Duke Health researchers have found that reanimated hearts could potentially increase the number of donor organs by 30%. Heart transplants traditionally occur when doctors identify that the patient has no brain function after a catastrophic injury resulting in brain-death. The body is kept on a ventilator, which keeps the heart beating and organs oxygenated until … Read more
Tuition fees, excellent grades and entrance tests: the hurdles to studying at a popular US university are high. If these criteria alone were used, almost all students in the United States would probably be white or Asian Americans. For this reason, universities also take ethnic background into account when allocating places. This is called Affirmative … Read more
By the end of 2024, Deutsche Bahn wants to fill 30 percent of its management positions with women. They have now been awarded for this. The most women-friendly company of the year is Deutsche Bahn. The Frauen-Karriere-Index (FKI) also honored the consulting firm Accenture, the computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard and the Berliner Wasserbetriebe on Thursday. The … Read more
NO ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 21:02 Where the culture sector after the corona worn out to fill the halls, the theater has recently reached out to a new audience: young, heterogeneous and still unfamiliar with theatre. This is what directors and programmers from various theaters in the Netherlands say. Take the Dutch-Moroccan community for example. Until recently he … Read more
Chinanews.com, Montreal, December 8: “China has made remarkable achievements in biodiversity conservation and plays a key role in promoting global biodiversity conservation.” On December 7 local time, the side event of the second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) “Insist on the harmonious … Read more
ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 4:36 pm Discussions about diversity and inclusion in higher education are eliciting increasingly strong reactions. For example, employees with special diversity are more often confronted with (online) harassment. This is the conclusion of the research of media of 21 higher education institutions. According to the researchers, the main talking points are to … Read more
What to know Last weekend, thousands of fans gathered at New York’s Javits Center for the annual popular culture convention better known as Comic Con. While being a fan of comics or superheroes is fun, the stories behind the costumes offer children, just like adults, a way to connect with personal identity and diversity. Diversity … Read more
Freiburg im Breisgau (ots) – Outstanding performances despite many obstacles: At the 12th Federal Fire Brigade Music Competition in Freiburg im Breisgau, bands competed in the upper, middle and lower classes. “The diversity of the sound bodies is enormous,” said Karl-Heinz Banse, president of the German Fire Brigade Association, enthusiastic about the performances. The event … Read more
Whole broadcast from 7.8.2022 – – – © Deutschlandradio – – Moderation: Catherine Newmark · Aug 07, 2022 at 1:05 p.m How diverse is the philosophy? The philosopher Martin Lenz explains which forces of inertia are slowing down diversity in his subject. Also: Edith Stein developed a groundbreaking theory of empathy. She was murdered in … Read more
Status: 06/02/2022 11:32 a.m Jolyn Beer and Svenja Huth are successful as Olympic shooters and national football players. For them, diversity is not just a buzzword. Both athletes are openly queer. Huth marries her partner before the EM. Part four of a sports series on NDR.de for Diversity Day. von Andreas Bellinger They are both … Read more