The latest blood pressure guidelines: What they mean for you
John Warner, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Updated blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association mean that many more Americans, notably older people, are now...
How colleges must collaborate to lift up the communities just outside their door
Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University Newark and Gordon Gee, West Virginia University
From the editors: Universities teach and research, but what impact do they –...
Schools must equip students to navigate alt-right websites that push fake news
Jennifer Rich, Rowan University
More than 60 percent of America’s middle and high school students rely on alt-right internet sites as credible sources for their...
Making art ‘should be uncomfortable’ – a conversation with visual artist Lorna Simpson
Christina Sharpe, Tufts University
Lorna Simpson, a pioneering visual and conceptual artist whose striking work on race, gender and identity has placed her among the...
It’s time for a new approach to travel
Randy Malamud, Georgia State University
When I overcame a flying phobia, I resolved to make up for lost time by visiting as much of the...
How refugee children make American education stronger
Shawna Shapiro, Middlebury College
In recent years, there has been a great deal of public angst about refugee resettlement in the U.S. and Europe. Americans...
A way around opioids: Target the type of pain for better pain relief
David A. Edwards, Vanderbilt University
In the old days, pain was pain, and there was not a lot of differentiating on the best way to...
How setting a schedule can make you less productive
Selin Malkoc, The Ohio State University
It can seem like there’s never enough time – not enough for sleep and not enough for play, not...
