How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in 2021
Laurel Mellin, University of California, San Francisco
After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time...
Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? Will it protect against asymptomatic infections and...
William Petri, University of Virginia
This week I was vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine, which brought to mind some frequently asked questions...
Why being stuck at home – and unable to hang out in cafes and...
Korydon Smith, University at Buffalo; Kelly Hayes McAlonie, University at Buffalo, and Rebecca Rotundo, University at Buffalo
While the pandemic has caused thousands of small...
Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many still persist
Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University
Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel where...
How high school sports became the latest battleground over transgender rights
Elizabeth A. Sharrow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This year, 20 states proposed to ban transgender girls – meaning those assigned male at birth but who...
Congress lifts long-standing ban on Pell grants to people in prison
Andrea Cantora, University of Baltimore
When Congress decided in 1994 to ban federal student aid for people behind bars, it was part of a wider...
The painful collision between work life and pregnancy loss
Jennifer Dimoff, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jacquelyn Brady, San José State University, and Stephanie Gilbert, Cape Breton University
“It is with broken hearts that we...
Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic
Graeme Auld, Carleton University and Stefan Renckens, University of Toronto
We’ve all, at some point, bought an eco-labelled product.
The eco-labels we come to trust are...
