Kevin Hines, who survived a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, will speak on “The Art of Wellness” at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Garner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
Hines is among a small group of people who survived suicide attempts by jumping from iconic structure in San Francisco. He has dedicated the ensuing18 years trying to help others not take their own lives, GWU said in its announcement of the event.
Hines works with a wide range of people and institutions, from students and clergy to the military, law enforcement and medical professions, about the lessons he’s learned on depression and suicide, the university said.
He’s the author of Cracked Not Broken, a book about his experience with bipolar disorder, and is the producer of the documentary “Suicide: The Ripple Effect.”
“My goal is to try to instill hope in at least one individual, so that one individual says, ‘Maybe I can stay here, maybe there are tools to fight this,’” Hines said in the university news release.
More information is available online.
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BWA seeks humanitarian award nominations
The Baptist World Alliance has launched its nomination process to recognize women and men who champion the cause of human rights.
BWA said it is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. The recognition honors persons who promote and defend human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“Any Baptist individual, church, or organization can submit a nomination and any Baptist is eligible to receive the award,” the alliance said. “Persons may not make nominations on their own behalf.”
Nominations will close on Nov. 30, BWA said.
The awardee will be announced during the March 2009 BWA executive committee meeting. The presentation will occur during the alliance’s Annual Gathering in July 2019 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Nomination forms are available online.
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Mercer prof receives NIH grant
A pharmacology professor in the Mercer University School of Medicine has received nearly $500,000 to study the way certain brain activities contribute to drug addiction.
Ashley Horner (Photo/Mercer)
The National Institutes of Health awarded a $462,660 Academic Research Enhancement Award to Kristen Ashley Horner to investigate the neural pathways that participate in the development of habitual drug use, the Macon, Georgia-based university said in a recent announcement.
Grants like the one awarded to Horner are designed to support biomedical and behavioral sciences research conducted by faculty and students in health and professional schools.
Horner’s project, “The Role of Patch Compartment Neurons in Reward and Habitual Behavior,” received the NIH grant through its National Institute on Drug Abuse.
“I believe that understanding the neural pathways that contribute to addiction will allow us to approach the reversal of habitual drug use from an informed and precise standpoint,” Horner said in remarks included in the Mercer announcement.
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