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Kivisto '04 compares gun laws, fatalities
Dr. Aaron Kivisto '04 finds that U.S. citizens living in states with the weakest gun laws are more than twice as likely to be fatally shot by police compared to those living in states with the strongest gun laws.
Implicit Association Test
Project Implicit is an international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition — thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data online.
Augustana professors lead CommUniversity courses
Augustana's Dr. Heidi Storl will open this year's CommUniversity with the talk "Bio-medical Ethics: Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time" at 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. CommUniversity, a series of Sunday classes taught by area experts, will begin its 36th year in February.
Applying to Augustana test optional
Augustana College has a test-optional admissions process for students whose grades and overall performance in the high school classroom are better indicators of ability than ACT or SAT test scores.