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Released: 18-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Chagas Disease: A Silent Killer with a Cure
Texas State University

Texas State Assistant Professor Dr. Paula Stigler Granados has spent several years researching Chagas disease, a “silent killer” carried through many Kissing Bugs. Dr. Stigler Granados recently shared what the disease means, especially for migrants, as well as those who may contract the disease locally without realizing it.

Released: 12-Apr-2019 4:35 PM EDT
Juggling two jobs, family and school wasn't easy, but for new R.N.-to-B.S.N. grad it was worth it
Rowan University

She's 50. A mom of five. Grandmom of five. Works two jobs. And she's earning a new nursing degree this May.

Released: 8-Apr-2019 6:05 PM EDT
How societal attitudes, political rhetoric affect immigrants’ health
University of Washington

For immigrants to the United States, the current political climate, and debates over issues such as a border wall, become part of the environment that influences their health, according to a new University of Washington study.

   
Released: 2-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT
New Book: Majority of Vermont’s Undocumented Migrant Farm Workers Are Food Insecure
University of Vermont

50 percent or more of Vermont’s undocumented migrant farmworkers are food insecure, says a new book, Life on the Other Border, Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont (University of California Press, April 2019). While the book focuses on Vermont, its insights and conclusions are applicable to wide swath of the country's northern border.

   
Released: 26-Mar-2019 12:05 PM EDT
NEXUS: Where research ideas come together
University of Utah

A new interdisciplinary research center at the University of Utah will bring together researchers in pursuit of innovative solutions to society’s grand challenges, from homelessness to health care, immigration to the decline of the middle class and early childhood education to healthy aging within families.

Released: 25-Mar-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Migrants are their country's best and brightest
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

People who choose to emigrate are those with the best education. This flies in the face of popular opinion, according to researcher Costanza Biavaschi, an associate professor at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Released: 25-Mar-2019 12:00 PM EDT
URI Professor’s Book Reveals World of Migrant Dairy Workers Who Are ‘Milking in the Shadows’
University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Professor Julie Keller's book, “Milking in the Shadows,” published in January by Rutgers University Press and the first book in its Inequality at Work series, looks at the Mexican migrants’ journeys from villages in Veracruz to dairy farms in the Upper Midwest.

Released: 21-Mar-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Public Administration Students Compete in Global Policy Simulation
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Four public administration students brought their public policy implementation skills to the global stage. The students participated in the fifth annual Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration’s Batten Student Simulation Competition where they tackled policy issues associated with forced migration.

Released: 20-Mar-2019 4:00 PM EDT
Older Immigrants Living in U.S. More Satisfied with Life Than Native-Born Counterparts
Florida State University

Most people who immigrated to the United States for a chance to live the “American Dream” are more satisfied with their lives in the “land of the free” than those who were born here, according to new research from Florida State University.A team of researchers, including FSU Assistant Professor of Sociology Dawn Carr, found immigrants from white, Hispanic and other racial groups have higher levels of happiness and overall life satisfaction than those born in the United States.

Released: 19-Mar-2019 7:30 AM EDT
Health Insurance Associated with Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Aging Immigrants
New York University

Aging immigrants’ risk for cardiovascular disease may be heightened by their lack of health insurance, particularly among those who recently arrived in the United States, finds a study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

Released: 18-Mar-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Building a Rich Archive of Oral Histories
University of California San Diego

The new Race and Oral History Project at UC San Diego is intended to collect the stories of people who work and live in the San Diego region, but who have largely been left out of how this history is told.

Released: 18-Mar-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Resurgence of Malaria Cases at the Ecuador-Peru Border Linked to the Venezuelan Crisis
SUNY Upstate Medical University

As Ecuador and other South American countries receive influx of Venezuelan migrants, the public health sector struggles to control infectious disease epidemics, including malaria, presenting a regional public health threat. As a result, migrant populations and people living near border crossings are susceptible to these infectious diseases.

Released: 18-Mar-2019 11:05 AM EDT
African refugee women have healthier pregnancies than U.S. women. The likely reason? An unhealthy U.S. culture
University at Buffalo

African refugee women experience healthier pregnancies than women born in the United States, despite receiving less prenatal care, found a recent University at Buffalo study.

Released: 12-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Immigration Is Beneficial to Economies, Even After 100 Years
Oxford University Press

A new study in the Review of Economic Studies finds that U.S. counties with more historical immigration have higher incomes, less poverty, and lower unemployment today.

Released: 7-Mar-2019 1:05 PM EST
Study: Democracy fosters economic growth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

As long as democracy has existed, there have been democracy skeptics -- from Plato warning of mass rule to contemporary critics claiming authoritarian regimes can fast-track economic programs.

   
Released: 5-Mar-2019 5:00 PM EST
Duke Reiter and ASU's University City Exchange: Driven by a sense of urgency
Arizona State University (ASU)

The I-10 corridor offers a living laboratory for exploring the biggest issues of our time, from immigration, to energy, to water

Released: 5-Mar-2019 11:05 AM EST
Forecasting mosquitoes' global spread
Boston Children's Hospital

Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the world. Climate change has created conditions favorable to mosquitoes' spread, but so have human travel and migration and accelerating urbanization, creating new mini-habitats for mosquitoes.

