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New and exciting research from CLA researchers.
Reaching Stressed Out College Students Online
Research from UMN Psychology shows how online programs can help college students cope with stress.
Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
Research from UMN’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication shows how confusing coverage of health news can contribute to poor nutrition.
Effective Communication with Doctors is Crucial for Preventative Care
Recent research highlights why provider-patient communication is so important, especially in rural communities.
Is the Other Side Really that Stupid? Research Says Probably Not
Political parties have different ideologies, but similar IQ scores.
Local Food Production and Childhood Nutrition in Mali
A UMN geographer shows how small-scale agriculture can have a big impact on health.
Conspiring Together
UMN political scientists show how conspiracy theories are politically motivated—and more common than we think.
The Return of Rehabilitation? Educational Programs for Prisoners Remain Inadequate
Up until the 2016 presidential election, criminologists saw increasingly hopeful signs that a new “smart on crime” political alignment was emergent: imprisonment rates (and crime) were declining, tough-on-crime policies were becoming increasingly unpopular among both Democrats and Republicans, and “rehabilitation” was reentering the criminal justice lexicon […]
Atheists Still “Other”?
Ten years ago, Penny Edgell, Joseph Gerteis, and Doug Hartmann published a paper with a surprising finding: atheists were the most disliked minority group in the United States. Has that changed?
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