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Jan 14, 2025 | 
medicalxpress.com | George Mason
Health-risk behaviors such as binge drinking, drug use, and violence are common among college students. These issues are especially prevalent among first-year students living away from their families for the first time. According to the American Addiction Centers, nearly half of all college students would qualify for at least one substance use disorder. A pilot and feasibility study by Kenneth W.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
phys.org | Buzz McClain |George Mason
A man in a pickup truck drove down a crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14 and wounding at least 35 others. The driver engaged police in a shootout, wounding two before being fatally shot and ending the spree of violence.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
The March 24, 2021 edition of neighborhood newspaper Northeast News, out of Kansas City, Missouri, contained a surprise for its 9,000 subscribers. Where the front-page news should have been, there was a big, blank white space. This was no printer's error, but a last-ditch cry for help. After 89 years in operation, Northeast News had found itself on the brink of insolvency due to the loss of key advertisers amid the COVID pandemic.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
The economy, we're often reminded, is cyclical. But we all hope our careers won't be. That means those of us who make it to the very top—CEOs, for instance—may be unduly influenced by memories of prior economic go-rounds. David Koo, assistant professor of accounting in the Donald G.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
For centuries, the Roncal Valley, in the Navarrese Pyrenees, has pleased the world's palates through the unique cheese that bears its name. The first Spanish cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, Roncal owes its signature piquant bouquet to a closely guarded production process, which has historically used the milk of an indigenous breed of sheep called the latxa.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
Thanks so much for reading this article all the way to the end! No, that wasn't an editorial error. It's a savvy managerial motivation strategy lurking somewhere in almost every employee's inbox or Slack channel. Mandy O'Neill, an associate professor of management at the Donald G.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | George Mason
A new study led by primary investigator Michael S. Bloom, professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University's College of Public Health, has found that use of skin care products including lotions, hair oils, hair conditioners, ointments, and sunscreen is associated with higher levels of phthalates in children's urine. The associations depend in part upon the child's racial and ethnic identity and their sex as assigned at birth.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
It's no secret that the composition of the American economy is changing. As the manufacturing sector continues to decline, the balance is slowly tipping even further away from goods and towards services. In line with this larger trend, many firms have been leaning toward newer business models that give customers choices other than outright ownership of a product, such as pay per use (Uber, etc.) or subscriptions (Spotify, Netflix, etc.).
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
Every day, financial advisors take perhaps the toughest ethical test in America. Entrusted with managing more than $30 trillion in assets by clients who are relatively naïve in the ways of financial markets, they face constant temptations and opportunities for self-enrichment. Seen in this light, it may be no wonder that around 7% of financial advisors have a record of misconduct. Instead, we might marvel at the fact that 93% have apparently kept their nose clean.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
This sweltering summer has brought record-breaking high temperatures to 63 countries, all but cementing 2024's status as the world's hottest year on record (even though we're barely past the halfway point). Such extreme weather trends are bound to have serious implications for the environment, public health, and the economy.
