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Federal spending bill deals blow to school safety research

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Demonstrators in front of the White House protest inaction on gun control.bakdc/shutterstock.com

Long before the current state of heightened attention to school shootings, my colleagues and I began a two-year study of school safety and the role of law enforcement officers in public schools.

Our work is funded by the Comprehensive School Safety...

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Improving the lives of those with dementia – by using memories of baseball

  • Written by Michael Ego, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut
When persons with dementia engage with others who share their passion for the game, colorful memories can emerge.SAHAS2015/Shutterstock.com

Dementia can be caused by a number of diseases, but the most common is Alzheimer’s, which affects 5.7 million people in the U.S. today.

There’s still a stigma attached to the disease; some fear that...

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Space weather threatens high-tech life

  • Written by Roger Dube, Research Professor of Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
A coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun in 2012.NASA

Shortly after 4 a.m. on a crisp, cloudless September morning in 1859, the sky above what is currently Colorado erupted in bright red and green colors. Fooled by the brightness into thinking it was an early dawn, gold-rush miners in the mountainous region of what was then called the Kansas...

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Democracy is in danger when the census undercounts vulnerable populations

  • Written by Emily Klancher Merchant, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis
US census advocates held a rally in Charlotte, NC, in 2010.AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek

The 2020 U.S. Census is still two years away, but experts and civil rights groups are already disputing the results.

At issue is whether the census will fulfill the Census Bureau’s mandate to “count everyone once, only once, and in the right place.”

T...

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How to stay honest this tax season

  • Written by Christian B. Miller, A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
Each year many people cheat on their taxes.Pictures of Money, CC BY

As Americans begrudgingly work through their taxes this year, many could be facing a moral struggle about whether to be honest or not. They might be thinking about exaggerating that donation to Goodwill, or not reporting that side job, among other things.

It is true that each year...

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Busting Russia's fake news the European Union way

  • Written by Thomas Holt, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Trolls spread Russian disinformation campaigns across Europe and the U.S.Shutterstock

The U.S. has been rocked over the last two years by claims that the Russian government directly attempted to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.

Social media companies initially claimed such efforts must have been limited in scope. But this notion was...

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Baseball teams need to protect fans from foul balls -- and US courts need to lift MLB's special liability exemption

  • Written by Nathaniel Grow, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
Close call?AP Photo/Morry Gash

Tens of thousands of fans are gathering at Major League Baseball ballparks around the country for hot dogs, home runs, their favorite players’ autographs and the fresh grass on the field.

Few fans will consider the possibility that they could be blinded or suffer a serious head injury by a ball or bat leaving the...

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Abusive relationships: Why it's so hard for women to 'just leave'

  • Written by Daniel G. Saunders, Professor Emeritus of Social Work, University of Michigan
Women who try to leave abusive relationships face many obstaclesShutterstock

“And so I stayed.”

In a widely read blog post, Jennifer Willoughby wrote this phrase after each of the many reasons she gave for enduring what she described as her abusive marriage to former White House aide Rob Porter.

Willoughby’s reasons are consistent...

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Active shooter drills may reshape how a generation of students views school

  • Written by Devon Magliozzi, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Stanford University
A police officer portrays an active shooter with an assault rifle loaded with dummy rounds.AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Recent school shootings and the March for Our Lives rallies held in cities around the world on March 24 have rekindled debates over how to keep students safe.

“The notion of ‘it can’t happen here’ is no longer a...

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Hospitals hit back on drug pricing, but will they knock out the problem?

  • Written by Ernst Berndt, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan, holds two EpiPens as she testified before Congress Sept. 21, 2016 about rising costs of the drug.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Drug manufacturing and pricing vaulted into the news several years ago when a privately held company raised the price of a drug used for infections from US$13.50 to $750 for one pill.

After...

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