Breaking down the barriers

Although breast cancer is more common among white women, African-American women are far more likely to die of the disease. What accounts for this fundamental racial imbalance? Dione Farria, M.D., knows all too well: African-American women are less likely to get mammograms that can detect breast cancer early when it is more easily treated. Socioeconomic […]

Medal of honor

Photo by David KilperA new medallion welcomes visitors to the campus, soon to be named the Danforth Campus.

Five professors join the faculty at Olin

Markus Baer comes to Olin wrapping up his doctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. expected in fall 2006. He is originally from Germany where he earned a master’s degree in psychology at the University of Giessen. Baer joins Olin as an assistant professor of Organizational Behavior. His research interests focus on […]
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