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I have a confession: When I work from home, I get easily annoyed by all the noise outside. A barking dog across the street. The scream of sirens from ambulances and fire trucks that constantly pass by and shake the street. The buzz of police helicopters as they fly above in search of shooting suspects. Yes, there’s quite a bit of gunfire near my apartment. Sometimes it’s fatal.
Despite the chaos just outside my window, it all pales in comparison to a full-scale war. Which is why you have to admire the Ukrainian teachers and students who still do their best to teach and learn even as rockets and drones fired by Russian forces rain down on their country – including on their schools.
Kristina Hook, an assistant professor of conflict management at Kennesaw State University, captures the resolve of Ukrainian teachers in a piece about how the war ravaging their country has affected – but not stopped – Ukrainian students as they struggle to continue their education amid the chaos, conflict and carnage.
Also today:
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In the remains of her classroom, 16-year-old Khrystyna Ignatova visits her desk in the Chernihiv School #21, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti
Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University
The war in Ukraine affects everyone – including teachers and students, who are meeting the challenges with their people’s famed determination.
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Education
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David Riedman, University of Central Florida
Extremely young school shooters are not believed to be capable of forming criminal intent.
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Politics + Society
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Rafael R. Ioris, University of Denver
The sacking of key democratic institutions in Brasilia has parallels with the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol but was different in one key way: the position of the military.
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Blessing-Miles Tendi, University of Oxford; Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University; Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University; Carl LeVan, American University School of International Service; Eduardo Gamarra, Florida International University
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Arts + Culture
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Lily Zhu, Washington State University
New research highlights how anyone can train their creative muscles by rethinking the anxiety, frustration and anger they encounter in daily life.
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Ethics + Religion
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Michael Brenner, American University
Two religiously observant groups of Jews in Israel, the ultra-Orthodox and Religious Zionists, are increasingly acting as political allies. The consequences could be profound.
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Science + Technology
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Yizeng Li, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Counterintuitively, cells move faster in thicker fluids. New research on breast cancer cells explains why, and reveals the role that fluid viscosity plays in metastasis.
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Nancy Dreschel, Penn State
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Margaret Hu, William & Mary Law School
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Economy + Business
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David Weil, Brandeis University
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