The Documenta supervisory board has announced a new code of conduct for the German quinquennial’s 16th edition, to be ...

On January 3, 2025, the Washington State Legislature introduced HB1155 (the “Bill”) that, if passed, would broaden the definition of a “noncompetition covenant” and prohibit all employer-employee ...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority recently published the European Commission’s response (Q&A 2999) ...

WHAT: The FAR Council published a proposed rule to incorporate the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program into the acquisition process ...

Pushed by an anti-LGBTQ+ group called MassResistance, the resolution is sponsored by, Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, who ...

Sundance: Kahlil Joseph adapts his ongoing video installation into a relentless & visually rich experience born from ...

The Home Secretary is said not to agree with the findings of the ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’ she commissioned ...

State university officials began the effort in response to social media outrage over test questions about terrorism. The ...

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The definition Harvard is using has been criticized as blurring the line between antisemitism and arguments against Israel and Zionism. Kenneth Marcus, chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for ...

On Jan. 15, a group of international experts proposed new ways to define and diagnose obesity that place less emphasis on body mass index. Currently, obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or higher.

Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a harbinger of other diseases, not a disease in itself. The idea of obesity as a ...