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U-Md. President Responds to Concerns About Racism in Police Use of Pepper Spray at Graduation Party
As an investigation into whether police used excessive force in breaking up a University of Maryland commencement party gets underway, U-Md.’s president sent a message to the campus community Thursday describing the inquiry and acknowledging the “outcry” and complaints about racism he has been hearing. “This incident compels us to confront the reality that African-Americans, and other persons of color, experience bias and unequal treatment in everyday life,” Wallace Loh wrote. “Members of my staff have met with some of the students who were at the party.
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Commentary: The Momentous Decision to Use Atomic Bombs
Gino Segrè and Bettina Hoerlin of the School of Arts & Sciences write about the decision to drop the first atomic bomb.
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Consequences at Baylor
Baylor University's Board of Regents has fired its head football coach, and its president will soon resign, amid allegations that the world’s largest Baptist university has continuously mishandled -- and sought to suppress public discourse about -- sexual assaults committed by its football players and other students. The president, Kenneth Starr, will remain at the university as its chancellor and a law professor, though the terms of the arrangement are still being discussed.
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Audio: What I Learned After Spending Two Days With Futurists and Positive Psychologists
Scott Barry Kaufman of the School of Arts & Sciences is profiled about an Imagination Institute workshop on futurism.
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FDA Approves Novel Form of Addiction Treatment: A 6-month Implant
Kyle Kampman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the benefit of an implanted drug to help treat opioid addiction.
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Audio: Estonian President Warns Penn Audience of Russian Aggression
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves is featured for speaking on campus to the Association for Advancement of Baltic Studies.
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Will Trump Continue to Dominate Media in 1-on-1 Match?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on what makes Donald Trump appealing for media outlets to cover him in the election season.
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What You Need to Know About the New Study on Cellphones and Cancer
Kenneth Foster of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on a new study of cellphone safety.
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Why Dentists Write Too Many Scripts
Elliot Hersh of the School of Dental Medicine is quoted about the dangers of dentists overprescribing opioids.
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‘What About Us?’ A Student Explains Why A Commencement Speaker Who Spoke Spanish and Mentioned Trump Was Controversial
Some people shouted at a commencement speaker this weekend after she gave a brief part of her remarks in Spanish and talked about presidential candidate Donald Trump — and many are still upset about it. People who were there said they heard people yell, “Get off the stage!” insults, a slogan for the Trump campaign, and commands to speak English.