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- Former reporter creates ‘Rate my Professor’ for newsrooms https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/ratemystation-valeria-sistrunk.php 96 comments
- Female strangers get better response rates when e-mailing professors http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/04/a_not_very_happy_observation_a.html 39 comments
- Research finds women are leaving academia at a higher rate than men at every career stage: During their appointment as assistant professors, women are 6% more likely to leave their jobs than men each year. Women professors are 19% more likely to leave academia than men each year. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005321 232 comments science
- ‘Hard landing’ coming for economy due to rising interest rates, banking crisis, warns UNC professor https://wraltechwire.com/2023/04/07/hard-landing-coming-for-economy-due-to-rising-interest-rates-banking-crisis-warns-unc-professor/ 15 comments economy
- ‘Hard landing’ coming for economy due to rising interest rates, banking crisis, warns UNC professor https://wraltechwire.com/2023/04/07/hard-landing-coming-for-economy-due-to-rising-interest-rates-banking-crisis-warns-unc-professor/ 30 comments wallstreetbets
- Professors are up to 25 times more likely to have parents with a Ph.D. This rate nearly doubles at prestigious universities. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01425-4 509 comments science
- Inflation is ‘basically over’ and the Fed is ‘making a terrible mistake’ by continuing to raise interest rates, Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says https://fortune.com/2022/12/16/inflation-is-over-fed-making-mistake-jeremy-siegel-wharton/ 30 comments economics
- Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel roasts Jerome Powell as the Fed continues to signal more rate hikes despite signs of falling inflation: 'I don't know what planet he lives on' https://slatereport.com/news/wharton-professor-jeremy-siegel-roasts-jerome-powell-as-the-fed-continues-to-signal-more-rate-hikes-despite-signs-of-falling-inflation-i-dont-know-what-planet-he-lives-on/ 14 comments economy
- Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel roasts Jerome Powell as the Fed continues to signal more rate hikes despite signs of falling inflation: 'I don't know what planet he lives on' https://slatereport.com/news/wharton-professor-jeremy-siegel-roasts-jerome-powell-as-the-fed-continues-to-signal-more-rate-hikes-despite-signs-of-falling-inflation-i-dont-know-what-planet-he-lives-on/ 198 comments economics
- Wharton professor predicts inflation, predicts many rate hikes, and says Bitcoin has replaced gold for millennials https://www.bollyinside.com/news/wharton-professor-predicts-inflation-predicts-many-rate-hikes-and-says-bitcoin-has-replaced-gold-for-millennials 34 comments cryptocurrency
- Wharton's Professor Warns About Inflation, Predicts Many Rate Hikes, Says Bitcoin Has Replaced Gold for Millennials – Economics Bitcoin News https://news.bitcoin.com/whartons-professor-warns-inflation-predicts-many-rate-hikes-bitcoin-has-replaced-gold-for-millennials/ 10 comments bitcoin
- Wharton's Professor Warns About Inflation, Predicts Many Rate Hikes, Says Bitcoin Has Replaced Gold for Millennials https://news.bitcoin.com/whartons-professor-warns-inflation-predicts-many-rate-hikes-bitcoin-has-replaced-gold-for-millennials/ 85 comments cryptocurrency
- MIT professors have proposed a new approach to estimating the risks of exposure to Covid-19 indoors. The guideline suggests a limit for exposure time, based on the number of people, the size of the space, the kinds of activity, whether masks are worn, and the ventilation & filtration rates. https://news.mit.edu/2021/covid-19-risks-indoor-0415 7 comments science
- Thanksgiving Celebrations Could Double U.S. COVID-19 Death Rate to 4,000 a Day, Professor Predicts https://www.newsweek.com/thanksgiving-celebrations-could-double-us-covid-19-death-rate-4000-day-professor-predicts-1550657 28 comments politics
- Science books for professors, engineers and students. During the quarantine I designed this website dedicated to the best rated science books on amazon. I had this idea because I am an engineer myself and I like scientific books. Please give it a try and share with your friends if you like it. https://goodsciencebooks.com 14 comments science
- Professor Who Predicted Seven Out Of Last Eight Elections Says New Fox News Poll Ratings Are 'Terrible' For Trump https://www.newsweek.com/allan-lichtman-donald-trump-fox-news-poll-1489724 121 comments politics
- A professor scrutinized the last two minutes reports and found that incorrect calls or non-calls in the period occurred at a rate of 7.2 percent for away teams and 6.7 percent for home teams. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/sports/football/road-team-advantage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 22 comments nba
- According to a research paper published by Vanderbilt University's Professor Douglas Schmidt on August 15, Google’s Android phones are sucking your private life at a much higher rate than Apple’s iPhones—almost 10 times more, on average https://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-privacy-vs-iphone,news-27856.html 24 comments privacy
- Study of 8 million RateMyProfessors ratings finds students favor male professors in most disciplines [article in comments] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602938.2016.1276155?journalcode=caeh20 163 comments science
- Study of 8 million RateMyProfessor ratings finds students have implicit biases favoring male professors in most disciplines (article & more info in comments) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602938.2016.1276155?journalcode=caeh20 38 comments science
- Professor of Computer Science: "If the coin does split, the two coins will be identical, except that one will have a slow block rate..." https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4xngpu/professor_of_computer_science_if_the_coin_does/ 59 comments btc
