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Few Australians are opposed to electric vehicles in principle - but a new transport survey has revealed one key hurdle to widespread uptake.

DesignLab proudly announces the launch of their Academy. Within the DesignLab Academy, the focus is on futures thinking; understanding the possibilities of the future so that we know how our decisions today will impact the world of tomorrow.

As unprecedented as the outbreak of COVID-19 felt, it was far from the first time a deadly disease has swept the globe.

Study: Who's Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns Most independent businesses can shoulder the added costs of higher minimum wages with new revenues, making only minor employment adjustments, according to new research from the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University.

New initiative is convening leading companies and nonprofits with support from Google's Community Grants Fund.

University of Michigan study finds this group is more likely to recognize systemic race and gender bias when they get mistreated at work Study: Lowering Their Meritocratic Blinders: White Men's Haras

On Friday, March 22, 2024, José Gabriel Carreño will defend his PhD thesis titled: Three Essays on Wage Compensation and Flexible Contracts.

Freelance journalists in the UK earn less than the minimum wage, despite journalism being commonly perceived as a privileged profession, according to a new study of freelance journalists led by the University of Glasgow.

Did you know that there used to be a scientific laboratory at UCL that researched ways to construct "better" genetics for humanity? VPEE student journalist Defne Kutay meets a group of staff and students who are exploring its history and legacy.

Engineering Research Researchers develop mobility tech to make it easier for overburdened hospital staff to do their jobs With health-care systems under increasing strain, University of Waterloo engineers are developing ways to literally lighten the load for overburdened hospital workers.

New research by Caltech's Kirby Nielsen, assistant professor of economics and William H. Hurt Scholar, shows that the gender gap in confidence that is often held responsible for women'

EXPERTS ADVISORY The Dartmouth men's basketball team's historic vote to unionize today sounds a death knell for the NCAA's long-standing model of athlete amateurism, which is already on its last legs.

One hundred Ann Arbor entrepreneurs, gig workers and other independent workers with low incomes have received their first two guaranteed income payments of $528 as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor pilot program.