OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In scientific research, academic communication is indispensable. With the help of new media platforms and online meeting software, conference organizers gradually ...

I just finished my fourteenth year as a professor at Union College, which means it probably shouldn't seem weird that I get asked for career advice. And yet, it still kind of does. Some of this is a ...

One of the most useful sessions at last week's DAMOP meeting (for me, anyway) was the invited session on "Turning Physics Students Into Physicists". This was organized by the APS Forum on Education, ...

The ballooning costs of attending high-end academic conferences are excluding early-career researchers. But we need their fresh perspectives Julian Kirchherr is assistant professor at Utrecht ...

[This is a guest post by Stan Kurkovsky, a professor of computer science at CCSU. Stan and I are teaching a course abroad next year called Secrecy: Science & Fiction. (I totally can’t believe I’ve ...

This week, I renewed my TSA PreCheck membership. Why? I’m not so sure. For some (admittedly privileged) portion of academics, flying for work is a typical (usually annual) event. I have flown ...

Academic conferences worldwide face scrutiny due to their perceived lack of integrity and relevance. Scholars today face challenges from the “publish-or-perish” culture, “pay to present” model, and ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. We need more kids at our academic conferences. More babies. More toddlers. More school-agers. More ...

The Graduate School of Business (GSB) will host its Academic Freedom Conference from Nov. 4-5. The conference, which has stirred controversy over its speaker lineup and initial decision to be closed ...