NYU Silver Study Counters Narrative that Street Homeless Are “Service Resistant”
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Silver School of Social Work Research News
Interviews with the homeless living on New York City streets show that bureaucratic obstacles, not personal recalcitrance, keep many from accepting offers of shelter.
Only 2% of Black Chicagoans’ Allegations of Police Misconduct Were Sustained: NYU Researchers
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Research News Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service College of Arts and Science
The percentage for white Chicagoans, by comparison, was 20%, according to the new study on racial disparities in a highly segregated city.
NYU Researcher: National Institutes of Health’s Lack of Reporting on Hearing Loss Research Spending Runs Counter to Its Stated Goals
Tagged in Health and Medicine Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Research News
A Research Letter by NYU Wagner Professor Jan Blustein, published in JAMA Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, underscores an obstacle to public understanding of research spending on the common condition of hearing loss.
In New Paper, NYU Researcher Identifies Differentiated Service Delivery as Key to Stem HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Health and Medicine Silver School of Social Work Research News
New York University's Vincent Guilamo-Ramos calls for specially tailored, or differentiated, HIV prevention and treatment services for adolescents and young adults, in National Academy of Medicine paper.
McSilver Institute Receives NIMH Grant to Study Engagement by Black Adolescents in Depression Treatment
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Pilot randomized controlled clinical trial will study the effectiveness of a promising intervention in sixty Black adolescents who have depression symptoms and attend grades 6-12 in New York City.
Emotionally Attuned Managers Are Better at Judging Workgroup Effectiveness: Study
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Research News
Researchers from NYU Wagner and other universities find that “perceivers who do well on detecting emotions in others are also better at discerning the effectiveness of group interaction,” even when observation time is brief.
Predictive Policing is Tainted by “Dirty Data,” Study Finds
Tagged in Law and Policy Research School of Law Tandon School of Engineering NYU Homepage Feature
A new study from New York University School of Law and NYU’s AI Now Institute concludes that predictive policing systems run the risk of exacerbating discrimination in the criminal justice system if they rely on “dirty data.”
“Overlooked U.S. HIV crisis among youth” spotlighted in The Lancet HIV article by NYU Silver School researcher Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
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Despite years of decline in the overall HIV rate in the U.S., there are troubling increases among adolescents and young adults, according to the newly published article.
How Do Fish & Birds Hang Together without Colliding? Researchers Find the Answer is a Wake with Purpose
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Fish and birds are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders.
Father-Son Communication About Condoms Can Cut Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Unplanned Pregnancies: NYU Study
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Health and Medicine Silver School of Social Work Research News
Newly released research paper by Vincent Guilamo-Ramos provides evidence of the important role of fathers in promoting consistent and correct condom use among male adolescents.