All Entries Tagged With: "UnIversity of California at Los Angeles"
Girls in Families Whose Parents Favor Boys Have Lower Test Scores in STEM Fields
A new study from the national Bureau of Economics research finds that girls who were born into families that had a boy-biased structure scored an average of three percentage points lower on math and science standardized tests than girls from non-biased households.
UCLA Study Says Using Antihistamines to Combat Morning Sickness May Increase Risks to Babies
The research found that women who take antihistamines to help them combat nausea and “morning sickness,” are significantly more likely to experience premature births or to have low birthweight babies.
New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Survey Finds That Women Faculty Are More Stressed Out Than Male Faculty
A new report from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California at Los Angeles found that women faculty experienced more stress than men in all 10 areas asked about in the survey.
UCLA Study Finds That Women Who Have Had a Hysterectomy Tend to Have Higher Levels of Iron in Their Brains
High iron levels in the brain are associated with the earlier onset of neurodegenerative diseases.
