Baruch College Archives

What Are the Risk Factors for Gay Partner Violence?

May 21, 2019

A study of intimate partner violence (IPV) among young men who sleep with other men found that men who experienced violence at an early age were also more likely to experience IPV when they got older. Read more ›

A black student raises his hand in a modern classroom.

Racism and Research: Using Psychology to Justify Policy

April 2, 2019

| Baruch College

Brown v. Board of Education triggered an unending racist backlash that included the use (and misuse) of psychological studies to question federal funding for education, a new book argues. Read more ›

How Consumers Connect With Corporate Social Responsibility

March 20, 2019

| Baruch College

How do consumers really view corporate social responsibility (CSR) or a company's business model that factors in social accountability? Read more ›

Leave the Leftovers

March 15, 2019

| Baruch College

Even though cleaning your plate feels satisfying — thanks to something called “consumption closure” — it isn’t always for the best. A new paper explains. Read more ›

Why Some Undocumented Immigrants Go Public Despite The Risks

March 14, 2019

| Baruch College

A new book culls interviews with undocumented young adults from 18 countries who’ve told their stories as activists, through the arts, or online. Read more ›

Brigett Davis and her mother Fannie posing at Bridgett's college graduation

The Numbers: A Daughter of Detroit Tells the Family Secret

February 28, 2019

| Baruch College

A Baruch College professor tells the story of growing up in Detroit with a mother who ran a thriving numbers business, which was an illegal individually-run lottery. Read more ›

Understanding the Big Bang: A New Way to Make Particle Soup

February 19, 2019

| Baruch College, The Graduate Center

Scientists know how to recreate the hot, dense plasma that existed in the early milliseconds of our universe. Now, scientists at CUNY have shown that this early universe particle soup can be created using smaller nuclei than previously thought possible. Read more ›

A boat carrying migrants crosses the ocean

SNAPSHOT: Migration Studies

February 5, 2019

| Baruch College

The rise in global migration has fueled the growth of graduate programs focused on that very issue. Read more ›

Why America’s Fat and How to Fix It

January 31, 2019

| Baruch College

America is the fattest industrialized country on earth and obesity is our “single greatest health threat,” according to a new book from a Baruch College professor. Read more ›