Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month. We’ve got a lot planned over the next few weeks, and all of our coverage will be linked here....
Study: Women need to be likable, but men don’t
But is she likable? A new study finds that women have to act nice to get ahead, but in most situations, men don’t. That’s...
Say it louder for the people in the back: Her name is Vanessa Nakate
The Associated Press (AP) has issued an apology after one of its photographers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland cropped Ugandan climate change activist...
Survey: Nearly half of U.S. employees think vacations are more stress than they’re worth
Data suggests nearly 8 in 10 employees suffer from burnout. While that seems to be predominantly caused by toxic work environments and mismanagement, a high...
Employers say global talent shortage has doubled in the past decade
Technological advances are creating a global talent gap that’s more than doubled in the past decade, according to a new report by ManpowerGroup. More than 24,400...
Universities must open their archives and share their oppressive pasts
Evadne Kelly, University of Guelph and Carla Rice, University of GuelphThumbnail image courtesy: Zaini Izzuddin For the first time, a Canadian university — the...
Pay transparency can eliminate gender pay gap, according to new report
Transparent pay practices eliminate the gender pay gap in an organization, according to a new in-depth report by PayScale Inc. The analysis looked at 1.6...
PROFILE: Dr. Erin McGillick, fetal & neonatal physiology Research Fellow
My name is Dr. Erin McGillick and I am a fetal and neonatal physiology Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University. I am also currently a director of the Australian Society for Medical Research.
Howard University receives largest gift in its history to fund STEM programs
Photo: Howard’s KARSH STEM Scholars Program participants. Courtesy: Howard U. Howard University has announced plans to invest in its STEM programs, following a $10 million...
PROFILE: Kay Nisbett, neuroscience doctoral student
My name is Khalin Nisbett, but most people know me as Kay. I am a third-year doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, United States.