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Professor Alexander Zestos’s Brain Sensors Headed for the Marketplace

Zestos teams up with Spike Neuro and the NIH to commercialize sensors for understanding neurological disorders, drug effects, and behavior
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Trey Herr, Samantha Bradshaw, William Akoto

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Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology Welcomes New Co-Directors

SIS Professors William Akoto, Samantha Bradshaw, and Trey Herr bring fresh research and programmatic ideas as the new co-directors of the Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology.
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Jennifer Poole, Foreign Investment and Gender Equality in India: Competitive Pressures or Technology Transfer?

Jennifer Poole's new working paper from the Asian Development Bank Institute examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and advances in gender equality.
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Austin Davis, Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

Austin Davis' new co-authored article in the American Economic Association's Papers and Proceedings journal explores the inequity of refugee hosting, focusing on the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh.
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Yerevan Saeed, China's Rise in Iraq's Energy Sector: From Newcomer to Dominant Player

Yerevan Saeed's new co-authored issue paper examines China's rising dominance in Iraq's energy sector and how that challenges the US' strategic position in the region.
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How Does Polarization Impact US Foreign Policy?

SIS professor Jordan Tama answers several questions about his recent co-edited volume, "Polarization and U.S. Foreign Policy."
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Leveling Up the Far Right

SOC professor Adrienne Massanari explores how gaming “paved the way for far-right and alt-right activism” in her new book, Gaming Democracy.
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Jeff Bachman, Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead

Jeff Bachman's new book from Rutgers University Press is "Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead."
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Newspaper headline reads 'Fake News.' Image created with generative AI

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AI DebunkBot Effectively Persuades People from Believing Conspiracy Theories

An interview with DebunkBot creator and AU Psychology Professor Thomas Costello
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Dr. Pietroszek and Manuel Rebol at ITS 2023

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Mixed-Reality Research Presented at ITS2023

Allowing first responders to administer aid remotely
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