Fix Federal Law to Reduce Colon Cancer Disparities Philly.com Fix Federal Law to Reduce Colon Cancer Disparities Chyke Doubeni of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about colorectal cancer.
Texas Picked an Ominous Date to Arm Its Public Colleges Chronicle of Higher Education Texas Picked an Ominous Date to Arm Its Public Colleges In what appears to be an audacious act of public forgetting, a controversial Texas campus-carry law allowing concealed guns in university buildings is scheduled to take effect on Monday, August 1, the 50th anniversary of the University of Texas to
Who’s Working to Educate our Diverse Nation? Not the Republicans Huffington Post Who’s Working to Educate our Diverse Nation? Not the Republicans Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education writes about political parties recognizing the significance and impact of minority-serving institutions on educating a diverse nation.
Placenta-on-a-chip Models What Is ‘Arguably the Least Understood Organ in the Human Body’ Gizmag.com Placenta-on-a-chip Models What Is ‘Arguably the Least Understood Organ in the Human Body’ Dan Huh of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about studying placenta-on-a-chip.
A Platform to Monitor Learning Inside Higher Ed A Platform to Monitor Learning This is what a class looks like. More specifically, the image above is what a Northwestern University class looks like based on data collected by Yellowdig, a social platform developed by the Philadelphia-based start-up of the same name. Instructors and IT staffers at Northwestern earlier this year built a data visualization tool prototype on top of the platform to see how students use the platform to learn and communicate.
How Clinton’s ‘Free College’ Could Cause a Cascade of Problems Chronicle of Higher Education How Clinton’s ‘Free College’ Could Cause a Cascade of Problems The policy proposals of presidential campaigns aren’t often burdened by details or even realism. A candidate’s ideas are supposed to represent vision, ambitions, principles — all while taking on the latest American anxiety. These days that anxiety concerns the cost of college and the notion that student debt cripples young people as they head out to get jobs, buy homes, and start families.
Science Says There’s a Super Easy Way to Eat Healthier InStyle.com Science Says There’s a Super Easy Way to Eat Healthier Postdoc Eric VanEpps of the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School is cited for studying how advance food ordering can promote healthy behaviors.
This Bill Gates-backed Fund Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Vaccine Delivery in Poor Countries TheVerge.com This Bill Gates-backed Fund Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Vaccine Delivery in Poor Countries Harvey Rubin of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for spearheading “Energize the Chain,” a project that connects vaccine refrigerators to cell towers.
A University Makes a Rare Call to Ditch Its Title IX Exemption Chronicle of Higher Education A University Makes a Rare Call to Ditch Its Title IX Exemption Early this year Pepperdine University’s president quietly sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The subject line was nearly identical to that of a letter that a previous president had sent, in 1976: "Pepperdine University’s Title IX Exemption." But the two letters had opposite goals. In 1976 Pepperdine had asked to be made exempt from Title IX, a law that bans sex discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funds.
Feds Open a New Sexual Violence Investigation at U-Va. The Washington Post Feds Open a New Sexual Violence Investigation at U-Va. The federal government has opened a new civil rights investigation related to sexual violence issues at the University of Virginia, officials disclosed Wednesday