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Released: 27-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EDT
WVU Students Experiment with Artificial Intelligence to Detect Fake News
West Virginia University

The WVU Reed College of Media, in collaboration with computer science students and faculty at the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, is hosting an artificial intelligence course at its Media Innovation Center that includes two projects focused on using AI to detect and combat fake news articles.

Released: 27-Mar-2017 10:55 AM EDT
Is Personal Adversity Contributing to Political Polarization?
University at Buffalo

Unexpected life events can lead to political polarization, pushing moderates toward the spectrum’s extremes, according to study co-authored by UB psychologist.

Released: 27-Mar-2017 5:05 AM EDT
Anthropology Professor Shares Life in the Field in South America in Latest Book
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Jerry Moore, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has authored the book “Incidence of Travel: Recent Journeys in Ancient South America.”

Released: 27-Mar-2017 12:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Expands Treatment for Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders
Rutgers University

Rutgers Expands Treatment for Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders

   
Released: 24-Mar-2017 4:40 PM EDT
YouTube Co-Founder Cuts Ribbon to Open Innovation Center for All Illinois Students
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)

On March 30, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and esteemed alumnus, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, unveil the Steve and Jamie Chen Center for Innovation and Inquiry (IN2). The unveiling is at 4:30 pm, 1500 Sullivan Road, Aurora.

   
Released: 24-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Amazon's Chee Chew Named to the Board of Trustees at Olin College
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Chee Chew, vice president of consumer engagement at Amazon, has been named to the Board of Trustees at Olin College.

     
Released: 24-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EDT
The Supreme Court, Gorsuch and the Nuclear Option
Northwestern University

Northwestern Law alumnus Carter Phillips, ’77, one of the nation’s preeminent appellate advocates, discusses the current state of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 10th episode of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Planet Lex podcast series. Host Daniel Rodriguez, dean of Northwestern Law, talks to Phillips about President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch, the Democratic Party opposition and the consequences of the “nuclear option” if Democrat senators decide to filibuster the nomination.

Released: 24-Mar-2017 9:40 AM EDT
Great Neck South High School Wins Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Great Neck South High School took first place in the Brookhaven National Laboratory/Long Island Regional High School Science Bowl held at the Lab on Saturday, January 28.

   
Released: 23-Mar-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Buyer Beware: Southeastern Faculty Tackle Trend of 'Fake News'
Southeastern Louisiana University

Members of the communication faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University tackled questions about the term "fake news" at a panel discussion sponsored by the university’s Sims Memorial Library and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Released: 23-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Research Consortium Develops Evidence-Based Diagnostic Model for Mental Illness
University at Buffalo

Researchers have developed a new, evidence-based alternative to the mental health field’s long-established diagnostic tools for the classification, treatment, and research of mental disorders. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) addresses what the authors say are limitations to the reliability and validity of traditional models.

   
Released: 23-Mar-2017 12:20 PM EDT
Does Advice for Managing Workplace Bullying Really Work?
National Communication Association

In a new study featured in the National Communication Association’s Journal of Applied Communication Research, authors Stacy Tye-Williams and Kathleen J. Krone identify and re-imagine the paradox of workplace bullying advice. They interviewed 48 individuals from a variety of occupations and found that targets of workplace bullying frequently offered advice they had received to other targets, despite believing that the advice either made no difference or had made their own situations worse.

   
22-Mar-2017 2:00 PM EDT
JAMA Viewpoint Explores Impact of President Trumps New Immigration, Refugee Executive Orders on Individual and Public Health
O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

The transformation of US immigration policy could have a harmful effect on the general public, patients and the health care system, say two public health law experts.

Released: 23-Mar-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Dark Tourism Has Grown Around Myth of Prison Tree
University of Adelaide

New research involving the University of Adelaide is helping to expose a myth about a significant Australian "prison tree", which researchers say has become a popular tourism attraction for the wrong reasons.

Released: 23-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EDT
David Abdow Named Dean of Babson Executive and Enterprise Education (BEEE)
Babson College

David Abdow has been named Dean of Babson Executive and Enterprise Education (BEEE). Abdow comes to Babson from Northeastern University’s D’Amore-Mckim School of Business, where he served as Associate Dean for Executive Programs.

   
20-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Asian American Students Have Strong Academic Support – but Is It Too Much?
New York University

Despite having the strongest academic support from parents, teachers, and friends, second-generation Asian American adolescents benefit much less from these supports than others, finds a study by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Released: 22-Mar-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. To Speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute April 11
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, will take part in a conversation with Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, a recent recipient of the National Medal of Science, on Tuesday, April 11. The event will be held in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center on the Rensselaer campus.

Released: 22-Mar-2017 3:05 PM EDT
History Professor Earns NSF Grant to Look at Evolution of Attitudes Toward People with Developmental Disabilities
Creighton University

Andrew Hogan, PhD, an assistant professor in the Creighton University Department of History, has earned a grant from the NSF’s Science, Technology and Society program to study the evolution of attitudes and narratives about people with developmental disabilities.

   


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