The best problem solvers see a complex problem through multiple lenses. Here's how to become a better strategic thinker and leader yourself.
As Chris Dixon pointed out in a recent blog post, Angry Birds, the incredibly popular game, was software maker Rovio’s 52nd attempt. They spent eight years and nearly went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit.
Universities and colleges play an important role in the nation’s response to HIV/AIDS—educating young people; preparing the next generations of health care providers, researchers, teachers, and public health professionals; conducting research that helps us improve our response;
Just in case you missed it, during this season's Celebrity Apprentice, we were inspired by Arsenio Hall's work to support the Magic Johnson Foundation and created this bracelet to symbolize our joint commitment. $2 from each bracelet sold will be donated to the Magic Johnson Foundation which shares our commitment to empower and prevent.
April is STD Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise awareness about the impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the important role health care providers can play in supporting the sexual health of their patients.
Albert Einstein’s was estimated at 160, Madonna’s is 140, and John F. Kennedy’s was only 119, but as it turns out, your IQ score pales in comparison with your EQ, MQ, and BQ scores when it comes to predicting your success and professional achievement.
Campaign follows Walk with Walgreens featured on The Celebrity Apprentice, Johnson’s Foundation beneficiary of winning team led by Arsenio Hall.
A black student in California is three times more likely to be suspended than a white student, a disparity that is much higher in some school systems in the state.
Last week, the White House implored more women to seek science, technology, engineering, and math careers in a report that studied the state of women's employment.
High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent report.
A compilation of the top 40 books teens in grades 9-12 are reading in school shows that the average reading level of that list is 5.3 -- barely above the fifth grade.
Two years after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of several elements of that law. The fact that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear this case is hardly surprising. The legislation continues to be controversial.
Let's start with the bottom line: America needs more geeks. We're running out.
That's not meant to be funny or even controversial—it's really just a statement of fact. It's been predicted that by 2018, there will be 1.4 million "computing" job openings in the country, but current educational patterns indicate that we'll have only about 400,000 graduates with appropriate degrees by then. This means that we won't have enough graduates to fill even 30 percent of those pos
March 20 marks National Native AIDS Day, set to coincide with the spring equinox. Created to promote HIV testing in Native communities and decrease the stigma surrounding the disease, the day also casts light on the challenges of addressing the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Native communities.
As National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day nears, I wanted to share highlights of actions that have unfolded since our last blog post onachieving the goals of the NHAS for women.
More than 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, black women remain among the hardest hit, and the hardest to reach about prevention.
So a determined Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an aggressive awareness campaign in Fort Lauderdale and nine other U.S. cities to urge this vulnerable population to take "take charge" of their health and get tested.
Last month, we attended the 9th Annual National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities (AAMSM) in New Orleans, LA, to encourage the use of new media in HIV/AIDS programs.
We've all heard the claims, the theories, and the speculation about the ways leadership styles vary between women and men. Our latest survey data puts some hard numbers into the mix.
This is a guest post by Lisa Spiro, the director of NITLE labs, editor of the Digital Research Tools Wiki, and author of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities blog. You may find her on Twitter as @lisaspiro. -GHW
According to the editorial, an estimated 80 percent of 50- to 90-year-olds are sexually active. This activity has contributed to rises in cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea among 45- to 64-year-olds in the U.S. and the U.K.
By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults. But a body of recently published scholarship suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor children is widening, a development that threatens to dilute education
Last year, Stanford University computer science professor Sebastian Thrun — also known as the fellow who helped build Google's self-driving car — got together with a small group of Stanford colleagues and they impulsively decided to open their classes to the world.
On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we have greater opportunity than ever before to reverse the HIV epidemic in Black America and the nation as a whole.
Acintia Wright will have a story to tell as a panelist during a National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day community event in San Diego on Tuesday, if anyone wants to hear it.
