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Drones May Violate International Law
As President Obama gives a speech on national security — including defending U.S. use of drones to combat terrorism — Leila Sadat, JD, international law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, argues that such targeted killing by unmanned planes may violate international humanitarian law. Legalities aside, she also questions whether it promotes U.S. interests abroad. |
Released: 5/23/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Understanding Differences in Job Commitment Types Can Lead to Better Correctional Employees
Commitment to the job by correctional staff members cannot be bought but must be earned by an organization, a Wayne State University researcher believes. |
Released: 5/23/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Wayne State University Division of Research |
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Sequester Summer Takes a Bite Out of Morale?The summer sequester effect on federal employee morale could potentially leave a gaping hole in the federal workforce for years to come due to the brain-drain from federal ranks which may ironically end up costing the government more in the long run says American University's Robert Tobias. |
Released: 5/22/2013 10:00 AM EDT
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U.Va. Demographers’ New Measure Finds Poverty Rate in Northern Virginia HighResearchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service today unveiled a new poverty measure designed to more accurately reflect the economic distress among residents of the commonwealth. |
Released: 5/22/2013 8:00 AM EDT
University of Virginia |
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The Tea Party and the Politics of ParanoiaTea party members claim the movement reflects basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility. But new research by University of Washington political scientist Christopher Parker argues that the tea party ideology owes more to the paranoid politics associated with the John Birch Society — and even the infamous Ku Klux Klan — than to traditional American conservatism. |
Released: 5/21/2013 2:00 PM EDT
University of Washington |
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Iowa VP for Research Addresses Next-Generation Supercomputers at Congressional Hearing
Daniel Reed, the University of Iowa’s vice president for research and economic development will urge congressional lawmakers to support exascale computing, the next-generation of supercomputers designed to tackle complex societal questions, from climate change to the human mind. Reed will testify at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy on Wednesday. |
Released: 5/21/2013 10:00 AM EDT
University of Iowa |
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NSU’s Veterans Law Clinic to Offer Free Workshop on Removing Legal Barriers to Employment
The Veterans Law Clinic at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Shepard Broad Law Center will offer a free workshop for South Florida Veterans seeking to expunge and seal criminal records. |
Released: 5/21/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Nova Southeastern University |
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Federal Subsidies Critical to Low-Income Families Facing Rising Child Care CostsLow-income families have been hit hard by the rising cost of child care in America, and federal child care subsidies are one of the most important ways to mitigate rising child care costs that, for some households, now represent more than a third of their annual income, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. |
Released: 5/21/2013 7:00 AM EDT
University of New Hampshire |
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American University Celebrates 50th Anniversary of JFK’s “A Strategy of Peace”
Kennedy's 1963 American University commencement speech called for a nuclear test ban treaty and outlined a bold vision at the height of the Cold War. The speech is hailed as one of Kennedy's finest according to Kennedy's legendary speechwriter Ted Sorensen. |
Released: 5/16/2013 8:30 AM EDT
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Supreme Court Decision Closes Loophole in Monsanto’s Business Model
The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and grow a new crop of soybeans without Monsanto’s permission. “The Court closed a potential loophole in Monsanto’s long-standing business model, prevents Monsanto’s customers from setting up ‘farm-factories’ for producing soybeans that could be sold in competition with Monsanto’s soybeans, and it enables Monsanto to continue to earn a reasonable profit on its patented technology,” says Kevin Collins, JD, patent law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis |
Released: 5/13/2013 12:00 PM EDT
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