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DDT Exposure and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Jason Richardson, professor and associate dean for research in the Robert Stempel College of Public...
Report on Those in Default on Student Loans
New America Foundation has released a report, “ In Default and Left Behind,” based on focus group interviews with 50...
Opinion
First-Person Singular
Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.
Can ‘Dirty Money’ Pollute Climate Scholarship?
Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability is under fire for accepting money from fossil fuel companies, igniting a debate about the influence of the industry on climate research.
Report on Those in Default on Student Loans
New America Foundation has released a report, “ In Default and Left Behind,” based on focus group interviews with 50...
Mysterious Space Diamonds From an Ancient Dwarf Planet
Space has a lot to teach us. In today’s Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight, RMIT University’s Alan Salek discusses the...
A Chill at BYU
Faculty members are being let go from Brigham Young University, and an opaque new office of the LDS church is apparently calling the shots. A common thread is LGBTQ issues.
The Gradual, Disjointed Dispersion of Academic Twitter
Whether Twitter is destined for a fast, slow or no downfall at all remains to be seen. But some in academe aren’t waiting: they are heading for Mastodon or other platforms.