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You Asked: Why Does My Face Turn Red When I Exercise?
Garret FitzGerald of the Perelman School of Medicine helps explain why some faces turn red when exercising.
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FDA Panel Urges Mandatory Opioid Training for Doctors
Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on teaching people to use opioids sparingly.
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The Risk of Digital Oblivion
Technology has been good to the pursuit of knowledge. Each advance, from cuneiform to computer chip, spurs us to push the limits of knowledge further. The benefits of the newest innovation — the digital — are obvious: more evidence. A lot more.
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Reported Campus Sexual Assaults Have Risen Sharply as Overall Crime Has Fallen
The number of reported crimes on college campuses has dropped in the past two decades, but there has been a significant increase in sexual assaults, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report, “Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2015,” is the latest edition of an annual report that provides insight into safety problems at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions around the country. It was prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the American Institutes for Research.
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New Advances in Growing Human Embryos Could Prompt Ethical Firestorm
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the 14-day cut-off rule for scientists to stop conducting experiments on human embryos.
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No Pain, No Gain
College is a balancing act, and it can be hard to manage the demands of classwork while staying healthy and fit. But spending an afternoon at the gym might yield positive results in the library, a new study finds. When college students exercise more, they don’t just get healthier -- they are also more likely to succeed academically. The study, conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University, looked at 20,000 students’ recreational activities during the 2013-14 school year.
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Why Silicon Valley Recruiters Are Flocking to Ontario
To find Silicon Valley’s latest hunting ground for engineering talent, start at Stanford University—then drive northeast for about 40 hours. The University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, has become a magnet for recruiters at Google parent Alphabet Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., who seek the school’s entrepreneurially minded engineering graduates. Employers and school leaders say the students understand how to translate engineering projects into viable businesses.
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Wharton M.B.A.s Get More Training in Data and Decision-making
Dean Geoffrey Garrett, Eric Bradlow, Adam Grant and MBA student Daniel McAuley of the Wharton School comment on the school offering business analytics.
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Meet the Man Out to Disrupt Venture Capital
Undergraduate Rohan Shah of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured as founder of Slice Capital.
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Many Crowdfunding Consultants Come Up Short
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is quoted about the role of crowdfunding consultants.