Faculty

Author discusses new book about how World War I created a brief period of progress for female scientists in Britain -- and the implications of that history for women in science today.

Mark Edmundson explores -- and applauds -- current students' quest for identity but says that achieving it is only half the game.

By Mark Edmundson

Some economics departments are reclassifying their programs as STEM fields, in part to make them more attractive to international students.

Scholarly society for engineers and technologists is on blast once again for allegedly minimizing the work of female historians who write about bias against women in technology.

Scott McLemee describes a few of the ways Philippe Charlier's study of the dead, When Science Sheds Light on History: Forensic Science and Anthropology, illuminates the world of the living.

By Scott McLemee

In a blow to the graduate student union movement on private campuses, three would-be unions withdraw their petitions from the National Labor Relations Board, saying they'll instead return to seeking voluntary recognition.

Princeton professor who was criticized for using the word in a class on hate speech cancels the course.

A prison writing instructor and the son of a former inmate, Patrick Berry discusses his new book on the role of higher education behind bars.