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  • NASA, Penn Study How Space Affects Astronaut’s Brain
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    NASA, Penn Study How Space Affects Astronaut’s Brain

    Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about a study that developed a test to measure the effects of spaceflight on cognition.


    Mar 26, 2015

    UNC Students Demand New Name for Building Honoring a KKK Leader
    The Washington Post

    UNC Students Demand New Name for Building Honoring a KKK Leader

    For years, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been asking school leaders to change the name of Saunders Hall, named after a former trustee who was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Last month, some stood outside the building with nooses around their necks and signs such as “THIS is what SAUNDERS would do to ME.”


    Mar 26, 2015

    Who Gets to be a .Doctor?
    Inside Higher Ed

    Who Gets to be a .Doctor?

    Should a doctor of philosophy be considered a .doctor? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, has yet to make web addresses ending in .doctor available, but the debate about who should be able to register for them has already begun. ICANN recently decided that .doctor should only be available to licensed medical practitioners, meaning the millions of Ph.D. holders in the U.S.

    Mar 26, 2015

    We Need to Unlock the Brain’s Secrets – Ethically
    Scientific American

    We Need to Unlock the Brain’s Secrets – Ethically

    President Amy Gutmann, Presidential Bioethics Commission chair, writes about three key areas of ethical concern in neuroscience research and application.


    Mar 26, 2015

    Cornell Provost: Private Donors Have Stepped Up to Save Medical Research
    The Washington Post

    Cornell Provost: Private Donors Have Stepped Up to Save Medical Research

    Sharp cuts in federal funding for medical research are having lasting impact, argues Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University, including driving young researchers out of the field.

    Mar 25, 2015

    Need Financial Advice? Ask the Future You
    The New York Times

    Need Financial Advice? Ask the Future You

    Joseph Kable of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about how discounting can affect decisions including personal finances.


    Mar 25, 2015

    Efforts to Expand California University Systems Are Growing
    Los Angeles Times

    Efforts to Expand California University Systems Are Growing

    The death last week of former University of California system president and UC Irvine chancellor Jack W. Peltason at 91 elicited warm memories of the modest political scientist who achieved high positions in American academia without losing his sense of humor. He also was known for his role in helping to build new university campuses from scratch and growing them to maturity.

    Mar 25, 2015

    Bigotry or Metaphor?
    Inside Higher Ed

    Bigotry or Metaphor?

    A six-month-old Facebook post about the conflict in Gaza, receiving attention only recently, has spurred a debate over hate speech at Connecticut College that has some students calling on the administration to condemn racist remarks.

    Mar 25, 2015