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Should Student Health Centers Screen for Substance Use?

| Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

College students have high rates of drug and alcohol use, but university health centers typically don't screen for substance abuse. A new study set out to examine whether that could change with the help of self-administered screenings. Read more ›

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What Teachers Think About High-Stakes, Mandated Testing

| Guttman Community College, Hunter College

A new study explored teachers' viewpoints and practices related to government-mandated testing, and discovered they fell into three distinct categories. Read more ›

Researchers Criticize Guidelines for Pork Tapeworm Treatment

| Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

A group of researchers have criticized new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of neurocysticercosis (NC), a parasitic infection affecting up to 8 million people worldwide. Read more ›

The Vilna Troupe in 'The Dybbuk,' Paris, 1923. Private collection of Laurence Senelick.

How A Yiddish Theater Troupe Became a Global Brand

| Baruch College

A new book explores The Vilna Troupe, an exclusively-Yiddish spoken theater troupe that established a “global brand” offering shows around the world. Read more ›

Female Role Models: From the Stage to the Brain

| Brooklyn College, The Graduate Center

A new theater production called The Female Role Model Project aims to unpack how representations of women influence the brain in a scientifically-enhanced way. Read more ›

Research in Real Time: Geospatial Technology

| Bronx Community College

SUM's visually-driven series "Research in Real Time" travels to Bronx Community College, where the Geospatial Center helps students from underserved communities learn one of today's hottest technologies. Read more ›

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