Bread of Life, Inc., a Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) grantee, recently hosted its third annual Community Baby Shower in Houston, where 100 expectant moms and their guests were showered with refreshments, games, entertainment—and plenty of baby gear.
Jonathan Stoltzfus’s summer as a UCSF Amgen Scholar in 2007 confirmed his desire to become a scientist and catalyzed his career. As an early-career scientist in academia, he is now bringing to aspiring scientists the research opportunity he had as an undergraduate.
Imaani Easthausen had her sights set on a career in writing—until she began taking science classes at Bard College. For Imaani, science and, specifically, biology—as it related to the inner workings of the body—represented a new way of thinking about the human experience. For her, science was a way of exploring the question, What does it take to be sitting here, existing in this body, right now?
At a young age, Nikola Doležalová participated in girl scouting in the Czech Republic, which seeded in her a love for the natural world. She and other girls would meet weekly to explore one of the forests near her small village of Tečovice or to clean up rivers, and in the process, they learned to identify many indigenous plants and animals.
Born to Palestinian immigrants, Reem Abdel-Haq has tried to hold on to the unique ways of her family’s culture. But she has also felt torn between Middle Eastern and American traditions. Commonly, Arab women, including Reem’s mother, feel pressured to leave their educational paths and career aspirations at young ages to raise families.
Jack Bulat says his experience at the Amgen Scholars US Symposium opened his eyes to the possibility of careers in biomedical research and health care.
While in the Amgen Scholars Program, Luvena Ong got a firsthand look at what doing independent research would be like. Inspired by the Program and other experiences, she is now pursuing a PhD as a part of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, where she is developing and applying nucleic acid–based nanosystems.
At an Amgen Scholars alumni event held at MIT in spring 2015, we asked former Scholars how the Program has affected their career paths. Here’s what they told us.
The holidays are a time we enjoy with family and friends, celebrating the traditions we hold dear. Many of us look for opportunities at home and work to give back this season. At CECP, our organization is dedicated to enabling and encouraging business as a force for good in our society.
The Republic Services Northwest Area and Bellevue Division employees teamed up to fill the holiday wishes of several children in need from Kenmore Elementary. More than half of the students who attend Kenmore Elementary are below poverty level and require food assistance and additional resources.
Recognized for his ongoing commitment to halting the epidemic of violence against women, Allstate Chairman and CEO Tom Wilson was one of five men honored last week with a Solidarity Award from global organization Vital Voices.
The only business leader among this year’s honorees, Wilson was recognized for leading The Allstate Foundation’s work to provide long-term safety and security for domestic violence survivors through financial empowerment. The Foundation is the only national corporate foundation focusing on financial empowerment as a way to end domestic violence.
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