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A photo illustration of snow peas, lettuce, raspberries and parsley merged with an image of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a parasite that can contaminate those foods causing diarrhea of varying severity.

Amid Cyclosporiasis Outbreak, University Researchers Lend Their Expertise

Foodborne illness researchers are fielding a wide range of requests to answer questions about the disease and the parasite that causes it, drawing attention to the role of academia in public health emergencies.

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Opinion

Would You Prefer Rocks Over Higher Education?

Are you dumber than a rock? Why the arts, humanities and social sciences are the bedrock of society and why you couldn’t live without them.

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Opinion

We Need a New Science Funding Playbook

Researchers can borrow from the start-up world to sustain science as a public good.

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Universities Warn Against Rule on Political Control of Grants

The White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next.

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UA Countersues Professor, Alleging He Spent Research Dollars on Wedding

The University of Arkansas system board is countersuing a professor who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the university this...
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Opinion

How the Stop WOKE Act Ruling Strengthened Academic Freedom

A conversation with Tim Cain, an academic freedom expert and professor of higher education at the University of Georgia.

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Opinion

What to Read if You Want to Write Better

If you aren’t reading, you have no business writing.

Cover of the book "Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future" by James Morton Turner.
Opinion

‘Charged’: From EV Batteries to Online Learning

AI, course development and electrical mobility.