A new study by AU School of Public Affairs Professor Jennifer Lawless, and Loyola Marymount University Professor Richard Fox, found that despite an increase in political activism, women continue to lag behind men in political ambition.
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The 2017 recipients of the AU Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium International Reporting Student Fellowship have been announced.
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A new study coauthored by SPA Professor Erdal Tekin, links a nationwide medical program in Turkey to a 25.5 percent reduction in infant mortality.
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Scientists, including American University’s Kiho Kim, are using new technologies that make it possible to see inside coral, to examine the skeleton cores for devastation caused by humans.
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Improved air quality in Turkey results in healthier infants, according to a recent study published in "The Economic Journal" by SPA Professor Erdal Tekin.
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SPA Associate Professor Anna Amirkhanyan, SPA Distinguished Visiting Scholar Ken Meier, and their co-authors studied the effect of management on U.S. nursing homes.
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Anthropology Ph.D. Christopher Partridge researches refugees in North Carolina.
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Metropolitan Policy Center Director Derek Hyra’s book, "Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City," examines D.C.’s rapidly changing economic landscape.
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The significant effect of partisanship on African American K-12 students is the focus of a new book, "The Politics of African-American Education."
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In the wake of high profile shootings, how do the parents of young children respond with regard to guns in the home?
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