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Latino youth struggle with sense of belonging in school

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Latino youth in middle and high school have a lower sense of belonging...

Saving broadcasting’s past for the future — archivists are working to capture not just tapes of TV and radio but the experience of tuning...

We’ve lived with broadcasting for more than a century. Starting with radio in the 1920s, then television in the 1950s, Americans by the millions...

Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700, dividing what remains into ever-smaller patches

Despite their iconic status and long association with humans, Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals. Believed to number between 45,000...

Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always singing a song for justice

In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the...

Arctic sea ice loss and fierce storms leave Kivalina’s volunteer search and rescue fighting to protect their island from climate disasters

As winds and waves from Typhoon Merbok devastated communities along the coast of Western Alaska in 2022, Reppi Swan Sr.’s phone began to ring...

Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections for tracking pathogens

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Years-old tissue samples from armadillos in museum collections may harbor Mycobacterium leprae, the...

Mifepristone is under scrutiny in the courts, but it has been used safely and effectively around the world for decades

A flurry of court rulings in April 2023 has left the future of the abortion pill mifepristone in question. For now, a U.S. Supreme...

A tweak to the University of Nebraska’s logo shows how the once benign ‘OK’ sign has entered a ‘purgatory of meaning’

On April 17, 2023, the Nebraska Cornhuskers unveiled the latest version of their beloved mascot, Herbie Husker. Herbie’s left hand no longer forms the...

In protecting land for wildlife, size matters – here’s what it takes to conserve very large areas

Driving north on state Highway 66 through the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana, it’s easy to miss a small herd of bison...

The law often shields police officers from accountability — and reinforces policing that harms Black people, homeless people and the mentally ill

Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against...

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