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Jenny Harrison finally gets tenure in math at Berkeley

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An independent tenure committee voted unanimously to recommend that Harrison be granted tenure at the University of California in Berkeley, CA. Harrison brought a sex discrimination suit against the university in 1989, charging that she had been denied tenure in 1986 because of sexual discrimination.

Author: Selvin, Paul
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
Cases, Sex discrimination against women, Employment discrimination, Women college teachers, Women college faculty, Harrison, Jenny

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How do particles put on weight?

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Theoretical physicists have developed a new predictive model for computing the masses of elementary particles. The scheme is based on the relationships between three families of particles, and it predicts six of the 13 free parameters that concern the masses of elementary particles.

Author: Selvin, Paul
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
Models, Mass (Physics), Particles (Nuclear physics), Subatomic particles

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The future university: leaner and meaner?

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Many universities are responding to probable cuts in federal spending by finding other sources of funding, cutting back on staff and spending, and by becoming more efficient. The efforts of several specific universities are described.

Author: Selvin, Paul
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
Analysis, Finance, Universities and colleges, Business and education, Industry and education, Sciences education, Science education

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