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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Jul-2025 00:11 ET (14-Jul-2025 04:11 GMT/UTC)

New agroforestry maps plot environmental, social, and economic benefits of trees

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

There’s a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don’t mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes. A new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study provides a foundation for strategic plans that integrate environmental, social, and economic considerations of trees in agricultural landscapes.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

Cannabis use disorder emergency department visits and hospitalizations and 5-year mortality

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of all residents of Ontario, Canada, individuals with incident hospital-based cannabis use disorder care were at markedly increased risk of death compared with the general population. These findings suggest important clinical and policy implications, given global trends toward cannabis legalization and market commercialization accompanied by increasing cannabis use and cannabis use disorders.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

$20 million infusion for UT MBA programs

University of Texas at Austin
Grant and Award Announcement

A monumental $20 million gift from Houston civic leader and philanthropist Mindy Hildebrand, BBA ’86, will significantly advance scholarship opportunities and leadership programming for students at The University of Texas at Austin’s top-ranked MBA program.

The gift names the Hildebrand MBA Program at the McCombs School of Business, which encompasses the school’s five internationally renowned graduate business formats: Full-Time MBA, Evening MBA, Executive MBA, MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth, and MBA at Houston.

Tax giveaways create more jobs when someone’s watching

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Although business tax subsidies have tripled in size over 30 years, it’s not uncommon for companies to take them and then fail to create the promised jobs, says Lisa De Simone, professor of accounting at Texas McCombs. In new research, De Simone finds that internal disclosure laws are most effective in boosting local employment.

Journal: Journal of Accounting Research

Many Americans lack access to a gastroenterologist

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Almost 50 million Americans—disproportionately in rural areas—must drive 25 miles or more to access a gastroenterologist for diagnosis and treatment of issues involving the digestive system, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Journal: Gastroenterology

Mass General Brigham’s Kraft Center Announces the 2025 Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health

Mass General Brigham
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the Kraft Center for Community Health at Mass General Brigham announced the launch of the inaugural Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health. This national prize seeks to honor a transformative organization, program or innovation that is making a measurable impact on health outcomes and has the potential to become a scalable model for addressing community health.

New impetus for female founders

Goethe University Frankfurt
Business Announcement

In what can be considered an important milestone for the promotion of start-ups in the Rhine-Main region, Goethe University Frankfurt and its start-up center Goethe Unibator, together with TU Darmstadt and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, are delighted to have successfully applied for the renowned EXIST Women funding program. Aimed at supporting female founders, the initiative strengthens the cooperation between the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.