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December 07, 2025

Rising Risk of Sexual Violence on College Campuses & Ozempic, Obesity, and Society\'s Weight Problem

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Rising Risk of Sexual Violence on College Campuses

Amelie Pedneault, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University, shares startling new findings about college campuses: college-enrolled women ages 18-24 face a 74 percent higher risk of sexual violence compared to their non-enrolled peers. Even more concerning, students living on campus face three times the risk that commuters do.

Ozempic, Obesity, and Society\'s Weight Problem

Aimee Donnellan, Reuters journalist, author of “Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity” discusses Ozempic\'s cultural significance, revealing troubling societal attitudes about body image and worth.

Light Pollution\'s Hidden Carbon Cost

Alice S.A. Johnston, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Data Science in the Cranfield Environment Centre at Cranfield University in Wharley End, England, shares her recent findings that nighttime illumination forces natural environments to release more carbon-—essentially making forests and other landscapes worse at their critical job of absorbing CO₂.

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