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Harvard ‘Social Media Lab’ will explore ‘governance infrastructure’ of Internet

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:02:50 +0000

Nonprofit teams with elite universities in attempt to govern social media A new social media lab at Harvard University will work on the “governance infrastructure” of Big Tech platforms, following a donation from a group called Project Liberty. “Project Liberty is committed to analyzing and developing technical, ethical, and governance infrastructure for emerging technologies…

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Criminal justice professors challenge claim strip clubs reduce crime

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:00:18 +0000

Experts say study has ‘fatal errors,’ must be retracted A Princeton University professor’s study suggesting strip clubs reduce crime rates must be retracted due to “fatal errors,” a group of criminal justice professors argue. The researchers, in turn, have defended their work against the accusations. Peter Moskos, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City…

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Illinois colleges accused of ‘conspiracy’ to favor foreign workers

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:02:08 +0000

UPDATED Alleged ‘conspiracy’ favors foreigners over American citizens, according to an attorney representing U.S. tech workers Three Illinois colleges are among dozens of employers accused of a “conspiracy” to favor foreigners over American citizens, according to an attorney who is representing U.S. tech workers. The University of Chicago, the Discovery Partners Institute at the University…

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SUNY Cortland bathroom vandalism culprit remains at large

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:01:04 +0000

A sweep of the building found graffiti in all the male bathrooms Law enforcement have yet to identify who wrote the n-word, drew swastikas and left other graffiti inside a bathroom at the State University of New York Cortland campus in April. A sweep that day of all the bathrooms in the building found graffiti in every male bathroom and in at least one female restroom, according to a police…

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Cornell veterinary school funds ‘racial allyship’ course

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Thu, 25 May 2023 04:02:43 +0000

Enrollees will learn how to create an ‘anti-racism action plan’ Individuals who need help developing a “personalized, anti-racism action plan” and want to learn about “racial allyship” can now take a free course through Cornell University’s medical school. Academics developed the course with a grant from the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for…

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Pitt diversity office hosts ‘students of color’ graduation ceremony

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Tue, 02 May 2023 04:08:56 +0000

Latino students planned another separate ceremony, too Racial minority students at the University of Pittsburgh recently had the opportunity to participate in a separate graduation ceremony to celebrate “students of color.” The event, titled “The Gathering,” is a “special graduation ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate graduating students of color,” according to The Pitt News.

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Cornell won’t say if students punished for disrupting Ann Coulter speech

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:03:46 +0000

University initially said it would sanction the students involved There is no clear progress on possible sanctions against students who disrupted a speech by conservative commentator Ann Coulter, a full four months since the initial incident. Cornell University’s media team has not responded to multiple inquiries in the past months on possible punishments for the student activists.

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Yale charges its own buildings for carbon emissions

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 05:03:30 +0000

Professor cannot explain how the program works, but wants other universities to implement it A program at Yale University will “charge” its own buildings for carbon outputs and then use that money to reduce emissions throughout campus. The “Carbon Charge” program previously gave funds back to buildings with the lowest energy output by essentially taxing other places on campus for carbon output.

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Race and gender issues dominate upcoming American Economic Association meeting

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:06:06 +0000

Fewer papers or panels on inflation, oil and gas or other economic topics The upcoming American Economic Association meeting will focus heavily on race, gender and other political issues, with less of a concentration on economic topics such as inflation, gas prices or taxes, according to a published copy of the accepted papers. Topics at the early January conference in New Orleans will include…

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Media frequently cite flawed pro-abortion study, professor finds

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 04:01:57 +0000

Consequences of abortion are downplayed by media citation of the Turnaway Study, which has not been scrutinized enough and has been used as a weapon for political purposes: research The media frequently turns to an abortion study that has significant faults, which leads to a misunderstanding of the effects of pro-life laws, according to a new paper from a Bowling Green State University…

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