Education

Operation Homecoming: Serving Those Who Have Served

November 11, 2019

Operation Homecoming was first created in 2004 by the National Endowment for the Arts to help U.S. troops and their families write about their wartime experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, and stateside. Operation Homecoming was among several programs the NEA has created to bring quality arts

The STEM Branches Out: Preparing for the Jobs of the Future

November 8, 2019

In 1900, the average age at which employees exited the workforce was 47, which was coincidentally the average lifespan. It has been predicted that by 2020, workers will begin their careers at the average age of 23. They will change careers five to eight times over the course of the next four decades.

Tracking the Mind-Body Connection: An Interview with Dr. Herbert Benson

November 7, 2019

When cardiologist Dr. Herbert Benson was approached 40 years ago by a group of people interested in his studying stress, he was initially cautious. Medically speaking, not much was known about the subject — other than that stress was a response to certain stimuli — and in the science community there was

In Search of Morality: An Interview with Dr. Joshua Greene

November 2, 2019

When making that big decision, do you go with your gut, or do you map out how your judgment will affect those around you? This has been an endless source of fascination for Joshua D. Greene. Greene has been busy bridging the gap between psychology and philosophy at Harvard University

The Question of “Good” Versus “Evil”

November 2, 2019

The enduring war between “good” and “evil” has been at the heart of inquiry for moral philosophers and religious scholars for centuries. Though merely an epic space opera that hardly commands the impact of the Bible, “Star Wars” epitomizes that dilemma.

Are You An “Explorer” When It Comes to Decision-Making?

November 1, 2019

Do you approach life with a zest for decision-making? Do you bushwack through ambiguities to create a clear path? Or do you seesaw between opposing opportunities — unable to bear the weight of either one in the final analysis.

The Creative Brain: Why Do We Create?

October 28, 2019

Where does creativity come from? It’s a question that’s left us mystified for centuries at the way writers make metaphors or sculptors render clay into arches and statues — and even neuroscientists aren’t quite sure how to explain it. Dr. David Eagleman shows how we’ve only begun to scratch the surface

The Brain-Gut Connection: A Q&A with Dr. Emeran Mayer

October 24, 2019

Hailed as a pioneer of brain and gut research, Dr. Emeran Mayer has published hundreds of original manuscripts as well as co-edits and chapter contributions. He is a specialist in mind-brain-body interactions, and focuses on the interactions of the brain and the digestive system specifically.

Managing Mental Health on College Campuses

October 23, 2019

Though psychological and mental health problems have been a part of our social fabric for centuries, the past few years have seen a significant uptick in the reported occurrences of depression, bipolar disorder, and other similar ailments among American college students.

The Spotless Mind: The Possibilities of Memory-Erasing

October 18, 2019

More than 5 million people in the United States alone suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and they live in constant fear of their own memories. But what if the emotional response to that memory could be erased? Or, better yet, the memory itself?

A Revolutionarily Simple Solution to Bullying

October 17, 2019

Recent school bullying and cyberbullying statistics show that one out of four kids are bullied; one in five students admit to being a bully, or doing some bullying; 160,000 students miss school each day for fear of being bullied; 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month

Waste Not, Want Not: How Our Food Waste Increase Is Decreasing Our Key Resources

October 16, 2019

It’s a typical Saturday night at our downtown restaurant. I stand behind the bar, gazing out over the restaurant floor as the staff frantically zips around in a dance of controlled chaos. Meanwhile, the guests are focused on the plates before them — locally farmed ingredients that are artfully crafted

Neuroscience is Unlocking Mysteries of the Teenage Brain

October 15, 2019

Many neuroscience studies have now established that there are significant changes happening in the brain in adolescence. And the things that teenagers are often derided for — like their risk taking and vulnerability to peer pressure — are actually rooted in changes occurring in the brain. There’s just one problem with

How Hormones Help Your Body

October 12, 2019

The body produces the chemicals we call hormones to control all kinds of body functions. Glands, the organs that secrete hormones, make up the endocrine system, which helps to regulate functions such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction. Imagine hormones as the Pony Express of the body

Education for Girls Equals Global Growth Plus a Better World

October 11, 2019

There are 263 million youth worldwide who are not in school. That’s one in every five — a figure that has barely changed over the past five years. Of the 263 million youth worldwide who aren’t in school, 70 percent of them are girls. In developing countries, only one out of every four girls attends school.

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