Posts Tagged ‘college students’

Chats with mom may keep students healthy

PENN STATE (US) — College students eat better and get more exercise on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers. Continue…

Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:46 - 1 Comment

College athletes learn to lose ‘dumb jock’ label

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — College coaches who emphasize players’ academic abilities may be the best defense against negative typecasting of student athletes. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 20, 2013 10:36 - 1 Comment

Verbally acute women avoid STEM careers

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Women are less likely to pursue jobs in science and technology because their better language skills give them more career options, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 20, 2013 8:48 - 0 Comments

Freshman brains change with images of alcohol

PENN STATE (US) — Connections among brain regions involved in emotion processing and cognitive control may change with increased exposure to alcohol and alcohol-related cues during the first year of college. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 19, 2013 10:06 - 0 Comments

Double majors ‘cross-pollinate’ campus

VANDERBILT (US) — College students with double majors are the kind of innovative thinkers that society needs to tackle its big problems, a new report suggests. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 14, 2013 8:31 - 0 Comments

College doesn’t raise risk of substance abuse

PENN STATE (US) — Despite the high level of binge drinking on college campuses, enrollment doesn’t lead to substance abuse later in adulthood—and in some cases, may actually prevent it. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2013 10:17 - 0 Comments

When colleges betray students after sexual assault

U. OREGON (US) — A study of female college students finds that those who felt betrayed by an institution they trusted after reporting a sexual assault suffered more from anxiety and other post-traumatic effects. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 11, 2013 12:58 - 0 Comments

Lower legal age may lead to adult binge drinking

WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — People who came of age in a state where the legal drinking age was under 21 may have a higher risk of binge drinking through adulthood. (more…)

Society & Culture - Feb 7, 2013 17:36 - 6 Comments

Chinese college kids less tied to social media

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — “Me-first” culture in the US and a “collective-good” mentality in China show up in how each country uses social networking sites, according to a new study. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 22, 2013 18:53 - 0 Comments

Can cash entice college students to stay?

CORNELL (US) — Scholarships that aim to keep the best and brightest students in state during and after college don’t always convince them to stick around, research suggests. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 18, 2013 11:18 - 0 Comments

Is spring break a stereotype gone wild?

PENN STATE (US) — Good or bad, college students’ behavior on spring break may not be much different from weekend activity on campus, say researchers. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2012 11:54 - 1 Comment

College goals shift the way teens speak

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Teenagers who want to attend major research universities cut nonstandard language from their speech more often than those who plan to stay close to home. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 29, 2012 15:40 - 1 Comment

Feedback on health may beat ‘freshman 15′

U. MISSOURI (US) — A brief intervention, sometimes as little as 30 minutes, can help college freshmen get back on track with exercise, research shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 16, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments

STEM may help teens with autism clear hurdle

WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Young people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gravitate toward STEM majors in college, but just getting there is still a struggle. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 14, 2012 14:23 - 0 Comments

College drinking: No fear, all reward raises risk

DUKE (US) — Brain scans show that stressed out college students are more likely to abuse alcohol when they have both a strong desire for reward and little fear of the dangers. (more…)

Society & Culture - Oct 24, 2012 9:26 - 2 Comments

Alums with disabilities cite campus pros and cons

RUTGERS (US) — College graduates with disabilities attribute their academic success to a combination of strong personality traits and relationships with a faculty or staff mentor, a new study shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Oct 15, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments

In-person advice cuts college drinking best

BROWN (US) — Computer-based interventions may be cheaper, but face-to-face alcohol counseling is better at changing college students’ drinking, say researchers. (more…)

Society & Culture - Oct 3, 2012 15:09 - 1 Comment

Debate app captures real-time reactions

UC DAVIS / U. MARYLAND (US) — As Obama and Romney square off in their first debate tonight, college students across the country will try out a new app that could make live polling possible for the first time on a large scale. (more…)

Society & Culture - Sep 10, 2012 15:01 - 1 Comment

Racial quotas for college put to test in Brazil

EMORY (US) — A racial quota system at one of the leading universities in Brazil raised the proportion of black students from low-income families, without lowering their efforts to succeed. (more…)

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