BusinessWeek makes a compelling argument for a return to the heyday of large scale scientific research funded by a combination of public and private funds as a necessary antidote for our struggling economy. This “pure” research can lead to the kind of breakthroughs and innovations that can create new industries and improve old ones, which [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on September 3rd, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
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This week the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation hosted its first annual benefit concert “Reeve Rocks” in New York. The foundation is at the forefront of philanthropic efforts to raise money and awareness for spinal injury research but has been suffering from something like an image crisis as of late due to the fact that [...]
Filed under: Community, Philanthropy on July 31st, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
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I’ve been highlighting some of thoughts from around the web on topics ranging from business and philanthropy to art and society. I hope that by sharing these insights, I’m contributing to the pool of knowledge that is freely accessible to everyone online and creating an environment for discussion. To that end, I’ve recently participated in [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 31st, 2009 @ 11:14 am
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‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.