While many schools are reaching out to their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students, author Michael Sadowski says teachers and administrators must affirm and empower them as well.
Madeline Conway
Madeline Conway was a summer 2016 newsletters fellow at the Tribune. At Harvard, she studied history and sociology and was managing editor of the Harvard Crimson. Prior to the Tribune, Madeline worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade as a metro intern.
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The Bookshelf: July 21, 2016
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Free to Make.
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The Q&A: Araceli Martinez Ortiz
In this week’s Q&A, we interview Araceli Martinez Ortiz, the director of Texas State University’s LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research.
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The Brief: An Unexpected Cost of the Border Surge Appears
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety tells lawmakers Tuesday that increased staffing along the borders has come at the expense of other parts of the state.
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The Brief: GOP Convention Kicks Off in Cleveland
The national party gathering starts on a contentious note as organizers fend off a challenge, backed by some Texans, to the convention rules by anti-Trump Republicans.
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No Zika Funding From Congress This Summer
Congressional inaction on funding to combat the Zika virus will put Americans at greater risk during the height of the mosquito season this summer, top medical officials say, now that members of Congress have begun a seven-week summer break.
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Physicians Favor Delay in Transition to New Medicare Rules
Talk about giving medical groups more time to comply with new rules under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 is welcomed by those who say the original deadline was too short.
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The Q&A: Maria Cooper
In this week’s Q&A, we interview Maria Cooper, a postdoctoral fellow at the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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New Microscope Center Could Lead to Breakthrough Research
A new $17 million microscope center, the first of its kind in the U.S., allows scientists to study and enhance images at such a detailed level that they hope to design better drugs by knowing in advance how cancer cells behave.
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The Bookshelf: July 19, 2016
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights “I’m Disabled… Now What?”
