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Sociology

Colleen Ray

Teddy bear fever: Scholars put on show at science slam

April 12, 2017

Science & Technology

Nebraska in the national news: March 2017

April 3, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Eileen Hebets discusses her arachnid research with a teenager during a Sunday with a Scientist program at Morrill Hall.

Study examines how, why adolescence halts girls' interest in science

March 21, 2017

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska sociologists probe gaps in rural drug programs

March 14, 2017

Society & Culture

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