Is it ethical for a university president to use ChatGPT?

The president of Barnard College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence spearheaded by the AAUP Barnard Chapter. This is the first recorded instance of a Barnard president ever receiving such a vote.

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Federal judges — occasionally with family members or even their dog in tow — traveled to luxury resorts without disclosing who was paying the bill.
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Paul Auster, the Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn, Dies at 77 nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

Congratulations to Leigh Turner on this fantastic news and accomplishment!!

'Humphrey had in mind a powerful, centralized board of experts, appointed by the president, with the authority to regulate & review all federally funded medical research. . . . But the medical establishment vigorously opposed any effort at regulation & Humphrey’s bill failed.'

'For American liberals of a certain age, especially those disillusioned with the current state of politics, it has become common to look back in astonishment on the progressive domestic measures that Nixon signed into law.' thehastingscenter.org/the-overlooked… By Carl Elliott

If a fertility clinic lost or destroyed your genetic material, how would you know? Clinics are not required to report to anyone. Yeganeh Torbati is on book leave in 2024 and I took a look at this problem: washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…

Carl Elliott Leigh Turner Great news. With Leigh in charge, good work will follow.

University of California - Irvine launches new Center for Health Ethics with Leigh Turner as director
publichealth.uci.edu/2024/04/25/ret…

'Nixon was nothing if not complicated: a shy, socially inept man who chose a life in the public eye; a rabid anti-communist who established diplomatic relations with China; ... I would like to imagine that he approved.'

We are charging a tailgate site fee to each tent in the protester encampment. It’ll automatically appear on bursar accounts. We know who you are—thank you for putting your SIDs on your phones!

My latest, from the Institute for Nixon Studies (aka my attic).

'Thirty years gone, but the spirit of Richard Nixon still rattles around in my head like Marley’s ghost. Instead of ledgers and cash boxes, he carries an Enemies List.'

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This arrived Saturday while I was out of town, so I am happy to be back and have it in hand!
Carl Elliott

Here's how the VA treats its veterans with kidney failure? Here's your answer: prospect.org/health/2024-04… Those who dialyze in-house by the VA are treated well, while those who are farmed out to big dialysis contractors get poor care at sky-high prices. 'Thanks for your service'?

Academic Freedom Under Fire
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At University of Minnesota, another pro-Palestinian protest camp goes up. startribune.com/at-university-…

Potato salad will bring us together nytimes.com/2024/04/09/opi…

Kristi Noem should stop whining about her media treatment after killing a dog in a gravel pit. When I did that, I was forced to have a really boring meeting with my parents and the school psychologist.

by Stephen Miller

Anonymous whistleblowers say Penn State hospital routinely turns down livers for transplantation to make its numbers look better
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