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Commentary: Trump Must Denounce Acts of Violence and Intimidation
Undergraduate student Taylor Hosking urges the president-elect to denounce acts of violence and intimidation documented since the election.
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How Race and College Intersected in the Election
A stark divide separated how white people voted in this presidential election: whether or not they had earned a college degree. Two-thirds of white working-class voters backed Donald J. Trump. Among white voters with college degrees, his support dropped by 18 percentage points, a gap more than twice as large as those seen in election results for his two immediate Republican predecessors.
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Science’s Minority Talent Pool Is Growing – but Draining Away
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is cited for writing about the faculty-hiring practices of universities.
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Battling Student Hunger
A door in the basement of George Washington University’s newest residence hall, still smelling of paint, is unremarkable. It has no sign. Inside, it’s packed with food. Shelves are stocked with instant oatmeal, boxes of polenta, plastic bags of pasta, salt and pepper. Dairy and produce fill three refrigerators. A cardboard cutout of a hippo, the unofficial mascot of GW, greets visitors near the door: “Welcome to The Store!” it says in a thought bubble.
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The Politics of Thanksgiving: Keeping the Peace Post-election
Steven Berkowitz of the Perelman School of Medicine shares this reminder, “We are friends and family, remember those relationships.”
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Police: Villanova U. Student Declines to Pursue Charges in Postelection Incident
A black Villanova University student who reportedly was knocked to the ground by a group of young white men yelling, "Trump, Trump, Trump," days after the presidential election has declined to pursue charges, a spokesman for Radnor Township police said Monday. "The victim in this case has informed Radnor police that at this time she does not wish to pursue this matter any further," Lt. Andy Block said. "We're going to keep a case file on it.
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Yale, Citing Rankings in Part, Plans Science Push
Peter Salovey, president of Yale University, on Monday released a letter to the campus on the institution's priorities going forward -- and pledged a big push in science. In explaining the push, Salovey wrote, "Science can change -- and improve -- the world. The discoveries and new knowledge that emerge from our faculty members’ research will help solve some of the most pressing issues of our time. The physical sciences can help us learn to live sustainably. Advances in life science save lives.
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Being Watched
A new website is asking students and others to “expose and document” professors who “discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” The site, called Professor Watchlist, is not without precedent -- predecessors include the now-defunct NoIndoctrination.org, which logged accounts of alleged bias in the classroom. There's also David Horowitz's 2006 book, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.
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Harvard Study Finds Strong Link Between Gratitude and Happiness
Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about studying the effect of positive-psychology interventions.
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Seven Sisters Colleges Respond to Steve Bannon’s Derogatory Remark With Open Letter
Add the Seven Sisters colleges to the growing chorus of critics of Steve Bannon, the “alt-right” leader and Breitbart chairman who was appointed as chief strategist to President-elect Donald Trump last week. In an open letter Monday, the heads of the seven northeastern liberal arts schools called on Bannon to “take a more expansive, informed and tolerant world view” in his new position. They specifically cited a 2011 interview in which Bannon used a derogatory lesbian slur in reference to Seven Sisters college alumnae and the women’s liberation movement.