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...professors at these schools. Twelve years ago, a survey of the same universities found 11 black economists. Harvard is no exception to the trend, with Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 as its only black economics professor. Prejudice against black economists does not seem to be at the root of the problem, according to the study. JBHE data reported that the low number of black economists at the university level was due to the scarcity of blacks in economics graduate programs, with only about 20 blacks each year receiving PhDs in economics. According to the study, universities are forced...
However, Jones also recognized the value of college students traveling to other communities to perform social services. He said that such trips provide opportunities to wrestle with the “root causes” of social problems and can be oriented to fit the local community’s needs...
WHAT HUFFMAN IS SAYING: "Nobody has ever been this interested in me before and probably never will be again," she told a British newspaper. "People ask me what my favorite red-carpet moment is, but they might as well ask about my favorite root-canal moment. As a matter of fact, my favorite moment comes at the end of the red carpet, when I take off my $500 shoes and put on the little plastic sandals I keep...
Thus began Iceland's great genetic experiment, an attempt to mine the gene pool of an entire country in search of the root causes of--and potential cures for--some of the world's worst diseases. And after years of controversy, dashed hopes and burst stock bubbles, the effort is finally paying off. Over the past decade, deCODE Genetics, the company Stefansson co-founded in his home city of Reykjavk, has discovered more than a dozen genes linked to diseases ranging from stroke to schizophrenia. Last month, deCODE announced that it had found a gene that boosts the risk...
...root of the problem in most cases is an extreme form of social anxiety or phobia. "It is a fear that can literally make it impossible to speak," says Dr. Elisa Shipon- Blum, a Philadelphia-based clinician who specializes in treating selective mutism. As with most social anxieties, SM is more common in girls and is believed to have a strong genetic component. About 70% of kids with SM have an immediate family member who also struggles with social anxiety...