Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship as kids become adults

Parenting’s ultimate goal is raising healthy, happy, successful children. Figuring out how to keep parenting once the kids are adults is just another transition.

Amy Root, Professor of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 • ~9 min

Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? 4 scholars weigh in

Scholars differ over whether having students use AI in their assignments will help or hurt their careers after graduation.

Shital Thekdi, Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations, University of Richmond • conversation
Sept. 4, 2023 • ~8 min

College students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds

College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.

Joan Maya Mazelis, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University • conversation
Aug. 4, 2023 • ~5 min

Why COVID-19 must be included in safer sex messaging on college campuses

Schools have not adequately educated students about the increased risks of virus transmission when it comes to being sexually intimate.

Michele R. Cooley-Strickland, Project Scientist and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 • ~9 min

How does smoking marijuana affect academic performance? Two researchers explain how it can alter more than just moods

In their quest to feel high and relax, college students who use marijuana may be setting themselves back, research consistently shows.

Christine M. Lee, Ph.D., Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 13, 2021 • ~8 min

Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?

Some people have wondered whether the return to something like normal will bring a new Roaring 20s, with new sexual and social mores. One thing is certain: Young people are eager to have sex.

Nicole K. McNichols, Associate Teaching Professor in Psychology, University of Washington • conversation
June 17, 2021 • ~9 min

5 things to look for on a college campus that benefit mental health

The design of a campus and its buildings and dorms can be crucial to a student's overall well-being.

Diane Bruce Anstine, Dean, School of Business and Entrepreneurship at North Central College, North Central College • conversation
Sept. 8, 2020 • ~9 min

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