College Students Are Now Smoking More Pot Than Cigarettes The Washington Post College Students Are Now Smoking More Pot Than Cigarettes
Federal Plan to Modernize Medical Trials’ Rules Would Be Boon to Universities Chronicle of Higher Education Federal Plan to Modernize Medical Trials’ Rules Would Be Boon to Universities After more than four years of work, the finish line appears to be in sight for a governmentwide process to modernize the rules governing human participation in medical trials. The results appear to offer substantial benefits for many university researchers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a 519-page set of regulations on Wednesday, the result of work with 15 other federal departments and agencies dating to 2011. The document represents the first comprehensive overhaul of the regulations in three decades.
Hungary’s Rightward Shift Fuels Harsh Refugee Policy Al Jazeera America Hungary’s Rightward Shift Fuels Harsh Refugee Policy Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the refugee crisis in Hungary.
New York Attorney General Crafts Deal to End Litigation at Cooper Union The New York Times New York Attorney General Crafts Deal to End Litigation at Cooper Union
Penn Team Finds a Source for Chemo Nausea in the Brain Philadelphia Inquirer Penn Team Finds a Source for Chemo Nausea in the Brain Bart De Jonghe of the School of Nursing is highlighted for researching the role the brain plays in nausea that follows chemotherapy treatment with cisplatin.
Big Leaps for Parental Leave, If Workers Actually Take It The New York Times Big Leaps for Parental Leave, If Workers Actually Take It Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School comments on major shifts in the workplace’s work/life balance due to new policies on parental leave.
Bryn Mawr Names Residence Hall After First African-American Alum Philadelphia Inquirer Bryn Mawr Names Residence Hall After First African-American Alum Bryn Mawr College on Monday named a new residence hall that also will serve as its Black Cultural Center after Enid Cook, the college’s first African-American alumna. Cook, a 1931 graduate who majored in chemistry and biology, was denied on-campus housing and lived off campus with a local family. After earning her doctorate from the University of Chicago, she became a lecturer in that school’s department of medicine and later served as the chief of the public health laboratory and a professor of microbiology at the University of Panama. She died in 1989.
Penn, Swarthmore to Drop Essay Portion of SAT and ACT Philadelphia Inquirer Penn, Swarthmore to Drop Essay Portion of SAT and ACT Dean Eric Furda of Admissions says, “Our internal analysis as well as a review of the research provided by the College Board showed that the essay component of the SAT was the least predictive element of the overall writing section of the SAT.”