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“What Would They Say?” video wins second place in international award for tobacco control advocacy

American Heart Association
Grant and Award Announcement

“What Would They Say?” – the powerful spoken word poem produced on video by the American Heart Association has taken second place in the 4th Annual Anthem Awards winning the Silver Award in the Education, Art & Culture Campaign - Non-Profit Community Engagement category.

UTA recognized for innovation and economic prosperity

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

Each year, UT Arlington and its graduates have an estimated economic impact in Texas of $27 billion, leading to the creation of about 227,000 jobs statewide. And within North Texas specifically, UTA and its alumni are responsible for about 4.2% of total employment. These are among the many reasons that the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) named The University of Texas at Arlington an Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) designee – one of just 88 higher education institutions in the United States and Canada to receive this identification.

Lifestyle & risk factor changes improved AFib symptoms, not burden, over standard care

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

A clinical trial with adults who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) and an implanted heart device found similar improvements to the amount of time they experienced arrhythmia regardless of whether they received standard care (education pamphlets about healthy diet and exercise), followed a lifestyle/risk factor modification program, or took metformin and followed a lifestyle/risk factor modification program.

Meeting: AHA Scientific Sessions 2024

American College of Lifestyle Medicine and U.S. Space Force announce partnership to optimize service member health through lifestyle medicine

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Business Announcement

ACLM will provide lifestyle medicine education, training and certification to the Space Force GRT in support of Holistic Health Approach to educate, assess and train Guardians on physical and mental fitness using science-based information and techniques.

New book aims to guide qualitative researchers looking to better understand the college student experience

University of Kansas
Book Announcement

"Conducting Qualitative Research on and With College Students: Practical Considerations and Examples" is a new book designed to help researchers who do qualitative research with college students. It can guide novice researchers, graduate students and veteran scholars looking to better understand how college students experience highe ed, especially underrepresented populations.

Breaking down bias in the NFT marketplace: Study reveals female and Black avatars sell for less—and offers solutions to promote equality

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers from the Tepper School of Business and other universities examined the impact of avatars’ gender and race on transaction prices in the NFT marketplace. They found that contrary to expectations, there were pronounced gender and racial disparities in NFT prices. They also found that avatars with features associated with high-tech or higher education countered these disparities. The authors offer insights into policy strategies to promote racial and gender equity in the NFT marketplace.

Journal: International Journal of Research in Marketing

Collected climate data from Nigeria that researchers need

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate scientists often lack the information they need for their climate models. A master's student helped to find important figures from Africa's most populous country – Nigeria.

Journal: Buildings and Cities