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

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College-educated keep the faith, research shows

January 23, 2017

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.

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Amid historic vote, research shows death penalty attitudes shifting

November 21, 2016

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

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Maciel taps craft beer to research consumer tastes

November 17, 2016

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From methods to the badness: Deciphering the presidential polls

November 4, 2016

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Slicing and dicing the sociology of slasher movies

October 31, 2016

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.

From Nebraska Today

Project aims to boost women in math grad programs

October 4, 2016

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

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Study finds HIV education challenges with Zambian youth

September 28, 2016

Emily Hum

Emily Hum Continues her Research

September 20, 2016

Bianca Bersani

Alum’s research on immigration and crime featured in Washington Post

September 16, 2016

310 Class

Trish Wonch Hill receives 2016 UNL Undergraduate Sociology Teaching Award

August 26, 2016

From Nebraska Today

How advice websites reshape Christians' beliefs about sex

August 17, 2016

Christians Under Covers book cover

Burke's book examines religious conservatives and sex

August 15, 2016