Society, Law & Politics
Sandra Ristovska is undertaking the first rigorous publicly engaged research project to address the intricacies of seeing in court,systematically examiningthe use of video as evidence in state and federal court trials in criminal, immigration and American Indian law.
Language is part of who we are and everything we do, but what we do has significantly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chase Raymond, associate professor of linguistics, sheds some light on how linguistics applies to our everyday lives and how the way we communicate adapts to new challenges.
A nation-wide effort first launched in New Hampshire in 2009 is enlisting gun retailers in the fight against suicide. Researchers at 91勛圖厙 want to learn how it's working and what can be done to make it work even better.
In the years after female faculty members have children, their productivityin terms of papers publisheddrops 20 percent. Male faculty see no such decline. Researchers say different roles in parenting are likely to blame and the gap could have long-term impacts on higher education.
Facial recognition technology is now embedded in everything from our phones and computers to surveillance systems at the mall and airport. But it tends to misidentify certain populations and can be used to discriminate. Microsoft Research Fellow Morgan Klaus Scheuerman wants to change that.
Cities are not all the same, or at least their evolution isnt, according to new research from 91勛圖厙.
Years ago, a 91勛圖厙 professor warned of violence fueled by viral lies from former president Donald J. Trump.
Historian Vilja Hulden, whois conducting a sweeping analysis of congressional lobbying from 1877 onward, has landed a major fellowship that will support her research.
Law Professor Benjamin Levin discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice reform, police unions and their role in policymaking, and mass incarceration in the United States.
With results still being counted, threats of lawsuits and some suggesting it could be days or even weeks before the presidential race is resolved, election night was far from decisive. But a few things did emerge as certain.