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Put Democracy in the Lecture

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It began with the heartbreaking story of Randy Pausch, who was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was diagnosed with cancer and literally gave his last lecture in September 2007. BY MATTHEW BOEDY You may remember several years ago a phenomenon called “the last lecture.”

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Stony Brook University Receives $12 Million to Hire Research Faculty and Bolster Innovation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Areas of potential hiring include quantum information sciences, artificial intelligence, energy and climate science, and cancer studies. By attracting additional top-tier faculty members and retaining existing experts, the campus will be able to expand innovation and grow academic and research opportunities for more students.

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Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. What can we do?

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As China’s Ministry of Education’s Department of Science, Technology and Information began cracking down on the phenomenon, it has found there have been more than 17,000 retraction notices for papers published by Chinese co-authors since the beginning of 2021, Nature reports. The latter may be the worst culprit.

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Emory Launches AI Institute to Improve Patient Care, Health Equity

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Emory University announced it is launching a new institute this month that will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide more cost-effective and equitable care for patients with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions.

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Stopping the Cancer Crosstalk: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute: Kideok Jin, associate professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at the Albany College of Pharmacy, discusses one breast cancer treatment that could yield big benefits.

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A Persevering Spirit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And back when she was 35, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, resulting in a radical hysterectomy and six rounds of chemotherapy. Finley, professor of social sciences and psychology at Prince George’s Community College. Finley says Mendoza was committed to helping others even as she battled cancer. “I

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Targeting Proteins Related to Cancer: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute : Tracy Brooks, associate professor and vice chair of pharmaceutical sciences at Binghamton University, explores one new approach to treating patients with cancer. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: