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APS Opposes Tax Changes That Would Hit Grad Students
Provisions in a massive tax bill currently being debated in the US Congress will have significant negative economic impacts on graduate students.
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Influencing Evidence-Based Policy as a Graduate Student
Few processes impact the lives of everyday people as strongly as the creation of public policy. Public policy may be defined concretely as specific legislation, or it may be thought of more abstractly as the
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A Big Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations
Usually, we behave better when we know we’re being watched. According to decades of research, the presence of other people, cameras or even just a picture of eyes seems to nudge us toward civility: We
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Washington, DC Government Applies Behavioral Science to Study Body-Worn Cameras
The Lab @ DC, a research team within the Washington, DC government, has just released the results of a two-year-long study investigating the effects of police body-worn cameras on policing in DC—the largest study of
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DC Government Study Finds Body-Worn Cameras Have No Effect on Police Uses of Force
The Lab @ DC, a research team within the Washington, DC city government, has just released the results of a two-year-long study investigating the effects of police body-worn cameras on policing in DC.
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APS Joins With Other Science Organizations to Oppose Administration’s Travel Ban
The scientific community, including APS, is continuing to voice strong concerns about the effects on research and education of proposed restrictions on travel and immigration to the US. In a joint letter to President Trump
