Sentences with phrase «larger urban society»

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Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women's Studies, American Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY, closed out the day with an engaging and pragmatic talk tying larger city - and society - wide systemic issues of educational equity to transfer schools and educators specifically.

Opening: «DE / CONSTRUCTING CHINA: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection» at Asia Society Museum China has eclipsed the U.S. as the world's largest trading nation, and this exhibition looks back on the way this success has affected — and how it will alter — the physical and social landscape of the country (in particular, the socioeconomic divide between urban and rural areas).

Best known for his large - scale abstract paintings that examine the class -, race - and gender - based economies that structure urban society in the United States, Bradford's richly layered and collaged canvases represent a connection to the social world through materials.

Often employing a large format camera, Struth began exploring industrial spaces, attempting to reflect the ever - evolving urban conditions of contemporary society.

Brazil has a consolidated democracy, with strong institutions (that have been recently tested and have withstood the pressure), a very large economy (one of the largest in the world), and a society that, in spite of dwelling with urban violence, has been spared from terrorist acts, civil wars and regional conflicts, and is better educated, less unequal and more vigilant and conscious about its rights and roles.

The present results indicate that a package of parenting education, teacher training, and skills training for children provided during the elementary grades can significantly improve the achievement of urban children and reduce the prevalence of violent crime, heavy drinking, and precocious sexual activity — behaviors with large costs to society.