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From Norway to Wisconsin, children want to be social media influencers when they grow up

Professor Matt Simoneau investigates kids' global fascination with careers in social media

Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant

Reese Hufnagel and Professor Matt Ray examine the escalating risks and potential solutions associated with modern space debris.

Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing

Professor Anne Schmitz investigates how nature provides a blueprint for better engineering.

Polytechnic universities focus on practical, career-oriented skills, offering an alternative to traditional universities

Professors Kelly Droege and Laura Reisinger details what distinguishes the polytechnic universities from traditional education.

Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South

Professor Betsy Pudliner investigates the nexus of tourism and our painful national history.

Generative AI is coming to the workplace, so I designed a business technology class with AI baked in

Professor Camille Banger examines how best to prepare her students for a workplace fueled by generative AI.

How 3D printing is personalizing healthcare

Professor Anne Schmitz and Dean Daniel Freedman discuss how 3D printing is personalizing healthcare.

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how

Professor Betsy Pudliner investigates how space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement.

How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it better

Professor Alex Jordan demystifies the plastics recycling process.

Educators find creative work-arounds to new laws that restrict what they can teach

Professor Riley Drake recounts how teachers are continuing to support their students without violating executive orders or the law.