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...People’s Daily reported on March 29 that Chinese editions of the Harvard Business Review, Newsweek and Forbes did not have permission to publish...
Professors expressing doubts about evolution are often ostracized, demoted or fired. A Baylor University professor found research funds rescinded because his project would undermine evolutionary presuppositions. Other skeptical professors have resorted to using pseudonyms, fearing for their jobs and careers if they openly publish contrary evidence...
...play starts wonderfully, with a sure sense of how the trivial tensions of married life can escalate into crisis. Henry, an astrophysicist preparing to publish an important paper, is casually told by his boss that another group of researchers has just published a paper on the very same subject, throwing Henry into despair. As the scene is replayed, his reaction to this news shifts and varies, as do other details of the evening, from what snacks the parents decide to feed their restless 6-year-old, to the progress of an illicit romance between Sonia and Henry's boss...
...authority. HUP’s editors say he provides an overall coherent direction but respects their autonomy. “The editors he’s hired have been told that they have the capacity to shape their own lists and follow their own instincts as to what to publish,” says Michael G. Fisher ’73, a science editor. “He doesn’t tell editors what areas to work in—he lets that come from the editor.” Adams has similar praise for Sisler?...
Despite working as a humanities editor at Johns Hopkins University Press and Oxford University Press before taking over HUP, Sisler pushed the press to expand in the sciences. Regardless of field, Sisler says he is uncompromising in his dedication to publishing top-tier scholarship. “The number one thing is quality,” he says. “If you make $5 million a year and publish junk, that’s not fulfilling our mission. If we publish the best stuff we can find and come close to breaking even, that should be of value...