- A chart created by Chad Murphy, an associate professor at the University of Mary Washington, which showed Bernie Sanders was polling at the same rate against Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama was polling against her in 2007 drew some buzz on twitter earlier this week. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-donald-trump-support_55fc060de4b00310edf699a9 7 comments politics
- A Foreign Accent Can Hurt A Teacher's Score on 'Rate my Professors' http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayabstract?frompage=online&aid=9531137&fulltexttype=ra&fileid=s0047404514000736 20 comments science
- Male Professors Are "Genius." Female Professors Are "Nice.": A new study reveals gender biases in teacher ratings http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121024/heres-one-way-gender-discrimination-plays-out-academia 4 comments science
- Professor Ian Frazer: developing vaccines for herpes simplex and cervical cancer, 95% response rate in study http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/health/professor-ian-frazer-is-developing-vaccines-for-herpes-simplex-and-cervical-cancer/story-fni0diac-1227078011314?nk=478deff7c786bd88e5b49645886a068b 5 comments worldnews
- Independent research by an MIT professor who specializes in ballistics estimates Israel's Iron Dome system might actually disarm as little as 5% of the rockets it attempts to intercept compared to the 85% success rate claimed by the Israeli military. http://thebulletin.org/evidence-shows-iron-dome-not-working7318 19 comments science
- Iron Dome's 90% success rate is a lie, claims Ted Postol, MIT professor in International Security http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/07/25/israels-iron-dome-is-more-like-an-iron-sieve/ 55 comments worldnews
- Jackie Stewart: "I rate Prost higher than Senna; the ‘Professor’ was a more complete driver than Senna was" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2616036/jackie-stewart-ayrton-senna-said-hed-never-speak-i-accused-deliberately-crashing-alain-prost.html 158 comments formula1
- In a comprehensive analysis of data on more than half a million professors, education experts found that "the relationship between teaching and research is zero." In all fields and all kinds of colleges, there was little connection between research productivity and teaching ratings http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/opinion/a-solution-for-bad-teaching.html 4 comments science
- More than 1,000 professors call on Congress to pass Senator Warren’s bill to let students borrow at banks’ low interest rate http://boldprogressives.org/2013/07/more-than-1000-professors-call-on-congress-to-pass-senator-warrens-bill-to-let-students-borrow-at-banks-low-interest-rate/ 20 comments politics
- The Corporate Right-Wing Agenda Is Driving Thousands of Americans to Attempt Suicide - In a study released in May, Professors David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu of Oxford University in England found that suicide rates in both the U.S. and U.K. increase when working class wages and wealth decline. http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/corporate-right-wing-agenda-driving-thousands-americans-attempt-suicide?paging=off 13 comments worldnews
- Conservative Policies are Driving Americans to Suicide. In a study released in May, Professors David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu of Oxford University in England found that suicide rates in both the U.S. and U.K. increase when working class wages and wealth decline. http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17938-conservative-policies-are-driving-americans-to-suicide 4 comments politics
- A psychology professor who has conducted a series of studies on couples in romantic relationships, found that couples connected to monitors measuring heart rates and respiration get their heart rate in sync, and they breathe in and out at the same intervals. http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10494 8 comments science
- The law school a mile from my house subpoenas a T50 law professor for publicizing their actual graduate employment rates. http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/2012/05/using-legal-process-to-silence-critics.html 17 comments law
- Science professors were shown identical resumes with male or female names. Male and female faculty participants rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hireable than the female applicant, and offered a higher starting salary and more career mentoring to the male applicant. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.full.pdf 737 comments science
- Climate change expert calls for nuclear power 'binge' to avert global warming. Peter Wadhams, professor of ocean physics at Cambridge University, warns CO2 levels are rising at a faster than exponential rate. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/09/climate-change-expert-calls-for-nuclear-power-boost 9 comments science
- How to push traffic to from local university to my professor rating site? http://www.bragcollege.com 7 comments marketing
- "GDP, national income, and prosperity and wealth grow fastest when income tax rates are highest [on the top 1%], and the economy slows when taxes are cut ... if you look at any chart comparing tax rates and economic growth rates, that's what you find." – Economics Professor Michael Hudson http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/higher-taxes-on-top-1 81 comments politics
- Hey reddit, my chem professor is hated by everyone. Knowing this, she tries to act like a college student and rate herself on this website. "I really liked this class and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a challenge and someone who likes chemistry. Well DUH on that. Hehe" http://ratemyprofessors.com/showratings.jsp?tid=191291 7 comments reddit.com
- Climate change is costing the US $150 billion a year and is set to rise. An Environmental Policy Professor says the Federal Reserve should use tools like lower interest rates for renewables projects, to protect the economy. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-fed-climate-150b-economic-toll.html 64 comments futurology