Ángel Cabrera’s wife got as much as $3,800 per day on a speaker's contract; White House will talk to faculty about foreign research threats; and more.
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Records obtained by The Chronicle show that Beth Cabrera was paid by George Mason University for contract work while her husband, Ángel Cabrera, served as its chief. The case sheds light on a gray area of college leadership. (PREMIUM)
Amid heightened scrutiny of America’s research relationship with China, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will bring together different agencies to devise guidelines and best practices. (PREMIUM)
An international science partnership between the United States and China that has grown stronger over 40 years suddenly seems to be decaying. (PREMIUM)
Emi Nakamura, who comes from a family of economists, won this year’s John Bates Clark Medal for the best American in her field under age 40. The Chronicle talked with her about gender imbalance in the discipline despite positive changes over time. (PREMIUM)
The university’s Applebaum Internship Program allows participants to explore how their liberal-arts passions might be developed into full-time jobs in the nonprofit sector of a resurgent Motor City. (PREMIUM)
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