Charity News from Friday, May. 12, 2000American Refugee Committee Evacuates Sierra Leone Country DirectorAmerican Refugee Committee | The American Refugee Committee (ARC) has evacuated its country director for Sierra Leone due to increasing instability in the West African nation. The American Refugee Committee is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization providing ... Women and Men MBA Graduates Satisfied with Value of MBA Degree and with Careers Overall Catalyst for Women | Despite high satisfaction among women who have actually earned an MBA, female enrollment at top business schools averages just 30 percent. "Key strategies include aggressively recruiting women to business schools, providing additional financial ... Annual Report Shows Continuing Decline in U.S. Cancer Incidence and Death Rates American Cancer Society | A special section of the report focusing on colorectal cancer shows declines in incidence rates despite low use of screening tests for the disease. By far, the greatest decline in cancer incidence rates has been among men, who overall have higher... Duke Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Establish Summer Institute for Under-Represented Minorities to Pursue Medical Careers Duke University Medical Center | Medical school admissions directors face a dilemma; the nation's long-running economic expansion has lured many of the most talented students into other professions, resulting in a shrinking pool of the "best and brightest" applicants for med school. Duke's York Named HHMI Investigator Duke University Medical Center | John York, an assistant professor of pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke University Medical Center, is among 48 scientists selected in a national competition as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
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