Imperial Valley News Center
Male biology students consistently underestimate female peers, study finds
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- Written by Deborah Bach
Seattle, Washington - Female college students are more likely to abandon studies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines than their male classmates, and new research from the University of Washington suggests that those male peers may play a key role in undermining their confidence.
Airstrikes in Northern Syria
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - The United States condemns airstrikes conducted in and around Aleppo today against innocent civilian targets, including a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières and the Women's and Children's hospital in Azaz city.
On Darwin's birthday, tomato genetics study sheds light on plant evolution
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- Written by Jim Erickson
Ann Arbor, Michigan - On Charles Darwin's 207th birthday, a new study of evolution in a diverse group of wild tomatoes is shedding light on the importance of genetic variation in plants.
Compliance cannot compel ethical behavior
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- Written by Greta Guest
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Corporate ethics compliance programs have flourished since the federal government gave companies that established one a break on fines and penalties in 1991.
Notre Dame scholars address challenges for Latino Catholic education
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- Written by Michael O. Garvey
Notre Dame, Indiana - Luis Ricardo Fraga, Arthur Foundation Endowed Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science and co-director of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, served as co-editor of a special issue of the Journal of Catholic Education, its first issue ever to focus specifically on Latinos and Catholic education.
Gastric bypass surgery can reduce risk of death even for advanced ages
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- Written by Todd Hollingshead
Provo, Utah - New research challenges assumption that people can be too old for surgery.
New research from Brigham Young University finds that patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery after the age of 35 see a major improvement in long-term survival.
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