Britain Moves to the GPA Inside Higher Ed Britain Moves to the GPA Are British universities finally ready to introduce an alternative to traditional degree classifications?
5 Sleep Problems Nobody Talks About Fox News 5 Sleep Problems Nobody Talks About Michael A. Grandner of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the importance of reducing stress for good sleep.
Barnard College, After Much Discussion, Decides to Accept Transgender Women The New York Times Barnard College, After Much Discussion, Decides to Accept Transgender Women Barnard College announced on Thursday that it will begin accepting transgender women, joining a slate of women’s colleges that have created formal policies on whether to admit students who do not identify with their birth sex.
How Bird Poop Nearly Brought California’s Power Grid to Its Knees Science Blog How Bird Poop Nearly Brought California’s Power Grid to Its Knees Etienne Benson of the School of Arts and Sciences examines voluminous streams of bird excrement as the possible cause of large power outages.
Arts and Sciences Deficits Inside Higher Ed Arts and Sciences Deficits Larry Singell saw the writing on the wall well before his college was hit with a possible $8 million deficit.
How Growing Up in Poverty Rewires a Child’s Developing Brain Good Magazine How Growing Up in Poverty Rewires a Child’s Developing Brain Brian Avants of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the effects of poverty on the brain.
Bill Would Tighten Rules for How Colleges Respond to Sexual Assaults The Washington Post Bill Would Tighten Rules for How Colleges Respond to Sexual Assaults House lawmakers are renewing a bipartisan effort to toughen federal oversight of how colleges respond to campus sexual violence. Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) introduced a bill Thursday to broaden federal authority to levy fines against colleges that fail to protect the civil rights of students in sexual assault cases.
How to Grapple With Chronic, Terminal Illness Delaware News Journal 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.
Sharing Data, but Not Happily The New York Times 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.
High Moral Reasoning Linked to Increased Gray Matter Volume in the Brain Medical News Today 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.