By Elaina Sutley, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Kansas
Arindam Chowdhury, Professor of Civil Engineering, Florida International University
Engineers are using a unique test facility called the Wall of Wind to develop housing that’s both affordable and disaster-resistant. Their tests show the magnitude of the challenge.
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By Moones Alamooti, Assistant Professor of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota
You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius).
In Verona, Wisconsin, the health software company Epic Systems has spent two decades turning that fact into infrastructure. It has drilled roughly 6,100 wells, 300 to 800 feet (90 to 240 meters)…
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By Alex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
Just as Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey sent sales of Homer’s original text surging, cinematic epics have a way of reigniting our appetite for the history behind the drama.
Paul Greengrass’s medieval epic The Uprising, starring Andrew Garfield, brings the chaos, tension and raw…
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By Firmesk Rahim, PhD Student in Global Governance and Human Security, UMass Boston
The region may become less of a target for groups seeking to pressure the United States. But the Kurds also have less security support now, should they need it.
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By Nikki R Wooten, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of South Carolina
Over 1.4 million children had a parent or caregiver who served in the U.S. armed forces in 2024.
Among active-duty families, 2.4% of military children had both parents serving in the military. Another 4% lived in single-parent households.
More than 90% of these children attend U.S. public…
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By Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
College faculties have become more diverse since the 1970s, but college faculty of color still often find that they feel marginalized among their peers.
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By Brian C. Black, Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
A historian traces how Oil City brokers, then John D. Rockefeller, then futures exchanges decided what the world pays for crude – and why no one entity does today.
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By Sonia Suter, Professor of Law, George Washington University
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
A custody battle over a newborn with a heart condition raised a question courts have rarely faced: Can anyone be forced to end a pregnancy?
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By Christopher Nichols, Professor of History, Hayes Chair National Security Studies, The Ohio State University
Kaveri Sarkar, PhD Candidate in Political Science, The Ohio State University
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By Christopher Davis, Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, UMass Amherst
An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.
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