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1. Students at this university are learning from public events in short-term ‘pop-up’ classes.
By Kasia Kovacs at Inside Higher Ed
2. The next U.S. president could push African countries into the arms of China.
By Cobus van Staden in Quartz
3. Facebook has a fake news problem. These students solved it in 36 hours.
By Julie Bort at Business Insider
4. Can student-athletes lead the next national conversation about race?
By David Leonard in the Undefeated
5. These lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ are helping scientists battle Alzheimer’s and Zika.
By Jon Hamilton at NPR

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