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Losing Hope in Wisconsin
With Wisconsin legislators poised to remove public university tenure from state statute, many faculty members were hopeful that a Board of Regents committee would respond forcefully Thursday. But the committee meeting ended with faculty leaders feeling that they had been let down.
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The Science of…Body Dysmorphic Disorder
David Sarwer of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Individuals with features of body dysmorphic disorder have been described in the medical literature for well over 100 years, but it didn’t receive acceptance as a formal psychiatric disorder until about 30 years ago.”
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Does Harvard Need Your Money?
It didn’t take long for the criticisms to begin rolling in after Harvard University announced a $400 million donation to its engineering college. The gift was proudly touted by the university as its largest-ever gift, and a significant step toward reaching the towering $6.5 billion fund-raising goal of its ongoing capital campaign. Yet for many others, the gift didn't make sense.
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Racist Chants, Allegations of Rape, Tasers, Branding, All the Awful Frat Behavior of 2015
It has been a rough year for fraternities. From racist chants to allegations of roofie-spiked punch, sexual assault, drug use and Taser assaults, it has sometimes felt like there are too many scandals in Greek life to keep up with. Not for Bloomberg: As the last of the commencements wind down, and students head home, they compiled an exhaustive graphic. Just this past semester, Bloomberg reported, 133 fraternity and sorority chapters were disciplined — whether shut down entirely, suspended, or otherwise punished — after allegations of bad behavior.
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How to Grapple With Chronic, Terminal Illness
Arbena Merolli of the Abramson Cancer Center in the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on dealing with a chronic illness and facing death.
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Sharing Data, but Not Happily
Research about data sharing led by Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication and Michael Hennessy of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is featured.
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High Moral Reasoning Linked to Increased Gray Matter Volume in the Brain
Diana Robertson of the Wharton School is quoted about a study done with Hengyi Rao of the Perelman School of Medicine on moral reasoning and gray matter.
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For Northwestern, the Kipnis Case Is Painful and Personal
The controversy swirling around a Northwestern University professor’s essays about what she has called "sexual paranoia" on campuses poses a philosophical debate.
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Every Time a Fraternity or Sorority Got in Trouble This Year
Last week, Pennsylvania State University ordered its chapter of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity to shut down after a two-month suspension for allegedly posting photos of nude women, some of whom appeared to be unconscious, on a private Facebook page. Reports like these have become depressingly familiar. In just the spring semester of 2015, 133 fraternity and sorority chapters at 55 U.S. colleges were shut down, suspended, or otherwise punished after alleged offenses including excessive partying, hazing, racism, and sexual assault, according to reports compiled by Bloomberg.
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How ‘Perfect’ Materials Begin to Fail
Lisa Chen and Daniel Gianola of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are quoted on their study of stretching atoms.