The globe is facing an increasing rate of frequent, intense wildfires. From the record fire years in California to wildfires in unexpected areas in southwestern Chinese forests, the wildfire threat is no longer exclusive to regions of known fire risk. Aside from immediate loss of homes and human life, these disasters alter ecosystems, overwhelm first-responder… Read more »
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Researching the Road to Reproductive Care
Research Summary: After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions provided in the U.S. has grown, rising 11% since 2020 to over 1 million abortions a year. (Cahn & Suter, 2024) Additionally, studies have shown not only an increase in the number of women seeking… Read more »
Want to Diversify Your Nonprofit Board? You Won’t Get There By Removing Give-Get Policies
As an undergraduate arts management major, I observed an intriguing pattern when speaking with nonprofit leaders visiting my classes. When asked about how their boards contributed to philanthropic work at their organizations, these professionals shared a sense of apprehension surrounding the popular board fundraising mechanism of “give-get policies.” These practitioners were concerned that requiring board… Read more »
How Your Local University Is Transforming Its Local Housing Market
When most people picture a college town, they likely think of lively student-oriented infrastructure, campus events, fraternity row, and a general sense of youthful energy that invades the local community. But beneath the surface of this vibrant atmosphere lies a powerful, yet underresearched force driving urban change: studentification. This term refers to the transformation… Read more »
What’s NIL Anyways? How Title IX Intersects with Name, Image and Likeness Opportunities
As a student-athlete at Indiana University, I see the inequities between male and female athletes every day. It’s the little things, like men’s basketball and football getting priority advising, greater access to facilities, and more team-issued gear. Title IX, enacted in 1972, was designed to prevent exactly those kinds of imbalances by establishing a system… Read more »
Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) Provide Positive Health & Academic Outcomes for Queer Youth Who Join…But Stigma for Those Who Don’t
Members of the CCBC Gay-Straight Alliance attend a Pride Fest (Wikimedia Commons). Studies have shown that LGBTQIA+ youth that have sources of representation at school (whether that be educators or organization such as GSAs) have more positive mental health and better academic outcomes. To actually be able to reap these benefits, however, queer youth… Read more »
Granting Local Power: Differential Municipality CDBG Implementation Effectiveness
. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a longstanding federal grant designed to support local governments in providing affordable housing and expanding economic opportunities for low to moderate income people. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) distributes funds to localities, who then determine how best to allocate resources for community… Read more »
Can a Policy Expand Access to Autism Therapy? California’s SB 946 Shows It Can
More than 5.4 million American adults have been diagnosed with autism, with that number only rising. Many of those individuals rely on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, a leading evidence-based autism therapy. However, ABA therapy is not immune to the widespread practice of insurer denials. In 2023, insurers in the Affordable Care Act marketplace denied… Read more »
Economic Dependency in Different Forms: Understanding Ghana and Tanzania’s Uneven Responses to Fast Fashion Waste
Every week, nearly 15 million garments flood into Accra’s Kantamanto Market — shirts, jeans, suits, and skirts discarded by consumers in the Global North. These second-hand clothes, known locally as obroni wawu or “dead white man’s clothes,” are marketed as charitable donations. But behind this trade is a deeper problem: fast fashion dumping. In theory,… Read more »
Do Juvenile Drug Courts in Indiana Consider Federal Recommendations During Programming?
Juvenile drug courts were established in the late 1990s to provide specialized, rehabilitative services to youth with substance abuse disorders. Over time, research concerning the effectiveness of juvenile drug courts expanded and noted mixed, underwhelming results regarding return to substance use and reoffending. Some of these results could be attributed to the fact that… Read more »