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‘Pytannya’ For Today: How Similar Are the Ukrainian and Russian Languages?
International Debate
March 9, 2022

‘Pytannya’ For Today: How Similar Are the Ukrainian and Russian Languages?

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What May Await Ukrainian Academics? Expect Exile, Harassment and Censorship
International Debate
March 8, 2022

What May Await Ukrainian Academics? Expect Exile, Harassment and Censorship

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Richard Heller: Universities Should Be Digital and Distributed
Higher Education Reform
March 3, 2022

Richard Heller: Universities Should Be Digital and Distributed

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When You Say ‘Interdisciplinary’ I Hear ‘Antidisciplinary’
Interdisciplinarity
February 18, 2022

When You Say ‘Interdisciplinary’ I Hear ‘Antidisciplinary’

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COVID Suggests that Fear Itself Not Sufficient for Health Messaging

COVID Suggests that Fear Itself Not Sufficient for Health Messaging

Research the author and colleagues conducted at Penn State shows that both the escalation and de-escalation of fear must occur for the message to be effective.

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As Pandemic Warps Productivity, Early-Career Professors Envision Changes Evaluating Tenure

As Pandemic Warps Productivity, Early-Career Professors Envision Changes Evaluating Tenure

A Canadian research team observed a profound ripple effect where reduced productivity from increased workload due to the pandemic impacted researchers’ progress.

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What Does the Data Tell Us About Black Coaches, the NFL and Discrimination

What Does the Data Tell Us About Black Coaches, the NFL and Discrimination

There are a lot of factors that play into deciding on who to hire as a head coach in the NFL. Looking at the data, race is one of them.

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Let’s Define ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

Let’s Define ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

Looking at the entirety of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, it’s clear that there was both legitimate protest and illegitimate political violence. When political violence replaces political discourse, and when political leaders refuse to play by the democratic rules of the game, democracies weaken, and may even die.

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Pub-Test Folly: Why We Quit Australia’s ARC College of Experts

Pub-Test Folly: Why We Quit Australia’s ARC College of Experts

Two members of the Australian Research Council College of Experts explain why a political veto of several expert-vetted grants led them to resign from the advisory panel.

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Does Gender Bias Influence What Gets Called ‘Soft Science’?

Does Gender Bias Influence What Gets Called ‘Soft Science’?

Across studies in research described here, participants were consistently more likely to describe a discipline as a “soft science” when they’d been led to believe that proportionally more women worked in the field.

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Yizker Bikher: Eroding the Holocaust’s Goal of Erasure

Yizker Bikher: Eroding the Holocaust’s Goal of Erasure

Defying the Third Reich’s attempt to wipe Jewish culture off the map, ‘yizker bikher’ memorialize writers’ hometowns, commemorate murdered loved ones and pass on collective memory.

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Does Protecting ‘Academic Freedom’ Include Protecting Academics?

Does Protecting ‘Academic Freedom’ Include Protecting Academics?

Associate professor Siouxsie Wiles and professor Shaun Hendy have become well known for their work explaining the science behind COVID-19 and guiding the public and government response. Is their home institution doing enough to protect them from bad actors?

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