ERIE, Pa., March 25 -- Mercyhurst College issued the following news release: Now in the second year of its groundbreaking support program for college students with Asperger Syndrome, Mercyhurst College will host several events during April to explore this challenging condition on the autism spectrum. The college will host nationally known expert Dr. Jane Thierfeld Brown for three presentations April 8-9, and the school's Guelcher Film Series will present "Adam," a romantic comedy starring   more

WHEELING, W.Va., March 24 -- Wheeling Jesuit University issued the following news release: It's not too late to sign up to do your part and raise funds to benefit the Augusta Levy Scholarship Program as a participant in the Second Annual Walk for Autism. The two-mile walk takes place on Saturday, March 27 on the Wheeling Jesuit University campus and is sponsored by the WJU Education Department and the WJU Teaching Club. It offers friendship, exercise and a chance to help out this local cau  more

STANFORD, Calif., March 25 -- Stanford University issued the following news information from Christine Blackman, Science-Writing Intern: By Christine Blackman Sometimes our deepest emotions are written all over our faces. Stanford researcher David Wilkins is studying how people can be trained to better recognize facial emotions. He is studying drawing techniques used by portrait artists, facial mimicry and emotional memory techniques used by actors, and microexpression and subtle expres  more

KEENE, N.H., March 25 -- Antioch University of New England issued the following news release: Antioch University New England's Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders Training http://www.antiochne.edu/ap/asd/asd.cfm () hosted its third annual exposition on March 20. Thirty-seven exhibitors displayed materials while over three hundred people gathered information and attended presentations. President David Caruso was on hand to give the President's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Autism   more