Women CEOs are more likely to be dismissed, even when the company is doing well
USA Online News – Jan. 24
Women CEOs are 45% more likely to be dismissed than men CEOs, a new study finds.
Even when a firm is performing well, women are more likely to be dismissed from the CEO position.
The researchers think that may be the result of implicit gender bias … According to a new study — by Vishal K. Gupta at the University of Mississippi, Sandra C. Mortal at the University of Alabama, Sabatino Silveri at the University of Memphis, Minxing Sun at Clemson University, and Daniel B. Turban at the University of Missouri — CEOs who are women are more likely to be dismissed than CEOs who are men.
Business Insider – Jan. 24
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The EDGE gets new facility
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 24
This one stop business resource center is a joint partnership between the city of Tuscaloosa, the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and the University of Alabama. Dr. Kay Palan, Dean of Culverhouse College of Business says, “We really think about it as an opportunity to drive innovation and entrepreneurship not just for the university but for the whole region and area.”
Rachel Blackmon Bryars: Four myths to dispel during Alabama School Choice Week
Alabama Today – Jan. 25
Gov. Kay Ivey recently proclaimed this “Alabama School Choice Week” and thousands of families are celebrating reforms created by the Alabama Accountability Act, including scholarships so low-income parents can transfer their children from under-performing schools … A state-commissioned study conducted by the University of Alabama’s Institute for Social Science Research found that students using the scholarships performed about as well, on average, as their public school peers.
UA Culverhouse School of Law hosts symposium to honor Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 24
In just half an hour, the University of Alabama School of Law will honor a federal judge, Frank Johnson, Jr. His rulings were responsible for desegregating a lot of state institutions.
UA fashion design students make garments from designs inspired by Holocaust Victim
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Jan. 25
History is being remade thanks to some University of Alabama students. But before we talk about the here and now, we need the background stories of these apparel designs of more than 80 years ago. The designer is Hedy Strnad, and her story is a tragic one.
What Michael Cohen’s Subpoena Means For The Russia Probe
EBI News – Jan. 24
Michael Cohen has just been subpoenaed by the Senate Intel Committee. Chris Jansing is joined by University of Alabama Law professor Joyce Vance to discuss what this means for the Russia investigation and Cohen’s safety.
University Programs hosts Life-size Game Night
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Jan. 24
The events help to keep college students out of trouble. “It’s part of our alcohol free alternative initiative, so basically we create our Tide After Dark series to help combat the alcoholic related offenses on campus and we’ve yielded that significantly so we’re just trying to make our mark and impact our campus as positively as possible.”
OLLI to host events to help celebrate Alabama’s Bicentennial (live interview)
Fox 6 Great Day Tuscaloosa (Birmingham) – Jan. 25
Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Alabama are talking about upcoming events that OLLI has planned to help celebrate Alabama’s Bicentennial.
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This galaxy is not a & # 39; starving cluster game
Manchikoni.com – Jan. 24
A new study led by the Yale University astronomers tells the story of a galaxy that flows out of gas … “The galaxy D100, to the right of this Hubble Space Telescope image, becomes stripped of gas as it is at the center of the giant Coma galaxy, Justice of NASA, ESA, M. Sun (University of Alabama), and W. Cramer and J. Kenney (Yale University).