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Before you even enter Quinci Worthey’s office at Concord High School, the message is clear.

A new study from MIT and other institutions suggests that the “impact factor” used to evaluate scientific journals and research papers does not accurately capture the impact of medical papers on health outcomes for all patients, particularly those in low or middle-income countries. As an alternative, the researchers developed a metric that they call the “diversity factor.”

What to do about wild parsnipHenry Homeyer’s recent article about the ‘bad’ plants he has put in his garden included wild parsnip. “Plants to avoid before they take over the garden,” Aug. 3.This handsome tall flower with beautiful yellow blossoms has...

Were just 43 days away from the iowa caucus. when the first americans make their pick for the democratic nominee. over the next few weeks its all hands on deck. candidates on the trail and air waves. tonight i spoke fo two of the candidates. senator booker. and businessman tom steyer. first to senator booker who didnt make the cut at the democratic debate. leaving yang as the only minority on the debate stage. heres part of the conversation on that. >> lets talk about the diversity factor here. ...

Leadership and nonmerit based things should be taken into consideration. look, it is ridiculous to think that race is not used in admissions policies. even if the universities dont talk about it, im the applicant im going to talk about my race. youre going to know im a ew, - minority student, so we can pretend race doesnt exist, but the reality is race is a huge factor. >> professor, respond to that, if you would. >> well, the problem is that race is treated deferently, if it was treated like ge...