University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign electrical and computer engineering professor Lav Varshney is a co-author of a new study that explores how social capital influences choices regarding COVID-19 mitigation...

People & Work

How can we identify, respond to pandemic-triggered mental health crises?

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Editor’s note: Tara L. Powell is a professor of social work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who researches the impact of disasters on youths, health...

ACT Column

What do you need when applying for an undergraduate student visa in the United States?

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The United States has always been a country with a large number of Chinese student applicants. However, with the recent changes in...

People & Work

Will unionization push among retail workers continue in 2022?

asianct - December 14, 2021 0

In a potential watershed moment for organized labor and fast food workers, employees at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, voted 19-8...

Column

VOA: Amid Pandemic, Russian Disinformation With Chinese Characteristics

asianct - December 11, 2021 0

The Kremlin and Chinese Communist Party are learning from each other in shaping and conducting information warfare aimed at exacerbating political divisions...

People & Work

How does society impact the benefits and challenges of technology?

asianct - December 11, 2021 0

Technology is a big part of life in India. For example, street vendors and rickshawallahs use cellphones, the internet and Aadhar cards...

People & Work

Paper: Activating a collectivistic orientation conducive to curbing COVID‐19

asianct - December 10, 2021 0

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new paper co-written by a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts in cross-cultural consumer behavior finds a...

Column

AP: Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll

asianct - December 6, 2021 0

Isolation. Anxiety. Uncertainty. The stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have taken a toll on Americans of all ages, but a new poll finds that...

Opinion

NPR: Women, career and family: A conversation with Claudia Goldin

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Traditionally, women have been forced to choose between having a career and raising a family, and the pandemic has only added to...

Column

Navigating holidays in a pandemic, again

asianct - November 25, 2021 0

Experts from Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives and Positive Psychology Center offer six tips for making the holiday season joyful, fun,...

People & Work

How can cities help accelerate climate action to meet COP26 goals?

asianct - November 20, 2021 0

Last weekend, international negotiators approved the United Nations Glasgow Climate Pact at the 26th Conference of the Parties. Ashish Sharma, the Illinois research...

People & Work

What are the geopolitical implications of US nuclear submarine deal with Australia?

asianct - November 18, 2021 0

Edward A. Kolodziej is an emeritus research professor of political science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the founding director of both...

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