This week, I renewed my TSA PreCheck membership. Why? I’m not so sure. For some (admittedly privileged) portion of academics, flying for work is a typical (usually annual) event. I have flown ...

A controversy at the American Diabetes Association’s recent meeting shows the tough balancing act for academic societies ...

Men tend to dominate the question-and-answer sessions at academic conferences, potentially wielding a significant influence over the future trajectory of scientific research. Recent research sheds ...

We need more kids at our academic conferences. More babies. More toddlers. More school-agers. More teenagers. Seeing our colleagues with their kids at a conference is awesome. Babies, toddlers, and ...

[This is a guest post by Stan Kurkovsky, a professor of computer science at CCSU. Stan and I are teaching a course abroad next year called Secrecy: Science & Fiction. (I totally can’t believe I’ve ...

The ballooning costs of attending high-end academic conferences are excluding early-career researchers. But we need their fresh perspectives Julian Kirchherr is assistant professor at Utrecht ...