diversity

MIT to launch diversity and inclusion site this month

harminka — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:10:39 -0600

Building on the momentum established at the Diversity Leadership Congress in November, MIT will launch a new web site dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion at the Institute.

Free-Living Protozoa Found in Meat-Cutting Plants

harminka — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:43:14 -0500

A first time survey of free-living protozoa in meat-cutting plants showed high diversity rates of various species including those that could harbor f, food-borne pathogens say researchers from Ghent University, Belgium.

Effect of climate change on animal diversity

harminka — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:25:09 -0500

Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan.

Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships

harminka — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:18:09 -0500

One of the hopes of having diverse campus environments is that the daily interaction with students from different backgrounds will promote interracial understanding and friendship.

Foreign threats to US raise tolerance for diversity

harminka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:24:48 -0500

Foreign threats to the United States can encourage tolerance for diversity domestically and a corresponding intolerance for diversity internationally, according to a study by University of British Columbia (UBC) and Stanford University researchers published this week in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Species Diversity Less Dramatic Than Believed

harminka — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:15:59 -0500

A study published in the current issue of Science challenges the long-held belief that diversity of marine species has been increasing continuously since the origin of animals.

Species have come and gone at different rates

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:47:11 -0500

Diversity among the ancestors of such marine creatures as clams, sand dollars and lobsters showed only a modest rise beginning 144 million years ago with no clear trend afterwards, according to an international team of researchers.

RAND study finds path to diversity success varies

harminka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:50:15 -0600

Companies recognized for exemplary diversity may follow a core set of motives and behaviors, but best practices alone do not always contribute to a high level of diversity, according to a RAND Corporation study released today.

Computer simulation shows how evolution may have speeded up

harminka — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:11:22 -0500

Is heading straight for a goal the quickest way there" If the name of the game is evolution, suggests new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the pace might speed up if the goals themselves change continuously.

Sunday carnival, parade celebrate diversity in Cambridge

harminka — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:41:24 -0500

The 15th Annual Cambridge Carnival International will take place in Kendall Square on Sunday, Aug. 26, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. A parade through Cambridge begins at 1 p.m.

Americans couch feelings about race in 'happy talk' of diversity-speak

harminka — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:30:25 -0500

According to a new study by researchers in the University of Minnesota's sociology department, Americans are generally positive -- even optimistic -- about the word 'diversity,' but when asked, even those working in the field of race relations have trouble describing diversity's value and stumble when giving real life examples.

Ocean model precisely mimics microbes' life cycles

harminka — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:22:29 -0500

Scientists at MIT have created an ocean model so realistic that the virtual forests of diverse microscopic plants they "sowed" have grown in population patterns that precisely mimic their real-world counterparts.