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Surfonomics 101: Saving the Waves with a College Class
As tides rise, surfers brace themselves. At the right moment, holding fast to their boards, they rise, riding on the waves. Rising and falling together, surfers and the waves become one. Having grown up in Peru and now living in Noosa, Australia, Javier Leon, a professor of physical geography in the University of the Sunshine… Read More
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Coffee or Tea? That Depends on Your DNA
Are you a coffee lover? Or, do you prefer tea? Whether you favor one or the other is a function of your genes, according to a new study by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia and the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that an… Read More
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Climate Change Is Causing More Destructive, Wetter Hurricanes
Some of the most destructive, devastating hurricanes in recent years were intensified by climate change, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory find. Their supercomputer simulations proved that climate change increased the amount of rainfall in hurricanes Katrina, Irma and Maria by 5-10 percent. And the future looks bleak. If humans don’t… Read More
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Employers Could Test for Emotional Intelligence in Job Interviews
Jobs require soft, relationship skills — emotional intelligence or EQ — as much as hard skills. In fact, as reported in Forbes, a study by the Carnegie Institute of Technology found that while only 15 percent of financial success was due to technical ability, 85 percent was due to skills in “human engineering,” such as… Read More
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A Humanities Major Can Earn You a Job Too
How students perceive the purpose of college has changed. It may be a result of economic determination, or possibly insecurity instilled by the 2008 financial crisis, but many of today’s students tend to view a college education solely as the key to a high-paying job. And since the mid-’90s, Silicon Valley in sunny California has… Read More
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Youth Culture Could Change Stigma of Mental Illness
Depression in young people, both adolescents and college students, is on the increase. Unfortunately, many of them remain undiagnosed and untreated. This is largely due to the stigma associated with mental illness. Recognizing the need to address this, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health launched a campaign to promote community engagement with mental… Read More
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Conservation Areas Help Bird Species Prepare for a Warming World
Conservation areas can help bird species adapt to climate change and stay closer to their native habitats, researchers in Finland find. The researchers looked at changes in the abundance of bird species both inside and outside conservation areas over the last 50 years. They found that as habitats grow increasingly threatened by the warming climate,… Read More
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Setting the Story Straight: Restoring Conscience in Business
Humanity has made great strides in many areas over the past centuries, yet one major challenge we still must face is our notion of business performance and business education. As a member of the baby-boom generation, I am still pleasantly impressed about the progress I witnessed in my lifetime so far: from not having a… Read More
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My One-Week Adventure in Italy on a Budget
While studying abroad during my sophomore year of college, I was fortunate enough to embark on a week-long trip to Italy with some of my closest friends. We visited four places — Florence, Naples, Sorrento and Pompeii — in seven days, and enjoyed one of the most exciting weeks of our European experience. From bustling… Read More
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Professor Attends KKK, Nazi Rallies to Teach Dangers of Hate Speech
The recent shooting at the Pittsburgh synagogue, which killed 11 people, is a sobering reminder that Americans are not safe. That instance, along with the Charleston church killings, the riots in Charlottesville and others, have proven that violence towards minority groups is once again becoming a staple of life in the United States. And many… Read More
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7 Young Rock Bands for College Music Fans to Keep an Eye on
Following our profile of the best college music scenes in the U.S., TUN has decided to highlight a few young bands that have recently emerged from college music scenes across the country. The following seven bands span different rock subgenres making their way out of the college circuit. From Crumb’s psych-funk to Acid Dad’s fuzz-overloaded… Read More
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Traveling to London on a Student Budget
London is a great destination for college students for a trip of any length. I had an amazing experience there — really unparalleled in my lifetime — when I spent three months studying abroad in my junior year. Although London can be very expensive, there are plenty of ways to experience the city on a… Read More
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Social Media Is Contributing to Your Depression, Loneliness
Too much time on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook could increase depression and loneliness, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania find. When social media first started, many people understood it as a platform to reconnect with far-away family and friends. But social media has since evolved. Celebrities, social influencers and even friends post pictures of expensive… Read More
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New Study Shows Evidence of Persistent Brain Damage in College Football Players
Football, America’s favorite contact sport, has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years as the link between the sport and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease that causes cognitive impairment, depression, memory loss, emotional instability and other psychological problems, becomes clearer. Evidence continues to build that repeated hits to the… Read More
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New Green Energy Solution Could Create 22,000 US Jobs
Replacing coal with a green technology that uses biomass and carbon capture and storage technologies could create 22,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2050, according to a new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. These new jobs will be in forestry and transportation, they say. In addition, the researchers believe… Read More
