Is LGBTQ progress an attack on Christianity?

New research by Clara L. Wilkins and Lerone Martin in Arts & Sciences explains why some Christians view recent LGBTQ progress as a threat and offers possible interventions to reduce such all-or-nothing beliefs.

Physical activity important for breast cancer patients

There is a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy, according to new research from the School of Medicine.

Book examines 1960s rock music, radical politics

White rock musicians in the late 1960s imitated Black Power activists in ways that were both supportive and appropriative, writes Arts & Sciences’ Patrick Burke in “Tear Down the Walls,” a new book about popular music and radical politics.

Connective issue: AI learns by doing more with less

Research from the lab of Shantanu Chakrabartty at the McKelvey School of Engineering reveals that constraints can lead to learning in artificial intelligence systems. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.

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Joy Jiang, assistant professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.35 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project “Dynamic prediction incorporating time-varying covariates for the onset of breast cancer.”

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Tae Seok Moon, an environmental engineer at the McKelvey School of Engineering, plans to address the global plastic waste problem with a bacterium that would upcycle the plastic into a value-added chemical. His work got a boost from a three-year $861,571 U.S. Department of Energy grant.

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Apply for a SPORE in Leukemia grant

Applications are being accepted for the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia Career Enhancement Program. Interested junior researchers should apply by Sept. 15.