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Political, religious beliefs limit education’s impact on death penalty support

Amy Anderson and Philip Schwadel

Political, religious beliefs limit education’s impact on death penalty support

Anne Mumgaard giving virtual tour of state museum

Internet usage during pandemic illuminated urban-rural digital divide

Detweiler, Olson earn NU’s top faculty honors

Accolades/Awards and Recognitions/Computing/Honors/Sociology/

Research eyes optimized design for web, mail surveys

Communication/Sociology/

photo illustration of Kimberly Tyler amid cell phone boxes

App could deliver ‘just in time’ messaging to help youth experiencing homelessness

Psychology/Sociology/

Lisa Kort-Butler in front of penitentiary

Study shows news coverage on Twitter combined crime, pandemic in disjointed narrative

COVID-19/Sociology/

portrait of Kelsy Burke

Influence of porn on America is focus of Burke’s new book

Nebraska Lecturer Philip Schwadel

In Nebraska Lecture, Schwadel outlines societal changes driven by nonreligious young Americans

Nebraska Lectures/Religion/Research Days/Sociology/

Nebraska Lecturer Philip Schwadel

Philip Schwadel to deliver Nebraska Lecture March 30

Nebraska Lectures/Research News/Sociology/

Study examines life satisfaction when men and women perceive infertility

"Vaccinate" art exhibit entries

‘Vaccinate’ art exhibition opening April 18 at Capitol

COVID-19/Sociology/University of Nebraska State Museum/

Survey study examines Nebraskans’ views on transgender rights

Diversity/Sociology/Women's and Gender Studies/

man holding pitchfork in field

Project collecting eye-opening data to aid sleep for farmers, ranchers

Education and Child Development/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources/Nebraska Extension/Sociology/

Philip Schwadel

‘Residue effect’: Values hold even after faith falters

Tipping scales: Familiar agree/disagree scale not always best survey option

Mike Hayes, Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal and Regina Werum

Nebraska-Citadel collaboration merges sciences to explore social unrest

Climatology/School of Natural Resources/Sociology/

New study shows real-time stress reaction to racism

Study: Racial disparities exist in cognitive health expectancies, despite educational attainment

Study: Racial disparities exist in cognitive health expectancies, despite educational attainment

Nebraska researchers studying COVID-19 impacts on older minority adults

Ethnic Studies/Sociology/

Study tracks divide in religious affiliation, prayer among LGB emerging adults

Husker researcher develops contact tracing technology

Computer Science/NUtech Ventures/Sociology/

Who has most sway over choice to be parents, him or her? Or both?

$11.85 million NIH grant to support new center to study rural drug use

Psychology/Rural Issues/Sociology/

Study: Science knowledge shifted along religious, political affiliations

Communication/Religion/Sociology/

University helping Lincoln end veteran homelessness

Center on Children Families and the Law/Sociology/

Research shows drug access the same in urban, rural areas

Arts and Sciences/Rural Issues/Sociology/

Husker initiative aims to end youth homelessness in Nebraska

Children and Families/Policies/Sociology/

Summer Research Program paves students’ way to Nebraska

Physics/Research Events/Sociology/Student Research/

Study finds minority homeless youth more likely to be stopped by police

Criminal Justice/Policies/Sociology/

Teenage rebellions can incite changes in religious beliefs

Arts and Sciences/Religion/Sociology/

Tippens explores well-being among African refugees

Children and Families/Policies/Sociology/

Religious freedom laws an all-American dispute, researchers find

Policies/Psychology/Sociology/

Study finds positive turning points in stepfamilies

Children and Families/Communication Studies/Sociology/

Survey of European economists finds sizable gender gaps in opinions

Economics/Policies/Sociology/

Study provides empirical answers about multiethnic experiences

Communication Studies/Ethnic Studies/Sociology/

Study confirms beauty is in the eye of the beer holder

Policies/Psychology/Sociology/

Study shows how brain anticipates social exclusion

Brain Research/Psychology/Sociology/

Why some young violence victims seek relationships sooner — and others don’t

Health/Policies/Sociology/

Texts and data: Researcher studies homeless youth with cell phones

Health/Policies/Sociology/

Political tolerance drawn at generational, not class lines

Policies/Political Science/Sociology/

Study: Mental health symptoms linked to risky sexual behavior among homeless women

Health/Policies/Sociology/

Boys and porn: Researchers find age of first exposure linked to sexist attitudes

Children and Families/Psychology/Sociology/

Battle of the sexes in science hurts girls — and boys, too

Children and Families/Education/Sociology/

Study: Violence in news toughens opinions on crime, punishment

Journalism/Psychology/Sociology/

What’s in a name? Monikers alter empathy in the brain

Brain Research/Psychology/Sociology/

Study: Environmental views can come from pulpits, not politicos

Climate Change/Policies/Sociology/

Study examines how, why adolescence halts girls’ interest in science

Biology/Education/Sociology/STEM/

Nebraska sociologists probe gaps in rural drug programs

Health/Rural Issues/Sociology/

Changing minds: Study tracks shift in favor of legalized marijuana

Health/Policies/Sociology/

College-educated keep the faith, study shows

Religion/Sociology/

Death penalty attitudes shifting, research shows

Criminal Justice/Public Policy/Sociology/

Study finds HIV education challenges with Zambian youth

Health/Sociology/

For older married men facing disability, nagging may be a plus

Health/Sociology/

Study links new families’ economic, mental health issues to future struggles

Children and Families/Mental Health/Sociology/

UNL team to probe social networks by phone

Computing/Health/Rural Issues/Sociology/

Study details lives of homeless youth

Children and Families/Sociology/

Study examines rural, urban youths’ substance use

Rural Issues/Sociology/

On gay issues, Nebraska far less ‘red’ than label suggests

Politics/Sociology/

Study: Parenting magazines still reinforce traditional gender roles

Compared to whites, more minority youth expect to die young

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