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Unique from person to person, and capable of storing as much data as 20,000 iPhones, the human brain remains one of science's greatest frontiers—a space ripe for investigation, discovery and increased understanding. Exploring its intricacies and depths has been the life's work of Deena Weisberg, PhD, director of the Scientific Thinking and Representation (STAR) Lab at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø.
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Reuters
October 24, 2025 - ²ÝÁñÉçÇø sports law professor Andrew Brandt said the NBA gambling arrests reflect how vulnerable pro leagues have become since legal sports betting exploded nationwide.
USA Today
October 23, 2025 - The protests of 2025 differ from those in Trump's first term because organizers now aim to generate lots of smaller protests in as many communities as possible, rather than mass protests in a few large cities... Days when large numbers of people turn out in town can connect people in the local community, but the steady drumbeat of local activism is just as important, said Billie Murray, an expert in civic engagement and the rhetoric of protest movements and associate professor at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø.
CNBC
October 16, 2025 - Calling your co-workers by their name may be more important than ever given "the increasing amount of incivility and impersonal nature" of today's workplace, says Joyce Russell, a professor of management and former dean of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø School of Business. While it's a small habit that's often overlooked, "forming those relationships, starting with their name, starting to get to know something about them as an individual, is really powerful," Russell says.
Yahoo! Life
October 15, 2025 - While many other brands focus on courting younger customers, Dave & Buster's is gunning for the 50-plus crowd by touting the brain health benefits of group gaming... "Some older consumers can be lonely [at times], and even couples might want something different to do," Charles "Ray" Taylor, a ²ÝÁñÉçÇø School of Business professor of marketing, tells Yahoo! Life. "If it becomes a place to meet people… that would help too."
Vatican News
October 10, 2025 - On Friday, October 10, Pope Leo XIV met in a private audience with a group of 19 students and faculty from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø... Daniel Joyce, chair of the Department of Computing Sciences, together with his colleague Frank Klassner of the same department and °Õ´Ç³¾Ìý°²õ¾±²¹³ú±ð°ì, chair of the Communication Department, led the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø group consisting of students studying in Rome for the semester.
Forbes
October 9, 2025 - A new study published in the journal Nature revealed a surprisingly slow cosmic wind in the binary system GX13+1, the cause of which could offer new insights into the fundamental physics of how matter accumulates, or "accretes," in certain types of binary systems. "There was so much wind that it started to become opaque, like a thick fog," said Joseph Neilsen, a ²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor and co-author of the paper.
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