Eighty-five percent of artists whose work is found in collections of major U.S. museums are white, and 87 percent are male, according to new research by Chad Topaz of Williams College, MA, and colleagues. The study, published ...
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Mar 20, 2019
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Demand for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees is on the rise. However, there are many barriers to gaining one.
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Mar 5, 2019
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People of color are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates than White people, and men of all races have higher rates of recidivism. A new study that estimated the effects of risk factors for Black and White men and ...
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Oct 23, 2018
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Donna Strickland, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. The third woman to have ever been awarded this prize in 117 years, she shares it with Arthur Ashkin ...
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Oct 5, 2018
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A small but impactful shift in the way a group assignment is presented can significantly reduce racial inequality within the group, as well as lead to better work, according to new research by Bianca Manago, assistant professor ...
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Sep 12, 2018
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Many studies have shown that both minority and women scientists face disadvantages in reaching the highest levels of their careers.
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May 15, 2018
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Africans represent one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States, but women far outpace men for securing high-skilled jobs and earnings growth, indicates a new study led by a Michigan State University sociologist.
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Dec 12, 2017
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Doctors have a specific definition of what it means to be overweight or obese.
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May 18, 2017
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The presumed sisterhood between young black women in the United States doesn't exist between the different classes. In fact, a tense relationship is actually par for the course between poorer black women and their more affluent ...
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Mar 16, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed recommendations to improve female progression in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. Their study surveyed women in two-year courses, ...
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Mar 7, 2017
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