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Two strategies can make videoconferencing as effective as meeting face to face, or even better.
AI algorithms can solve hard problems and learn incredible tasks, but they can’t explain how they do these things. If researchers can build explainable AI, it could lead to a flood of new knowledge.
An electrical engineer explains how smoke detectors work, and how to reduce the chances of a false positive.
The annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City will instead be held online due to the pandemic. A scholar explains its history and its connection to Mexican people.
US monuments and memorials have overlooked frontline workers and people of color affected by past epidemics. Will we repeat history?
The model provides county-level analysis and simulates the benefits of mask-wearing in terms of illnesses and deaths.
Were GOP incumbents able to rely on their rural supporters to fend off Democrats’ growing strength in the suburbs?
Una historiadora de las enfermedades explica que una vez que un patógeno aparece, por lo general lo hace para quedarse.
Some economists have begun to compare the current recession and recovery with a ‘K,’ while others see a ‘V.’ Which is it, and what does it mean?
The education philosopher Paulo Freire would have denounced the pandemic-fueled proliferation of online schooling as an affront to democracy and a further entitlement for those in positions of power.
The Sept. 11 bombings killed almost 3,000 Americans. But if you exclude that unique event for the last two decades of terrorist activity, a different picture of US vulnerability appears.
Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 is emblematic of two disturbing health trends.
Two scholars react to Biden’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
As momentum builds to remove statutes that pay homage to Confederates and others who sought to uphold white supremacy, a historian explores questions about what should be erected in their place.
Narratives throughout history illustrate how pandemics make people grapple with their faith, leading them to deepen religious beliefs or reject them altogether.
Hay una larga tradición de pintores europeos que crearon y difundieron representaciones de Cristo hechas a su propia imagen, dice un historiador de arte.
Une historienne de l’art nous explique comment l'image d'un Jésus blanc et Européen est apparue, avant d’être diffusée dans le monde entier.
Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.
Despite his defense of slavery, the former vice president and US senator from South Carolina has been honored with statues and streets, schools and counties. That’s finally changing.
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Law Student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Research Assistant for the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Earth, Ocean & Environment, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Family Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Associate professor, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of South Carolina
