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Media

Equal opportunity objectification? The sexualization of men and women on the cover of Rolling Stone

by Rozanne Larsen | July 27, 2011

2011 study by SUNY-Buffalo published in Sexuality and Culture on depictions of women over time in a prominent, trend-setting media space in popular culture.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

The frequency of wars

by Rozanne Larsen | July 26, 2011

2011 study by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University on the rate of global conflict over the past 130 years

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Globalization, structural change and productivity growth

by Christopher Olver | July 26, 2011

2011 Tufts and Harvard Kennedy School study on structural changes within the labor sector of developing countries and whether they promote economic growth.

Expert Commentary

Media

Google effects on memory: Cognitive consequences of having information at our fingertips

by Christopher Olver | July 22, 2011

2011 study by Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard on effects of Internet search engines on human memory.

Expert Commentary

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Economics

Comparing the cell phone driver and drunk driver

by Leighton Walter Kille | July 22, 2011

An AEI-Brookings Joint Center study published in 2004 that assesses the comparative risks of cell phone use and consuming alcohol on drivers’ performance.

Expert Commentary

Environment

Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain

by John Wihbey | July 21, 2011

2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on patterns of food consumption and exercise and their lifetime effects on body weight.

Expert Commentary

Environment

False label claims about high and rising alcohol content of wine

by Christopher Olver | July 21, 2011

2011 study by the American Association of Wine Economists on accuracy of stated levels of alcohol content in wine and the possible role of climate change.

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Education, Race & Gender

Sexual identity and health-risk behaviors among students in grades 9-12

by John Wihbey | July 21, 2011

Study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on health risks among gay, lesbian and bisexual teens.

Expert Commentary

Health

Oregon health insurance experiment: Evidence from the first year

by Christopher Olver | July 20, 2011

2012 study by MIT and Harvard on impacts of randomly assigned Medicaid insurance in Oregon on public health outcomes.

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Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Unauthorized immigrant population: National and state trends, 2011

by Rozanne Larsen | July 20, 2011

2011 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on demographic trends relating to undocumented immigrants in the United States.

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