Research and Creative Scholarship in the News: Spring 2021

Biden Made a Promise to Scientists. He Can Still Keep It.
Researchers who receive federal help consistently fail to report their results to the public. The government should hold them accountable.

Mellon Foundation to Fund Diversity Programs at Library of Congress
The library will start an initiative, called “Of the People: Widening the Path,” which will encourage diversity among future librarians and archivists. The program is funded with a $15 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, part of a shift by the foundation toward issuing art and humanities grants through what it has called “a social justice lens.”

Arkansas Professor Is Accused of Hiding Chinese Funding
The professor kept the financial arrangements secret, allowing him to secure other grants from American government agencies that the Chinese funding made him ineligible for.