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☆ I'm the founder of Gen-Z for Change and a freshman at Harvard. Here's how I balance my day so I don't miss out on the college experience while building my non-profit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Though the campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, it sparked a passion for political engagement that has since turned into a nonprofit called Gen-Z for Change. It says itworks with local, state, and federal organizations to effect policy change on topics including foreign policy, mental health, and climate. For the first year, Kohn-Murphy said, he spent time building the brand and working on a volunteer basis. He built the platform's infrastructure, created a posting schedule, and started to imagine what Gen-Z for Change could be outside of a TikTok account. A day in Kohn-Murphy's life includes attending classes at Harvard, building the business, and trying to have what he described as a typical college experience.

☆ Yale University’s most popular class is now free for teenagers—why it could make you happier
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Santos, the psychology professor behind Yale University's most popular course, recently launched a free six-week version of the class aimed at teenagers, called "The Science of Well-Being for Teens." It was developed to address rising rates of anxiety, depression and suicide rates for kids between ninth and 12th grade, Santos says. 1, she preaches in one of the course's pre-recorded lectures: Our brains lie to us about what makes us happy. "The problem isn't that we're not putting work into feeling better — it's that we're doing the wrong things, prioritizing the wrong behaviors." Santos says she wants to help change those numbers by making the science of happiness accessible.

☆ Kids with 'bubble boy' disease could finally get access to a life-saving gene therapy, as a study starts back up at UCLA
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

UCLA researchers are restarting a study to give a gene therapy to kids with an ultra-rare disease. Without gene therapy, doctors treat kids with SCID using enzyme-replacement therapies, if they are ineligible for bone-marrow transplants. In an email to Insider, Kohn said he expects to be able to treat between three and six patients with his current funding. Drug companies have shown little interest in the treatments because the complexity of the treatments and tiny number of eligible patients limit potential profits. Drug companies have deprioritized or shelved gene-therapy programs to treat a range of rare diseases, including Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, MPS, Batten disease, chronic granulomatous disease, Rett syndrome, and Fabry disease.

☆ Swiss eye strong start in World Cup opener versus Cameroon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Switzerland hope to secure early points in a tough Group G when they face Cameroon in their World Cup opener on Thursday after a year of solid performances on the European stage. The Swiss reached the Euro 2020 quarter-finals before losing a penalty shootout to Spain. They also finished ahead of Italy in their World Cup qualifying group to avoid the playoffs. But Cameroon -- playing in an eighth World Cup, a record number of appearances for an African nation -- have failed to leave their mark at the finals since the 1990 edition of the tournament, when they dazzled by reaching the quarter-finals. Cameroon will aim to at least get another World Cup victory this time, a task that could prove difficult for a side that qualified thanks to a stoppage-time goal at the end of extra time in the second leg of their playoff tie away to Algeria.

☆ Lesbians score big political gains in midterm election's 'rainbow wave'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The 2022 midterm elections ignited what LGBTQ advocates called yet another “rainbow wave,” with over 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer candidates emerging victorious. Across the country in Oregon, fellow Democrat and lesbian Tina Kotek was in a much tighter three-way gubernatorial contest. Lesbians and other queer women were successful in down-ballot races as well, according to advocacy groups and political action committees that have been tracking these races. “These are people who have taken the normal political path and are ready for the big leap,” she said, referring to lesbian election winners. “Queer women, just like all other women, understand that we’re in a really fraught time here in America.”Follow NBC Out on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

☆ What’s behind wide salary ranges after New York’s pay transparency law
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Yet that’s the kind of differential that is popping up in some job ads that have posted since New York City’s pay transparency law took effect on November 1. The answer may differ from employer to employer since there is no uniform practice in how a company should set its minimum and maximum pay range. She noted that candidates and employees are more likely to believe a company is fair if it posts narrower ranges. New York City’s pay transparency law doesn’t mandate that the actual offer a company makes to a candidate falls within the advertised range. And be very realistic about the experience you bring to a job, since that is a key element in setting pay.

