Though there have been many strides made towards curing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, such as the recent breakthrough of scientists using gene editing to remove HIV from the genome of T-cells, there is still much work to be done and over 1.2 million in the United States affected.
When it comes to waste, nobody wants it. The whole idea of trash is “let’s get rid of it,” and “I don’t want to think about it.” When salvage and recycling enter the scenario, the result may be less trash, but it’s never no trash.
In a rapidly transforming political, economic and social environment, one thing that remains constant is the responsibility of corporate leaders to global sustainability.
Atlas Copco has been recognized as a global leader in sustainability for more than a decade, earning high rankings in innovation from Forbes and making the Global 100 list of most sustainable companies announced at the World Economic Forum. Atlas Copco’s customers around the world appreciate the cost benefits of premium products as well as the strides that Atlas Copco’s energy-efficient products make toward helping them meet government regulations to reduce CO2 emissions and increase conservation of natural resources established by the United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COP).
If you asked me ten years ago whether I would be studying the sugary fuzz that covers the outside of cells, I would have laughed. I was interested in psychiatric diseases and the brain. But when I saw a picture of this fuzz — what we call the glycocalyx — during my first year of medical school as an MD/PhD student, I realized that these sugars connect cells with their environment and could be the key to understanding disease.
NetSuite.org launched a 7-week course for nonprofits receiving a software donation to help them understand the ins-and-outs of migrating their financials to NetSuite, enabling them to integrate nonprofit fund accounting, back-office operations, and data consumption from multiple online sources into a cohesive platform to address transparency stewardship and outcomes.
I’m 3 months into my role as Chairman of LIVESTRONG, and I couldn’t be more fired up. The Board and the staff at LIVESTRONG put together a great 2016 plan focused on doing what we do well even better for more people. We’ll do by focusing in on 3 key areas.
