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People View Funny Co-workers as Competent and Self-assured, Study Says
Maurice Schweitzer and doctoral candidate Brad Bitterly of the Wharton School are cited for collaborating on a paper about humor being used as a tool to increase status in the workplace.
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Another Slave Film? Some Are Weary, Others Want More History
Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on movies depicting the history of slaves in America.
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Will the University of Michigan’s New Diversity Programs Work?
The University of Michigan will invest $85 million over the next five years to increase diversity among its students and staff, the school's president announced two days after hundreds of its staff attended a rally against a series of racially-charged fliers discovered on the campus in Ann Arbor. The programs are part of a five-year strategic plan President Mark Schlissel unveiled at a summit Thursday.
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Fox and the AFI Create an Opportunity for Women to Direct Franchise Films
Peter Decherney of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about opportunities for women to direct franchise films.
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Perils of Indigenous People’s Day
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education pens an article about Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations.
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Taking a Knee ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’
Since athletes and others have been taking a knee during the national anthem, the leaders of public colleges and universities have offered a variety of views on whether the protests are wise. Even so, they have defended the protests as a form of speech protected by the First Amendment and traditions of free expression in higher education. But East Carolina University is taking a different approach.
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Alzheimer’s Disease, A Humanitarian Crisis That Leaves Patients Needing Asylum
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine writes, “Alzheimer’s is a disease because it takes away our capacity to exercise a cherished ethic, our autonomy, the capacity to rule ourselves as each of us desires.”
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Fed May Face Makeover Whether Trump or Clinton Wins White House
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School is quoted about the improbability of re-instituting a metal-base for currency.
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At U. of New Mexico, Long-Simmering Frustrations Over a Seal Find a Receptive Ear
Nick Estes, a doctoral student at the University of New Mexico, decided last spring to design a new university seal. Using Microsoft Word, he positioned an armed frontiersman and conquistador atop skulls and bones with the words, "What Indians?" printed over the image. Mr. Estes’ version is a satirical take on the real seal, which features the frontiersman and the conquistador, but in place of the bones and the dialogue is a Latin motto. In both the satirical and the official versions, a Zia Indian symbol for the roadrunner stands atop the letters UNM.
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Audio: Working and Poor: An Overlooked Constituency, Issue on Campaign Trail
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about poverty rarely being mentioned on the political campaign trail.