Commentary: Save Lives by Training More People in Hands-only CPR Philly.com Commentary: Save Lives by Training More People in Hands-only CPR Kenneth Margulies and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine collaborate on a commentary about hands-on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
NYU Neurologist: Head Trauma Likely Led to Muhammad Ali Developing Parkinson’s Disease New York Daily News NYU Neurologist: Head Trauma Likely Led to Muhammad Ali Developing Parkinson’s Disease Douglas Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how disease affects the brain and how the details are hard to find until after death.
Florida’s Flagship University Opens a Food Pantry For Students in Need The Washington Post Florida’s Flagship University Opens a Food Pantry For Students in Need During his freshman year at the University of Florida, Logan Ham’s parents went through a messy divorce. Money that was supposed to go to Logan’s expenses ended up going to lawyers.
Fight for FAMU’s Future Inside Higher Ed Fight for FAMU’s Future Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the inequities historically black colleges and universities face with funding and support.
Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave University The New York Times Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave University An aggressive campaign to recruit graduate students from India to study at Western Kentucky University has ended badly, with more than one-third of the students asked to leave the program after their first semester, a university official said.
Sexist Hillary Clinton Attacks Are Best Sellers Time.com Sexist Hillary Clinton Attacks Are Best Sellers Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “The media stream is normalizing name-calling.”
Muhammad Ali's Impact on Raising Money for Parkinson's Research KJZZ Radio (Phoenix, Ariz.) Muhammad Ali's Impact on Raising Money for Parkinson's Research Deborah Small of the Wharton School is interviewed on the impact of celebrities on disease fundraising and research.
The Disappearing Humanities Jobs Inside Higher Ed The Disappearing Humanities Jobs The arrival of annual reports on the job market in various humanities fields this year left many graduate students depressed about their prospects and professors worried about the futures of their disciplines. English and foreign language openings were down 3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. History jobs fell 8 percent. On Sunday, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences released several new collections of data that show that these declines, part of a continuing pattern, are far more dramatic when viewed over a longer time frame.
Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage The New York Times Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage A recall effort against a California judge was announced on Monday in a sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited public outrage after the defendant was sentenced to a mere six months in jail and his father complained that his son’s life had been ruined for “20 minutes of action” fueled by alcohol and promiscuity.
Muhammad Ali Revives a Lost Era of Sportswriting Vanity Fair Muhammad Ali Revives a Lost Era of Sportswriting John Trojanowski of the Perelman School of Medicine reflects on meeting the late Muhammad Ali and comments on Ali's early onset of Parkinson’s disease.