   
Released: 5-Mar-2019 8:00 AM EST
Who is Caring for Migrants and Refugees?
New York University

New York University’s Hemispheric Institute has launched the Ecologies of Migrant Care web site, a digital platform featuring interviews with migrants, activists, faith leaders, journalists, academics, and others supporting migrants and refugees and chronicling their circumstances across the Americas.

Released: 26-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
UK prejudice against immigrants amongst lowest in Europe
Newswise Review

According to analysis of the largest public European and international surveys of human beliefs and values, prejudice against immigrants in the UK is rare and comparable with that in other wealthy EU and Anglophone nations. Published in Frontiers in Sociology, this new study challenges prevailing attitudes on Brexit, the nature of prejudice, and the social impact of modernization.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
A Disconnect Between Migrants’ Stories and Their Health
Ohio State University

While some Mexican immigrants give positive accounts about migrating to and living in the United States, their health status tells a different story. In a small study in Columbus, researchers found that many migrants celebrated living in Columbus. However, they also experienced discrimination and exhibited physical signs of stress, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar and obesity.

22-Feb-2019 2:00 PM EST
Iowa attorney general, national faith leader to discuss immigration
Iowa State University

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Rev. Dr. David Vasquez-Levy are coming to Iowa State University this week to discuss immigration laws and the current immigration narrative in the United States.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Mark and Stacy Parkinson create new scholarship to help DACA students succeed
Wichita State University

Former Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson and his wife, Stacy, have established a generous scholarship at Wichita State University to help children of undocumented immigrants earn their degrees to pursue the American Dream.

6-Feb-2019 2:10 PM EST
Immigrant Family Separations Must End, Psychologist Tells Congressional Panel
American Psychological Association (APA)

Forced separation of immigrant families trying to enter the United States must cease, and parents and children who have been separated must have access to trauma-informed mental health care, a psychologist told a congressional panel today.

Released: 6-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
UNH Research Finds Shrinking Population in More Than a Third of Rural Counties
University of New Hampshire

Nearly 35 percent of rural counties in the United States are experiencing protracted and significant population loss, according to new research released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. Those counties are now home to 6.2 million residents, a third fewer than lived there in 1950.

Released: 5-Feb-2019 11:10 AM EST
Chaotic home lives define ‘Dreamer’ experience
Cornell University

New research provides the first national estimates of the living arrangements for 'Dreamers' by comparing undocumented immigrants’ households to those of documented immigrants and U.S.-born groups.

Released: 16-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST
Michiko Itatani’s cosmic paintings focus of online exhibition
DePaul University

DePaul University professor Laura Kina considers Michiko Itatani an ‘artistic mother’ and recently curated an online exhibition that explores Itatani’s work through essays, audio interviews and dynamic visual displays.

Released: 28-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
Best of 2018: Midterm Elections, Investigations, Government Shutdowns, Immigration, Gun Policy, and more
Newswise

Research and expert analysis on topics related to U.S. Politics in the Politics Channel

Released: 10-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
Nursing student is determined to succeed despite DACA uncertainty
Wichita State University

Wichita State University senior nursing student Flor Maritza Mercado is one of the thousands of people in the United States who is impacted by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Released: 4-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
African maroon resistance at Hispaniola heavily challenged European conquest
University of Kansas

African resistance strongly shaped Spanish Hispaniola of the 1500s-- now the island home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- but historians have often considered that resistance to be a byproduct of Spanish colonialism and its reliance on slavery

Released: 15-Nov-2018 9:30 AM EST
Vanderbilt Research Hub to Examine Issues Faced by Children at Risk for Poor Health, Education Outcomes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Experts from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Department of Health Policy and Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development are joining efforts to establish a Policies for Action (P4A) Research Hub at Vanderbilt to better understand and develop recommendations to address the needs of some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable children, including children in immigrant families and children with prenatal exposure to opioids.

   
Released: 12-Nov-2018 1:05 PM EST
Study: Following 10-year gains, SNAP participation among immigrant families dropped in 2018
American Public Health Association (APHA)

New research presented today at the American Public Health Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo revealed that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation declined in the first half of 2018 among immigrant families, following 10 years of increasing participation from 2007 through 2017.

Released: 6-Nov-2018 3:15 PM EST
APA Decries Proposal Allowing Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
American Psychological Association (APA)

The American Psychological Association voiced opposition to a proposed rule that would allow the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to detain immigrant children with their families indefinitely.

Released: 1-Nov-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Somali, Latino, and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness have new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person’s arrival in the United States. The study could provide insight into fighting obesity and diabetes.

29-Oct-2018 4:50 PM EDT
APA Stress in America™ Survey: Generation Z Stressed About Issues in the News but Least Likely to Vote
American Psychological Association (APA)

Headline issues, from immigration to sexual assault, are causing significant stress among members of Generation Z – those between ages 15 and 21 – with mass shootings topping the list of stressful current events, according to the American Psychological Association’s report Stress in America™: Generation Z released today.

Released: 23-Oct-2018 2:45 PM EDT
Researchers studying Marshalltown tornado’s impact on renter, immigrant households
Iowa State University

A disaster researcher at Iowa State University is examining how the tornado that hit Marshalltown this summer affected housing and different types of households – particularly immigrant households and renters – in order to understand what can be done in the future to address disaster recovery needs in the United States.



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