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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

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But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. That’s super instrumental in our research quest.” She signed up. “Me What is there to be so scared of?’”

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

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Researchers from the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at The University of Melbourne in Australia are developing models that can help predict where wildfires are most likely to occur and how fires behave under different weather conditions. These models we run use many, many data inputs,” says Erica.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Regardless of whether differential treatment is considered fair, the efficiency rationale gives researchers and policymakers another way to look at how and why public policies should consider socio-economic factors. How does economics combine mathematics and social science?

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Over four years, the team is recruiting 60 Mexican immigrant women a year, 30 of whom are randomly assigned to attend a weekly Tertulias group and 30 of whom are randomly assigned to the ‘control arm’ of the research project in which they do not receive peer support. I didn’t start out as a health researcher,” says Janet.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see? Dr Joanna Leng , from the University of Leeds in the UK, is a research software engineer who designs and develops the software that allows scientific imaging devices to be used to their full potential. Pinterest.

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. How did social science influence the fight for marriage equality? I didn’t expect my paper to have any public impact.” I was delighted to oblige!”

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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A