DeCODE Discovers Novel Genetic Links Between Pigmentation Traits And Risk of Skin Cancer
May 18, 2008
In two papers published today, deCODE scientists and academic colleagues from Europe and the U.S. expand upon the company’s recent findings in the genetics of pigmentation traits in people of European descent, and demonstrate that certain of these common variants also confer risk of two types of skin cancer. Read more
The International Culinary Schools At The Art Institutes Names Best Teen Chef 2008
May 17, 2008
A Georgia teen turned up the heat in the kitchen today, emerging as “Best Teen Chef 2008.” Jonathan Miller of Savannah, Ga. won the Best Teen Chef Final Round Competition, sponsored by The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes, becoming the ninth winner to lay claim to the title since the Competition’s inception in 2000. Read more
Culture Affects How Teen Girls See Harassment
May 16, 2008
Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment – but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings. Read more
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School At a Time
May 16, 2008
Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die. This is the tradition Haji Ali, chief of the Korphe village explained to Greg Mortenson as he attempted to fulfill his promise to create an education system in the foreboding territory that bred the Taliban. Read more
Both Boys And Girls Negatively Affected By Sexual Harassment
May 13, 2008
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. While girls were harassed more frequently, boys were indirectly yet negatively affected through a school climate that tolerates the harassment of girls. Read more
Panorama: SATs Given Poor Marks By Critics
May 12, 2008
The chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Schools, Children and Families criticizes Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) on the eve of the publication of a report on testing in schools. He tells Panorama (Monday 12 May, 8.30pm, BBC One): “There’s something wrong with the amount of testing and assessment we’re doing, the quality of testing and assessment we’re doing, and the unseen consequences of that testing for the whole school culture. Read more
