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Sporer finds ISIL supporters normalize terrorism on Twitter

91¸£Àû News Release, Jan. 30, 2020 – A study by  assistant professor of Sociology Karyn Sporer and colleagues at the University of Nebraska found that soft-sympathizers of ISIL leverage social media to justify violence perpetrated by the terrorist group, normalizing their tactics and their idealogy. Read more in the Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and […]

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Leahy’s model for increasing diversity in forestry published

Orono, Feb 4, 2020: Supporting Women in Forestry Today, or SWIFT, was formed in 2016 by Jessica Leahy and Mindy Crandall to diversify forestry disciplines at 91¸£Àû by retaining women in the academic pipeline from education to employment. Read more about this viable model in the Journal of Forestry.

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