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Trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . Parallax Ideas: The real college admission scandal Behind the recent news of overt cheating in college admissions is "a plethora of less obvious ways the college admissions system unfairly favors the children of the well-off," writes External Professor Scott E. Page in an op-ed for The Washington Post.  When it comes to extracurricular activities, students from wealthy families have more opportunities to excel at elite, and less competitive, sports. Therefore, they are more likely to be seen as high achievers.  MORE > Rebecca Roanhorse to speak at InterPlanetary Festival Rebecca Roanhorse, a speculative fiction writer from northern New Mexico, joins the lineup of panelists for the 2019 InterPlanetary Festival, coming up June 14-16. She will participate in the "World Building" panel. Roanhorse's short story "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience TM" won a 2018 Hugo Award, and she also received a 2018 John. W. Campbell Award for New Best Writer.  MORE > The science of sync A new experiment in the "science of sync" shows how complex behaviors emerge from a simple network. According to SFI External Professor Raissa D'Souza, the work could eventually inspire technologies for managing modern infrastructure. MORE > New book: The Human Network SFI External Professor and Science Board member Matthew Jackson talks about his new book, which explains the upsides and downsides of human networks, in the Stanford News Service Q&A.  MORE > Video: Complex time Can a theory of complex time explain aging across both physical and biological systems? SFI President David Krakauer discusses the SFI-JSMF research theme — Aging, Adaptation, and the Arrow of Time — in a new video. MORE > Simon DeDeo wins Cozzarelli Prize SFI External Professor Simon DeDeo and co-authors are recipients of the 2018 Cozzarelli Prize, awarded by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, for their paper “Individuals, institutions, and innovation in the debates of the French Revolution.”  MORE > SFI In the News "By reconstructing prehistoric food webs and analyzing the diverse interactions of humans with other species, the ecologist Jennifer Dunne is developing a new understanding of sustainability through network science," writes Quanta Magazine in this Q&A with SFI's Vice President for Science.  MORE > Happenings Science events Complexity education ACtioN events Community events Support science  Questions or difficulties? Email subscriptions at subscr...@santafe.edu.  Follow us on Unsubscribe from this list. Our mailing address is: Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA