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December 13, 2022
A new online portal will make it easier for social scientists to get their hands on federally collected data they need for research. “This will be transformational. I work with thousands of researchers, and I know what they have to go through to find what they need and then get access to it,” said Margaret Levenstein, professor and director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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December 12, 2022
“There is now greater concern about who controls the media. It’s not just like any other industry,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business. “Most of us don’t know or care who controls this railroad company or this hamburger chain. But media of any sort — whether it’s TV stations or Twitter or Facebook — people are now paying attention to who controls it.”
Variety -
December 12, 2022
“It’s the underlying drivers, such as capitalism and materialism, fueling the exploitative extraction of natural resources that need to be more fully considered,” said Maria Carmen Lemos, professor of environment and sustainability. “We’re now at three decades of climate action — and so far, we’ve failed to stem global emissions because we’ve ignored these root drivers of climate change.”
Mirage News (Australia) -
December 12, 2022
“It is hard to see President Trump getting more votes in 2024 than he did in the 2020 general election,” said Arthur Lupia, professor of political science. “Still, if he has 16 primary election opponents like he did in 2016, his name recognition and loyal base will give him real advantages in securing the nomination. … Unless someone like DeSantis can clear the others out quickly, Trump will maintain an advantage.”
The New York Times -
December 9, 2022
“You want students to have the self-efficacy and self-confidence to actually make a tip rather than debate, ‘Well, I don’t know. I don’t want to get anybody in trouble,’” said Justin Heinze, assistant professor of health behavior and health education, on the need for anonymous reporting systems that increase students’ willingness to recognize and report suspicious behaviors that could lead to school violence.
Inside Higher Ed -
December 9, 2022
It’s starting to look like the era of the strong U.S. dollar could be coming to an end, and that’s good news for big multinational firms. “Manufacturing companies that are selling abroad and competing with foreign manufacturers may find that they are able to do better with a less-strong dollar,” said Kathryn Dominguez, professor of public policy and economics.
Marketplace -
December 9, 2022
Black founders of U.S. startups raise just one-third as much venture capital over the first five years as other comparable businesses, say Emmanuel Yimfor, assistant professor of finance, and colleagues: “Investors may provide less funding to Black startups because of bias. … One possible source is taste-based discrimination. According to this view, investors consciously dislike working with Black founders and expect Black founders to compensate” them by accepting less funding.
Bloomberg -
December 8, 2022
More than a third of kids injured by firearms receive a new mental health diagnosis in the following year, including stress disorders and drug or alcohol use, according to research by Peter Ehrlich, professor of pediatric surgery: “We know that trauma exposure … is a well-established risk factor for child mental health conditions, but until recently we knew very little about the mental health consequences following a firearm injury.”
U.S. News & World Report -
December 8, 2022
Previously banned white supremacists returning to Twitter have existing audiences, which makes them “more dangerous than a new person trying to come up with an audience,” since amplification on social media is largely a function of audience and reach, said Libby Hemphill, associate professor of information and digital studies. “Right now, the cost of being hateful doesn’t outweigh the benefits.”
Salon -
December 8, 2022
“However large the real figure of dead and wounded in Russia (may be) from the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of families are suffering and grieving,” Ronald Suny, professor emeritus of history and political science. “The losses and the disaffection are known to the government. It had hoped for a short, victorious war; instead, it got a war of attrition in which Russians are not doing well.”
Newsweek
