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- Women's scientific achievements often overlooked and undervalued
- Building a career: Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships
- Long commutes may be hazardous to health
- Skin cancer increasingly common in teens and young adults
- TV viewing linked to unhealthy eating habits in school children
| Women's scientific achievements often overlooked and undervalued Posted: 08 May 2012 11:26 AM PDT When men chair committees that select scientific awards recipients, males win the awards more than 95 percent of the time. A new study reports that while in the past two decades women have begun to win more awards for their scientific achievements, compared to men, they win more service and teaching awards and fewer prestigious scholarly awards than would be expected based on their representation in the nomination pool. |
| Building a career: Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships Posted: 08 May 2012 09:44 AM PDT Summer internships are beginning, and career-related research from Kansas State University is helping determine what can make those internships more meaningful for students. Kerri Day Keller, director of career and employment services, has studied internships as high-impact educational practices and identified eight themes that characterize effective internships. |
| Long commutes may be hazardous to health Posted: 08 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic health, the impact of long commutes by automobile are less understood. A new study has found that greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness, increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk. |
| Skin cancer increasingly common in teens and young adults Posted: 08 May 2012 06:39 AM PDT With summer just around the corner, pediatricians are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend: A growing number of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with skin cancer. |
| TV viewing linked to unhealthy eating habits in school children Posted: 07 May 2012 01:42 PM PDT Television viewing and unhealthy eating habits in U.S. adolescents appear to be linked in a national survey of students in the fifth to tenth grades, according to a new report. |
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