As the nation strives to reverse the economic downturn and set a course for long-term growth and stability, one thing is clear: Increasing Americans’ educational attainment must be Job 1. More and more leaders — in federal and state policy, in bus...
Business mogul/basketball legend and actor/AIDS advocate join over 2,000 individuals and 1,088 organizations from 78 countries in signing on to the ‘Keep the Promise’ Declaration and March and rally set for Sunday, July 22, 2012, the op...
The ranks of those engaging in a risky sexual or drug-related behavior dropped from 13 percent of men and 11 percent of women in 2002 to 10 percent and 8 percent, respectively, in 2010, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is.
"Before printing someone would read the books to everybody who would copy them down," says Joe Redish, a physics professor at the University of Maryland
Standing at 6 feet, 9 inches, Magic Johnson is probably the world’s tallest elf. For 13 years, the legendary NBA hall-of-famer was the
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new interactive web tool—the NCHHSTP Atlas—that allows users to create maps, charts, and tables using HIV/AIDS and sexually
We joined approximately 200 Washington, D.C. youth at the second annual Golden Ticket: Party for HIV Prevention this month in commemoration of World AIDS Day.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced today that its parade float entry, ‘Elizabeth Taylor: Our Champion,’ which AHF entered for consideration for the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade...
A vaccine that may prevent HIV has been given the green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials in humans, according to Canadian researchers.
Today, the Departments of Justice and Education released two new guidance documents—one for school districts and one for colleges and universities...
Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the risk that they will spread the disease to others, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
Colleges should examine a wider set of social, economic and personal characteristics to determine how they can help students remain in school and graduate, a new report has found.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s national awareness campaign, Testing Makes Us Stronger (TMUS), calls on black gay and bisexual men across the United States to “stay strong and informed” through regular HIV testing.
Tomorrow on World AIDS Day, President Obama will speak about beginning to end the AIDS epidemic in America and worldwide.
Backed by the United Nations, the "Getting to Zero" campaign runs until 2015 and builds on last year’s successful World AIDS Day "Light for Rights" initiative encompassing a range of vital issues identified by key affected populations.
Hall of Fame basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson brought his HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to Chicago this week to celebrate the 20 years he has lived with the deadly disease. And although Johnson did not come to Chicago his presence was felt loud and clear at a South Side Walgreens where free HIV testing took place.
Several years ago, Louisiana State University nixed an open-enrollment rule that had granted admission and ample financial aid to any applicant who was a state resident.
Last night CNN premiered the fourth and latest installment of their "Black In America" series, "The New Promised Land, Silicon Valley.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) unveiled its "Always a Champion" billboards Monday in Los Angeles in honor of the 20th anniversary...
LOS ANGELES -- If Magic Johnson had known just how well he could live with HIV, he wouldn't have retired from the Lakers on Nov. 7, 1991.
Nov. 7, 1991, was the day Magic Johnson announced to the public that he was living with HIV and was going to retire from professional basketball. On the 20th anniversary of his announcement, let's take a look at how the media commemorated this historic day.
The Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF) announces the launch of Point Forward Day, a national day of awareness and action to celebrate 20 years of impact.
On Nov. 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar, announced in a televised press conference that he was HIV positive.
At some point in their lives, approximately one in 36 Hispanic men will be diagnosed with HIV, as will one in 106 Hispanic women. Get
Congressional and Latino community leaders called for enhanced efforts to combat the growing HIV epidemic in their communities and adequate resources to implement the Administration’s new HIV/AIDS Strategy during a Capitol Hill congressional briefing.
At the steps of City Hall, New York City Council Members, community leaders, health educators, advocates and people living with HIV/AIDS called on the importance of HIV testing in the Latino/Hispanic communities...
According to CDC estimates 9,400 Latinos in the United States were newly infected with HIV in 2009.
Can you believe it's been twenty years since NBA legend Magic Johnson walked down the aisle with Cookie, his high school sweetheart? With their many, many years of philanthropy and devotion to each other, their marriage is truly an inspiration. We’re wishing Magic and Cookie a very happy 20th wedding anniversary.
