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Lower wages, lack of jobs means more Americans delaying “adulthood”

Despite living in an age of iPads and hybrid cars, young Americans are more like the young adults of the early 1900s than the baby boom generation: They are living at home longer, are financially insecure and are making lower wages.

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The Stress Paradox: Coping with trauma can strengthen us over time

Professor Carolyn Aldwin, has interviewed thousands of people across the United States, many of them combat veterans, for longitudinal studies of aging. Her findings have shaken up conventional notions about stress and trauma across the lifespan.

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School lunch makeover to satisfy kids…make it berry good!

“Contributing healthy recipes to school lunch programs is more than just for the “now” – it’s for the future,” says nutrition student Erin Dooher.

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Protecting Traditions, Empowering Tribes

Anna Harding has concerns about environmental exposures to indigenous populations, and those have led her to become an advocate for extra protection for tribes, working with federal agencies to clean up sites and protect tribal lands.

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Fu Jen Friendships

“Xuexi wenhua zai taiwan shi hen you yisi,” says Farm Saechao in describing her study abroad experience at Fu Jen University in Taiwan winter term. “Studying the culture in Taiwan was very  interesting,” she translates, “but the friendships I made with the Taiwanese students was the best part.” Farm’s ancestors are from China and her […]

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Real world applicaitons for student research

Trent Tam Sing, Rachel Brinker, and Nicole Santorno are part of a growing trend in the College of undergraduates doing research.