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Oberlin College Dismisses Professor Who Posted Anti-Semitic Messages on Social Media
Eight months after the Oberlin College Board of Trustees condemned some social-media posts by assistant professor Joy Karega as “anti-Semitic and abhorrent,” it has dismissed her “for failing to meet” academic standards and “failing to demonstrate intellectual honesty.” Karega issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that she would fight the dismissal and accusing Oberlin College of campaigning “to implicate” her “professional fitness using arbitrary, inequitable, and discriminatory practices.”
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Area Colleges Grapple With Post-election Tensions
Penn’s response to racist attacks on some of its students is highlighted.
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Fewer than 1 in 5 U.S. Adults Have CPR Training
Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine says, "Cardiac arrest occurs among people in their 50s and 60s, and most cardiac arrests occur in the home, yet that is the population that is poorly trained or has not kept up with current training.”
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Villanova Asks Professors to Discuss Postelection Tensions in Class
A spate of racially charged and hate-motivated incidents has roiled campuses since Donald J. Trump was elected president last week. Villanova University officials are among the institutional leaders who have condemned such events, and on Monday they went a step further, urging faculty members to talk with students during class about the incidents.
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CRISPR Gene-editing Tested in a Person for the First Time
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a Chinese team’s first use of CRISPR gene editing technology to treat a cancer patient.
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Harvard, Janitors Reach Late-night Deal and Avoid Strike
Negotiating well past the midnight deadline for a threatened strike, the union representing about 700 Harvard University janitors and the school reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday morning, giving workers a 12.5 percent raise, premium-free health care, and a commitment to creating more full-time jobs. By the end of the four-year contract, most of the janitors will make an average wage of $24.67 an hour.
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US Professor Lays Out Top Policy Priorities, Possibilities as Trump Enters White House
James McGann of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about the results of the presidential election.
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5 Things People with Chronic Insomnia Want You to Know
Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on people who suffer from chronic insomnia.
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Debate on Michigan President's Election Statement
Hundreds of University of Michigan students have signed a petition criticizing President Mark Schlissel for, in their view, going too far in criticizing Donald Trump, The Detroit Free Press reported.
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Here’s a Rundown of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Since Trump’s Election
Organizations that track hate crimes have seen a rise in reports since the presidential election. The Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded more than 400 incidents since then, and even though colleges are perceived as liberal oases, they have not been immune from such incidents. There have been several dozen instances of reported hate speech or violence against minorities on campuses or involving college students since last week, many of which involved references to President-elect Donald J. Trump. Here’s the latest: