Jamie Hanson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh When parents try to shield their kids from financial hardship, they may be doing them a favor: Teens’ views about their families’ economic challenges are connected to their mental health and behavior. That’s the…
Jamie Hanson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh When parents try to shield their kids from financial hardship, they may be doing them a favor: Teens’ views about their families’ economic…
Zachary del Rosario, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Olin College of Engineering When analyzing a set of data, one of the first steps many people take is to compute an average. You might…
Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis “The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still…
Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology; Director, Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Michigan-Dearborn The intersection of Fort Street and Oakwood Boulevard in southwest Detroit today functions mostly as…
Brian Strickland, Senior Instructor in Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Equipped with the latest gear and a thirst for adventure, mountaineers embrace the perils that come with conquering the…
Jack Burns, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder For the first time since 1972, NASA landed a craft on the surface of the Moon in February 2024. But the agency…
To adult viewers, educational media content for children, such as “Sesame Street” or “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” may seem rather simplistic. The pacing is slow, key themes are often repeated and the visual…
Colette Gaiter, Professor of Art and Design, University of Delaware In Miami and Los Angeles, cities that contain some of the most expensive real estate in the U.S., graffiti artists have recently made…
Trevor Hedberg, Assistant Professor of Practice, W.A. Franke Honors College / Philosophy Department, University of Arizona People born in the future stand to inherit a planet in the midst of a global…
Scott Schieman, Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto As a sociologist who studies how people think and feel about work, I’ve been struck by the unflattering cultural narrative…