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Leaders' empathy matters in the midst of a pandemic

  • Written by Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Regis College
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is near tears as he thanked the Kraft family for flying desperately needed protective masks from China to Boston in a New England Patriots jet, April 1, 2020.Getty/Jim Davis/The Boston Globe

Resilience, communication skills, openness and impulse control top the list of six qualities that presidential historian Doris...

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Pants or no pants? Tips for virtual job interviews from home

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Bad idea.ozgurcankaya/Getty Images

If you have the good fortune of scoring a virtual job interview in the middle of a pandemic, the initial euphoria of potential employment may soon be replaced with anxiety over what to wear – as well as putting your home life on display for a potential employer.

And with good reason. Social scientists have...

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EPA decides to reject the latest science, endanger public health and ignore the law by keeping an outdated fine particle air pollution standard

  • Written by H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Diesel emissions are a major source of fine particle pollution.Bob Chamberlin/Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown have temporarily produced clearer skies across the U.S. Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been busy finding reasons not to pursue long-lasting air quality gains.

On April 30, 2020, the...

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How cafes, bars, gyms, barbershops and other 'third places' create our social fabric

  • Written by Setha Low, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Geography and Psychology and Director of the Public Space Research Group, CUNY Graduate Center
Empty cafes with tipped chairs are a common sight worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic.Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic implies many painful losses. Among them are so-called “third places” – the restaurants, bars, gyms, houses of worship, barber shops and other...

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Why offering businesses immunity from coronavirus liability is a bad idea

  • Written by Timothy D. Lytton, Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
Taking reasonable precautions such as wearing gloves can help businesses avoid civil liability.Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Governors around the country are attempting to restart the economy by easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The prospect of returning to “normal” amid a pandemic has businesses lobbying...

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What are the 'reopen' protesters really saying?

  • Written by Diana Daly, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Arizona
Protesters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on April 20 call for the governor to lift restrictions meant to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.AP Photo/Matt Slocum

The “anti-lockdown” and #Reopen protests in the U.S. have powerful and secretive backers, but there are real Americans on the streets expressing their opinions.

As an ethno...

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The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots

  • Written by Jennifer Atkinson, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Studies, University of Washington
During coronavirus lockdowns, gardens have served as an escape from feelings of alienation.Richard Bord/Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.

In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of inventory and reported “unprecedented” demand. Within the U.S., the trend has beencompared to...

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Why the WHO, often under fire, has a tough balance to strike in its efforts to address health emergencies

  • Written by Andrew Lakoff, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, has his temperature taken as he arrives at Ruhenda airport in Butembo in eastern Congo, June 15, 2019. AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro

The Trump administration recently declared, in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, that it would suspend the United...

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Spring signals female bees to lay the next generation of pollinators

  • Written by Lila Westreich, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Environment and Forest Sciences, University of Washington
Northern amber bumble bee queen (_Bombus borealis_) on a dandelion flower.Sarah A. Johnson, CC BY-ND

The first days of spring – brighter and warmer – are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up from hibernation and begin to build future colonies.

These enormous bees, sometimes two to three times larger than a worker bee, are...

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