Gbeton B. Somasse

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

@AveryHClosser @davidjpurpura @LifeAtPurdue Congratulations Avery. They are lucky to have you!

[Jean King @jean4neuro]

Come join us!!!

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

“Learning takes work, (but) learning does work!” @RandyBassGU speaking about project-based learning at WPI’s #IPBL2021

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Types of Scientific Paper https://t.co/crpSNv9Er5

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Economic incentives at their best #econ1120 - Cash Bonuses for Taking Vacations https://t.co/YqPJd5TnOh

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

@povertyscholar That's powerful!

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

With all the exciting news and promising covid-19 vaccine data. I hope most people remember that the vaccine is only helpful effective only if you have not yet contracted the virus. Let's remain careful and #maskup. #VaccineIsNotCure

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

According to the #CDC, the majority of the US kids and teens who've died from COVID-19 were Hispanic or Black https://t.co/KhvyfVR1iS #SocialJustice #racialjustice

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Princeton University has agreed to pay $925,000 in back pay as well as $250,000 in future salary adjustments after a finding that 106 female professors had been paid less than male counterparts. #NYTimes
#equity #socialjusticeday https://t.co/sEbm2hgVi0

[critical_policy @critical_policy]

If you are interested at all in the power of narratives in policy formation check out Getonmasse Somasse reviews Vishal Narain's book Public Policy: A view from the South https://t.co/Dqb0Paog8J

[Colleen Bamford Wamback @Colleen_Bamford]

.@chamberworc: thousands of miles away from #Worcester, @WPI is cohosting a conference w/ @acitygh discussing topics of sustainable development engineering-bringing fresh ideas to global issues of transportation, housing & health. Important information no matter where you live.

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

@TrevonDLogan @ASCatOSU So, what is all the ongoing drive for more women in STEM for if this inequity is not addressed?

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Tradeoff and Benefit-cost analysis at work! Interesting #econ1110
Retiree Decides to Spend Rest of Life at Holiday Inn, Since It’s Cheaper Than a Senior Home https://t.co/TgHprW3Gpt via @grit_post

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Here is a #sustainability one for #SantaClaus
10-yr-old-son: Oh I still haven’t written down my #Chrismas list
Me: What's at the top of it?
Boy: I want a #happy and unpolluted world
Me: :) Wow! Is that at the top of ur list?
Boy: Yeah, I know it's crazy but I really want that

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Love the fun these #WPI students have with our microeconomics course project in just 7 weeks of #Econ1110 using #PBL!
An economic analysis of why the original video game #Overwatch was largely discounted once Overwatch 2 was announced. https://t.co/8UMsklC979

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

Oracle underpaid women and minorities at its headquarters complex by $400 million over four years. #paygap #Econ1110 https://t.co/dmfntg7zAL

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

The loghtvis shining on experimental economics. #NobelPrize2019 in Economics Awarded for Work on Poverty https://t.co/wYLyT85YYO

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

"In 2018, the ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings was 81.1 percent, a decrease of 0.7 percent since 2017, when the ratio was 81.8 percent, leaving a wage gap of 18.9 percent, compared with 18.1 percent in 2016." #EqualPay

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

How are you celebrating Africa today? Kwame Nkrumah once said: “I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me”. #AfricaDay https://t.co/fE9Dgz2Rd6

[Gbeton B. Somasse @SomassePhD]

The stock market tanked seriously  after China raised tariffs on American goods, in retaliation to President Trump's trade war. We need #FreeTrade 'This can't go on' #econ1110 https://t.co/2u0uM45wb8