by abhiramgorle | Aug 18, 2008 | Press Releases
Science starts with washing dishes. At, least, that’s how it worked for Troy Sadler. Long before the Ph.D., the published articles and the grants, Sadler was a kitchen drudge in the palace of science. “My first job was in a lab that studied population...
by abhiramgorle | Aug 18, 2008 | Press Releases
As newly-arrived immigrants continue to enter America’s schools, many states are looking to Florida as a model for how to teach them. The Sunshine State is one of America’s most linguistically diverse places, and Florida is considered by many to be a...
by abhiramgorle | Aug 13, 2008 | Press Releases
When people say the word scientist, what comes to mind? White coats and glasses? Beakers and test-tubes? A white man with graying temples, working in a lab? How about a young African-American woman? Too many people never think of that last image. And according to...
by abhiramgorle | Aug 11, 2008 | Press Releases
Koro-Ljungberg encourages her graduate students to genuinely think about the ethical dimensions of their research. For more than 30 years, a little celebrated body known as the “institutional review board” has had a powerful say in how American scientists conduct...
by abhiramgorle | Aug 11, 2008 | Press Releases
Professor Elizabeth Washington Helping students learn from Election 2008 For millions of Americans, “high school” and “democracy” go together like “banana” and “republic.” After all, that vote you cast for Mondale in the mock presidential election made you the outcast...
