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Researchers have found that low birth weight in mice can hinder the pancreas’ ability to produce enough insulin, causing an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School...
...news story described the meeting as “a session to brainstorm ways in which current University policies hinder female students from concentrating in the sciences.” In fact, the purpose was to imagine new policies that might make the science departments more accessible to everyone, with an only occasional focus on women. Ideas suggested, such as holding review sessions before placement examinations, offering peer advising within large introductory science classes, making study abroad more accessible to science concentrators, and providing summer housing for students conducting research, would clearly benefit all students and might serve to retain...
Jackson warns that there aren't enough young people (men included) in the pipeline to replace all the talent that flooded the sciences after Sputnik. The looming shortage, she says, will hinder the U.S. economy and national security. So maybe there's a silver lining to the Larry Summers controversy. "It allows us to have a broader conversation about our capacity for innovation," she says. "My focus is on the complete talent pool. It's an all-in proposition from my perspective." --By Julie Rawe
...although a delay in reporting the incident does not hinder the investigation, according to Catalano, he believes the sooner it is reported, the better...
While professors and deans took to Lowell Lecture Hall yesterday to discuss Harvard’s president, members of the student group Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe (WISHR) held a session to brainstorm ways in which current University policies hinder female students from concentrating in the sciences...