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Cold shutdown reduces risk of disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – but combat around spent fuel still poses a threat

  • Written by Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
imageThe last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, reactor No. 6, has been safely shut down.Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, announced on Sept. 11, 2022, that it was shutting down the last operating reactor of the plant’s six...

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Student enrollment falls at colleges and universities that are placed on probation

  • Written by Christopher Burnett, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Institute for Educational Policy Research and Evaluation, University of Houston
imageColleges must notify students when they get in trouble with accreditors. SDI Productions via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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Whenever a college or university gets sanctioned by the agency that provides its accreditation, fewer students enroll in that school. That’s what I found in a...

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The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageGerman Bishop Georg Bätzing talks with members of various Catholic youth organizations holding up umbrellas reading "Consecration for All" and "Jesus had two fathers."Sebastian Gollnow/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

There is a lot of talk about “synodality” in the Catholic church these days. Synodality refers to a process in...

Read more: The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies

How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

  • Written by Mara Leichtman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Muslim Studies, Michigan State University
imageShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2017.Mara Leichtman , CC BY

Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew more than 30 million people,...

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Should you vote early in the 2022 midterm elections? 3 essential reads

  • Written by Matt Williams, Senior Breaking News and International Editor
imageA voter fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Massachusetts.Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

As political campaigning for the midterm elections is ramping up, millions of voters are considering how they should cast their ballots on Nov. 8, 2022. In addition to the traditional way of voting at their local precinct on...

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Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren't just based on white people – this international team is collecting DNA samples around the globe

  • Written by Hailiang Huang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
imageEthical and equitable scientific collaboration could help increase the genetic diversity of genomic data.gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While scientists...

Read more: Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren't just based on...

Donor beware: Pause before you give to any cause

  • Written by Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
imageSteve Bannon, second from right, was indicted and charged on Sept. 8, 2022, with alleged money laundering, fraud and conspiracy for deceiving donors and misusing their funds for a charity.David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

The public’s trust in nonprofitsdeclined from 59% in 2020 to 56% in 2022, according to Independent Sector, a coalition of...

Read more: Donor beware: Pause before you give to any cause

Iran and the US appear unlikely to reach a new nuclear deal – leaving everyone more unsafe

  • Written by Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Professor of international relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA man reads an Iranian newspaper with a headline in Farsi that says, 'The night of the end of the JCPOA,' or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

Iran’s standoff with the United States over its potential nuclear weapons program is unlikely to ease anytime soon.

The U.S. and Iran launched talks in 2021 to renew...

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Arizona's Latino voters and political independents could spell midterm defeats for MAGA candidates

  • Written by Gina Woodall, Principal Lecturer at the School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
imageDemocratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona marches in a Fourth of July parade in Arizona on July 4, 2022.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Two years after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s resentment over losing continues to energize his supporters in Arizona.

That resentment played out during the Aug. 13, 2022,...

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Charles III faces challenges at home, abroad – and even in defining what it means to be king

  • Written by Tobias Harper, Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
imageLong to reign over whom and how?Jonathan Brady/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Charles III became the King of the United Kingdom on Sept. 8, 2022, having spent almost all of his 73 years preparing for this role, watching the example of his mother, Elizabeth II. Yet, he faces an uncertain course as monarch.

The legacy of Charles’ mother is complex. While...

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