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Sexual Assault Awareness Month at CSU
Cleveland State University is holding a variety of events throughout the month of April for National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. April 6 The Mareyjoyce Green Women’s Center will share anonymous sexual assault survivor stories from campus community members in the Student Center Atrium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to raise sexual assault awareness. Emotional support and on and off campus resources will provide information about working together to address and heal from sexual assault.
Learning from Members to Build a More Equitable Future
Real estate professionals have powerful tools to shape the future of people and places, including to facilitate more equitable outcomes in communities. Members’ interest in advancing social and racial equity, and their sense of urgency to do so, has been growing since 2020.
Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Access to Nature for Climate Change and Health
ULI’s Building Healthy Places Initiative published the report Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate in March 2022. This three-part article series takes a closer look at some of these co-benefits and how they can promote project success locally while contributing to healthier cities, regions, and beyond.
Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Transportation-Related Amenities for Climate Change and Health
ULI’s Building Healthy Places Initiative published the report Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate in March 2022. This three-part article series takes a closer look at some of these co-benefits and how they can promote project success locally while contributing to healthier cities, regions, and beyond.
Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Low-Carbon Buildings for Climate Change and Health
ULI’s Building Healthy Places Initiative published Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate in March 2022. This three-part article series takes a closer look at some of these co-benefits and how they can promote project success locally while contributing to healthier cities, regions, and beyond.
Why Developers and Land Use Professionals Are Championing U.S. Parks
July is Park and Recreation Month, and ULI is joining the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) to celebrate parks and the essential role they play in communities. Throughout the month, ULI is showcasing resources on parks, highlighting information on the benefits and value of high-quality and accessible parks for all, and amplifying the work of members who are championing parks.
The Pandemic and the Public Realm: Adapting Spaces in a Global Pandemic
In Northern Ireland, a multi-function pop-up park was installed in Belfast’s Cathedral Gardens. (Photo by MARTIN) In March 2020, Urban Land online published an article addressing the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time. The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming ULI report The Pandemic and the Public Realm: Global Innovations for Health, Social Equity, and Sustainability.
Amid Transit Uncertainty, Micromobility Helps Properties Remain Accessible
Urban developers have become increasingly interested in building places with little or no dedicated parking spots. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, raising questions about the safety of public transit and changes to funding and service.
Fighting Climate Change Isn’t About “Hope.” It’s About Courage.
Our blueprint should come from global health efforts, because it’s life and death that is on the line. Jonathan Franzen at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Oct. 2, 2015, in Cheltenham, England. David Levenson/Getty Images This piece has been published as part of Slate’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
Opinion: What does UHC look like in the climate change era?
Mobile Health and Nutrition Team Leader Mohammed Miyir talks to a patient at the Al Bahi temporary settlement, Ethiopia. The negative Indian Ocean Dipole-induced drought is causing severe food and water shortages across Ethiopia's Somali region. Photo by: Nahom Tesfaye / UNICEF Ethiopia / CC BY-NC-ND When the World Health Assembly convened last month, there was one predominant message:Universal health coverage is the central priority in global health.
Nationalism is going up in smoke
This World Environment Day, the theme is air pollution. While the Trump administration has been sowing doubt that air pollution kills, the World Health Organization documents that severely endangers health. Ambient air pollution is responsible for 43 percent of all deaths and disease from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 29 percent from lung cancer, and 25 percent from coronary heart disease in people across the globe.
The relationships between democratic experience, adult health, and cause-specific mortality in 170 countries between 1980 and 2016: an observational analysis
Research in context Evidence before this study Over the past 25 years, various cross-country studies have assessed whether democracy is related to improved population health. Almost all of these studies have limited their assessments to democracy's effect on mortality of infants and children younger than 5 years, or life expectancy at birth, primarily reflecting gains in child and infant health.
Is a globalized world a less equal world?
June 15, 2018 Is a globalized world a less equal world? The relationship between globalization and inequality is not always straightforward. Globalization may not be the sole driver of global income inequality. fionams/Bigstock Whether Brexit, offshoring, or China’s growing middle class, globalization is at the core of many issues today. But often, globalization gets too much credit for changing the world — and potentially too much blame. This is especially true of global income inequality.
Why may workers underinvest in their skills?
May 29, 2018 Why may workers underinvest in their skills? Big data can help incentivize human capital development. To want to invest in skills, workers must be able to build their reputations. Rawpixel.com/Bigstock Reputation matters in the workplace. But often, it does not matter enough. Everyone wants a strong reputation. After all, it signals a level of skill that can inform hiring and salary decisions.
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May 18, 2018 Creating criminals? Restricting immigrants’ ability to work causes an increase in financially motivated crime. Border Patrol vehicle along the fence between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico SherryVSmithVAB/Bigstock The link between immigration and crime has been a cornerstone of recent immigration policy. However, this connection is largely false; immigration is not known to drive up crime rates, and it may even lower them.
