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High school GPAs are stronger predictors of college graduation than ACT scores

Students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a new study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. The authors of the new study, Elaine M. Allensworth and Kallie Clark, both of the University of Chicago,… Read More »

Launch of Index At-Home Biological Age Test: Interview with Dr. Morgan Levine, Yale School of Medicine and Head of Bioinformatics at Elysium Health

Elysium Health, a life sciences company selling health products with a particular focus on interventions that target fundamental processes of aging, has developed the Index at-home biological age test. The company claims that the test allows users to determine their biological age at home, and provides science-backed healthy living recommendations that may be able to… Read More »

‘I asked him “am I going to die?”‘ – school teacher Eimear on her breast cancer diagnosis

Primary school teacher Eimear Cregg was diagnosed with breast cancer last year ‘I asked him “am I going to die?”‘ – school teacher Eimear on her breast cancer diagnosis Independent.ie In January 2018, Eimear Cregg (37) was preparing to return to her job as a primary school teacher after the Christmas break. https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/i-asked-him-am-i-going-to-die-school-teacher-eimear-on-her-breast-cancer-diagnosis-38496983.html https://www.independent.ie/incoming/article38499566.ece/9e352/AUTOCROP/h342/INTO-and-Cornmarket.jpg Email… Read More »

Yale alumna Dr. Nancy Brown named dean of Yale School of Medicine – Yale News

Dr. Nancy Brown Dr. Nancy J. Brown, a dedicated teacher and internationally renowned investigator and clinician, has been named the next dean of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), President Peter Salovey has announced. A Yale College graduate, Brown is currently the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University.… Read More »

Sundae School Launches Cannabis Collection ‘The Sundae Pharmacy’ – Papermag

Cannabis lifestyle and smokewear brand Sundae School is set to launch their inaugural cannabis collection this September in California called “The Sunday Pharmacy.” And while the brand will only be setting up shop on the West Coast, the brand presented a one-night-only conceptual pop-up installation in New York that emulated traditional pharmacies in South Korea.… Read More »