Weekly Overview of Social Science News

By Lorna McConville

December 13, 2012 770

Ideologues to social scientists: get off our lawn!!
Foreign Policy (blog)

Academicians move closer to legislators
Mmegi Online

Social art of scribbles
This is Hull and East Riding

Stand by marriage
The Spokesman Review

Does Record Number of Religious “Nones” Mean Decline of Religiosity?
Religion Dispatches

Study says younger people are more likely to search for a soul mate on average
Oregon Daily Emerald

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December 13, 2012

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Norman B. Anderson, 1955-2024: Pioneering Psychologist and First Director of OBSSR

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Norman B. Anderson, a clinical psychologist whose work as both a researcher and an administrator saw him serve as the inaugural director of the U.S. National Institute of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and as chief executive officer of the American Psychological Association, died on March 1.

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