April 7, 2020 – Women have made progress in earning college degrees as well as in pay and in occupations once largely dominated by men since 1970—but the pace of gains in many areas linked to professional advancement has slowed in recent decades and stalled in others, finds a new five-decade analysis. “Substantial progress […]
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Oversight of Fishing Vessels Lacking, New Analysis Shows
February 19, 2020 – Policies regulating fishing in international waters do not sufficiently protect officials who monitor illegal fishing, the prohibited dumping of equipment, or human trafficking or other human rights abuses, finds a new analysis by a team of environmental researchers. “These fisheries observers risk their lives to watch over industrial fishing activities, and […]
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Justice Systems Fail to Help 1.5 Billion People Resolve Their Justice Problems, New Global Report Finds
April 29, 2019 – Justice systems fail to resolve justice problems for 1.5 billion people, finds a new report by the Task Force on Justice. The report, released today at the World Justice Forum in The Hague, points to a hidden epidemic of injustice that affects all countries but hits the poorest hardest. Whether they […]
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Who is Caring for Migrants and Refugees?
March 5, 2019 – New York University’s Hemispheric Institute has launched the Ecologies of Migrant Care web site, a digital platform featuring interviews with migrants, activists, faith leaders, journalists, academics, and others supporting migrants and refugees and chronicling their circumstances across the Americas. Along with nearly 100 transcribed and translated interviews recorded in Honduras, Guatemala, […]
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Applying auto industry’s fuel-efficiency standards to agriculture could net billions
Oct. 15, 2018 – Adopting benchmarks similar to the fuel-efficiency standards used by the auto industry in the production of fertilizer could yield $5-8 billion in economic benefits for the U.S. corn sector alone, researchers have concluded in a new analysis. The work, appearing in the journal Nature Sustainability and authored by New York University’s […]
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New research shows how we turn on and off languages
Sept. 11, 2018 – A team of researchers has uncovered the distinct computations that occur when we switch between different languages, a finding that provides new insights into the nature of bilingualism. “A remarkable feature of multilingual individuals is their ability to quickly and accurately switch back and forth between their different languages,” explains Esti […]