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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Aug-2025 06:10 ET (20-Aug-2025 10:10 GMT/UTC)

Does LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion impact a company’s environmental performance?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An analysis in Business Strategy and the Environment reveals that among U.S. firms, those with stronger LGBTQ+ inclusion have higher environmental performance scores and greater renewable energy consumption.

Journal: Business Strategy and the Environment

Youth vaping consistently linked to subsequent smoking, marijuana and alcohol use

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Vaping among teens and young people is consistently linked to subsequent smoking, marijuana and alcohol use, finds an overarching (umbrella) review of systematic reviews of the evidence, published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

And it’s associated with other harmful consequences, including heightened risks of asthma, cough, injuries and mental ill health as well as possibly pneumonia, bronchitis, headaches, migraine, dizziness/lightheadedness, low sperm count, and poor mouth health.

Journal: Tobacco Control
Funder: National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme

MSU scientist partners on biofuel policy for a carbon-neutral agricultural future

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of economists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Madhu Khanna and Gal Hochman), the University of California-Berkeley (David Zilberman) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Jeffrey O’Hara), including Michigan State University environmental scientist Bruno Basso, came together to propose a groundbreaking “climate-smart” biofuel policy that could revolutionize the agricultural sector’s role in mitigating climate change and improving ecosystems services.

Journal: Science

New study identifies key conditions for amplifying student voices in schools

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Creating meaningful opportunities for students to help shape their own education isn’t simply a matter of inviting them to speak up. According to new research led by Penn State, it requires a careful balance of teacher mindsets, relationships and practical skills — what the study terms cognitive mindsets, emotive “heartsets” and intention-building skillsets.

Journal: Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

UW research shows Fresh Bucks program improves fruit and vegetable intake, food security

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the University of Washington shows that households enrolled in the City of Seattle's Fresh Bucks program experience a 31% higher rate of food security and consume at least three daily servings of fruits and vegetables 37% more often than those assigned to a program waitlist. Fresh Bucks, a $40 a month benefit, works with local partners to help residents access fresh food.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Latest UCI-OC Poll reveals support for reform over deportation

University of California - Irvine
Reports and Proceedings

Respondents of new UC Irvine School of Social Ecology survey overwhelmingly prefer new immigration policy

PolyU survey reveals over 40 per cent of family caregivers in Hong Kong have mental health issues, advocating data-driven tool to improve social welfare policy

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Globally, rapidly aging populations give rise to increasing demand for home care services. The World Health Organisation estimates that approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide require care due to ageing or disability. In Hong Kong, owing to deeply rooted cultural norms that emphasise family bonding and rising healthcare costs, caregiving is often performed by family members, imposing heavy physical and mental strain on them. A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has investigated the quality of life (QoL) of the City’s family caregivers and explored the use of data-driven assessment tools to support the development of effectively targeted interventions.

Journal: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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