Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump Wednesday.
College leaders on Thursday continued to strongly condemn the violence that the took place at the U.S. Capitol this week, adding to a growing chorus of criticism by presidents and provosts from across the country. The recent statements were much longer and more formal than the initial reactions issued in the hours shortly after angry mobs of supporters of President Trump rioted and forced their way into the building.
Below are excerpts of statements from dozens of college and university presidents and higher education leaders sent via email Wednesday night and throughout the day Thursday to members of their respective campuses.
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YouTube channel to host it. At the link is his impressive list of sources.
I’ve spent several weekends working on a presentation of twentieth-century science fiction set in the year 2021, and here is the fruit of my labours, a 21-minute video.
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BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP. Phil Plait, in a “Bad Astronomy” entry at
…A standard radio astronomy technique to make sure that what you see is coming from the object you’re observing is to move the telescope back and forth a bit to point to a different part of the sky and see if the signal persists (perhaps leaking into the dish from a source nearby); this is called “nodding” because it’s like a head nodding. When they did this, the signal went away, then came back when they repointed at Proxima.
COVID, Lawsuits And Racial Reckoning: The Year In Higher Education
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2020 Higher Ed Year In Review
Ahead of spring break, college administrators were frantically adapting to the novel coronavirus. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, Bunker Hill Community College and most other schools abruptly moved their classes online, sending thousands
of students packing.
As hospitals braced for a surge in patients with COVID-19, Tufts University President Tony Monaco suggested colleges with surplus dorm rooms should make them available as overflow ICU beds if needed.
“I believe this is our country’s Dunkirk moment,” Monaco said, referring to the World War II battle. “We need local efforts to help our local hospitals manage the number of patients and the spread through the community.”
2020 In Review: Race, Equity And Inequity In America
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Issues of race, equity and inequity were, once again, defining features of the past year. The murder of Ahmaud Arbery and police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd sparked fury nationwide. In spite of the pandemic, protesters turned out in historic numbers, spurring debates about policing, profiling and systemic racism. Race took center-stage in the 2020 election in many ways as well, culminating in the first-ever Black person and South Asian person being elected to the office of Vice President. And the pandemic not only gave rise to an increase in Anti-Asian sentiment, but it shined a bright light on longstanding health and economic disparities across the country.