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The Economist: How to predict and prepare for space weather
Sometimes the sun burps. It flings off mighty arcs of hot plasma known as coronal mass ejections. If one of these hits Earth it plays havoc with the planet’s magnetic field. Such storms are among the most spectacular examples of what astronomers call space weather. Bharat Bhuva, professor of electrical engineering and computer engineering, is quoted.
The Washington Post: Senate Democrats seek answers about a Trump higher-ed task force
In a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released Thursday, Senate Democrats are asking for details on the Trump administration’s higher education task force. A 2015 task force co-chaired by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on federal regulation in higher education is mentioned.
Fox News: Opinion: President Trump can dampen the criticism by revving up his hiring machine
To reduce the harsh noise level surrounding his fledgling administration, President Trump needs to do something difficult: not squelch his critics but focus like a laser on staffing the upper reaches of his federal bureaucracy, writes David Lewis, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science.
Fast Company: Why becoming a leader makes some people more unethical
According to a new study, the higher up the corporate ladder you climb, the more likely you might be to engage in unethical behavior. Study co-author Jessica Kennedy, assistant professor of management, is quoted.
Business Standard (India): Editorial: How undocumented immigrants negotiate a place for themselves in America
When a person with a viable asylum claim enters the U.S., or when an undocumented person is stopped by a police officer, the first challenge that the migrant faces is to simply make him or herself understood in English. In such a situation, the officer has to fill in a lot of the missing details in order to understand key facts. This is where the transmission of information moves from translation to interpretation, from a purely linguistic act to a kind of negotiation, writes Robert Barsky, professor of French and comparative literature. The original article was published by The Conversation and reposted by EconoTimes.