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Released: 17-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Student Debt: An Individual and Collective Burden at English-Language Universities
Universite de Montreal

Professor Jean François Bissonnette analyzes student debt from a moral economy perspective and explains how it has sparked protests at English-language universities.

Released: 17-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Morgane Schambourg: A Veterinarian Dedicated to Advancing Equine Medicine
Universite de Montreal

UdeM’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine welcomes Morgane Schambourg, a specialist in equine surgery and sports medicine who honed her skills in the United Arab Emirates caring for endurance racehorses.

Released: 16-Oct-2024 4:10 PM EDT
Q&A: New Book Shows How Innovation Inequality Fuels America’s Political Divide
University of Washington

Victor Menaldo, UW professor of political science, co-authored the forthcoming book, "U.S. Innovation Inequality and Trumpism." The book focuses on how former President Donald Trump — like other populists that came before him — exploits ‘innovation inequality," or the divide between areas that are more technologically advanced and those that aren’t.

Newswise: Super-Agers: What Are Their Secrets to Long-Lasting Memory, Stamina?
Released: 16-Oct-2024 12:35 PM EDT
Super-Agers: What Are Their Secrets to Long-Lasting Memory, Stamina?
UT Southwestern Medical Center

While most people consider the occasional memory lapse a normal part of growing older, we all know at least a few 80- or 90-year-olds who represent the other end of the spectrum: a subgroup of people affectionately referred to as “super-agers.”

Released: 16-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Marc-André Legault: Optimizing Drug Therapy with Bioinformatics
Universite de Montreal

A new professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Legault is using innovative techniques in genetics and AI to predict patients’ responses to medication.

Released: 14-Oct-2024 1:00 PM EDT
How to Steal an Election: New UW Course Examines Democracy’s Vulnerability
University of Washington

James Long, University of Washington professor of political science, launched a new course this quarter. "How to Steal an Election" highlights the types of politicians who try to steal elections, and how and what can be done to secure them.

Released: 11-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
MSU Expert: How the 2024 Election Could Impact Your Grocery Bill
Michigan State University

The economy is always a hot topic in presidential elections and, this year, food prices have taken center stage. After a period of historically high inflation in 2022, where grocery prices soared by over 11%, the current rise in food costs has slowed to around 2%.

Released: 11-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT
MSU Expert: Can Schools Stop Students From Praying?
Michigan State University

School prayer has been an issue facing school districts for decades. Cases have arisen in the lower courts in which public school educators or students have wanted to pray in various contexts and, as a result, the courts created a reasonably helpful — albeit far from perfect — set of tests and factors to be considered to determine when praying at school is appropriate.

Released: 10-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
MichaëL Boissonneault: Predicting Social Dynamics
Universite de Montreal

An expert on aging, disappearing languages and migration – and a self-taught polyglot, too – the academic has joined UdeM’s Department of Demography as a professor.

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Released: 10-Oct-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Techno-Nationalism Trend Fuels Global Disorder
University of Miami

A new paradigm has emerged in the international business sphere, advancing aggressive protectionist policies, eschewing multilateralism, and amplifying volatility, according to Yadong Luo, a University of Miami international management professor.

Newswise: Top Experts Unite at University of Bristol to Tackle Gambling Harms Globally
Released: 9-Oct-2024 4:05 AM EDT
Top Experts Unite at University of Bristol to Tackle Gambling Harms Globally
University of Bristol

Leading experts from across the world will join forces in the UK this week in a bid to confront the wide-reaching challenges and curb the devastating effects of gambling.

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Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Diplomacy Needed to Deescalate War Between Israel and Iran’s Proxies, Expert Explains 
Virginia Tech

The one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel arrived with no sign of a cease-fire agreement, and multiple signs that the fighting could expand to multiple fronts and go on for years.  Virginia Tech global affairs expert Ariel Ahram answered more questions about the expanding conflict and what a solution will require. 

Newswise: How Ghost Stories Came to Haunt Halloween, Expert Explains
Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
How Ghost Stories Came to Haunt Halloween, Expert Explains
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech English department instructor Ingrid Johnson, who teaches a course on “Monsters, Madness, and the Macabre,” provides insights into how Halloween and ghost stories became so intertwined, and the influence ghost stories have in pop culture.

Newswise: Fake Hurricane Helene Images Go Viral, Experts Discuss the Problem and How to Counteract
Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Fake Hurricane Helene Images Go Viral, Experts Discuss the Problem and How to Counteract
Virginia Tech

Thousands of well-meaning social media users have been sharing photos supposedly depicting the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction that have turned out to be fake images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Communication media expert Cayce Myers and digital literacy expert Julia Feerrar discuss the problems these images cause and how to detect them.

Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Hurricanes Causing Mortality, Major Damage: MSU Experts Can Comment
Michigan State University

Hurricane season extends through November, and with two big hurricanes already striking the United States, Michigan State University experts can comment on what can precede a hurricane and what damage and repercussions come after hurricanes make landfall.

Released: 8-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
ValéRie Courchesne: Promoting the Mental Health of People with Autism
Universite de Montreal

Newly appointed to UdeM’s Department of Psychology, the assistant professor studies ways to enhance the well-being of those on the autism spectrum.

Released: 8-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Michelle Carr: Manipulating Dreams to Improve Mental Health
Universite de Montreal

An expert in dream engineering and its application to psychiatric disorders, the American researcher has joined UdeM’s Faculty of Medicine.

Released: 8-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Ben Brisbois: Working Together for Social and Environmental Justice
Universite de Montreal

Recently appointed to UdeM’s School of Public Health, the assistant professor works to understand and reduce health disparities.

   
Newswise: Why Do We Have an Electoral College? Experts Weigh In.
Released: 8-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Why Do We Have an Electoral College? Experts Weigh In.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The president and vice president aren’t elected directly by United States citizens. Rather, they are chosen through the Electoral College.  The process has sparked debate for years. How did the Electoral College come to be, and how does it work? Is the process fair? (In 1969, New Jersey representatives of the House attempted to do away with the process.)

 
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Released: 8-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Recovery Efforts Post-Hurricane Helene
Virginia Tech

A Virginia Tech disaster response expert has actionable recommendations to improve preparedness and community resilience in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene's disaster



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