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| Great Salt Lake Institute Offers Resource for Salty Scientists
As one of the extreme ecosystems of the world—where life is tested at its limits—salt lakes provide new territory for exploration, learning and stewardship. Located minutes away from the largest saline lake in the western hemisphere, Westminster College has created an institute that will provide a repository for Great Salt Lake researchers everywhere.
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| LIF | Winter Institute Leads the Charge for Racial Reconciliation
An historical injustice was righted three years ago when the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation joined residents of Neshoba County, Miss., to create the Philadelphia Coalition that pushed for the prosecution and conviction of the man who murdered three civil rights workers in 1964. But the University of Mississippi institute, the first of its kind in the nation, did not stop there. | 09-May-2008
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| LIF | Racial Discrimination Has Different Mental Health Effects on Asians Depending on Ethnic Identity, Age and Birthplace
The first national study of Asians living in the United States shows that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. For others, strong ties to ethnicity can actually make the negative effects of discrimination worse. And the mental health effects of such discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties, say researchers.
Developmental Psychology, May-2008 | 08-May-2008
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| LIF | Commencement 2008: First Woman Leader of Car-Building Club To Start New Career With General Motors
Laura Wontrop knows all about cars and trucks. In fact, after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this month, the 21-year-old mechanical engineering major will join automotive giant General Motors as a vehicle definition engineer, and play a key role in solidifying the design of next-generation concept cars. | 08-May-2008
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| Voters Expect Next President to Fix Economy, but His or Her Power is Limited, Economists Say
Whether or not the rebates and Washington's economic stimulus package avert a looming recession, Americans are paying more for food, fuel, homes and health care. They are expecting the next president to provide relief, but just how much a president can really do is debatable. Several economists discuss the economic issues that promise to play a major role in how Americans vote this fall. | 08-May-2008
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| LIF | Law Graduation Includes First-Time Certificate in Space Law
Law student Michael Dodge earns a special distinction Saturday when he is awarded the juris doctor degree. Dodge, of Long Beach, Miss., becomes the first graduate to also receive a special space law certificate, the only one of its kind in the country, through the law school’s National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law. | 08-May-2008
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| LIF | 'Mapping Decline' Maps Out Urban Decay and Depopulation of Saint Louis
Sixty years ago St. Louis was a thriving city with a population of almost a million. These days fewer than 300,000 people call The Gateway City home. With decrepit Victorian homes and boarded-up factories in abundance, some would say it's a pathetic picture of decay and abandonment. "Mapping Decline," Colin Gordon argues that discriminatory housing policies, a collapse of the city's tax base, and shortsighted urban renewal policies are behind the decline.
"Mapping Decline" | 07-May-2008
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| LIF | New Edition of Nonprofit Almanac Offers Detailed Portrait of an Expanding Sector
"The Nonprofit Almanac 2008," new from the Urban Institute Press, offers data and facts charting the sector’s recent evolution. The statistics-packed volume can help nonprofit managers, researchers, the press, and the public better understand changes in the sector and its economic role.
Nonprofit Almanac 2008 | 07-May-2008
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| LIF | After Divorce, Stable Families Help Minimize Harm to Children
For children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself. A new study found that children who lived in unstable family situations after their parents divorced fared much worse as adults on a variety of measures compared to children who had stable post-divorce family situations.
J. of Marriage and Family | 07-May-2008
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| LIF | Increased Collaboration between Jail and Communities Can Improve the Return of Inmates to Society
“Life after Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community” is the first national resource focusing on jail inmates’ transition from incarceration to society. It presents an overview of U.S. jails and their population and how reentry from jail differs markedly from reentry from state and federal prisons. The report examines concrete reentry steps, profiles 42 reentry programs around the country, and explores probation’s role in the process. | 07-May-2008
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