Hall of Famer and basketball legend Magic Johnson is in the Twin Cities Tuesday night speaking to community and business leaders.
College seniors, let’s talk social media etiquette 101. You’ve worked hard to position yourself for a great position with the company of your dreams. You’ve gotten good grades, you have great internship experience and you’ve demonstrated great leadership on campus.
Before HIV and AIDS can be dealt with, something first has to be done about what one religious leader and advocate calls "CIV."
CIV stands for "Christian Ignorance Virus," and the term comes from Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said Tuesday.
If he could do it over again, Magic Johnson would not have cut his career short because of contracting HIV.
On Tuesday, I had the privilege of speaking at the United Nations' Women Global Coalition on HIV/AIDS and I wanted to share this experience with you. I've included the video of my speech (at the bottom of this post) and am sharing my complete transcript below. Today, I ask that you take a pledge to fight AIDS. Join me and Keep a Child Alive by taking the pledge.
Despite years of great progress in treating AIDS, the number of new infections with the virus that causes it has remained stubbornly around 50,000 a year in the United States for a decade, according to new figures released on Wednesday by federal officials.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (August 2011) - Angela Donkor, a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2012, has received the 'Spirit of Taylor Michaels' Award at the 2011 Leadership Conference held by the Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF).
As Michele Washington walks into a McDonald's in Harlem on a recent evening, exhausted from a two-hour commute and eager for an inexpensive meal, her seven-year-old son, Monty, breaks into a chant that has become a regular soundtrack.
First Lady Michelle Obama partnered with grocery retailers across the country today to provide healthy food in underserved communities.
Charles Drew University, Magic Johnson Foundation, AHF and Pink Lotus Health Care Partner for National HIV Testing Day.
CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 be tested for HIV at least once in their lifetime.
HIV/AIDS Activist Hydeia Broadbent Talks with BlackGivesBack.
Some nonprofits are using a handful of key strategies to overcome resource challenges.
Aetna has been named an International Data Group (IDG) InfoWorld Green 15 Awards winner.
The Department of Health and Human Services put forth a plan to better understand and find solutions to health disparities.
World leaders at a U.N. AIDS summit launched a plan to try to eliminate by 2015 most new HIV infections among children.
States with the biggest epidemics of HIV have large numbers of infected people who aren't diagnosed until they're on the brink of AIDS.
Monday, June 20 live video stream discussion on one of the most important issues facing our nation.
This week marks 30 years since the first report of the syndrome.
When Magic Johnson famously announced he has HIV, it wasn't clear how long he'd live. 20 years later, he tells of his struggles, fears, and triumphs.
Don't Fail Me: Education in America a Soledad O'Brien report airs Sunday night May 15, 2011 at 8p ET|PT.
Wide-ranging discussion that begins with the question, "What factors lead to social change?"
Treating HIV right away, before patients are too sick, dramatically lowers their chances of spreading the AIDS virus to a sexual partner.
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will be able to move forward nearly decades-long work on a promising HIV/AIDS vaccine.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has symbolically passed the baton to a new generation of young leaders focused on AIDS.
Employers plan to hire 19.3% more recent graduates this year, says a report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
In a first-of-its-kind report, the government is recommending steps to reduce the disparities in healthcare for minority populations.
A new report finds that less than one-third of a representative sample of grantmakers that support health-related issues in the United States have made the needs of underserved communities a top priority.
Flipping through the 82-page glossy compendium for the Palos Verdes chapter of The Links Inc. Legacy Luncheon, it was hard not to catch the spirit.
With a new HIV infection, every 9½ minutes in the United States the Magic Johnson Foundation is working to create awareness, provide education and encourage testing in underserved communities that are hit hardest by this epidemic...
The Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF) is proud to celebrate the return of the All-Star Weekend to the City of Angels! As 2011 marks the anniversary for the Magic Johnson Foundation...