Epilepsy outcome data should be concerned not only with seizure frequency, but should also assess present potential as a function of preexisting capabilities. Reported findings on outcome are not consistent, although view of epilepsy outcome since the 1970's is much more optimistic. The founding of an Institute of Epileptology can stimulate concerted action to provide the scientific community w...

Since arriving at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay as Chancellor late last summer I have said the University’s commitment to the ideals of interdisciplinarity, a founding principle, is both one of our the most important assets and potentially one of the strongest inertial forces to our progress. Our claim of a unique approach to interdisciplinarity is part of our identity. It is part of ou...

In 2007 FUN established the FUN Program and Department Consultations Service, or FUN-PDCS. Since that founding, the service has provided numerous consultation recommendations to undergraduate programs seeking assistance with external program reviews, designing and improving courses and many other programmatic needs. FUN-PDCS, like FUN, is primarily a grassroots organization and draws on the exp...

Since the founding of the School Development Program (SDP) by Dr. James Comer in 1968, the manner in which child development is addressed in many schools has changed drastically. By working together using the SDP model, schools, parents, and child development experts are able to foster healthy social, emotional, and academic development in children, resulting in improvement in all areas. This r...

the world was different when the ottawa charter for health promotion was released 30 years ago. concerns over the environment and what we now call the ‘social determinants of health’ were prominent in 1986. but the acceleration of ecological crises and economic inequalities since then, in a more complex and multi-polar world, pose dramatically new challenges for those committed to the original ...