CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 15 -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * British Academy Fellowship for Cardiff academic A Cardiff academic who is at the forefront of research into Buddhist history has been recognised with a prestigious fellowship. Professor Max Deeg of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion is one of 92 distinguished global scholars to have been elected to the British Academy's Fellowship. Professor Deeg holds a double affiliation with the Academy's Sections  more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Oct. 14 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Stories etched in skin From Polynesian traditions to modern expressions, tattoos have been used throughout time for religious purposes, as rites of passage or to show social status. Now, they have become a tool for self-expression, with people using their skin as a canvas to tell their story. A unique class at NAU takes students through the rich and complex world of tattooing--a practice that transce more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Ancient Shipwrecks Rewrite the Story of Iron Age Trade By Phoebe Skok - pskok@ucsd.edu New research out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa is reshaping what we know about ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Published recently in Antiquity, a new paper documents the first-ever discovery of Iron Age ship cargoes within a fo more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Spencer Museum of Art curator aims to stimulate growing interest in Amazon By Rick Hellman The Amazon is hot - literally and figuratively - and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has just acquired a large collection of contemporary works from the Peruvian Amazon that a curator will include in a future exhibition about the region. Meanwhile, the collection is already being put to use to  more PR