3 things I learned from delivering medical aid to a remote part of Puerto...
Asa Oxner Myers, University of South Florida
I belong to a group called Doctors for Puerto Rico.
We have been dispatching medicine and small teams of...
Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning
Patrick Burns, Colorado State University
Imagine a researcher working under deadline on a funding proposal for a new project. This is the day she’s dedicated...
How does an authoritarian regime celebrate a revolution?
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
“And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25, a little...
In America’s sandwiches, the story of a nation
Paul Freedman, Yale University; Andrew P. Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi; Imogene L. Lim, Vancouver Island University; Ken Albala, University of the Pacific,...
California’s higher education: From American dream to dilemma
John R. Thelin, University of Kentucky
For the Golden State of California, 1960 was a golden year: It was a time of rapid development, when...
Why it’s time to lay the stereotype of the ‘teen brain’ to rest
Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania
A deficit in the development of the teenage brain has been blamed for teens’ behavior in recent years, but it...
The best way to deal with failure
Selin Malkoc, The Ohio State University
Failure is a part of life, and we make mistakes pretty much every day. How do we cope? Or...
The psychology of the clutch athlete
Mark Otten, California State University, Northridge
“I don’t know. It’s unbelievable. It’s amazing,” said Dodgers outfielder Enrique “Kiké” Hernandez after game 5 of the National...
