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– $12 Million from Scott Galloway to Help Non-Traditional Students Pursue Careers
The Extension divisions of UC Berkeley and UCLA have received a $12 million gift from professor, author and entrepreneur Scott Galloway to create a new program that gives non-traditional students access to the skills and resources they need to launch their careers.
“The accessibility and affordability of UCLA and UC Berkeley changed my life,” said Galloway, an alumnus of both universities. “I’m hoping this gift puts the educational resources of both universities within reach for more people and provides skills that lead to the growth of good jobs in the Main Street economy.”
The new UC Excelerator program, scheduled to begin this fall, is aimed primarily at community college graduates and those with limited college experience. The program will provide students with career-focused coursework, networking opportunities, and access to industry leaders, all free of cost.
Thanks to the gift, students accepted into the program will take tuition-free classes that promote professional development and aid them in beginning a new career or advancing to the next level in their current career path. Excelerator offerings at UCLA will focus on business and entrepreneurship.
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– Hillary Rodham Clinton Adds L.A. To Fall Tour
Former First Lady, Senator from New York, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has added 10 additional stops to her Fall tour of the United States including Los Anegles.
The New York Times best-selling author and GRAMMY-award winner’s new book, Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty will be released by Simon & Schuster on September 17th, 2024.
Attendees can register at HillaryClintonLive.com to receive an invitation to purchase presale tickets when they become available on July 30. Tickets will be available to the general public beginning August 2.
Friday, September 20 at 7:30 pm Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Subject to change)
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– Real Estate Search Marketing Analytics Platform Designed for Home Builders
Audience Town, the marketing analytics platform for real estate, today announced the launch of a new paid search analytics functionality. For the first time ever, homebuilders can access unrivaled homebuyer insights and attribution analysis based on the keywords they are buying. Audience Town now delivers breakthrough search marketing capabilities that inform home builders about who clicked, who saw, and who bought a new home.
“This is the first-ever analytics platform designed to help home builders know which half of their advertising is wasted and actually do something about it,” remarks Ed Carey, founder and CEO of Audience Town.
“Audience Town’s platform allows us to see which paid search keywords deliver visitors that are a fit for our communities because of all the consumer insights they share,” says Nikki Corcoran, Digital Marketing Manager of Maronda Homes.
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– Clinical-Grade Performance for Cancer Detection Using a Foundation Model
A major study, published in Nature Medicine, describes the first demonstration of Clinical-Grade Performance for cancer detection using a foundation model.
Paige, the pioneer in AI-driven pathology solutions designed to improve the fight against cancer, in collaboration with Microsoft, has achieved an important milestone with the publication of a significant study in Nature Medicine. The study highlights the capabilities of Virchow, the first million-slide foundation model for cancer.
Virchow demonstrated clinical grade cancer detection showcasing state-of-the-art performance across 16 types of cancer, including seven rare cancers. The extensive dataset used to train Virchow empowers it to deliver advanced capabilities and accuracy that allow for the ability to create novel applications in cancer diagnosis that previously weren’t possible due to limited data.
Virchow works by breaking down each gigapixel H&E slide into thousands of image tiles and characterizing intricate cancer patterns that may not be visible to the human eye. This is made possible by self-supervised learning, which does not require task-specific data and can leverage the information gained from billions of image tiles extracted from 1.5 million whole slides, containing diverse cancer subtypes.
Empowered by this technology, Paige has made significant strides in developing transformative products such as Paige Pan Cancer Suite, a single application capable of detecting cancers across the broad array of tissue types, and PRISM, a multi-modal, slide-level Foundation Model providing comprehensive written diagnostic assessments.
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– New Travel Media Brand LOST iN Acquires BuzzFeed’s Travel Vertical Bring Me!
The Bring Me! property boasts more than six million followers across social media, a content library with thousands of travel videos, and a history of advertising partnerships with major brands.
This strategic acquisition will significantly bolster LOST iN’s content library and expand its reach to millions of travelers worldwide. LOST iN launched last month with a mission to build a vibrant community of like-minded travelers.
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