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Research Spotlight: Sydney Slepian
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Research Spotlight: Sydney Slepian

Sydney Slepian proudly poses in front of her presentation on visibility reagents. Courtesy | Angelica Pytel Can you describe to me the focus of your research? To put it simply, there are different substances that we use in the lab, and they’re called viability reagents. They test how alive a culture of cells is. We...

Opinion: Genealogy technology provides false sense of connection to past
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Opinion: Genealogy technology provides false sense of connection to past

Brothers Robert and Benjamin Philips were teenagers during WWI. Courtesy | Tracy Wilson When I found my 92-year-old grandmother’s high school yearbook picture online, she was taken aback—she said she thought it was one of the worst pictures ever taken of her. As it turns out, Hillsdale students have full access to records on Ancestry.com—...

Big Tech, big potential problems: campus reacts to developing Supreme Court case
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Big Tech, big potential problems: campus reacts to developing Supreme Court case

Google Headquarters | Courtesy Getty Images The United States Supreme Court recently heard a case that could allow technology companies like Google to be sued for content their algorithms recommend to users.  Family members of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was one of the 100 victims in the 2015 ISIS attack in Paris, are bringing the suit...