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Outgoing US president cites USC trustee in rationale for helping fellow Florida developer

Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America’s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ‘millions of new manufacturing and innovation’ jobs realistic? And how best can universities play their part? John Morgan reports

Strategy for institutional financing of open science follows California and UK models

Incoming president names advisory team while pushing social sciences and battle against cancer

University president claims peers are so captured by need to cultivate politicians and donors that they fail to publicly challenge anything but the most egregious behaviour

The way US graduation figures are calculated misses out those with a non-traditional path through higher education, says Corey S. Bradford

Researcher uses role-play techniques to demonstrate both the technical and interpersonal challenges of decision-making during a pandemic

African American studies chair says tackling inequality is ‘on a knife-edge’ and urges institutions to stop ‘tinkering around the edges’

LGBTQ science professionals complain of not being supported in their roles

While arresting scientists, US slides on funding and misses commitment on rules consistency

John Eastman, a renowned conservative, joined Trump at rally to push vote fraud claim

Gang Chen, respected nanoengineering professor, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted