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Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics

Republican Utah governor, Democrat U.S. congressman find common cause

New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young

Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay — and attendance

Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist

Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct?

They have greater tendency to seek out, believe material that conforms to pre-existing views, expert says.

Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says

Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments

Business School initiative brings together leaders from business, government, academia

Political philosopher says rampant schadenfreude among electorate poses risk to democracy

Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges

Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures

New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values

Psychologist takes issue with cancel culture in ‘common knowledge’ conversation at the IOP

Civil Discourse panelists debate how to strengthen national ties

Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions

Brittney Griner, Spike Lee, and other honorees lauded for contributions to Black culture, scholarship, and civic life

Visiting professor who served 3 decades with Justice Dept. sees urgent need to protect presumption of regularity

Nuclear-age historian argues scientists who backed arsenals as deterrent aided military-industrial complex, hampered disarmament

MLK Lecture honoree Darren Walker urges hope, courage in fight against inequality, polarization

Are outdated teaching methods to blame for declining U.S. reading scores?

Times columnist Michelle Goldberg discusses Israel, social conservatism, immigration, and where free speech becomes something else

David Deming and Randall Kennedy discuss — and debate — good, bad of meritocracy with ‘Justice’ philosopher

New research by Claudia Goldin extends her work on how, why cultural changes around gender are driving down fertility in U.S., elsewhere

Rosalie Abella, the first Jewish woman on Canada’s Supreme Court, was shaped by her parents’ resilience after Holocaust

Former federal legal officials were worried even before election, but Comey, James indictments crossed line, journalist says

Grad School of Education will partner with nine states — from Rhode Island to Texas — to look for practical solutions to low test scores, chronic absenteeism

Data editor explains how digital tools sift through mountains of government, business data to find ways to make things better or unearth crimes