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Social Sciences Jan 6, 2023

Diversity of US workplaces is growing in terms of race, ethnicity and age, forcing more employers to be flexible

Increased immigration, longer life expectancy and a decline in birth rates are transforming the U.S. workforce in two important ways. The people powering this nation's economy include far more people of color and workers ...

Social Sciences Oct 4, 2022

Facebook posts seeking missing Black children get much less attention than posts of white kids

Social media could be an equalizer for finding missing children, highlighting posts about kids from all backgrounds without the filters of traditional media and police gatekeepers.

Education Jun 23, 2022

Giving students frequent quizzes may help bridge achievement gap in physiology

Frequent small stakes assessments may help marginalized students bridge an achievement gap in physiology education, according to research that will be presented this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Institute ...

Mathematics Mar 31, 2022

Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn't mean race-blind

Justice is supposed to be "blind." But is race blindness always the best way to achieve racial equality? An algorithm to predict recidivism among prison populations is underscoring that debate.

Social Sciences Oct 27, 2021

TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences

The latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published today, reveals that television viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic leaned into content that came out of diverse writers rooms and that featured diverse casts.

Mathematics Sep 30, 2021

Can math make redistricting more fair?

Just before midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 28, an independent, bipartisan commission voted to approve a new map for Colorado's congressional districts––dividing the state into eight territories with roughly equal populations.

Social Sciences Aug 30, 2021

'Codeswitching' considered professional, study finds

Black employees who engage in racial codeswitching—adjusting behaviors to optimize the comfort of others in exchange for a desired outcome—are consistently perceived by both Black and white people as more professional ...

Economics & Business Jun 4, 2020

Pandemic-fueled job losses exacerbating preexisting inequalities among workers

The sharp spike in job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic were disproportionately concentrated in lower-paying occupations and industries, with the most acute impact felt among women, minorities, younger workers and less-educated ...

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2019

Train station experiment reveals one way to counteract bias against Muslims

An experiment conducted in German train stations involving paper cups and escaping oranges has found that people are less likely to help a woman if she appears to be Muslim—but they're more likely to help that same woman ...

Social Sciences Jun 4, 2019

Professor explores the historical effects of 'fat' stereotyping

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