Steven Berkowitz, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and an expert on the trauma endured by victims of sexual assault, said that it is “not uncommon” in such cases for victims to be in limbo, unaware of whether they will be asked to testify. “It really does depend on the jurisdiction,” he said, “and there are certainly places that do it better.”
A study from the Colorado School of Public Health, published in Environmental Science & Technology, found that those who live within a mile of an unconventional gas well can be exposed to eighty-six times more benzene than other communities are; benzene exposure has been linked to leukemia.
Some students fear the consequences of starting work at the height of a pandemic. On April 14th, Erin Aldag, a member of the class of 2020 at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, wrote an op-ed for the blog of the Association of American Medical Colleges … I am worried about 10 years from now, when students from the class of 2020 are tired, burned out, and have post-traumatic stress from these early days of their careers,” she wrote.
