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How Facebook could really fix itself

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance, Tufts University
Under fire: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Facebook has a world of problems. Beyond charges of Russian manipulation and promoting fake news, the company’s signature social media platform is under fire for being addictive, causing anxiety and depression, and even instigating human rights abuses.

Company founder...

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The education of Ursula Le Guin

  • Written by Philip W. Scher, Professor of Anthropology and Folkore, University of Oregon
A connection can be made in between Ursula Le Guin's fiction and her father's groundbreaking work in anthropology.Oregon State University, CC BY-SA

On Jan. 22, Ursula K. Le Guin died in Portland, Oregon. Since then, much has been written memorializing her genre-defying body of work, her contributions to feminism and science fiction, and her broad...

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Why colleges must change how they teach calculus

  • Written by David Bressoud, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Macalester College
Many college students who take calculus fail to earn a C or better. Could 'active learning' help turn things around?pixabay

Math departments fail too many calculus students and do not adequately prepare those they pass.

That is the message heard from engineering colleges across the country. Calculus has often been viewed as a tool for screening who...

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What employers can do to stop the next Larry Nassar

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Larry Nassar will spend the rest of his life in prison for his crimes. Should anyone else bear responsibility? AP Photo/Paul Sancya

The criminal case against Larry Nassar ended on Jan. 24 after the testimony of more than 100 former gymnasts led to what amounts to a lifetime prison sentence for sex crimes.

The legal saga surrounding his decades of...

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Americans are saving energy by staying at home

  • Written by Ashok Sekar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Systems Transformation (EST) Research Group, University of Texas at Austin
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Information and communication technologies are radically transforming modern lifestyles. They are redefining our concept of “space” by turning homes and coffee shops into workspaces. (This article was written in a coffee shop.) Instead of going to the theater, many people sit in the comfort of their homes and stream...

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How mass incarceration harms U.S. health, in 5 charts

  • Written by Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University

The U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its citizens than any other country in the world.

There’s little doubt among researchers that mass incarceration is wreaking havoc on our society, in particular on people of color, LGBTQ and the poor. What’s often overlooked in this discussion is the damage that prisons and jails do to our...

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Online social networks can help fight social anxiety

  • Written by Eva Buechel, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of South Carolina
People feeling anxious about social interactions can find support and solace on social media.Dean Drobot/Shutterstock.com

Ever since online social networks were first created, people have wondered why they’re popular and how they affect users. Researchers, practitioners and social commentators have expressed concern that they reduce more...

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Want to be president of Mexico? There's an app for that

  • Written by Ana C. de Alba, PhD Candidate at The Fletcher School, Tufts University

When Mexicans go to the polls to elect their next president in July, their choices will include — for the first time in history — independent candidates with no political party affiliation.

Last fall, 48 independent aspirants threw their hats in the presidential ring, hoping to cash in on widespread anger at the Mexican political...

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3 key quotes from Trump's first State of the Union, explained

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump, in his first State of the Union address, took credit for a growing economy, urged Congress to invest more in infrastructure and defense and promoted an immigration plan that ties citizenship for Dreamers to border security and an end to family-based migration. During the 80-minute speech – the...

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Why Amazon and friends' plan could be a major disrupter of health care system

  • Written by J.B. Silvers, Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase’s announcement that they will create an independent company to offer health care to their employees “free from profit-making incentives and constraints” sent a shock through the health care industry, with share prices of some incumbents tumbling on Jan. 30.

Of course, this is not a...

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