Seismic isolation systems: Earthquake-resilient buildings in Türkiye offer design guidance for future
By Osman Ozbulut, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia The February 6, 2023, earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These earthquakes also put...
A collapse of trust: Why women experience more health disparity after natural disasters
By Willow Kreutzer, PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Iowa; and Stephen Bagwell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience disproportionate challenges...
Blood in the streets: How gun violence became the far right’s proxy war on the American public
As the riot of gun violence in America produces fresh massacres by the day, firearm fundamentalists refuse to acknowledge the blood on their hands, and their suicidal stance in the face of escalating carnage is that more guns are the answer. But it is worse than that....
A house of many faiths: MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism
By Roy Whitaker, Associate Professor of Black Religions and American Religious Diversity, San Diego State University The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968....
Faith and Ideology: How Cesar Chavez merged a pilgrimage with a revolution for farm workers march
By Lloyd Daniel Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion, Amherst College On March 31, 1966, labor rights pioneer Cesar Chavez was not celebrating his birthday in any usual manner. Rather, he was 14 days into a 25-day pilgrimage in California from Delano to Sacramento....
Governing from jail: Constitution unclear about a candidate running for president while indicted
By Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district...
Deepfakes are calling: How to avoid phone scams with AI-generated voice clones
By Matthew Wright, Professor of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Christopher Schwartz, Postdoctoral Research Associate of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology You have just returned home after a long day at work and are about...
Affordable Mobility: Boosting public transit in an auto-centric America depends on improved bus service
By Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state, with aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like...
A relic of the car craze: City planners finally questioning the worth of parking garages
By Kevin J. Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder; and John Hersey, Teaching Assistant Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on...
Bombed-out hospitals from Syria’s civil war make disaster recovery difficult for earthquake survivors
By Ora Szekely, Associate Professor of Political Science, Clark University After a pair of devastating earthquakes struck southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria, the number of confirmed deaths continues to rise, surpassing 52,000 as of March 23. The United Nations...
Aid groups play vital role in helping Syria’s quake-devastated areas that were already disaster zones
By Kimberly Howe, University of Virginia Humanitarian Collaborative Practitioner Fellow; Assistant Research Professor of International Relations, Tufts University Three weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the rubble in...
An undivided Ukraine: How wartime unity is forging a national vision for rebuilding the future
By Erik S. Herron, Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University; and Ralph S. Clem, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Florida International University Once divided, Ukrainians are thinking about how to rebuild their nation and are prioritizing national...