☆ Every World Cup 2022 squad announced: USMNT, Germany, Belgium and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —‘Tis the season for wall charts and fans gathering around to pick their starting teams for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. “It’s always difficult when a guy helps you get to the World Cup, he scores three goals in World Cup qualifying and isn’t going to be a part of the program. Again, it’s more about who we did add that we felt good about.”All but one of the 26 will be making their World Cup debut at this year’s tournament and, according to the USMNT, it will be the youngest team to qualify for the World Cup. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesGhanaManager: Otto AddoThe final squad has not been announced yet. READ: Meet Otto Addo, the coach responsible for guiding some of Europe’s brightest young talents (2021)—–PortugalManager: Fernando SantosThe final squad has not been announced yet.

☆ Fed on track for tens of billions in losses amid inflation fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Michael S. Derby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Those losses will not impede the central bank’s ability to conduct monetary policy but could over time expose it to friction on the political front. What’s more, getting a handle on how much money the Fed might lose is difficult given the highly unsettled economic outlook. FED PAYS TO PARK CASH ON SIDELINESThe Fed is losing money due to the mechanics of monetary policy. By paying interest to a mix of banks, money funds and others, the Fed keeps the federal funds rate in its desired range. The Fed funds its operations through services it provides banks and via interest from bonds it owns.

☆ 'We are not afraid': Russians flee to Mongolia to evade Ukraine mobilisation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Michael Kohn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"My country has started partial mobilisation and I think it is negatively affecting society," said one. The guesthouse has filled up with Russians since Putin's mobilisation order, and Bat-Tur said he has already turned away dozens of requests for beds. One newly-arrived guest, who identified himself as Aleksey, said he crossed into Mongolia last weekend, leaving behind his wife and three children. "We are not afraid, but why do we have to fight in Ukraine, why?” he asked. Almost entirely dependent on Russian oil and gas, landlocked Mongolia also stands to gain from a gas pipeline that Russia plans to build across its territory to supply China.

☆ Fact Check-Germany has not halted administration of all COVID-19 vaccines
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Germany has dismissed resurfaced claims on social media that it has halted administration of all COVID-19 vaccines. A spokesperson for the German Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit) confirmed to Reuters that no such ban has been made. “I can confirm that Germany has not banned or paused the COVID-19 vaccinations in Germany,” a spokesperson for the German Federal Ministry of Health told Reuters. The list of authorized COVID-19 vaccines per the German Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines can be found (here). Germany has not halted administration of COVID-19 vaccines.

☆ Gen Z mistrusts everything — big business, government, other people, you name it
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

With that question, The Washington Post's technology columnist, Taylor Lorenz, kicked off a recent Aspen Institute panel entitled "Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?" Across the board, members of Gen Z are less inclined to trust major institutions than their elders are. Add all these factors up, and Gen Z is looking more and more like it will become permanently mistrustful. Why doesn't Gen Z trust anyone? According to a report by Edelman, seven in 10 members of Gen Z say "they will fact-check" any claim made by a business or advertiser.

☆ Ilona Scott, românca arhitect din SUA: „M-am născut într-un lagăr din Kazahstan“
▼ + stars: | 1990-02-01 | by ( Ştefan Lică | ) adevarul.ro time to read: +23 min

Mama a fost arestată în Riga, Letonia, ca cetăţean austriac, iar tata era cetăţean român şi a fost arestat în Odesa, Ucraina. Într-o zi, femeia a aruncat apă fierbinte în camera noastră şi, printr-o minune, mama a evitat să fie opărită. Din cauza lui Hitler, în 1938, a fugit la Riga, dar viaţa ei bună de dinainte a fost întreruptă când a fost arestată şi trimisă în lagăr. Tatăl meu a fost strungar, muncitor în fabrică, dar a fost mare amator de literatură, plin de umor şi foarte chipeş. A fost foarte interesant să întâlnesc români care au realizat lucruri importante în viaţă – inventatori, scriitori, arhitecţi.

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