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Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine and Kevin Volpp of Medicine and the Wharton School are quoted about incentives to help people lose weight.

Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School writes about “originalism.”

Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland is in turmoil over its leadership, with a nearly unanimous vote by faculty calling on president Simon Newman to resign by Monday morning, and some of his supporters planned a rally Monday morning to counter that. 

Katie Margo of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for training medical professionals in how to talk to transgender patients.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about how Donald Trump has ‘“hijacked” political correctness to justify his use of personal attacks.

ENIAC is included on a list of tech and science highlights.

Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School comments on President Obama nominating replacement for the late Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court.

On Friday, faculty at Mount St. Mary’s asked, by an 87-to-3 vote, for university President Simon Newman to resign by 9 a.m. Monday. The time came and went. And the university was closed Monday because of a snowstorm, so professors did not meet to discuss their reaction to Newman’s decision. They will later in the week, said David McCarthy, secretary to the faculty. Newman was on campus for a student rally Monday morning and thanked the students for their support.

The research of Donald B. Keim and Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School is quoted.

Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about President Obama potentially nominating a new Supreme Court justice.