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"We'd like to think that doctors are somehow immune to the influence of advertising, but turns out they're human after all.
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The faculty member wrote a book expressing the view that human beings shaped the Bible, an idea deemed contrary to the conservative seminary’s faculty oath.
Purdue U. Scientist Appeals Findings of Research Misconduct
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, a nuclear engineer, challenged a university panel that said he had misled other scientists about his research into nuclear fusion.
Embattled Congressman Calls for Investigation Into His Actions on Behalf of CCNY
Rep. Charles Rangel used Congressional letterhead to seek donations for an academic center bearing his name.
Baylor U. Regents Fire President, Citing Failure to Unite Campus
John M. Lilley, the university’s president since November 2005, had been at the center of several recent controversies.
U. of Texas Investment Directors Vote to Repeal Ethics Rule
Under a proposed rule change, directors would be permitted to invest in the same funds as the University of Texas Investment Management Company.
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January 30, 2007
European Petition Seeking Open Access to Research Draws 13,000 Names
More than 13,000 people have signed a petition asking the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, to require the results of academic research that benefits from public funds to be posted free online, according to The Guardian, a British newspaper. The petition is designed to influence the commission on the eve of a meeting where members will debate the merits of the open-access movement. Just as in the United States, the movement in Europe is largely driven by the skyrocketing cost of academic journals. On both sides of the Atlantic, defenders of the status quo seem to be on the defensive. Last week it was disclosed that the Association of American Publishers had hired a public-relations firm with a pit-bull reputation to fend off the open-access movement.
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