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Harnessing Brain Imaging to Understand Child Development
In 2000, Distinguished University Professor Nathan A. Fox, began important research in state-run orphanages in Romania, where many abandoned children ended-up during and following the period of the Communist dictator, Nicolae Ceau?Öescu. As part of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, Dr. Fox began studying the growth and development of children living in these overcrowded Romanian orphanages.
Brian O'Neill Named New Director for the Joint Global Change Research Institute
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Brian O’Neill – an Earth systems scientist who studies the relationship between future societal development, emissions and climate change impacts – has been named the new director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI).
Air Pollution Contributes More to Environmental Injustices Than Previous Thought
A new paper released today in Nature Energy evaluates the co-damages from air pollution and finds that on top of direct health risks, air pollution increases electricity consumption.