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    Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history

    by lisadtinsley May 8, 2022

    Peter Dreier – E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed…

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    Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need – here are three ways teachers can do better

    by lisadtinsley April 23, 2022
    April 23, 2022

    Mildred Boveda – Associate Professor of Special Education, Penn State When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that…

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    The ‘hot hand’ is a real basketball phenomenon – but only some players have the ability to go on these basket-making streaks

    by lisadtinsley April 11, 2022
    April 11, 2022

    Konstantinos Pelechrinis – Associate Professor of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh Wayne Winston- Professor of Decision and Information Systems, Indiana University March Madness is here, and basketball fans are…

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    Students with disabilities are not getting help to address lost opportunities

    by lisadtinsley March 24, 2022
    March 24, 2022

    John McKenna – Associate Professor of Special Education, UMass Lowell Even before the pandemic hit, 98% of U.S. school districts said they didn’t have enough special education teachers to serve all the…

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    Why your kid won’t put down the smartphone – it’s not your fault

    by lisadtinsley March 21, 2022
    March 21, 2022

    Meghan Owenz – Assistant Teaching Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, Penn State Nearly three-quarters of parents are concerned that their kids’ use of mobile devices may be harmful to them or to family…

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    Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts the entire local economy

    by lisadtinsley March 18, 2022
    March 18, 2022

    Shannon Van Zandt – Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people…

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  • HealthNationalScience

    Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low

    by lisadtinsley March 15, 2022
    March 15, 2022

    Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s…

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    What you eat can reprogram your genes – an expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics

    by lisadtinsley March 12, 2022
    March 12, 2022

    Monica Dus – Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that…

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    Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness

    by lisadtinsley March 9, 2022
    March 9, 2022

    Toni Sturdivant – Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerc When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells –…

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