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...perhaps fitting that Summers, who used his office as a global bully pulpit to promote stem cell research??��and discovered the pulpit’s perils when he speak provocatively about women in science—delivered his swansong on the opposite bank of the Charles...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers, Menino Celebrate Completion of Allston-Brighton Oral History Project | 6/16/2006 | See Source »

...someone more talented because she happened to a be woman,” he says.Fitzsimmons adds that it’s possible for Harvard to see a larger share of women if the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) continues to increase socioeconomic diversity on campus. A great deal of research??��including research from Goldin and Katz­—has found that in lower socioeconomic brackets, females tend have higher college enrollment rates than males. For the Class of 2010, according to Fitzsimmons, 53 percent of HFAI students are women.Fitzsimmons says that the College?...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Gender Gap | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

Students at a development economics panel were surprised to learn yesterday that 75 percent of condoms dispensed in India are not used for sex. Sandip R. Sukhtankar, a PhD candidate in the economics department, told a group of about 30 undergraduates at a forum on “action research??�� that condoms, often distributed by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for free in India, provide highly-valued lubrication for use on spindles in the sari-making industry. Sukhtankar’s point served to underscore the importance of quantifying the sometimes-uncertain impact that NGOs have on the developing world...

Author: By Abigail W. Darby, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Forum Probes Impact of Social Programs | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...speed of light while truth trails in a sometimes futile chase, the reader (or viewer or listener) has to be more skeptical at the outset. Although it seems that younger people are better at this online scrutiny than their elders—a topic that needs much more research??��almost everyone needs a BS-detector upgrade. A democratized media sphere has clear advantages over the controlling, top-down system of the past. But our newfound freedoms as users of information have their complications; and we need to deploy better tools—starting with a strong dose...

Author: By Dan Gillmor, | Title: Making Sense of the Flood | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

...should have started out as a writer. My original career plan was to go to the Columbia School of Journalism, but I decided I really needed to make money so I went to law school instead. As a storyteller I found it very frustrating to do a lot of research??��interview the witnesses, ask all the questions, and then never really be able to tell the story...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Malcolm Follows Dream of Writing | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

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