News tagged with nerd stereotype
Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science
(PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Geeks may be chic, but negative nerd stereotype still exists, professor says
Despite the increased popularity of geek culture - movies based on comic books, videogames, virtual worlds - and the ubiquity of computers, the geek's close cousin, the nerd, still suffers from a negative ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Most ethnic minority teens don't hang out with ethnic school crowds
Peer relationships are an important part of adolescence for most American adolescents. As teens find their places in the peer system in most high schools, crowds define most students’ status and reputation. Today, schools ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2008 |
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Mythbusted -- people who wear glasses aren't geeks
Latest Australian research into myopia or shortsightedness reveals that people who wear glasses are not stereotypical geeks or nerds.
Mar 25, 2008 |
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Study: Young teens thrive in college
A new study shows U.S. students who enter college at 12 to 14 years of age no longer fit the stereotype of unhappy, humorless and isolated "nerds."
Jan 16, 2007 |
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From geek to chic: The changing face of computing
You don't have to be a nerdy white guy to be a computer geek. In fact, you can be a woman, a minority, a person with a disability or someone who is downright cool.
May 11, 2006 |
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A new face for physics
Graduate student helps to shed stereotype Physicists have a problem. They are stuck with a stereotype. In this, the World Year of Physics 2005, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of three seminal pape ...
Physics /
Sep 21, 2005 |
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