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New research challenges long-held assumptions about how men and women view their intelligence The notion that young females limit their own progress based on what they believe about their intelligence—called the “bright girl effect”—does not persist into adulthood, according to new research from…

Insight suggests ways to communicate with people who ignore evidence that contradicts cherished beliefs Dogmatic individuals hold confidently to their beliefs, even when experts disagree and evidence contradicts them. New research from �Ӱ���Ƶ may help explain the extreme…

One in four Ohio children will experience domestic violence before reaching adulthood, according to a new study. The lifetime cost from these experiences is nearly $2.2 billion, including $476 million in increased health care, $600 million associated with crime and $1.1 billion in productivity…

The majority of college-aged male aggressors of physical, sexual and emotional violence also reported being victims of violence themselves, both in childhood and as young adults According to new research, 60 percent of college-aged men reported being both victims and perpetrators of violence with…

Significant pockets of concentrated vacancy in Cleveland co-occur with hot spots of lead exposure, violent crime, homicide, weapons violation and aggravated assaults, according to a new study from �Ӱ���Ƶ. Seeking to better understand the spillover effects of vacant…

Art History’s Erin Benay earns a 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching Erin Benay’s plans to become a museum curator changed the moment she taught her first class as a graduate student at Rutgers University. “That was it—I loved it—and knew it immediately,” said Benay, an assistant…

Art history’s Henry Adams shapes legacy of Andrew Wyeth at a pivotal period of reconsideration In the world of painting, rare is the combination of critical acclaim and commercial success. As such, the enormous popularity and prosperity enjoyed by realist Andrew Wyeth led to his very name becoming…

Mothers smoking crack cocaine during pregnancy and its lingering effects on their children are the focus of 20-plus years of ongoing research by �Ӱ���Ƶ While the crack cocaine epidemic peaked in the late 1980s, its effects are still causing harm to an estimated 3 million…

Fear of confronting the tensions and conflicts brought on by existential concerns—the “big questions” of life—is linked with poorer mental health, including higher levels of depression, anxiety and difficulty regulating emotions, according to a new �Ӱ���Ƶ study. Julie…

Odds are long for any application for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship—only about 7 percent are awarded. Even longer are the odds that two professors from the same department each receive one of the prestigious grants in the same year. Unlikely as it may be, Erin Benay and…