Solving societal problems such as climate change could require dismantling rigid academic boundaries, so that researchers from varying disciplines could work together collaboratively—through an "undisciplinary" approach, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2022
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Shortly before the pandemic, the University of Toronto's Stephanie Begun put up some flyers for a free improv workshop at a Toronto homeless shelter for youth. It was an idea she'd been toying with for years—that participating ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2021
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It's a cloudy July afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and MIT Edgerton Center Instructor Amanda Mayer is using brightly-colored plastic to build proteins. She takes a small yellow block and moves it to the end of a chain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 26, 2021
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Experts know political polarization in the United States is a problem. What they don't know, according to Rob Blair, is what to do about it.
Political science
Jul 2, 2021
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There remains a dearth of women in economics, with far fewer females securing tenure-track jobs and publishing academic research than men. Past research points to several barriers contributing to this "leaky pipeline" including: ...
Economics & Business
Apr 16, 2020
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Around 120 architecture students, including some from EPFL, took part in a unique workshop on Mount Luzzone in Ticino on 6–7 July 2019. They remodeled the ruins of an ancient hamlet in order to preserve an important—and ...
Archaeology
Jul 9, 2019
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Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have teamed with teachers at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside, or CSDR, to design an astronomy workshop for students with hearing loss that can be easily ...
Education
Feb 5, 2019
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By the end of November, the city of Trento, one of the Lighthouse Cities of the EU-funded project STARDUST, had its first Stakeholder Workshop at the Palazzo Thun. Main actors of the city in the field of Logistics discussed ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2019
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In 1961, famed astronomer Frank Drake created a formula for estimating the number of extraterrestrial intelligences (ETIs) that could exist within our galaxy. Known as the "Drake Equation," this formula demonstrated that ...
Astronomy
Jan 2, 2019
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Thirty-seven experts from 14 countries are gathering at the Cistercian Monastery in Heilsbronn—Nuremberg from December 14 to 18 to discuss conservation options for coastal and riverine species of dolphins that are experiencing ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2018
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