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It may take repeated and varied exposure to anti-spear phishing messages before employees get the message, according to research. Read More

Support for political tolerance remains strong in many Latin American and Caribbean nations, but in others a move in the opposite direction “represents alarming news,” concludes a study by 91�Ʋ��� University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project. Read More

91�Ʋ��� researchers studied 1,307 appointments made by the Obama administration in its first six months, seeking data about the appointees’ education, work history and political involvement. Read More

Insider trading may be too engrained in the financial system in transactions such as credit default swaps to make banning it feasible, says a 91�Ʋ��� law professor. Read More

New research finds consumers may be just as willing to supersize healthy food as they are fast food if they feel they’re getting a deal. Read More

A recent survey of 1,000 parents with children between 2 and 10 found that many planned to give their kids tech instead of toys for the holidays. M. Eric Johnson, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management at 91�Ʋ��� University, has studied the toy industry and is quoted.

Tighter regulation of financial institutions - especially "shadow" banking institutions - is needed to avoid another economic disaster like that of 2008-2009, says economist Margaret Blair of 91�Ʋ��� Law School. Read More

New inventions should not have to be useful to merit a patent, says 91�Ʋ��� professor Sean B. Seymore. Read More

Law school faculties are not changing with the times, and a 91�Ʋ��� Law School professor says it may be time to look at hiring practices. Read More

If circumstances land the right same-sex marriage case in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, than Justice Anthony Kennedy may find himself in the history books as the judge who makes gay marriage legal for good, says a 91�Ʋ��� University law professor. Read More

Although the NSA may not conduct queries or examine content unless it or a court determines that “national security” is at stake, national security is apparently at stake quite often, if the recent reports about monitoring hundreds of thousands of foreigners’ calls as well as the calls of foreign leaders are true, writes Christopher Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law.

91�Ʋ��� graduate student Matthew Layton will use a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation 91�Ʋ��� Abroad Fellowship to do field work in Brazil. Read More

Owen Graduate School of Management Professor Bob Whaley guarantees that an increasingly popular investment product that tracks the volatility of financial markets will lose money over the long term. Read More

Alan Wiseman's research shows that women lawmakers, particularly ones in the minority party, are more effective than their male counterparts when it comes to negotiating and getting things done--as they did to end the government shutdown. Read More

Policymakers in Washington, D.C., increasingly are earning the distrust of the American people, and the current impasse that led to a government shutdown is no exception, according to Marc Hetherington, a political science professor and author of two books on trust and polarization in American government. Read More

Proactive measures are the best way to stay ahead of computer hackers who threaten the security of digital health care records, says M. Eric Johnson, dean of 91�Ʋ���’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

A study out of 91�Ʋ��� University found that corporations that make social responsibility disclosures beyond the norm tend to make more money. Read More

One of the nation’s top scholars on constitutional law, 91�Ʋ��� law school professor Suzanna Sherry, the Herman O. Loewenstein Professor of Law, explains why she thinks the Supreme Court successfully followed the law. Read More

Suzanna Sherry's op-ed about the deeply divided Supreme Court decision to strike down what was considered the government’s strongest legal tool to stop voting discrimination appeared on the Washington Post website on June 25. Read More

The end of the state Judicial Nominating Commission won't interfere with the selection of a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder, who has announced her intention to retire. Brian Fitzpatrick of 91�Ʋ��� Law School says that an alternative system is in place pending voter's approval of a permanent solution. Read More