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UA Tackles Unconscious Bias

Research shows that people are swayed by unconscious biases about gender, age, ethnicity and other factors. Now the UA is working to counter these subtle influences – especially for women in the sciences. That’s one facet of the UA ADVANCE program, funded by a $3.3 million ADVANCE IT grant from the National Science Foundation.

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