Should female faculty get bonus points to correct for gender bias in student evaluations?
Sara B. Pritchard, Cornell University
Now that most colleges and universities have completed their spring semesters, course instructors are opening up sealed manila envelopes, all...
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication...
Carl Kurlander, University of Pittsburgh
It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young...
Treating hidden wounds – the case for putting psychologists in trauma programs
Kamela K Scott, University of Florida and David Chesire, University of Florida
Imagine this: A 17-year-old girl has been shot in an apparent mall robbery....
Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance...
Brent C. Ruby, University of Montana
For three weeks in July, the world’s most elite bike racers climb steep...
Lad culture of conquest targeted by new Oxbridge sexual consent workshops
By Tanya Serisier, Queen's University Belfast
Cambridge and Oxford announced the introduction of compulsory workshops on sexual consent for first-year students just a few weeks...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ case raises questions about the many observers who might have ignored...
Zoe D. Peterson, Indiana University; Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona, and RaeAnn Anderson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
The...
In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment
Alan Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell
While the first half of 1968 was a series of explosive moments – the Tet Offensive, Paris protests, the...
‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and the environment
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that...
