Several outlets reported on a study about emotions and food co-authored by Carolyn Brown-Kramer, psychology. Based on a survey of college students, the study found emotions can interfere with decisions to diet. It was covered May 11 by BigThink.com, May 15 by The Buffalo News and May 17 by Egypt Independent.
UNL digital humanities students' work to develop an interactive map detailing the 1877 forced march of the Ponca Tribe from Nebraska to Oklahoma were covered by Indian Country Today Media Network on May 20. The map is part of an effort to designate the route as a National Historic Trail, to be named in honor of Standing Bear, the Ponca Chief who won his legal battle to be recognized as a person in the eyes of the law.
In a May 12 Gannett News Service article, Wheeler Winston Dixon,English and film studies, discussed why Hollywood is resurrecting so many ‘80s hit movies this summer. The story originated with the Arizona Republic and was carried by numerous Gannett papers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times.
UNL efforts to equalize the workloads of professors jointly appointed to the Institute for Ethnic Studies and other academic departments was featured May 2 by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The story quoted Arts and Sciences Dean Joseph Francisco, Ethnic Studies chairJoy Castro, Associate Dean Dan Hoyt and faculty members Jeannette Jones, history, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, psychology, and Bridget Goosby, sociology.
Tim Gay, physics, was quoted by the New York Times in a May 6 follow-up article after an investigation found that science did not explain the low inflation levels of footballs used in a playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.
A past study involving John Hibbing and Kevin Smith, political science, showed up in a May 11 Huffington Post article. In discussion of why the polls failed to correctly predict the UK general election results, consultant psychiatrist Raj Persaud cited a study showing individuals with high stress hormone levels are less likely to vote.
The Forward, a national daily site for the Jewish community, carried Judith Slater’s remembrance of her late husband, Gerald Shapiro,who was Cather Professor of English at UNL when he died in 2011. The May 3 story accompanied the magazine’s publication of Shapiro’s final, previously unpublished short story.
Adapted from this UNL Today story.
