GD eNews | Vol. 4, No. 19 | October 17, 2005
Researchers Determine Influences in IT Career Choices for Women
A Virginia Tech team of researchers has determined five factors that influence girls’ informational technology (IT) career choices. Backed with more than $882,000 in funding by the National Science Foundation, the project “Women in Information Technology: Pivotal Transitions from School... Continue»
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Sexes Differ in Their Immune Reactions to Burnout on the Job, Depression
Recent findings show that work-related burnout can lead to inflammatory processes, which plays a key role in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory-linked illness. Now, researchers find evidence that men and women differ in their inflammatory... Continue»
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CEO Selection: Improving the Odds Using Science
Once upon a time and not in the very distant past, CEOs decided who their successors would be and asked their boards to ratify their choice. Those days have long passed. Boards of Directors now take the lead in selecting... Continue»
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Laureate International Universities and The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Create One of the Largest Study Abroad Scholarship Programs
Version en Espanol More than $8 million in tuition scholarships to encourage Latinos to study abroad; Only 5.4% of all U.S. study abroad students are Latinos Baltimore, MD -- Laureate International Universities, a group of accredited institutions owned by Laureate... Continue»
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Preventing Homework Hassles
Many parents spend long hours each weeknight supervising their children’s homework. “If you feel your child has too much homework, first, evaluate the situation,” said UAB education instructor Tonya Perry, M.Ed. “Is the child staying up too late to finish... Continue»
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Book Guides Urban Universities in Neighborhood Development
Many urban universities must develop their neighborhoods as well as their campuses to create good environments for learning, working and living, according to a book co-edited by University of Illinois at Chicago professor David Perry. Perry, director of UIC's Great... Continue»
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The New Skype-EBay Ecosystem
New York, NY -- When eBay agreed to plunk down $2.6 billion for Internet phone company Skype (a deal that could exceed $4 billion if certain milestones are met), both companies gave a 78-slide PowerPoint presentation. Several of the slides... Continue»
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Officials Hope to Hear Minority Contractor's Side
Raleigh, N.C. -- The State Construction Office wants to pay a visit with Tommy Vaughan, owner of Vaughan's Repair Service in Ahoskie, to look into his allegations that two subcontractors involved in building a $94-million prison in Columbus County wanted... Continue»
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State Probes Prison Contract
Centex is accused of listing minority subcontractors that did not get business Continue»
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Minorities Miss Out on Katrina Contracts
Washington, D.C. -- Officials both in Congress and the Department of Homeland Security have begun taking a hard look at a conundrum that has emerged as one of the early botches of the recovery from Hurricane Katrina: a shortage in... Continue»
Posted on October 7, 2005 to Disparity | Comments (0) |
Small Businesses Lose Katrina Cleanup Contracts to Large Firms
Washington, D.C. -- When Al Knight received notice Friday that his small company's contract to help wire Louisiana's storm-damaged Alvin Callendar Naval Air Station had been abruptly canceled, he could not have known the reverberations would reach Washington within days.... Continue»
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FEMA Projects Lure 400 Contractors to City
Montgomery, AL -- Amid controversy this week over the location of a meeting about government contracts, more than 400 contractors from across the region converged Thursday at a downtown Montgomery hotel to hear officials talk about rebuilding contracts in the... Continue»
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