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Defend Biomedical Researchers from Anti-Science Harassment!

Union of Concerned Scientists

Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled “Who will defend embattled scientists?” Last week, Dr. Peter J.

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For Black STEM PhDs, the “D” Also Means Debt

Union of Concerned Scientists

As hard as it is for Black students to earn advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) fields, a final insult accompanies the diploma. They leave school dragging a ball and chain of debt far heavier than that for most White graduates. Just 6 percent borrowed more than $40,000.

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Awardees of The Environmental Collaboratory’s Inaugural Research Grant

Academy of Natural Sciences

With support from the Office of Research & Innovation, the College of Engineering and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, seven projects were awarded with over $130,000 in total funding. Congratulations to the following awardees!

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Children grow faster during school year than during summer holidays

Frontiers

Children grow faster during the school year than during the summer period, show scientists. But in a new study in Frontiers in Physiology , scientists from the US show that this ‘obesogenicity” of summers has another unexpected cause: children grow faster over the school year than over the summer. Typically, a BMIz of 1.04

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FRESH, March 7, 2023: EPA Proposes Considering Tribal Treaty Rights in Water Quality Standards

Circle of Blue

A new national report gave Michigan , Ohio , and Wisconsin failing grades for their efforts to limit lead contamination in school drinking water. There is no safe amount.” — Ron Saff, professor of medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine. .” — Ron Saff, professor of medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Jane C Wright – A Forgotten Pioneer in Cancer Research

Frontiers

Wright was one of the first black graduates from Harvard Medical School and the first black doctor at a public hospital in New York City. Wright was a talented artist and originally began studying art at Smith College in Massachusetts until her father suggested changing to medical studies. The beginnings of personalized medicine.

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Now Mobilizing Against Gun Violence: Scientists and Public Health Professionals

Union of Concerned Scientists

Science publications have responded with passion to the massacres of seniors at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and school children in Uvalde, Texas. A report this spring by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health University said the nation has lost 1,357,000 victims to firearms in the last 40 years. A terrifying toll.

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