A Celebration of Women™ is honored to pay Tribute to another icon of America, a Woman! Her perseverence and intelligence created many great inventions; and her forsight of the necessity of water, inspired many of today's solutions of irrigation and general water supply. A True testiment to the Power of a Woman! WOMAN of ACTION™ Harriet Russell Strong THE PINK AND WHITE, HELPLESS prettiness; the delicate, fainting, clinging doll is … [Read more...]
Brenda Milner ~ Women in Science in the Pursuit of Excellence!
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet speech at the Rockefeller University on the occasion of the award of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize to renowned neuroscientist Brenda Milner. November 3, 2011. Thank you, Dr. Tessier-Lavigne for your very kind introduction and the gracious welcome you have given me here at Rockefeller University.This is an inspiring venue. A venue where men and women in science come together in the pursuit of excellence in the service of … [Read more...]
CDC Launches HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) Web Page
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched a new web page providing details about the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) Project, which is a cornerstone of the larger HHS-wide 12 Cities Project. The new page provides information on the three-year demonstration project funded by CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) for the 12 municipalities with the highest number of people living with AIDS in the United States. Executive summaries of the … [Read more...]