Jen, a student I taught early in my career, stood head-and-shoulders above her peers academically. I learned she had started off as an engineering major but switched over to psychology. I was surprised and curious.
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2022
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Some youth go all in to excel at a sport. But having a backup plan is a smart move. One day your athletic career will probably end, no matter how good you are. You'll have done yourself a favor by acquiring an education as ...
Education
Sep 9, 2022
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Social unrest due to systemic racism is causing early career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds to experience psychological distress, according to new results from a research survey conducted by University of Pittsburgh ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2022
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A popular internet meme juxtaposes a picture of a female scientist working in a lab captioned "Vaccine Research" with that of a woman looking at her smart phone while sitting on the toilet captioned "Anti-Vax Research." The ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2022
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A cutting-edge digital tool that will make it cheaper, safer and faster for pharmaceutical companies to predict protein stability—a vital step in the development of new medicines—is being rolled out by scientists from ...
Biochemistry
May 27, 2021
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, most science and medical faculty began working from home, with women reporting a significant decrease in manuscript submissions. Women also report providing 77.6% of the childcare themselves, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2020
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From the first rumblings of its spread, COVID-19's impact on women academics was immediate. In a sign of the gendered nature of the pandemic's impacts, men's research submissions to academic journals almost instantly increased ...
Education
Oct 6, 2020
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South Africa's Youth Day celebration on the 16th of June, just after my birthday on the 15th, remained a special day in my life as a young black man. But the day also raised questions for me. A lot gets said in the media ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2020
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With the school year coming to a close at districts across the country, education leaders fear that many students have struggled with online classrooms and fallen behind in their learning. As a result, they expect the so-called ...
Education
May 21, 2020
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Whether in high school or college, most of us have experienced the frustration of group work. There often is at least one student who doesn't pull her weight, leaving the rest to pick up the slack. Then there is that person ...
Education
Dec 12, 2019
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