In the News

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Former Mizzou freshman sues fraternity for alcohol hazing
  July 28, 2017

  A former University of Missouri-Columbia freshman who was hospitalized last September with alcohol poisoning has sued Kappa Alpha fraternity and three of its members for negligence surrounding a hazing ritual.

• Washington Post
  College student dies from acute alcohol intoxication
  July 27, 2017

  Officials in Virginia say a Hampden-Sydney College freshman found in a dorm room died from acute alcohol intoxication.

• News-Medical.net
  New review reveals dire effects of heavy alcohol use during adolescence on the brain
  July 18, 2017

  The effects of heavy drinking among young people on the brain have been looked at closely in a mini review published in Frontiers in Psychology by Anita Cservenka, Assistant Professor at Oregon State University et.al.

• News-Medical.net
  Binge drinking likely to contribute to development of compulsive alcohol consumption
  July 6, 2017

  This study used rats to examine whether chronic intermittent alcohol access facilitates a transition to compulsive-like drinking.

• San Francisco Chronicle
  Homeless college students a growing concern on campuses
  June 25, 2017

  Studies suggest thousands of students at community colleges nationwide could be considered homeless or precariously housed, either because they have been thrown out of home, evicted, or sleep in a shelter, car or abandoned building.

• Science Daily
  How serious is binge drinking among college students with disabilities?
  June 22, 2017

  College students with disabilities binge drink more often than their non-disabled student peers, research concludes. The study provides the first picture of alcohol use and binge drinking by US college students with disabilities.

• WRAL
  Alcohol sales at university sporting events growing, NC schools could benefit
  June 20, 2017

  As players collide and compete on the football field at North Carolina, NC State and Duke, alcohol is being served in select areas.

• Medical Xpress
  Study shows embarrassment, shame are better deterrents to college problem drinking than fear of formal punishment
  June 20, 2017

  The prospect of feeling embarrassment and shame in front of one's peers—especially among women—rather than the threat of facing potential formal punishment appears to be the most effective deterrent to problem drinking at universities, according to a study led by a University of Kansas researcher. Read more at: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-shame-deterrents-college-problem-formal.html#jCp