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Why Muslim women choose to wear headscarves while participating in sports

  • Written by Umer Hussain, Postdoctoral research associate, ADVANCE, Texas A&M University
imageMuslim women's sports participation is growing.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The French Senate recently voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, patriarchy and lack of women’s empowerment.

Muslim women...

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US counties with more civic engagement tend to have more women on local company boards of directors

  • Written by Siri Terjesen, Associate Dean, Research and External Relations; Executive Director, Madden Center for Value Creation; Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University
imageWomen still have a long way to go to reach parity in the boardroom. Wanlee Prachyapanaprai/iStock via Getty Images

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U.S. counties where people are more likely to vote and engage in professional and social associations tend to have more women on the boards of local...

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Putin's antagonism toward Ukraine was never just about NATO – it's about creating a new Russian empire

  • Written by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
imageA protest outside the Russian Embassy on Feb. 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Chris McGrath/Getty Images

As some Western observers have feared, Russian President Vladimir Putin has just proved that his aggression toward Ukraine was never really about NATO.

In a speech on Feb. 21, 2022, Putin recognized the occupied territories in Ukraine of Donetsk and...

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COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges for students who are homeless

  • Written by Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Associate Professor of Education Policy & Leadership, Southern Methodist University
imageBefore the pandemic about 1.28 million children were experiencing homelessness.Johnce/E+ via Getty Images

Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, Faith – a single mother with two children, one in third grade and one in fifth grade – worked at a sports stadium in Houston. Her focus at the time was “paying for a room and trying to...

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COVID-19 cases on campus could surge after spring break unless students take certain precautions

  • Written by Naveen K. Vaidya, Associate Professor of Mathematics, San Diego State University
imageWhat college students do during and after spring break can affect the number of COVID-19 cases on campus. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that breaking up spring break into small breaks instead of the traditional nine-day vacation can help reduce COVID-19 cases...

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How AI is shaping the cybersecurity arms race

  • Written by Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Indiana University
imageDefending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

The average business receives 10,000 alerts every day from the various software tools it uses to monitor for intruders, malware and other threats. Cybersecurity staff often find...

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Putin’s public approval is soaring during the Russia-Ukraine crisis, but it's unlikely to last

  • Written by Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 21, 2022. The invasion could lead to the biggest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, Western leaders warn.

But amid the mounting tensions, public opinion polls in Russia show that support for Putin is rising.

The rally ‘round the flag effect of supporting...

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Taxpayers should expect serious delays from the IRS this year – a tax scholar offers tips but says only Congress can fix the underlying problem

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageEven the simplest 1040 tax returns are facing delays. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

No one likes tax season. It’s complicated, it’s stressful, and it’s getting worse.

Last year was already the “most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced,” according to the Taxpayer Advocate...

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Why the cost of mitigating climate change can't be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists' best attempts

  • Written by Matthew E. Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageRenewable energy prices have fallen faster than predicted.ImageBROKER/Lilly

Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in people’s lives just a few months later?

That’s the kind of challenge economists face when they try to put a single number on the...

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First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California

  • Written by Roger Bales, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
imageAn artist's rendering of a solar canal.Robin Raj, Citizen Group & Solar Aquagrid

Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at least 1,200 years. Groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many places, and the dryness, wildfires and shrinking water supplies are making climate change personal for...

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