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More than 200,000 individuals leave military service each year and face the challenges of readjusting to civilian life. Sociologist Jay Teachman and his colleagues at Western Washington Universitystudy the employment, health and family lives of veterans of World War II, the Vietnam War and the…

An interesting story from Western Washington University about one of its professors:

"When Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, devastated the Philippines last November, it literally tore apart communities and challenged the country's ability to…

You must not remember this. Indeed, it may be key to having a healthy brain. Our gray matter evolved to forget things; otherwise we’d have the images of every face we saw on the subway rattling around our head all day long. Yet we’re building computers with the capacity to remember everything.…

The main commercial activity of a remote European town was the production of a variety of cheese not found anywhere else in the world. Because cheese making had originated centuries in the past, there were a collection of secret rituals that continued to be handed down over the generations.

One night on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota nearly four decades ago, a 36-year-old Roman Catholic priest asked a young boy to share his bed.

The boy was about 9 or 10 years old. As he climbed into bed, he asked the priest a question: Are you going to molest me, like my…

With over 200,000 individuals currently separating from military service each year, a growing number of veterans are faced with readjusting to civilian life. Jay Teachman and his colleagues from Western Washington University studied employment, health and family life of veterans of World War II…