By Jane Charlton, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
With college students less likely to read through a full textbook than they once were, video games can help keep them engaged.
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By Rhonda Winegar, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington
Tara Martin, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington
Zhaoli Liu, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington
Whether a young person has public or private insurance – or is uninsured or underinsured – significantly influences their risk of death across many cancer types.
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By Craig Fehrman, Adjunct instructor at the Media School, Indiana University
Victor Glover will become the first Black astronaut to orbit the Moon – but he is part of a long line of Black explorers, many forgotten through history. New research is giving York his due.
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By Celina Su, Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Participatory budgeting makes the people involved more likely to vote – an important consideration in a city like Detroit where many don’t.
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By Allison Mashell Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Civil Rights Studies, University of Notre Dame
After the Voting Rights Act, federal election observers helped ensure fair voting, but that oversight has increasingly shifted focus − to monitor what Washington says is voter fraud and accusations of cheating.
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By Adam Annaccone, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington
Significant public resources are spent on staffing, overtime, EMS staging, traffic control and interagency coordination that are integral to a successful event.
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By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
When Michael Jackson died in 2009,his fairly straightforward 5-page will left everything he owned to a family trust – an estate planning technique for giving away property that allows for privacy. The trust benefits Jackson’s three children and
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By Will Rice, Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana
Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Penn State
Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
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By Imtiaz Rangwala, Senior Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The DOJ wants states to send it copies of voters’ names and addresses as well as sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. Here’s why many states have refused.
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