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DARPA taps Wyss technology to ID drugs for COVID-19 treatment – Harvard Gazette
The Wyss Institute and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an agreement worth up to $16 million over the next year to use Wyss technologies to identify and test FDA-approved drugs that could be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19. Specifically, DARPA will use the computational drug-discovery pipelines and human organ …
JP’s Self Esteem Boston turns to technology to provide services to women – Jamaica Plain Gazette
For more than 25 years, JP-based Self Esteem Boston has been providing self-esteem courses for women living in transitional living facilities, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, and the unemployed. These programs are typically delivered in person, but, like many other programs and events, have had to go virtual because of COVID-19. President Marion Davis …
Breaking new ground with public health and urban planning degree – Harvard Gazette
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Juan Reynoso is about to step into largely uncharted territory. When he graduates this spring, he’ll be only the second person to have completed a new joint Master in Public Health (M.P.H.)/Master in Urban Planning (M.U.P.) degree program. Launched in 2016 …
Old School: Becoming a technology expert – News – Redwood Falls Gazette
It may come as a bit of a surprise, but I do know how to use a cell phone. I just don’t know everything they can do. I know that the green phone symbol on my best half’s phone is how I start a call, and when I want it to end I push the red one. …
City weighing gunshot-detection technology | The Daily Gazette
SCHENECTADY — The city will soon be joining Rochester and Syracuse in using gunshot-detection technology. “It should be happening by the end of the year,” said city Police Chief Eric Clifford. Clifford said the technology will be deployed in the neighborhoods that generate the majority of shots-fired calls, including Mont Pleasant, Hamilton Hill and Central …
Repairing the world: Coppell volunteer desires to educate girls in science, technology | Coppell Gazette
Long-time resident Andrea Solka has spent much her time giving back to the community she calls home. Solka co-leads the Girls Inspired Greatly About the World of Technology (GIGAWOT) summer camp and encourages young girls to get involved with the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. In addition, she’s a member of the Coppell …
