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Right Wing Darling Remains Johns Hopkins Commencement Speaker Despite Gay Marriage Remarks

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
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Johns Hopkins University will keep neurosurgeon Ben Carson as its commencement speaker despite his offer to withdraw after his controversial comments ...

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Pope Benedict's Abdication -- Is It Good for the Trans Community?

Dana Beyer | Posted 05.15.2013 | Gay Voices
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Dana Beyer

The world has changed for the better for the LGBT community so much these past few years; however, that I'm hopeful Pope Francis will do much better than appoint the next Paul McHugh as an adviser to torture our community.

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A Message of Appreciation to Healthcare Providers

Brian Boyle | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
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Brian Boyle

The power that healthcare providers have is extraordinary. On a daily basis they are not only caring for the health of their patients, but they are also creating reasons to smile, making living conditions suitable and pleasant, and forming connections with their patients who not only need them, but depend on them.

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Bloomberg Makes Huge Contribution To His Alma Mater

AP | Posted 01.27.2013 | College
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BALTIMORE -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, mainly to expand its interdisciplinary resear...

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University Objects To Charges Over Supposed Death Threats

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.07.2013 | College
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa has hired a lawyer to fight criminal charges against two top administrators filed in Jordan, where a trouble...

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Challenges to Polio Vaccines in Nigeria

Tom Murphy | Posted 12.23.2012 | Impact
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Tom Murphy

As the world nears eradicating polio, Nigeria stands as one of the few countries that remain polio endemic.

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PHOTO: Doctors Reconstruct 'Living' Ear Lost To Cancer

Posted 09.28.2012 | Science
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After 42-year-old Sherrie Walter of Bel Air, Maryland had her left ear surgically removed following a bout with an aggressive form of skin cancer, doc...

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Emma Diab

The Undefeated Champ

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Diab | Posted 11.06.2012 | Impact
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If hospital-centric TV shows have taught audiences anything, it's how to envision a recovery room. The are standard whitewashed walls commonly des...

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Joy Resmovits

What Are the Top Reasons Kids Cut School?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.29.2012 | Home
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It's the second day of school in Chaparral High School, a day assistant principal Todd Peterson calls "the second happiest day in the world for all th...

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The Baltimore Experiment: Getting Out From Under "The Wire"

Jim Luce | Posted 08.29.2012 | DC
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Jim Luce

Can Good News Revive a City? A new media experiment is underway in Baltimore, Maryland to find out. Is it possible for media, used in right way, to make Baltimore internationally known as a cultural hotspot for artistic and intellectual pursuits?

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A School Too Far: Is School Choice Unraveling Education Reform In New York City?

Marc Epstein | Posted 08.13.2012 | Home
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Marc Epstein

At the end of the day, neither public service messages nor increased cooperation between schools, police, and social welfare services will cut the truancy Gordian Knot.

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Cities To Ivies: We Desperately Need Your Money

AP | DAVID KLEPPER | Posted 07.07.2012 | College
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze u...

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The 10 Best Colleges For Writers

Posted 05.01.2012 | College
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If you're planning a career as a struggling writer, it might be wise to pick a college with an awesome creative writing program. There are many fac...

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How To Get In To America's Top Colleges

| The Princeton Review | Posted 03.15.2012 | College
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The Huffington Post teamed up with the Princeton Review, one of the nation’s leading education-services companies, to present this special feature o...

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The 15 Geekiest Colleges

Posted 02.21.2012 | College
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Not every college is tailored toward the student who grew up wearing sweater vests and obsessing over their new TI-83 calculator. However, there a...

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How Butterfly Wings Could Help Save Lives, Aid Spies

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 02.03.2012 | Science
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What could match the agility and grace of a butterfly? How about a butterfly robot? Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are pointing their high-s...

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Nonprofits Add Jobs Faster Than For-Profit Sector: Report

Posted 01.23.2012 | Impact
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Over the last 10 years, the nonprofit sector has been adding jobs faster than the for-profit sector, a recent study concluded. From 2000 through 2...

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Can LSD Cure Depression?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.30.2011 | Fifty
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Janeen Delany describes herself as an "old hippie" who has smoked plenty of marijuana. But she never really dabbled in hallucinogens -- until two year...

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Johns Hopkins Professor Shares Nobel Prize In Physics

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 12.04.2011 | DC
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BALTIMORE — The discovery that earned Adam Riess the Nobel Prize came at another momentous time for the Johns Hopkins physicist. Riess recalled...

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Dominating Women Have Less Sex, Says Study

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.25.2011 | Women
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Empowered women in control of household decisions could be losing out on sex, says a new study out of Johns Hopkins University. Published in the J...

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Student In Custody For Allegedly Helping This Woman With A Terrorist Plot

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 10.27.2011 | Home
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Maryland teenager from Pakistan is being held in U.S. custody on terrorism charges, accused of soliciting funds and recruits to help...

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10 Colleges With The Fewest Cars On Campus

Posted 08.05.2011 | College
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Do you go to Georgetown? Odds are, you probably are not driving a car to class, according to US News and World Report's list of colleges with the few...

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Our Germs in the Gorillas' Midst

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 06.05.2011 | World
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Dr. Orin Levine

With the expanded use of life-saving interventions like the pneumococcal vaccine, we need to learn as much as possible about the remaining causes of severe pneumonia in children as we can.

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The 12 Worst Colleges For Free Speech

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Greg Lukianoff

U.S. News can tell you which colleges and universities are ranked the "best," but what about your right to express yourself on campus?

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Outing Campus Censors in U.S. News & World Report

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Tufts University, Red Alert, First Amendment, Michigan State University, Speech Codes, Binghamton, Bucknell University, Johns Hopkins University, Best Colleges, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, US News & World Report, Academic Freedom, Colorado College, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, College News
Greg Lukianoff

In this age of campus obsession with sensitivity above all else, some may think that criticizing a university professor could rightfully land a student in hot water. But colleges and universities must not insulate themselves from serious controversy.

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