Homer A. Neal, a lifelong leader in high-energy physics and higher education, passed away in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 23 at the age of 75. He was the Samuel A. Goudsmit Distinguished University Professor of Physics at the University… Continue Reading
$125 billion. That’s the cost of the damage the National Hurricane Center estimates Hurricane Harvey caused in the last week in August of 2017 when it raged through southeast Texas in what many experts called a “1-in-1,000-year flood event.” Second… Continue Reading
On August 1, the White House announced that President Trump has tapped a University of Oklahoma (OU) weather-climate scientist, Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, to be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a position that will… Continue Reading
Whether Republican, Democrat, independent or apolitical, it is hard not to feel heartache, outrage or, at the very least, a sense of unease when looking at images or hearing audio of crying children separated from their parents at the United… Continue Reading
Turkey held key parliamentary and presidential elections last Sunday following sweeping constitutional reforms that were adopted in 2017. The election resulted in a multiparty presidential configuration in which the president’s party does not have a majority in the parliament. In… Continue Reading
Continuing a long history of policies that expanded women’s legal rights and placed it at the forefront of the Arab world, Tunisia recently modified its legislation regarding rape. In September 2017, it repealed the “marry-your-rapist” law. Tunisia also criminalized marital rape and domestic violence. Continue Reading
In a speech on May 21, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laid out what was billed as the Trump administration’s new approach to Iran. His remarks, titled “After the Deal: A New Iran Strategy,” followed President Donald Trump’s May 8… Continue Reading