The forging of deeper connections between students and local communities could be one of the ways that universities seek to improve the sense of belonging felt by their students.
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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When African environment ministers met in Senegal in mid-September, they made one of the most important decisions in the history of waste management in Africa.
Environment
Nov 10, 2022
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Hung-Jen Wu, associate professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is working to defeat bacteria that have become resistant to multiple types of antibiotics. To achieve interdisciplinary ...
Biochemistry
Nov 4, 2022
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A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and mobility need to be revolutionized in Sodero's homeland of Canada and beyond ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2022
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Cellphones—the ultimate distraction—keep children from learning, educators say. But in attempts to keep the phones at bay, the most vocal pushback doesn't always come from students. In some cases, it's from parents.
Education
Nov 4, 2022
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded grants for projects to monitor air quality in 37 states, with a focus on minority communities and other areas overburdened by pollution.
Environment
Nov 3, 2022
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In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what's going on and what you should do to stay safe?
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2022
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Since 1990 the world's famines have been classified as small—with the glaring exceptions of Somalia in 1991–92 and 2010–12. Now the UN's World Food Program says that nearly seven million Somalis face not being able ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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Outside of Nevada's bustling cities, private wells are the primary source of drinking water, serving 182,000 people. Yet some of the tested private wells in Nevada are contaminated with levels of heavy metals that exceed ...
Environment
Oct 26, 2022
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Research co-led by The University of Queensland has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.
Environment
Oct 24, 2022
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