Closing the High-Tech Gender Gap This year’s Lemelson-MIT Prize winner discusses grassroots ways for boosting the number of women in technology and business. I have a confession to make: I’ve been living under a rock. I’ve actually been busy under here — running a bioengineering lab at MIT‚ starting companies‚ teaching‚ consulting‚ being a mom. But I’ve been so focused on keeping all the balls in the air that‚ until recently‚ I hadn’t noticed that women typically aren’t the ones starting
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Ability to negotiate and manage multiple projects. In my current position as Budget Supervisor at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ I negotiate and manage multiple projects on a daily basis and ensure their timely completion. I work with the Director‚ assigning priority status to projects each week. NIDA operates in a matrix management structure‚ so it is critical for me to be able to serve on multiple teams and handle various projects simultaneously. I am responsible for assigning weekly
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I chose to do my review project in “The High Museum”‚ in Atlanta GA. It was found in 1905 and its very first name was Atlanta Art Association. Also it is the one of the most visited art museum in the world. While‚ visiting High museum‚ I was drawn to two particular pieces from two very different artists. The Chest and drawers by Teyo Remy‚ gained my attention because of creative design and deep meaning. My other favorite piece is “The beginning of Life in the Yellow Jungle”‚ by Thorton Dial. I
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| Mr. Mahbub Hossain Course Instructor Brand and Product Management‚ sec-A Subject: STARBUCKS CORPORATION: Managing high growth brand. Dear Sir‚ We are grateful to you for giving us the chance to work on this case study. We would also like to express gratitude to you for your gracious cooperation and valuable guidance for preparing the report. Sincerely‚ Khan Samara Salsabeel (07-09162-2)
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English Language Learners & Education: How to Create Success in the Classroom DeCapua‚ A.‚ & Marshall‚ H. (2010). Students with limited or interrupted formal education in US classrooms. Urban Review‚ 42‚ 159-173. This article addresses the challenges of learning in the US for a particular English Language Learner (ELL) group known as SLIFE (students with limited or interrupted formal education)‚ who share the characteristics of having little to no English language proficiency‚ native language
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Thanks to subliminal advertising and propaganda drilled into our head since we were little‚ we have come to associate certain foods with wholesomeness and others with nastiness. When we look at the GMO and high-tech food mess from this perspective‚ we see that it’s the organic-versus-regular battle. What it really boils down‚ however‚ is that it’s the producer agenda have be pushed onto the consumer’s mind. They have made us believe that we want and need certain food items in order to be social
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In the article “High Tech Trash” by Chris Caroll‚ Caroll explains the effects of e-waste (electronic trash). The article mentioned how most electronics that are thrown out‚ donated to charity‚ or even recycled still end up in developing countries. “While some recyclers process the material with an eye toward minimizing pollution and health risk‚ many more sell it to brokers who ship it to the developing world‚ where environmental enforcement is weak” (Caroll 81). This causes our e-waste to affect
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Aspen Technology‚Inc.: Currency Hedging Review History and Overview • Specialized in the development of simulation software for customer in process manufacturing industries • Advanced System for Process Engineering (ASPEN) project conducted at the Massachusetts Intitutes of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge Massachusetts‚ from 1976 to 1981 • Founded in 1981 by Dr. Larry Evans‚ a professor of chemical engineering at MIT • Larry Evans"leadership in the development and application of integrated
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On October 12‚ 1989‚ Dr. Renato Melgar of the Institute of Biotechnology of an Agricultural College located in Northern Luzon approached the Agri-tech Products Company for the production and marketing of Rapidgrow. Agri-tech is a firm that specializes in the production and marketing of Rapidgrow. Rapidgrow is a biotechnology product developed by the faculty institute. It is a soil treatment in pellet form (1/4 of an inch long) which increases the growth rates of two trees
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Business Case – I agree that building a strong business case to be communicated and shared with the Project stakeholders/sponsors and Team members is of extreme importance. This is a task with extreme strategic value‚ as it will be linked to motivation for the entire team. When the team members know that the project is based on a solid business case‚ it serves to justify the utility and value of the project for the sponsors and the organization. Having project based on a strong business case will
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