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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><b><u>STS
Colloquium - Monday - April 10th<br><br>
</u></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=6 color="#0000FF">The
Racial Achievement Gap and What to Do About It<br><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=6>Roland Fryer <br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>Harvard
University<br><br>
4:00 p.m., MIT, E51-095<br><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>Roland Fryer, Jr. is an
assistant professor of economics at Harvard University, a faculty
research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a junior
fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows – one of academia’s most
prestigious research posts. He has published papers on topics such as the
racial achievement gap, the causes and consequences of distinctively
black names, affirmative action, the impact of the crack cocaine
epidemic, and ‘acting white.’ He is an unapologetic analyst of racial
inequality who uses theoretical and empirical tools to squeeze truths
from the data – wherever that may lead. One of Fortune Magazine’s “rising
stars” and featured in Esquire’s “Genius Issue,” Fryer’s work has been
profiled in the New York Times, Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and
Black Voices. Please join us on Monday, April 10th, at 4:00
pm.<br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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