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...other jobs.” At the moment, the founders are relying on word of mouth and advertising on Facebook.com to attract users. They plan to make on-campus visits in the fall semester. GetConnects draws its students from the Ivy League as well as colleges like MIT, Stanford, Howard, and Spelman. Terry said that GetConnects provides access to minority students that many businesses could not get on their own. “When you lack that visibility, that network, it becomes very difficult to just show up at a career fair with some fliers and convince people that you?...
Athey’s colleagues have long considered Athey a wunderkind in economics, since she began mastering difficult problems in comparative statics as a graduate student at Stanford...
...obvious from the start that she was special,” said Stanford Professor Paul R. Milgrom, one of Athey’s thesis advisors...
Athey’s other thesis advisor, Stanford Professor of Economics John Roberts, said Athey has made inroads in both economic theory and empirical economics and that she has been “a tremendous force for promoting women in the profession...
...last fall, is trying to fill this gap. HCEF co-founder and vice-president Michael Segal ’09, who is also a Crimson editor, cited the need for a “culture of entrepreneurship” to match the likes of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford. Segal said that there is no shortage of ideas or interest—noting the attendance of up to 60 undergraduates at the club’s inaugural events—just one of support for their realization...