Women
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Marion Ceruzzi Does Good Work!

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Sally Haver
May 18, 2016

by Sally Haver

After working for 3+ decades as an executive at international pharmaceutical companies, Marion Ceruzzi left to do what she really loves – Good Works. When asked what that entails, she gave a little “Aw shucks” chuckle before launching into a description of past and present volunteer activities.

While Marion was working full-time, she managed to squeeze in the following:

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Science
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Innovative Cancer Treatment Gets A Boost from SUBWAY® Sandwich Shops

PR for People Team
May 17, 2016

By Ryan Hostetler  

Immunotherapy is a game-changing approach to cancer treatment, which reprograms a child’s own immune system to fight cancer. Clinical trials and immunotherapy research are currently underway at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s Research Institute, funded by Strong Against Cancer, a nationwide fundraising initiative to cure childhood cancer using immunotherapy.

“Immunotherapy is the...

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News
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The Young, the Restless and the NEET

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Patricia Vaccarino
May 16, 2016

I was at a private fund-raising dinner, where I sat at next to the CEO of an early-stage technology company. The topic of of Seattle’s new light rail expansion came up. The new light rail line would provide rapid transportation between downtown Seattle and the wealthy neighborhood where the CEO lives. “The light rail will bring them close to my home,” he said.

The them he referred to are the people who he would never hire or sit next to at a dinner party because they are NEET.  There is more to this story than I can share at the moment, but I can comment on the NEETs who are them—the other—those who have been cast aside by the great economic divide that only favors people who come from privileged circumstances. 

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Women
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Marilyn Fezza Gives Girls a Voice of Their Own

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Patricia Vaccarino
May 15, 2016

Marilyn Fezza is New York City-based entrepreneur, business owner, fashion designer, mother and feminist who envisions the time when her latest media venture, 7Sisters project, will be embraced by young women and girls worldwide. Marilyn was only 23 years old, when together with her husband, she co-founded a successful apparel label, Andrew Fezza. She served as COO, Women’s Design Director, Head of Marketing and PR...

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Tech
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TX Financials Renamed LevorSuite

PR for People Team
April 29, 2016

TimeXtender, leader in data warehouse automation solutions, brings a renewed focus to the DWA and BI Markets!

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Media
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Survey Points to What Journalists Love and Hate About Digital Newsrooms

PR for People Team
April 28, 2016

Survey Points to What Journalists Love and Hate About Digital Newsrooms

by Shannon Kramer 

Reporters and editors are not getting what they need from the digital newsrooms of corporations and communications professionals. Survey sponsor ISEBOX, a Cloud digital Media Center solution supporting marketing and communications professionals, said only 6 percent of journalists polled faulted digital newsrooms...

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Books
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PR for People® Book Reviews April 2016

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Barbara McMichael
April 24, 2016

BOOKS: How We Live Now – Bella DePaulo,  My Couch Is Your Couch – Gabriele Gaimberti

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Celebrity
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Bernard-Henri Lévy: The People’s Pig

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Patricia Vaccarino
April 22, 2016

The self-proclaimed French public intellectual Bernard-Henry Lévy, who was born into great wealth, once reportedly said, “I knew when I was 20 that I’d never have to suck up to anyone.”

He often associates himself with other notable men, such as Charles Baudelaire, Andre Malraux and T.E. Lawrence. Anointing himself the successor to Alexis de Tocqueville, Bernard-Henry Lévy toured America as if it were a freak show. The result...

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