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Changes in organ donor status can fall through cracks in the system

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When Raven Kinser walked into a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office two summers ago, she checked a box on her driver’s license application indicating she did not want to donate her organs in the event of her death, reversing her earlier donor registration. Six months later, after she was declared dead at Riverside Regional … Read more

Epstein scandal prompts universities to rethink donor ties

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Jeffrey Epstein was a fixture in higher education circles. Professors and university leaders sought him out in hopes of securing donations and, in return, he amassed social capital for his connections to elite schools. Now, the fallout from the release of the Epstein files is having an outsize impact on the world of academia, costing … Read more