To overhaul an election redistricting process tainted by gerrymandering, Michigan has adopted a governance mechanism prominent 2,500 years ago in ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy.
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Founded in 1868, Wayne State University is a nationally recognized urban research institution offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 27,000 students. Wayne State’s main campus in Midtown Detroit comprises 100 buildings over 200 acres; its five satellite campuses offer higher education to students throughout Southeast Michigan.
Wayne State is dedicated to preparing students to excel by combining the academic excellence of a major research university with the practical experience of an institution that by its history, location and diversity represents a microcosm of the world we live in. Reflecting its location and the excellent international reputation of its graduate schools — particularly in the sciences — Wayne State boasts the most diverse student body among Michigan’s public universities.
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Police officers face dangerous situations every day, and many suffer trauma as a result.
A funeral director explains how the bodies of the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation in the United States.
The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world.
Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, los padres pasan más tiempo de lo habitual con sus hijos, por lo que necesitan más que nunca que la disciplina en casa funcione. Esta técnica suele ser muy efectiva.
Good mental health is the ability to adapt to changes and stress. Whatever school looks like, parents can help keep kids' social-emotional development on track in these four areas.
Lack of privacy is a top concern for students required to log on to online courses, a scholar argues.
Having loads of extra quality time with a toddler or preschooler and feeling flustered? Make sure you know how and where to do this basic disciplinary method the right way.
For Black youth, death by suicide has become a leading cause of death. And they face social problems that give rise to depression and isolation that their white counterparts do not.
While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why?
An effort to bring three teachers together while they taught young students online over the summer in Arizona didn't bode well.
Land in what is now eastern Oklahoma, which was granted to the Creek Nation by Congress in 1833, is still under tribal sovereignty, the Supreme Court ruled.
The use of military metaphors in some contexts can be helpful. In medicine? Not so much.
Setting off fireworks may be fun for you, but for some of your neighbors it could be a traumatic experience.
Our experts offer safer ways to bring back amateur sports.
Behaviors that would have been seen as pathological a few months ago are now applauded as adaptive and resourceful. Where do doctors draw the line?
In some parts of the US, a silver lining of COVID-19 may be a return to childhood friendships based in neighborhoods.
Fear is very much a part of humans' survival. Demagogues and others who want to manipulate have learned that this human trait can be exploited, often with disastrous consequences.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, missteps in transitioning the incarcerated back to their communities places this already vulnerable populace at greater risk of getting and transmitting the virus.
Human beings have difficulty assessing distant threats.
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Arash Javanbakht is a Friend of The Conversation.Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of African History, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Research assistant professor, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development, Wayne State University
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Program Director and Assistant Professor of Mortuary Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of educational leadership and policy studies, Wayne State University
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Assistant Vice President for Translational Science and Clinical Research Innovation, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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MD/PhD Candidate, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
