BU Medical School selects students based on “holistic review,’’ not just test scores and grades

Medical schools traditionally have accepted students with the highest test scores and best science grades. But in an article published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Continue reading

Libertarian Thought a Source of Optimism

Editors note: Yahoo News asked young libertarian-minded voters to share why theyre drawn to the either the Libertarian Party or to libertarian political principles in general. Heres one first-person account we received this week. FIRST PERSON | Eight years ago, I was a high school junior in Columbus, Ohio Continue reading

NASA announces new CubeSat space mission candidates

Feb. 27, 2013 NASA has selected 24 small satellites, including three from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, a Florida high school, several non-profit organizations and NASA field centers Continue reading

Dubois Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine – Soccer – Video




Dubois Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine – Soccer DuBois Regional Medical center wanted to promote their Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeons. The marketing director called Marlin Group to come up with some TV spots featuring real patients. After meeting with the perspective patients and discussing their healthcare experience with DRMC, we developed a script, hired a production TV crew, and shot two spots featuring a high school football players knee surgery and a female soccer coaches shoulder surgery Continue reading

Freedom Academy breaks ground for new addition

Freedom Preparatory Academy students, families, staff, faculty, board members and community members gathered Saturday afternoon for the groundbreaking of the school’s new building in Provo. The new school, which will be built near the current building, will house students in grades seven through 12. Kindergarten through sixth grade classes will remain in the old building Continue reading

Liberty Hill builds for the future

LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) – Liberty Hill Independent School District is building for its future. The first structures are starting to take shape at the new high school location on the Northwest corner of County Road 277 and SH 29. The high school campus, which encompasses 95 acres, is just a part of an $86 million bond package passed in 2010. Continue reading

My life as a cyborg

Google is pushing its Project Glass. But one CNET writer spends time with a bevy of cutting edge wearable computers, seeing what it’s like to live a computerized life. Zeal Optics Z3 goggles sport a tiny monitor inside to let skiers track their speed, see vertical distance covered, and even map their location when they connect to a computer later Continue reading

Zachary Hawari is valedictorian of his Leadership Academy class at Lamar

Zachary Hawari graduated as valedictorian of his class at The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities. Hawari completed two years of university course work at Lamar University as a part of the program. Continue reading

GED classes, intro to health care careers together at RVC

ROCKFORD Rock Valley College is marrying GED preparatory classes with an introduction to health care careers in an effort to bridge the gap between receiving a high school equivalency degree and landing a job. Bridge to Health Care started after the Illinois Community College Board directed learning institutions to develop bridge programming to help their students find work, said Amanda Smith, RVCs transitions coordinator. Its become quite apparent that getting your GED is not enough to get gainful employment, Smith said Continue reading

Freedom High School student allegedly found with pellet gun, drugs seeks probation

An 18-year-old Freedom High School student allegedly found with a pellet gun and drugs in his backpack hopes to enroll in a first-time offender program, according to court proceedings today. Continue reading