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April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Newsroom

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Reducing Carbon Emissions by Going Virtual

February 26, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn independent study comparing the carbon emissions impact of on-site vs. virtual events, commissioned by 6Connex and conducted by WSP — a leading engineering and consulting firm, indicates that in-person events would have generated an average of 40 times more emissions than their virtual counterparts. “We’ve always known that by virtue of our products we are uniquely positioned as catalysts for a greener future. Virtual events, after all, naturally produce drastically lesser waste and lower carbon emissions compared to their in-person counterparts,” said Ruben Castaño, CEO of 6Connex, the leading global…

Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnostics

February 19, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCergentis, a genomics company that develops and commercializes kits and services based on its proprietary Targeted Locus Amplification (TLA) technology, announced the completion of a successful analytical validation study in lymphoma to show the benefits of TLA for the detection of clinically relevant translocations in tumor biopsies. The results of this study, performed in collaboration with researchers from Hubrecht Institute and lymphoma experts of 5 Dutch pathology labs (UMCU, Amsterdam UMC, UMCG, LUMC, and LabPON), have now been published in Nature Communications. The FFPE-TLC approach promises to revolutionize lymphoma diagnostics and…

Are There Any Good Domain Names Still Available?

February 5, 2022March 22, 2022 DMUSA

Reading Time: < 1 minuteINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Maryssa Gordon, Senior Editor of the Price of Business Digital Network and host of segments on the Price of Business show had the following interview. Recently Gordon visited with Hal Yaffe. When you’re planning to grow your digital footprint on the internet; either PUSHING existing traffic to your site OR you are DRIVING traffic from OFF the web, onto your site and into your funnel, a clean and pristine brand name will increase your conversions. Not all…

Protecting Rideshare Drivers

January 16, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe law firm LegalRideshare LLC is establishing the Driver Safety Fund in an effort to protect rideshare drivers from an increasingly dangerous environment. The mission of the Driver Safety Fund is to provide gig workers with the tools they need to stay safe and to bring alleged perpetrators of violence to justice. LegalRideshare LLC co-founder and attorney Bryant Greening said his firm will donate $10,000 to purchase dash cameras for Chicago-based gig workers. The firm will allocate an additional $40,000 as rewards for the convictions of persons who assault or carjack gig workers. “We refuse to sit by…

Teaching All Students Code

January 7, 2022March 22, 2022 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting educators bought into the importance of future-ready skills for their students is a no-brainer. They already know it’s important to make sure their students are equipped with STEM skills that benefit them now and in the future, but making the jump to how to do so in their classrooms with the resources they have on hand is much easier said than done. The Youth Coding League set out to bulldoze those obstacles to make coding skills for middle and junior high students attainable for teachers and schools. This extracurricular program empowers…

Protecting Women while they Travel

May 24, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUrSafe will provide its personal safety app to Solo Female Travelers’ nearly 90,000 members around the world in a deal announced today by UrSafe CEO Anthony Oyogoa, M.D and Solo Female Travelers co-founders Meg Jerrard and Mar Pages. Interest in solo female travel is rising, and search volumes for the term grew six-fold in the four years before the start of the pandemic, but despite the growing trend, women still face many challenges and stereotypes when planning to travel on their own. Female-identifying individuals encounter additional challenges. “Our survey revealed that safety is the…

Saving Money with HVAC Maintenance

May 17, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesPetri Plumbing & Heating, Inc., a family-owned home service company serving Brooklyn and Manhattan for more than 100 years, urges homeowners to service their HVAC system in anticipation of summer weather. After months of sitting idle, HVAC systems can strain to keep up with higher temperatures as summer arrives. Some proactive maintenance can go a long way toward keeping them running efficiently. “Nobody wants to pay sky-high cooling bills,” said Michael Petri, owner of Petri Plumbing & Heating. “Keeping your AC running at top efficiency is easy with a little annual…

COVID has Changed the Way We Mourn

May 10, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a result of the global pandemic, consumers have experienced new ways of mourning the loss of their friends and family, and that has permanently changed the way they mourn, according to The Foresight Companies 2021 Funeral and Cemetery Consumer Behavior Study. Nearly 1/3 (32%) of survey respondents say their attitudes have changed as a result of new experiences, including using new technologies and adopting non-traditional approaches to celebrating. The global pandemic has necessitated the adoption of new technologies and behaviors to the highly traditional funeral and cemetery business, and the…

Exploring Post-COVID Learning Strategies

April 26, 2021 Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesNWEA, a not-for-profit research and assessment provider, recently announced the launch of its new professional learning podcast, The Continuing Educator. The podcast series, geared toward educational leaders and teachers, will discuss current challenges impacting classrooms, schools, and systems, and explore strategies to help educators leverage this unique time of transition to revisit, reform, and design a new future for American education. The podcast is hosted by Jacob Bruno, head of the Professional Learning team at NWEA. The first season, moderated by NWEA’s Lindsay Prendergast, Professional Learning Consultant, and Erin Beard, D.Ed., Content Designer, will…