Updates and Guidance Related to COVID-19
In alignment with the phased reopening of campus, the Office of Research along with the Health and Safety and Workforce Task Forces is providing AU researchers guidance on how they can restart on-campus research in a phased approach. Return to Research instructions is available on the Office Sponsored Programs website.
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Research News
New Report Reveals Growing, Violent Threat from QAnon Movement to Public Safety and Democracy
New Faculty Publications
Dr. Laura DeNardis' argues that cybersecurity is a human rights issue in her latest publication. The Financial Times listed it has one of the Best Technology Books of 2020!
Why does documentary storytelling matter for social justice and equity? SOC’s Professor Caty Borum Chattoo released a new book on this topic.
Prof. W. Joseph Campbell presents a sweeping look at the messy and contentious past of US presidential pre-election polls and why they aren’t as reliable as we think in his new book.