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...aviation-security community was alarmed recently when the TSA put a pilot on a special watch list for having government-issued ammunition in his bag when he tried to board a plane while off duty. The pilot, who had passed rigorous background checks in order to carry a gun, was subject to being pulled aside for searches and not allowed to work as a pilot. He was taken off the list last week, given a letter of censure and allowed to return to work. Said TSA spokesman Mark Hatfield: "We have a thorough review process, and we came...
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...Altshuler has spent a lifetime working on issues of the built environment,” he said, referencing the new dean’s background in urban planning. “He has as good of an understanding of it as anyone...
Summers has made interdisciplinary science one of the top priorities of his tenure, but his non-science background means that Hyman spends a lot of his time implementing the details of the team’s vision...
...science background has also helped Hyman with one of the first major changes he made as provost—overhauling the structure of the University’s mental health and counseling services...