COP26: experts react to the UN climate summit and Glasgow Pact

Has the summit delivered on its goals?

Ran Boydell, Visiting Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Nov. 13, 2021 • ~11 min

Women's participation is essential to achieve global climate targets

Women’s climate knowledge is often overlooked, despite it being a vital resource for adapting to a warming world.

Modupe Olufunmilayo Jimoh, Senior Teaching Fellow in Civil and Humanitarian Engineering, University of Warwick • conversation
Nov. 9, 2021 • ~8 min

Competition drives the gender pay gap? Maybe not

New research investigates the theory that women aren't as competitive as men, and that this contributes to the gender wage gap.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
Nov. 3, 2021 • ~8 min

No, women aren’t more emotional than men

Despite what stereotypes suggest, men and women are equally emotional, new research finds.

Jared Wadley-Michigan • futurity
Oct. 27, 2021 • ~4 min

Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on what's changed – and what hasn't

A survey of 251 women engineers who graduated from college in the 1970s sheds light on the experiences of these professional pioneers.

Laura Ettinger, Associate Professor of History, Clarkson University • conversation
Oct. 20, 2021 • ~7 min

None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here's why men still dominate STEM award winning

Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.

Mary K. Feeney, Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University • conversation
Oct. 8, 2021 • ~12 min

Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking

While online communities may not fully address the isolation LGBTQ youth face in-person, they can serve as an important source of social support and a springboard for civic engagement.

Linda Charmaraman, Director of Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley College • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 • ~6 min

Moms and dads shape kids’ emotional eating in different ways

"...the hope is that we can use this type of model to reduce unhealthy child emotional eating by influencing how parents are feeding their children."

U. Oregon • futurity
Sept. 24, 2021 • ~8 min

3 groups faced the highest overdose increases in 2020

As COVID-19 raged across the United States, drug overdose deaths reached unprecedented heights. New research breaks down who was most vulnerable.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Sept. 20, 2021 • ~9 min

Turning off your camera can ease ‘Zoom fatigue’

All day virtual meetings can bring on "Zoom fatigue," especially for women and new employees. But there may be a solution: Turn off the camera.

Sofia Sanchez-U. Arizona • futurity
Sept. 2, 2021 • ~5 min

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