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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Differential treatment refers to economic and social policies (such as positive discrimination and affirmative action) whereby individuals are treated differently based on personal characteristics.

Economics 111
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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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Some of the hardest hit regions were the world’s remotest places, as they did not have access to medical care. Studying the 1918 influenza pandemic enables social scientists to better understand how social inequalities contribute to different mortality outcomes.

Biology 85
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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Language is also a barrier to social inclusion in the US,” explains Lidia. “If If immigrants don’t speak enough English to get by, they will struggle to access resources and fully integrate into a new community in a new country.” And, if immigrants are undocumented, they may live in fear of discovery and so avoid social contact.

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.” Documenting the group’s work in the form of reports, peer-reviewed publications and presentations is also vital.

Research 111