Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
CASBS Names 36 Scholars to its Newest Class of Fellows
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University named its 2022-23 fellows class, comprising 36 scholars representing 17 U.S. institutions and 12 international institutions and programs.
A Political Scientist Looks at Black Women Judges Who Blazed Trail for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Count=rt nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s rise is, in part, due to the work of those women and Black men – and to Black women judges dating back almost a century.
Not Rewriting the History of the Pandemic
As we pass two years from the beginnings of the pandemic, many commentators are scrambling to distance themselves from their initial responses, […]
NSF Adding New Technology Directorate (But Not New Funding)
The U.S. National Science Foundation last week announced it would create a new directorate focused on Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.
Making Sense of What We Hear About Ukraine: An Interview with Dr Daniela Dimitrova
What should those outside the conflict zone keep in mind as they consume news about the Russia-Ukraine war? Journalism Professor Daniela Dimitrova offers some answers.
Can That Emoji Reveal a Remote Workers’ Emotional State?
A team from the University of Michigan tracked emoji use as a marker of emotions, and tracked how the use of emoji in work communications can predict remote worker dropouts.
Purdue Science and Tech Scholar Fouché Heads NSF Social and Economic Sciences Division
and a science and technologies studies scholar whose high-profile work often looks at the connection of sport and technology, has taken the reins of the National Science Foundation’s Social and Economic Sciences Division
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed every March 21 to bring the international community together as a […]
