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Morrisett said he hoped to increase the number of female CS faculty members, which currently stands at four out of 18, in order to provide role models for female students considering CS.
The study cited smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, and high glucose levels as the principal agents contributing to discrepancies in life expectancy and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancers within these different groups, which were dubbed the “Eight Americas.”
Smoking is a “modifiable” factor with the largest impact on an individual’s longevity. The habit subtracts 2.5 years from men’s life expectancies and 1.5 years from women’s, according to the study, which was led by Goodarz...
Among the various ethnic groups, Southern rural African-Americans ran the largest deficit in life expectancy due to these health issues, according to the study, which was published in PloS Medicine.
Worse, these same students later face de facto discrimination when applying for jobs for which an internship is deemed a stepping-stone. The majority of firms expressly cited “relevant work experience in the form of internships” as the primary motivation to hire a...