Study links social class origins to lower wage goals in job search

A college degree is supposed to be the great equalizer in the labor market, promising upward mobility and better pay for all.
JD Supra

NYSDEC Soil Background Study Clarifies Background PFAS Conditions

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”), through its Division of Environmental Remediation (“DER”), recently released its final Rural Soil Background Study for Per- and ...
CNN

Study: 3 federal laws could reduce gun deaths by more than 90%

Passing federal laws that require universal background checks for firearm purchases, background checks on ammunition purchases and firearm identification could reduce the rate of U.S. gun deaths by ...
National Review

Study Finds Background-Check Laws in Wa. and Colo. Did Nothing

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Mississippi State University

The RURAL Study in Oktibbeha County: Background and Opportunities for Collaboration

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project, Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Study, or RURAL, seeks to understand why people born in rural communities in the South live shorter and ...
UPI

Study says background checks insufficient to cut gun homicide rates

Background checks alone might not be enough to reduce shooting deaths in the United States, a new study warns. States that require gun permits, rather than relying solely on universal background ...
cjr.org

Misleading coverage of a major gun study highlights the danger of fast reporting

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Yet, in at least one case, an attempt to dislodge a myth had a curious boomerang effect: The media reverb interpreted the study ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Most board members at the nation’s top hospitals have no healthcare background: Study

Less than 15 percent of board members overseeing the nation’s top hospitals have a professional background in healthcare, while more than half have a background in finance or business services, ...
Scripps News

Study Finds Sharks Get Bad Rap When Viewed with Ominous Background Music

In a new study, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego found that the background music in shark documentaries affects viewers’ perceptions of ...
New Atlas

Study reveals which Zoom background items make you look more competent

Before you hop on your next Zoom call, you might want to tailor your background in a very particular way, says a new study. Doing so could make everyone else on the call perceive you as being more ...
CNN

Youth in states requiring universal background checks are less likely to carry guns to school, study says

High school students in states that require universal background checks on all prospective gun buyers are less likely to carry guns compared to students in states that require background checks only ...