Women played a major role in debates surrounding the fight against apartheid in South Africa, Rachel Sandwell writes in a new book, “National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile: Sex, Gender, and Nation in the Struggle against Apartheid.”
Adam Hoffman, an assistant professor of psychology at Cornell University, studies how digital media shapes adolescents’ sense of self during a critical stage of development, sometimes leading to fractured identities, social difficulties and harmful behaviors. He says parents aren’t powerless when it comes to guiding their teens online.
Americans broadly agree that universities should engage in a range of societal issues beyond their core education and research missions – while avoiding political activism, new economics research finds.
People base vaccination decisions less on raw facts than on intuition about them, and how that “gist” aligns with their core values, new psychology research finds.
Meta is expected to debut new smart glasses at its Connect event on Wednesday. Leaked clips show a new pair of glasses that include a heads-up display, as well as a wristband that interacts with them.
Social Security remains broadly popular, and as the U.S. population ages, more Americans think the government should do more to help families care for older adults, new research on aging policy finds.
Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save for the future in the annual Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.
John Tomasi, the inaugural president of Heterodox Academy, will speak on “The University at a Crossroads – and How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry” as part of a series of events organized by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University.
