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Fishing, strip clubs and golf: How male-focused networking in medicine blocks female colleagues from top jobs

  • Written by Jennifer R. Grandis, Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
imageBuilding relationships with colleagues outside of work is important for career development. 10'000 Hours/Digital Vision via Getty Images

Women have been entering academic medicine at nearly the same rate as men for decades, but very few women reach the top levels of leadership. For example, as of April 2022, of the 71 U.S. cancer centers designated...

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Your digital footprints are more than a privacy risk – they could help hackers infiltrate computer networks

  • Written by Ravi Sen, Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University
imageYour digital footprints can give hackers clues about you that they can use to trick you.Ivan/Flickr, CC BY-SA

When you use the internet, you leave behind a trail of data, a set of digital footprints. These include your social media activities, web browsing behavior, health information, travel patterns, location maps, information about your mobile...

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Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean?

  • Written by Annie Selak, Associate Director, Women's Center, Georgetown University
imageRepresentatives from the First Nations Inuit and Metis communities, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, after their meeting with Pope Francis, on April 1, 2022.AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Pope Francis apologized on April 1, 2022, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, acknowledging the harm done by residential schools in Canada...

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Oklahoma state officials resist Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal authority over American Indian country

  • Written by Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageLarge portions of Oklahoma are governed, at least in part, by tribal jurisdiction.crimsonedge34 via Wikimedia Commons

It’s unusual for someone to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit one of its decisions. It’s very rare for that to happen almost immediately after the ruling was issued. But in the two years since the court’s...

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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageThe votes are there. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Susan Walsh

The phrase “in a historic vote” gets thrown around a lot in journalism – and it isn’t always warranted. But shortly after 2 p.m. EDT on April 7, 2022, a Senate roll call confirmed Ketanji Brown...

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Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

  • Written by Guillermo Dominguez Huerta, Science Consultant in Microbiology, The Ohio State University
imageThere are even more types of viruses in the ocean than researchers once thought.newannyart/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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

The big idea

imageDiagram of the biological classification system, showing phylum is a broad grouping.VectorMine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

An analysis of the genetic...

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COVID-19: Mental health telemedicine was off to a slow start – then the pandemic happened

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imageFor decades, doctors and patients have used telemedicine. But it gained wider use when the COVID-19 pandemic led to canceled appointments and closed clinics.verbaska_studio/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 brought rising levels of stress, anxiety and depression. But stay-at-home orders and a national emergency prompted...

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'Is It Cake?' feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times

  • Written by Maggie Cao, David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageBurger or baked good?Netflix

I doubt that even Netflix expected “Is It Cake?” to be such a hit.

The premise, if you haven’t already binged the TV series, involves professional bakers trying to fool judges by creating cakes that don’t look like dessert but instead appear to be everyday commodities – purses, toys, fast...

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Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

  • Written by Yuko Sato, Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
imageAvian flu spreads quickly through domestic poultry flocks.Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr

An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not...

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Helping Ukrainians means listening to their needs – 3 lessons for aid groups from Syria's war

  • Written by Kimberly Howe, Assistant Research Professor of International Relations, Tufts University
imageMillions of Syrians remain displaced from the conflict that began in 2011.Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia first invaded in February 2022 includes billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid from dozens of countries.

We hope that the Russia-Ukraine war does not last as...

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  5. Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe
  6. Why the best way to stop strongmen like Putin is to prevent their rise in the first place
  7. What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US been dragged into it?
  8. War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals' support for Putin as a leader of conservative values
  9. Shame and secrecy shroud culture of sexual assault in boys' high school sports
  10. How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia's war against Ukraine?
  11. Repurposing generic drugs can reduce time and cost to develop new treatments – but low profitability remains a barrier
  12. How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history
  13. Paid family leave makes people happier, global data shows
  14. To understand why Biden extended tariffs on solar panels, take a closer look at their historical impact
  15. The cheerful lexicon of the Spanish language may help solve a health mystery called the Hispanic Paradox
  16. What is palliative care? How is it different from hospice?
  17. Ukrainian refugees might not return home, even long after the war eventually ends
  18. 5 ways Americans' lives will change if Congress makes daylight saving time permanent
  19. How Ukraine has defended itself against cyberattacks – lessons for the US
  20. Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr.
  21. Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA's code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village
  22. Putin is staking his political future on victory in Ukraine – and has little incentive to make peace
  23. Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years
  24. How the 'test to treat' initiative aims to get ahead of the next wave of COVID-19
  25. The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19
  26. Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
  27. People are more likely to react to a Black person's story of injustice – even if it happened to someone who is white
  28. What are war crimes? 3 essential reads on atrocities in Ukraine and the likelihood of prosecuting Putin
  29. Revolutionary changes in transportation, from electric vehicles to ride sharing, could slow global warming – if they’re done right, IPCC says
  30. Lessons in realpolitik from Nixon and Kissinger: Ideals go only so far in ending conflict in places like Ukraine
  31. Cyberattacks have yet to play a significant role in Russia’s battlefield operations in Ukraine – cyberwarfare experts explain the likely reasons
  32. Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation
  33. Ketanji Brown Jackson set for historic Supreme Court confirmation vote: 3 essential reads
  34. Humanitarian aid workers need security, rights and better pay
  35. Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
  36. What is a dwarf planet?
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  38. These energy innovations could transform how we mitigate climate change, and save money in the process – 5 essential reads
  39. Pope Francis' visit to Malta highlights the role of St. George Preca, an advocate for teaching the gospel
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  41. The war in Ukraine ruins Russia's academic ties with the West
  42. SCOTUS is about to decide whether a public school football coach can pray on the field
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