City National Bank, America’s Premier Private and Business Bank®, today announced that it will donate up to $400,000, including colleague donations and company matching funds, to support the fight for social and racial justice in America. “As the nation collectively mourns the senseless murder of George Floyd, we are reminded of racism’s deep wound on our country and the harm it […]
On Thursday May 28th, the Belgian university hospital UZ Leuven implanted a new type of wireless minipacemaker in a patient. This was a first in Europe. The new generation of minipacemakers allows two times as many patients to qualify, in comparison with the first generation. The Micra pacemaker is a wireless minipacemaker that has been used in UZ Leuven since 2015. Surgery […]
The American Health Care Association National Center for Assisted Living has published a report detailing the impact that both the COVID-19 crisis and historic underfunding are having on nursing homes. Between declines in occupancy, supply costs increasing by up to 103 percent, and labor costs rising, nursing homes across the U.S. are on the verge […]
This year, in partnership with Michelle Obama’s national, nonpartisan nonprofit organization, When We All Vote, The Roots are launching the 13th Annual Roots Picnic as a virtual broadcast experience on Saturday, June 27th, exclusively on YouTube. The event is Executive Produced by Shawn Gee (Live Nation Urban), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik Trotter (Two One […]
Aboubakr Laraki (Master’s Class of 2018), co-founder of Monk, as well as Joanne Kanaan and Anna Shirinskaya (Ph.D. 2017), co-founders of Omini, have been awarded the 2020 “X-Grant Silicon Valley”, financed by the École Polytechnique Foundation and the Friends of École Polytechnique, its sister organization in the United States. The two winners will each receive […]
Are curfew orders without press exemptions constitutional? In the wake of widespread protests against police violence and racial injustice, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press published an interactive map tracking curfew orders imposed by cities, counties and states — and whether they included exemptions for the news media. Since then, the Reporters Committee […]
By Armon Hayes × Vaughn Lowery A virtual road trip is a prompt, safe and innovative way to entertain yourself as well as a family when social distancing is the new way of life. With more time spent at home, surveying ways to decompress when working from home and cabin fever sets can be overwhelming. […]
Not a single construction is complete without steel products. Steel, depending on the type and properties, finds various uses in construction. Steel began to be used a thousand years ago. But modern steel and its use in construction at its level were realized only after the introduction of the Bessemer process in 1865. Technologies have […]
Polo G has premiered the music video for “21,” the latest song from his critically-acclaimed album THE GOAT to be brought to life visually. The one-take video sees Polo navigating through internal and external perils, showing that awareness can control situations no matter how threatening they are. Watch the Cole Bennett-directed video HERE. The “21” […]
Memphis rapper, Moneybagg Yo shares his music video for “Cold Shoulder.” Watch HERE The track appears on the deluxe version of his latest album Time Served which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Time Served features star-studded collaborations with artists such as Future, Da Baby, Lil Baby, Megan thee Stallion, Summer Walker, Fredo Bang, and more. […]
