The University of California San Diego is joining a new alliance uniting higher education institutions from California and Baja California, the CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium (CHEC).

A new study published in Addiction has identified genetic factors that influence both a person’s risk of developing an addiction and their educational attainment. Researchers found that some genetic variants affect both traits in opposite directions, meaning that a higher genetic risk for addiction is associated with an increased likelihood of lower educational attainment.

The American College of Cardiology is launching an early cardiovascular disease prevention education program to honor the contributions of Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, and his lifelong commitment to establishing a culture of prevention in children. The Fuster Prevention Forum is an in-person educational course that will teach clinicians effective ways to educate children, parents and educators in their communities on nutrition, physical activity and emotional well-being.

Smoking, vaping and dabbing — the process of vaporizing highly potent cannabis concentrates at extremely high temperatures — all were associated with any past two-week binge drinking occurrence.

A Michigan State University–led study looks at how social media can make echo chambers stronger or weaker by studying how rural students who leave for college, and their parents who stay home, use social media and form their attitudes. 

In his new book "Fix the Past or Invent the Future: Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Education" education scholar Yong Zhao outlines how decades of reform efforts and millions in investments have not notably improved American education. The problem is trying to fix things in one way for everyone, and the time has come to focus on crafting an individualized approach to education that empowers students and teachers to solve problems they care about, as each has the power and the technology to do so, Zhao writes.