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  “I agree with their approach to really connect with the youth level, to nurture the interest and to nurture the talent and to nurture the consumerism” at the local level, said Ketra Armstrong, professor of sport management, commenting on a new women’s professional volleyball league. “Women’s sports don’t always have the same margin of error as men’s sports. So launching this thing, they need to do it right. It needs to be solid.”

  National Public Radio
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  Because Myanmar’s military junta “is almost bereft of domestic and international support,” the release of thousands of political prisoners makes sense, says Dan Slater, professor of political science and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, who believes “conditions on the ground will not change or improve,” unless the military releases the rightfully elected political leadership and returns to its own original power-sharing process.

  The Washington Post
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  “These are people with good commercial insurance and good access to care. So if I was going to take a guess, among the uninsured, things are probably much worse,” said Nora Becker, assistant professor of internal medicine, whose research found that breast cancer screenings “dropped almost basically to zero” in June 2020, before eventually returning to pre-pandemic levels — but not enough to make up for screenings missed in the first months of the pandemic.

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram