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When it comes to developing policies on AI in K-12, schools are largely on their own

  • Written by Janice Mak, Assistant Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Generative artificial intelligence technology is rapidly reshaping education in unprecedented ways. With its potential benefits and risks, K-12 schools are actively trying to adapt teaching and learning.

But as schools seek to navigate into the age of generative AI, there’s a challenge: Schools are operating in a policy vacuum. While a...

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Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation

  • Written by Chad Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
imageJoe Engel, joined here by fellow Holocaust survivors Rose Goldberg and Diny K. Adkins, along with College of Charleston students, dedicated his later years to speaking about his experiences during the Holocaust.Courtesy of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies

Joe Engel was and remains an icon in Charleston, South Carolina. Born in...

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From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

  • Written by Timothy Joseph, Professor of Classics and the Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageWhen is war peace? When someone in power says it is.Dimitri Otis, DigitalVision via Getty Images

In a week filled with news about President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to take control of Greenland, the world got a window into his thinking about the concept of “peace.”

“Considering your Country decided not to give me the...

Read more: From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace

Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story

  • Written by André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageScientists are fighting back against antibiotic resistance with new strategies and tools.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your doctor say, “We’re out of options.” It may sound dramatic, but antibiotic resistance is pushing that scenario closer to...

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Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk

  • Written by Nicole M. Bennett, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Assistant Director at the Center for Refugee Studies, Indiana University
imageIf you're going to record ICE agents, recognize that the risks go beyond physical confrontation.Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images

When an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killedRenee Nicole Good in south Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026, what happened next looked familiar, at least on the surface. Within hours, cellphone footage...

Read more: Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk

Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance

  • Written by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageHigh school students gather for an anti-ICE protest outside the state capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images

The Trump administration’s recent surge of more than 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, is creating ripple effects for students, teachers and parents that go well...

Read more: Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages...

America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

  • Written by Hélène Nguemgaing, Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland
imageAcid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental...

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Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.

I study emerging technologies and how their development and deployment influence economic, institutional and...

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Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead

  • Written by Robin Pickering, Professor and Chair of Public Health, Gonzaga University
imageUsing multiple digital devices at once can be highly distracting and overstimulating.Riska/E+ via Getty Images

As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope. Conversations and social media feeds are saturated with the language of “me time,” burnout, boundaries and nervous system...

Read more: Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead

America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

  • Written by Hélène Nguemgaing, Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland
imageAcid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental...

Read more: America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who...

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  13. Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
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  15. An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
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  19. 12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
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