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Nonetheless, she concludes that focusing on making engineering jobs more family-friendly - by offering flexible work schedules, say - misses an important part of the mark. If we desire to keep women working as engineers, whether for their sakes or society's (since engineers tend to be useful to the U.S. economy), then a better focus may be creating work environments where women feel more able to climb the career ladder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Leave the Engineering Field | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Duehr, who co-directs a local public art collective, the Invisible Cities Group, and has a permanent piece installed at North Station, believes just as strongly in art’s ability to galvanize viewers. His own work does not tend toward the political but instead toward exploring communication and engaging all five senses through a combination of visual and performance elements. Regarding the workshop, Duehr says, “With this piece, the goal is to bridge the two worlds between preaching and being abstract. We’re trying to connect with people on a human level...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Public Art Highlights Human Rights Struggles | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

From representing Oklahoma City in Congress, I know that Timothy McVeigh’s deadly federal-building bombing was not the act of a mainstream political activist.  Those on the left tend to overlook another mass murderer, the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who sent 16 deadly package bombs to advance his extreme environmentalist throwback agenda.  They also ignore the violent trashing of Seattle by socialist-leaning anarchists...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...we’re doing our job, we tend to be very good at thinking about things correctly, about trying to control what we can control,” Rhoads said. “If we keep that idea in mind, I think the transition will be fine...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Wins Its Fourth Straight | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

According to Guan, part of the theory behind her research, discovered by members of the lab team she works with, is that proteins that are not water-soluble tend to clump together, thereby diminishing the ability of each protein to function. When the residues of these GFP proteins are positively charged, however, they have the ability to penetrate cell walls. Additionally, these super-charged proteins demonstrated the ability to carry nucleic, and even genomic, material into cells if the material was negatively charged...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lighting Up the Laboratory | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

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