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Ted Cohen, professor in Philosophy and the College at the University of Chicago, died Friday, Mar. 14 after a brief hospitalization. He was 74.

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Gregory L. Hillhouse, University of Chicago chemistry professor and mentor extraordinaire, died March 6 of cancer at his home in Chicago. He was 59.

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Arthur M. Wolfe, an American astrophysicist who for a decade directed the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and achieved widespread recognition for his discoveries about star formation and the early universe, died on February 17 following a battle with cancer in La Jolla, Calif. He was 74.

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“MHAUS mourns the death of one of the pioneers in the study of Malignant Hyperthermia, Dr. Michael Denborough (July, 11, 1929 to February 8, 2014) of Australia, says MHAUS President Henry Rosenberg, M.D. Dr. Denborough and colleagues were the first to describe the disorder that was later named Malignant Hyperthermia. He did seminal work in describing the clinical and genetic basis for human MH. He also worked with pigs who developed “porcine stress syndrome” and showed how those animals could be a model for human MH. Later in his life he worked hard as an advocate for anti-nuclear proliferation. He was a great scientist, and a wonderful human being.”

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In the wake of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death, Loyola University Health System toxicologist Christina Hantsch, MD, FACEP, FACMT, is available to talk about the rise she has seen in heroin overdoses in recent years.

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John R. Huizenga, Tracy H. Harris Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Rochester and an internationally recognized leader in the field of nuclear science, died last Saturday in La Jolla, Calif.

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Legendary University of Chicago Mathematics Professor Paul J. Sally, Jr., who was known for his love of mathematics at all educational levels, died Dec. 30 at age 80.

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Timothy Danforth Baker, MD, MPH, professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was co-founder of the world’s first academic department of international health and founder of the general preventive medicine residency program.

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As the world mourns the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, newspapers, online media, and social networks are overflowing with recollections of his motivational words and inspiring quotes. Members of the National Communication Association who study rhetoric with an emphasis on the powerful discourse that helped shape reconciliation in South Africa are available to provide unique perspectives on the rhetorical legacy of Nelson Mandela:

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Fred Kavli, founder and chairman of The Kavli Foundation, passed away peacefully today in his home in Santa Barbara at the age of 86.

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Dr. Weeks, a prominent researcher at Dana-Farber, internationally known for building the discipline of outcomes research in oncology and admired by colleagues as an outstanding mentor, died on September 10.

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Ronald H. Coase helped create the field of law and economics, through groundbreaking scholarship that earned him the 1991 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and through his far-reaching influence as a journal editor.

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Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute staff and leaders are extremely sad to hear of the passing of our friend and colleague, Duane Roth.

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Achilles A. Demetriou, MD, PhD, an internationally distinguished surgical scientist who spent nearly four decades investigating and treating liver disease, has died. He was 67. The soft-spoken physician, who helped pioneer the development of a bioartificial liver two decades ago, died June 20th at home in suburban Cleveland after a long battle with liver cancer.

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Physics visionary Kenneth G. Wilson, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics, died at the age of 77 on Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Maine of complications following a lymphoma. The Nobel Prize recognized Wilson’s groundbreaking work on phase transitions, such as the transformation of a substance from the liquid to the gaseous state. Wilson was led to this breakthrough from his struggles with mysteries in elementary particle physics and quantum field theory, topics that would appear to have no relationship to phenomena in liquids or gases.

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Jane Mendle an assistant professor of human development comments on the groundbreaking life of psychologist and Cornell University graduate Dr. Joyce Brothers. Brothers' complete papers archive is also available through the Cornell University Library.

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Emil “Tom” Frei, III, MD, who is credited for helping prove the efficacy of combination chemotherapy, died. Dr. Frei, along with Emi Freireich, MD, and James Holland, MD, demonstrated a half century ago, that multiple chemotherapy agents could produce lasting remissions in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

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Professor Emeritus known worldwide for developing the concept of “time-out” as an alternative to spanking, passed on March 29, after a lengthy illness.

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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr. C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop served as CHOP’s surgeon-in-chief from 1946 to 1981, before taking on the role of U.S Surgeon General.

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Dr. Robert P. Harkness, a computational astrophysicist with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, died on Sunday, January 27, after a brief bout with cancer. He was 56.

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Leon Morgenstern, MD, who led Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Surgery into international prominence and founded its Center for Healthcare Ethics, died Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 93. A surgeon, scholar, humanist, medical researcher and prolific author, he remained active after his retirement and worked in his office up until the day of his death.

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Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, who died Sunday, is remembered by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a national and international leader in the areas of health, nutrition and hunger. Sen. McGovern was a pioneer in seeing and meeting people’s nutrition needs. He was one of the first political leaders to recognize and highlight links between nutrition and chronic disease, and he understood that Americans need dietary guidance to optimize their health.

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E. Donnall Thomas, M.D., who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his pioneering work in bone-marrow transplantation to cure leukemias and other blood cancers, died today. He was 92.

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The American Association for Cancer Research mourns the loss of Arlen Specter, who represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 2011. With his passing, the cancer research and biomedical science community lost one of its greatest supporters and promoters.

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The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) celebrates the life and work of Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA). Despite his own battles with cancer, Senator Specter fought tirelessly through much of his 30-year Senate career on behalf of biomedical research and the special needs of cancer patients and their families.

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Daniel R. Schwarz, Cornell professor of English, reflects on the death of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (1926-2012), who was the New York Times’ publisher from 1963-92. Schwarz wrote the recently published book, “Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times, 1999-2009” from Excelsior Editions of SUNY Press.

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Dr. Allan Snavely, a widely recognized expert in high-performance computing whose innovative thinking led to the development of the Gordon supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, July 14. He was 49.

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According to a cognitive psychologist, the common responses to celebrity deaths demonstrate important realities about how people build relationships with the media they consume.

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Bowling Green State University has two professors in the Department of Popular Culture available to discuss the life and impact of author Ray Bradbury.