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How Hillary Clinton's 'smart power' feminism informs her foreign policy

  • Written by Dinesh Sharma, Associate Research Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Both conservatives and progressives have argued Hillary Rodham Clinton is more “hawkish” than President Obama.

Robert Gates, the secretary of defense under both Presidents Bush and Obama, worked with her in the White House and called her “a tough lady.”

Bruce Riedel, a South Asia expert at Brookings Institution, who advised...

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Are some students more at risk of assault on campuses?

  • Written by Leah Daigle, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
imageWho is more at risk of assault on campus?Penn State, CC BY-NC-ND

When students come to pursue their educational interests, they believe they are entering a safe environment. But while colleges are thought of as “ivory towers,” they can also be places where students could become victims of a crime.

In my research on victims of crime, I...

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Campuses aren't safe. Are universities doing enough?

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Editor, Education, The Conversation
imageWhat risks do students face on campus?Wolfram Burner, CC BY-NC

In January 2015, a young woman was sexually assaulted while unconscious behind a dumpster on the campus of Stanford University. The victim was visiting campus to attend a fraternity party.

Last week, the perpetrator, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, was sentenced to six months in jail and...

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Are you getting the best health care? Evidence says: maybe not

  • Written by Bernadette Melnyk, Dean and Professor of Nursing, The Ohio State University
imageNurses via Flickrwistechcolleges/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

When you go to the hospital, you probably think you’re going to receive the best, most current care. Otherwise, you would not entrust your care to that hospital.

Evidence suggests, however, that you might be wrong. In fact, based on a study I conducted with a team this year, we found that one...

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Clinton seizes on environmental justice but progress requires deep reforms

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Hillary Clinton has won the California primary, in part by appealing to environmentalists in a state with a long tradition in conservation and aggressive climate change policies. The victory follows the release earlier this spring of her strategy to address environmental and climate justice – a topic that’s risen to national prominence...

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Saturated fats make some cells lose track of time -- and that's bad

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageOut of sync.Clocks via www.shutterstock.com.

Foods high in fat, especially saturated fat, are bad for you. A high-fat diet is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease as well as metabolic disorders like obesity and type 2 diabetes. So why does saturated fat have these effects on the body? What’s going on in your body when you eat a fatty meal?...

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Why the Deep Space Atomic Clock is key for future space exploration

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageDSAC is prepping for a yearlong experiment to characterize and test its suitability for use in future deep space exploration.Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CC BY

We all intuitively understand the basics of time. Every day we count its passage and use it to schedule our lives.

We also use time to navigate our way to the destinations that matter to us. In...

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