While women enter medical school in similar proportions to men, the number of women in leadership still lags behind. Leaders at the School of Medicine are working to implement policies to improve recruitment, retention and promotion of women.
Four popular locally owned restaurants will open locations on campus in August. Newcomers include Beast Craft BBQ, Collins Farms, Corner 17 and the Fattened Caf. In addition, Olin Business School will replace the Starbucks in Bauer Hall with a coffee bar that features local roasters.
Limor Golan, an expert in labor economics in Arts & Sciences, was installed as the inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor earlier this year. Golan, a labor economist, has developed models of wage determination and studied inequity and efficiency issues in labor markets.
The Division of Physician-Scientists at the School of Medicine has named its 2023 Dean’s Scholars. The awardees will receive up to two years of financial support and mentorship.
Political scientists Taylor Carlson and Carly Wayne, in Arts & Sciences, won a National Science Foundation grant to study factors that drive political radicalization.
In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering describe a portable uterine-contraction tracker: a cheap-to-make, flexible electrode patch.
The 2023 James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture is called “Care.” The biennial research competition is open to early-career architects from around the world.
Gerald Early, in Arts & Sciences, writes an article considering the variety of perspectives among Black Americans about affirmative action. He writes that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ critical view may not be that unusual.
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