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RemoveMedicare quality ratings for private plans questioned by critics – 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
Washington Post- National News — As the federal government pumps billions of bonus dollars into private Medicare health plans to encourage better care, the quality rating system used to award the bonuses is coming under increasing fire. Read full article >> ... Read More
‘Radical’ bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead of patents – 9 hours, 58 minutes ago
Washington Post- National News — Prizes, not patents. That could be the slogan for a radical idea that leading economists say would lower the price of new drugs for treating HIV/AIDS. Treating AIDS costs tens of thousands of dollars per patient annually in the United States, and ... Read More
Georgetown, GWU and UMD make move-out season less wasteful – 13 hours, 9 minutes ago
Washington Post- National News — This guest post was written by Chris Lyford, a news aide at The Post. Theon O’Connor, a senior at Georgetown University, sprang from the sedan that was idling in a neighborhood near campus and bounded toward students’ homes. Read f... Read More
Best commencement speeches never given – 23 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Ever heard about the commencement address that Kurt Vonnegut gave at MIT in which he started out by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97: Wear sunscreen”? Actually, he never gave that speech. Read full article &... Read More
Bristol Bay mining would harm Alaska salmon habitat, EPA analysis says – 1 day, 4 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Large-scale mining operations in Alaska’s Bristol Bay will harm habitat for wild salmon, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a draft assessment Friday, but agency officials said they had not decided whether they would move to bl... Read More
Georgetown U., GWU draw commencement controversies – 1 day, 6 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — As Kathleen Sebelius addressed Georgetown University graduates Friday morning, the secretary of health and human services felt the wrath of antiabortion activists when someone shouted “murderer!” in an otherwise quiet ballroom. Read fu... Read More
ABCs of The High School Challenge – 1 day, 10 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — 1. How does The High School Challenge work? We take the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year and divide by the number of seniors wh... Read More
SpaceX launch set for Saturday – 1 day, 11 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — The Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take off at 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, on a mision to dock at the International Space Station. The launch has been rescheduled multiple times as scientists at Spac... Read More
The Facebook IPO to Hollywood’s impending demise: The week that was in innovation – 1 day, 13 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — It’s time — yet again — for the weekly wrap-up of stories on Ideas@Innovations and elsewhere on the Web. It was an interesting week, covering everything from the Facebook IPO (read the latest from the Post’s Hayley Tsukayam... Read More
At Georgetown, Sebelius urges ‘conversation and compromise’ – 1 day, 15 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius told some Georgetown University graduates Friday that a “process of conversation and compromise” is required when religious issues intersect with policy decisions. Read full arti... Read More
Graduation “gap” widens in Maryland – 1 day, 17 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Five years after the Maryland state university system pledged to reduce by half the “graduation gap” between low-income and minority students and other college students, the gap has widened. A progress report from the Education Trust,... Read More
HHS Secretary Sebelius to address Georgetown graduates despite protest from Catholic archbishop – 1 day, 21 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Graduates of the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute will gather Friday morning for an awards ceremony and keynote speech by a woman who has riled up controversy in the Catholic Church in recent months: Health and Human Services Secretar... Read More
How standardized tests are affecting public schools – 1 day, 22 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Florida’s standardized testing program is being misused and has “severely impacted student learning,” according to a new white paper that says that school districts in the state are required to give as many as 62 tests a year to ... Read More
How standardized tests are affecting public schools – 1 day, 22 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Florida’s standardized testing program is being misused and has “severely impacted student learning,” according to a new white paper that says that school districts in the state are required to give as many as 62 tests a year to ... Read More
Why college tuitions are rising: A contrarian view – 2 days ago
Washington Post- National News — This was written by Gary C. Fethke, professor and former dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, and Andrew J. Policano, dean of the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. Their n... Read More
Camp David and Thurmont: A mountain shared, a world apart – 2 days, 6 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — The bright green earth sinks under each step. A cold stream murmurs through carpets of moss. Birdsong lilts down from the hickory oak canopy. Ahead, past sweet-smelling logs in the throes of decay, a sign hangs on a wire to signal the boundary bet... Read More
Moguls with hoodies: The blurring line between Silicon Valley and Hollywood – 2 days, 14 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — The roadshow for the upcoming Facebook IPO, together with the heightened public scrutiny into Facebook's inner workings, has opened our eyes to the ways the Internet business as we know it looks a lot like the entertainment industry. Read fu... Read More
GWU’s Knapp recalls playing with Chuck Brown – 2 days, 16 hours ago
Washington Post- National News — Just before Chuck Brown took the stage at a George Washington University Alumni Weekend concert in September, the “Godfather of Go-Go” chatted with GWU President Steven Knapp, who is a percussionist. “He said, ‘Why don&rsq... Read More
