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Amidst a vibrant European cultural landscape, a few exceptional museums rise to claim their rightful place among the best of the best in 2023.

Amidst a vibrant European cultural landscape, a few exceptional museums rise to claim their rightful place among the best of the best in 2023.

Jennifer Freyd received her PhD in Psychology from Stanford. Freyd is the Founder and President of the Center for Institutional Courage, Professor Emerit of Psychology at the University of Oregon, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine, Affiliated Faculty at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and Affiliated Faculty, Women's Leadership Lab, Stanford University. Freyd was in 1989-90 and again in 2018-19 a Fellow at the Center for Advanced...

Awarded the National Medal of Science, Roger Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford, introduced techniques for quantifying mental processes.

The nearly three football field-size Estonian National Museum (ENM) with over one million artefacts has a new leader – the former director...

When DARVO occurs, "you end up with two people who say they are the victim of abuse, but only one of them is," an expert tells Newsweek.

Professors in Oregon push for gender-neutral titles for retired faculty members. The idea has traction, although there’s debate about just what to call these professors instead of “emeritus” and “emerita.”

A research center focuses on how institutions, including colleges, betray their constituents—and how institutions can act with courage instead.

July 23, 2021 Jennifer Freyd sued the University of Oregon in 2017, alleging that she had been paid less than her male colleagues in the psychology department. Last week the two parties announced an agreement under which Oregon will pay the now-retired psychology professor $350,000 in damages, thereby avoiding a jury trial. In addition, the university will donate $100,000 to the Center for Institutional Courage, an organization Freyd founded last year that’s dedicated to “rigorous s...

Alan Sylvestre Originally published on July 17, 2021 10:02 am Now-retired psychology professor Jennifer Freyd and the University of Oregon settled a roughly four-year legal battle Friday. Freyd filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against UO in 2017, claiming the university was paying her unequally in comparison to male colleagues in her department who had similar or lesser experience. In 2019, the court ruled in favor of the university. Freyd appealed that ruling and brought her case befo...