues and privacy concerns surrounding the use of DNA; Publication of the first issue of 'The Annals of Family Medicine.'

Presents an interview with University of Michigan professor Jonathan Michel Metzl about biological psychiatry. Consequences of throwing out psychoanalysis; Theme of advertisements for psychotropic drugs; Comments on the advertisement for Prozac pills.

Presents news briefs on publications and publishers in the U.S. as of May 30, 2003. Background on books and documentary films on the murder of Emmett Till; Information on the book 'The Book of Daniel, Ragtime' and 'Loon Lake,' by E.L. Doctorow; Dismissal of William B. Strachan as director of Columbia University Press.

Presents updates on educators in higher education in the U.S. as of May 23, 2003. Recruitment of professor of history Robin D.G. Kelley for Columbia University's anthropology department; Decision of the University of New Mexico to hire Louis Caldera to assume its presidency.

Interviews Donald A. Ritchie, associate historian in the U.S. Senate Historical Office. Criteria used by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy in selecting people for anti-Communist investigations; Investigation initiated by McCarthy on Soviet spies.

Interviews education consultant Vivian Troen on mediocrity in U.S. education. Failure of the 20 years of education reform; Importance of a career development program for teachers.

Presents the views of several contributing editors on the closing of the publication for 'Partisan Review,' a journal of culture and politics at Boston University in Massachusetts. Morris Dickstein; Nina J. Koprulu; Norman Birnbaum.

Presents information on the upcoming books of several authors as of February 28, 2003. Jerrold M. Post; Avner Falk; Armando Favazza.

Highlights the plan of Penguin Books to recognize the literary writings of Zitkala-Sa by devoting a Penguin Classic series to her and the release of the book 'American Indian Stories, Legends and Other Writings,' edited by Cathy N. Davidson and Ada Norris. Details on Davidson's discovery of the writings of Zitkala-Sa; Personal background of Zitkala-Sa; Other books published under the Penguin Classic series.

Interviews Jean Rhodes, associated professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, regarding volunteer mentoring in the U.S. Factors to consider for a successful mentoring; Effects of mentoring on young people; Reasons why mentoring arrangements dissolve within a few months.

Interviews Ken Alder, associate professor of history at Northwestern University, regarding lie-detector test. Correlation between lie detector test and lies; Information on the original function of the lie detector test; Reasons for banning polygraphs in the courtroom.

Presents news briefs related to higher education in the U.S. as of January 10, 2003. Plans of author David Zurabishvili to publish a journal to forge links between Caucasus and the U.S.; Appointment of John Donatich as director of Yale University Press.

Reports on the students of Rice University of Houston, Texas who had been found guilty of cheating on a final examination in a lower-level physics course in spring 2002. Number of students charged with cheating; Basis of the charges; Penalties given to the students.

Presents updates on publications as of January 2003. Launch of the online journal 'Words Without Borders,' by Alane Salierno Mason, editor at W.W. Norton; Contents of the book 'Encyclopedia of Cuba,' edited by Luis Martínez-Fernández, D.H. Figueredo, Louis A. Peréz Jr. and Luis González.

Presents updates on feminist literature as of December 13, 2002. Planned publication of another edition of the book 'Professing Feminism,' by Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge; Move of the journal 'Differences' to the Duke University Press.

Interviews Randy Martin, a professor of art and public policy at New York University in New York City, about money management. Discussion on money as part of the way of life in the U.S.; Ethics in household finance; Issues surrounding money management.

Presents an update on issues related to academic publishing and publications in the higher education sector of the U.S. as of October 25, 2002. Death of philosopher Paul Weiss; Impact of the selection of Imre Kert é sz as Nobel laureate for literature of the Swedish Academy on Northwestern University Press.

Focuses on two books about fairy tales and higher education. Views of author Maria Tatar on fairy tales; Re-release of the book 'The Professor's House,' by Willa Cather.

Discusses two topics relevant to academic research. Discoveries of historian Edmund S. Morgan about inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin; Changes in the magazine 'Natural History.'

Presents updates on publishers and publishing as of September 2002. Details of a study of religious fathers by W. Brad Wilcox in the August 2002 issue of the 'Journal of Marriage and Family'; Introduction of the book 'Soft Patriarchs, New Men: Religion, Ideology, and Male Familial Involvement,' edited by Alan Wolfe; Appointment of Lynne Withey as director of the University of California Press.

Reports on two issues on academic journalism in the U.S. Plans of the National Academy of Sciences to address the issue on whether journals should publish bioterrorism-related papers; Revival of the Trinity University Press in San Antonio, Texas.

Features scholarly publications released in the U.S. as of August 2002. Research conducted by Jeffrey Ian Ross and Stephen C. Richards, professors of criminology, who wrote the book 'Behind Bars: Surviving Prison'; Information provided by the book 'Convict Criminology,' edited by Ross and Richards.

Interviews Peter Metcalf, a University of Virginia anthropology professor, regarding issues related to ethnography. Background on his book 'They Lie, We Lie: Getting on With Anthropology'; Comments on the empowerment of ethnographers; Views on the relation between anthropology, the political order and Western hegemony; Attitude regarding an alleged use of epistemic violence in his book.

Recommends the books 'Fierce People,' by Dirk Wittenborn and 'Thinner, Blonder, Whiter,' by Elizabeth Maguire. Storyline of both books.

Presents new related to publishing in the U.S. as of July 2002. Book published about Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura by Tom Hauser; Launch of the online journal 'The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine.'

Interviews Andrei S. Markovits, a professor of politics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan and book author. Vestige of soccer's reputation as a foreign sport; Reason for the lack of interest of U.S. citizens in soccer.

Reports that the international group of scholars producing the book 'The Finnegans Wake Notebooks at Buffalo' is tracing the development of novelist James Joyce's late masterpiece to its original written sources. Number of notebooks Joyce produced; Location of the notebooks; Procedure that will be employed by the researchers.

Provides issues concerning scholarly publishing in the U.S. as of May 17, 2002. Decision of Duke University Press to discontinue publishing the academic journal and cultural magazine 'Transition'; Appearance of the English-translated Vladimir Nabokov's short story 'Easter Rain' in the May 2002 issue of literary journal 'Conjunctions.'

Interviews Cheryl L. Meyer, a lawyer and psychology professor, about crimes of infanticide committed by mothers. Estimated number of the crime in the 1990s; Factor that cut across all the infanticides; Kinds of social support mothers need.

Focuses on issues concerning the periodicals 'Legal Affairs' and 'Modernism/Modernity.' Information on the contents of the first issue of 'Legal Affairs'; Plan of the editors of 'Modernism/Modernity' for the journal.

Reports on the decision of Texas A&M University to alter a plan to admit the top 20 percent of graduates from several Texas high schools, as of March 2002. Reason for the effort; Criticisms against the move; Statement issued by the university's deputy general counsel.

Reports that the University of California-Berkeley officials suspended a student-run course on male sexuality in February 2002, after reading a report from 'The Daily Californian.' Activities reported by the paper, which included sexual activities of students and instructors; Comment from Ian Bach, a student instructor, on the course.