Tag: Giving
National survey shows that social service nonprofits are trying to help...
Mirae Kim, Georgia State University and Dyana Mason, University of Oregon
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
A recent...
A window into the hearts and minds of billionaire donors
Hans Peter Schmitz, University of San Diego
As the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic toll increases, many billionaires and their foundations are making very public efforts to...
Do people become more selfless as they age?
Ulrich Mayr, University of Oregon
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Paying all blood donors might not be worth it
Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Gretchen Chapman is a decision scientist who explores what makes it...
Calling donors to thank them doesn’t make them more likely to...
Anya Samek, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Donors gave US$380 million to nonprofits during 2018’s Giving Tuesday donation...
How higher ed can deal with ethical questions over its disgraced...
Deni Elliott, University of South Florida
Private donors are giving colleges and universities record amounts of money – along with increasingly frequent bouts of public...
4 tips for selecting charities after disasters like Hurricane Dorian
David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Hurricane Dorian’s destruction in the Bahamas, North Carolina and up the Atlantic coast provides a terrible...
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Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them...
Lionel Peter Robert Jr., University of Michigan
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
Automated vehicles don’t have human operators...
