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Setting the Story Straight: Restoring Conscience in Business

Humanity has made great strides in many areas over the past centuries, yet one major challenge we still must face is our notion of business performance and business education. As a member of the baby-boom generation, I am still pleasantly impressed about the progress I witnessed in my lifetime so far: from not having a… Read More
A Year Later, Has the Twitter Response to #MeToo Been Effective?

While many sexual violence prevention strategies on Twitter can be potentially effective, a new study has found that they still have gaps and may even leave room for some misinformation and myths about sexual violence. Since October 2017, the #MeToo movement has exploded into a global phenomenon, giving victims of sexual violence a voice, confronting… Read More
Passionate College Student Has Rescued Over 3,000 Desperate Animals

When children are young, they often have a dream. Whether it is to be the next Michael Jordan, a firefighter, or to build the biggest, baddest roller coaster the world has ever seen — many of those dreams dissipate after kids lose their youth-powered hope. Twenty-one-year-old Zabi Khan never let his dream fall by the… Read More
Harassed, Hurt, But Now Paying Kindness Forward

4 a.m. Campus is dark. Everyone seems to be asleep. Almost everyone. A group of students swiftly moves around different residence halls and commons, leaves hundreds of snack bags at each building, and quickly disappears from the scene. Even Santa Claus can’t seem to match the students’ agility. Next morning, pleasantly surprised with anonymous snack… Read More
Why Is Working in College Harder for Low-income Students?

It’s common for students to work while in college. In fact, nearly 70 percent of students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds work while they are enrolled. The difference is, some students are working for extra spending money and others are making sure they can afford to eat. New research from Georgetown University sheds light… Read More
Gender Inequality in STEM and How We Can Solve It

As a topic, gender equality in the workplace has gained significant traction in recent years. As a reality, gender equality in the workplace has a long and necessary way to go. Gender inequality in the workforce continues to be an issue around the world, and a new report by a group of international female scientists… Read More
Local Organization Finds Solution to Gun Violence

Gun violence today is, undoubtedly, rampant. Despite the fact that the issue directly surrounds the loss of human life, it, like nearly every subject of conversation, has the U.S. polarized. Some people call for stricter gun laws, while others believe the only solution is to put more guns in the hands of people so they… Read More
The National Push to Eliminate Hunger on College Campuses

The U.S. student debt crisis, which hit a high of $1.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2018, is a common topic for conversation in politics, on campuses and even at the dinner table. Skyrocketing college costs are forcing students to take out loans that put them in debilitating debt for years to come. Students… Read More
The National Push to Integrate Women Into STEM Fields

Women now make up 45.8 percent of the professional U.S. workforce. Unfortunately, while many strides have been taken to integrate women into a broad range of professional occupations, the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) still hold significant gender gaps. But diversity fosters development in every work environment. “Diversity is at the core… Read More
Better Education Leads to Longer Lifespan

A new study by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Vienna University of Economics and Business has found that life expectancy is best predicted by a person’s level of education. The new research challenges the conventional knowledge that connects income level to lifespan. Samuel Preston first demonstrated this connection in… Read More
Howard West Expands to Further Advance Tech Diversity

In the summer of 2017 Howard University and Google launched a partnership, dubbed Howard West, to identify, attract, support and immerse African American coders in Silicon Valley. Due to the success of last year’s three-month pilot, the partners have decided to expand the program. Starting in the fall of 2018, Howard and Google will broaden… Read More
Do Emoji Skin Tone Options Help or Hurt Diversity?

A range of skin tone options for emojis was first introduced in 2015, leading to fears that the icons, if used inappropriately, would provoke negative racial sentiments online. A recent study by researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, however, has found that emoji skin tone options promote diversity, and not racism, on Twitter.… Read More
The 21st Century MBA: Not Profitability or Sustainability, But Both

The MBA is generally regarded as a graduate ticket to ride – a door-opener to board rooms, to referral networks and, for many, to the inner sanctum of our business/economic system. Drawing on shared institutional wisdom, vast real-world academic research and transformative case histories, the degree has become a sort of lingua franca, a common… Read More
New Software to Divert Excess Food to Those in Need

A research team from Iowa State University has developed eFeed-Hungers, a mobile-friendly software designed to divert excess food to those in need. The research is led by Sugam Sharma, a computer science expert and systems analyst in Iowa State University’s Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, and is published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling and… Read More
Mindfulness Can Improve Problem-Solving Skills

Mindfulness can increase the capacity to solve computer-engineering problems, according to a recent study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Seville, Spain. The paper is published in the Journal of Systems and Software. What is Mindfulness? In the field of psychology, mindfulness is to be fully aware of the present. The… Read More