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The visionaries see brighter days in Peru
Young CU Boulder alumni have launched a summer empowerment program for adolescent girls in Peru who dream of career and community service. Partnering with other nonprofits in Peru, the team has helped the young women move closer to realizing their dreams.
Like-minded discourse breeds extremism
鈥淭he results of two experiments demonstrate that people underestimate how much a brief group discussion polarizes their partisan attitudes,鈥 Keating said in her study summary. But perhaps worse, people appear to be unaware when this occurs.
Humans, wildfires forge a 鈥榮ocioeconomic pathology鈥
"What does forest management do to the frequency, size and intensity of wildfires? What happens when people think about the impact of their houses on forests and forest fires? Does it change the rate they build housing (and the type of materials they use) in the wildland urban interface?" Researchers grapple with these questions.
Author has Mongrels on the brain
The story of a nascent werewolf and his flawed family has been percolating inside of Stephen Graham Jones since he was 12 years old.