Archive for May 2025

Assam University is at the centre of a growing controversy after multiple students from the Department of Social Work formally accused an Assistant Professor of sexual harassment, misconduct, and abuse of authority.

Under SB 37, hiring for faculty positions in liberal arts, communication, education and social work — but no other fields — become the responsibility of a state governing board whose members would not necessarily have either disciplinary expertise in the relevant academic subjects or training in college-level teaching and learning.

Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.

Researchers have created a hairlike device for long-term, non-invasive monitoring of the brain’s electrical activity. The lightweight and flexible electrode attaches directly to the scalp and delivers stable, high-quality electroencephalography (EEG) recordings.

The Clothing Center has been open and operating since 1935 to help children within the school system get necessary clothing. The students are supplied with five sets of clothes per semester. The need for this service is critical for many those in Knox County. “We have served 263 students since February,” Social Work Supervisor Heather Willis said during Monday’s workshop meeting.

Maggie Mellon says officials failed to protect children by ignoring existing equality laws and ordering staff to impose “harmful gender ideology” rather than risk criticism from trans lobby groups. The former director of children’s services Children 1st and ex-chairwoman of the Scottish Child Law Centre said: “Care bosses failed to uphold existing equality law and stood by while social workers who bravely challenged ideology were bullied and lost jobs.

The university ethics committee that reviewed a controversial study that deployed AI-generated posts on a Reddit forum made recommendations the researchers did not heed, Retraction Watch has learned.

The Walang Gutom (No Hunger) Kitchen in Pasay City serves “clients” in this January 2025 photo. The country’s first public and private food bank collaboration/soup kitchen has been feed individuals experiencing involuntary hunger since the Department of Social Welfare and Development launched it on Dec. 16, 2024.