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Social Security Benefits in Limbo for Some Same-Sex Couples

Tobias Barrington Wolff of the Law School is quoted on historic civil rights cases relevant today.

Video: How Summer Jobs Programs Can Help Save Lives

Judd Kessler of the Wharton School comments on his study analyzing job program success.

Study in Tehran

NLRB’s Northwestern Ruling Sets a High Bar for Approving Student-Athlete Unions

U.S. Scientists Invent Football Helmet Material That Changes Colour to Detect Concussions Faster

 Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted for leading research on inventing a color-changing helmet material to help detect brain trauma.

University of Texas Leader Who Hunted Bin Laden Is Now Taking Aim at Sexual Assault

Stroke Prevention Starts Now

 Brett Cucchiara of the Perelman School of Medicine recommends a Mediterranean-like diet to help prevent strokes.

Can Universities Fix the Police?

Major Publisher Retracts 64 Scientific Papers in Fake Peer Review Outbreak

 Made-up identities assigned to fake e-mail addresses. Real identities stolen for fraudulent reviews. Study authors who write glowing reviews of their own research, then pass them off as an independent report. These are the tactics of peer review manipulators, an apparently growing problem in the world of academic publishing. Peer review is supposed to be the pride of the rigorous academic publishing process. Journals get every paper reviewed and approved by experts in the field, ensuring that problematic research doesn’t make it to print.

Video: Remember Obamacare? Republicans Don’t

 Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School talks about the effects of the Affordable Care Act and why many Republicans have stopped talking about it.