The large, in-person networking event is actually off-putting these days, redefined by COVID-19, but networking is still an essential tool to build business and a career. Consider that 80% of all open positions aren’t advertised but instead found through personal connections! According to Korn Ferry, 85% of all positions are actually filled via networking. Pandemic …
Brain-assessment device innovator BrainScope, and Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the completion of an intellectual property-based funding arrangement. The funding arrangement provides BrainScope with up to $35 million in capital to fund the full expansion of its commercial activities as well as to develop new clinical applications on its platform. “More than four million …
One in Three Women Die of Heart Disease in the US Every Year While still the number one cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control, awareness has been dropping steadily over the past 10 years. Although it’s commonly thought of as a “man’s disease,” almost one American woman per minute …
When it comes to women earning less than men, two researchers say, size matters. That is, the size of the teams they supervise early in their careers. Laura Kray and Margaret Lee of the University of California, Berkeley, have published a study of nearly 2,000 recent business-school graduates. They found a new piece of the …
Eli Lilly announced last month that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its Verzenio (abemaciclib) for a specific type of early breast cancer that is at high risk of recurrence after surgery. The drug is limited to patients who test at least 20% for a Ki-67 score on an FDA-approved test. Ki-67 is a marker of cellular …
