Law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victims services professionals have a new set of tools to better understand and respond to sexual assault on college campuses and in local communities — just as many students are preparing to return to campus. The Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (IDVSA) in the… read more
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Learning policy making
Junior Carrington Lee is passionate about social justice. This past fall, when she had to choose a research topic in professor Doug Smith’s social policy course, she decided to focus on the racial disparity in incarceration rates in Smith County. “As an African American woman, this is an important issue… read more
Patients with chronic conditions put off needed care
Working with countless disabled and homebound older adults, professor Namkee Choi sees many who live with no health insurance. After the onset of disability in their 50s, people could no longer work and lost their coverage. “Eligibility for Medicare and/or Medicaid is tough, and many did not have it for… read more
