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Senior James Simon wants to effect change in two ways: by quantifying societal issues and working directly with disadvantaged communities.

Transforming community spaces  Dr. Troy Glover (PhD '00) has dedicated his career to exploring transformative placemaking, which he describes as the aspirational efforts to convert urban spaces into meaningful places.

Supporting independent travel for children, older adults and people with disabilities could give working women a break Study: Well-being implications of mobility of care: Gender differences among U.S. adults (DOI: 10.1016/j.trd. Caregiving travel-such as taking a child to school or a parent to the doctor-can be associated with stress and decreased happiness among women but not men, according to a University of Michigan study.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Advanced Grants for ground-breaking research. Three KU Leuven researchers are among this year's recipients: Luc De Raedt, Stefaan Poedts and Greet Van den Berghe.

Research by the University of Southampton and Lancaster University has found that neurodivergent graduates feel confident about their careers skills and value their degree-related knowledge for gaining future employment. However, the participatory project , funded by Research England and supported by AGCAS , also showed that adverse early employment experiences, including prejudice and discrimination, can affect their ability to set and achieve career goals and develop career capital - the resources, networks and confidence that can help them succeed.

On a sweltering summer day, kids run across a soccer field as winds swirl and dark clouds form in the distance.

Proposed changes to Medicare and Medicaid, including raising the age of Medicare eligibility, could lead to thousands of additional deaths, a Yale study shows. Proposed changes to the United States' Medicare and Medicaid programs could lead to thousands of additional deaths each year, a new Yale study reveals.

The new PhD program will be offered as of the fall semester . With the creation of a certificate in criminology in 2011, Université Laval laid the cornerstone of a teaching structure for the criminological discipline. In 2012, a bachelor's program was launched. Then, in 2020, a master's program was launched.

Roughly nine out of ten Thuringians are convinced that democracy is the best form of government. However, the citizens of the Free State are less and less satisfied with their experience of democracy.

Few Australians are opposed to electric vehicles in principle - but a new transport survey has revealed one key hurdle to widespread uptake.

DesignLab proudly announces the launch of their Academy. Within the DesignLab Academy, the focus is on futures thinking; understanding the possibilities of the future so that we know how our decisions today will impact the world of tomorrow.

As unprecedented as the outbreak of COVID-19 felt, it was far from the first time a deadly disease has swept the globe.

Study: Who's Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns Most independent businesses can shoulder the added costs of higher minimum wages with new revenues, making only minor employment adjustments, according to new research from the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University.

New initiative is convening leading companies and nonprofits with support from Google's Community Grants Fund.

University of Michigan study finds this group is more likely to recognize systemic race and gender bias when they get mistreated at work Study: Lowering Their Meritocratic Blinders: White Men's Haras

On Friday, March 22, 2024, José Gabriel Carreño will defend his PhD thesis titled: Three Essays on Wage Compensation and Flexible Contracts.