How Consumers Connect With Corporate Social Responsibility
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
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
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 ›
The Numbers: A Daughter of Detroit Tells the Family Secret
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
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 ›
SNAPSHOT: Migration Studies
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
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 ›
SNAPSHOT: History of Police Brutality
A new book looks at the "long history" of police brutality, and the efforts to curb the power of police and hold them accountable. Read more ›
SNAPSHOT: Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships
Open relationships between committed individuals are popular among gay and bisexual men, but their effects remain unclear. Read more ›