This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Black women who have experienced more racism throughout their lives have stronger brain responses to threat,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It would be naive to think that security and safeguarding are not essential to humanitarian assistance. Harvard’s Signal program, which promotes the safe and effective use of information technologies in humanitarian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students who are gender nonconforming, genderqueer or transgender are more than four times as likely as their cisgender peers to experience one or more mental health issues, according to a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hidden driver of low youth turnout isn’t a lack of political interest or motivation, Holbein and Hillygus write. It’s that the act of voting is “costly.” Citizens have to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anabel Garza’s story is well-chronicled, the age-old tale of a principal trying to turn around an impoverished school with failing tests scores. In 2012, a book titled, “Saving the School:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a high school senior, my classmates and I are excited to be preparing for the next stages of our lives. For some of us, that means college; others will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Indoor distances of two meters—about six and a half feet—may not be enough to sufficiently prevent transmission of airborne aerosols, researchers report. Eighteen months ago, stickers began to dot the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The aftershocks of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14 are not only being felt by those nearest the epicenter. The latest disaster not only has left six…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Texas early on Tuesday morning, bringing high winds and torrential rainfall to the state’s coastal communities. The storm has weakened into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders, a report published on Monday by Global Witness, an international human rights group, highlighted. For the second year in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Digital wallets (think Apple Pay, Google Pay) have been making headlines with their ability to integrate new types of student IDs and payment cards. Higher ed institutions are adding mobile…