Gendered bilingualism in post-colonial Korea
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An Osaka Metropolitan University researcher has found that there are differences in the content of newspaper articles from South Korea reporting on the Japanese language learning boom of the 1960s, depending on whether they are written by a man or a woman. This research clarifies the relationship between language, gender, and national identity in Korea after Japanese colonial rule.
Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and leading global venture capital (VC) firm Walden International are launching a new VC fund to support deep tech spin-offs from the University. Known as the Nanyang Frontier Fund, it has an initial target sum of S$50 million. The Nanyang Frontier Fund is Singapore’s first venture capital fund dedicated to a university. Mr Tan Lip-Bu, Chairman of Walden International, and his associates are committing an investment of S$5 million to kickstart the fund, with NTU co-investing another S$5 million. The Nanyang Frontier Fund was launched today by Guest-of-Honour, Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Research Foundation. Mr Tan Lip-Bu is a globally renowned venture capitalist with almost four decades of experience in the tech industry. Dubbed the “pioneer of Asian VC” by Forbes for pioneering the US venture capital concept in Asia, he has been instrumental in the success of numerous global tech startups.
Sita Nataraj Slavov, Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, is examining Social Security claiming and later life outcomes for widows.
Affiliation-based hiring tactics appear to help young firms access and retain higher-quality employees, leading to better performance — provided the connections are appropriate for the firm’s needs. According to a study published in Strategic Management Journal, ventures perform better when they hire founders' proximal employment ties in the early stages; however, the effect is tempered when founders hire their former schoolmates. The findings shed light on the common practice of tapping prior professional affiliations, and when these tactics may have upsides and downsides.
SNMMI is celebrating a landmark victory for patients and care providers as CMS announced a significant adjustment to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) — removing financial barriers that have long hindered patient access to essential nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures.