Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before forming labor union
The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA's deteriorating amateur business model. In an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board in the school's…#dartmouth #ncaa #cadehaskins #romeomyrthil #nlrb #seiu #seiulocal560 #joshgrubman #hilarybede #harvard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What it's like to give Mark Zuckerberg feedback
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Meta's CTO says that Mark Zuckerberg will often tell you you're wrong if you offer feedback. Then over the next few weeks, Zuckerberg will start to implement the changes. The CTO said he finds the feedback loop satisfying, even if you have to take…#meta #markzuckerberg #cto #lennypodcast #lennyrachitsky #aolinstantmessage #harvard (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Facing unprecedented subpoena, Harvard submits more documents to Congress in antisemitism probe
Harvard University turned over another trove of documents about campus antisemitism to Congress on Monday evening in response to an unprecedented subpoena from the House Education and Workforce Committee. Harvard was facing a 5 pm ET Monday deadline to respond to the subpoena, the first issued…#harvarduniversity #houseeducation #workforcecommittee #harvard #virginiafoxx #nickbarley #newton #university #alangarber #pennypritzker (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Women Economic Forum to Honor Gaby Natale at Harvard Club
NEW YORK, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Women Economic Forum New York (WEFNY) announced its inaugural event on March 8, 2024, at the iconic Harvard Club in New York City, where triple Emmy-winning journalist, leadership speaker, and bestselling author Gaby Natale will be among the…#wefny #harvardclub #newyorkcity #gabynatale #thislandmarkevent #womeneconomicforum #joiningnatale #pashtanadurrani #carolynmaloney #herminajohnny (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Black women struggle to find their way in a job world where diversity is under attack
Regina Lawless hit a professional high at 40, becoming the first director of diversity and inclusion for Instagram. But after her husband died suddenly in 2021, she pondered whether she had neglected her personal life and what it means for Black woman to succeed in the corporate world. While she…#reginalawless #bossy #oakland #lawless #onlys #claudinegay #harvard #missouri #boston #charitywallace (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk for Childhood Asthma
MONDAY, March 4, 2024 -- Early-life air pollution is associated with an increased risk for asthma in childhood, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.
Antonella Zanobetti, Ph.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Black professional women are struggling to find their way in a job world where they have few workplace peers
Regina Lawless hit a professional high at 40, becoming the first director of diversity and inclusion for Instagram. But after her husband died suddenly in 2021, she pondered whether she had neglected her personal life and what it means for Black woman to succeed in the corporate world. While she…#reginalawless #bossy #oakland #lawless #onlys #claudinegay #harvard #missouri #boston #charitywallace (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science
The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop itShortly before Joseph Ladapo was sworn in as Florida ’s surgeon general in 2022, the New Yorker ran a short column welcoming the vaccine-skeptic doctor to his new role, and highlighting his advocacy for theuse of leeches in public health.It was satire of course, a teasing of the Harvard-educated physician for his unorthodox medical views, which include a steadfast belief that life-saving Covid shots are thework of the devil, and that opening a window is the preferred treatment for the inha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Richard Luscombe in Miami Tags: Florida Infectious diseases Science US news Ron DeSantis Republicans Source Type: news
Mezzion Pharmaceuticals Announces Dr. Rahul Rathod of Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School as the Global Principal Investigator for the Confirmatory Pivotal Phase 3 Trial FUEL-2
FORT LEE, N.J., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mezzion Pharmaceuticals is a rare disease company conducting the confirmatory pivotal phase 3 clinical trial in Fontan subjects: The Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Assessment Trial- 2, or FUEL-2 trial. The company is pleased to announce... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI Source Type: news
Marion Ecob-Prince obituary
My wife, Marion Ecob-Prince, who has died aged 74, was a scientist who spent her career studying the neuromuscular junction, where nerves and muscle fibres meet. Working in laboratories in New York, Newcastle and Glasgow, she developed tissue culture techniques to study the progression of a range of neuromuscular diseases that can cause severe pain, muscle atrophy and numbness.Born in Heanor, in Derbyshire, to Anne (nee Ford), an assistant in a post office, and John Ecob, a delivery driver, Marion attended Spondon Park grammar school in Derby, where she was an excellent fencer, captain of the netball team and head girl. In...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Tony Prince Tags: Medical research Neuroscience People in science Medicine University of Bristol Harvard University Fencing Newcastle University Source Type: news
Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people
Boston Globe via Getty Images Faked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem. Last summer, I covered the saga of Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino, who was credibly accused of flagrantly fabricating data in at least four of her published studies. She was caught when some…#bostonglobe #gettyimagesfaked #harvard #boston #sholtodavid #coo #photoshop #dutch #elisabethbik #pubpeer (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Kara Swisher Brutally Mocks Bill Ackman and the ‘Disease of Rich People’ Who Don’t Know What They’re Talking About
Podcast host and author Kara Swisher is promoting her newest book Burn Book: A Tech Love Story which delves into her career following the outgrown personalities of tech titans. And in a video promoting it for The Washington Post, Swisher took several swipes at one of them in particular: Bill…#karaswisher #billackman #harvard #claudinegay #dei #ukraine #southchinasea #gay #trumptower #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
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AI can aid radiologists in the fight against lung cancer
AI software can come to the aid of overwhelmed radiologists by aiding in the crucial tasks of detection, quantification, and future risk prediction of lung cancer on CT exams -- both in low-dose screening exams and in nonscreening chest CT exams.
Radiologists inundated with lung nodule findings may find that AI can come to their aid in the crucial tasks of detection, quantification, and future risk prediction of lung cancer on CT exams -- both in low-dose screening exams and in nonscreening chest CT exams.
Among common incidental findings in medical imaging, pulmonary nodules appear on about one-third of chest CT scans l...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Clinical News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Goldman exec weighs in on what's next for economy
In 2022, many economists said a recession was highly likely in the next 18 months. One of them was Harvard’s Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary. He noted that anytime in the past 65 years when inflation rose above 4% and unemployment fell below 5%, the economy entered recession in the…#harvard #larrysummers #treasury #federalreserve #goldmansachs #davidsolomon #evidenceofpostfed #goldman #cathiewood #teflon (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Harvard geneticist George Church talks wooly mammoths, preventing aging and more
The Business Journal recently sat down with this scientific pioneer to discuss his favorite startups, why he prefers to be a co-founder and not a CEO, how wooly mammoths could help fight climate change and more. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news
