Despite criticism, ACORN pledges survival Sep 24, 2009
If ACORN's work ends, says Rinku Sen, executive director of the Applied Research Center, a racial justice think tank, "there are lots of targets of ACORN campaigns around the country that would be ecstatic not to have the organization bothering them.". Delgado says rethinking ACORN's structure is essential but so is its work. (USA Today)
Fungal map of mutations key to increasing enzyme production for bioenergy use Sep 3, 2009
Now an international team of researchers led by scientists at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), the French applied research center IFP-- particularly concerned with renewable resources and energies -- and the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) provides the first genome-wide look at what these mutations are in order to understand just how cellulase production was first improved, and how it can be boosted even further. "We want to understand the path that we've taken to high enzyme... (EurekAlert!)
At 100, NAACP crafting new identity Jul 13, 2009
Rinku Sen, an Oakland activist who heads the Applied Research Center, a think tank on race, said the landscape for a civil rights agenda has shifted. She sees the NAACP s decision to broaden its mission beyond the black community as timely but probably difficult. (Boston Globe)
Banks bounce back, homeowners slump May 22, 2009
"There's an enormous impact of the foreclosure crisis and the unemployment crisis on people of color," Rinku Sen, executive director of the Applied Research Center, a public policy institute, told Inter Press Service. "Because they were so concentrated in communities of color, the larger system didn't pay attention. The banking system didn't send out any red flags, and local and state officials didn't start looking into the crisis. There wasn't the scrutiny there should have been, given the... (Asia Times Online)
School of Mines to welcome new research center Mar 4, 2009
The Repair, Refurbish, and Return to Service Applied Research Center, or R3S, will develop, certify and implement innovative methods to refurbish and return to service vital military equipment, according to a news release from the school ... This is an applied research center dedicated to repairing military hardware, but with significant commercial value ... This study identified a need that this new applied research center will fill. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Obama officials sharpen tone on race Mar 1, 2009
Rinku Sen, president of the Applied Research Center, a think tank on race in Oakland, Calif. Chicago and New York, said she also worries that the dialogue about race is being pushed back into the old paradigm that kept the nation in a stalemate. (MSNBC -- Race)
