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Research by UNL's Philip Schwadel suggests that higher education is not driving students from religion.

Changing minds: Study tracks shift in favor of legalized marijuana

March 8, 2017

Society & Culture

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Feb. 10

February 10, 2017

A new study by a Nebraska sociologist Philip Schwadel delves into the complicated links between a college education and students' religious beliefs.

College-educated keep the faith, research shows

January 23, 2017

Society & Culture

Lisa Kort-Butler, a Nebraska sociologist who studies how different factors may affect views of capital punishment, has culled 40 years of state social-attitudes survey data about Nebraska respondents' views of the death penalty.

Amid historic vote, research shows death penalty attitudes shifting

November 21, 2016

Society & Culture

Andre Maciel, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration, is researching how people change their tastes and preferences.

Maciel taps craft beer to research consumer tastes

November 17, 2016

From methods to the badness: Deciphering the presidential polls

November 4, 2016

Society & Culture

Slicing and dicing the sociology of slasher movies

October 31, 2016

Society & Culture

Judy Walker (left) discusses a math question with doctoral students Erica Miller (center) and Allison Beemer. Walker leads a new National Science Foundation-funded project to increase the number of women in mathematics, especially at the doctoral level.

Project aims to boost women in math grad programs

October 4, 2016

Society & Culture

Science & Technology

Zambian youths spend time in the streets of Lusaka, Zambia, in 2014.

Study finds HIV education challenges with Zambian youth

September 28, 2016

Society & Culture

How advice websites reshape Christians' beliefs about sex

August 17, 2016

Society & Culture

According to new research, older married men with disabilities may do better when their wives become more demanding.

For older married men facing disability, nagging may be a plus

July 21, 2016

Society & Culture

Using data from a national longitudinal survey of 4,898 children and parents, Deadric Williams' research suggests young parents who experience economic hardship early in their children’s lives are more likely to experience mental health problems and relationship distress.

New-family stress, economic struggles can mean long-term hardship

July 6, 2016

Society & Culture