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Water

Imagine an Internet of Water

A simple experiment: what is the quality of the water coming out of your tap today? What do you know about the water that you and your family drink or bath ...

BY Martin Doyle, & 1 more

Blog Post

08.08.2017
Civic Action

Revisiting the Coder's Code of Ethics

Add one more group to the growing list of those jolted into self-examination and action in the wake of the 2016 election. There are the women, scientists, ...

BY Louise Lief

Blog Post

07.24.2017
Colleges and Universities

Why Change Is So Difficult

For decades, I have been thinking and writing about change and its importance, particularly in the context of education. I have written, including very rec ...

BY Karen Gross

Blog Post

07.12.2017
Long-Term Capitalism

Rethinking the Anti-Capitalist Mentality

All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the ...

Blog Post

06.16.2017
Colleges and Universities

On University Accreditation, Data Isn't Enough

The Office of Post-Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education just released a new website designed to provide users with the accreditation sta ...

BY Karen Gross

Blog Post

05.04.2017
Europe and Russia

Looking After the European Union

On October 13 1955, the Action Committee for the United States of Europe began its work in Paris, under the direction of Jean Monnet. The initiative was th ...

BY José M. de Areilza

Blog Post

04.17.2017
Colleges and Universities

Addressing Student Protests

Much has already been written about the student (and apparently non-student) protests at Middlebury College aimed at a speaker many students and faculty fo ...

BY Karen Gross

Blog Post

03.12.2017
Civic Action

Science and Civic Partnerships

In an age of “alternative facts,” it is necessary and urgent to defend the vital role of science to our wellbeing. In order to approach many of our nat ...

BY Caroline Jany

Blog Post

02.22.2017
Energy

Cleaner Energy Is America’s Future — and It’s Already Taking Shape In Some Unlikely Places

Since the election, a cascade of dour announcements has filled my inbox about what the new Trump administration will do to the environment. The most solemn ...

BY David Monsma

Blog Post

01.26.2017
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