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Downplayed distress: Gaslighting in women’s healthcare

Benjamin Pollock April 11, 2023
This epidemic of American women’s symptoms being downplayed is known as medical gaslighting.
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BU webinar on gender gaps in innovation illustrates inequities in innovation pipeline

Lily Kepner March 16, 2021
A webinar titled “Confronting Gender Bias in Investor Q&A: Research and Practice for Female Innovators" Monday hosted London researcher Dana Kanze to discuss her research on gender bias in innovation.
Boston University’s Questrom School of Business closed out its “Wed@Hariri Meet Our Fellows” series with a presentation by Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Sanaz Mobasseri Wednesday. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Hariri Institute fellow presents research on emotions, gender in workplace

Lily Kepner February 4, 2020
Sanaz Mobassari, professor in the Questrom School of Business, presented her research findings Wednesday on how people react to emotion in the workplace, using emotion as a lens to see the gender gap in the workplace.
Male Ph.D. candidates submit and publish papers at higher rates than their female peers. PHOTO COURTESY ORIN ZEBEST

Study points to gender bias among doctoral students

Haley Lerner November 13, 2017

A recent study announced male doctoral candidates submit and publish papers at significantly higher rates than their female peers, even within the same institution — a trend many Boston University...

Yasmin Gentry and Mim Eiben lead an informational meeting for Gap Week, a week in March, 2016, that will be dedicated to empowering women and gender equality within the Boston University community. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG introduces Gap Week, weeklong gender equality push

Lexi Peery November 12, 2015

Gap Week, a weeklong celebration to unite women with dialogue about gender inequality, was introduced Tuesday during an information session at the Boston University Photonics Center. The event will be...

While the number of women in business is rising, a gender and revenue gap between men and women has been reported. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Revenue statistics not looking up for Boston businesswomen

Felicia Gans September 3, 2015

When it comes to the future of women in the Boston business world, the rankings are anything but conclusive. While the 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking gave Boston a No. 2 listing for top cities...

Higher education may not help bridge gender wage gap, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin April 1, 2013

Higher paying jobs boast larger gender pay gaps than less profitable jobs, even among professionals with post-secondary degrees from colleges such as Boston University, according to a NerdScholar study...

Researchers bridge gender gap in mathematics

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2013

The stereotype that men surpass women in the mathematical and scientific fields has existed for decades. However, researchers from Brigham Young University, University of Miami and Rutgers University...

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