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Issue Date: November 2006

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Diversity: Some Myths, and the Realities Editorial: Some Real Action After Decades of Talk About Diversity The Scientific Approach It's time to apply our scientific thinking to designing diversity programs. Here's how. By Clifton A. Poodry Losing Ground? Educators fear small gains of affirmative action are under threat from reverse-discrimination lawsuits. By Damaris Christensen Show Me the Money Usual excuses can't explain the continuing wage gap between women, minorities, and white men. By Anne Fleckenstein Old Problem, Old Solutions Failure to question conventional wisdom contributes to persistent leaks in scientific pipeline. By Kirsten Weir Back to Nature Environmental education center gets city kids started down the path to science. By Anthony H. Williams and Carole Williams-Green Audio Slideshow: The Story of Cobbs Creek Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek Environmental Center Nurtures a Budding -- and Diverse -- Crop of Young Scientists Narrated by Carol Fisher Continental Shift Diversity efforts are unexplored territory for many European nations. By Anne Harding Small World Globalization means broader definition of diversity, and broader opportunities. By Ed Silverman The Feminine Touch Women are joining forces to invest in life science ventures, and getting results. By Karen Pallarito If you want to continue to receive these e-mails, you need do nothing. We welcome new members to our contents alert mailing list and ask you to forward this message to any colleagues who might be interested. To sign up to receive this alert, send a blank e-mail to join-ts-updates@news.the-scientist.com. If you no longer wish to receive The Scientist Table of Contents, send a blank e-mail to %%email.unsub%% or, alternatively, log in to the My Scientist section of the website and edit your e-mail preferences. Visit The Scientist Careers for the latest jobs in the life sciences. Post your resume, get new jobs delivered via e-mail and more. Log on today and take the next step in your career journey.	Benjamin Cuker By E.J. Mundell Juan Rivera By Amy Norton Erich Jarvis By Kirsten Weir Donna J. Nelson By Damaris Christensen Lyndon Mitnaul By Kirsten Weir Sonya Summerour Clemmons By Karen Pallarito Rising Stars   Andrea Stith   Maria Thelma Ocampo   Sebastián Vélez   Gwen D. Fewell Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions HHMI/NIH symposia aim to help colleges, universities build programs that bring underrepresented minorities into the scientific fold. By Wendy Raymond and Robert Lue Sidebar: Recipe for Success Hitting the Ground Running Summer 'boot camp' and early lab experience give Meyerhoff scholars a head start on the road to research. By E.J. Mundell Diversity: The New Business Case Helping different departments collaborate is part of diversity's new meaning. By Anne Harding Getting Results You've started a diversity program. But how do you know if it's having any effect? By Charles Q. Choi Who's in Charge? What it takes to manage diversity. By Charles Q. Choi Resources Industry event calendar, organizations, and more Listen to the story of how Cobbs Creek Environmental Education Center in Philadelphia, Pa., is awakening a love for science in its inner-city youth.
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