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President Eisgruber’s annual State of the University letter, 2021 by the Office of Communications Feb. 4, 2021 2 p.m. Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber speaks with Irina Aranovich, general supervisor of Princetons Diagnostic Laboratory, on a tour of the campus’ new COVID-19 testing facility in October 2020. The testing lab is an integral part of the University’s overall health and safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Ben Chang, Office...

On Wednesday, Jan. 27, the Senate General Laws and Technology committee will meet to discuss (among other matters), a bill that would prevent non-embalmer funeral directors from managing funeral service

The nightmare born when technology took the place of science Posted : 2021-01-13 10:30 By Emanuel Pastreich Even small children are starting to sense that we live in an age when literally none of the information provided is reliable or believable. Information on a global scale is subject increasingly to Greshams Law: low-quality information spreads everywhere and the truth is hoarded. What went wrong, and how? Perhaps the original sin was the confusion of science, the philosophical pursuit...

13th, Unforum BYU President Kevin J Worthen January 12, 2021, Devotional Kevin J Worthen began serving as the 13th president of Brigham Young University on May 1, 2014. He previously served as BYUs advancement vice president and as the dean of its J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law. President Worthen currently serves as an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President and Sister Worthen have three children and six grandchil...

Limited in-person audience allowed for Winter Semester devotionals BYU devotionals and forums are held at the Marriott Center each Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. Winter Semester speakers were announced Dec. 15, and tickets will be available for a limited audience. (Nate Edwards/BYU Photo) BYU announced its devotional and forum lineup for Winter Semester and said it will allow a limited number of faculty, staff and students to attend in person. Speakers include apostles and other Church leaders, Race, E...

Boston native Annie Tomasini, with a ‘letting Biden be Biden’ approach, to be a top staffer in his White House By Liz Goodwin Globe Staff,Updated December 12, 2020, 2:59 p.m. Email to a Friend During the toughest moments of the Democratic presidential race last winter, when neither polls nor primaries were going his way, Joe Biden always had at least one thing to look forward to. Nearly every day, his traveling chief of staff, West Roxbury native Annie Tomasini, would bring in a close...

I dont think that was our fast forward movement but it will work. lets look ahead at stories we are keeping our eyes on. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, one of the men charged with killing jamie zapata is scheduled to appear in a courtroom. three men were arrested earlier this week on firearms charges. >> today at 3:30 p.m. eastern, drew faust will take part in a signing ceremony with the navy secretary to formally reinstate the navy rotc program on campus. it has not been allowed on campus at harvard sin...

Half past the hour and its time to check some of the stories you may have missed. new information on the man charged with killing two u.s. troops outside the frankfurt airport. german authorities say the 22-year-old is a muslim who only recently got radicalized. during his interrogation, he allegedly confessed and said he attacked the troops as revenge for the war in afghanistan. according to the german intelligence, he has links to radical islamists, but insists he acted alone. harvard univer...

Command has assigned ground naval forces and things we can do short of trying to implement a no-fly zone and the discussion needs to be much broader. bill: thank you. general, good to have you. all right. patti ann: harvard university welcomed the rotc back on campus after a 40-year ban and the ivy league school making an about-face after congress repealed the militarys ban on gays, serving openly in the armed forces and molly line is live from harvard in cambridge, massachusetts, hi, i understa...

Training corps back to campus. drew faust will be joining the secretary of the navy today to make this announcement official, and this comes in the wake of the repeal of dont ask, dont tell. the president of the university put out a statement yesterday saying our renewed relationship affirms the vital role that the members of the armed forces play in serving the nation and securing our freedoms while also affirming inclusion and opportunity as powerful american ideals. it broadens the pathways f...