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1998 News Releases

December 24, 1998:
Study Provides First Comprehensive Picture of HIV Care in the U.S.

December 14, 1998:
White House Releases RAND Report; Study Probes Industry Views on State of U.S. Technology

December 7, 1998:
RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation

November 3, 1998:
New Physicians Are Choosing to Practice Where HMOs Aren't, Study Finds

October 22, 1998:
RAND, Pfizer Launch Major Effort to Assist Elderly Patients; Study Will Measure and Improve Quality of Care for the Most Vulnerable

October 1, 1998:
The Kosovo Situation; RAND Sources

October 1, 1998:
Functioning of Older Americans Has Improved Significantly, Study Shows; Findings Are Good News for Individuals, Families, Policy Planners

September 24, 1998:
Experts Give Prototype CTBT Monitoring System High Grades; India, Pakistan Nuclear Explosions Were Detected and Located Within Hour

September 18, 1998:
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles on Track at Midpoint; RAND Study of U.S.-Big Three Collaboration Cites Progress, Draws Lessons; A Model for Joint Public-Private Sector Efforts?

September 18, 1998:
RAND Acquires Washington D.C. Environmental Research Firm; Establishes New Environmental Science and Policy Center

September 4, 1998:
Memo to Financial Reporters and Columnists; Contagious Financial Crises: Indicators and Implications

August 31, 1998:
Bruce Hoffman to Head RAND's Washington Office; Leading Terrorism Expert Returns as Think Tank Beefs Up Program; Also Back at RAND: Brian Jenkins

August 28, 1998:
RAND Study: Defense Industry Mergers Could Jeopardize U.S. Weapons Edge; Trend Undermines Factors Leading to Innovation, Technological Leadership

August 17, 1998:
Claims of Population "Bust" Ignore Continuing Boom in Many Countries; Researchers Term Family Planning Programs "An Unfinished Success Story"

July 31, 1998:
Critical Technologies Institute Expands Mandate, Changes Name; New Title: The Schence and Technology Policy Institute; Clinton Signature on Authorization Bill Makes It Official

July 10, 1998:
RAND Graduate School Holds Graduation Exercises Saturday; Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan to Deliver Commencement Address

July 8, 1998:
RAND Launches Web Site for California Data; Service Provides Wide Range of Private and Public Sector Information; Subscription Venture Is State's Most Comprehensive Single Source

July 1, 1998:
Study Finds 46 Percent of Spinal Manipulation Decisions Appropriate; Researcher Views Results as Both Reassuring and Challenging; Report Is First on Quality of Chiropractic Care for Individual Patients

June 29, 1998:
Alan Charles to Head RAND's Institute for Civil Justice: Deborah Hensler Becomes RAND Senior Fellow and Stanford Law Professor

June 16, 1998:
RAND Names David Chu a Vice President; Economist-Defense Expert to Direct Army Research Division

May 14, 1998:
RAND Celebrates Golden Anniversary--Paul O'Neill to Speak at May 14 Dinner; Think Tank Inspired a Global Policy Research Industry, Many Headlines; Imprint Seen Throughout Nation's Defense and Domestic Policies

April 22, 1998:
Study: Early Childhood Intervention Programs Can Work--Sweeping Analysis Finds Some Approaches Pay for Themselves; Debate Over Greater Spending on Toddlers Underway in Many States

March 12, 1998:
Mothers Fear Future of Gangs and Violence for Newborns

March 9, 1998:
Costs and Use of Mental Health Services Before and After Managed Care

January 23, 1998:
Lovida Coleman Elected to RAND Board of Trustees

January 22, 1998:
Coping with Operations Other Than War

January 15, 1998:
RAND Names Robert Brook a Vice President; Research Pioneer Heads Institution's Health Program

January 13, 1998:
Criminal Justice System is Failing the Mentally Retarded

1997 News Releases

November 11, 1997:
Cost of Expanding Mental Health Benefits Is Slight, Study Shows; Previous Estimates Greatly Overstate Effects on Insurance Premiums; Children Would Be Chief Beneficiaries of Unlimited Coverage

November 11, 1997:
New Book Explores Future of Information Age Conflict; Suggests U.S. Needs New Strategies, Tactics, Doctrines, Organization

October 31,1997:
RAND Issues Study of California Workers' Compensation System; Finds Wage Losses Larger, Compensation Lower Than Expected

October 21, 1997:
RAND Study for Congress and the Pentagon; Key Findings: Gender Integration Not Compromising Military Readiness, Morale; Openings for Women Still Limited, But All Services Have Made Progress; Most Servicewomen Now Favor Combat Option

September 25, 1997:
California Failing to Prepare for New Wave of College Students; One in Three Could Be Denied Access to Higher Education; Report Outlines Plan to Hike Public Funding, Make Schools More Efficient

September 19, 1997:
Sam Ginn Elected to RAND Board of Trustees

September 15, 1997:
Immigration Still a Plus for California Economy but Benefits Are Eroding; Costs to Schools, Other Public Services Are Getting Steeper; Researchers Say Trends Indicate Need for Major Policy Changes

September 5, 1997:
RAND Names Natalie W. Crawford to Lead Air and Space Research; New Vice President Will Head Think Tank's Project AIR FORCE Division

August 20, 1997:
What's Ahead for the Homicide Rate in California?

August 14, 1997:
Students of South Dakota to Benefit from Drug Prevention Grant

August 13, 1997:
Study: States Alone Unlikely to Solve Problem of Health Care Uninsured; Needed: Targeted Federal Aid; Highest Uninsured Rates Found in States with Lowest Tax Capacity

July 18, 1997:
Memo to Editors and Reporters: Russia's Demographic "Crisis": How Real Is It?

July 11, 1997:
RAND Names Robert Klitgaard to Head Its Graduate School: Incoming Dean Will Also Hold New RAND Chair

June 17, 1997:
Education Study Finds "Ticking Time Bomb" Will Shrink Access to Higher Education: Commission Urges Far-Reaching Reforms for Colleges and Universities; New Public Investment Needed to Keep Doors Open at All

June 16, 1997:
Study Shows Importance of Financial Cases in Punitive Damages Debate: Personal Injuries Get the Headlines but Only Half of the Punitive Awards

June 16, 1997:
Memo to Health and Social Policy Writers

June 11, 1997:
Delivery Systems Are Far Apart on Medicare Cataract Surgery Rates: HMO Patients Half as Likely to Get Operation as Those in Fee-for-Service

June 11, 1997:
RAND Names Clare Ellinger as Director of Human Resources

May 12, 1997:
Study Finds Current Sentencing Laws Undermine Drug Control Goals; Cost of Mandatory Minimums Is High; Strategy of More Arrests-Shorter Terms Curbs More Drug Use and Crime

May 1, 1997:
Memo to Legal Writers and Editors (re. ICJ study of the economic and social impact of class action litigation)

April 21,1997:
Memo to Editors and Correspondents (re. The Implementation and Enforcement of Tobacco Control Laws)

April 1, 1997:
Researchers Find That Heart Procedures Are Underused: Study Is a Breakthrough in Measuring Underutilization

February 26, 1997:
Strategists Urge Global Partnership of Equals Between U.S., Europe

February 25, 1997:
RAND Board of Trustees Elects Paul H. O'Neill as Chairman

January 29, 1997:
Reform Act Fails to Slash Delay and Costs in Federal Civil Courts

January 10, 1997:
Albert Wohlstetter, Major Strategist of the Nuclear Age