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Plantwatch: How Mysterious Cheatgrass Invaded the Western US | Chemistry
[ad_1] Something strange is appearing under the streetlights in the American West. Dr. Shannon Murphy, an ecologist, was walking his dog down an alleyway in Denver, Colorado when he noticed an invasive cheatgrass colony breeding under streetlights. She had already grown prairie grasses in artificially lit greenhouses to study how moths interacted with plants, but ... -
£650,000 awarded for new digital marketing training course in Greater Manchester
[ad_1] Hundreds of people in Greater Manchester will be trained in digital marketing skills and will be placed in high-paying jobs through the launch of new training programs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has awarded contracts to The Fearless Academy and The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) as part of the Skills Bootcamps program ... -
NYU School of Global Public Health Joins Global Initiative to Improve Equity in Heart Health in New York City
[ad_1] The NYU School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) has joined a global initiative to reimagine how cities use artificial intelligence to tackle heart health inequalities. It starts in New York City. The AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network (created by the Novartis Foundation in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health) uses innovative data science techniques ... -
Shining a Light on K-12 Education
[ad_1] If you have a student or teacher in your family, or know someone who is a student, teacher, school bus driver, or works in a school district or field of education, you have experienced the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. When youth education is affected, so are our communities. A recent report by ... -
WCU Hosts First Rural Health Summit
[ad_1] Hattiesburg, Mississippi (WDAM) – Physicians from across Mississippi met with medical students from William Cary University for the first-ever conference on rural health care. Organizers of the inaugural Rural Health Summit at WCU hope to improve care in areas such as diabetes and mental health. The event started on Friday night and ended on ... -
Local nonprofit health center prescribes empathy to tackle homelessness crisis
[ad_1] Submitted from Unity Care NW Homelessness has been on the rise nationwide since 2016. In places like Whatcom County, the lack of available housing has made homelessness an even more prevalent and visible problem. Most Washingtonians can relate to the feeling that housing opportunities are becoming increasingly out of reach. The economic conditions of ... -
Tacoma Police Chief Says Education Is Key To Stop Racial Profiling From Happening
[ad_1] Tacoma Police Chief Addresses Racial Profiling Through Education In an ongoing effort to reduce crime, Chief Avery Moore is trying to set the tone that racial profiling will not be tolerated. Tacoma, wash. – When it comes to improving the safety of the city of Tacoma, the city’s police chief knows there’s a right ... -
Transforming Education in Uncertain Times: Insights on Afghanistan
[ad_1] The Transforming Education Summit (TES) is an excellent starting point for rethinking how our education system meets local needs in a shared global context. The recent State of Education in Afghanistan conference discussed challenges for domestic consultation in conflict, fragility and emergencies, and brought together Afghan education officials and international policy makers to develop ...










