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UCLA Says Analysis of Campus Shooting Led to Security Improvements
Students and faculty saw police swarm their campus. They heard rumors of gunshots and hid in bathrooms. When they classrooms didn’t lock, they piled furniture against the doors and tried to construct makeshift barricades.
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Opioid Use May Cloud Natural Tendency to Dote on the Adorable
Daniel Langleben of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how opioid use may affect how people respond to infants and small animals.
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How the Harvard Strike Fits Into the Equality Conversation
Dining-hall workers at Harvard University have been on strike for two weeks, and no sign of a resolution appears in sight. What might have been a simple labor dispute at another institution has become more contentious — and drawn more attention — thanks to Harvard’s elite reputation and enormous wealth. The university faces a test of wills, and a problem of appearances: How does the richest university in the world negotiate with some of its lowest-paid workers?
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College is Disrupted for More Than 100,000 Students as Pennsylvania Faculty Members Strike
More than 100,000 college students in Pennsylvania had their education disrupted Wednesday as contract negotiations affecting 14 state universities ground to a halt and professors took to picket
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Drug Reverses One Baldness Type; Is Male Pattern Next?
George Cotsarelis of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about treating male pattern baldness.
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Average Student Loan Debt Increases Again
Student debt: Bernie Sanders ranted about it, other politicians talk about it, and a new study by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) confirms that newly minted college graduates in the class of 2015 left school with a record high average student loan burden of $30,100. Currently, student loan debt in the United States totals nearly $1.4 trillion.
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We’re All Going to Have Customer Scores
Peter Fader of the Wharton School writes about the Customer Lifetime Value calculation.
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What Voters Want Most From America’s Next President
Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about studying presidential campaign speeches.
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How One University Went All-In on Restorative Justice
Gabriella Lanzi, a junior at the University of Michigan, has spent the past two years of college immersed in conflict. But she doesn’t mind. As a student facilitator in Michigan’s Office of Student Conflict Resolution, her job is to help her fellow students navigate disputes either with their peers or, if they may have violated a university rule, with the institution itself.
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For Years, the Way Hillary Clinton Talked About Race Bothered Me. Here’s How I Made My Peace.
Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and race.