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A $580,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant recently has been awarded to Dr. Lisa Rasmussen to research whether institutional policies and infrastructure can promote ethical practices regarding authorship and improve perceptions of research culture and climate across different STEM disciplines. Positive perceptions of culture and climate are correlated with a lower likelihood of engaging in […]

Dr. Lisa Rasmussen recently was awarded her third National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, to fund a project on “Assessing Ethical Challenges in Conducting Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Science During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” For this project, the research team will investigate ethical issues in unregulated research performed outside of traditional laboratory settings, with the aim of identifying key […]

Dr. Gordon Hull is co-PI on a recently awarded NSF grant related to public policy and technology. Much of the public policy U.S. citizens encounter every day regarding their health, welfare, education, jobs, and security are state and local level policies, with little coordination of or sharing of information on their societal impacts. Dr. Hull […]