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News Releases for 2003

Gilmore Commission Calls for Improved Homeland Security Strategy December 15, 2003
Former RAND Employee Frederick S. Pardee Donates $10 Million to RAND Graduate School, Which Now Bears His Name December 04, 2003
RAND to Occupy 59,000 Square Feet in New Pittsburgh Building November 19, 2003
University of Miami and RAND Corporation Announce Partnership to Restructure Dante B. Fascell North-South Center November 18, 2003
Agency Collaboration, Community Participation Vital to Cut Violent Gang-Related Neighborhood Crime November 12, 2003
RAND-UCLA Study Finds Significant Shortfalls in Quality of Health Care for Vulnerable Seniors November 03, 2003
Entertainment TV Can Help Teach Teens Responsible Sex Messages November 03, 2003
Project Alert Helps Even High-Risk Teens Curb Substance Abuse October 30, 2003
Veteran Diplomat and Presidential Adviser David Aaron Joins RAND Corporation October 30, 2003
Competition and Innovation in Military Fixed-Wing Aircraft Industry Threatened October 29, 2003
RAND Creates Homeland Security Center To Advance Domestic Terrorism Research October 15, 2003
Fastest Increasing Group of Obese Americans Are People 100 or More Pounds Overweight October 13, 2003
RAND-Qatar Policy Institute Opens and Selects Board of Overseers October 13, 2003
RAND Study Shows Disparities Among States in Mental Health Care for Children October 06, 2003
Fact Sheet—Homework: What Do We Know? October 01, 2003
Pittsburgh Schools Fail to Meet Proficiency Standards September 26, 2003
RAND Advises Individuals on Actions to Protect Themselves in a Terrorist Attack September 10, 2003
Sea Containers May Be a Vehicle for Transporting Terrorism September 08, 2003
Oil Refiners Expect Fuel Supplies Will Remain Volatile for Next Decade August 28, 2003
Emergency Responders Believe They Have Inadequate Protection August 20, 2003
LAPD Needs to Forge New Sense of Professionalism August 14, 2003
RAND Studies How Information Technology Can Benefit Health Care and Save Lives August 07, 2003
School-Based Program Can Decrease Emotional Symptoms Among Students Exposed to Violence August 05, 2003
RAND Book Looks at Nation-Building from Germany to Iraq July 28, 2003
U.S. Will Continue to Lead Information Revolution July 16, 2003
Natural Disaster Research Could Help Reduce Economic Losses July 15, 2003
Medicare Bonus Payments Doing Little to Resolve Doctor Shortage July 08, 2003
RAND Graduate School Launches Volcker Initiative to Improve Performance of the U.S. Government July 02, 2003
California Charter Schools Produce Achievement Gains Similar to Conventional Public Schools June 30, 2003
American Adults Often Fail to Get Recommended Care, Posing 'Serious Threats' to Health June 25, 2003
The First National Report Card on Quality of Care June 25, 2003
RAND Finds Routine Medical Care Costs For Cancer Patients Only Slightly Higher For Those In Federal Clinical Trials June 10, 2003
RAND Study Concludes That Spinal Manipulation No Better Than Other Standard Treatments For Back Pain June 02, 2003
Hispanic Immigrants Move Up Economic, Educational Ladder as Quickly as Other Immigrant Groups May 22, 2003
UCLA, RAND Researchers Help Men with Prostate Cancer May 15, 2003
Vast Majority Of Cryopreserved Embryos Committed To Future Family Building May 08, 2003
HMOs Protect Medicare Beneficiaries from High Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs May 06, 2003
Early Alcohol Use Is a Warning Sign of Behavior Problems That Persist into Young Adulthood May 05, 2003
RAND-Qatar Policy Institute Opens to Focus on Middle East Issues April 28, 2003
RAND Report Identifies Ways to Improve Student Math Performance April 21, 2003
Longer Postpartum Hospital Stays Are Cost-Effective April 08, 2003
Former RAND Vice President George Tanham Dies At 81 April 04, 2003
RAND Researchers Recommend Reform Of California's Workers' Compensation Courts; Many Recommendations Being Adopted April 02, 2003
RAND Study Finds Seniors Not Well Represented in Trials of New Cancer Treatments, Despite Being the Majority of Cancer Patients March 27, 2003
RAND Report Demonstrates New Method of Assessing Natural Gas and Oil Resources March 27, 2003
Most Disputes with HMOs Involve Out-of-Network Care or Scope of Coverage, Not Medical Necessity Issues; Patients Win Nearly Half of All Appeals March 18, 2003
Gifts to Higher Education Drop for the First Time in 15 Years; Decline in Giving by Alumni Shows Biggest Drop March 13, 2003
Intel and Panasonic Honored for Outstanding Corporate Support of Education March 03, 2003
RAND Study Raises Safety Concerns About Ephedra and Ephedrine February 28, 2003
RAND Report Recommends Strategies for the Federal Government to Accelerate Innovation in Housing Industry February 25, 2003
$50 Million Effort Needed to Speed Removal of Deadly Landmines in 90 Nations February 18, 2003
Martin Van Der Mandele Heads RAND Europe January 28, 2003
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill Joins RAND Board of Trustees January 27, 2003
Falling Fertility Provides Developing Countries with Opportunities to Reap Benefit of 'Demographic Dividend' January 21, 2003
Widespread Smallpox Vaccination Is Too Dangerous January 02, 2003