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Released: 14-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Professors Available on U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Opening, Iran-Israel Military Strikes
Northwestern University

Northwestern University professors are available to comment on the U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem on Monday, as well as Israel and Iran exchanging military strikes earlier this week.

Released: 14-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Middle East Expert Can Discuss U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem, Clashes in Israel
University of Delaware

Dr. Muqtedar Khan, who specializes in the politics of the Middle East and American foreign policy in the Arab world, can talk about the current impact and potential ramifications of the official move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Released: 10-May-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Rising Religious “None” Rates Linked to Conservative Christian Politics
University at Buffalo

A study published in April in the journal Political Research Quarterly examined states that enacted policies against same-sex marriage, and found a correlation between these activities and a rising number of people who do not affiliate with a specific religion.

Released: 10-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Online Campaign #holdmediaaccountable Launched to Rein in Media Companies
University at Buffalo

A group of University at Buffalo students in a political communication class has launched an online campaign called #holdmediaaccountable. The goal? To call attention to the profiteering by media companies selling access to Americans and the threat that poses to democracy.

Released: 10-May-2018 12:20 PM EDT
CEIBS Wealth Forum: US-China Trade War Fears Spark Thirst for Safe Investment Choices
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

During the UVA Darden hosted CEIBS Private Investment Wealth Forum, economists and experts discuss the US-China Trade War and its impact on private investment.

Released: 9-May-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Religious Left Mobilized in Solidarity for Women's March on Chicago, Study Finds
University of Notre Dame

Kriag Beyerlein’s study, co-authored with Notre Dame graduate student Peter Ryan, compares the 2017 Women’s March Chicago with historical examples of religiously motivated progressive social activism and is now published in Sociology of Religion.

Released: 9-May-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Penn Experts in Law and Ethics Call for Safeguards if Medicaid Work Requirement Policies Prevail
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced controversial policies inviting states to establish work requirements as a condition to receive Medicaid, many in the medical community opposed it. If these measures continue to be approved – as is the case in Kentucky, Indiana, and Arkansas – CMS should act to minimize the potential harms they could cause to Medicaid recipients, two Penn Medicine experts in law and ethics argue in a new JAMA Viewpoint published this week, that lays out basic safeguards to help guide the states. “Promoting health, after all,” the authors note, “is the goal of Medicaid.”

9-May-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Policy Key to Healthy Communities
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

175 students from 16 California State University campuses experience health policy making firsthand

   
Released: 7-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Mandatory National Menu Labeling Underway. While It Is a Good Start, Restaurants Could Voluntarily Do Much More, According to Virginia Tech Expert
Virginia Tech

Restaurants could do much more to create the tipping point to encourage healthy options for Americans when they eat out, says to Virginia Tech professor Vivica Kraak, a recognized expert in food and nutrition policy.

   
Released: 7-May-2018 8:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Simple Steps to Gun Safety
Penn State Health

Injuries from guns kept in the home are often devastating, but they are also frequently preventable.

Released: 7-May-2018 8:00 AM EDT
“Nature and Nationalism in the Age of Trump”—Duke Law School’s Jedediah Purdy, May 11
New York University

Jedediah Purdy, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law at Duke University Law School, will deliver “This Land is Our Land: Nature and Nationalism in the Age of Trump,” a free public lecture, on Fri., May 11.

Released: 6-May-2018 7:05 PM EDT
Violence Prevention Research Program Releases #WhatYouCanDo to Help Reduce Gun Violence
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

What You Can Do, launched today by the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, offers information and support for providers looking for ways to reduce firearm injury and death, particularly among patients at elevated risk.

   
Released: 4-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Non-White Scholars Are Underrepresented in Scholarly Articles in Communications
New York University

Non-White scholars continue to be underrepresented in publication rates, citation rates, and editorial positions in communications and media studies, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and published in the Journal of Communication. This has negative professional implications both for non-White scholars, in terms of contract renewals, tenure and promotion, and for the field in general, in terms of the visibility of and attention to the knowledge produced.

Released: 3-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT
BW Ohio Poll: Primary Voters Favor Renacci, Dewine, Cordray; Many Still Undecided
Baldwin Wallace University

A poll of Ohio registered voters conducted by the Community Research Institute at Baldwin Wallace University finds that many are still undecided about who they will vote for in Ohio’s May 8 primary. The survey of 811 voters was conducted April 24 – May 2.

