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‘Historians Should Be Everywhere’: Questions for the AHA’s Retiring Leader

Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.

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Opinion

AI and the Struggle for Control Over Research

For those feeling queasy about academic publishers’ AI deals, Günter Waibel and Dave Hansen argue the way forward is not more restrictive licenses—it’s open access.

Editor Exodus From Elsevier’s ‘Journal of Human Evolution’

Members of the Journal of Human Evolution editorial board have resigned en masse in opposition to alleged changes by the...
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This Professor Has Taken on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Opposing Vaccines

A Q&A with Dr. Peter Hotez, who has clashed with the new health and human services secretary nominee. Hotez himself helped develop low-cost vaccinations.

Author of Retracted Superconductor Articles Leaves U of Rochester

A researcher who claimed a blockbuster discovery of a superconductor that worked at room temperature but then saw the article...
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Students Under More Surveillance Than Ever

A new book from a Purdue University professor outlines how universities’ embrace of some digital technology tools is reinforcing racial and economic inequities.

Reclaiming Overlooked Works

Why we need to reclaim literature that lies outside the mainstream canon.

Springer Journal Retracted Over 200 Papers Since Sept. 1

An academic journal published by Springer has retracted over 200 papers since the start of last month, Retraction Watch reported...