News: Lasker names new president Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 10th December 2007 04:43 PM GMT] The Lasker Foundation announced today that Maria Freire will replace president Neen Hunt on March 1 of next year. Freire was most recently CEO of the non-profit Global Alliance for TB Drug ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: MIT tenures one woman this year Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 6th December 2007 06:21 PM GMT] MIT will grant tenure to just one woman this year, a professor in economics, compared to 24 men, reports the Boston Globe today (Dec 6). Last year, five women were granted tenure compared with 19 men. The school's president, Susan Hockfield, ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: ID a factor in tenure denial? Posted by Edyta Zielinska [Entry posted at 3rd December 2007 05:56 PM GMT] Iowa State University has denied tenure to Guillermo Gonzalez, an astronomer who has publicly supported intelligent design. One of his colleagues told the Des Moines Register that he thought the decision was based partly on Gonzalez's statements ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story

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