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Law Schools Help Students Deal With Stress of Finals: 'Puppies With the Dean,' Midnight Breakfast'

Dec 1, 2017

TaxProf Blog - As Texas law schools enter another final exam season in December, they know that students are stressed, and they re trying to help. On the lighter side, they distract students with fun events puppies on campus or relax them with neck massages. On a serious note, schools present students with information about appropriate and inappropriate ways to cope with stress, and they provide free counseling services.

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Do IT Professionals Have a Social Responsibility?

Dec 1, 2017

Enterprise Security Magazine - Except for a few involved researchers and interested parties, the world hardly noticed the advent of the internet in 1969 (as ARPANET) when the first host-to-host message was communicated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to Stanford.

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Scientists 'Self-Censor" Climate Change Language to Protect Funding

Nov 29, 2017

PJ Media - It's no secret that Donald Trump is less than friendly toward climate change scientists and their conclusions. As a result, research labs and institutions that specialize in studying climate change are feeling the budget pinch. In order to protect their funding, climate change scientists used to unfettered access to the government teat under the Obama administration are adopting new tactics. One such tactic is watching the words they use in grant requests.

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