ITHACA, New York, June 3 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Americans agree: Ultraprocessed foods pose major health hazard * Across partisan lines, Americans broadly believe ultraprocessed foods are addictive and harmful - expressing attitudes strikingly like those that spurred regulation of the tobacco industry, new Cornell-led research finds. Surveying a nationally representative sample of 2,000 U.S. adults, the research provides the first comprehensive assessment of   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, June 3 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Four Binghamton University faculty achieve SUNY distinguished professor status in 2026 The title is reserved for those who have achieved national or international prominence in their discipline By Jennifer Micale and Chris Kocher Four Binghamton University faculty members have been named distinguished professors, the highest rank awarded by the State University of New York. The title is reserved for thos  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 3 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI graduate student to present ground-breaking research on ingestive behaviors * KINGSTON, R.I. - June 3, 2026 - University of Rhode Island graduate student Adeleke Justin Akinkurolere will present ground-breaking research on ingestive behaviors at NUTRITION 2026, an international gathering of nutrition professionals on July 25-28 in National Harbor, Maryland. A Ph.D. student in URI's College  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 3 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * US tobacco firms used cigarette-selling tactics to globally market ultra-processed foods * LAWRENCE -A new study from the University of Kansas details how U.S. tobacco corporations expanded into global food markets from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, using strategies honed through cigarette sales to market ultra-processed foods, which are industrially processed and contain ingredients and additives that ma  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Indiana University issued the following news: * * * We do not have a decider in our brain: An IU cognitive neuroscientist challenges theories of decision-making There is a disconnect, suggests Indiana University Professor Tom James, between what we think happens when we make a decision and what happens in the brain during that process. In both prevailing scientific theories and common-sense views, decisions have long been defined as an intermediate st  more