Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Laureate who will deliver this year's John Paul II Lecture on Interfaith Understanding, "embodies the power of interfaith work," Angelica Berrie writes in OnFaith.
Supported by a gift from the Russell Berrie Foundation, the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center has launched a multidisciplinary Obesity Research Initiative to study the relationship between the brain and metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.
A Native American chief who fought to protect New Jersey's mountainous Highlands region received the top prize at a ceremony honoring 11 unsung community heroes for their extraordinary work.
Scientists at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered an enzyme deficiency in stem cell-derived nerve cells of those with Prader-Willi syndrome.
