The use of filtering and blocking software reduces exposure to unwanted sexual material among youth, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center.
Veterans with service-related disabilities are concentrated in the American South and in rural places, a new report from the Carsey Institute at UNH finds. Issued to commemorate Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11), the report analyzes new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey.
As the economic downturn forces more companies to lay off workers, a workplace aggression expert at the University of New Hampshire cautions employers about what to do and not do when breaking bad news to employees and to be watchful for employees who exhibit a “hostile attribution style.”
Despite claims in the soon-to-be released movie “2012” that the end of the world is near as purportedly foretold by the Maya prophecy, the end of the current Maya calendar on Dec. 21, 2012, does not predict a global cataclysm, according to a University of New Hampshire archaeology professor and Maya scholar.
Law enforcement officers who are exposed to child pornography as part of their investigative work report experiencing mental health problems that impact both their work and home lives, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center.
When a California high school student was gang raped recently, as many as two dozen people stood by while the girl was assaulted. Two UNH researchers have extensively studied the bystander phenomena in sexual assaults and are available to discuss it.
Angel investors pulled back in the first half of 2009, although the overall market experienced a slight increase in the number of investments, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first and second quarters of 2009 released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
The Hispanic population in the United States has experienced a transformation in migration in the last two decades as Hispanics have left traditional gateway communities for the economic opportunities in new communities, according to new research by the University of New Hampshire.
A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year.
In 2008, the recession affected poverty rates for children under six years old unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly while rates in Northeastern central cities fell slightly. This analysis of data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today is presented in a new report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will be presented Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, Calif.
Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the complexities and contradictions regarding climate policy in North America, and the politics of U.S.-EU energy and environmental policymaking.
Our preferences for specific popular movies, music, and classic art may predict personality traits and the lives we will lead, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
The often adversarial groups of evangelical Christians and environmentalists are finding common ground in the green evangelical movement, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
Working parents in rural America have less access to family-friendly policies than their urban counterparts, a new report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire finds.
The Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded more than $1.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to combat Internet and other crimes against children.
Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the complexities and contradictions regarding climate policy in North America, and the politics of U.S.-EU energy and environmental policymaking.
The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index recovered most of its losses in 2009 as it climbed 11.1 percent by the end of the second quarter 2009 with widespread gains in 40 of 50 components, some in excess of 100 percent.
Two experts from the University of New Hampshire are available to discuss the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, also known as the Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference. Held 65 years ago in New Hampshire, the historic conference resulted in the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), which is currently part of the World Bank.
New research from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire shows substantial differences in how angel investors and venture capitalists approach initial public offerings, a finding that entrepreneurs should consider when selecting early investors.
Although the United States and European Union face common environmental and energy challenges, they often have taken different approaches to solving them, according to Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.
Education law expert Todd DeMitchell at the University of New Hampshire has reviewed today's U.S. Supreme Court decision Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding and provides the following analysis.
Education law expert Todd DeMitchell at the University of New Hampshire is available to discuss the impact of today's U.S. Supreme Court decision that finds that an Arizona school district violated the Fourth Amendment rights of an eighth-grader who was strip-searched for prescription drugs.
The land value tax, an increased tax rate on land and a reduced tax rate on buildings and improvements, can spur urban development and help contain sprawl, but its implementation has been sporadic, according to a new book co-edited by University of New Hampshire Professor Richard England.
Delia Konzett, associate professor of English and cinema studies at the University of New Hampshire, and coordinator of UNH's Cinema Studies, is available to discuss the resurging popularity of vampires as HBO brings back its hit series "True Blood" Sunday, June 14, 2009.
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court later this month regarding whether a school district violated the rights of an eighth-grader who was strip-searched for prescription drugs is being closely watched by the educational community, according to education law expert Todd DeMitchell at the University of New Hampshire.
The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index lost 11.6 percent of its value in the first quarter of 2009, pulled down by struggling financial markets.
Rural workers stand to benefit from the modernization of unemployment insurance (UI) to cover part-time workers, which is an opportunity for states under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Plan (ARRA), a new brief from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire finds.
New England's current economic problems are anticipated to continue throughout 2009, with only modest improvement in 2010, according to Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor of Management at the University of New Hampshire.
New research from the University of New Hampshire finds that increased social stress in childhood and young adulthood has a direct link to increased dating violence. Conducted by Murray Straus, co-director of the UNH Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology, the research is based on a 32-nation study and shows that Taiwan has the highest level of social stress.
Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, is available to statewide trends regarding voter views on same-sex civil marriage as well as recent polling of New Hampshire voters on the issue. The New Hampshire State Senate is expected to vote today, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, on the state's same-sex marriage legislation. If approved, New Hampshire would join three other New England states where same-sex marriage is legal.
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that employees who feel entitled to undeserved preferential treatment are more prone to get into workplace conflicts and less likely to enjoy their job. And the number of entitlement-minded workers is on the rise among younger workers.
National child crime expert David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center and professor of sociology, is available to discuss the alleged sexual assault and murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California.
The University of New Hampshire will host a public forum and celebrate the opening of the Betty and Barney Hill Collection exhibition Friday, April 17, 2009. The forum and exhibition highlight the couple's reported alien abduction in 1961 in New Hampshire's White Mountains, which propelled them into the international spotlight in 1965.
Choice Hotel International topped the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index at the University of New Hampshire in the fourth quarter of 2008, one of seven index components to weather the recession during the period.
A new study finds dramatic growth nationwide in arrests of online predators who solicited law enforcement investigators decoyed as juveniles. The numbers nearly quintupled from 644 in 2000 to 3,100 in 2006, according to the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Angel investments dropped in 2008 by 26.2 percent over 2007, but the number of deals was relatively unchanged, with 55,480 entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding, according to the 2008 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Children should not be treated like mechanical widgets whose learning is driven by impersonal top-down mandates and tests. In his new book, Tom Newkirk, University of New Hampshire professor of English, defends teaching against the "cult of efficiency" that turns classrooms into mechanized assembly lines of knowledge.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recommendations to address the systemic risks in the financial system are missing a key element "“ addressing excessive asset price swings, according to economist Michael Goldberg at the University of New Hampshire.
Seven elite student-athletes with disabilities train alongside NCAA winter-sport athletes in a program that is unique to UNH, the only university in the nation that recruits and develops winter-sports student athletes with disabilities.
Hockey fans, players, coaches and officials can turn to a new "“ yet very old "“ source for the sport's rules, history and lore. UNH's Charles E. Holt Archives of American Hockey has scanned what may be ice hockey's earliest guidebook (loaned by the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame) and made it publicly available on the Web for the first time ever.
Michael Goldberg, the Roland H. O'Neal Professor of Economics at the University of New Hampshire, has proposed new ways to regulate the financial sector at a national conference recently that included some of the world's foremost economists and business experts.
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have received a grant for nearly $900,000 from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to support a sexual violence prevention program aimed at college students.
Those fortunate enough to have held onto their jobs during the economic downturn may experience Post Downsizing Stress Syndrome, a psychological response to a combination of widespread layoffs and high levels of job stress, according to a business professor at the University of New Hampshire.
The nation has been mesmerized by the miraculous outcome of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. According to a decision sciences professor, the split-second decisions made by the pilot and other rescuers that resulted in no loss of life after the plane ditched in the Hudson River provide a critical lesson to top management at companies and organizations everywhere.
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center are available to discuss today's report by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, "Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies." The report, which was delivered to the nation's 52 attorneys general in December, will be made public and presented today at the State of the Net conference in Washington, D.C.
Americans will see more ethnic and class diversity in the fashions of First Lady Michelle Obama, whose fashion choices often reflect an awareness and interest in internationally inspired designs, according to a University of New Hampshire sociologist who studies fashion.
The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index weathered the brutal correction under way in the financial markets far better than the S&P 500 in the third quarter of 2008, dipping a mere .4 percent compared with a 9 percent drop in the S&P 500. Buffalo Wild Wings led the Franchise 50 Index with a 62.3 percent increase in market value.
Burger King's marketing campaign of a new men's fragrance "Flame" that has a partially clad "King" looking seductively while laying on a fur rug in front of a fireplace may be a bit on the creepy side but it shows that the hamburger chain is at the forefront of viral marketing, according to a University of New Hampshire communication professor.
In rural America, 70 percent of married mothers with children under six work for pay, finds a major new report spanning nearly 40 years of women's employment trends. The report, from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, is the first major study of women's employment trends to tease out differences between rural and urban women's work.
RSS
Medicine keyboard_arrow_right
Sciencekeyboard_arrow_right
Life keyboard_arrow_right
Business keyboard_arrow_right
Journal News keyboard_arrow_right
By Location keyboard_arrow_right
Meetings, Grants, and Events keyboard_arrow_right