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Study Finds At Least Some Auditing Expertise Applies Across Industry Sectors

A new study finds the expert skills developed by auditing offices that specialize in working with specific industries are actually applicable across industry sectors, improving the quality of their audits regardless of the industry sector they are auditing.

More Than Half of Museum, Zoo Educators Weighing Career Change, Survey Finds

More than half of educators at science museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and science centers who responded to a survey were considering a career change because of the COVID-19 pandemic or other issues linked to pay and job security,

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Children from Mixed Backgrounds with One Muslim Parent Have Plural Identities

How do Quebec-born children in mixed families with one Muslim parent self-identify? How do they combine the different values transmitted by their parents and those of the society in which they grow up?

Sexual Orientation Linked to Choice of Transport to Work

Men and women in same-sex couples are more likely to commute by public transport and less likely to drive to work than those in different-sex couples, according to a new study.

Verbal Aggression Towards Women Ceos a Result of ‘Out of Group’ Gender Bias

Female CEOs face more aggressive questioning from male analysts during earnings conference calls, a new study reveals.

Privileges Confirmed For Straight White Men Working In STEM

A new study that considered multiple aspects including sexual identity and disabilities confirms a long-held belief: White, heterosexual men without disabilities are privileged in STEM careers.

Penguin Publishing Deal Helped Virginia Woolf’s Work Reach A Mass Market, Study Shows

Careful deals negotiated by Virginia Woolf’s husband with Penguin Books helped her work reach a mass market, a new study shows.

Denis Noble upholds philosopher Kathy Wilkes' support for dissident academics

British philosopher Kathy Wilkes is one of those unsung academic heroes who quietly changed many lives and deserves to be better known.

Biologist Needhi Bhalla Awarded ASCB Prize For Excellence In Inclusivity

Bhalla was recognized for her research endeavors and high-impact diversity, equity, and inclusivity actions over the years

Sociologist Ecklund Named Director of Boniuk Institute

Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.

CPRIT Grants Entice Three Cancer Researchers to Rice

Hans Renata, Samantha Yruegas join chemistry, Mingjie Dai joins bioengineering

Four UW Researchers Elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2022

Four faculty members at the University of Washington have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

UW School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences Adds Three Degree Programs

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is adding three new degree programs to its growing portfolio to meet mounting interest from employers and students and increase access to technology curriculum at the university.

Two UW–Madison Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Science communication expert Dietram Scheufele and chemist Shannon Stahl have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Antibiotic Resistance, Occupational Pensions and Secularism in Bangladesh

Kira Schmitt, Michael E. Meier and Mascha Schulz have won this year's FAN Awards for their outstanding research work.

ERC Awards Five-Year Grant for Research on the Construction of Scientific Knowledge

In her project ‘Medical Electricity, Embodied Experiences, and Knowledge Construction in Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1740–1840’, Postdoctoral Researcher Soile Ylivuori investigates the construction of scientific knowledge in 18th-century Europe and the Atlantic world.

Aleksi Vuorinen Receives the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Science Prize

Professor of Theoretical Physics Aleksi Vuorinen from the University of Helsinki was presented the award (prize sum €20,000) by the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation for his successful research on the application of Quantum Chromodynamics to quark matter of finite density or temperature.

2 ASU Professors Appointed First-Ever Navrotsky Professors of Materials Research

Last year, Alexandra Navrotsky, the director of Arizona State University’s Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials of the Universe, made a $10 million gift bequest to the university to ensure the long-term growth of materials science.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Inducts Six Columbia Faculty Members

A group of diverse Columbians join other scholars, artists, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.