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Wednesday, August 30, 2017


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The Chronicle Review

How Should We Memorialize Slavery? premium

By Marc Parry

A case study of what happens when research collides with public memory.

Research

Reckoning With Slavery

In recent years, scholarship on the history of slavery has leapt beyond academe to force a societal reckoning. This article is one in an occasional series on fresh questions scholars are asking as America confronts its history of human bondage.

Students

After Charlottesville, What Will the College Republicans Stand For? premium

By Chris Quintana

Members of the student organization, long a minority group in higher education, may continue to serve as gleeful instigators on campuses. And if they don’t, someone else might take up the mantle.

The Ticker

U. of Tampa Fires Professor Who Called Hurricane Harvey ‘Karma’ for Texas

A tweet by the sociologist — linking the storm to Texans’ having voted Republican — does not represent the views of the university, it said.

Academic Freedom

Under Fire, These Professors Were Criticized by Their Colleges

By Chris Quintana

This year has seen a rash of free-speech controversies involving faculty members. In many cases, their college or university criticized them. The Chronicle has been tracking such incidents. Here are two new entries.


Views


The Chronicle Review

How Do We Know Something Happened in the Past? Easy: Statues premium

By Zachary Loeb

Thanks to statues, we can confidently say that the two overarching themes of history are people standing in place and people riding on horses.

Lingua Franca

What’s He to Hecuba?

Bill Germano ponders the spelling of “Shakespear” on the University of Southern California’s new statue.

Vitae

Project Planning in an Uncertain World

By Melanie Nelson

How to use “dependency analysis” to foresee potential problems and delays.


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UMass Lowell Student Addresses Opioid Epidemic
Daniel Howell fosters dialogue between the police and the Lowell community as the opioid crisis hits.


Job Opportunities


Two UGlobe chairs Utrecht University, Utrecht University
Netherlands

Tenure-Track Position in Animal Behavior, The University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, United States

President, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
West Virginia, United States

Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
California, United States

Dean, Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Texas, United States

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