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Presented at a University symposium last Saturday, the findings are based on one of the most extensive surveys of the political opinions of college faculty, according to Assistant Professor of Sociology Neil Gross, who co-authored the study...
Eliot University Professor Lawrence H. Summers, who spoke at last weekend’s symposium, said he believed that “the lack of diverse perspective” is a serious problem because it denies progressives the opportunity to “sharpen and develop their arguments...
...Unabashed by being in London's shadow and running the risk of being compared to the competing Edinburgh 'fringe' festival, the largest annual arts symposium in the world which kicks off in August, Manchester opened its 'Manchester International Festival' on June 28, the world's "first" international arts fair comprised of wholly new works...
...addition, the inclusion of native band the Happy Mondays heralds a nostalgic throwback to the city's famous music scene of yore - dubbed "Madchester" on account of fans' excessive drug use - which produced such precocious talent as Joy Division, the Smiths and Oasis. It also ensures that the symposium has a distinctive local flavor: a mixture of high-art and hooliganism that is peculiarly Mancunian. Although many of the 10 major acts premiering will later tour Paris, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, local organizers are keen to stress that Manchester is a natural heir to these more established cultural loci...
...revolution in migraines was very much in evidence last week in London as more than 600 scientists from 32 countries gathered for the biennial symposium of the Migraine Trust (whose patron, the late Princess Margaret, suffered from migraines). A ripple of excitement followed reports of progress in blocking a key neuropeptide called cgrp (more on that later). But the biggest headlines came from a seemingly unlikely source, the anti-epilepsy drug topiramate. Dr. Stephen Silberstein of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia presented a study of nearly 500 patients showing that topiramate significantly reduced both the occurrence and duration of migraines...