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Miwa Yasui, PhD, Associate Professor, explained cultural pressures around social harmony and loss of face that contribute to loneliness in Japan and the demand for “rental family” services in response to social isolation and demographic change. Read the article at Newsweek

January 10, 2026
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Dominique McKoy wrote an op-ed examining record graduation and college enrollment rates for Chicago Public Schools, based on To & Through Project data Read the article at Crain's Chicago Business

December 17, 2025
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Aaron Gottlieb emphasizes in a Letter to the Editor that a police officer pointing a gun at someone is a traumatic experience, even when the officer does not fire Read the article at The Chicago Sun-Times

December 3, 2025
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Miwa Yasui offers insight on Japan’s struggle with loneliness and mental-illness stigma, as originally reported in an Associated Press piece on the same topic Read the article at Today.com

November 26, 2025