by Maureen Purcell | Sep 10, 2022 | Compassion, Press Coverage, Research
In an opinion column for the The New York Times, Peter Coy highlighted a study on ‘The Moralization of Effort’ by UC Irvine researchers Jared Celniker, Andrew Gregory, Hyunjin Koo, Paul Piff, and Peter Ditto and University of British Columbia researcher Azim...
by angelarr | Aug 19, 2022 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
In The Metropolitan Beaches Project, UCI Blum Center researcher Dr. Brett Sanders “aims to raise awareness of beach erosion by focusing on observation and modeling changes in beach trends.” This research utilizes satellite imagery to track how waterlines have changed...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 1, 2022 | Compassion, Media, Press Coverage
In an article on the website Parents, the author, Bob McKinnon, delves into the struggles of talking about social class with your kids. He came from a poverty ridden background, and while his kids are growing up opposite to that, he – like many other parents-...
by angelarr | Jul 13, 2022 | Compassion, Press Coverage, Research
In collaboration with L.L. Bean, Blum Center Associate Director Dr. Paul Piff is working on research regarding the various benefits of the outdoors. As mentioned in the article entitled “L.L. Bean returns to social media – with a mission,” included in this...
by Maureen Purcell | Jul 1, 2022 | Compassion, Press Coverage, Research
HealthDay released an article that referenced the work of researchers Hyunjin Koo, Azim Shariff, and Paul Piff on the attitudes of wealthy people towards lower income people based on the way they made their money. It may make sense to predict that wealthy people who...