30-Apr-2018 5:00 PM EDT
An Ironic Health Care Twist for Undocumented Immigrants
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new analysis highlights an ironic development in the intertwined issues of immigration and health care – two areas where the current and previous administrations differ greatly. Undocumented people may now get more medical help as states gain more flexibility in health care.

Released: 2-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Study: Transparency, Competition Key to Improving Legislators’ Performance
Vanderbilt University

Politicians will work harder at their jobs when their performance is reported to constituents early in their terms—but only where there’s a degree of competition from rival parties. These are the key findings of new research performed in Uganda by Vanderbilt's Kristin Michelitch, assistant professor of political science, who received an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship last year to research methods of holding politicians accountable in low-income, newly democratizing nations.

Released: 2-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Medical Aid-in-Dying Laws Are Increasing, but Substantial Barriers to Access Remain
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Medical aid-in-dying is now legal in eight U.S. jurisdictions, but patients still face substantial barriers to access, according to a new analysis by Dr. Mara Buchbinder of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Released: 2-May-2018 8:00 AM EDT
Stephen Cohen & Michael McFaul Debate: “The New U.S.-Russian Cold War: Who is to Blame?”—May 9
New York University

Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian Studies at NYU and Princeton University, and Stanford Professor Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, will debate “who is to blame” for the state of U.S.-Russia relations today on Wed., May 9.

Released: 1-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Research Sheds Light on Federal Cuts’ Potential Impact on Heart Procedures
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with end-stage heart failure seeking OHT and LVAD implantation will be drastically affected if the proposed cuts are implemented, according to UAB research.

Released: 1-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Start-up Culture Has Influenced Government, Researcher Finds
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Communication professor traces the history of start-ups, from a novel idea in the tech industry to an approach embraced by the government

Released: 30-Apr-2018 10:00 AM EDT
First-Generation Graduate: On the Fast Track to a Future in Social Justice
Iowa State University

First-generation graduate Jacqueline Garcia is celebrating two milestones this weekend: She’ll receive her bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and wrap up her first year of law school at Drake University in Des Moines.

Released: 30-Apr-2018 8:00 AM EDT
Ralph Nader, Advocate and Former Presidential Candidate, to Deliver Inaugural Dr. Jack G. Shaheen Lecture – May 3
New York University

Ralph Nader, a long-time consumer advocate and former presidential candidate, will deliver New York University’s Inaugural Dr. Jack G. Shaheen Memorial Lecture on Thurs., May 3.

Released: 27-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: What it means for Trumps’s lawyer to ‘take the Fifth’
Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Joy, the Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, discusses Michael Cohen, lawyer to President Donald Trump. Joy explains that while Cohen may be permitted to keep silent in the civil case involving Clifford, his silence may still be used against him in the case.

Released: 27-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt’s Sarah Igo Places Today’s Privacy Concerns in Historical Context
Vanderbilt University

What, exactly, is privacy, and how did it become a right to protect or a setting to be managed? Sarah Igo, associate professor of history and author of “The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America,” explains how questions raised by social media manipulation and financial data breaches fit into a long-running privacy debate in the United States centered on how and when individuals ought to be known by the larger society.

27-Apr-2018 6:00 AM EDT
NUS-Led Study: Beltway to Divert Diesel Trucks in Sao Paulo Improved Public Health
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Sao Paulo revealed that a beltway constructed to divert heavy-duty diesel vehicles traffic in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo has reduced public health damage associated with exposure to diesel.

   
Released: 25-Apr-2018 7:05 PM EDT
Gonzaga Law Students to Serve at International Criminal Court
Gonzaga University

SPOKANE, Wash. -- In a remarkable new opportunity, seven Gonzaga University School of Law students and a Creighton University School of Law student will travel to The Hague, Netherlands in June to spend two weeks conducting evidence and document review for prosecutors in pending cases at the International Criminal Court.

Released: 25-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
AACI, AACR Visit Capitol Hill to Thank Congress for Prioritizing Funding for Cancer Research
Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)

Representatives of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) visited federal legislators Tuesday to express their gratitude for a bipartisan spending package for fiscal year 2018 that prioritized funding for NIH, NCI, and the FDA.



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