By Justin Vaughn, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Applied Civic Leadership, Coastal Carolina University
Students in this course learn about the biology and sociology of friendship, but also put their studies to the test by going to eat a meal with a peer, and tracking their experience.
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By Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
A local historian combed through a 1967 collection of police incident reports from Philadelphia’s airport police that included detentions of soldiers and veterans.
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By Ellen Murphy, Professor of Practice, Wake Forest University
The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI models can help address this justice gap of unmet legal needs.
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By William Cornwell, Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
At least a quarter of Americans suffer from high levels of cholesterol or fatty acids in their bloodstream, a condition called dyslipidemia. Uncontrolled cholesterol levels increase the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD: a group of diseases that result from the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels, preventing blood from traveling smoothly to vital organs. This condition…
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By Azifah Astrina, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Universitas Gadjah Mada
A decades-long insurgency in the Indonesian province ended after 2004’s devastating tsunami. But pro-independence talk is on the rise again.
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By Changhong Cao, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Justin Puma, Graduate researcher, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
The team printed a honeycomb and a Canadian maple leaf, both roughly the size of a single grain of sand.
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By Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t want others defining Turkey’s choices. He’s seeking a better position within an existing world order and recognition that Turkey is entitled to forge its own path.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person checks their phone in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, March 31, 2026. © 2026 Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo (Berlin, September 24, 2026) – Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash freedom of expression, including access to information, by increasingly suppressing tools to circumvent draconian censorship laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) services face intensifying blocking and takedowns from app stores.“The Russian government’s escalating attacks on censorship circumvention services is part of its…
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By Rezwan
Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising toppled a government, but two years later, reforms to police, judiciary, cyber laws, and state institutions remain contested, incomplete, and debated, leaving citizens asking whether real change occurred.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The timing of the disclosure (and the incident itself) is fortuitous in a political sense, vindicating the government’s recent AI warnings.
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