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Marcie Bianco, Identities.Mic, May 1, 2014 If you’re a woman or minority student looking for a mentor, don’t hold your breath. New research has found that university professors exhibit a bias in favor of their white male students, information...
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Liat Clark, Wired UK, June 10, 2014 A team of material scientists has developed a technique for using beer brewing waste as a scaffold for bone regeneration. […read more]
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Douglas R. Conant, HBR Blog Network, March 26, 2014 Modern life, particularly work life, has become increasingly hectic. There are relentless demands from meetings, emails, text messages, questions to answer, problems to solve, fires to put out. These endless...
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Steven Russolillo, “MoneyBeat,” The Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2014 Apple’s unorthodox 7-for-1 stock split, announced at the end of April, has finally arrived. The article lists five things you need to know about the split. […read...
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Andrew O’Connell, “The Daily Stat,” HBR Blog Network, June 9, 2014 A composite index of more than 2,000 hedge funds returned 72% over the past decade while charging substantial fees. Meanwhile, for comparison, an index fund composed of 60%...
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Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg, June 8, 2014 In an executive action coordinated with a legislative push by Senate Democrats, U.S. President Barack Obama will move to ease monthly payments for people with student loans, directing the Department of Education to...