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HEBRON Catherine Ducharme, who graduated from Hebron Academy in May, moved off campus for the last six weeks of classes out of fear of reprisal from former Head of School Dan Marchetti and to escape the campus climate.
Two weeks ago, Marchetti hired in 2016 resigned. He left campus last week.
It was sudden, according to students, parents and faculty connected with the school who spoke with the Sun Journal, but his departure has been seen as welcome.
Mary Warner, former director for Advancement and External Relations for the school, has been appointed interim head of school, the first woman to hold the top leadership position in the private college preparatory school’s 217-year history.
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It s more than just a walk across a stage, and yet it seems to be all about the walk across the stage.
When students and faculty talked about missing out on graduation, they circled around feelings of sadness and loss. So when Arizona State University offered its colleges an opportunity to host in-person ceremonies adhering to COVID-19 safety guidelines faculty jumped at it.
Colleges created plans for hybrid ceremonies, and for some, this was the first time faculty put the ceremony together themselves.
As strange as it is to have a graduation ceremony without the typical coliseum s worth of families and fanatics cheering students across the stage, graduates and faculty still felt emotional and grateful for a chance at sealing their accomplishments in person and giving families watching the livestream from home a reason to cheer.
Doctor holds images of an examination of an embryo
In July 1978, Louise Brown was born in Manchester, UK the first baby ever to be conceived by
in vitro fertilization (IVF). This made headlines around the world, and soon sparked debate about the ethics of IVF and the rapid pace of development in this and related technologies. In 1982, in response to public concern, the UK government set up a Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology to investigate the situation and make some recommendations.
In 1984, the committee produced the Warnock Report, which recommended (amongst other things) that human embryos could be cultured
FILM: The Special Status of Mary Warnock – From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research
This film documents the Progress Educational Trust (PET) event
The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research , which was held on what would have been the 97th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock (1924-2019).
The event was sponsored by the British Fertility Society, the London Egg Bank, Theramex and Reproduction and Fertility (a journal from the Society for Reproduction and Fertility).
(If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.)
Introduction
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Discussion
In her introduction at the beginning of this film, Sarah Norcross refers to two films featuring Baroness Warnock:
The emergence of iBlastoids: Time to update the law?
Appeared in BioNews 1092
Adult human skin cells have been reprogrammed to form three-dimensional structures similar to early human embryos by a team led by Professor Jose Polo at Monash University, Australia (see BioNews 1088).
Called iBlastoids , they could potentially enable us to learn how early human embryos develop and implant in the uterus. The studies could also lead to medical treatments for conditions such as infertility, miscarriage, developmental disorders and genetic diseases.
Typically, the development of an embryo begins with an egg being fertilised by the sperm, leading to cell divisions. After about five days, it results in a ball of around 100 cells called the blastocyst. In comparison, iBlastoids are created when cells removed from the adult human body (in this experiment, skin cells) are reprogrammed to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, using the innovative technique pioneered by the Japanese scie