December 10, 2022
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Harnessing the brain’s immune cells to stave off Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases
Microglia (colored green) play several essential roles in maintaining brain health and function. Gerry Shaw/Wikimedia Commons, CC ... -
White teachers often talk about Black students in racially coded ways
Educators stereotype Black students in subtle ways. Jonathan Kirn via Getty Images Rowhea Elmesky, Arts & Sciences at Washington University ...December 10, 2022 -
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music and needlepoint contributed to her pioneering work in computing
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was more than just another mathematician. Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace by Alfred Edward ...December 10, 2022 -
‘I would like to go to university’: flexi school students share their goals in Australia-first survey
Nathan Cowley/Pexels Marnee Shay, The University of Queensland; Jodie Miller, The University of Queensland, and Martin Mills, Queensland ...December 10, 2022 -
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How the University of California Strike Could Reshape Higher Education
As a strike of 48,000 academic workers at the University of California—the largest labor action of the year—stretches into a third week, ...November 30, 2022 -
Fear of Professional Backlash May Keep Women from Speaking Up at Academic Conferences
Future work could extend these findings by exploring how race and other identities may influence conference attendees’ willingness to ...November 30, 2022 -
Former math teacher explains why some students are ‘good’ at math and others lag behind
Math proficiency scores fell during the pandemic. fstop123 via Getty Images Frances E. Anderson, University of Nebraska Omaha When Frances E. ...November 30, 2022 -
Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift’s songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Plath
Literary devices abound in Taylor Swift’s body of work. John Shearer/TAS18 via Getty Images Elizabeth Scala, The University of Texas at ...November 30, 2022