10 features from the week
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Patrick Bixler spoke to the Associated Press about philanthropic gifts and scientific discovery after former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, gave $150 million to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for research in biology and AI.
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Michele Deitch published new research on the troubling lack of transparency about data regarding the spread, toll and management of COVID-19 in state prisons, local jails and state-run juvenile facilities.
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James Galbraith published new commentary, "China is Missing from the Great Inflation Debate," in Project Syndicate.
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Sheena Greitens published new research on "Information capacity and social order: The local politics of information integration in China" in the international journal Governance.
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Paul von Hippel spoke to Greater Dayton's local NPR station about whether COVID has created an opportunity to transition to year-round school.
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Peniel Joseph published an op-ed at CNN on the trial of Derek Chauvin.
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Don Kettl spoke to Government Executive about federal personnel policy.
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Sheila Olmstead, Andrew Waxman and colleagues received a grant from the Sloan Foundation for work on the economics of scaling carbon capture, storage and utilization.
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Paul Stekler published an op-ed called "Lawmakers must save the Texas film industry" in the Houston Chronicle.
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Ruth Wasem spoke to the Austin American-Statesman about the number of unaccompanied children and minors encountered at the border.