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Released: 2-Apr-2025 7:40 PM EDT
How Canadian Immigration Law Turns Judges Into Border Guards
Universite de Montreal

Doctoral student Meritxell Abellan-Almenara examines court decisions to see how Quebec judges use their power to make defendants criminally inadmissible to stay in Canada.

麻豆传媒: Study: People Who Identify as Alt-Right Find Security in the Status Quo
Released: 1-Apr-2025 9:00 AM EDT
Study: People Who Identify as Alt-Right Find Security in the Status Quo
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Who are the alt-right, and what do they stand for? The term is broad 鈥 an alt-right supporter could be anyone from an armed insurrectionist to an armchair political pundit 鈥 but they tend to have one thing in common. According to new research involving faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, people who identify as alt-right tend to be 鈥渟ystem justifiers鈥 who want to maintain the traditional status quo as an antidote to insecurity.

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Released: 31-Mar-2025 5:30 PM EDT
Sheldon to Host Series of Events Alongside 鈥楨xploding Native Inevitable鈥
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln鈥檚 Sheldon Museum of Art will present a series of free public programs in conjunction with 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable,鈥 a traveling exhibition that features the work of 12 contemporary Indigenous artists and two collectives. The exhibition runs through July 13 at the museum.

Released: 28-Mar-2025 8:10 AM EDT
Healing Circle Gives Voice to Patients Striving for Sobriety
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

The road to sobriety is jagged and unpaved, with potholes and craters that can make it hard for those traveling on it to move forward.The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, a part of the hospital鈥檚 Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, recently offered its teen and young adult patients a unique treatment method as they try to steer straight.

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Released: 27-Mar-2025 10:45 AM EDT
What Was The Underground Railroad? Honoring The Legacy of Harriet Tubman
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Explore the history of the Underground Railroad 鈥 a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States. And learn about its most famous conductor, Harriet Tubman, who was commemorated with a statue on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail.

Released: 27-Mar-2025 10:00 AM EDT
Higher Alcohol Use Among Queer Black Sexual and Gender Minorities Linked to Drinking Behaviors in Their Social Circles, Anxiety, Latine Ethnicity, and Growing Up Exposed to Problematic Drinking
Research Society on Alcoholism

Black sexual minority men and transgender women (sexual and gender minorities; SGM) consume more alcohol on average than people in the general population.

     
Released: 24-Mar-2025 7:45 PM EDT
Expectant and New Fathers Seek More Support to Improve Maternal Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2025) 鈥 A new Penn Nursing study reveals that expectant and new fathers, particularly Black American fathers, express a significant need for more resources and support to better assist mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. The research, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, highlights a gap in tailored information and resources for fathers within healthcare and social service systems.

麻豆传媒: Binghamton University Unveils Statue of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman
Released: 24-Mar-2025 6:20 PM EDT
Binghamton University Unveils Statue of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity at Binghamton University, State University of New York has unveiled a statue of Tubman, the famous abolitionist and activist who led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

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Released: 24-Mar-2025 9:00 AM EDT
Some Depression Prevention Programs May Not Help Black Youth
American Psychological Association (APA)

A depression prevention program that has helped white youth wasn鈥檛 effective for Black youth, raising concerns about the need for more research to help racially diverse groups, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

麻豆传媒: CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie鈥檚 Effect on Children鈥檚 Self-Image
Released: 21-Mar-2025 7:30 PM EDT
CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie鈥檚 Effect on Children鈥檚 Self-Image
California State University, Fullerton

Barbie dolls have been popular for generations among young children. They have also been criticized for having an unrealistic female body, which can cause young girls to have body image concerns.

Released: 18-Mar-2025 8:00 PM EDT
Uncovering New Information About the Holocaust
University of Miami

Historian Hermann Beck is shedding light on previously undocumented violence in the early months of Nazi rule.

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Released: 18-Mar-2025 6:30 PM EDT
UniSA Champion of Multiculturalism Takes Out Top SA Governor Award
University of South Australia

One of UniSA鈥檚 most passionate advocates for Aboriginal communities and marginalised groups has won the 2024 SA Governor鈥檚 Multicultural Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement.

Released: 14-Mar-2025 7:20 AM EDT
Born in the USA: St. Patrick鈥檚 Day
University of Miami

A University of Miami professor who specializes in Irish culture traces the roots of the popular holiday to Irish emigrees who fled the 鈥淕reat Hunger鈥 in their homeland to seek a new start in America.

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Released: 13-Mar-2025 9:00 PM EDT
Experts Explain U.S. Fascination with St. Patrick鈥檚 Day, Dyeing Rivers
Virginia Tech

The world鈥檚 largest St. Patrick鈥檚 Day celebration isn鈥檛 in Ireland. It鈥檚 in the U.S. It鈥檚 no secret that Americans have an affinity for the holiday. Many Americans 鈥 even those with no Irish descent 鈥 choose to celebrate by wearing green clothing, drinking green beer, and eating dishes like corned beef and cabbage. Some major cities, like Chicago, even dye their rivers green for the day.

麻豆传媒: Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the U.S.
Released: 12-Mar-2025 8:30 AM EDT
Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the U.S.
Florida Atlantic University

Experiencing five or more severe sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 increases the risk of melanoma by 80% and nonmelanoma skin cancer by 68%. This study is among the few to examine the relationship between perceived cancer risk, concern about being diagnosed, confidence in health, sunburn history, and the prevalence of sun protection behaviors, all in relation to sociodemographic factors in U.S. adults. Findings reveal statistically significant associations between the number of sunburns and sociodemographic factors.

麻豆传媒: UP Museums Textiles Exhibit Picks Up the Thread of Women鈥檚 Stories
Released: 11-Mar-2025 6:30 PM EDT
UP Museums Textiles Exhibit Picks Up the Thread of Women鈥檚 Stories
University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria (UP) Museums is proud to present a new, thought-provoking exhibition that brings together a selection of textiles from across the globe, showcasing both the simplicity and complexity of the medium, and highlighting its historical and cultural significance called "Bokgabo ba ma拧ela: The Art of Textiles."



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