“Today, I saw myself losing it. My heart is going crazy; I feel like I am going to faint,” Mikaela Shiffrin said after she won her seventh career Alpine world championships gold medal, winning the giant slalom in Méribel, France, in the Alps.
Tufts University’s Dean of Graduate Education, Prof. Karen Panetta, Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Tufts University’s Dean of Graduate Education of Tufts School of Engineering, Professor Karen Panetta, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Her election is coming two months after she received honoured with the Distinguished Service Award from the honour society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), in December 2022.
Study Reveals Pregnant Women at Higher Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
A new study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™ — and published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, USA shared how pregnant women with gestational diabetes are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life. Gestational diabetes (LGA) is another common cause of newborns who are too big for their gestational age. LGA infants weigh more than 90% of all infants of the same gestational age. Neonatal LGA babies were likelier to be admitted to the neonatal critical care unit and later develop health issues like Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
African Ladies Should Lead In Legislative Issues
Unfortunately, in all their diversity, African women are still frequently viewed as “mere” voters who are “unsuitable” to lead key political processes regarding political participation. African politics has been portrayed as a male-dominated and male-oriented endeavour, even though women play a crucial role in campaign agenda-setting and mass mobilisation.
Liberian Woman Recognized by Pope Francis
Pope Francis, during his three-day visit to South Sudan throughout the end of the week, perceived Sara Beysolow Nyanti’s work as the Unified Countries Appointee Exceptional Delegate of the Secretary-General, Inhabitant Facilitator, and Compassionate Organizer of the East African country. In an unexpected move by the Vatican to single out Lady Nyanti, he said.
25 Young Women Empowered Amid Turkey Attacks
Despite the ongoing Turkish attacks, the young women have continued to carry out activities to assist them in gaining massive development.
UN Announces New Grant to Boost Women’s Participation in Global Peace Operations
The Zambia police force is set to receive nearly $1 million to boost women’s participation in global peace operations, a UN Women-hosted trust fund announced recently.