Tag: Volunteering
‘The Activist’ reality TV show sparked furor, but treating causes as...
Alexandra Budabin, University of Dayton and Lisa Ann Richey, Copenhagen Business School
CBS quickly backpedaled after an announcement about...
How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years...
Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz
Curious Kids is a series for children...
Why condos caught on in America
Matthew Gordon Lasner, Hunter College
The tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021,...
4 ways that volunteering can be good for you
Jennifer A. Jones, University of Florida
More than 77 million Americans volunteer a total of 6.9 billion hours a...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
People take better care of public places when they feel like...
Suzanne Shu, Cornell University
Takeaways
· People can feel “psychological ownership,” a sense of personal attachment, even for parks and other public places.
· These feelings lead...
18 million US children are at risk of hunger: How is...
Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University; David Himmelgreen, University of South Florida; Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton, and Kecia Johnson, Mississippi State University
Editor’s note: The...
Do people become more selfless as they age?
Ulrich Mayr, University of Oregon
Looking for something to binge-watch while you’re hunkering down at home?
Consider checking out the popular TV show “The Good Place.”...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
