Shruti Patel

Psychology // Class of 2025

What’s behind the spike in academic strikes?

This past December, the largest education strike in U.S. history ended after nearly six weeks of protesting as academic employees at the University of California approved new contracts. The striking workers, represented by the United Auto Workers, largely consisted of graduate student researchers and student employees working as teaching assistants, graders, and tutors. Highlights of […]

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What it’s like inside pediatric long COVID clinics

Despite contracting COVID-19 many months earlier, 9-year-old Jack Ford is still unable to get through a full school day without overexerting himself. As CNN reported, even being mentally engaged for a long time by playing Fortnite or watching TV completely exhausts him to the point of feeling sick the next morning. Persistent headache, fatigue, muscle

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