By broadening access to higher education in their local geographic area, regional public universities increase the economic and social mobility of the residents in their counties, says new research co-written by a team of ...
Economics & Business
Oct 21, 2022
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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is both the most important federal climate legislation ever and sadly inadequate to protect the U.S. and the world from the effects of climate change. Where it falls short, states could intervene ...
Economics & Business
Oct 11, 2022
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While arts and cultural organizations across the U.S. have increasingly prioritized diversifying their customer base, many struggle to know if their efforts are moving the needle.
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5 trillion dollars according to International Monetary Fund estimates.
Economics & Business
Jul 15, 2022
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The United Nations and many researchers have emphasized the critical role international collaborative science plays in solving global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and pandemics. The rise of non-Western ...
Other
Jul 14, 2022
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Research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) suggests companies in the hospitality and tourism sector can attract lucrative institutional equity by improving their social and corporate governance scores.
Economics & Business
Jun 8, 2022
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A Canadian task force made up of university-based researchers, including at Western, is tackling the growing number of online threats and harassments researchers face and has called on the federal government to initiate a ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2022
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A bill changing state policy toward Everglades restoration, and pitting the Senate president's priorities against the governor's, advanced through its single committee stop Wednesday morning despite hours of passionate protest ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2022
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Today, the federal government is due to report back to UNESCO on its efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The government's announcement last week of A$1 billion of additional funding is welcome, but it will do little ...
Ecology
Feb 1, 2022
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When a rotten egg smell rises from the mangrove swamps of southeast Mexico, something is going well. It means that this key coastal habitat for blunting hurricane impacts has recovered and is capturing carbon dioxide—the ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2021
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