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Released: 25-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
MSU Conservation and Business Researchers Partner to Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking
Michigan State University

A team of conservation and supply chain experts will merge datasets, comb through logistical networks, leverage local partnerships and use advanced analytics to predict and respond to weaknesses in illegally trafficked wildlife supply chains.

   
Released: 24-Sep-2019 4:55 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Impeachment ball in Senate's court. And they might consider taking ball and going home — dismiss, adjourn or other options
Washington University in St. Louis

Whatever impeachment moves the Democratic-majority U.S. House of Representatives makes next, it’s ultimately up to the Republican-controlled and administration-friendly Senate to hold a trial on the matter — and a Washington University in St. Louis political scientist anticipates the Senate could make a number of moves to avoid the issue.

Released: 24-Sep-2019 4:30 PM EDT
UNF Political Science Professor Discusses Trump Impeachment Implications
University of North Florida

Dr. Michael Binder, an associate professor of political science at the University of North Florida, discusses possible Trump impeachment, it's political implications and more.

Released: 24-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Affordable Care Act good for hospitals’ fiscal health
University of Illinois Chicago

Interest rates on healthcare municipal bonds significantly decreased due to the ACA, according to a study from the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

   
Released: 24-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists and key figures develop vision for managing UK land and seas after Brexit
University of York

Researchers have outlined how fishing and farming policies could be created to protect employment opportunities and the environment after Brexit.

   
Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers produces quantitative portrait of legislative change in Ukraine
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers have used a novel approach to quantitatively portray legislative change in Ukraine to provide a view into the larger political dynamics of the country.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Student Voting Rates Increased Three-Fold in 2018
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers—New Brunswick student voter registration and voter turnout rates nearly quadrupled in the 2018 midterm elections, announced the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for Youth Political Participation at Rutgers—New Brunswick. The data is from a new report from the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE) at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life.

Released: 19-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Senate Subcommittees Takes Important Step Toward Ending HIV While Resources to Address Concurrent Epidemics, Housing Remain Critical, but Unaddressed
HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)

The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Programs Appropriations subcommittee’s allocations of funding for the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative in its proposed budget for 2020 represent a significant step toward an ambitious, critical, and achievable goal; however, lack of new resources to confront increasing rates of hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases with insufficient support for addressing opioid-related infectious diseases, falls far short of the response to these concurrent epidemics that is needed.

     
Released: 19-Sep-2019 10:15 AM EDT
Brexit threatens EU climate action, research shows
University of Sheffield

Brexit could lead both the UK and the European Union to weaken their ambitions to tackle the climate crisis, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.

   
Released: 18-Sep-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Intersectionality in Action: Gun Ownership and Women's Political Participation
Wichita State University

Gun‐owning women exhibit levels of political participation about gun policy and a greater willingness to engage in political discussions about gun control than nonowning women, according to Alexandra Middlewood, assistant professor of political science at Wichita State University.



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