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Thursday, July 25, 2024

1901: Disgruntled laborer shoots, kills President

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Assassination of President McKinley by T. Dart Walker, c. 1905 Library of Congress In Buffalo , New York, this week, I felt obliged by recen...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Greenland opens new capital airport terminal, hopes to boost tourism, increase economic autonomy

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I was among the first passengers at the new Nuuk terminal today. Today a new international airport terminal opened at Nuuk, the capital of G...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Greenland celebrates 'National Day,' ever growing autonomy, but dependence on Danish aid persists

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Greenland flags celebrate National Day, Qaqortoq. Yesterday I was in Qaqortoq, Greenland, for Greenland National Day, June 21. (All photos b...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Law class visits Constitutional Court of Portugal

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Law students and Dean Sam Panarella (left) visit the Constitutional Court. © RJ Peltz-Steele Since last week, ten talented U.S. law studen...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Global Law Classroom unites law students online

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Law faculty around the world are organizing the Global Law Classroom to debut in the fall semester of 2024. Global Law Classroom (GLC) bring...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Conference on workplace mobbing posts presenters

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Niagara Falls, N.Y. Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Picryl The Niagara Conferenc...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

My writing is 'not very good,' and other reasons you can't get ahead in our not-really-a meritocracy

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Pxhere CC0 A purported mentor once told me that probably I couldn't find a job in academics because my "writing is not very good.&...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Town asserting 'full-on assault of stink' wins latest round in nuisance feud with hot-mix asphalt maker

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Quarry and asphalt manufacturing facility in England. Richard Law via Wikimedia Commons GNU 1.2 An asphalt plant that residential neighbors...
Friday, April 12, 2024

UMass Law inaugurates comparative law study abroad

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UMass Law School has announced a two-week study abroad program in Lisbon, Portugal, in partnership with Universidade Católica Portuguesa (...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Women 'knew their place' turns out to be losing union argument to justify discrimination in port jobs

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Herman Melville boarded the Acushnet at New Bedford Harbor in 1841. RJ Peltz-Steele, 2022, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 From the Massachusetts Appeals C...