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Released: 21-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Protect Nutrition Security for Children: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Welcomes New Bipartisan Bill
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics strongly supports the new Keep Kids Fed Act, introduced June 21 in Congress, as a crucial step in addressing nutrition security among school-aged children in the United States.

Released: 21-Jun-2022 3:40 PM EDT
Study in Chinese City Finds Children Spread COVID-19 Easier and Lockdowns Worked
University at Albany, State University of New York

Using high quality COVID-19 data from a northern Chinese city, two UAlbany researchers concluded that young people were most responsible for an increase in direct and secondary infections, and also determined that county-wide lockdowns proved effective in stemming the spread of the virus.

   
Released: 21-Jun-2022 12:50 PM EDT
NYU Tandon’s IDC Innovation Hub Awarded New Master Construction Innovation Contract with NYC Department of Design and Construction
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

A recently registered Master Applied Construction Innovation Research Services Contract between the New York City Department of Design and Construction/Town+Gown:NYC and the Institute of Design & Construction Innovation Hub (Innovation Hub) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering will speed progress by providing all New York City construction agencies and authorities with efficient access to applied research services for innovation in construction, engineering design, and management.

Released: 20-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Melting Arctic Ice Could Transform International Shipping Routes, Study Finds
Brown University

With climate change rapidly warming the world’s oceans, the future of the Arctic Ocean looks grim.

Released: 16-Jun-2022 5:50 PM EDT
New Global Biodiversity Framework Falls Short on Chemicals
University of Toronto

Environmental scientists, ecologists, and policy experts argue in a letter published today in Science that the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new international agreement to protect biodiversity – fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten the health of ecosystems worldwide.

Released: 16-Jun-2022 3:30 PM EDT
Massive Dataset Reveals Which Governments Have Best Responded to COVID-19 Pandemic
Binghamton University, State University of New York

How well did our political institutions manage the COVID-19 pandemic and are they prepared to handle future threats to the public? A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York hopes to answer these questions and more after compiling an extensive dataset tracking public health government responses to COVID-19 at all levels of government throughout the world.

   
Newswise: Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss the Federal’s Reserve Interest Rate Increase
Released: 16-Jun-2022 3:20 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Experts Available to Discuss the Federal’s Reserve Interest Rate Increase
 Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University faculty are available to discuss what the Fed’s three-quarters of a percentage point increase means for consumers, businesses, and the economy.

   
Released: 15-Jun-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Federal Reserve Rate Increase, Inflation, & Recession: AU’s Kogod School of Business Experts Available to Provide Insights & Commentary
American University

Federal Reserve Rate Increase, Inflation, & Recession: AU’s Kogod School of Business Experts Available to Provide Insights & Commentary

Released: 15-Jun-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Majority of Children Who Have Contact with the Child Welfare System Flourish in Adulthood
University of Toronto

Most research on children involved with the child welfare system focuses on the negative consequences, such as depression and suicide.

   


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