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University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via Internet

University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via InternetSEATTLEScientists at the University of Washington have proposed an ambitious project that would place networked underwater cameras and recording equipment on the Pacific Ocean floor for the transmission of scientific data through the Internet. The NEPTUNE project, which means North East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments, would […]

September 25, 2002

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Empowering Young Women to Lead

Empowering Young Women to LeadWASHINGTONLearning how to become a leader comes from one’s first environment — the home. This was the shared opinion of 20 young women participating in a workshop in which participants discussed the differences between female and male leadership styles as well as what makes a leader a leader.The workshop was just […]

July 3, 2002

Latinx

Barnard Study Links Gender, Academic Success Among Mexican Americans

Barnard Study Links Gender, Academic Success Among Mexican Americans  NEW YORKBarnard sociology professor Dr. Robert Smith’s research shows that Mexican American females are more selective when it comes to education than their male counterparts. Interestingly, Smith’s research connects the role of gender and how it leads to academic promise or academic failure.“One of the most […]

June 5, 2002

Health

University of Louisville Stakes Black Cancer Reduction Rates on Filling Endowed Chair

University of Louisville Stakes Black Cancer Reduction Rates on Filling Endowed ChairLOUISVILLE, Ky.The University of Louisville will try to recruit a top national researcher for a position created last month to lead efforts to reduce cancer rates among Blacks. The university formed an endowed chair in oncology as part of a public-private partnership to boost […]

June 5, 2002

Leadership & Policy

UAB President Claims She Was Forced Out Because of Gender, Age

UAB President Claims She Was Forced Out Because of Gender, AgeBIRMINGHAM, Ala.Dr. Ann Reynolds claims  in a federal discrimination complaint that she was forced out of the University of Alabama in Birmingham presidency because of her gender and age. She also claims she never received a serious retirement offer. A board of trustees spokeswoman has […]

May 8, 2002

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A Complex Past and Present

A Complex Past and PresentMy charge was to respond to the Editor’s Note written by Frank Matthews. The first thing that came into my mind was “Where do I begin?”It seems to me the relationships between Black women and Black men have always been a bit more complex than the average female-male relationships of other […]

March 27, 2002

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The Campus Gender Gap

The Campus Gender Gap — A Women’s IssueFeminist that I am, my work tends to focus on the status of African American women before it looks more broadly at the African American community. Indeed, I have been known to chafe at the policy focus on African American men, especially when it shifts light away from […]

March 13, 2002

Students

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What are some strategies for overcoming the gender gap in information technology?If we are to close the gender gap in information technology we must begin to address two critical questions: Are information technologies “gendered by design?” And can the same approach to preparing students for information technology careers work for both girls […]

February 27, 2002

Sports

Most Sports Organizations Are Far from Achieving Racial, Gender Equity

Most Sports Organizations Are Far from Achieving Racial, Gender Equity     BOSTONOnly the WNBA and the NBA are close to genuine equity when it comes to opportunities for women and people of color in professional and decision-making positions in pro, Olympic and college sports, according to a report released last month. The two organizations were the […]

August 15, 2001

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Internet Usage Reflects Gender Breakdown

Internet Usage Reflects Gender BreakdownMILPITAS, Calif.The ratio of women to men online reflects the gender statistics of the current American population, according to the Nielsen/NetRatings study. In May, an estimated 53.33 million women actively used the Internet compared to 49.83 million men. Women spent an average of nearly 9 hours a day online, where men […]

July 18, 2001

African-American

Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, Present

Teaching Slavery: Overcoming Artificial Barriers to Past, PresentRecent discussions of reparations to African Americans for slavery prompted me to reflect on the ways I have been taught about slavery in graduate school. My educational experiences with the study of slavery have varied according to the professor’s chosen topics for discussion and their selection of readings. […]

May 23, 2001

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Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave Resistance

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave ResistanceIn the course of human events, it sometimes becomes necessary for one people, regardless of color, gender or age, to dissolve the bonds which have connected them to another and to assume the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which nature and nature’s God entitle […]

May 23, 2001