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From schools to streets: How the pandemic is helping us reimagine built environments

Nov. 18, 2021

What opportunities exist to rethink how we live to not only combat COVID-19 but also address climate change, human health and other issues? The Program in Environmental Design is tackling these questions through innovative projects that do everything from improve spaces for outdoor learning to rethinking streetscapes.

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蜜糖直播 Law, 蜜糖直播 Bureau of Investigation partner to review criminal cases for potential wrongful convictions

Nov. 18, 2021

The Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) at 蜜糖直播 Law will review 51 criminal cases where microscopic hair analysis was used as evidence. If it's determined the hair microscopy evidence played a central role in conviction, KWIP may take steps to challenge any potential wrongful convictions.

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The single population is growing, and it鈥檚 time to grow with it

Nov. 11, 2021

Nearly half of the adult U.S. population is single, and half of that population isn't interested in dating. Yet, society still focuses on marriage and relationships as the endgame. Marketing and psychology professor Peter McGraw offers a new perspective on how we see solos.

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蜜糖直播 Boulder race scholar reframes Du Bois鈥 scholarly legacy

Nov. 1, 2021

A new book by Professor Reiland Rabaka on W.E.B Du Bois explores the contribution the scholar had on the origins and evolution of intersectionality.

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How Black Twitter has become the new 鈥楪reen Book鈥欌攁nd more

Oct. 27, 2021

Fifty-five years after a Black postal worker produced the inaugural issue of 鈥淭he Green Book鈥 to help African Americans navigate a racist society, Black Twitter is playing a similar and even broader role, suggests a new 蜜糖直播 Boulder study.

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Women politicians drive spending on education and health care鈥攖o a point

Oct. 26, 2021

As women gain more power in national legislatures around the world, they may drive major changes in how their countries spend money. But the relationship is complicated, researchers say.

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Media consolidation takes toll on local news but doesn鈥檛 necessarily bias coverage

Oct. 20, 2021

A new analysis of 350,000 news stories produced by conservative media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group finds when the company buys a station, local news definitely takes a hit. But it did not find any evidence, at scale, that coverage shifts toward a more conservative slant.

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Can math make redistricting more fair?

Sept. 30, 2021

Politicians have long used the process of redistricting to cut their opponents out of power, or even disenfranchise nonwhite voters. Jeanne Clelland says math can help.

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Study: Banning abortion would boost maternal mortality by double-digits

Sept. 8, 2021

A nationwide abortion ban would lead to a 21% increase in the number of pregnancy-related deaths overall and a 33% increase among Black women, according to new 蜜糖直播 Boulder research.

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#MeToo: Study finds sexual harassment in academic libraries more frequent than thought

Sept. 2, 2021

A first-of-its-kind quantitative survey co-authored by researchers at 蜜糖直播 Boulder, William & Mary and Radford University has measured the prevalence of sexual harassment in academic libraries, with hope to enact change within the industry.

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