If you are considering going to graduate school, you might have heard about the importance of presenting papers at conferences. So, what exactly is an academic conference? This article...
Women’s healthcare is severely under-researched, underfunded, and undervalued. Women were often deemed to be “too complex” and unimportant in medical research, contributing to their underrepresentation and many medical advances...
For girls, the term “easily distracted” and “struggles to focus” are schoolhouse critiques that their male counterparts are less likely to receive. Instead, boys are more likely to be...
The University of Virginia is known nationally as a center for academic research, with professors developing research projects that push the boundaries of academia; oftentimes, UVA undergraduates are working...
For years, measles seemed like a disease Brazil had already defeated. Can a massive wave of fake news bring it back?
Every single person seems to be posting about their newly completed marathon. What's happening? This article explores a new phenomenon of a running epidemic.
In my undergraduate thesis at UCF, I explored whether comedy could actually improve student well-being, and the results were clear. So what happens when we start treating laughter as...
As a psychology major whose coursework leans toward a more social emphasis, I am always happy to enter classes on the first day of the semester with peers of...
In 2014, residents of Hoosick Falls, New York, my hometown, noticed something weird. Residents were experiencing unusually high rates of kidney and testicular cancer. Mr. Hickey, a resident, decided...
When I started as an English major at UVM, the last thing I expected was that I would participate in research at the university. However, this semester I have...