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Released: 31-Aug-2022 12:35 PM EDT
Gun Ownership in New Jersey: Who Owns Them and How Safely Do They Store Them?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Rutgers New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center has gathered data to determine how common gun ownership has become in New Jersey and how gun owners store and use their weapons.

Released: 31-Aug-2022 11:25 AM EDT
Scholar: Gorbachev’s legacy strikingly different in the West and Russia
University of Miami

While Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at 91, may be principally remembered as a courageous reformer in the West, some Russian people will view the former Soviet leader far less respectfully, according to University of Miami lecturer and Soviet expert Marcia Beck.

23-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Physician “gun lover” offers suggestions for safer Second Amendment
American College of Physicians (ACP)

Michael Rose, MD, MPH, is a proud gun owner, hunter, and native North Dakotan who practices medicine in the heart of Baltimore. Dr. Rose understands how his personal and professional lives may seem at odds with one another. But in a new personal essay published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Dr. Rose draws upon an insider's perspective to offer suggestions for more common-sense gun laws and a safer Second Amendment.

   
Newswise: FSU expert available to discuss student debt forgiveness and college affordability
Released: 24-Aug-2022 5:05 PM EDT
FSU expert available to discuss student debt forgiveness and college affordability
Florida State University

By: Kelsey Klopfenstein | Published: August 24, 2022 | 5:19 pm | SHARE: Lara Perez-Felkner, an associate professor in the College of Education at Florida State University, is available to discuss President Joe Biden’s announcement Wednesday that he will forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for many borrowers and will cancel up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants.

Newswise: Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
Released: 18-Aug-2022 4:30 PM EDT
Don't understand the feud between Taiwan & China? UNLV political scientist Austin Wang has you covered.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Many Americans go about their daily routines without fear of invasion or repercussions for acknowledging their own freedom. But an ocean away, that’s the reality for Taiwan, a small island off the coast of mainland China. China and Taiwan are embroiled in a decades-long battle of acknowledgement — an unfinished civil war. And because of their history, every day is a juggling act of unresolved issues from the past, maintaining a delicate balance to ensure peace.

Released: 12-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Top-100 Tax Law Professor Available to Speak about Inflation Reduction Plan
Albany Law School

With President Joe Biden’s $80 billion Inflation Reduction Plan directing funds to the Internal Revenue Service ($45.6 billion chiefly for enforcement) and taxing cryptocurrencies, a relatively new area for the IRS, Albany Law School Professor Danshera Cords is available to share her insight and deep knowledge of tax law.

Newswise: How Mines Gone Bust Can Boom Again in the New Energy Economy
Released: 11-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
How Mines Gone Bust Can Boom Again in the New Energy Economy
Michigan Technological University

The Biden administration is putting billions towards sustainable, domestic energy production. A major part of this effort is pumped underground storage hydro, or PUSH, a closed-loop hydroelectric system in which two Michigan Tech researchers are leading experts.

   
Newswise: Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan bears ‘enormous symbolic significance’
Released: 2-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan bears ‘enormous symbolic significance’
University of Miami

University of Miami Chinese scholar and defense expert June Teufel Dreyer assessed the motivations and implications of the visit by the Speaker of the House to Taiwan, one of the stops on her congressional delegation tour.



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