Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University Pumpkin patch excursions have become a fall staple in many U.S. households. Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images October in much of the U.S. brings cooler weather, vibrant fall colors and, of course,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Paul C. Sereno, Professor of Paleontology, University of Chicago A mummy of a juvenile duck-billed dinosaur, _Edmontosaurus annectens_, preserved as a dried carcass. Tyler Keillor/Fossil Lab Dinosaur “mummies” couldn’t have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst Ranch…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Julie Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Coping with mental illness can make starting and completing simple tasks at work more difficult. Fiordaliso/Moment via Getty Images Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance, and they are…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By R. Grant Gilmore III, Director, Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program, College of Charleston Demolition in process on the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Julie Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Coping with mental illness can make starting and completing simple tasks at work more difficult. Fiordaliso/Moment via Getty Images Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance, and they are…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Hala Altamimi, Assistant professor of Public Administration, University of Kansas Two researchers used attendance as a way to measure the groups’ success. MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Many nonprofits face growing pressure from their donors and other funders to do more with less…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Leila Amineddoleh, Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University The tiara of Empress Eugénie was one of eight priceless pieces of jewelry stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, 2025. Zhang Mingming/VCG via Getty Images The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Edward Wasserman, Professor of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley When influencers accept money and don’t disclose it, then they’re being influenced. Bambu Productions, Getty Images Online influencers, through their postings on Instagram, Threads, TikTok and elsewhere, have created an exuberant universe of news and commentary that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Russell Field, Associate Professor, Sport and Physical Activity, University of Manitoba Late on an October Monday night, George Springer smashed a three-run homer to send nearly 45,000 fans in Toronto’s Rogers Centre — and a record national television audience — into a frenzy. Six outs later,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Carly D. Kenkel, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California Healthy staghorn coral were crucial builders of Florida’s coral reef. Today, few survive there. Maya Gomez In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were…