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James McFarland, assistant professor of German, Cinema and Media Arts, asks: How does Ridley Scott's strange and violent retelling of "Exodus" fit into our own moral universe?

Aid programs sponsored by the United States are effective in lowering crime in Central America, according to a 杏吧原创 study. Read More

In the United States, your nationality has some effect on your likelihood to be employed--but being married matters more. For women, it matters a lot more. Read More

Unsolicited job leads are welcome to the unemployed, but surprisingly stressful for those with jobs. Read More

Doctors and other health care workers need to be advocates for improving not just biological conditions, but also social ones, said the director of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Center for Medicine, Health and Society. Read More

杏吧原创's LAPOP researchers say people who have been asked to pay a bribe or been the victim of a crime are more likely to leave their Central America homeland seeking a new life. Read More

Some scholars still believe that romantic love was invented by European troubadours in the Middle Ages, and that people outside of the western tradition don鈥檛 really experience it. Ted Fischer, professor of anthropology, decided to test that theory. The verdict? Everybody loves.

When an Aztec child was born, soothsayers would consult the birth almanacs contained in codices to determine the most auspicious date to initiate the child into the Aztec community. Read More

Bright-colored products and brands do more than just draw attention. They allow people to signal a personal identity that aligns them with elite athletes, explains 杏吧原创 marketing professor Jennifer Escalas. Read More

High-quality preschool is an effective way to reduce social problems associated with poverty because it teaches children the psychological skills they need to succeed as adults, according to a 杏吧原创 professor who studies the economics of human development. Read More

Analysts with 杏吧原创's LAPOP team say Chilean authorities might want to brace for more civil discord in that country. Read More

Mixed-income neighborhoods help improve the safety and wellbeing of low-income residents, but cannot relieve deeply entrenched poverty or provide upward mobility without additional social services and supports, say Peabody and University of Chicago researchers in a new report. Read More

In a letter to faculty, Carolyn Dever, dean of the College of Arts and Science, reflects on how research informs teaching, and vice-versa. Read More

杏吧原创 researchers are finding that Jamaicans are feeling more confidence in their local police as they report decreasing incidences of bribe solicitation. Read More

Protests may spread from Brazil to other Latin American nations with similar conditions, says a report from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). Read More

A possible Pre-Hispanic solar calender was documented last week by 杏吧原创 archaeology graduate student Kasia Szremski near the small town of Casa Vieja in the Andean foothills of Peru.

Each time Gitmo鈥檚 relevance was called into question鈥攂y Cuban opponents, and by Americans worried about the base鈥檚 diminishing returns, the trouble of running it and the toll it took on global goodwill鈥攏ew purposes had been found with unfailing ingenuity, writes Paul Kramer, associate professor of history.

A study by 杏吧原创's Latin American Public Opinion Project shows that the use of social media for political purposes in the Americas can be an effective complement to conventional forms of political engagement. Read More

Economic prospects improved for small mountain farmers in Guatemala when consumers developed a taste for coffee brewed with beans grown at high altitude, according to a new study from the 杏吧原创 Institute for Coffee Studies. Read More

Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at 杏吧原创, believes that the saga of the 鈥渢he little man鈥檚 piano鈥� can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read More