Data visualization for economists
March 23, 2018 Data visualization for economists An interview with Jonathan Schwabish Economists can follow a few basic principles to make their research more accessible. ziko/Bigstock It can be hard to put research into words — let alone pictures. So in 2014, Jonathan Schwabish wrote “An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data.” Four years later, his advice, critiques, and insights into the world of data visualization are still as relevant as ever.
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March 14, 2018 Cite your sources What can economists’ citations tell us about the field? Citation counts are a more informative measure of individual achievement than institutional or journal reputation. Lana_U/Bigstock Author Daniel Hamermesh believes that not everyone will be happy about his latest research, but he’s not bothered by that: “It’s our job to make people think about things,” he says.
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March 5, 2018 Learning to cheat A high school program designed to promote learning incentivized cheating as well. High school students cheat during a test. Rawpixel.com/Bigstock If you give high school students cash incentives to perform well on exams, their scores will increase. Of course, these higher grades have two possible explanations: increased learning or increased cheating.
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December 18, 2017 Saying no to energy savings Economics is helping to explain the energy-efficiency gap. Two electric cars charging in Moscow, Russia Paha_L/Bigstock Whether replacing a light bulb or buying a car, investing in energy-efficient products can help people to reduce their carbon footprint while saving money. So why do consumers still opt for energy-inefficient goods?
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December 8, 2017 Back to work The U.S. labor market is not as flexible as once thought. Over 40 percent of the unemployed return to their previous employer. Tsyhun/Bigstock Finding a new job is hard. Returning to an old job is easier, but most people consider these “recalls” uncommon — a relic of the 1970s manufacturing industry that few encounter today. However, over 40 percent of the unemployed return to their previous employer after a jobless spell.
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November 29, 2017 From RCT to Policy Scaling up RCTs involves countless challenges. One NGO overcame all of them. A new approach to education is helping millions of students in India. Fotoember/Bigstock Schoolchildren in India were falling behind. Even worse, they did not have a good chance of catching up; teachers were expected to teach the grade-level curriculum — even if many of their students needed more basic instruction.
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October 18, 2017 How much is clean air worth? The benefits of a cap-and-trade program are larger than once thought. The Los Angeles skyline in 2014 is visible through smog. Andriy Blokhin/Bigstock When air pollution becomes a problem, we find ways of protecting ourselves. We spend less time outside, shut the windows, or use asthma medication. These solutions are called defensive investments. They help us to avoid harm, but they can be costly — in terms of both time and money.
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September 29, 2017 Historically, the benefits have been limited. Old steamship in the bay of the Beagle Channel in Ushuaia, Argentina meunierd/Bigstock Economists generally believe that international trade makes countries wealthier. They say that, on the whole, countries benefit from trade — even if some people within each country lose out. However, this consensus is beginning to break apart as economists increasingly highlight the negative aspects of globalization.
The downsides of virtual learning
September 15, 2017 Online courses can create setbacks for students. By now, most students have gone back to school. But for some, going back does not mean returning to a physical location. As more and more college students take classes online, they are able to learn remotely and work around their own schedules. Many aspects of these online course, such as syllabi and textbooks, are identical to their in-person versions.
What should we do about climate change?
September 11, 2017 What should we do about climate change? Economists agree that we need to invest in solutions, but exactly how much remains up for debate. Workers install rooftop solar panels. elenathewise/Bigstock We should immediately invest one percent of the global GDP into projects that will reduce the impact of climate change. This was the conclusion that Lord Nicholas Stern, a prominent climate economist, came to in 2006.
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September 8, 2017 Swarthmore’s Amanda Bayer discusses sexism in the profession and what to do about it Diversity in the economics profession was among the issues discussed at the 2017 AEA Annual Meeting in Chicago. Photo collage by Chris Fleisher The economics profession has a diversity problem. It’s not a new problem. Yet, the profession’s gender imbalance has been a topic of intense debate lately.
How much does a hurricane cost?
August 4, 2017 How much does a hurricane cost? It's more than we thought. FEMA disaster recovery center after Hurricane Sandy Leonard Zhukovsky/Bigstock This hurricane season, we can expect eight hurricanes to cross the Atlantic Basin. Three of them are predicted to be especially destructive, as indicated by their Category Three or higher status. These numbers are above average, but active seasons are becoming more common.
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July 12, 2017 An A+ experiment How report cards transformed Pakistan's educational market Students attend a lecture at the University of Karachi Bigstock/Aleem Zahid Khan Education is looking more and more like a market in developing countries. With low-cost private schools on the rise, students are gaining new educational choices: do they want to attend public schools, which are often plagued by teacher absenteeism and other problems, or do they want to find alternatives?
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June 14, 2017 Why do mothers earn less? An interview with Erik Plug about the "motherhood penalty" and what it means for working moms Mothers tend to work fewer hours and earn less than women without children. It’s called the “motherhood penalty,” and while economists are well-aware of the phenomenon, they have struggled to understand why it exists.
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