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A Heated Hypothetical 1-on-1 Debate | The Open Floor Podcast
In today’s episode, Michael and Rohan open up the mailbag to discuss who they think would win a hypothetical 1-on-1 tournament, why Uncut Gems is in fact a basketball movie, whether the Bulls would be better off with Zach LaVine or Ben Simmons, and so much more! The following transcript is an excerpt from the Open Floor podcast. Listen to the full episode on podcast players everywhere or on SI.com. Rohan Nadkarni: Let me set the stage for people who are still listening, who have not yet crashed their car. Out of every player, who’s ever played NBA … Read more
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Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards Names IDology
Christina Luttrell recognized among world’s best in leadership, innovation, and organizational performance IDology, a GBG Company, announced today that its CEO, Christina Luttrell, has been named the Gold Globee® winner of this year’s “Woman of the Year in Business & the Professions” (11-2,499 employees) by the Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards. The awards recognize and honor the world’s best in leadership, organizational performance, products, and innovation. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry leaders participated to determine the 2021 award winners. Luttrell was specifically recognized for fueling IDology’s growth while focusing on mentorship and community service. Marketing Technology … Read more
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UW-Green Bay offers diversity, equity, inclusion certificate program
GREEN BAY – Diversity, equity and inclusion certificate programs have sprouted up across the country in recent years, and Green Bay can now count itself among communities that feature the training. An eight-week course in diversity, equity and inclusion training has come to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay that promises accountability, cultural awareness and perhaps a little discomfort. UW-Green Bay launched the noncredit-based certification program this semester taught by the Rev. Lex Cade-White, who is a contract instructor for the university as well as a reverend newly minted with a master’s in public health. The course began Aug. 30. The … Read more
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MIT Students Make STEM Come Alive for Boston Middle Schoolers in Free, Virtual Camp Just Before School Reopens
More than 65 Boston Public School middle schoolers returned to classrooms this week with a reignited passion for STEM, having just finished a summer camp run by Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates. From Aug. 16 through 27, two groups of rising sixth- through ninth-graders embarked on a weeklong intensive STEM camp dubbed DynaMIT, a play on the school’s name. Founded in 2012 and now organized by about 15 students enrolled in perhaps the country’s most premier tech university, the free program brings critical thinking, design, science and engineering concepts to life for young people who have never participated in … Read more
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New Collaboration Enables Math Teachers to Use Popular Graphing Tool
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SMART Technologies, the education technology company with a 30-year track record of pioneering learning solutions that encourage student collaboration and engagement, is making the popular Desmos Graphing Calculator available to millions of educators through Lumio. The collaboration comes as teachers are focusing on accelerating learning with students returning to the classroom post-pandemic, particularly in math. A recent study showed that in spring 2021, fewer students performed at grade level across all grades compared to comparable periods. The new collaboration between SMART and Desmos will integrate the Desmos Graphing Calculator into Lumio, … Read more
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Can You Have Great Meetings Without A Professional Facilitator?
It makes sense to bring in an expert, outside facilitator to run crucial meetings. But organizations … [+] should also be training up their staff to possess at least some of these same meeting skills to use year-round. getty When was the last time your organization had a great meeting? This question tends to lead to a far-off stare and a long moment of reflection. It can be very challenging to recall when your organization had a good meeting, never mind one that was great. However, after mentally scanning back through the year, the answer that one arrives at … Read more
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Mourning Bobby McIlvaine – The Atlantic
Grief, conspiracy theories, and a family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11 Bobby McIlvaine’s wallet (Danna Singer for The Atlantic) Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts On September 11, 2001, Bobby McIlvaine was killed, along with nearly 3,000 other Americans. In the 20 years since, his parents and brother have searched for ways to live through, and with, their grief. The writer Jennifer Senior’s brother was Bobby’s roommate when he died, and in the cover story for The Atlantic’s September issue, she visited with each member of the … Read more