According to Bill Gates, there are millions of people like who are making a difference in our world. And, while they may be too humble call themselves heroes, he can think of no better word to describe them. He wants to call attention to some of those heroes. They are just a few of the many people using their talents…
Women’s many contributions to technology are frequently left out of the history books and women in tech are left out of the discourse. But lately, that’s been changing. Here are 15 great ladies of technology you really need to know about. 1. The women who cracked the secrets of the universe with computation: Williamina Fleming Fleming worked as a compute…
A Powerful Poet, Cleo Wade, shares how she stays inspired and informed. If you want to know why Cleo Wade has become the poet of her generation, look no further than Instagram. Her 350,000-plus followers eagerly post shots of her affirmational poems with captions like “Positive vibes only” or the prayer hand and heart emojis. In fact, it’s nearly impossible to…
In the era of #MeToo, musicians are supporting the movement with powerful new anthems. One example: Nashville-based country duo Haley & Michaels, who released a song Me Too — and now a video — in service of the initiative. Shannon Haley and Ryan Michaels have been making moving country records together since 2015. But, for their aptly-titled song, they reached out to…
Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women know a thing or two about career success. The 50 businesswomen on the 2017 list have climbed up the ranks of corporates in a wide range of industries—including tech, energy, defense, and consumer goods—to C-level roles. Here’s the career advice they have for women who want to follow in their footsteps: 1. Be your authentic self Karen…
Tarana Burke has dedicated more than two decades of her life to social justice and laying the groundwork for what would eventually become the viral #MeToo Movement. Tarana Burke shared her story of how the movement came to be and clarified common misconceptions about it during the Women’s Empowerment Keynote Address in Fulton Chapel on March 20th, 2018. She said…
Marches, MeToo Movements, and sexual-harassment victims coming forward — empowering women is clearly at the forefront of the American consciousness. This new coffee bar takes it one more step forward. For Joanna Prisco, founder of The Good Witch, a Kickstarter-funded coffee-bar-in-progress that’s “owned, operated by, and dedicated to empowering women,” it was also becoming a mom that propelled her to…
A recent study ranked the worst and the best places to retire for women, and gave Hawaii the top spot and New York the bottom-most. In addition to Hawaii’s general gorgeousness, its great health care services and opportunities for women (not to mention the weather) offset the higher-than-average cost of living enough to keep the island in the No. 1…
From determining EFC to financial aid eligibility to how much a student can realistically pay back after college, the process can feel overwhelming. It is not about choosing the college that is the right fit academically only, but financial fit is very important too. In order to lend some clarity to students and their parents in the midst of college…
When it comes to meditation, everyone starts out as rookies. There are so many different ways to get started and it can certainly be confusing with all the noise on this topic right now. Different teachers, styles, studios, apps, courses, workshops, and retreats can make the choice on how or where to begin overwhelming. Meditation is one of the greatest…