Studies have shown that perceived discrimination among minority adolescents leads to smoking, anger, alcohol use and abuse, depression or psychological distress, but a new study by UNL sociologist Bridget Goosby demonstrates that discrimination also directly impacts the overall health of African American adolescents.

Comic books have enthralled kids and kids-at-heart for decades, spawning franchises that now grace the silver screen and gross billions of dollars. Can they capture teenage interest in scientific issues? UNL's Judy Diamond will address this question Feb. 13 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose, Calif.