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This company lets you rent an eco-friendly living Christmas tree
Love the smell of fresh pine tree, but feel guilty about cutting down a Christmas tree? We have good news! If you live in California, an innovative company, The Living Christmas Co., offers customers the best of both worlds with a potted, live Christmas tree you can rent and return after the Read More...
UN reclassifies cannabis as a less dangerous drug
In 1961, The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs classified marijuana as a Schedule IV drug, the most dangerous category. Now, cannabis has been removed from the list per the World Health Organization’s recommendation. The drug’s declassification opens up the door for more research Read More...
Santiago Potes is Rhodes Scholarship’s first Latino DACA recipient
Santiago Potes, a graduate of Columbia University, was just awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship making him the first Latino DACA recipient to win the scholarship. After the Supreme Court upheld DACA protections for children of immigrants born in the US, Potes decided to apply for the Read More...
December 9, 2020
Today we’re talking about the Fauci Effect and Time’s Kid of the Year! Tune in to learn how the pandemic is affecting medical school application rates and the achievements of 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 9, 2020
Today we’re talking about the Fauci Effect and Time’s Kid of the Year! Tune in to learn how the pandemic is affecting medical school application rates and the achievements of 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 9, 2020
Today we’re talking about the Fauci Effect and Time’s Kid of the Year! Tune in to learn how the pandemic is affecting medical school application rates and the achievements of 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 9, 2020
Today we’re talking about the Fauci Effect and Time’s Kid of the Year! Tune in to learn how the pandemic is affecting medical school application rates and the achievements of 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
15-year-old inventor named Time’s ‘Kid of the Year’
For 92 years, Time Magazine has finished the year off by presenting a “Person of the Year” on its front cover. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg graced the magazine’s front cover last year, becoming the youngest ever to do so at the age of 16. This year, Time wanted to recognize “the Read More...
How to manage social anxiety in a pandemic
Among its many impacts on mental health, the pandemic is driving an increase in social anxiety. Cognitive behavior therapist Jennifer Guttman, PsyD, writes for mindbodygreen that she is seeing a noticeable increase in social anxiety among her patients. Social anxiety is defined as "marked and Read More...
US medical school applications are booming thanks to the “Fauci Effect”
The pandemic has placed a nearly unparalleled spotlight on doctors and nurses around the world, but at least one good thing has come out of it: more students than ever are applying for medical school. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the number of applications Read More...