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Released: 28-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Research Finds DEI Initiatives During Certain Presidencies Can Affect Bottom Line
University of New Hampshire

According to researchers at the University of New Hampshire, how DEI affects a business’ bottom line may depend on the presidential administration and the general public’s perception at the time.

Released: 28-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Raw material requirements for reducing global poverty calculated for the first time
Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg

1.2 billion people live in poverty. To lift them out of it, an average of about six tons of raw materials are needed per person and year – in particular minerals, fossil fuels, biomass and metal ores.

Released: 28-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
How a Repatriation Tax Challenge Before SCOTUS Could Upend the Tax Code
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Samuel Handwerger describes implications of Moore v. United States, a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Mandatory Repatriation Tax provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

   
Newswise: Cleaning Product Ingredient Transparency Gets a Hearing on Capitol Hill
Released: 27-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Cleaning Product Ingredient Transparency Gets a Hearing on Capitol Hill
American Cleaning Institute

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce is discussing a legislative proposal that would establish – for the first time – a federal standard for ingredient communication in cleaning products.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
UNLV to Launch Tourist Safety Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Safety and security for Nevada’s visitors will be the focus of the newly launched Tourist and Safety Institute at the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 12:00 PM EDT
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Urges VA to Issue Evidence-Based National Practice Standards
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Dru Riddle, PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) urged the Veterans Health Administration (VA) to develop National Standards of Practice for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) that are grounded in evidence-based education and training standards, not politics, during a listening session on September 21.

Newswise: Naming and Shaming Can be Effective to Get Countries to Act on Climate
Released: 25-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Naming and Shaming Can be Effective to Get Countries to Act on Climate
University of California San Diego

Enforcement is one of the biggest challenges to international cooperation on mitigating climate change in the Paris Agreement. The agreement has no formal enforcement mechanism; instead, it is designed to be transparent so countries that fail to meet their obligations will be named and thus shamed into changing behavior.

Released: 25-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Political independents are more negative than partisans
Ohio State University

In this era of extreme partisanship, the people who express the most negativity in their political choices are those we may least expect: independents.

15-Sep-2023 7:05 AM EDT
U.S. States Maintain Outdated Laws That Create Barriers to Screening and Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Research Society on Alcoholism

Eighteen U.S. states have laws that allow insurance companies to deny health care payments to treat people who were intoxicated when they sustained an injury, despite evidence showing that these laws prevent people from receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder and shift costs from insurance companies to the health care system, the government, individuals and families.

     
Released: 18-Sep-2023 7:45 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Professors Join Civil Rights Leaders and Social Justice Advocates to Discuss Policy Innovations to Protect the Lives of Black Women and Girls in the U.S.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health in the Department of Mental Health Tiara Willie and Associate Professor and Associate Director of the PhD and Postdoctoral programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Kamila Alexander will join U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ) on September 20, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C., and on livestream for a discussion about policy innovations to protect the lives of Black women and girls in the U.S.

Newswise: Hand-picked cohort begin trailblazing MBA program 
to bolster skills and knowledge for AUKUS
Released: 18-Sep-2023 2:05 AM EDT
Hand-picked cohort begin trailblazing MBA program to bolster skills and knowledge for AUKUS
University of South Australia

Executives and senior managers from the defence and space sectors around Australia, the US and UK will begin a specially curated global program to help build a pipeline of talent across the AUKUS alliance.

Released: 14-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Webinar to Focus on Psychological Impact of Gun Violence
Association for Psychological Science

Scientists will share their expertise and perspectives on the relationship between gun violence and anxiety in a webinar to be Sept. 20, 3 to 4 p.m. ET. Accredited media professionals can attend the webinar free of charge.

Released: 14-Sep-2023 9:30 AM EDT
How MSU is working to solve range anxiety
Michigan State University

This July, the United States Army announced a new $9 million initiative it’s pursuing with Michigan State University to make electric autonomous vehicles safer, smarter and more dependable.

Released: 13-Sep-2023 2:30 PM EDT
The effect of crowdsourcing contests on a company's stock and the idiosyncratic risks they create for investors
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from University of Colorado Denver, Iowa State University, and Arizona State University published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines the stock market effects on these contests and the contest characteristics that may enable such contests to pay off.

Newswise:Video Embedded researchers-identify-lesser-known-factors-associated-with-firearm-violence
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Released: 13-Sep-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Researchers Identify Lesser-Known Factors Associated with Firearm Violence
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

An analysis of more than 71,000 shooting incidents in five major U.S. cities has identified lesser-known factors associated with increased firearm assaults.

12-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Study Finds That State-Mandated Civics Test Policy Does Not Improve Youth Voter Turnout
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

New research finds that a commonly used state-mandated civics test policy—the Civics Education Initiative (CEI)—does not improve youth voter turnout, at least in the short term.

Released: 12-Sep-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Escaping justice: A flawed investigative body fails to curb RCMP sexual misconduct
Adler University

The scourge of workplace violence necessitates a seismic shift in our perspective and response. Decisive action is required to prevent and end this crisis within the RCMP and other police forces.

Released: 7-Sep-2023 8:05 PM EDT
Labour laws need updating now remote work is here to stay
University of South Australia

Australia’s employment laws and regulations must be updated to reflect the changing nature of work, with many people continuing to work from home long after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 7-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
A tax on menthol cigarettes would work better than statewide bans, UW study finds
University of Washington

New research from Simha Mummalaneni and Ali Goli, assistant professors of marketing in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, finds that a menthol cigarette tax is a preferable policy to scattered statewide bans.

Released: 7-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Professor Ray Brescia Named Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life
Albany Law School

Professor Ray Brescia Named Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life

Released: 7-Sep-2023 7:10 AM EDT
ASTRO President to speak at President’s Cancer Panel meeting about radiation oncology’s critical contributions to national goals
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) President Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO, will join today’s first stakeholder meeting of the President’s Cancer Panel. Dr. Michalski was invited to share how ASTRO and the radiation oncology community are contributing to the National Cancer Plan. Radiation therapy contributes to 40% of global cancer cures, and more than a million Americans receive radiation treatments for cancer each year.

Newswise: Disparities in who dwells behind crumbling US levees
Released: 6-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Disparities in who dwells behind crumbling US levees
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

In the United States, tens of millions of people live behind levees, but historically disadvantaged groups are more likely to live behind subpar levees and have fewer resources to maintain critical levee infrastructure, a new study reveals.

Released: 5-Sep-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Faster postal service linked to better voter turnout
Washington State University

A more efficient U.S. Postal Service can increase voter turnout in all states regardless of their mail voting laws, according to a Washington State University study.

Newswise: Illinois professor examines the critical role of food in the Civil Rights Movement
Released: 5-Sep-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Illinois professor examines the critical role of food in the Civil Rights Movement
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

African American Studies professor Bobby J. Smith II examines how the Civil Rights Movement included struggles around food in his book “Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.” The book is the inaugural title in the Black Food Justice series by the University of North Carolina Press.

Newswise: Proposed Drug Pricing Policy Would Save Medicare Between $1 Billion and $2.1 Billion Annually
Released: 5-Sep-2023 4:05 AM EDT
Proposed Drug Pricing Policy Would Save Medicare Between $1 Billion and $2.1 Billion Annually
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, announced the publication of a report that identifies expensive Medicare Part B drugs with low added therapeutic benefit and models a reimbursement policy for them based on domestic reference pricing.

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