By Roger Meiners, Goolsby-Rosenthal Endowed Chair of Economics, University of Texas at Arlington
Andrew P. Morriss, Professor of Public Service and Administration, Texas A&M University; Institute for Humane Studies
Higher education is under stress. The highest-profile threat has been the Trump administration’s efforts to cut funding to several universities, including Harvard, Columbia…
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By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to operate. A single, medium-sized data center here on Earth can consume enough electricity to power about 16,500 homes, with even larger facilities using as much as a small city.
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By Emilee Rader, Professor of Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A privacy researcher breaks down how your phone reveals your location, how that data is collected and sold, and how the government gets ahold of it – by simply buying it.
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By Michael Bruening, Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Ideological division was tearing the country apart. Factions denounced each other as unpatriotic and evil. There were attempted kidnappings and assassinations of political figures. Public monuments and art were desecrated all over the country.
This was France in the middle of the 16th century. The divisions were rooted in religion.
The Protestant minority denounced Catholics as “superstitious idolaters,” while the Catholics condemned Protestants as “seditious…
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By Leonel Lagos, Associate Professor of Construction Management; Director of Research, Applied Research Center, Florida International University
Rising electricity demand has researchers exploring a wide range of methods to generate more power, including a type of nuclear reactor that’s smaller than traditional nuclear plants.
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By Anne Pisor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Demography, Penn State
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.
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By Peter J. Quaranto, Visiting Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, Professor of the Practice in International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Visiting Scholar at the Jordan Center, New York University
Tyler Jess Thompson, Research Fellow with the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.
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By Ishani Banerji, Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing, Clemson University
Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming service to their legions of followers.
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By Amnesty International
I first met Seán in 2019. A bright, articulate Irish activist in his twenties, he was our guest at the Belgian launch of Amnesty International’s annual end-of-year campaign. And there, he shared his equally inspiring yet shocking story of blatant injustice, as he and others were being prosecuted for saving lives. Two years earlier, Seán […] The post Humanity on trial: the case of search-and-rescue volunteer Seán Binder appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Members of the Parliament of People with Disabilities organized by the Mexico City Congress, where for the first time a bill was presented to reform civil legislation to include the right to full legal capacity. © 2023 Communications Office of the Mexico City Congress Human Rights Watch and the College of Notaries of Mexico City released the 70-page Roadmap for Change, a practical guide that shows how to implement the legal capacity reform in a rights-respecting way through clear explanations, good practices, and real-life-based examples.The guide offers notaries…
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