On May 8, 500 sixth through eighth grade girls from public schools in Baltimore City and a dozen surrounding counties will spend a half-day with some of the top women in information technology (IT) fields for hands-on learning sessions aimed at closing the technology gender gap. Soledad O'Brien, anchor of CNN's "American Morning," will launch the "Computer Mania Day" program to be held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) on Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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On May 8, 500 sixth through eighth grade girls from public schools in Baltimore City and a dozen surrounding counties will spend a half-day with some of the top women in information technology (IT) fields for hands-on learning sessions aimed at closing the technology gender gap. Soledad O'Brien, anchor of CNN's "American Morning," will launch the "Computer Mania Day" program to be held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) on Saturday, May 8.
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As Americans try to make sense of the abuse and torture of Iraqi POWs at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib Prison, Thomas Blass, a professor of psychology at UMBC and author of the book "The Man Who Shocked The World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram," sees connections to Milgram's famous and controversial experiments on obedience to authority.
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As Americans try to make sense of the abuse and torture of Iraqi POWs by U.S. troops at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib Prison, Thomas Blass, a professor of psychology at UMBC and author of the book "The Man Who Shocked The World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram," sees connections to Milgram's famous and controversial experiments on obedience to authority.
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