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FDA Panel Urges Mandatory Opioid Training for Doctors
Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on teaching people to use opioids sparingly.
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The Risk of Digital Oblivion
Technology has been good to the pursuit of knowledge. Each advance, from cuneiform to computer chip, spurs us to push the limits of knowledge further. The benefits of the newest innovation — the digital — are obvious: more evidence. A lot more.
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New Advances in Growing Human Embryos Could Prompt Ethical Firestorm
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the 14-day cut-off rule for scientists to stop conducting experiments on human embryos.
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Reported Campus Sexual Assaults Have Risen Sharply as Overall Crime Has Fallen
The number of reported crimes on college campuses has dropped in the past two decades, but there has been a significant increase in sexual assaults, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report, “Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2015,” is the latest edition of an annual report that provides insight into safety problems at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions around the country. It was prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the American Institutes for Research.
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The Mark Cuban Effect: How a Vocal Billionaire Is Betting on Higher Ed’s Disruption
Mark Cuban is known for mouthing off. Typically it’s from courtside at a Dallas Mavericks basketball game (he owns the NBA team), from a leather armchair on the set of the hit ABC show Shark Tank (he’s a regular), or from the op-ed pages of the business press (where he often rails against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). His natural milieu isn’t a wonky Twitter debate about education policy. But on a recent Saturday night, when you’d think one of the country’s best-known billionaires might have more entertaining ways to spend his time, Mr.
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Pittsburgh Organizations Make Their Own Matches for City’s Day of Giving
Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy talks about the impact of offering matching money to organizations.
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Governor’s Veto Won’t End Fight Over Concealed Guns at Georgia’s Public Colleges
Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have made his state the 10th to allow licensed gun holders to carry concealed weapons in most locations on public-college campuses. The governor, a Republican who has supported expanding the right to carry guns in places as sensitive as bars and churches, waited until the final day of a 40-day bill-signing period to announce his decision on the politically explosive issue of campus carry.
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Yale Fights Tax Bills
In the eyes of the law, private colleges are just like charities. Just like any other nonprofit, private colleges and universities provide a public service. And because they serve the public good, they are exempt from certain federal and state taxes. But that rationale doesn’t always sit well. The wealthiest universities have tens of billions of dollars in their endowments -- so why, critics wonder, shouldn’t they pay taxes?
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The Crazy Ways We’ll Soon Mine Old Gadgets for Treasure
Eric Schelter of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about developing a method to recycle rare earth magnets.
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Shaping the Next Administration’s Response to HIV in the U.S.
Robert Bonacci of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authors an article about HIV policy in the United States.