Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Lewis Faulk, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University The Trump administration’s spending cuts have hit many nonprofits hard. michaelquirk/iStock via Getty Images Plus About one-third of U.S. nonprofit service providers experienced a disruption in their government funding in the first half of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ruohao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Penn State Coal-fired power plants emit both smoke and steam. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ajay Kumar Shrestha, Professor, Computer Science, Vancouver Island University Artificial intelligence is now part of everyday life. It’s in our phones, schools and homes. For young people, AI shapes how they learn, connect and express themselves. But it also raises real concerns about privacy, fairness and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Corey Zheng, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology This rubbery disc is an artificial eye that could give soft robots vision. Corey Zheng/Georgia Institute of Technology Inspired by the human eye, our biomedical engineering lab at Georgia Tech has designed an adaptive lens…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kealey Dube, Assistant Professor, The School of Social Work, MacEwan University When students move from university course work to real-world applications like internships, practicums or clinical placements, it’s not just about what they know, but how they use what they know. These experiences are often the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Adam Grippin, Physician Scientist in Cancer Immunotherapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center With a little help, your immune cells can be potent tumor killers. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Sebastian van Baalen, Associate Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University Even before the ballot, the 25 October presidential polls in Côte d’Ivoire can already be described as a loss to democracy and democratic values. Incumbent president Alassane Ouattara is running for a fourth term. With his two…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Marya Lieberman, Nancy Dee Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame The number of people receiving treatment for cancer has risen dramatically in the last decade in many African countries. For example, 10 years ago in Ethiopia and Kenya, cancer care was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chris Hugenholtz, Professor, Geography, University of Calgary Governments in Canada’s major oil and gas producing provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have touted their efforts in recent years to reduce methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere at oil and gas facilities through leaks,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Dr. Andrea Wagner, Associate Professor, Political Science, MacEwan University The rise of populist leaders has drawn significant attention over the past two decades. Around the world, they have reshaped politics, from Donald Trump in the United States to Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Marine Le Pen in…