' Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions
'Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions Authored by Wenyuan Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Harvard, following in the footsteps of its Ivy League peers (Dartmouth and Yale) has reinstated standardized testing in its undergraduate admissions.…#wenyuanwu #epochtimes #harvard #dartmouth #yale #jews #harvardyard #harvarduniversity #cambridge #mass (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bill Ackman provides a lesson in activist investing
As with every skirmish in America’s culture wars, how you view the ousting of Harvard University’s president has much to do with where you are sitting. Claudine Gay resigned on January 2nd. Progressives see her as a competent administrator who, as Harvard’s first black president, was subjected to…#harvarduniversitys #claudinegay #harvard #conservatives #billackman #jewish #msgay #jews #pacific #target (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What We Could and Should Change About Tax Day Forever
April 15 has just passed. Most of us are taking a breather. It doesn’t have to be this way. The FairTax Act which has been before Congress for 25 years would fund the government with no extra effort from any of us than just paying a sales tax whenever we buy new goods or services. No one would…#fairtaxact #fairtax #socialsecurity #medicare #billarcher #harvard #elonmusk #lyndonjohnson #obama #monaco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Polymarket Odds Say Columbia University President Will Keep Job
But the Polymarket hive mind doesn't think she'll be another Claudine Gay – who resigned from her role as Harvard president after a double-whammy of plagiarism accusations and institutional criticism to the university's response to protests targeting Jewish students after the Oct. 7 attack on…#anotherclaudinegay #harvard #jewish #israel #minoucheshafik #columbia #folklore #dubai #ethereum (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Columbia cancels in-person classes after days of pro-Palestinian protests
Columbia University canceled in-person classes on Monday following days of unauthorized pro-Palestinian protest on campus. Why it matters: Big-name colleges have been cracking down more aggressively on pro-Palestinian protests, which they say are getting increasingly intense and disruptive.…#columbiauniversity #propalestinian #columbia #minoucheshafik #shafik #yale #deans #passover #harvard #claudinegay (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neuroimaging detects blast exposure brain injuries in U.S. soldiers
A battery of MRI and PET neuroimaging tests show patterns of brain injury in active-duty U.S. soldiers caused by repeated blast exposures, according to a study published April 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The findings may guide the design of a new diagnostic test for personnel exposed to blasts in training and combat, noted lead author Natalie Gilmore, PhD, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues.
“[Special Operations Forces] personnel may experience cognitive, physical, and psychological symptoms for which the cause is never identified, and they may continue to be exposed to blast...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Meet the doctor who spends 'half an hour a day' writing sicknotes for workshy Brits: GP reveals he's noticed 'significant rise' in number of people being signed off work
Dr John Harvard revealed there had been a 'significant rise' in the number of people being signed off work, which has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top Harvard professor Dr David Sinclair accused of 'selling snake oil' after pushing 'unscientific' pill said to reverse aging in dogs - and resigns from prestigious academy over backlash
One of America's most influential health gurus, and founding father of longevity research, has been accused of 'selling snake oil' and 'deceiving' the public due to fatal flaws in his studies. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa fact of the day
Two economists from the Harvard Growth Lab (Shah and Sturzenegger) estimate that the average transport costs for those who are employed in South Africa is equal to 57% of net wages when time to commute is accounted for. Here is the whole John McDermott tweet storm, in part that is the spatial…#harvardgrowthlab #southafrica #johnmcdermott #argentina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spark co-founder, Harvard professor launch Watertown biotech with $54M
The Watertown startup has an ambitious goal of developing vaccines that provide lifelong protection from cancer and infectious diseases. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news
AI Surpasses Harvard Docs on Clinical Reasoning Test AI Surpasses Harvard Docs on Clinical Reasoning Test
A chatbot had more instances of incorrect reasoning than doctors did but scored higher overall.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines)
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Internal Medicine Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Higher Ed hires PR
American universities and colleges are beefing up their strategic communications efforts given the onslaught of public backlash and political scrutiny that shows no signs of tapering off. Why it matters: Higher ed is the latest industry to learn the hard lessons about crisis communications and how…#gallup #columbiauniversity #academia #marathonstrategies #israel #hamas #philsinger #undergraduate #harvard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Daring ‘James Bond’ mission to drill Antarctic ice cores could reveal future of sea level rise
The helicopter hovered overhead, whipping up snow. Shielding his face, Peter Neff grabbed the dangling cargo load and guided it to the Antarctic ice. The helicopter sped back to the South Korean icebreaker
RV Araon
, 20 kilometers away, to fetch more gear. One trip down, 17 more to go,
thought Neff, a polar glaciologist
at the University of Minnesota (UM) Twin Cities. Time was ticking away on this day in January. In the best-case scenario, Neff and his team would have just 10 days to drill ice cores on Canisteo, a peninsula on the west coast of Antarctica—and a blizzard was already looming.
Ever...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 18, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
PET/MRI reveals sex differences in patients with autism
PET/MRI shows that young women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have increased brain metabolism associated with translocator protein (TSPO), a group from Harvard University in Boston has reported.
In a pilot study, the researchers showed that women with autism have higher uptake of carbon-11 (C-11) PBR28 radiotracer -- which binds to TSPO -- on brain PET/MRI than those without the condition. The finding adds to current scarce knowledge about molecular markers in these patients, noted lead author Chieh-En Jane Tseng, PhD, and colleagues.
“Over 90% of neuroimaging studies in ASD in the last 20 years only studied males...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Radiology Leadership Institute names award recipients
The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) announced its Impact in Leadership Award and Emerging Leader Scholarship recipients during the American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting in Washington, DC.
The 2024 RLI Impact in Leadership Award recipient is Archie R. McGowan, MD, from Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire. The award honors individuals whose participation in an RLI course or program was integral to the successful completion of specific projects or initiatives at their practices or institutions.
The RLI Emerging Leader Scholarship recognizes residents or fellows who have shown a strong interest ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
