Brian J. Connolly, University of Michigan
Five of the nine candidates in Detroit’s mayoral contest debated on May 29, 2025, during the annual Mackinac Policy Conference.
When asked about outgoing Mayor...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
Over the past several days, NASA’s ambitious space exploration plans have experienced major setbacks. First, on May 30, 2025, newly released budget documents revealed the extent of the significant...
Wolfgang Messner, University of South Carolina
Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain.
Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily...
Paul N. McDaniel, Kennesaw State University and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University
Detroit’s population grew in 2024 for the second year in a row. This is a remarkable comeback after decades of population...
Colleen Tolan, Rutgers University and Lisa Kaplowitz, Rutgers University
Americans largely agree that women have made significant gains in the workplace over the past two decades. But what about men? While many Americans believe...
Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee
High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today....
Dawne Moon, Marquette University and Theresa Tobin, Marquette University
Kai found Jesus as a teenager. A person of white and Hawaiian descent, Kai now goes by gender-neutral pronouns and identifies as “māhū,” the traditional...
Linda E. White, Middlebury
For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their...
