In the Headlines

October 2020

Motivated Muslim Voters Could Prove Consequential In Key Swing States

Huffington Post

The University of Pittsburgh Acquires August Wilson Trove

AP

Donald Trump Made Them Furious, and Organized. Now Is the Big Test.

The New York Times

Playwright August Wilson’s Archive Headed Home To Pittsburgh

Chicago Tribune

Why Young Black Students Are Stepping in as Poll Workers This Election Season

NBC News

Achieving COVID-19 Herd Immunity Through Infection Is Dangerous, Deadly and Might Not Even Work

The Conversation

3 Things I Learned From Teaching Students About Horror Pioneer George Romero’s Movies During These Scary Times

The Conversation

These Oceanographers Want to Turn Marine Slime Into Drugs

WIRED

Colon Cancer Screening Should Start at 45, Panel Recommends

TODAY

How Much Bias Is Too Much To Become a Police Officer? Experts Fear New Law Might Backfire.

The Washington Post

Has President Trump Delivered on 2016 Steel, Coal Campaign Promises for Pennsylvania? What the Numbers Say

USA Today

Joe Biden Wishes He Had More Time to Answer Your Question

The New York Times

Americans’ Debts Are Mounting, Putting New Focus on Biden’s Role Opposing Bankruptcy Protections

The Washington Post

Black Workers and the University

Inside Higher Ed

Coronavirus Measures Will Not End When Vaccine Arrives, Experts Say

Voice of America

How Social Connections Improve Your Brain Health

Psychology Today

Amazon Workers Demand Time Off To Vote

NPR

Is It Time for All Students to Take Ethnic Studies?

Inside Higher Ed

Brain Study Reveals How Much of Math Ability Is Genetic

Inverse

The Pandemic Is Upending Job Seekers’ Plans, and States’ Support Systems

The New York Times

FDA Approves Remdesivir as First Coronavirus Drug

Politico

Alzheimer's Disease Study by IBM Cites Language as an Early Sign of Disease

USA Today

The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds

The New York Times

19th-Century Political Parties Kidnapped Reluctant Voters and Printed Their Own Ballots – and That’s Why We’ve Got Laws Regulati

The Conversation

The EPA Refuses to Reduce Pollutants Linked to Coronavirus Deaths

ProPublica

The Need to Combat a False Growth Mind-Set

Inside Higher Ed

Trump’s Antibody ‘Cure’ Will Be in Short Supply

The New York Times

“It’s Going to Be Hell”: How Pennsylvania Is on Track for Election Chaos

Mother Jones

Coronavirus: Tracking COVID-19

The Washington Post

Staying Social Can Boost Healthy 'Gray Matter' in Aging Brains

U.S. News & World Report

Vaughn Cooper, Phd, Explains How Genetics Can Help Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus

The Washington Post

The Pandemic Is Rewriting the Rules of Science. But at What Cost?

The Washington Post

COVID-19’s Impact on Working Women Is an Unprecedented Disaster

Smithsonian Magazine

For Trump, COVID-19 Therapeutics Are the New Vaccines

STAT

For Family Caregivers, COVID-19 Is a Mental Health Crisis in the Making

USA Today

'Super Antigens' Tied To Mysterious COVID-19 Syndrome in Children

National Geographic

WHO-Backed Study Finds No Remdesivir Benefit for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

The Wall Street Journal

Has Trump Delivered on 2016 Steel & Coal Campaign Promises for PA.? What the Numbers Say

USA Today

Water Or A Sports Drink? These Brain Cells May Decide Which One We Crave

NPR

Scientists Have a Powerful New Tool for Controlling the Coronavirus: Its Own Genetic Code.

The Washington Post