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LGBTQ+ youth face increased anxiety amid COVID-19 pandemic
August 27, 2021
Using social media, research identifies stressors among an already vulnerable population.
Doctoral candidate’s award-winning research explores life for Latina girls growing up in rural California
August 19, 2021
Roxanna Villalobos shines a light on rural America’s diversity, including in the Central Valley where she was raised.
As K-12 students return, schools shouldn’t obsess over pandemic ‘learning loss’
August 12, 2021
After months of turmoil and fear, it’s important to focus on emotional support for students and teachers, scholars say.
Text-message ‘nudges’ can encourage holdouts to get COVID vaccination, study finds
August 5, 2021
The researchers said their findings held true across all demographics, including groups that have been hesitant to receive the vaccine.
Why does it still feel so complicated to get back to ‘normal’? Pandemic cave syndrome explained
August 4, 2021
Reentering the public sphere after 18 months in isolation is no simple feat, scientists say.
The parent trap
July 22, 2021
Antagonism toward motherhood dissuades women from pursuing academic science careers.
Majority of Californians still believe the state is ‘Golden’
July 8, 2021
Contrary to popular narrative, the number of residents planning to leave California remains unchanged.
Very big changes are coming very fast to the American workplace
July 8, 2021
This is a major inflection point in U.S. professional life, scholars say.
Why can’t I sleep?
July 1, 2021
Why are some of us insomniacs and others “super sleepers”? Researchers are finding answers in our genes.
Increased use of household fireworks creates a public health hazard, study finds
June 30, 2021
The impacts are most pronounced in Southern California’s low-income communities, researchers say.